Volume 1 Chapter 18 (1/2)

Book 1: Winds Begin to Blow in Tai Yuan

Chapter 18 - Clear Water, Flying Sleeves

”Be careful”

A war a little

detached With the sound, a white streak swept forward like a ribbon and

unfurled inFuyao's hand

that was grasping at air instinctively when she realized she was falling

Fuyao's figure was ierous, half

fallen position, forle with the rocks underfoot Not far

underneath was a pool of clear water Her long hair hung down onto the water

surface, with so in the current - it was an unstable,

yet beautiful posture

Because her sleeve was pulled tight, her clothes were

stretched close to her body, revealing those perfectly exquisite hills and

valleys Under her aist her robes scattered, fluttering like a dancing

skirt Even though she earing men's clothes, they still couldn't hide the

natural charure

The visions of the many people by the stream could not help

but fix on her There was a brief atmosphere of silence

In the e's

curtains were suddenly lifted up a hair With a veil covering her face, Pei

Yuan glooure above the clear waters that could be

considered a beauty with only a look Her eyes exuded jealousy-induced

malicious intent

And in the first carriage, a pair of piercingly brilliant eyes

turned, then let out a light ”yi” sound [1]

However, Meng Fuyao herself did not realize that this one

pull had displayed her figure She hurriedly used the strap that was holding

her up, and with a twist of her waist she stood up straight Only then was she

able to take a look at the good Samaritan who had helped her in time

The afternoon autureen shade

Beside the clear strearass were covered by the

scattered rays of sunlight, and becaolden in color

Atop the tips of the grass, a white robe spread It was a warm but distant man,

young, graceful, his lips and pupils slightly paler than most people When he

solden wind suddenly see

breezes and bloo cherry blossoms

Because he had thrown out his waist strap with flying

sleeves, his robes had scattered outward Yet this didn't give one a sense of

inelegance or dishevelinally present aura

of rerees of natural serenity

Meng Fuyao was shocked She thought to herself, did she

recently beco the men she met, toothis, she offered the waist

belt back to its owner

Just when she wanted to say a feords of gratitude,

unexpectedly the other side calmly smiled, then softly said, ”The strap

was already slightly dirty, this lady can feel free to throw it away”

After saying he very politely nodded his head, then turned

and left He got onto a horse carriage behind Qi Xunyi's, and then the carriage

sped off to another side to stop and rest This left Meng Fuyao du

on the rocks, clenching the waist strap with surprise

The strap was clearly coood condition,

so white that even tofu would die of shame, and he actually said it was dirty?

This person's attitude was pretty strange You couldn't say

he was lofty and condescending - his manners were impeccable, he was cultured

and ave the completely inoffensive

excuse of self-respect But you couldn't say he was friendly - he clearly

didn't see the strap she had gripped

like worthless scrap

After Meng Fuyao stared for a half while, she hatefully used

the waist strap to wipe her hands That guy didn't want it anyways!

Only after she wiped her hands and carefully inspected did

she discover, the waist strap was actually made from fabric that weaved Heaven

silkworold strands; in the middle was a

similar-colored mutton fat jade [3] The strap was expensive, yet unostentatious,

just like the man

After thinking a little, Meng Fuyao hid the waist strap in

her robes

Yuan Zhaoxu, previously always off to the side, now popped

out of who-knohere With a strange gaze, he watched Meng Fuyao stuff thatinto her robes After some time he said, ”What

are you doing keeping that thing?”

Fuyao replied like it was obvious ”This thing is worth

a lot, if I keep it, if one day I need clothes or food, I can use it to trade

for living expenses”

Yuan Zhaoxu slightly wrinkled his brows, ”That thing

isn't worth anything, don't keep it If you lack ive it to

you”

”Trying to trickFuyao curled her mouth

”You think I can't see the value of this jade? Also, this girl has a lot

of backbone, I don't accept charity”

Zhaoxu cast a glance at her, then faintly grinned

”Yes, you don't accept charity, you just pick up the junk other people

don't want”

”You!” Meng Fuyao beca her eyes

to see Yuanbao poke its head out fro Fuyao

deflated andwith zhi zhi

sounds non-stop With indignation she used the ”one finger flick”,

flicking Yuanbao, who squeakily protested and opened its mouth wide to bite

Meng Fuyao had long escaped while loudly laughing

After running for a couple steps, past a curve was a patch

of forest shade Not far forwards was Qi Xunyi's contingent Meng Fuyao was

just about to go back, when she heard someone say, ”Hey, you”

Turning her head to look, she saw the servant who had just

pushed her and al this person,

she didn't want to bother with him, but for some reason when this person saw

Meng Fuyao his eyes suddenly lit up, and he beckoned ”Hey, you come

here”

Fuyao started, squinting her eyes to look at him

”Calling for me?”

”Yes, you” The servant was not very polite

”Our ive a

hand”

He saw Meng Fuyao with an expression of aard indecisiveness,

and patiently said, ”We won't ” From his

sleeve he palround

with a ”pa la” sound, he arrogantly said, ”Here, one hundred wen, enough for you to eat at Yanjing's

meat broth shop for half a month” [5]

Meng Fuyao lowered her head, looking at the copper money by

her feet After a while, she s some dust

off of the coins

The servant revealed a pleased expression, handing Meng

Fuyao a copper basin and saying, ”Go, go next to the streaet some