Chapter 1120 - 615: Wen Li Was Once Married? (Double-Length)

Looking at Yun Qian softly explaining the apprentice ceremony to Wen Li, Zhu Pingniang’s lips curled into a smile.

She always enjoyed seeing the surprise in Miss Lu’s eyes.

"What is it? At first glance, did you feel that Ah Li was difficult to approach?" Zhu Pingniang asked with a light-hearted smile.

"...Mm." Miss Lu sneaked a glance at Wen Li and, seeing that her attention was still on Yun Qian, nodded lightly.

Wen Li’s first impression on her was breathtaking beauty, making her quite entranced, followed by coldness and aloofness. Even at the dining table, Wen Li remained quiet, seeming to keep people at arm’s length.

"That’s just on the surface," Zhu Pingniang’s eyes remained fixed on Wen Li’s profile as she asked Miss Lu, "Ni Zi, haven’t you noticed that although you think she’s difficult to approach, you never felt... she was arrogant?"

"...!"

Miss Lu was slightly taken aback, then sighed.

Indeed.

Why hadn’t she realized such a simple thing?

Even though Wen Li spoke little, didn’t often look at her directly, or talk much to her, she never felt that Wen Li was ’arrogant’... Considering that girls like them, with delicate thoughts, could feel looked down upon even without reason...

Yet from Wen Li, she could only sense a gentle, non-chilling breeze.

Guilt.

This wonderful girl, before this, she thought that Wen Li was getting close to Yun Qian because of Xu Chang’an... She even labeled Wen Li a "bad woman" at one point.

"Is Sister saying that... Fairy Wen is not indifferent, just not good with words?" Miss Lu asked.

"Who knows?" Zhu Pingniang shrugged without a direct response, but her smile carried a hint of amusement.

From the beginning, she knew that this girl she picked up from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood wasn’t a cold-hearted person.

In Wen Li’s heart, the softest place was always reserved for the junior sisters of Muyu Peak... So Zhu Pingniang understood very well that Wen Li’s patience and gentleness towards Yun Qian had nothing to do with Yun Qian’s husband being Xu Chang’an but because Yun Qian was her Junior Sister Yun.

This clear-cut boundary of Ah Li’s is something she genuinely liked.

"However, even someone like Ah Li once had someone she disliked." Zhu Pingniang grinned.

"Eh?" Miss Lu was startled and then waved her hands repeatedly, "That’s not possible."

Fairy Wen treats even the girls from the brothel sincerely, what kind of heinous person would it take for her to dislike?

"Oh, there was, but... now she likes him very much," Zhu Pingniang said, even more amused at Miss Lu’s puzzled expression.

Wen Li: "..."

Zhu Pingniang did not avoid her when talking.

"Senior Wen," Yun Qian looked at her.

"It’s nothing..." Wen Li smiled, then continued talking to Yun Qian about the changes that might occur between Xu Chang’an and Li Zhibai as they transitioned from student-teacher to master-disciple.

Beside her, she could hear Zhu Pingniang suppressing her laughter, causing Wen Li to feel somewhat helpless.

This senior is really as her junior sisters described—a jovial person.

Indeed.

It’s rare for her to have someone she disliked.

She once disliked him.

Perhaps because his name reminded her of her ideals.

Perhaps because she was concerned that he, having the chance to learn under Master Li, might taint the teacher’s purity.

But the most crucial reason was that his initial arrival made a significant portion of the junior sisters at Muyu Peak uncomfortable, even changing the environment and atmosphere there at the time. Such an outlier, and a male at that.

There was even an instance when Wen Li inadvertently saw some junior sisters quarreling because of this outsider, Xu Chang’an.

The harmony of Muyu Peak was shattered.

Her ’home’ was disturbed by an outsider.

That was the first time in Wen Li’s life she felt a sense of ’disgust’ toward a boy named Xu Chang’an whom she had never met.

But that was a long time ago.

Wen Li gently pinched her knuckles as her voice grew more serene towards Yun Qian.

Now, her junior brothers and sisters were her family. Even if there were disputes, they were family matters; she could just quietly observe from the side.

But since Zhu Pingniang, being a joyful person, had just been put in a corner by Li Zhibai and Xu Chang’an, she wouldn’t miss the rare chance to ’tease’ Wen Li.

"So, Ms. Yun has understood the meaning of the Six Rites of Gift, right?" Zhu Pingniang asked.

"Mm." Yun Qian nodded to indicate she fully understood, but, after a pause, she still asked, "The lotus seeds and red beans are set, but what should be chosen for the final gift?"

"The final gift representing sincerity can be anything. Be casual," Zhu Pingniang waved her hand, "Where else do Chang’an’s feelings need proof?"

Yun Qian blinked.

Casual?

Her husband said that ’casual’ and ’whatever’ were the highest demands, so whenever Xu Chang’an asked her what she wanted to eat, she would give her preference instead of saying casually.

"Since it’s casual, it means... the demands are high." Yun Qian nodded thoughtfully.

"?" Zhu Pingniang’s tone hesitated, then she waved her hands repeatedly: "What is Sister talking about? When it’s casual, what demands could there be? If you ask me... for the final gift, let Chang’an casually give something he’s made himself to Ah Bai, that’s enough. If I had to choose, Chang’an’s cultivated green plants or his wood carvings would suffice as a token; Ah Bai would surely be delighted... Mm, wood carvings are better. I’m really curious about what Ah Bai’s temperament in Chang’an’s heart would be like if captured in a carving."