Sept nuits de neige

Chapitre 23

Tianxiu is Tianxiu after all; he wouldn't presume to think that she was crying because she liked him.

However, her tears inexplicably made his heart feel damp, heavy, and somewhat uncomfortable.

Nineteen wiped away her tears with her sleeve and bit her lip: "Tianxiu, are you keeping me here to delay something?"

Tianxiu chuckled. Who said this girl was stupid?

"Yes!" he readily admitted. "There's someone at Jinhu Villa whom I don't want you to see, and I'm planning to get rid of her soon." Since he'd already been exposed, admitting it wouldn't hurt.

"Who? Isn't Jinhu Villa a relative's house in Yun Tan's village? What are you doing here...?"

"I won't tell you who it is. Since I don't want you to see it, I naturally won't tell you who it is." He blinked, deliberately not exposing Yun Tan's lie, waiting to see the good show of everything being exposed. "Anyway, I have a way."

"Fine, don't tell me then. Is it that rare?" Nineteen stuck out her tongue and made a face.

“I know you don’t care,” Tianxiu said with a grin, leaning closer. “Nineteen, do you remember what you promised me in the car?”

"Of course I remember." She's always a woman of her word.

"Take this on, it's not poisonous." He took out a jade pendant from his pocket and put it on her wrist himself. The cool jade pendant slid into her clothes, feeling quite comfortable in the summer heat. "You are not allowed to take it off without my permission."

Nineteen gently touched it with her hand, lowered her head, and said, "We've only known each other for a few days, and you've already given me so many things."

Tianxiu said with a smile, "A beauty always needs something to complement her."

"Tianxiu, are you very rich?" Tang Shijiu raised his head, his big eyes suddenly flashing with an unusual light. "Is the Sangmen very rich?"

"Huh?" The question came out of nowhere, and Tianxiu was a little stunned. "It's alright. After all, the Sang family is a prominent family in the martial arts world."

"Hmm, I see..." Her red lips curved into a beautiful smile, "Does that mean Sangmen has many men?"

Tianxiu was completely confused: "Uh, there are quite a few."

"That's great!" Nineteen grabbed his sleeve. "Is there a man who is rich, handsome, skilled in martial arts, kind-hearted, highly learned, and loves to wear white clothes?!"

Tianxiu silently considered the situation and then laughed, "Isn't that me?"

Nineteen shook her head and slapped him on the shoulder: "You're too effeminate! I want a real man!"

Too, too, too girly...

Tianxiu's eyes were somewhat blacked out.

So, in Nineteen's eyes, he wasn't even a man. Tianxiu, who had never failed in his romantic pursuits, experienced firsthand the bitterness of being despised.

Oh, it's not contempt, it's worse than contempt.

It is indifference.

Tang Shijiu completely ignored Tianxiu's injured handsome face: "Jinhu Manor probably doesn't have as many talented people as your Sang Clan. Shen Yuntan is living under someone else's roof, so he probably can't say much. Tianxiu, we're good friends, can you help me find someone?"

"What did you come here for?" Forcing a smile, Tianxiu rubbed his shoulder, which was sore from being slapped.

"Find him and marry him."

The smile on her face finally broke, and she couldn't help but ask the same question as Shen Yun: "Am I not good enough?"

Nineteen looked at him with great regret: "Tianxiu, you're very good. But you're really too effeminate."

"Then... what about Tian Shu?"

Nineteen's eyes widened, his face full of suspicion: "Could it be that your Sang Clan consists of nothing but effeminate men and perverted killers?"

Chapter Fifteen Purple Slave

Nineteen's words made Tianxiu sad for several days.

Actually, Tianxiu is not effeminate at all.

At least the young girls in the clinic and the wives of the women in Zhenyang City didn't think Tianxiu was effeminate.

There's a type of man who speaks in a hesitant, affected manner, and is incredibly petty—that's the real sissy.

That kind of natural charm is called allure. Women can possess countless kinds of allure, and so can men. A man with allure is gentle as water and extremely kind to the women around him. They have an innate quality that sets them apart from ordinary, uncouth people.

The top courtesan in the brothel, biting her handkerchief, smiled with her cheeks flushed.

"Tianxiu... is a man with a sense of humor."

Even if he dressed in a haphazard way, even if he never tied his hair up, even if his captivating eyes were mesmerizing, no woman would consider him a sissy.

However, Nineteen thought so, so Tianxiu was very sad and thought he had to find an opportunity to let this naive girl try out his true manly nature.

After Shen Yun learned of this, he laughed for a long time. He laughed until Tianxiu was so embarrassed and angry, and until all the young women and wives in the clinic were glaring at him with daggers in their eyes.

With the poison mostly cleared from Nineteen's body, she was back to her energetic self, wandering around everywhere. Shopping is truly a woman's nature, and Shen Yuntan couldn't understand how she could go out early and return late so many times without ever getting tired of it.

Tianxiu held a girl's wrist, pretending to take the pulse of another woman who was also pretending to be one, and said casually, "At least I saved her this time, and she still called me a sissy."

The girl jumped up immediately upon hearing this, her eyes practically sparkling with hearts: "Tianxiu-jun, you are the most perfect man in my heart."

Tianxiu smiled reassuringly at her, and the girl's body went limp.

Shen Yuntan rummaged through the medicine cabinet and pulled out a bag of hawthorns, popped one into his mouth and chewed it: "It's about time we left. Are you planning to empty Jinhu Villa by dragging us along like this every day?"

Tianxiu withdrew his hand from taking her pulse and saw off the girl who refused to leave: "I just couldn't bear to see you hurt a girl. You know I'm the most chivalrous person. Half of the people in Jinhu Manor have nothing to do with the Sang Clan. Even if they did, if you're determined to kill, who can stop you? It's just that there are more or less people from the Tang Clan there, and Wei Qi's brother, Tang Zheyi, is also considered half a manager."

"Wei Qi is Wei Qi, and Tang Clan is Tang Clan. Even if Wei Qi were alive, I wouldn't take the people of Tang Clan seriously." A spark ignited in his usually gentle eyes, crackling and burning brightly. "It seems that Miss Tang Chongli is quite difficult to please these past few days."