Chapter 58

  Lu Xiaofeng was furious about the wound on his lip, eating and drinking water made him speak loudly and it hurt.

  That dead cat!

  Is there such a thing? It hurts her to death...

  It's been several days and there's no improvement. Every time Little Phoenix looks in the mirror, she gets furious beyond measure.

  Xiaohe has been keeping a distance from Miss recently, and it's better to let Dazhang handle his own affairs, she doesn't want to be cannon fodder.

  The ice in the ice bucket in the house is melting a little bit, dispelling the sultry air brought by the hot summer for the owner.

  Xiao Feng's black long hair was coiled into a bun under Xiao He's skilled hands and secured with several hairpins on her head, leaving only a strand on each side of her ears, revealing a few threads of girlish charm.

  At this time, Little Phoenix was sitting upright at her desk, concentrating on practicing calligraphy.

  Practicing calligraphy is for purifying one's mind.

  On such a hot day, practicing calligraphy is even more necessary.

  If she doesn't find something to do, Little Phoenix says she'll easily recall the wound on her lips that was nibbled by a certain cat, and then her mood will become violent, so it's better for humans' peace to find something to do.

  As she put down her pen with the last stroke, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but smile at his own handiwork.

  "Is it written?"

  Wow!

  Little Phoenix was startled by the sudden sound and almost dropped her pen, only to discover that a red-clothed kitten had appeared in her room at some point, standing not far away and smiling at her.

  Thanks!

  He actually has the nerve to come?

  Lu Xiaofeng put down the pen in his hand and walked out from behind the desk, somewhat annoyed, saying: "Is there something?"

  Zhan Zhao calmly followed her to sit down on one side, putting his sword aside and said: "The case of Shan Zheng has been settled, we can set off from the capital now."

  Lu Xiaofeng picked up the silk fan on the table and fanned himself, without looking at him, "Do you think I'll still travel with you?"

  "I think so."

  "...Why does this cat have an increasingly concave feeling?"

  "Don't be capricious."

  "I'm throwing a tantrum..." Lu Xiao Feng got annoyed, slapped the fan on the table and pointed at his nose, "Can't I throw a tantrum? Look at my lips, ouch...!" It hurt again, so painful!

  His face turned slightly red, and he looked away awkwardly when he saw the obvious bite marks on her lips, using a cough to cover up his own embarrassment.

  "Would you feel embarrassed too?" Little Phoenix Maiden was not going to let him off, she reached out and pulled his face around so he could see the good deed he had done.

  "Xiao Feng——" "Don't test my willpower like this, I have no willpower when facing you."

  Fortunately, Little Phoenix quickly came to her senses and withdrew, but her face involuntarily turned bright red, so she could only grab a fan and fan herself vigorously to cool down.

  For a moment, both of them fell silent, and the atmosphere in the room gradually became somewhat ambiguous.

  Xiaohe brought in tea and fruit at this time, she sensed the atmosphere was not right as soon as she came in, so she arranged things for them and automatically excused herself.

  Lu Xiaofeng picked up an apple to eat, this era called it a pear, also called a pomegranate fruit, anyway in her eyes it was just an apple. Although the varieties introduced from Europe to China during the late Yuan Dynasty were actually called apples.

  The room immediately had the sound of "crunching" and biting an apple. Judging from the sound, the person eating should be in a pretty good mood.

  Zhan Zhao went to see her with a hint of a smile, but in fact, he had been feeling very unquiet for the past few days. Especially when people were quiet and still, he would often close his eyes and recall the scene of him and her entwined on the bed that day. Although they didn't end up becoming husband and wife in reality, they had already done things that husbands and wives do, and she had already taken on the status of a wife in his heart.

  Gnawing and gnawing, she accidentally opened her mouth too wide and scratched the wound again. Xiaofeng immediately inhaled a breath of cold air, covered her mouth with her hand, and it hurt!

  "It's all right?"

  As soon as she heard his voice, Lu Xiaofeng raised her hand and threw the half-eaten apple at him.

  Zhan Zhao put it back on the table, somewhat helplessly, this temper...

  "When are you leaving?"

  "What's tomorrow like?"

  "Alright, let's meet outside the city tomorrow." Little Phoenix immediately fixed the location.

  "Good."

  "Aren't you leaving?"

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but smile, "Not allowed to sit for a while longer?"

  Lu Xiaofeng gave him a white eye, turned his head to one side and continued eating the apple he had just picked up.

  Zhan Zhao understood that she still had a temper, so he didn't tease her and just sat quietly beside her.

  She is already very good just by being safe and sound in front of him.

  What's wrong?

  Little Phoenix felt like there was a burning fire in her heart, which she couldn't spit out or swallow, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. This made her whole person appear very irritable and inexplicably anxious.

  Things have gone somewhat off track, in her preconceived notions it shouldn't be like this, but things just happened to turn out that way... Unaccustomed, no, she's very accustomed.

  This inadaptation cannot be described in concrete terms, but it really exists. Lu Xiaofeng has a feeling that the whole person is about to collapse.

  "Zhan Zhao."

  "What's wrong?"

  "You've got everything completely backwards."

  Zhan Zhao: "......" What's wrong with that?

  Lu Xiaofeng tossed the rind of the pear, which had been gnawed to only leave a core, to one side, turned around and looked at him with an upright air, saying: "Why don't you tell me, if I were to marry, what benefits would I have, huh?" When unable to solve a problem or find the crux of the issue, then peel it layer by layer, bit by bit.

  Zhan Zhao was really asked by her if she asked what the benefits of marrying an old wife were, he might still be able to say one or two, but the benefits of marrying a woman...

  "I'll give you the freedom you want, let you live your life in your own way." This was the only guarantee he could offer.

  Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, "If I don't marry, won't I still live like this? What's the difference?" He put down his chopsticks, uninterested.

  "Why don't I ask you instead, what's wrong with getting married?" Zhan Zhao asked her from a different angle.

  Lu Xiaofeng said without thinking, "After getting married, the responsibilities to be borne will increase. For example, women nowadays have three obediences and four virtues, with their husbands as heaven. After marriage, they have to manage household chores, respect their parents-in-law, take care of their livelihoods... In wealthy families, either they are virtuous and let their husbands take in concubines, or they fight with other women for favor..."

  Wow, I didn't know that, it turns out there are so many disadvantages of marrying a man!

  There are many in another world also exist, originally, she unexpectedly is also a member of the fear marriage tribe?!

  Little Phoenix Maiden eventually confused herself with her own words and finally found the root of the problem - she was afraid of marriage!

  No wonder she never had a chance to get married in her previous life, it turns out that she was actually afraid of marriage in her subconscious mind!

  I'm in trouble, this illness is hard to cure.

  "But after you get married, you have one more person to rely on, when you're tired, there's a shoulder to lean on, when you're hurt, there's an embrace to hold onto..."

  "Hey, must you say such unlucky things?" Little Phoenix Maiden stopped him.

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but laugh at this and said, "Doesn't this count as a good thing?"

  "It's barely worth it." That's the logic, but "I won't get married. My responsibility is one share, if I get married, my responsibility becomes two shares, still not a good deal."

  "Why don't you let someone else take the burden for you?"

  "Wouldn't that be too immoral? I'll get tired, others will get tired too?" Little Feng said with a flash of her bright and innocent eyes.

  Zhan Zhao smiled, "You think of others like this, you must be a virtuous wife."

  Lu Xiaofeng furrowed his brow and muttered, "Usually, a virtuous wife is a very stifling existence, an unconventional woman who swallows all the grievances that can't be swallowed, don't make people sympathize too much."

  Zhan Zhao slapped his forehead, feeling that the two were completely unable to communicate. No matter what others said, she could always find a reason to refute it and did so with such confidence.

  It turned out that deep down inside, she really didn't want to get married because she couldn't understand why she had to get married... Lord Cat was slightly troubled.

  This matter, indeed still needs to be done gradually, cannot be rushed.

  "Why don't we just not think about it and let things take their natural course?" he suggested.

  Lu Xiaofeng thought for a moment and nodded, this was indeed an unavoidable measure.

  "What about Bai Xiaowu and the others? Why haven't we received any news until now?" They went to look for clues from Xiang Liu, but they vanished like a dog's meat bun, without even leaving a shadow.

  "I received news that, knowing Xie Liu had already died, Bai and the others have set off back to Trapped Empty Island."

  "At that time, why was Bai Yutang so anxious to go find Diao Liu?" At the time, she thought it was very strange, but never had a chance to ask.

  "To be honest, I'm not very clear about it either, but it seems that someone from the Bai family died at the hands of Xie Liu."

  "This makes sense, no wonder Bai Xiaowu was so anxious to get rid of her." Even this newly acknowledged sworn sister was discarded like a burden and sent to Kaifeng Prefecture.

  She didn't want to make a fuss, but as soon as she thought about it, Little Phoenix suddenly became furious.

  If it wasn't for that bastard who irresponsibly abandoned her halfway and left her at Kaifeng Prefecture, she wouldn't have been dragged back to Bianliang City by Zhan Zhao again, and even more so, those entangled affairs with him wouldn't have happened... It's all because of that damn girl.

  Zhan Zhao saw her suddenly get angry again, and for a moment didn't know what was going on.

  Are girls' emotions always this weird?

  "Are you okay?"

  Lu Xiaofeng raised his eyes and glared at him fiercely, slapped his hand on the table, stood up and walked in front of him.

  "Little Phoenix..."

  Lu Xiaofeng looked at him with a slightly knotted expression, wanting to speak but stopping several times, and finally didn't say anything, and sat back down in silence.

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but laugh, "What's wrong with you?"

  "I just feel a bit resentful."

  "Unwilling?" He was somewhat perplexed.

  "I never thought things would turn out like this today." I just wanted to be a passerby in time and space, casually watching the gossip and whatnot, but how did I suddenly get entangled with you, the main character?

  To know, it's not the main character but the characters related to the main character, usually have a bad ending - pitiful! Isn't that saying the result is very tragic?

  Damn it!

  Why be so cruel and unreasonable?

  "Stretch, kitty."

  "Huh?"

  "Come here and let me bite you for a couple of times, I am very angry."

  Zhan Zhao lost his smile, but still got up and walked in front of her, directly stretching out his left hand in front of her.

  Lu Xiaofeng grabbed Zhang's mouth with one hand and was about to bite, then - "Ouch, it hurts."

  She didn't bite, she directly pinched a certain cat with her fingernails.

  Slightly red on the surface.

  Little Phoenix pinched him with one hand and covered her own lips with the other, staring at him with a mixture of indignation and resentment in her eyes.

  "Applied ointment?"

  She glared at him and muttered vaguely: "Wiped." But the effect wasn't that obvious or quick.

  She pinched him, but he remained calm and expressionless. Little Phoenix felt it was quite boring, so she also withdrew her hand, but her expression became even more sullen.

  "Wear a veil tomorrow when you go out."

  Little Phoenix girl stared at him with her eyes, "Soul faded."

  Zhan Zhao slightly turned his face, not daring to directly bear her anger, that injured place was indeed his fault for losing control.

  Little Phoenix Maiden got angry and kicked him with her foot, "Still not leaving?" The more she looked at him, the angrier she became.

  "See you tomorrow."

  "Hmph." Little Phoenix Maiden snorted proudly.

  Zhan Zhao lowered his head and smiled lightly, then turned around and left.