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

Chapter 366: Bad Luck

Cangyue Kingdom Langya Pavilion

During dinner, Ye Ling said as they ate, "Brother, did Brother Ji agree to marry Yu Ying just like that? They've only met a few times? Are they in love? And they're getting married so quickly?"

"Junior sister, men from normal families get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen. Those of us who have no parents and have been wandering around the world to make a living since childhood have already delayed marriage for a long time. After the age of thirty, there are even fewer women who have the family background like Yuying. So it doesn't matter about feelings. It's enough to be able to sleep in the same bed and respect each other," said Mo Yufeng.

"Miss Yuying is very beautiful. She can definitely find a husband better than Senior Brother Ji in Da'an. Why does she want to marry far away? She has no relatives here. If it were me, I would definitely not agree."

"How many women in this world can find their own husbands like you and Meng Jing? They are arranged by their parents and matchmakers."

Ye Ling nodded: "Fortunately, Senior Brother Ji is a good man. He probably won't abuse or beat Miss Yu, right?"

"How is that possible? Ruochen isn't that kind of person. Even if he doesn't like her, he will take good care of her. Besides, a man should have great ambitions. What's the point of beating a woman?"

"Brother, what you said is not right," Ye Ling disagreed: "Forget about beating a woman. There are many men who want to kill a woman like me."

"Can you be the same as them? You're wrong not to hit men, Jiuyou, Senior Brother sympathizes with you."

"No, no, senior sister is very nice to me," Jiuyou said quickly.

"Where is Meng Jing?" Ye Ling then remembered that there was one person missing.

"Miss, Miss Meng came back early today. She had dinner with the lady and then went to rest," said the maid beside her.

"Zhuo Wei couldn't withstand Meng Jing's attack and compromised," said Mo Yufeng.

"Really?" Ye Ling immediately asked curiously, "What did Senior Brother Zhuo say?"

"What else can I say? After Ruochen's wedding, he plans to have Ruochen accompany him down the mountain to propose marriage to the Meng family. All wedding expenses will be advanced from the pavilion."

"Great, then...where's the place to stay?"

"The last house on Feiniao Peak is almost finished. It's a gift from me, the Pavilion Master, to the three envoys."

Ye Ling nodded: "It's hard for Senior Brother Xuanyuan."

"He's not suffering at all. Eat quickly and then go back to rest," said Mo Yufeng.

"Oh," Ye Ling responded.

The next day, Ye Ling went to see Qian Qing and his wife as usual, then went to say hello to Su Su, and then left Xianren Peak and went out for a stroll.

Arriving at the Renzi Hall, he went to find Zhuo Wei specifically: "Brother Zhuo, you see, I'm so bored. Do you have any work? For example, if there are orders from Langya Pavilion, I can go and help you kill and earn some extra money."

Zhuo Wei was slightly stunned: "You...you have no money to spend?"

"How could that be? I don't have to spend any money in Langya Pavilion. I'm just... simply bored. But I'm not leaving now. If you have any orders that my brothers can't get, you can sell them to me. After Senior Brother Ji's wedding, I can go out and play and work at the same time," Ye Ling said with a smile.

"Okay," Zhuo Wei agreed.

Ye Ling left Renzitang happily. Remembering that Jiuyou interrupted her from picking fruits yesterday, she decided to go to the orchard again. What if all the fruits had been picked?

On the other side, Jiuyou was standing in the orchard pavilion. Jiuming flew over with Qinggong and took off the mask: "Brother, you are willing to see me, right..."

"Who told you to meet her privately? And you even covered her in white powder?" Jiuyou interrupted Jiuming.

"I was here to get some fresh air yesterday, but I didn't expect to be seen by Miss Ye. I'm sorry, brother, I didn't mean it. The white powder is not poisonous. It's a thunder bomb that I modified. It has no lethality. I just wanted to escape." Jiu Ming was like a child who had done something wrong.

Jiuyou was helpless and stretched out his hand: "Give it to me."

"what?"

"Give me two of the thunder bombs you threw yesterday."

Jiu Ming obediently took out two: "Brother, please consider..."

"I don't want to think about it. Don't appear in front of her again. After Senior Brother Ji's wedding, you should go back with Yu Zun! I won't go back with you."

"Brother," Jiu Ming said with sadness in his eyes, "Mother is really dying. She's running out of energy. The imperial physician said she won't survive the New Year. Please, I'll take you back and send you back, okay?"

"not good."

Jiu Ming pulled out a wooden sculpture from his arms. "To ease your sorrow, your father made a wooden statue of you. You keep it close to your heart, taking it out every now and then to cry over it. Look for yourself. The marks on it are all left by your tears, which you washed every day."

Jiuyou took the wooden statue uncontrollably, and looking at the worn marks on it, he realized that someone had rubbed it every day.

Jiu Ming took a step forward. "Brother, mother said that whoever's flesh falls from their body will feel the pain. These years, she has been living in self-blame, thinking that she failed to protect you. She locked herself in a separate courtyard, untied, practicing Buddhism, eating vegetarian food, and praying to the Buddha to keep you alive. I only ask that you go back to see her."

Jiuyou stared at the wooden sculpture in his hands, his heart awash with mixed emotions. After a long pause, he slowly spoke, "Jiu Ming, it's not that I'm cruel, but do you know how much Senior Sister means to me? She's my only one, my heart. I can't do anything to make her sad."

Jiu Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, we can go back with Miss Ye. I know you haven't gotten married yet, so let's go home and get married."

"No, don't you know what's happening in the martial arts world right now? Senior Sister can only stay in Langya Pavilion. Stop talking! Go back and tell my family I'm alive and well." Jiuyou said, turning to leave. He knew that if his mother's condition was true, he would regret it forever if he didn't see her. However, once he set foot on that land, countless troubles would follow. Moreover, Ye Ling would definitely not go with him.

Jiu Ming stood there, not discouraged, but with a slight smile on his face: "Brother, you are soft-hearted. Mother, you must hold on. I will definitely persuade you to come back."

As soon as Jiuyou left the orchard, Ye Ling arrived at the orchard from the shortcut of Dizitang, holding a string of candied haws in his hand and eating as he walked.

Jiu Ming was about to leave, but when he turned around and their eyes met, he thought to himself, "Oh no! What kind of luck is this?"

Ye Ling was also puzzled and looked around: "Junior brother, why are you here again? Is this your birthplace? Or... are you dating a girl behind my back?"

Jiu Ming put the mask on his back without leaving any trace and slowly backed away.

Ye Lingyou entered the pavilion and asked, "Have you finished making the white ball you promised me? Let me see it."

Jiu Ming was helpless and could only obediently take out his only two remaining thunder bombs and place them in Ye Ling's outstretched palm.

"It was done so quickly? How powerful is it? Is it as powerful as the one that blew us up yesterday?"

Jiu Ming nodded slightly, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, trying to find a chance to escape. However, things went against his wishes, and something worse happened.

A team of guards dressed in Tianzitang uniforms entered the orchard carrying baskets on their backs. They walked straight to the pavilion and bowed, "Greetings, Miss, Ninth Young Master."

"Brothers, are you picking fruits?" Ye Ling asked with a smile.

"Yes, the Pavilion Master's child's full moon banquet is approaching, and we, under Captain Ma's orders, have come to pick some fruit."

Ye Ling nodded: "Then you guys go and do your work, don't worry about us."

"Okay," everyone scattered and started picking.

Jiu Ming's heart was in his throat. It was difficult for him to leave this time, so he could only hide the mask under the stone table.

Ye Ling finished the last candied haws and took Jiu Ming's hand: "Hurry up and pick some watermelons. They will be gone by the time you turn around."

Jiu Ming gritted his teeth and came to the melon field, where there were also six or seven Tianzi Hall guards busy at work.

Ye Ling quickly squatted down and knocked the watermelons one by one: "Jiuyou, do you think this is cooked?"

Jiu Ming could only squat down to help pick the melons.

After a busy period, the two picked more than a dozen watermelons. Ye Ling was very satisfied and sat down to rest: "Jiuyou, why don't you say anything?"

Jiu Ming pointed to his throat and shook his head.

Ye Ling immediately became serious: "Is there really something wrong with your throat? Let me take a look at it for you."

Jiu Ming quickly waved his hand and pointed at the melons on the ground. There were so many of them. What should he do?

Ye Ling glanced at the people around him, then waved his sleeves, and all the melons disappeared out of thin air.

Jiu Ming was shocked and kept searching under his feet.

Ye Ling was so focused on the people around him that she didn't notice Jiu Ming's expression. She stood up and pulled Jiu Ming away from the melon field. "Let's find a place where there's no one. I'll check your throat."

Upon hearing this, Jiu Ming quickly broke free from Ye Ling's hand and took a few steps back.

"What are you doing?" Ye Ling also became alert: "You want to blow me up again? Let me tell you, this time I also have thunder bombs, and I can't kill you."

Jiu Ming couldn't help laughing, because the woman in front of him was so cute and didn't look like a master at all.

"Laugh, do you have the nerve to laugh? Do you know how embarrassed I was yesterday?" Ye Ling was angry.

At this moment, sparse voices came from the road ahead, and in a blink of an eye, several people appeared, led by Woods.

As the saying goes, when enemies meet, their eyes become red with envy. Ye Ling immediately looked at them with a cold expression.

Woods hadn't expected to run into Ye Ling when he came to the orchard, so he could only step forward and bow: "Miss Ye, Master Jiu, what a coincidence!"

Ye Ling snorted coldly and did not respond. Jiu Ming stood aside, silently observing the situation.

Seeing this, Woods smiled awkwardly: "If Miss Ye has nothing to do, we will go pick some fruit."

Ye Ling still didn't speak, so Woods could only walk around.

"Hey~" Ye Ling suddenly spoke.

Woods and his companions stopped and turned to look at Ye Ling.

Zhou Tao mustered up the courage to speak: "Miss Ye, is there anything else?"

Ye Ling curled the corners of his mouth slightly, looked at the two thunder bombs in his hand, quickly threw them at the feet of several people, and pulled Jiu Ming to retreat with his internal force.

With two bangs, the thunder bomb exploded, and Woods and his men were in chaos. After the smoke cleared, only two eyes of everyone were moving, and their whole bodies turned white, looking even more miserable than Ye Ling yesterday.

People picking fruits nearby also heard the noise and ran over to check.

Ye Ling burst into laughter, and Jiu Ming couldn't help laughing. Then he slowly backed away and left quietly.

"Ye Ling, you've gone too far." Woods took a few steps forward.

Everyone from Tianzitang came over and subconsciously pulled Ye Ling behind them, perhaps having forgotten that Ye Ling knew martial arts.

Ye Ling was still laughing: "I did go too far, so what? You don't accept it? Want to fight a few more moves?"

Woods swallowed his anger and left in anger.

Ye Ling was still holding his stomach and laughing, while the people from Tianzitang who were watching on the side smiled helplessly and shook their heads.