The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cang Yue Nation - Nanlai City - Noble House

The night of March 22nd was very warm. This night was the happiest time for Ye Ling since he came into this world. Xue Jingchuan took him to play all the projects in Guiren Pavilion, and both of their smiles were from the heart.

Xue Jingchuan won a lot of money, enough for them to squander tonight. It was almost midnight and the two were exhausted. It started raining outside, so they had no choice but to find a private room and sit down to rest.

Xue Jingchuan looked at the heavy rain outside the window and said, "Ye Ling, I actually lied to you."

"What do you mean?" Ye Ling asked with a smile.

"I... I actually work for King Beichen, but I'm not his subordinate. My name is indeed Xue Jingchuan. I approached you in the beginning to see if I could find out the cause of General Ye Tingzhan's death, because this matter is a concern for His Highness. He always felt that General Ye was framed. Along the way, I found that you knew nothing, and Jiuyou refused to say more. Ye Ling, I'm sorry, I lied to you," said Xue Jingchuan.

Ye Ling smiled and said, "Jiuyou told me a long time ago that Xue Jingchuan is a very nice name."

Xue Jingchuan was very surprised: "You...you are not angry? I lied to you."

"What's there to be angry about? Someone once said that the test of a man is not what he says, but what he does. Along the way, every time you stayed in a town, you found your own place to live. It's free and it's safe. I'm very grateful. Besides, aren't we friends?" Ye Ling felt that there was no need to care about anything. After all, the other party was also trying to find out the cause of his father's death.

"Thank you for forgiving me." Xue Jingchuan felt relieved, finally getting the problem out of the way.

"Don't say that! Why do I feel like you have so much free time? And you're getting into romantic affairs everywhere? Doesn't King Beichen care?" Ye Ling was curious.

"I am not his subordinate and do not receive his monthly salary. I just help him gather information. He asked me to be the leader of his secret guards before, but I felt that I was not suitable to be controlled by others, let alone control others, so I refused. Then I traveled all over the world to help him collect various information and intelligence. For example, the case of your father, I have been investigating it for almost five years. Although I have some suspicions, I have no substantial evidence," Xue Jingchuan explained.

"You're not even willing to be the commander of King Beichen's secret guards?"

"Life is precious, love is more precious. If it means freedom, both can be abandoned. Is this what you said?"

"Yes, how do you know?"

"Xuan Lei told me that I am just like you. I like freedom and don't like being constrained. King Beichen and I grew up together and we are from the same school. I am ambitious in the martial arts world, while he is in the court. As a fellow apprentice, I help him a little, that's all."

"A soulmate! I just like being free and unrestrained. I really don't like being a husband and raising children."

"Really? What are your plans for the future?"

"As for me, I'm not in a hurry. I'm going to the manor to deal with those old ladies tomorrow, and then I'll go to Shaoyang Mountain and make a nest. And then... I haven't made up my mind yet. What about you? Will you continue to follow me? Jiuyou still didn't say anything."

"Then I will follow you, because my mission is to investigate your father's case. You won't dislike me, right?" Xue Jingchuan asked with a smile.

"No, you can follow me if you want. Actually, I still don't understand why there are female guests here when women are treated so harshly in this era."

"Because this kind of place isn't a brothel, it's considered a high-end consumption venue. People who come here are generally high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Furthermore, the women and male favorites here are the descendants of high-ranking officials who have made mistakes. They're not ordinary people."

"That's it!"

"Come, have some tea." Xue Jingchuan poured another cup of tea: "Ye Ling, have you ever thought about your father?"

"No," Ye Ling answered simply. "I don't even know who he is, so why would I miss him? He proposed to my mother, and to everyone's surprise, on the third day of their marriage, despite my mother's pleas to stay and my grandfather's attempts to stop him, he resolutely volunteered to go to war, saying that the country needed him and that romantic interests had to take a back seat. Then, thirteen years passed, and he only wrote a few letters during that time, saying that he missed my mother. He never mentioned me, his daughter, in any of his letters. Tell me, how could I not hate him?"

Xue Jingchuan paused for a moment and said, "Ye Ling, actually, you can think about it from another perspective. Your father asked Jiu You to come back to protect you when he was dying. Just based on this fact, he loved you, his daughter, because the person he was thinking of before he died was you."

"There's a saying: Love that comes late is cheaper than grass. He brought me into this world to suffer. As a father, why did I give birth to her when I couldn't even provide for my own child? If one day I have a child, I will definitely not let her be bullied. Moreover, I will not be like my mother and find an irresponsible man."

"So what kind of man do you think you should be?"

"At least he has to be with me day and night, and I'm the only woman he can have. If he can't do these two things, I won't even look at him."

Xue Jingchuan smiled and said, "What if he cheated on you? He said all sorts of nice things before marriage, but now he refuses to admit it."

"Then I will kill him. If I don't live well, others won't live well either. This is my principle in life."

"It's not easy to find a man like this!"

"Food that comes easily to your mouth is either poison or bait," Ye Ling said as he stood up and walked to the window. "I have no power or money now, but if one day I stand up, those who have sinned against me won't even have the chance to kneel. Jingchuan, do you think my ambitions are delusional and that reality is pathetic?"

Xue Jingchuan also stood up and walked to the window. "Ambition isn't delusion. When there's a huge disparity in strength, when the rules of competition aren't fair, retreat is the best way to preserve strength. It's also another kind of wisdom in life. As the ancients said, 'As long as the green mountains remain, there's no need to worry about running out of firewood.'"

Ye Ling turned his head to look at the person standing nearby: "A friend of mine once said this: To be a human, you must be either ruthless or cruel. Only in this way can you stand firm in this dirty world and survive. Do you think that's right?"

"I agree. I'd rather be a bad person hated by everyone than a good person bullied by everyone."

"Hehe..." Ye Ling smiled sweetly: "Great minds think alike. Anyone who has poured cold water on me, I will definitely boil it and return it to him."

"I never poured cold water on you!"

"Really? Let me think about it." Ye Ling pretended to think.

"That's too much!" Xue Jingchuan laughed.

For a moment, neither of them spoke. They were very close to each other and there was a strange feeling in the air.

"I..." They both spoke at the same time, and then smiled at each other.

Xue Jingchuan said, "You speak first."

"How are we going to get back when it's raining so hard?" Ye Ling asked.

"I'm not going back. It's okay to stay here for one night."

"what?"

"Don't get me wrong, I mean you live in this room, it's a mixed crowd here, I'll go keep watch outside the door for you so you can sleep peacefully," Xue Jingchuan explained quickly.

"I'm indeed a little sleepy." Ye Ling smiled guiltily. She had indeed thought of something wrong just now.

"Then go to bed. I'll be guarding the door. The singing and dancing here won't stop all night long."

"But won't you feel sleepy if you don't sleep?"

"I'm a grown man, it's no problem for me to stay up all night."

Ye Ling took off his boots and slept in his clothes.

Xue Jingchuan walked to the bedside and covered her with the quilt again: "It's raining and cold, don't catch a cold. I'll close the back window."

"Thank you, Master Xue! Actually, you can go find that Chan Juan. With my martial arts skills, I won't be in danger here."

"How can that be? I promised Jiuyou that I would take good care of you. Go to sleep. I'm leaving now." Xue Jingchuan closed the back window, then walked to the door. He was startled when he opened it, then quickly closed it again and whispered, "Why are you here again?"

Chan Juan glanced at the door and said, "How could you resist? This is not your style!"

"I told you, she is my friend, not those ordinary women." Xue Jingchuan's expression was rare and serious.

Chan Juan laughed at herself and said, "Xue Jingchuan, you are moved."

"How is that possible? I've said before, I'm a wanderer. Do you understand what a wanderer is? Have you ever seen that wave stop for whom?" Xue Jingchuan flatly denied it.

"You're just being stubborn," Chan Juan said, then turned and left.

Looking at the person leaving, Xue Jingchuan raised his right hand, placed it on his heart, and muttered to himself: "Why is it beating so fast?"

Xue Jingchuan took a few deep breaths, then sat down at the table in front of the door: "Come out, you've been here for quite a while, stop hiding."

Jiuyou came out from the corridor, his expression unhappy: "Why did you bring the young lady to a place like this?"

"Why can't we come here? Haven't you seen how depressed she's been these past few days? Come out and have some fun, is there anything wrong with that?"

"you…"

"Okay, shut up, sit down and drink tea, she is tired"

"What did you do to the young lady?" Jiuyou was about to draw his sword.

Xue Jingchuan was speechless. "Are you sick? Your daughter is a skilled martial artist. I wouldn't have the guts to do that. She was simply tired from playing, and the rain was pouring, so she couldn't go back, so she went to bed."

"Xue Jingchuan, do you really dare to have that idea?" Jiuyou gritted his teeth.

"I'm a normal man, and Ye Ling is a woman. It's human nature for men and women to love each other. Why can't I have that idea? Do you still want to stop her from getting married?"

"Even if the lady wants to get married, she won't marry someone like you." Jiuyou was very angry.

"What's wrong with me? Am I not good-looking? Or am I weak in martial arts? Or am I poor in money? It seems that none of these exist?" Xue Jingchuan was very proud.

"Miss doesn't judge by appearance, and we are not short of money, so don't even think about it."

"Hey! Young man, are you challenging me?" Xue Jingchuan became interested.

"I'm telling you, starting tomorrow, we'll go our separate ways, and you're not allowed to follow the lady anymore."

"Young man, this is not up to you!" Xue Jingchuan said with a wicked smile: "Just now, your mistress agreed to let me follow her. You have to obey her orders!"

"Impossible, the lady already knows your identity"

"What's my identity? I'm just a wandering knight, free and unrestrained, a free man who can accompany her everywhere."

"You are not, you belong to King Beichen"

"You're bullshit, you're his man. I'm free from official duties, so don't give me any identities."

"you…"

"Don't talk, watch the dance"

Jiuyou was so angry that he sat down on another stool and sulked.

Xue Jingchuan glanced at Jiuyou and tried hard to suppress his laughter.