After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master - Chapter 225

Chapter 225: You’re not falling for me, are you?

On the way back to the mountain.

Jiang Huai glanced at Luo Yueguan’s profile. At this moment, Luo Yueguan seemed as joyful as a little girl. He looked at her helplessly.

“Are you that happy?”

“You didn’t see Fu Zirou’s face just now; it was like she had swallowed a fly. That vile woman always likes to oppose me. She must be feeling the pain now, right?”

“Actually, if it weren’t for Bai Li, it’s true that the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm spot should have been her child’s.”

Luo Yueguan slapped Jiang Huai’s head.

“Isn’t it because Aunt Luo was thinking of your best interests that she gave the spot to Bai Li? You’re taking advantage and playing innocent. I can’t stand hypocrites like you.”

Jiang Huai could only smile wryly and nod.

“Alright, alright, it’s my fault.”

“I don’t care; you’re not allowed to be biased. Am I not prettier than her?” Luo Yueguan huffed, hopping along.

It seemed Luo Yueguan was in an especially good mood. Jiang Huai thought about it and decided not to say anything more, letting her be. Suddenly, Luo Yueguan grabbed Jiang Huai’s wrist, causing him to start, “What now?”

“Come fishing with me,” Luo Yueguan smiled like a little girl.

“No, Qingyu is about to wake up.”

“Perfect, come fishing with me. We can make fish soup for Qingyu later. Come with me, come with me, come with me.”

Luo Yueguan was no longer just holding Jiang Huai’s wrist but was hugging his arm tightly, pressing her soft chest against his hand. Jiang Huai looked around; there was no one in sight, no wonder.

When there were others around, she was the dignified and elegant Luo sect master, but when they were alone, she became a crazy woman in front of him. It seemed Luo Yueguan didn’t consider him an outsider at all.

The summer light was dim, the trees by the roadside rustled in the wind, and Luo Yueguan’s arms hugged Jiang Huai’s tightly, burying into her soft chest. He looked into her expectant eyes.

Damn it, for a moment, he had the illusion that he heard his sister from his memories begging him, holding him tightly and playfully, saying how great her brother was.

After he agreed, she would reveal a sly smile, triumphant in her scheme.

“Where are we going to fish?” Jiang Huai asked helplessly.

Hearing Jiang Huai’s response, Luo Yueguan’s eyes lit up. She leaned in closer, her pleasant scent hitting Jiang Huai’s nose.

“Let’s go to Qingxuan Sect’s Mengze Lake.”

…

Jiang Huai had heard of Qingxuan Sect’s Mengze Lake.

He knew of it because Mengze Lake was famous. There were many precious spiritual fish in the lake, even more famous than Lingxue True Person’s Lingxue Lake. Years ago, Qingxuan Sect had claimed Mengze Lake as part of its territory. To fish there, one had to pay Qingxuan Sect with spirit stones, and Qingxuan Sect was responsible for the care of the spiritual fish in the lake.

Luo Yueguan flew ahead on her sword, taking Jiang Huai on the spiritual sword to the depths of Mengze Lake. The lake was vast, divided by Qingxuan Sect into several areas, and Luo Yueguan brought them to the most luxurious area, where one could catch many rare and plump spiritual fish. Accordingly, the price in spirit stones was higher.

“Lucky I stepped in and took over the ownership of Mengze Lake back then. These years, it’s made a lot of spirit stones for Qingxuan Sect,” Luo Yueguan said with a hint of pride, tilting her head. The two of them were now sitting in a pavilion on the lake, with no one around. The sky was overcast, as if a storm was about to break, the air slightly moist, and ripples were already forming on the lake’s surface.

Luo Yueguan had already taken out a fishing rod and asked Jiang Huai,

“Do you have a fishing rod?”

“Yes, I often go fishing with my master,” Jiang Huai also took out his fishing rod, but looking at the vast water in front of him and the dark, gloomy sky in the distance, he sighed helplessly.

“It’s about to rain; what can we catch?”

The two sat in the pavilion, Luo Yueguan took off her shoes and socks, moved a little, and dipped her delicate feet into the cold lake water. She gently swayed her pale feet, causing ripples on the water’s surface, before finally answering Jiang Huai,

“Fishing is about the mood; it doesn’t matter if we don’t catch anything.”

“I don’t think so,” Jiang Huai shrugged and replied.

“The so-called mood means that no one knows if they will catch anything, but at least they can wait with hope. If the outcome is doomed to be a waste of effort from the start, I don’t want to wait.”

“I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care. You’re not allowed to leave today until you accompany me to catch a fish,” Luo Yueguan stirred the water with her feet.

She carefully baited the hook and cast it into the lake. Jiang Huai couldn’t be bothered to prepare new bait, so he simply used some of her bait, hung it on the hook, and cast it into the lake as well.

In the distance, the dim sky flickered with lightning, and it was a while before the sound of thunder followed. Luo Yueguan’s body trembled slightly.

Jiang Huai turned his head to look at her profile.

“Are you afraid of thunder?”

“Who? Who’s afraid?” Luo Yueguan straightened her back.

“I’m not scared at all.”

“Then why are you moving so close to me?”

“The rain is about to start. If you don’t stay close to me, how am I supposed to shield you from the rain?”

Luo Yueguan answered righteously, moving her body closer to him again. Now the two of them were really very close to each other.

The rain soon poured down from the sky, sprinkling onto the lake surface, causing ripples to spread. Luo Yueguan’s spiritual energy dispersed the rainwater around her. With the sound of rain in her ears, Jiang Huai looked at the bobbers in the lake, disrupted by the raindrops. He knew that their chances of catching fish were slim now.

Perhaps what Luo Yueguan cared about wasn’t really catching fish, but just having someone to talk to?

Jiang Huai suddenly thought of this… Could that be the case?

But when he looked at Luo Yueguan’s profile, she seemed to be just staring seriously at the lake, silent and still as a statue.

It was only then that Jiang Huai took the time to carefully observe her features. Luo Yueguan was indeed extremely beautiful, truly deserving of being ranked alongside his master Chu Xianning as one of the two great fairy maidens of the Yuelan Continent. Jiang Huai suddenly leaned in a bit closer, his nose almost touching her neck. Luo Yueguan turned her head abruptly, looking at him with a wary face.

“What are you doing?”

“Besides the scent of flowers, there’s also a very faint fragrance on you, but you have to be close to smell it.”

“Haven’t I told you that before? Hmph.”

Luo Yueguan’s lips curved slightly, then she asked, “Which is nicer, the fragrance on your master or on me?”

“Of course, it’s my master.”

“You’ve smelled it for so many years and you’re not tired of it?”

“No.”

“Despicable dog, hmph.”

Luo Yueguan swayed her slender legs in the lake again, kicking up splashes of water, scaring away any fish that might have been there.

Perhaps it was the breath Jiang Huai left on her neck that made her feel a tickle. Luo Yueguan shrank her neck and moved a bit away from Jiang Huai, muttering,

“Go smell your master.”

Jiang Huai couldn’t help but laugh.

His gaze also turned to the distant lake surface, where ripples spread out. Raindrops tapped on the pavilion’s tiles and into the water. He didn’t speak again, just sat quietly, watching the bobbers float aimlessly, with no sign of fish biting.

Luo Yueguan held the fishing rod in her hand, one hand propping up her cheek, suddenly turning to glance at him. Seeing that he was also staring blankly at the water, she said nothing more and just sat quietly. Occasionally, a flash of lightning streaked in the distance, followed by the rolling thunder.

“What if we don’t catch any fish?” she suddenly asked.

“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you? If we really can’t catch any, we’ll just go back.”

“No, I insist on having fish soup tonight.”

Jiang Huai looked into her eyes.

“Wouldn’t it be better to fish on a good weather day?”

“No.”

“You’re that stubborn?”

“Just that stubborn.”

Jiang Huai took out a Go board and set it on his lap, looking at Luo Yueguan beside him. Her lips curled up as she picked up a black stone, and Jiang Huai, holding a white stone, began to play Go with her. He didn’t cheat, so he was easily defeated by Luo Yueguan.

In fact, he felt he had a bit of a talent for Go, but Chu Xianning and Luo Yueguan had been playing for five or six hundred years, and just relying on accumulated experience, they could easily beat him, not to mention Luo Yueguan was even stronger than Chu Xianning.

“Boring, you’re too dumb when you don’t cheat.”

Luo Yueguan disdainfully tossed the stones back onto the board, another effortless victory. There seemed to be a hint of scorn in her eyes, but Jiang Huai wasn’t annoyed at all, just silently put away the board.

They still hadn’t caught any fish.

Just as Jiang Huai was about to speak, Luo Yueguan seemed to sense something,

“I’m not leaving, I want to drink fish soup, I must.”

“Then we’ll have to fish until tomorrow.”

“Then we’ll fish until tomorrow.”

Jiang Huai helplessly looked into her eyes. At this moment, she was the epitome of unreasonableness, but he wasn’t impatient. He just put down the fishing rod and then stood up.

Luo Yueguan was startled, then watched as he dived into the lake.

Jiang Huai opened his eyes and began to search for spiritual fish under the dim water surface, looking for one suitable for soup. He earnestly held his breath and searched in the lake. Luo Yueguan, standing on the shore, was first taken aback, then laughed so hard she shook.

“You’re so silly. You could have just used spiritual energy to scoop one up.”

But Jiang Huai seemed to ignore her, just seriously catching fish. The lake water was slightly chilly, and after swimming for a while, Jiang Huai caught a plump jade spiritual fish in his hands. He emerged from the water and looked at Luo Yueguan, who was laughing so hard she couldn’t straighten up.

Jiang Huai just helplessly met her gaze, the fish in his hand held tightly. Luo Yueguan looked at him in the lake, pouting slightly.

“The fish isn’t what’s important.”

“Then what is important?”

“I just wanted you to talk to me more.”

“But you didn’t seem to have anything to say just now.”

“If there’s nothing to say, just sit for a while longer. But you’re so stingy, not willing to keep me company.”

“Qingyu will be waking up soon, and it’s almost time for dinner. How about this, after midnight, I’ll come back here with you to fish.”

Jiang Huai’s eyes calmly and gently gazed at her, but Luo Yueguan covered her mouth and laughed.

“You’re not falling for me, are you? Jiang Huai.”

She gently lifted her foot, splashing lake water onto Jiang Huai’s chest, not hiding the scorn in her eyes.