Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, All Thanks to a Single Moment of Impulse - Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Edited by renderedreversed

Chapter 15

It was the same dream again . The silent man in purple quietly looked at me from a dark place . I also looked at him for a long time . Finally, I, melancholic, said: “Don’t look for me anymore . Even though you’re the person of my dreams, I can’t take you to reality to be my husband . ”

Tomorrow was the day that I would get my hairpin . Shifu let the people of Shengling Sect organize a big feast for me to choose a husband . His face looks darker each approaching day . Although I didn’t know the reason why, but I could see that Shifu didn’t like me looking for a husband . So, I was very puzzled . If he didn’t like it, then I could just stop looking for a husband . Why did he have to spend time organizing a feast for me to find one when it would just make him angry?

I sighed and told the man in purple: “My Shifu is a weirdo . Although he organized a feast for me to choose a husband, he isn’t happy that I’m choosing one . So even though I really want a husband, I still won’t choose . Besides, you only ever appear in my dreams . You can’t come to the feast . Well…so I thought, but I’ve concluded that you shouldn’t appear in my dreams anymore . You make me wish for a better life, and I’ll be disappointed if I can’t have one later . ”

The man in purple listened to my words . I didn’t know why he laughed .

“Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to make sure you live a good life . What do you think?”

My eyes lit up, but thinking about Shifu’s sullen face, I shook my head: “If I have a good life, Shifu will be unhappy…forget it, it’s best if I just stay beside Shifu . ”

The man in purple was silent for a very long time .

“A Xiang lady, do you like your Shifu very much?”

“Very much,” I nodded . “Shifu eats meat, I also eat meat . Shifu is happy, I’m also happy . ”

The man in purple didn’t speak again . In my ears, I could hear the faint sound of Shifu’s voice calling for me . It was presumably already dawn . I waved at the man in purple and said: “I’m going . Let’s not meet each other anymore . ”

I opened my eyes and saw that the sun just came up . My heart didn’t understand where Shifu’s energy comes from; he was able to get up even earlier than me . My vision grew clearer, and I saw Shifu standing at my bedside, looking at me with squinted eyes .

“What did you see in your dream? Your mouth was muttering . ”

“Well,” I said while rubbing my eyes . “I was saying goodbye to the person of my dreams…”

I didn’t finish talking when I felt something heavy on my body . It was Shifu, who threw my clothes on the bed with a terrible temper . His face was really dark . He gritted his teeth and breathed for a long time before he said: “Today, when you wake up, you can see him . There’s no need to be so attached to each other in your dreams as well!”

I was about to explain that in the future I couldn’t see him anymore, but Shifu left the room and just left me with these angry sentences: “After changing into this dress, come out . Today’s choosing a husband feast will be held at Shengling Sect . We’ll go down the mountain together . ”

Ai…Shifu is making things difficult for himself again .

The clothes that Shifu gave me were white . I looked in the bronze mirror . This dress felt like the clothes Shengling Sect wore when someone has died . But it wasn’t ugly . I lifted the skirt and ran out to look for Shifu .

When Shifu saw me, he hesitated and wrinkled his brows .

“You’re not allowed to laugh! Don’t pretend to be charming!”

I obediently closed my mouth .

He frowned .

“Don’t pretend to be mature . ”

I felt really wronged: “I’m not pretending . ”

“Shut up! You’re not allowed to make a pitiful expression!”

I closed my mouth and looked at him bewildered .

Shifu covered his face and gave a long sigh .

“Forget it…Let’s go down . ”

I walked behind Shifu . I only heard Shifu in front of me saying to himself: “Fucking hell, what’s wrong with me?! What’s wrong with me?! It’s all the fault of that person of her dreams . Don’t let me know who you are today, or see how I’ll deal with you . Deal with you!”

I was behind Shifu . I gently tugged at his clothes .

“Shifu, if you’re really upset, we shouldn’t go down today . I’ll never mention the words ‘the person of my dreams’ again in front of you . ”

Shifu stopped in his tracks . I looked up at him . There was a slightly surprised expression on Shifu’s face . He seemed like he didn’t want me to see his expression, so he turned around really fast . Without a word, he continued walking . I grabbed his clothes and followed him from behind, just like a small tail… .

Suddenly a warm hand grabbed my hand that was pulling at his clothes . I heard the sound of Shifu’s voice through the cold air .

“I didn’t…mean to get mad at you . ”

Holding my hand, he walked down the path to go to Shengling Sect .

“You don’t need to be afraid . ”

I stared at Shifu’s hand . My heart eased down .

Shengling Sect had been decorated . When Shifu walked in holding my hand, the females came and congratulated me . Passing the yard, I saw a man cleaning the leaves . My footsteps stopped .

“Husband…”

So nice; all the menial labor at Shengling Sect were done by the men . It would be so nice if Fengxueshan Manor also had a man…

Of course, Shifu was in another league . He was more superior than both men and women .

When I stopped, Shifu also stopped . I looked back at Shifu . I didn’t know why his face is dark again . I blinked . I really didn’t understand where Shifu’s temper came from .

Shifu took me straight to Shengling Sect’s second floor . There was a balcony there where you could see what was happening below . On weekdays, the people of Shengling Sect would train below this balcony . Today, it was cleared and used for me to pick my husband .

I stood with Shifu on the balcony . After a while the males stood in a line below us . Even the butcher stood in the line with a face full of cold sweat . Everyone seemed unwilling . Actually, they looked like they all had a stomach ache . They were in so much pain that they couldn’t even lift their heads . I looked below and only saw the black strands of their hair .

Someone brought a chair over for Shifu . He sat down . With a cup of tea in his hand, without looking around, he coldly said: “Well, Xiao Xiang Zi, today has finally come . Pick . Where’s that person of your dreams?”

I glanced around and said to Shifu: “Shifu…you’re upset because I’m choosing . I won’t choose anymore . ”

Shifu squinted his eyes and smiled: “Feeling embarrassed to pick? Alright, then you guys have to apply yourself . ”

He said to the males below: “This disciple that I raised for ten years, who wants her?”

The heads of the males below hung even lower . No one spoke a word .

I blinked for a moment and thought that after so many years, no man was actually willing to follow me back and be my husband . I couldn’t help but sigh sadly . Hearing me sigh, Shifu made a “humph” sound . He stared at me for a while and then laughed .

“Well, are you guys also embarrassed?”

Shifu took a red ball from the people behind us .

“Then, how about we let the ball decide? Whoever it hits, it’ll be him . Xiao Xiang Zi, you need to throw it at the one you like . ” (Can’t believe Chu Kong will go this far just because he wants to know who’s that person . )

Shifu gave me the red ball . I held it in my hand and pondered for a while . Then, with a little force, I threw it back at Shifu’s lap . Shifu went stiff, looking down blankly at the ball . I stared at Shifu and said: “I think that the one I like the most is still Shifu . ”

The audience went silent for a while . Then the sound of their quickened breaths could be heard . A “pu” sound came from the people laughing behind us . Shifu’s face slowly turned red in this increasingly noisy environment .

“Out, out, outrageous!”

Shifu abruptly stood up and pinched my cheek .

“Your guts turned fat . You dare to provoke Xiaoye!”

“It fell, it fell!”

I saw how the red ball fell to the floor, rolled to the edge of the balcony and dropped to the ground below . The males scattered like birds . Then the red ball bounced and rolled to the middle of the crowd . By this time, there was no one who dared to be within three meters of it .

“Ah…”

I rubbed my eyes, a little disappointed .

“So, everyone is afraid to be my husband, ah . Everyone is disgusted because I’m stupid . ”

The hand pinching my cheek stiffened . Shifu said: “Who dares?!”

He stopped, coughed and said: “That’s not the reason . ”

I lifted my head and looked at Shifu .

“Then why does nobody want to be my husband?” (Because they’re afraid of cutie Chu Kong, ah)

Shifu opened his mouth . Before he could speak, a familiar voice came from outside . It was the voice of the man in purple, who often appeared in my dreams .

“A Xiang lady, I’m willing . ”

I turned to look and saw a purple tornado . He jumped over the crowd and walked slowly to the red ball . A pair of white hands picked up the ball on the ground . He patted the dust from it, looked at me, and smiled: “I’ll do my best to let you have a good life . ”

“The person of my dreams?” I whispered . I couldn’t believe that he appeared in real life . In my dreams, I never saw his face . Now that I could see it clearly, I suddenly remembered him . Isn’t he the one who was kidnapped with me by those demon catchers about a year ago?!

“Zihui,” I yelled, a little surprised .

I left with Shifu that time . Later, I didn’t know if he lived or died . Now that I could see that he lived, I was happy .

“Oh, the person of your dreams,” Shifu suddenly said with a strange tone . My heart inexplicably trembled . Carefully, I turned around and glanced at Shifu . I can only saw an angle of his lips laughing in a sinister and penetrating way .

“Hehehehe, so this was it, so this was it . I calculated everyone, in the end it was someone outside Shengling Sect, hehe . ”

Shifu looked at me with slanted eyes . The anger in his eyes made my legs shake . He pinched my face and said laughingly: “Amazing, Xiao Xiang Zi . In the past year, where did you and this fellow hook up without anyone knowing?”

That crazy look in the pair of Shifu’s eyes made me a little afraid . My voice shook a little when I honestly answered: “On my bed, when it was time to sleep . ”

The hand pinching my face, loosened . Shifu’s expression turned empty .

“You…You two, already turned the uncooked rice into cooked rice . ”

“No rice and no cooked rice . I only saw him in my dreams . Occasionally we’d talk,” I quickly explained .

“I only cooked rice for Shifu . I didn’t cook for other people . Shifu don’t be angry . ”

Although I don’t know what’s wrong with cooking rice for other people, but Shifu’s temper is inexplicable . I’ll just concede a little .

After hearing my words, Shifu turned around . His face was even darker .

“The technique of entering one’s dream…”

Shifu looked at Zihui, who was below the balcony and said coldly: “Brother, you really did make an effort for this stupid disciple of mine!”

“After we said our goodbyes a year ago, I missed a Xiang lady day and night . ”

Zihui’s cheeks were slightly red . He said in a low voice: “I thought left and right and decided that this was the only way that wasn’t offensive . Although entering one’s dream is risky, but for a Xiang lady, everything is worth it . ”

My eyes lit up . The last sentence completely took my mind . I saw that in the future, there’ll be a figure of a man in Fengxueshan Manor, running here and there, doing all the chores .

I looked at Zihui with dreamy eyes, full of hope .

The wood beneath Shifu’s leg made a “ge la ge la” sound . The sound was like something being crushed .

Suddenly, Shifu pulled me back . The sight in front of me turned black: it was Shifu’s back . He blocked my entire view . I could only hear Shifu saying with a stuffy voice: “Let that thought of yours die; Xiao Xiang Zi will not marry someone outside Shengling Sect . Go back to where you came from . ”

After saying that, Shifu dragged me inside .

I looked at Zihui with some dismay . I heard him yell: “Shifu, you’re a bit autocratic . A Xiang lady already received her hairpin and no one in Shengling Sect wants to marry a Xiang lady . Shifu is only using such an excuse to make a Xiang lady stay by your side . Have you considered that it’ll delay a Xiang lady’s big moment in life?”

Shifu’s footsteps stopped . He took a deep breath . I didn’t know what he was suppressing . Zihui’s voice continued: “I came with a true heart to ask for a Xiang lady’s wishes . Even if Shifu doesn’t want to see me, Shifu needs to ask a Xiang lady for her opinion . After all, she’s only your disciple . You can’t decide her whole life . ”

Shifu’s grip on my hand was painful . I endured it until I couldn’t anymore . I whispered: “Shifu…grip is painful . ”

The people below were scared . Inside, the servants acted like the dead; they were so quiet that even the sound of their breathing couldn’t be heard .

Shifu was silent for a long time . In the end, he let go of my hand . Then he turned around and looked at me with darkened eyes, full of emotions I couldn’t name .

“Xiao Xiang Zi, say, this man called Zihui, you want, or you don’t want him?”

“I…”

I looked awkwardly at Shifu . Finally, I shook my head and said: “Shifu doesn’t want me to want, so I don’t want . ”

I stared at my toes for a long time and still didn’t hear Shifu’s reply .

Curiously, I looked up at Shifu, only to find him frowning . His lips were in a straight line and with the pallor of his face, he looked like he had received a heavy blow .

“Shifu…”

“I ask you: do you want to marry him?”

“Shifu doesn’t want me to marry him, so I won’t . ”

“It’s not about my wishes; it’s about yours . ”

Shifu seemed obsessed . He stared at me and asked: “Do you want to marry him?”

Looking at Shifu’s dark face, I felt the urge to hold his hand . I wanted to say, “Shifu, don’t make things harder for yourself, alright…”

But before I could open my mouth, Shifu nodded and said: “Good . You want him, so he’s yours . ”

He left then, only leaving me with these cold words: “Come back with him yourself to Fengxueshan Manor . ”

I chased after him . Just when I got to the first floor, Shifu saw Zihui coming from outside . His angry mood heightened to another level and he yelled back at me: “Don’t follow me!”

I stopped and stood there in the hall, motionless, but despite my obedience, my heart couldn’t help but feel frightened . Shifu was angry; he wanted to leave me .

“A Xiang lady . ”

Zihui and Shifu passed each other . He walked over to me, cheeks still tinged red .

“Forgive me . After hearing you say that last night, I was a little impatient, so today I came in a rush . A Xiang lady, don’t be angry . ”

My eyes were fixed on Shifu’s back, who was leaving . Zihui’s word came in one ear and right out the other .

“A Xiang lady?”

A hand waved in front of my face . I blinked, and my eyes finally focused on Zihui’s face .

I said with dissatisfaction: “We agreed on not meeting anymore . ”

Zihui was stunned for a moment .

“Sorry, but I couldn’t suppress myself . I thought that I still had to come and try…”

I was happy that there someone so willing to be my husband, but Shifu didn’t want…

My head felt warm . It was Zihui touching my head . He said: “The reason Shifu doesn’t want us to get married now must be because he isn’t sure about leaving you in my hands . In the future, if we spend more time together, I believe that he’ll see that my heart is true . It’ll all be fine . ”

I thought for a while and felt that his words were reasonable . My heart began to feel a little better .

I saw his hand holding the red ball . I pointed at it and said: “This is for Shifu . Give it to me . ”

The hand on my head stiffened . I looked up and saw Zihui’s warm smile: “Alright, you’ll give it to Shifu . ”

I took the red ball and said to Zihui: “I’ll take you back to Fengxueshan Manor . Today, you can clean the yard first . ”

“…Alright, I’ll clean the yard . ”