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As the woman in colorful attire swiftly drew a sword that gleamed with cold light and pressed it against my throat, I heard the sound of the window of the Tea House being pushed open.
In that fleeting moment, which would be etched in my memory for countless years to come, I could never forget it.
I heard a clear and resonant male voice, crisp like thin ice in winter yet warm like the gentle sun of early spring. He said, "Yuyan, you mustn't be so unreasonable."
A peach blossom casually flew out from his sleeve and struck the cool blade pressed against my neck, causing the sword in the woman's hand to drop to the ground.
I watched as the peach blossom landed on my shoe, releasing a faint and delicate fragrance.
He descended gracefully from the stairs, approached us, bent down to pick up the sword that had fallen into the dust, and sheathed it for her before turning back to me with a slight smile, saying, "Miss, we have offended you today."
He, dressed in white, along with the beautiful woman beside him resembling exquisite brocade, walked further down the cobblestone street. As the surrounding crowd dispersed, I crouched down to pick up a fallen peach blossom, inhaling the enchanting scent that lingered from his smile.
At that moment, I understood for the first time that one's heartbeat is not under one's control.
I wandered until late before returning. At Black Wind Stronghold, Tian Tian, who saw me starving almost to madness every day, reached out her hand asking for her Osmanthus Cake.
In a dreamy state, I recounted the day's events to her. After listening, Tian Tian couldn't help but bury her head in her hands and groan, "Wanwan, I know you're quite foolish, but I didn't expect you to be this foolish. You nearly lost your head; do you realize that?"
Considering I had almost lost my head, Tian Tian felt too embarrassed to ask me for compensation of those three or two silver coins.
When news arrived that the Heavenly Realm and Demon Realm had called a truce, I was picking wild vegetables on the back mountain. I looked up at the blue sky and stuffed a handful of wild vegetables into my mouth.
When a person is down on their luck, even drinking cold water can get food stuck in their teeth, and passing gas can lead to stepping on their own heels. This is a daily saying from the Black Wind Stronghold.
Unfortunately, I was startled by a sudden clap of thunder in broad daylight, causing the wild vegetables to choke me.
By the time I finally caught my breath, I saw someone struggling to get up after rolling down into the mountain stream with the sound of thunder, only to collapse again. I couldn't tell if he was dead.
But it seemed likely that he was some kind of practitioner who had gone astray, struck down by a thunderbolt just as he was about to ascend.
Truly more unfortunate than I.
Thinking this, I hurried over and dragged him up.
As long as there was still a breath left in him, I, Ai Wanwan, would never let him die in vain in this wilderness.
I exerted all my strength to pull him back to my cave. After pouring down a few bowls of wild vegetable soup, his breath gradually stabilized.
By then, it was dusk. The sunset of Heifeng Mountain streamed through the window into my crumbling stone cave. I squatted by a small campfire, frowning and pondering how to live from now on.
What troubled me deeply was that even if I no longer feared eating wild vegetables for every meal, I was still at a loss about where to find enough for two people.
As the spring breeze blew in the evening, a voice that sounded almost dreamlike suddenly came from behind me: "So it's you."
I recognized this voice well; it reminded me of what he said that day at the Tea House: "Yuyan, you mustn't be so unreasonable."
As he walked up to me that day, slightly bending down, his big eyes curved into a smile as he said, "Miss, we have offended you today."
In my dreams, there were young men with peach blossom pink hues, making me feel disdainful of myself as I dressed in front of the mirror, thinking I was just an ordinary fairy. Behind me, in the dreamlike sunset, he smiled at me and said, "So it’s you."
His face was dark, but his eyes shone brightly.
At this moment, seeing me in a daze, he reached out and brushed his hand across his own face.
My dilapidated stone cave suddenly seemed to glow with a glass-like brilliance, and I knew that in the deepening twilight of Heifeng Mountain, all the light came from his handsome and refined features.
"My name is Zhuo Jialing. What is your name, and where is this place?"
"This is Black Wind Stronghold. My name is Ai Wanwan." I answered so naturally and smoothly, as if I had wanted him to remember my name all along.
" Wanwan."
His voice was very pleasant, a deep murmur that said, "What a lovely name."
Then a smile blossomed on the corner of his thin lips for me.
In that instant, I felt dizzy, as if the spring breeze from the ridge had blown into my heart, opening thousands upon thousands of blooming flowers.
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