Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Chapter 89 Heartbreaking

Guo Songyang stared at A Fei in surprise, then exclaimed, "You're saying this young man is Lin Xian'er's lover?"

Jiang Fengyue nodded and sighed, "You could say that."

That's not quite right, because Lin Xian'er was not only A Fei's lover, but also the lover of the masses.

Not far from the small building, there is a wine shop called "Parking in the Maple Forest Evening," where Guo Songyang often comes to drink.

Afei couldn't accept the facts before him and ran away. Jiang Fengyue didn't stop him.

The liquor store had closed early, but that couldn't stop two people who wanted to drink.

Guo Songyang left a few silver ingots at the counter and took two jars of wine.

Guo Songyang quickly drank half a jar of wine, and under the influence of the alcohol, he was able to say much more.

Guo Songyang sighed, "Actually, I rarely come to see her."

Jiang Fengyue said, "I know."

Guo Songyang said, "I only come to her when I'm in a bad mood. I know a lot of women, but I have to admit that she's the one who makes me the happiest."

Jiang Fengyue said, "You should also know that she has been using you all along."

Guo Songyang laughed and said, "Of course I know, but I don't care at all. How can I not be using her? She brings me pleasure, so what's a little price to pay?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "You can understand these things, but that young man doesn't. Lin Xian'er is a prostitute to you, but to that young man, she is a saint."

Guo Songyang said, "That young man still can't understand after seeing all this. Do you have any other ideas?"

Jiang Fengyue smiled slightly and said, "I want him to personally remove the mask of the Holy Maiden."

Jiang Fengyue thanked Guo Songyang for the drinks, then turned around and went to find Afei.

Ah Fei got lost in the maple forest. He had never been to this place before, and his mind had stopped thinking; even his eyes had lost their light.

Jiang Fengyue led Afei back to the plum grove, and the two did not exchange a single word the entire way.

Before parting, Jiang Fengyue reminded him, "I'll come to see you again tomorrow night, but remember, don't drink the calming soup that Lin Xian'er made again."

Afei nodded blankly, then turned and walked into the small wooden house.

Jiang Fengyue lightly stepped onto the roof and lifted a tile to reveal the interior of the wooden house.

As soon as A-Fei entered the house, Lin Xian'er anxiously greeted him, softly asking, "A-Fei, where have you been?"

Ah Fei said calmly, "When I got up in the middle of the night, you weren't in the room, so I went outside to look for you."

Lin Xian'er was so frightened she almost lost her soul, and said in a trembling voice, "You never wake up in the middle of the night, do you...?"

She remembered the knocking on the door upstairs. When she returned and found that Afei was not in bed, she began to panic.

Her expression was terrified. She looked around and said, "Did Jiang Fengyue come looking for you?"

Although she hated Jiang Fengyue so much that her teeth itched, she had discovered that her wealth had vanished and that she had found a note left by Jiang Fengyue.

But she couldn't help but fear Jiang Fengyue, because if there was only one person in the world who wanted to take Lin Xian'er's life, that person would definitely be Jiang Fengyue.

Ah Fei didn't say anything, as if he was tacitly agreeing.

Lin Xian'er hurriedly began packing her things.

Ah Fei asked, "What are you doing?"

Lin Xian'er murmured, "He won't let me go. He definitely won't believe that I've reformed, so we need to leave quickly."

Afei stopped Lin Xian'er from packing her things, saying, "I've already told him about your situation. If you're truly willing to change, he won't make things difficult for you."

Lin Xian'er finally breathed a sigh of relief, hugged A Fei, and said softly, "I don't know what I would have done without you."

Ah Fei broke free from her embrace, slowly walked to the bedside, lay down, and said, "I want to sleep. If I don't sleep for six hours a day, I'll be incredibly sleepy during the day."

Lin Xian'er's expression changed slightly, and she forced a smile, "Okay."

She went back to bed and lay down, but kept tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Seeing that it was late at night, Jiang Fengyue also quietly slipped away from the roof of the wooden house. He sighed, no wonder Chu Liuxiang could be a thief; it turned out that with his lightness skill, he could walk around on other people's rooftops without making a sound.

When he went to remove the tiles from the roof the next day, Afei and Lin Xian'er were having dinner.

Lin Xian'er served A Fei a large bowl of beef soup and kept urging him to drink it.

Ah Fei murmured, "We shouldn't drink beef soup anymore."

Lin Xian'er frowned and said, "You don't like it?"

Ah Fei shook his head and said, "I like it, but we can't afford it. I know the money I made from hunting and selling the other day is almost gone."

Lin Xian'er said softly, "You don't need to worry about money. I can earn a little money selling meat by sewing and mending every day. I wasn't home last night because I was afraid of disturbing you, so I went outside to sew clothes."

Ah Fei said, "Oh, so you went to sew clothes."

Lin Xian'er feigned grievance and said, "Don't you believe me? Do you still think I'm doing those old thieving and robbing things?"

Ah Fei asked, "Is there some unspeakable hardship you're facing, or is someone forcing you to do something you don't want to do?"

Hearing Ah Fei say this, Lin Xian'er exclaimed, "No...no...I've been living with you these past few days, is there anything I would hide from you? Did Jiang Fengyue say something to you when she came to see you last night?"

Ah Fei shook his head, pointed to an empty bowl, and said, "I don't want to drink so much soup today. Could you please bring me another bowl of rice?"

Lin Xian'er smiled softly and said, "Of course."

While Lin Xian'er went to the kitchen to get more rice, A Fei picked up the beef soup on the table, walked to the window, and poured it out completely.

When Lin Xian'er returned, she saw that the bowl of soup on the table was empty, and she couldn't help but smile even more happily.

After dinner, it was almost time for Ah Fei to go to bed.

Ah Fei lay on the bed as usual, his eyes tightly closed, as if he were already asleep.

Half an hour later, Lin Xian'er gently called in his ear, "Afei, Xiaofei, are you asleep?"

Seeing that Afei did not respond, Lin Xian'er gently shook him a few more times.

Ah Fei still hadn't woken up, so Lin Xian'er finally felt relieved and slowly walked back to her bed.

She lifted the bed board and crawled inside. Soon, she was nowhere to be seen. Last night, her affair with Guo Songyang was almost exposed. Was she going to take another risk tonight?

She had no choice but to keep the appointment, because the person she was to meet that night was far too important.

When Jiang Fengyue entered the wooden house, Afei was already standing in front of Lin Xian'er's bed. He had not drunk Lin Xian'er's calming soup, and obviously he was not asleep either.

Ah Fei lifted the bed board, revealing a bottomless secret passage beneath it.

The place where Ah Fei lives is surrounded by mountains on all sides, but no one would have guessed that there is such a secret passage inside the mountain.

On the other side of the mountain, isn't that maple forest?

The end of the secret passage wasn't very far, at least much shorter than the route to the maple forest last night.

Jiang Fengyue and Afei looked up from the end and saw another wooden plank, but this plank was made of a much better material than the one in the wooden house.

Standing under the wooden plank, Afei could hear Lin Xian'er's voice. She was calling out in a seductive voice, "Xiao Fei... Xiao Fei... don't be in such a hurry..."

Afei was startled. Had Lin Xian'er already discovered him?

However, he soon realized that the "Xiao Fei" that Lin Xian'er was talking about was not himself.

The man, also named "Xiao Fei," kept responding to Lin Xian'er, saying, "How can I wait... Do you know how much I miss you?"

The man's voice sounded like that of a young boy.

Lin Xian'er said coquettishly, "So you're just like other men... you only think of me to bully me..."

The boy on the bed gasped, "Yes, I want to bully you, because I know you like being bullied by men, don't you... don't you... don't you?"

Lin Xian'er's voice weakened as she said, "Yes...yes...yes..."

Their voices grew weaker and weaker, until only faint breathing remained.

Beneath the bed was the furious Ah Fei.

Jiang Fengyue handed him a sword.

That sword without a hilt or guard.

Ah Fei raised his sword and soared into the sky.