Mu Yucheng's Agreement

Mu Yucheng returned

Ye Mi

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I have no regrets about leaving my home, even though I abandoned the vibrant spring.

Her eyes, like water reflecting her image, swayed her brows in the evening sunshine.

When the golden wind and jade dew finally meet, how can we bear to part with our cloud-like cups?

I vow to spend this life drinking with you, and let time never hasten our passing.

"Shi Huai, the second steward of Emerald Villa, requests an audience with Mr. Mu."

A clear voice drifted in from outside the bamboo fence, but the wolf in the hands of the person inside continued its fluid movements across the rice paper without pause. Beside the low table, a stick of sandalwood incense burned slowly, and the person's face appeared and disappeared in the smoke, like a banished immortal.

The people outside the door exchanged glances, and the leader raised his voice and called out again: "Shi Huai, the second steward of Emerald Villa, has come to visit Mr. Mu."

With a light stroke of the brush, the first half of the poem "The Swing" was completed, the characters vigorous and rugged, as if they had been through many vicissitudes.

An attendant outside the door couldn't contain himself any longer and frowned. "Could it be that Mr. Mu went out today and isn't inside?"

The leader, Shi Huai, shook his head and said, "Look, the wooden gate is unlocked, and there's light smoke coming out of the house. Clearly, someone is inside. How could they possibly be out?"

"Then why don't you answer?"

Shi Huai thought for a moment, then stepped forward, pushed open the door, and tentatively asked as he walked in:

Is Mr. Mu home?

The brush suddenly stopped, barely finishing the character "眉" (eyebrow). The person inside stared blankly at the calligraphy they had written, looking rather lost and dejected.

Shi Huai walked to the thatched cottage, knocked on the door, and called out loudly, "Is the master home?"

The door opened by itself, and behind the bamboo curtain, a dark figure stood alone.

Shi Huai quickly stopped and respectfully said, "Shi Huai, the second steward of Emerald Manor, pays his respects to Mr. Mu."

The surroundings were quiet, and the group of people dared not even breathe loudly when they arrived. The person behind the curtain stood motionless, as if he had not heard his words at all.

"It's like this." Shi Huai had long heard that this Mr. Mu had an eccentric temper and was very difficult to invite, so he immediately said concisely, "My young lady is seriously ill and has sought out famous doctors everywhere, but none of them could help her. Later, a master gave her guidance and told her that Mr. Mu of Meishan has superb medical skills and may have a good remedy. Therefore, my master specially sent us to invite him. I hope Mr. Mu will forgive any impudence."

"Jade Manor?" The man finally reacted, his voice low and hoarse, but it belonged to a woman.

Shi Huai paused for a moment, then said, "Yes." Why is it a woman? Isn't Mr. Mu home?

Who's sick?

He had made himself so clear, yet she still asked who was sick. Shi Huai felt a pang of helplessness, but still answered respectfully, "It's my young lady, Gu Mingyan."

"Gu Mingyan." The person read it slowly. The name that had amazed and captivated so many people in the martial arts world seemed to lose its luster when spoken by her because of the hoarseness of her voice.

Just as Shi Huai was feeling uneasy, he heard the man ask again, "Is she the fiancée of Young Master Wushuang?"

It turned out she did know a little about the affairs of the martial world. Shi Huai quickly nodded and said, "That's right." If it weren't for this sudden strange illness, his young lady would have already married the peerless young master.

“Very good.” The man said, “Go back and tell your master that it’s not difficult for me to treat Miss Gu, but there is one condition.”

Shi Huai exclaimed in surprise, "We've come to invite Mr. Mu."

"I am Mr. Mu."

ah?

The bamboo curtain was suddenly lifted, and a woman in a long black robe appeared before them. At first glance, Shi Huai was startled—there could be such a thin woman in the world!

She was not tall, but because she was so thin, she looked like a bamboo pole. Her long, jet-black hair blended into her robe, making her skin appear very pale.

It wasn't the sickly pale kind, nor the pale white of someone who hadn't been exposed to the sun for a long time; it was just a strange kind of white.

Her face was like a piece of white paper pasted onto her cheekbones, with two large black circles on it that were her eyes, as black as ink, looking at you with an icy coldness, devoid of any warmth.

This woman is too thin, and... too beautiful.

Yes, beautiful. It's strange; such a thin face, such stark black and white tones, and a completely expressionless stillness, somehow manage to create a breathtaking beauty. The first time you see her, your heart clenches; the second time, you dare not look directly at her, and can only lower your head.

"I am Mr. Mu," the woman in the black robe repeated. Judging from her appearance, she should only be in her early twenties, but her voice sounded like that of a woman in her fifties.

It took Shi Huai a while to process this shocking fact before he asked, "So... Mr. Mu... what are your conditions?" Calling a woman "Mr." felt very awkward.

Mr. Mu walked to the window. Her walking posture was also very strange, making Shi Huai feel that the clothes were barely held up by a bunch of bones and fluttering. Would they fall apart if the wind blew them away?

"If Young Master Wushuang himself comes to beg me, I will go and save his fiancée."

ah?

Chapter 1

"What? She wants you to personally beg her before she'll save my sister?" In the main hall of Emerald Manor, the young master Gu Yucheng raised his voice, his face full of displeasure.

It was already surprising enough to learn that this Mr. Mu was a woman, but for that woman to pose such a difficult question to him was even more infuriating.

Emerald Manor, along with Seven Mystery Island and Green Inkstone, is known as one of the three great holy sites of the martial arts world, holding a pivotal position. Unlike Seven Mystery Island and Green Inkstone, which are detached from worldly affairs, Emerald Manor is always involved in major events, and thus, in recent years has gradually gained the momentum to dominate the martial arts world. Both the righteous and the wicked in the martial arts world treat them with respect. This Mr. Mu is so ungrateful! Sending the second steward to invite her was

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