I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 472 Bring Five Bowls of Beef Noodles_1

Chapter 472: Chapter 472 Bring Five Bowls of Beef Noodles_1

As I searched, a familiar canine bark came from behind me.

When I turned around abruptly, there stood a slender and graceful girl in the dimming street lights, as enchanting as a startling swan.

Amid the kaleidoscopic glimmers, the evening breeze laced with rain caressed her waterfall-like hair and playfully lifted her hat, revealing a face that left the world in awe and infatuation...

"Zhao’er!"

"Woof!"

Little Hei barked, and the crowd shuddered!

Little Hei’s body, as large as a lion’s, startled the passersby, who quickly stepped aside.

It was much faster than you, forcefully pushing through the crowd to reach Zhao’er’s side, wagging its big tail eagerly, "haha" panting hot air, and looking up at Zhao’er with a pleasing gaze.

Meanwhile, Wu Qiyi, Xian Qianling, and Xi Yu, three stunning beauties, also approached Zhao’er, attracting even more onlookers.

Among these people stood a man in white clothes whiter than snow, his gaze fixed on Zhao’er, utterly ignoring the three women beside her. It seemed as if, in his world, only her lithe figure could capture his attention...

This was the first time he had stared at someone for such a long time, a woman with long hair reaching her waist, ethereal as a fairy, as if she was the only thing that existed in this world.

It was also his first time, after she had left, to keep watching the direction in which her silhouette was swallowed by the crowd, feeling a profound sense of loss.

Just as he was about to go after her, someone suddenly patted his shoulder.

"Snap."

The sound was very crisp.

The man in white turned around to find Meng Xiao looking at him with a smile.

"Li, this is unlike you. This is the first time I’ve gotten within a meter of you, and I actually managed to pat your shoulder, so out of the ordinary," Meng Xiao remarked with interest at the handsome and elegant young man before him.

The man in white smiled faintly, "I was just a little distracted."

With that, he started walking in the direction where Zhao’er and you had disappeared.

"Where are you planning to go?" Meng Xiao followed up, gazing intently at the man in white, "What happened just now that left you so distracted?"

The man in white paused, the words "so distracted" catching his particular attention. He turned to look at Meng Xiao and asked, "Did I really look like that just now?"

"Yes, indeed. We’ve known each other for nearly twenty years, and this is the first time I’ve seen such an expression on your face," Meng Xiao said, clearly intrigued by the man in white’s earlier demeanor, "Come on, tell me, what did you see just now?"

The man in white stared again in the direction where Zhao’er had gone and sighed softly, "Someone who can make my heart flutter."

Meng Xiao was taken aback, the scene from the European Church when he first saw Zhao’er instantly came to his mind.

He shook his head sharply and asked the man in white, "Are there really people in this world who can stir your soul?"

"I always thought all women in the world were just so, yet I never imagined in this vast sea of people I could see such a wonderful being," the man in white fell back into the spell of those beautiful sensations, even closing his eyes, "Just now... she was merely standing there, didn’t say anything, didn’t do anything, just stood there. But she was like a ray of dawn shining into my world filled with darkness, immediately illuminating my entire world. Suddenly, life seemed full of color."

Meng Xiao frowned, not knowing why, but based on the man in white’s description, all that came to his mind was the silhouette of Zhao’er.

"Is there really such a person?"

Meng Xiao did not believe that besides Zhao’er, there could be anyone else in this world who could give someone that dreamlike, illusory feeling.

"Come on, I’ll take you to see her."

The man in white immediately quickened his pace to catch up.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Tonight, most people’s attention was on the strange and colorful lanterns, so very few noticed the four girls by your side, each as beautiful as flowers and capable of toppling states with their beauty.

All four of them were wearing hats, partly to shield from the rain and partly to avoid attracting too much attention.

Speaking of which, strolling through the lantern fair with four girls, um, to be precise three and a half girls, is a very bittersweet endeavor—yes, you read that right, it’s a mix of joyous and painful task.

After happily walking around for a long time, the rain started to get heavier, and even those with umbrellas began turning back.

The five of you found a small noodle shop and sat around a little round table.

"Hey, just now it seemed like you were looking for Zhao’er, right? Did you lose her?"

Xian Qianling, that crazy woman, had sharp eyes, and now she looked at you with a mischievous gleam.

When she said this, Wu Qiyi and Xi Yu also turned their heads to look.

You couldn’t let this conversation continue, or else you really didn’t know what schemes they might devise to "break up" you and Zhao’er.

"The beef noodles here taste good, I used to eat here often." As you spoke, you said to the busy shop owner behind you, "Boss, five bowls of beef noodles, please."

As the shop owner acknowledged, Xian Qianling continued, "Comrade Li Muyun, avoidance cannot solve the problem, please face it head on, can you talk about it now?"

Before you could respond, Zhao’er, who had just brought some Tanghulu from the doorway, put it to your lips with a faint smile, "Yun, Tanghulu, eat."

You raised an eyebrow at Xian Qianling and said with a smile, "Captain Xian, you should know, girls who are nitpicky and never let go of their grievances can’t find a husband."

"Hmph! Only Zhao’er would indulge you! If she ever regains her senses, let’s see whether she continues to indulge you or tears you into pieces on the spot!"

Xian Qianling’s words made your heart suddenly "skip a beat"!

Because, her offhand remark had inadvertently touched upon the very issue that worried you most deep inside!

In fact, you’d always been concerned about one thing, which is who exactly was Zhao’er originally?

At first, you thought Zhao’er was just a thousand-year-old female corpse without consciousness, but then she was taken away by Wu Qiuyue and became the Empress.

Who is the Empress?

The head of the Tang Dynasty’s underground forces, a terrifying existence that could go toe-to-toe with the Empress and regard everything as trifles!

Although Zhao’er later returned to her original self and the Empress remained the Empress, hardly related to Zhao’er, this made you breathe a sigh of relief. But, it also added another guess about Zhao’er’s identity.

If, Zhao’er was originally like the Empress, or even more terrifying than the Empress, then what?

If she regains her sanity, will she truly do as Xian Qianling said and tear you into pieces right away?

These questions occasionally flitted through your mind, but you kept them hidden, never willing to confront them directly, because there was no way to answer them at present. This was also why you were so eager to find out Zhao’er’s true identity.

"Yun, Tanghulu, eat."