I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 1022: Marrying a Monkey and Running around the Hills

Chapter 1022: Chapter 1022: Marrying a Monkey and Running around the Hills

You reluctantly shrugged your shoulders; it seemed that attending the event was your only option tonight, otherwise it might upset such a beauty.

But, were you not feeling troubled at the moment?

Your thoughts were a tangled mess as you slowly trudged back to your own mansion with a heavy heart. Once home, you called over Zhen Nan, Zi Yi, and Little Yue.

"Husband, what’s wrong with you? You seem so preoccupied," Zhen Nan said, noticing the gloom on your face and your deeply furrowed brow. She couldn’t help but feel surprised, for she’d never seen you express such turmoil before.

Zi Yi, sensing something, did not speak; she stood quietly, waiting for you to talk.

"I want to ask you all a question." First, you looked at Zi Yi, then at Little Yue, and finally at Zhen Nan.

Though it was only a matter of sequence, it still showed the position of the three women in your heart.

"Second Young Master, what is it?" You noticed Little Yue had grown thinner recently. It seemed she wasn’t adapting well to the humidity of the south, and she had trouble getting used to the local food. As you looked at the first woman you had laid eyes on in this world, you felt a surge of emotion. It had been over a year since you arrived in this world.

During the past year, you had spent the most time with Little Yue, that is, Lin Panxia.

Unintentionally, you’d developed a very special feeling for her.

What had always puzzled you was the micro-novel you’d found in Lin Panxia’s room.

From the beginning until now, it could be said that your path had been...

Hmm?

Wait!

You abruptly paused and stared straight at Little Yue.

"S-Second Young Master, why are you looking at me like that?" Little Yue, under your fierce gaze, began to fear.

If you were still following the path laid out by that micro-novel, it would mean that you were still under the control of the Order Power!

In other words, you had never broken the world’s order; everything had been developing according to the original trajectory!

You recalled from Lin Panxia’s micro-novel that when events reached Minzhou, the story was almost at its end. The last line, "I miss the Second Young Master again," suggested that this "Second Young Master" might have died.

This meant that if you didn’t act quickly to truly break the order, you would soon be crushed by the Order Power!

Thinking of this, you took a deep breath and your mind raced at that moment.

Considering what Zi Yi had said to you before, it seemed you had an epiphany.

Then, as if making a decision, you smiled at the three women: "Ladies, now that everyone is here, let’s begin acting."

"Acting?"

The three women exchanged glances, and Zi Yi said softly, "Then let’s perform, until we can’t anymore."

"Okay, okay!" Little Yue seemed very happy.

"Then, I’ll begin now."

After a brief silence, you looked directly at Little Yue: "Little Yue, tell me, who am I?"

"You, of course, are the Second Young Master."

Little Yue stepped back slightly, intimidated by your piercing gaze.

Zhen Nan walked up to Little Yue and shielded her with her own body. She met your gaze with one of indifference: "I know what you’re trying to ask, but you can’t look at us with such suspicion."

"Heh heh heh, what is a ’suspicious glance’?"

Zhen Nan didn’t answer directly but took a few breaths to calm herself: "You want to inquire, to say something about your own origins, right? Well then, let’s be direct – we all know that you are not Commander Luo’s son. Honestly, we didn’t mean to hide it from you; we were worried that you might not be able to accept it at once."

You laughed self-deprecatingly: "What can’t I accept? As that deceased Lin Wenbin put it, I’m just fake Cibei merchandise."

"Second Young Master, what does ’fake Cibei merchandise’ mean?" At this juncture, the head of Little Yue, who was hidden behind Zhen Nan, popped out curiously.

"Uh, ’Cibei’ makes the character ’Jia’, and ’Jia’ is a homophone for ’fake’. People loathe counterfeit goods profoundly, thus they refer to them as Jia goods, meaning Cibei merchandise. Like in ’Dream of the Red Mansion,’ it’s the Jia Mansion because everything there is fabricated, it’s ’false’."

"Oh, I see," Little Yue replied, then hid behind Zhen Nan again.

In fact, although it seems like we are performing according to the original order, it’s inevitable to deliberately say things that don’t quite fit with the current situation in the course of our conversations.

"Husband, actually none of us wanted to hide this from you. I was just afraid that this matter would create an unnecessary distance between us. Husband, you should know us; as the saying goes, ’if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog.’ Since we belong to you now, no matter who you become, what remains unchanged is our status – we will always be your women," Zi Yi stated firmly, expressing her feelings.

"I know that you have never truly accepted me, and I’m aware that I have no such privilege. But you must know, having given myself to you, I will not change. I may be a demon, but I am also a woman. No matter how you regard me internally, I just want to be by your side for the journey ahead."

Xi Yu, in fact, was the one who struggled the most inside. Although her heart had its desires and wishes, her status was limited; after all, not everything she wished to do could be done.

"But you should know that I’m not Marshal Luo’s son. In other words, everything I’ve received before, and what I have now, will soon be taken by others – I might not even find a place in the whole Tang Dynasty."

"It’s still the same saying: if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Having married you, this filthy monkey, naturally, I will follow you wherever you go." Uttering this, Zhen Nan suddenly burst into laughter, a bloom of a hundred charms.

The conversation that followed was much more harmonious, but during it, Zhen Nan and Zi Yi exchanged several knowing looks, and then found an excuse to leave, leaving you and Little Yue alone.

"Little Yue."

Of course, you understood the intentions of the other two; now that your identity had come out, you were no longer the lofty Second Son of Luo Cheng, and Little Yue was no longer your maidservant. Now, you had to offer Little Yue a new identity, one that she could follow for a lifetime just the same.

"Second Young Master." Little Yue seemed to anticipate something, bowing her head slightly, not daring to meet your intense gaze.

Although you had many words of affection you wanted to express, upon reflection, those sweet nothings seemed superfluous.