After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master
Chapter 200 - Unreasonable

Chapter 200: Unreasonable

“It’s clearly all my fault, why should Master blame herself at all?”

Jiang Huai stared blankly at Chu Xianning’s cheeks, with two lines of tears slowly sliding down her snow-white face, his heart felt as if it was being squeezed, an indescribable pain, he even struggled to breathe.

He had never seen Chu Xianning cry before.

“So, does saying all this make any difference?”

Chu Xianning’s eyes were filled with confusion, an indescribable sorrow in her voice.

Jiang Huai took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, his voice trembling slightly,

“Master... I am the one who is guilty. You only took me up the mountain out of a moment of compassion, yet I’ve caused you so much unrest. Every fault is mine. Please, Master, don’t cry...”

Chu Xianning’s tears glistened as Jiang Huai carefully wiped them away with the handkerchief. He had driven the spirit of the Su Xue Sword back into it with his soul, and the sword had returned to Chu Xianning’s wrist. He was still holding Chu Xianning’s soft body, looking at her eyelashes,

“I admit that I have harbored inappropriate feelings for Master all this time... ever since I was young, I’ve always had them. I’ve repeatedly told myself it’s wrong, but I can never seem to help it. It has nothing to do with whether Master is beautiful or not, because Master is the most important person to me. Without Master, there would be no Jiang Huai today.”

“Master has always treated me so well since I was young, so I always wanted to stay by your side. Perhaps there was also a longing for Master’s body, but now I have learned to gradually restrain myself. I hope Master can give me a little more time, I will...”

Ding ding ding.

Suddenly, there was another ringing sound in Jiang Huai’s ears.

【For six hundred years, Chu Xianning has always been alone, never having feelings for any man. But lately, she has come to realize that she may have developed some feelings for you. These feelings have been suppressed in her heart, causing her unrest day and night. Seeing that you now have three marriage contracts, perhaps there is no longer a place for her by your side. Therefore, she wants to take this opportunity to give you the origin of her Flower Spirit Body’s yin essence and then leave your side.】

【The indulgence and resentment she constantly speaks of are actually her way of trying to sever her feelings for you completely. Knowing this, you definitely do not want Chu Xianning to leave like this.】

【Find a way to make Chu Xianning give up the idea of leaving and agree to stay by your side.】

【Task Reward: advanced experience scroll*5.】

“Does Master want to leave?”

Jiang Huai stared into Chu Xianning’s eyes, but she began to avoid his gaze. After a long time, she softly replied,

“I’ve wanted to travel the world for a long time to find my chance to heal, because of you... I’ve stayed on Guangxue Mountain for so long.”

“Don’t go... please?” Jiang Huai looked into her eyes.

“I will heal Master’s old wounds. Please stay in the courtyard with me a little longer, okay?”

“You have so many close female friends by your side, why would you need me?”

“Wouldn’t Master’s journey alone be too lonely?”

“I’ve been alone for six hundred years, when have I ever been afraid of loneliness?”

“But I am afraid.” Jiang Huai’s other hand reached out, embracing Chu Xianning’s slender body.

“Doesn’t Master feel even a little reluctant to leave me?”

“You’re not a child anymore, you don’t need me by your side, do you?”

Chu Xianning, being held, did not struggle. On any other day, she might have pushed Jiang Huai far away, but at this moment, her mind was in turmoil, and she couldn’t do anything.

“But I’m greedy, I want Master to stay with me a little longer. We’ve lived in the courtyard for so many years, Chu Xianning, do you like me even a little?”

This time, Jiang Huai didn’t call her Master.

Chu Xianning lowered her head slightly, looking at Jiang Huai’s face. After a moment, she averted her gaze, her eyes drifting to the distant silver waterfall.

“I’ve never had feelings for any man, as for you... whether I have any feelings, I don’t know.”

“Is it because you don’t know that you want to run away?”

“It’s not running away, you clearly don’t need me anymore... I’ve said before, the last ingredient you lack, I will come to you when you need it... and give it to you.”

“I don’t want it!” Jiang Huai was resolute, his cheek almost touching Chu Xianning’s neck.

“If Master doesn’t know, then it means there is a little bit of liking for me.”

“I said I don’t know... that means I don’t know, Chu Xianning never lies.”

“Then wait until you know before you leave, okay?” Jiang Huai’s voice was very soft.

Chu Xianning suddenly fell silent.

She lowered her head slightly and reached out to gently release Jiang Huai’s embrace. Jiang Huai sat up straight, and Chu Xianning turned her face, holding his cheek in her hand. Her usually cold eyes now showed a hint of confusion and annoyance.

“You... are being unreasonable again.”

“It’s because Master said ‘I don’t know,’ so I’m not satisfied. Liking is liking, not liking is not liking. If Master can’t answer whether it’s liking or not today, then you’re not allowed to go anywhere until Master makes up her mind... whether it’s liking or not, and then I will let go.”

“I can go wherever I want... you can’t stop me.” Chu Xianning turned her face away, but her voice grew softer.

“Then I will look for you everywhere until I find you.”

“What if you can’t find me?”

“I don’t care, if I can’t find you, I’ll keep looking forever.”

“You’re being shameless again.”

“Does Master not know me? I’ve been shameless since I was six years old when I wouldn’t let go of Master’s leg, it’s not just a day or two.”

Chu Xianning took a deep breath. Jiang Huai’s tone was not forceful, making it especially soft.

“If Master leaves like this, what’s the difference from running away? I’ve heard everything Master said earlier, but I always have this vague feeling that if Master doesn’t like me at all, then I won’t continue to treat Master that way. In my heart, I always feel that Master does have feelings.”

“Before you were fifteen, not at all!”

“Does that mean you started having feelings after fifteen?”

“No.”

“Master can’t even make sense of her own words.”

“You...”

Chu Xianning’s hand, which had been holding Jiang Huai’s cheek, slowly moved back, then gently pinched Jiang Huai’s ear.

“What else can you do besides being glib?”

“Master can’t win the argument and starts being unreasonable.”

“I am unreasonable!”

“You’re picking up bad habits from Aunt Luo, she’s the one who’s unreasonable. In my memory, Master is clearly the most, most, most reasonable fairy in the world.”

Jiang Huai’s eyes were fixed on Chu Xianning.

“So... after Master has twisted my ear, please consider what I’ve said, okay? When Master goes from not knowing to knowing, tell me the answer. No matter what choice Master makes then, I won’t stop you, and I won’t be unreasonable anymore.”

“Why should I believe you?”

“I swear.”

“As if you haven’t made enough empty promises before.”

Chu Xianning muttered softly.

“Then wait until I recover my cultivation. At that time, I’ll make a vow, the kind that heaven and earth can witness. If by then Master has figured out what she knows, no matter what decision Master makes, I will follow Master’s wishes. Is that okay?”

Chu Xianning was silent for a while, then couldn’t help but mutter softly,

“Waiting for you to recover your cultivation, won’t I still have to heal you?”

“Master underestimates my alchemy skills. If I say it’s not needed, then it’s 90% not needed. That 10% chance is as good as none, so don’t worry.”

“Then... when you recover your cultivation, I will travel the world.” Chu Xianning hesitated for a long time, but finally agreed softly.

“That’s not right, we were just talking about knowing or not knowing. What if Master realizes she likes me a little by then?”

“Then it’s just a little.”

“What if there really is that little bit, can I accompany Master on her travels around the world? When we’re tired, we’ll go home.”

“What if there isn’t?”

“Then I’ll let Master go alone, and I won’t disturb you.”

Chu Xianning felt like there was something off about this agreement, but she couldn’t figure it out at the moment. She looked at Jiang Huai’s face in front of her, stared at him seriously for a while, and finally nodded lightly,

“Then let’s settle it like this.”

Jiang Huai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Xianning’s words were always kept, and she would do what she promised.

But Chu Xianning, reflecting on it later, still felt something strange about the agreement, but Jiang Huai had already shifted the topic, disrupting her thoughts.

“Also, some of the things Master said earlier were clearly slander. When giving foot massages, I never had any improper thoughts about Master’s body.”

“Really?”

“Of course.” Jiang Huai answered confidently.

“If you don’t believe me, I can massage Master’s body right now, and you’ll see if my eyes are as clear as they were at the beginning.”

Chu Xianning scoffed.

“You have five breaths to stand under the waterfall.”

“What for?” Jiang Huai was taken aback.

“To vent.”

Jiang Huai gave her a pitiful look, but seeing Chu Xianning’s determined eyes, he obediently stood up and went under the waterfall. Chu Xianning sat on a green stone, her porcelain-white legs swinging lightly. She raised her hand and formed a spell, directing a stream of water from the waterfall into a whip, holding one end in her hand and lashing the other end across Jiang Huai’s back.

Jiang Huai looked at Chu Xianning’s gently swaying high heels, her ankles shining warmly and translucently in the sunlight, slightly hazy because of the white silk wrapping them. He became so engrossed that he didn’t even care about the pain.

Because Chu Xianning’s “venting” was all bark and no bite, most of the time it really was like tickling, and Jiang Huai felt as if ants were crawling on his skin. But he forgot that in the past, he would have been forced to perform embarrassingly by crying out in pain. Now, his indifference to the pain only served to irritate Chu Xianning even more.

So Chu Xianning put a bit more strength into it, and Jiang Huai suddenly snapped back to reality, looking at his torn clothes, he looked at Chu Xianning with a pitiful expression.

“My clothes are ruined.”

“I won’t compensate you for that.”

“It’s okay, I was just saying. I’ve saved up a lot of good materials at Ziyun Pavilion recently, I can make a new one. Speaking of which... I also want to make one for Master.”

“I won’t wear it.” Chu Xianning turned her face away.

“Master can wear clothes made by Ziyun Pavilion, but not mine? How can you be so biased?”

“It’s just favoritism,” Chu Xianning replied with feigned indifference.

It seemed like she suddenly realized why Luo Yueguan was so fond of being unreasonable.

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