Novel11 Chapter 1160 - 635: A Daughter Must Be Prepared (Double-Length)
Chapter 1160 - 635: A Daughter Must Be Prepared (Double-Length)
If the watershed of intimacy between women is knowing the timing of each other’s Gui Water, then it seems... her Ms. Zhu and this excessively pretty Fairy Wen aren’t that close?
Thinking of this, her mood suddenly improved a lot, then she suddenly remembered something.
"By the way... Ms. Zhu, you said your Gui Water came late, so... when did Fairy Li’s Gui Water come, do you know?"
"Ah Bai? Of course, I know Ah Bai’s." Zhu Pingniang suddenly became interested, rubbing her hands eagerly and said, "I asked her a long time ago about her first time. She said it was in the Twelfth Year of Xuming... Thirteen or fourteen... it was thirteen years old, right."
She smiled with squinted eyes: "Thirteen years old... Ah Bai is a normal girl indeed."
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On the steps of the Return Banquet Platform, the moon was bright, yet the sky showed a hint of pale white.
"...Sir?"
Xu Chang’an lifted his head in confusion.
Because Li Zhibai, walking ahead, suddenly stopped in her tracks.
On the steps of the Return Banquet Platform, Li Zhibai listened to the conversation coming from that room, and she had to... stop her steps.
This scene always carries a strange sense of déjà vu.
Miss Li slightly clutched the corner of her right sleeve with her left hand, then sighed lightly.
Speaking of which, she always seems to encounter such things... When visiting Chang’an’s residence, she saw the little couple’s bedroom antics, and thus didn’t have the nerve to knock, just taking a stroll outside.
When she first came to see Tong Jun, upon reaching the door, she heard her raving to Wen Li about wanting to pull her onto the bed, leaving Li Zhibai internally shocked, unsure what to say, again taking a walk...
And now, again?
Li Zhibai was quite speechless.
Why does she always encounter such things... but upon closer thought, this time seems somewhat different from the previous ones?
Previously, she just left, but now... when Li Zhibai intended to turn and leave, she suddenly felt a sense of defeat and the thought of ’fleeing hastily’ arose in her mind.
How... does it end up like this?
This hasn’t happened before.
"Sir? Are you... okay?" Xu Chang’an, standing at the bottom of the steps, looked up from below at the slightly tilted Li Zhibai.
Did she suddenly remember something important to say?
"...Wait a moment." Li Zhibai waved her hand and then seemed deep in thought.
Indeed.
Unlike before, although she chose to avoid temporarily, those things were irrelevant to her, whether it was Yun Qian and Xu Chang’an’s intimacy or Zhu Pingniang’s nonsense, Li Zhibai herself didn’t care; she avoided only to prevent the other’s embarrassment, not wanting to interrupt the student’s private moment with his wife, nor making Zhu Pingniang feel mortified.
So, while she left, it was not her who was fleeing.
But this time is different.
She overheard Tong Jun discussing openly about her first Gui Water in front of Ms. Yun, Ah Li, and Miss Lu, who should call her auntie. Even Li Zhibai was somewhat flustered.
She wouldn’t be angry, but to say embarrassed... indeed, she felt a rare bit of it.
Therefore, if she leaves now, it would be her first time fleeing actively, creating a paradoxically odd sense of defeat for someone like Li Zhibai, who often faces herself directly as the Hidden Immortal.
But there’s no choice.
She certainly couldn’t bring Chang’an into such an atmosphere, at least... Li Zhibai doesn’t want to add one more Chang’an to hear about her Gui Water...
"Strange, I wasn’t bothered before." Li Zhibai turned around, looking down at Xu Chang’an, unable to help but frown.
Before, she wouldn’t avoid discussing Heavenly Gui with Chang’an, personally discussing topics about Yun Qian’s Gui Water was fine, yet why now it’s just Zhu Pingniang talking, she can’t accept it, and doesn’t want him to hear?
Just because she was a close teacher before, and now a dear mother?
Somehow incomprehensible.
"Sir... what’s... going on with you?" Xu Chang’an looked bewilderedly at Li Zhibai.
"Forget it." Li Zhibai stopped thinking further, she slowly descended several steps, and after she was level with Xu Chang’an, she grabbed his shoulder with one hand, then, with a flash, appeared under the awning of the deck above.
This is where she previously drank with the Sect Leader... and Zhu Pingniang.
"...?" Xu Chang’an, suddenly brought here, watched Li Zhibai sit down by herself, still bewildered.
Why did the teacher suddenly bring him to this secluded place... what’s intended?
"There are some things I want to ask you." Li Zhibai motioned for Xu Chang’an to sit beside her and then asked: "How were the days after leaving the Sword Hall, doing the tasks at Muyu Peak... how’s life been?"
"...Ah?"
This abrupt mundane conversation left Xu Chang’an even more puzzled.
Indeed, when she was a teacher, Li Zhibai never cared about such private matters of his, not because she knew everything and thus didn’t ask, only because back then it was irrelevant to her.
But now she’s like a mother asking about her child’s experiences at school, she starts taking an interest in Xu Chang’an’s work.
However...
Is it necessary to bring me aside at a time like this to talk?
Thus, Xu Chang’an quickly realized that Li Zhibai must have something she doesn’t want him to know, doesn’t want him to hear... Is it some personal topic among the ladies at the Platform? Or...