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

Cangyue Kingdom Langya Pavilion

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, and although it was very hot, the small living room in Tianzi Hall was ventilated on all sides, so it was quite cool.

The three of them were drinking tea and chatting in the hall, with Ke Dan occasionally complaining about Ye Ling not coming to see them. Ji Ruochen always spoke up for his junior sister without leaving any trace.

Just as the group was about to leave, Ye Ling entered, dressed in a purple men's robe. Made of luxurious brocade, the color was rich and deep, like the mysterious Purple Star in the night sky. The robe was embroidered with delicate silver thread patterns, like winding nebulae, appearing and disappearing with her steps, emitting a low-key yet luxurious glow.

Ji Ruochen looked confused, as if asking: Ancestor, what do you want to do now?

Ye Ling bowed calmly, "Cousin Ji."

"Huh?" Ji Ruochen was puzzled by this sudden address: "You...you...what are you doing here?"

"Of course I came to have tea and chat with my cousin! My cousin can accompany outsiders, but not me?" Ye Ling asked.

Ji Ruochen felt that he really couldn't handle it! He was born unable to lie, and he couldn't say a word.

Ye Ling turned to look at the two guests and bowed, "My name is Shi Chuan, and I'm Ji Sishi's distant cousin. Because all my family members died, I had no choice but to come and seek refuge with this distant cousin."

"So that's how it is! Brother Shi, I'm sorry for your loss. Fortunately, you have a cousin like this to take you in!" Ke Dan looked absolutely sincere.

"That's right. If it weren't for my cousin, I would have been living on the streets and might have joined the Beggars' Gang long ago," Ye Ling said seriously.

Yu Yan looked Ye Ling over from head to toe, then said, "When we came here that day, we met Brother Shi, right? He was at the entrance to the Right Guest Hall."

"Really?" Ke Dan wondered, "Why don't I remember seeing it?"

Yu Yan rolled his eyes at Ke Dan: "Besides being able to see women, what else can you remember?"

Ye Ling smiled and said, "Master Yu is right. We did meet that day. My cousin, Envoy Du of Tianzitang, had something to do at home, so I temporarily took his place to receive you two."

"Can this be a substitute?" Ke Dan was surprised.

"Of course not for outsiders. What's my relationship with my cousin? Broken bones are connected to tendons. Besides, Du Qianshi's house is on fire. This is a big deal. As a friend, how can I ignore it?"

"Brother Shi is absolutely right. Let's sit down and talk about it," Ke Dan believed it without a doubt.

As soon as Ye Ling sat down, Xi Yuan came in with a cup of tea, placed it in front of Ye Ling, and said calmly, "Young Master, please have some tea."

Ji Ruochen cried out inwardly: "Who's going to take care of this ancestor? How is he addicted to role-playing? A new identity every day! The key is that he even drags his people into the role-playing!"

Ke Dan looked at Ye Ling and asked, "Brother Shi doesn't look very old!"

"I am twenty-one."

"I said you looked young. I'm twenty-three, two years older than you." Ke Dan was very happy.

"Then I should call you Brother Ke."

The two chatted animatedly, feeling like they had known each other for a long time. Ke Dan looked like a dandy boy, but his manners were not dandy at all, on the contrary he was very polite.

With Ye Ling's joining, Ji Ruochen became a background figure just like Yu Yan, since he didn't like to talk much anyway.

Half an hour later, Yu Yan and Ke Dan left together, and Ye Ling volunteered to send them back to the Right Guest Hall.

Ke Dan had a feeling that was exactly what I wanted. As soon as we walked out of the church, he quickly asked, "Brother Shi, we just talked for so long. Actually, I want to ask you about someone."

"Who? As long as he is from Langya Pavilion, there is nothing I don't know about him," Ye Ling said.

"It's Ye Ling, have you seen her?"

"Seeing" Ye Ling left no trace.

"Really?" Ke Dan became interested. "What does she look like? For someone who practices martial arts, isn't she big and strong? Doesn't she look like a woman?"

Ye Ling cursed inwardly, "You're not a woman!" But on the surface, she still smiled: "She's not ugly, she's petite and cute."

"Small and cute?" Ke Dan was clearly unconvinced. "Then can she lift the Yin-Yang Blade?"

"What do you say?"

As they were talking, they passed by a lotus pond and a maid called out, "Master, cousin."

The three of them stopped and looked towards the lotus pond. Yuying was standing there like a fairy, looking at them with a smile.

"Come on, I'll take you to see my cousin." Ke Dan took Ye Ling's arm and walked to the river: "Cousin, this is my new good brother, he is Ji Sishi's cousin Shi Chuan. Brother Shi, this is my cousin Yu Ying, whom you met the day before yesterday."

Ye Ling bowed and said, "Miss Yu is truly like a fairy!"

Yu Ying squatted slightly and saluted: "Mr. Shi, thank you for your praise."

Yu Ying raised her head and glanced at Ye Ling's face. A strange feeling came over her heart, and she whispered, "Does Master Shi live here all the time?"

Ye Ling smiled and said, "It's not certain yet. It all depends on my cousin's arrangements."

Ke Dan jokingly said, "Brother Shi, if I were you, I would never leave Langya Pavilion, the scenery here is beautiful, and there are beautiful women by my side."

Yu Ying's face flushed slightly, and she scolded him, "Cousin, don't talk nonsense."

At that moment, a gust of wind rustled the lotus leaves in the pond. Ye Ling suddenly noticed that the hairpin in Yu Ying's hair was loose, and for some reason, he reached out to straighten it. Yu Ying was startled, but she didn't shy away. Their eyes met, and an electric current seemed to pass through them.

Ke Dan coughed, breaking the delicate atmosphere.

Ye Ling awkwardly withdrew his hand: "I'm sorry, I was rude. I just saw that the young lady's hairpin was about to fall off, and my conditioned reflex was..."

"It's okay, we are just people in society, there are no so many rules," said Ke Dan.

"Cousin is right, thank you, Master Shi."

"We should thank Miss Yu for her generosity."

"Brother Shi, where is the most beautiful place in Langya Pavilion? Can you take us to see it? My cousin likes the mountains and rivers the most," said Ke Dan.

"The most beautiful place?" The first thing that came to Ye Ling's mind was Immortal Peak, but he couldn't go there. "Look, there's a waterfall in the back mountain, surrounded by exotic flowers and plants. It's so beautiful. Are you interested?"

"Of course." Ke Dan's eyes lit up.

"Then let's go tomorrow. We should get up early and have barbecue at noon. We should come back in the evening and I will call a few more people to join in the fun. By the way, the eldest daughter of the Meng family is also on the mountain. I will ask her to come with us so that Miss Yu won't be alone. What do you think?" Ye Ling has been really frustrated recently.

"It's a deal," Ke Dan said with a smile.

"I'm fine." Yuying was also very happy. After all, it was not easy to come out.

"Then we'll see you tomorrow and get some rest early tonight."

"Yes, yes, it's getting late, cousin, let's go back! Wait, Brother Shi, can you call Ye Ling too?"

"This... I have to ask. Madam Mo is still in confinement after giving birth. Ye Ling accompanies her every day. She hasn't been seen during this period. I'll go ask tonight."

"Okay, okay, then we'll go. You can go back. No need to see me off," Ke Dan said with a smile.

After parting, Ye Ling first went to Dizi Hall and made an appointment with Yue Chi to play tomorrow, and then went to Renzi Hall and asked Zhuo Wei to ask for a day off for Yelu Liangzhu. Zhuo Wei agreed very readily. Fortunately, Bicheng was on a mission, otherwise he would definitely go too. Then she asked Yingchuan to help her pass a message to Jinyu, and finally returned to Xianren Peak happily and told Su Su about what would happen tomorrow.

Su Su was furious when she heard this: "Sister, what will I do if you leave? What about the child?"

"I'm gone all day today, right? Qiuju is taking good care of the child. I'll come to see him at night, and Qiuju will take care of him during the day, okay?"

"No, I want to go out and play too."

"How can that be? You can't go out for at least a hundred days. It's good for your health," Ye Ling said.

"All right!"

"Miss, the porridge is here." A middle-aged woman came in with porridge.

Su Su said, "Sister, this is my wet nurse. Grandfather sent people to look for her for half a year before he found her. Wet nurse, this is Sister Ye."

"This old servant greets Miss Ye." The wet nurse quickly put down the bowl and bowed.

"No need to be so polite. I often hear my sister-in-law talk about you. If it weren't for you, my sister-in-law wouldn't be alive."

"Taking care of the young lady was the old lady's last wish, and it's also this old slave's responsibility. Unfortunately... I'm alone and powerless." The nurse wiped her tears. From her face and the backs of her hands, it was clear that she had endured a lot of hardships. "You chat with the young lady, and this old slave will go get the chicken soup."

"Nurse, let Guoer go. You just came back today. Go and rest first. Listen to me." Su Su couldn't help crying.

"Okay, okay, I won't make the young lady sad. I'll go and rest now."

After the wet nurse left, Su Su spoke up, "I've been looking for her everywhere for the past few years, but I never imagined she'd been sold by my aunt to a brothel in Zhezhou to wash dishes. She's endured countless hardships. My grandfather was worried I wouldn't be able to raise a child, so he's been looking for her everywhere all year. I never expected she'd be right under his nose."

"She is your mother's dowry girl?"

"Yes, after mother passed away, the three of us depended on each other for survival, but my aunt found an excuse to sell her off. Qiuju is her daughter!"

"Qiuju is her daughter?" Ye Ling was a little surprised: "Then what about her husband?"

Su Su shook her head slightly: "The wet nurse got pregnant because she was bullied by the bad guys. Mother helped her give birth to Qiuju secretly, otherwise she would not have had milk to feed me!"

"Are you relieved that she'll take care of Nan Nan?"

"Don't worry, the wet nurse said that after the confinement period, she will take the child to the side room to sleep at night, so that I can have a good rest." Su Su was happy to see this, because she knew that Ye Ling would leave soon, and the arrival of the wet nurse made her feel relieved.

"Are you relieved now?"

Su Su smiled slightly: "Okay, go and have dinner quickly. They must be waiting for you in the front yard. Qiuju and Guoer are here to serve you."

"Then I'll go. I'll stay with you tonight."

Ye Ling put her hands behind her back and walked happily to the front yard. Sure enough, Mo Yufeng came back, and Jiuyou, Xuanyuan and Meng Jing were waiting for her to eat.

After seeing Ye Ling's outfit, several people had completely different reactions. Meng Jing looked infatuated: "Wow! What a handsome man!"

Jiuyou stood up: "Senior Sister, why are you dressed like this?"

Xuanyuan gave a thumbs up: "This outfit is even more handsome than Yelu Zongzheng."

Ye Ling bowed and said, "Thank you all for your praise. I think it's very handsome too."