After Becoming the Hero’s Ex-fiancée - Chapter 125
After Becoming the Hero’s Ex-fiancée Chapter 125
Xuan Yi Pavilion (2)
In front of the city gate, there were also two white marble columns, one on either side. Zheng Wan joined the queue for cultivators. Be it cultivators or mortals, when they saw the sect uniform she was wearing, they all couldn’t help but scramble away.
Soon, it was her turn. Zheng Wan pressed the circular token issued by the Internal Affairs Hall to a groove on the white marble column. As a clear and pleasant sound rang out, she entered the city.
The city was bustling with traffic, and it was a picture of prosperity.
Anxious to meet her family, Zheng Wan randomly grabbed someone to ask for directions, then boarded a slugworm and sped all the way to Nihong Street.
No. 618 was located in a narrow alley that was in a remote area. As she searched her way there, before reaching the door, she saw that a group had gathered up ahead, pushing and shoving. Zheng Wan focused her gaze on the crowd and saw that in the centre of the crowd, a woman and two men were tugging and pushing, while her parents were watching happily.
She also joined the crowd.
What she saw was a man in a brown tunic grabbing the woman by the hair and hitting her.
“You whore! I work so hard all day outside to earn money to support the family, but you dare keep a lover at home!”
The woman was obviously caught from the bed; her outer shirt was not properly worn, revealing a patch of tender skin, and her face was a riot of colours.
“You’re keeping a mistress outside, so you’ve not come home for years, do you think I don’t know about that? I’m just doing what you’re doing, so who are you to act all high and mighty?”
“Shameless whore! I’ll beat you to death!”
The man next to him, who was only draped in a robe, came up to pull him away but was flung away in an instant.
The woman was enraged, and pointed at her husband’s nose and scolded, “Don’t make it sound like you’ve been wronged. La Santou, let me ask you, all these years, have you even sent one tael of silver back home? You’re only back now because you think you’ve been cuckolded. Let me tell you, La Santou, I want a divorce! I’m not going to be with you anymore!”
Zheng Wan was listening with great relish when her parents saw her and exclaimed with joy, “Wanwan, why are you back?”
They quickly pulled her into the house next door while prattling about the recent events. Zheng Wan’s questions were all replied with praise.
“The air here is fresh, Father and Mother feel that our bodies are much more relaxed. Those people from your something something sect are also really polite, especially that boat, it just flew through the clouds…”
“Father, Mother, if you like that, when I become great next time, I’ll buy one for you and let you ride in the clouds all day.”
“That sounds good!”
Madam Wang smiled tenderly, “Have you eaten? Mother will go make some food for you.”
Zheng Wan held her back, “Mother, you didn’t hire help?”
“Ah, we don’t need to hire anyone. Your father and I have nothing to do, we just enjoy ourselves and walk around the streets every day. Making some food is just about the only work there is…”
Zheng Wan immediately became teary-eyed, after some coaxing, finally smiled through her tears.
“It doesn’t cost anything to hire a few mortals to serve you.” She stuffed thirty Yuan beads into their hands. These things that were considered valuable to mortals were not even worth mentioning to cultivators. “Besides, your daughter is now a core disciple, you don’t have to hold back.”
Zheng Wan put her hands on her waist, and raised her chin up high, looking as if she was invincible.
Seeing that, Madam Wang nodded again and again, her eyes wrinkled in a smile. “Okay, okay, our Wanwan is amazing, Father and Mother in the future will be counting on you to support us in the future.”
“By the way, what’s going on outside?” asked Zheng Wan.
She learned that that woman lived next door. Her husband was away from home all year round, and in her loneliness, she found a man to live with. Now that her husband was back, both sides had come to blows.
“That woman didn’t repair the relationship and took it as though she had nothing to do with that husband and went to find someone else. But they have a child, who has also entered the Yuqing Sect…”
Zheng Wan grew thoughtful.
That husband was always away from home, but as soon as he heard that he had been cuckolded, he returned home. If…
“Wanwan, what are you thinking about?”
Zheng Zhai looked at her, “Are you tired?”
“It’s nothing. Father, Wanwan just remembered that I have an appointment with my Senior Sister tonight about something, I’ll have to go out.”
“Then, remember to be careful.”
Zheng Zhai knew that cultivators had their own things to deal with. After living in Fengwu City for a few days, he found that apart from the different treatment of cultivators and mortals, it was actually more orderly and safer here than back in the capital city in the mortal realm.
“Go early and return early.”
“Of course.”
Zheng Wan accompanied her parents for dinner, then really went out.
The night was quiet, and the moon was dim, yet it seemed as if Fengwu City had only become lively now.
Glazed lamps lit up every street and market. She walked quietly through a night market in the moonlight, ignoring the persuasion of the cultivators who set up stalls, and arrived at the busiest place in the city.
Two buildings faced each other—one was “Hong Xiu Terrace”, and the other was “Xuan Yi Pavilion”.
The people going in and out of the former were all men, while the latter, women.
Zheng Wan collected herself. A man with nice features and a red mole on his forehead in front of Xuanyi Yi Pavilion came over and said, “This lady, would you like to enter the Pavilion for a look? Our Xuan Yi Pavilion’s Number 1 is taking the stage to dance today.”
When the hustler saw the face of the woman under the lamp, he was astonished—what an arresting pair of magnificent eyes, and what a beautiful and slender lady.
The lady gave him a dazzling smile.
“Lead the way.”
