Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

While eating wontons, Zhuo Yichen tried to find topics to talk about.

The truth is, the wontons in his bowl looked the same as the ones in Nanzhi's bowl, but they tasted terrible. If he didn't say anything, he would have no choice but to eat the wontons...

After swallowing the wonton in his mouth, Nanzhi asked curiously, "You said before that you wanted to restart the Monster Hunting Bureau. Are you sure about that?"

The Demon Hunting Division had been abandoned since it was severely damaged eight years ago, when Xiao Zhuo's father, brother, and the elite members of the Division were all slaughtered. The Division was also replaced by the Chongwu Camp.

The imperial court forgot about the Demon Hunting Bureau, and the Chongwu Camp targeted the Demon Hunting Bureau, and the person above also ignored the existence of the Demon Hunting Bureau.

At that time, Nanzhi's father was still the censor, and Nanzhi had been friends with Zhuo Yichen since childhood, so naturally she knew more details.

Suddenly saying they want to restart now, I'm afraid there must be something dangerous that needs to be done by the Demon Hunting Bureau.

Zhuo Yichen nodded seriously. "Lord Fan is discussing this with the Prime Minister. In the past month, there have been five cases of brides being killed by water ghosts in Tiandu City. The Chongwu Camp can't solve the case. This is a good opportunity for our Demon Hunting Division."

As he spoke, his brows furrowed, his hands on the table clenched into fists: "Although this is a good opportunity for us, those brides..."

Zhuo Yichen is upright, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, kind and gentle at heart. He has compassion and protectiveness for the people of Tiandu, but is cold and ruthless towards monsters.

Deep down in his heart, he actually didn't want these five horrific cases to happen.

Thinking of the recent panic in Tiandu City, Nanzhi lost the mood to eat wontons. "Recently, several families living near my home have changed their wedding dates for fear of being targeted by water ghosts... Even those who have changed their wedding dates are terrified all day, afraid that water ghosts will target their daughters."

"Even young women who are getting married are afraid now."

"Don't be afraid." Zhuo Yichen comforted Nanzhi: "You are not engaged, and you are not getting married, so the water ghost can't target you."

Nanzhi exclaimed "Ah" and looked at Zhuo Yichen.

Wasn't she talking about the women who had already set a date for their wedding?

Being stared at by Nanzhi's elegant and ethereal eyes, Zhuo Yichen looked away uncomfortably, pursed his lips and explained, "I don't mean that the water ghosts look down on you because you're not pretty. It's just that the water ghosts only target brides who are getting married. Even if you want to get engaged and married, you can't do it at a dangerous time like now..."

"What I mean is... It's not that I don't want you to get married. In fact, I am looking forward to it... No, it's not that I really hope that I can... No, this kind of thing is not serious enough now... What I mean is..."

Why does it feel like the more I explain, the more confusing it becomes?!

Zhuo Yichen secretly despised himself for not being able to speak. He suddenly looked up and met Nanzhi's eyes staring at him. His ears turned red and he couldn't even speak.

Nahuhu looked a little dazed, as if he had returned to the time when he first met Nanzhi.

Nanzhi was puzzled: "What are you talking about? When did I say I was getting engaged and married?"

Zhuo Yichen lowered his eyes in disappointment: "You...haven't you ever had this thought?"

Nanzhi nodded: "I have three years of mourning to observe, how can I have the thought of getting married?"

"Besides, marriage is a big deal and shouldn't be rushed. You have to choose carefully and slowly, and you can't just get married blindly."

Zhuo Yichen nodded, implicitly saying, "It's good that you think so. Actually...most of the men that matchmakers mention are unreliable. It's better to see for yourself, and you need to understand a person's character and temperament clearly before you can be at ease."

"That's right." Nanzhi nodded, agreeing with him. "I'm all alone now. If I don't keep my eyes open and take one wrong step, I'm afraid I'll be unhappy for the rest of my life."

Seeing that Nanzhi didn't understand what he wanted to express, Zhuo Yichen felt disappointed again, but he still promised seriously: "You won't, and I won't let this happen."

Nanzhi nodded and said happily, "I know, because Xiaozhuo is powerful and he's also my friend!"

Seeing Nanzhi happy, Zhuo Yichen couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

"That's not what I want to talk about." Seeing that the topic was getting off track, Nanzhi quickly brought it back: "I've been embroidering a screen with a hundred birds recently. It was commissioned by Master Qi. Miss Qi is getting married, so she came to me to order the screen as a dowry."

"But even after so many cases of water ghosts kidnapping brides, Miss Qi's wedding date has not been changed. It seems that Master Qi is heartless and only cares about the interests of his family. Miss Qi is really pitiful."

Knowing that Nanzhi and Miss Qi have a good relationship, Zhuo Yichen lowered his eyes and said, "In that case, after the Monster Hunting Bureau is reactivated, the first thing I will do is to go to the Qi family to investigate and protect them."

As he was busy with the matter of restarting the Monster Hunting Bureau recently, Zhuo Yichen could not stay outside for long. He said goodbye to Nanzhi and before leaving, he put a few coins on the boss's stall and secretly paid the bill.

When Nanzhi finished eating and was about to pay, the boss told her, "The tall gentleman who just paid has already paid."

Nanzhi walked home with snacks in her arms.

The rain that had been falling all morning stopped. The snacks in her arms felt heavy, and she was in a good mood.

When Zhuo Yichen was a child, no one liked to play with him because he was the son of the commander of the Monster Hunting Bureau. His father and brother were engaged in capturing monsters that were doing evil in the world. They were afraid that they would be targeted by monsters if they played with him.

Only Nanzhi was not afraid of him and was willing to play with him.

After Nanzhi's father died unjustly, Zhuo Yichen was not like other people who flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. He still treated her as usual, and the relationship between the two has always been good.

Before today, Nanzhi and Zhuo Yichen had not seen each other for more than half a month. They were obviously happy to meet each other for breakfast and chat.

Zhu Yan, who was sitting on the roof, was not so happy.

Zhuo Yichen's Yunguang Sword is the nemesis of all high-level demons and monsters. It will also issue a warning when a monster appears near him. Naturally, he cannot get too close to Nanzhi when following behind her, so as not to be discovered.

Although he was sitting on the rooftop a hundred meters away from the two of them, he could still hear every word of their conversation.

Zhuo Yichen's subtle hints and his shy look of wanting to confess his feelings made Zhu Yan feel annoyed.

This kind of worry became more and more uncontrollable after Nanzhi returned home.

Seeing the slender figure pushing open the door and coming in, Zhu Yan said in a depressed tone, "He's back."

His voice sounded listless, and his expression clearly showed that he was unhappy.

Nanzhi looked up at the pear tree and saw Zhu Yan still sitting in the same position she had been sitting in when she left home. He couldn't help but wonder, "Why are you still sitting there? You'll catch a cold if it rains."

After taking a sip of the water in the kettle, Zhu Yan looked at Nan Zhi with his beautiful and seductive eyes and shook the kettle in his hand at her: "I'm waiting for you to come back for dinner."

Speaking of eating, Nanzhi happily said to Zhu Yan, "You're in for a treat today! The dim sum at Nanxiangmen is so good that even people have to queue up to buy it!"

With a light somersault, he landed on the ground, his black robe drawing a graceful arc in the air. Zhu Yan walked up to Nanzhi and looked at the package in her arms: "Such a big bag?"

"Yeah." Nanzhi nodded.

"I won't eat." Zhu Yan squatted down and hugged himself: "My heart is about to break. If I eat any more snacks, my whole body will break."

Nanzhi also squatted down and asked him worriedly, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhao Yuanzhou was fragile and sad...

Zhu Yan raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of pitiful puppy-like eyes: "I'm about to explode with jealousy."