She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 195: People and People, Simple and Sincere

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: People and People, Simple and Sincere

The man was very talkative, eloquent, and learned. When he chatted with Yan Wanqing, he knew everything from astronomy to geography, and there were no barriers in their communication, which made Yan Wanqing very curious about him.

Unfortunately, Zhuo Ma found her way over to them.

She first noticed the man and gave him a bow before turning to Yan Wanqing, "Gesang has been looking for you all this time; they’re about to start cutting the mutton."

Yan Wanqing apologetically looked at the man.

He generously said, "Your friend is looking for you; go ahead."

Zhuo Ma pulled Yan Wanqing away, and she could only wave her hand towards the man.

"It was a pleasure chatting with you."

The man cornered a smile and watched them disappear into the crowd. He sat in his wheelchair, gazed at the moon, and then propelled his wheelchair to leave.

On the other side,

Yan Wanqing was pulled by Zhuo Ma into the bustling crowd, where the roasted whole sheep was surrounded by people.

Beside them, music and dance erupted, and young girls danced around the sheep. Yan Wanqing immediately saw Gesang.

Today, she wore a red silk dress, dazzling and beautiful like a flame.

In the midst of the girls, she stood out remarkably, but her steps always revolved around one person.

That person’s eyes were bending, watching Gesang as if no one else in the world mattered except for the two of them.

It was really an eyesore.

Yan Wanqing looked away.

Zhuo Ma clicked her tongue, "Gesang really should know better. She is to marry the City Lord, but now she’s still intimately involved with Yizhi. If the City Lord finds out, Yizhi is going to suffer."

"Why must Gesang marry the City Lord?" Yan Wanqing asked, puzzled, "If they both love each other, they could just get married, and no one else would have anything to say about it."

"It’s not that simple," Zhuo Ma sighed, "Gesang is the Holy Maiden. All previous Holy Maidens have married the City Lord of Xiliang City, without exception."

"Holy Maiden?" Yan Wanqing couldn’t see any difference between Gesang and the other girls.

"Every ten years, people from the Divine Sect come here to choose a young and beautiful woman to become the Holy Maiden. Gesang is the new one," Zhuo Ma said, her tone mixed with either pity or envy.

Yan Wanqing had never heard of the Divine Sect, let alone a Holy Maiden from Divine Sect.

All of this was unrelated to her.

Who Gesang married was her own business.

She just wanted to have a chance encounter with the founder of this village after eating the mutton.

If that luck wasn’t on her side, then she would just go to sleep after the meal.

But it was as if Gesang knew what Yan Wanqing was thinking. She fluttered over like a dancing butterfly, pulling Yan Wanqing into the dance floor regardless of her consent.

Yan Wanqing had never learned to dance, if she knew any dance at all, it was only the Green Snake Sword Dance.

Gesang laughed, swaying her hips as she looked at Yan Wanqing, "Don’t be shy, Wanqing, dance!"

Yan Wanqing shook her head awkwardly, "I don’t know how to dance, you go ahead."

"You’re being modest; a girl as pretty as you claiming she can’t dance? Who would believe that?" Gesang insisted, not letting go of her hand.

Yan Wanqing didn’t want to forcefully shake off her hand—that would be a bit rude.

But she also didn’t want to be forced to do something she didn’t want to, especially under the watchful eyes of so many people; she had no desire to dance.

So Yan Wanqing simply grabbed Gesang’s hand back, pulled her into her arms with a violent swing, then yanked her back in.

While she had never danced before, during her travels North of the Pass, she had seen many exotic dancers perform partner dances.

Like a tender, fluttering butterfly, Gesang was spun and leapt around by Yan Wanqing’s lead. What would have been a monotonous solo dance was now completely under their control. By the end of the music, many people couldn’t help but clap for them.

"Great! That was fantastic!" the surrounding crowd cheered.

Gesang blushed, looking at everyone while Yan Wanqing had already discreetly returned to Zhuo Ma’s side.

The mutton was about to be served.

Zhuo Ma looked at Yan Wanqing returning and teased, "I didn’t expect you to know this."

Yan Wanqing chuckled lightly, "You haven’t given me a chance not to know it."

Although Gesang was quite a light girl, she still had some weight on her, and after that dance, some of his wounds still throbbed faintly.

If Yan Wanqing had thought Gesang’s targeting her was an illusion before, then tonight she could be certain that this girl named Gesang harbored some inexplicable hostility towards her.

Was it because of Yizhi?

But Yizhi was clearly aloof to her.

After going to Xiliang City tomorrow, they would have no further interaction.

Gesang’s hostility felt truly baffling.

"Here," Zhuo Ma gave the portion of lamb first to Yan Wanqing.

Grilled just right, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, every bite was fragrant and left one craving more.

It could be considered the best meal she had had in over a month.

"Does it taste good?" Zhuo Ma offered her own portion to Yan Wanqing, "Then eat more."

"What about you?" Yan Wanqing felt a bit embarrassed, probably because her enjoyment scared Zhuo Ma.

Zhuo Ma was not stingy at all, "The village is going to hold a barbecue feast every two or three days, I’m tired of these roasted meats."

"Okay, thank you, Zhuo Ma."

Zhuo Ma leaned in mysteriously, "If you really want to thank me, tell me what’s the situation between you and Yizhi."

"There’s no situation, he’s just my lifesaver," Yan Wanqing said with an awkward smile.

"Would Gesang act like that without reason?" Zhuo Ma had an expression of ’don’t fool me because I’m older’: "She usually raises her chin to the sky, ignores everyone, but recently she’s been targeting you constantly, clearly, there’s something going on."

Yan Wanqing swallowed the lamb in her mouth and shook her head, "Really, there’s nothing."

"Alright then." Zhuo Ma felt very sorry for not uncovering any useful information, "I’m going back to look after the baby, the baby should be waking up by now, you should go back after eating and rest early. You’re leaving early tomorrow, right?"

Yan Wanqing nodded, her gaze lingered on Zhuo Ma, "I will miss you."

"You’ll miss my hair-washing skills?"

"How did you know?"

"Hmph, beautiful women can’t be trusted," Zhuo Ma snorted coldly.

Yan Wanqing pouted her lips, "Alright, no more joking. I don’t have anything to give you, this jade pendant has been on me since I was young. Although it’s nothing rare, let it be a meeting gift for the child."

Yan Wanqing took off a white jade pendant from around her neck, shaped like a small peanut.

It was very small and adorable.

The jade had been polished to a glossy sheen, appearing very delightful.

At a single glance, Zhuo Ma took a liking to it.

Yan Wanqing unclasped it from her neck and placed it in Zhuo Ma’s hand, not allowing any refusal, "It’s for the child, not for you, so you can’t say no."

"Then on behalf of the baby, thank you," said Zhuo Ma.

Yan Wanqing smiled, "That’s more like it."

She hadn’t expected that in just these few days, in Happiness Village, she would meet someone as sincere as Zhuo Ma.

She had thought that all people would be like those in the Capital City, full of petty intrigue.

But Zhuo Ma showed her that wasn’t the case, that people could interact and communicate in such a simple and joyful way.

Zhuo Ma left.

Yan Wanqing felt no desire to stay behind any longer.

When she left, she saw Gesang tearing off a piece of lamb and stuffing it into Yizhi’s mouth, Yizhi’s gaze just happened to meet hers in midair.