Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Damn It, Grow Back Already

When they returned to the City Lord’s mansion, it was already evening.

Sang Nian didn’t have time to comfort Chun’er, who was crying her eyes out, she took her change of clothes and went to the hot spring pool, she scrubbed herself thoroughly for three hours.

Only when there was no trace of blood on her body did she finally get into bed with satisfaction, she was so sleepy that she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

When she woke up again, the sun was high in the sky.

Sang Nian turned over, she was about to sleep a little longer, but she suddenly met a pair of peach-like swollen eyes by the bed, the remaining sleepiness instantly vanished.

She sat up with a jolt, she was about to call for someone.

Chun’er looked at her with resentment, “Miss, it’s me.”

Sang Nian covered her pounding heart, “I’m going to be scared to death by you one day.”

Chun’er sniffed, she lowered her head in grievance.

Sang Nian: “You stayed here and watched over me all night?”

Chun’er: “I was afraid you’d be kidnapped again…”

Sang Nian couldn’t do anything about her, she sighed, she opened her arms and hugged her, “Okay, I’m fine now, don’t worry.”

Chun’er pouted, “It’s all Xie Chenzhou’s fault, the City Lord said that you were kidnapped because you saved him, he really is a fox spirit, he’s done you a lot of harm.”

“What fox spirit.” Sang Nian found it a little funny, she tapped Chun’er’s head with her finger, “It has nothing to do with Xie Chenzhou, that demon was originally after me.”

Well, at least it was originally supposed to be after her.

Chun’er wiped away her tears, she mumbled a few complaints, then she smiled at her, “The City Lord is going to host a banquet for the young heroes of the (Xiaoyao, Sect) at noon today, the mansion is going to be lively.”

Sang Nian slapped her forehead.

She almost forgot about Wen Buyu and the others.

She quickly got out of bed:

“Time is running out, quickly get me ready, I have to go to the banquet.”

After everything was ready, Sang Nian got up and went out.

Xie Chenzhou’s room across the way was quiet, it seemed like no one was inside.

Sang Nian gently bit her lower lip, she was a little annoyed.

According to the original plot, Xie Chenzhou didn’t have the right to attend the banquet, he stayed in his room.

When night came, he would take advantage of everyone’s distraction and run away.

The City Lord’s mansion searched everywhere for him, they searched for three whole days, they were about to give up, but he suddenly came back on his own.

Sang Yunling was very angry, she thought he was deliberately playing tricks on her.

He was tortured by her almost to the point of death.

Su Xueyin and the others felt sorry for him, but they hated Sang Yunling even more, so they deliberately found an excuse to take Xie Chenzhou to the Xiaoyao sect.

Now…

Sang Nian thought uncertainly, since they had already agreed yesterday, Xie Chenzhou shouldn’t run away, right?

She hesitated for a few seconds, she turned and went straight to Xie Chenzhou’s door, she raised her hand and knocked three times.

Not long after, the young man’s indifferent voice came from behind the door:

“What is it?”

Sang Nian: “Are you free?”

Xie Chenzhou: “What’s wrong?”

Sang Nian: “I’m taking you to the banquet.”

There was silence inside for a while, “I didn’t receive an invitation to the thank-you banquet.”

“I’m inviting you now.” Sang Nian knocked on the door, her voice was clear, “Come on, come on, if we’re late, we won’t be able to eat all the delicious food.”

This time, the silence inside was even longer.

Finally, Xie Chenzhou said, “No.”

Sang Nian said worriedly, “Then wait for me here, don’t go anywhere.”

“…Okay.”

Sang Nian left, looking back every few steps.

When her footsteps completely disappeared, Xie Chenzhou slowly walked to the table and sat down, he looked at the void with a half-smile.

“Still not coming out?”

Ripples like water rippled in the void, two crows suddenly flew out.

With a flash of white light, the crows landed, transforming into two young men.

They were wearing black clothes of the same style, they both had large tattoos on their left faces, their expressions were cold, making people feel afraid just by looking at them.

Xie Chenzhou was still in that lazy posture, “You’re just finding me now, the Shura Palace is getting more and more incompetent.”

Their faces changed, they immediately knelt down and bowed, they said in a deep voice, “We are incompetent, please punish us, Young Master.”

Xie Chenzhou withdrew his smile, after a while, he said coldly in a voice that was as cold as ice:

“Does the Lord know I’m here?”

“The Lord sensed your spiritual energy fluctuations and specially sent us to find you.”

Xie Chenzhou wasn’t surprised, he pinched his brow:

“Alright.”

He stood up, his tone was calm, “Return to the Shura Palace.”

The two men on the ground looked at each other, they said cautiously, “Young Master, you can’t leave yet, the Lord has an order, you…”

“You have to stay by Sang Yunling’s side.”

Xie Chenzhou’s eyes were sharp with rage, “What did you say?”

The two men trembled, their heads were almost buried in the ground, “Sang Yunling has a piece of Kunshan Jade in her body, she should have died, she’s only alive because of the power of the artifact.”

“The Lord wants you to stay by her side, get the artifact fragment at any cost.”

Xie Chenzhou fell silent.

After a long time, he asked, “Anything else the Lord wants to say?”

The two men said, “The Lord also said, except for Sang Yunling, everyone in the Sang family can die, it’s up to you.”

Xie Chenzhou tapped the table with his finger, he said calmly, “I understand.”

“We’ll take our leave.”

Ripples appeared again, their figures gradually faded, leaving only Xie Chenzhou in the room.

The bright midday sun shone through the window, countless tiny dust particles floated in the golden beam of light.

Xie Chenzhou reached out and touched the beam of light, a charming curve appeared at the corner of his eye.

“Everyone can die…?”

The thank-you banquet was held in the water pavilion in the garden.

The water pavilion had no doors or windows, it was only separated by light and thin gauze curtains, which were now all tied to the pillars of the corridor, the scenery outside was unobstructed.

The blue lake rippled, there was also a pavilion in the center of the lake, there were dozens of musicians sitting in the pavilion, the sound of silk and bamboo strings came from the water, foreign dancers in colorful clothes danced to the music, their waists were soft, and their steps were graceful.

Sang Nian couldn’t take her eyes off it, she held her chopsticks in the air for a long time but didn’t put them in her mouth.

Sang Qiyan and Wen Buyu and the others were chatting and laughing, they saw her dazed look, they couldn’t help but chuckle, they held up the peeled crab meat and got up.

When they got closer, they could hear her muttering something.

He leaned over to listen.

She was saying

“Damn it, grow back already.”

Sang Qiyan: “?”

Sang Qiyan: “What grow back?”

Sang Nian came back to her senses, “Nothing, I was talking nonsense.”

He put down the crab meat and said softly, “Eat first, the food will get cold.”

Sang Nian nodded hurriedly.

She took a few bites of rice, she thought of something, she raised her teacup, her face full of vigor:

“Today, we are gathered here to thank the young heroes of the (Xiaoyao, Sect) for saving my life.”

“I’ll drink tea instead of wine, I’ll toast you all.”

Chu Yao scoffed, “What’s good about tea, if you want to drink, drink wine.”

Sang Nian slapped the table, “Then let’s drink wine!”

Chu Yao also slapped the table, “Bring out the wine!”

Sang Qiyan heard their conversation, his expression became serious:

“Niannian.”

Sang Nian didn’t dare to speak.

Chu Yao mercilessly mocked her, “You’re so old and you’re still being controlled by your brother, if people didn’t know, they’d think you’re a three-year-old child.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Buyu slapped the back of her head, “You’re not allowed to either.”

Chu Yao looked unconvinced, “Senior Brother!”

He didn’t even give her a look, he continued to chat with Sang Qiyan about what they were talking about before.

Su Xueyin awkwardly comforted her, “Little Junior Sister, Senior Brother is also for your own good, don’t you remember? Last time, you got drunk and grabbed Master Yan Yuan’s cat and castrated it, he’s still angry with you and won’t let you go to his Guzhu Peak to play, and the time before that, you took advantage of Senior Brother Gu Bai’s bathing…”

Chu Yao covered her mouth, she gritted her teeth, “I order you to forget everything you just said.”

Su Xueyin nodded obediently, “Should I forget the things I didn’t have time to say?”

Chu Yao: “…”

Chu Yao: “Forget everything!”