Chapter 895 - 497: The Wheel of Fortune Turns (Double - )

Zhu Pingniang: "...?"

She stared blankly at Li Zhibai.

Zhu Pingniang didn’t know whether the weather tonight was good or bad, she only knew... the rain kept falling.

She took a deep breath.

Ah Bai, what did she... say?

At this moment, it was as if the noise from the banquet hall disrupted Zhu Pingniang’s thoughts, and the image of Li Zhibai in her eyes was as rippling as the surface of a lake, making it hard to see clearly.

Zhu Pingniang lowered her head, hearing Li Zhibai’s words for the first time, yet she wanted to pretend not to have heard them.

But Li Zhibai had no intention of skipping the topic; she looked at Zhu Pingniang without any concealment. Seeing that she did not reply, she asked again, even more explicitly.

"Tong Jun, if I don’t plan to return to Chaoyun temporarily and want to stay at your Flower Moon Building, is there anything I can do?" Li Zhibai asked.

A woman like her was not particularly good at anything, so according to the rules, in a brothel, she might only do tasks like serving tea?

However, she wasn’t joking.

Since the place can make the sect leader stay, Li Zhibai’s decision to stay at Flower Moon Building was also made after careful consideration.

Zhu Pingniang didn’t speak, just stood, watching the rain hit the river, and murmured.

"Perhaps... I really should order a coffin."

Sudden shocks like these are quite a strain on the heart of an old woman like her.

"???"

Several question marks popped up above Zhu Pingniang’s head, and her mind was in chaos.

Let her sort it out.

Turning to look at Li Zhibai, who was still leaning against the railing, Zhu Pingniang massaged her temples.

Did she hear it wrong?

Ah Bai wants to enter a brothel and... find a job there?

"???"

She recognized each word, and Li Zhibai spoke very clearly, but how come she couldn’t understand it when linked together?

Who’s coming to the brothel?

Ah Bai?

And... the purpose is not to stay at Flower Moon Building with her, but, like those courtesans, find something to do?

She wouldn’t want to join Flower Moon Building—at this moment, a ridiculous idea suddenly arose in Zhu Pingniang’s mind, but as soon as the thought arose, it expanded like a wave in a vast ocean, rising higher and higher.

"Tong Jun?" Li Zhibai looked at Zhu Pingniang strangely: "Why aren’t you speaking?"

Is wanting to stay at Flower Moon Building such a strange thing?

After meeting the sect leader here, Li Zhibai seemed to have lost her self-awareness.

And Zhu Pingniang once again heard Li Zhibai’s question, yet still did not respond, just gently tugged on Li Zhibai’s sleeve.

"Ah Bai, look at me," Zhu Pingniang said.

Li Zhibai turned her head, meeting Zhu Pingniang’s gaze.

Zhu Pingniang looked at this face she never tired of seeing, and the doubts in her eyes gradually dissipated.

"Ah Bai, you’re so beautiful," she said.

"Here we go again."

Li Zhibai sighed helplessly, placing Zhu Pingniang’s hand, which was tugging her sleeve, onto the railing in front: "What do you want to say?"

"What do I want to say?"

Zhu Pingniang repeated.

Is it so difficult to understand what she wants to say?

She wants to ask why Ah Bai is so emotionally disturbed, wants to ask how she could express wanting to stay at Flower Moon Building, wants to know... what on earth happened to her.

But she couldn’t understand why such a thing occurred.

Zhu Pingniang looked up towards the direction of Chaoyun Sect, then seriously asked: "Ah Bai, have you become someone from the Qie Family?"

"Qie Family? What are you talking about?" Li Zhibai asked back.

"There are many people in the world who are from the Qie Family, busy all day yet reluctant to return home. Have you become such a woman?" Zhu Pingniang said quietly.

Only then did Li Zhibai realize that what Tong Jun referred to as ’home’ was the Sword Hall on Muyu Peak.

Was that place home to her?

In a way, it was.

Li Zhibai said helplessly, "I just want to stay here with you for a few days... is that so hard to understand?"

How could Tong Jun be so spineless?

She merely wanted to stay here for a few days and experience the life of a courtesan. Was there really a need for such... trembling eyes, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets?

"Staying is one thing, but for a few days..." Zhu Pingniang silently moved closer, then just like that, took a letter from Li Zhibai’s embrace.

She read it silently, then, in front of Li Zhibai’s eyes, tore the letter into tiny pieces and threw them into the lake.

As the letter fragments fluttered down into the water.

Li Zhibai: "...?"

She was even more perplexed.

What was Tong Jun doing? Why did she tear up the letter she wrote?

The letter wasn’t about anything special; it was actually Zhu Pingniang’s ’report,’ detailing the sect leader’s visit to Beisang City to personally collect the Array Map.

Zhu Pingniang sighed, "It was my mistake."

She was now full of regret, deeply regretting.

If she had known earlier that bringing Li Zhibai to Beisang City would lead to such things, she would never have used such a letter to coax Li Zhibai down from the mountain.

"Where did you go wrong?" Li Zhibai asked.

"Everything was wrong," Zhu Pingniang said seriously, holding Li Zhibai’s wrist, "Ah Bai, I don’t want to drink anymore, maybe... you should go back up the mountain now, while the rain is light."

"I told you, I want to stay here with you."

"I can’t understand that."

"Try to understand."

"Is that something you can understand just by trying?" Zhu Pingniang retorted.

In fact, if Li Zhibai had simply said she wanted to stay for a while, she would definitely be very happy since it meant spending time with her.

But from the start, Zhu Pingniang had already grasped Li Zhibai’s intentions, which is why she lost six of her seven souls.