vrcanaries Chapter 333 Secret Love
Chapter 333 Secret Love
After Jiang Ming finished eating and drinking, Wang Xu quickly cleared away the bowls and plates, and tried to escape: "I'm going to deliver the food box. Fairy Mu, come with me."
Shen Yao couldn't possibly let them cross-examine each other.
She reached out to stop her: "Just deliver a food box, you can do it yourself."
With no way out, Wang Xu put the food box into his storage space and sat down on a chair by the wall: "I'll go later."
Shen Yao sat down next to Wang Xu, resting her elbows on the small round table, propping her chin up as if watching a show, and looked at Jiang Ming and Mu Ling'er.
Jiang Ming truly couldn't understand the subtle tension between them.
He had a bad feeling.
There's a big pit.
Mu Ling'er asked gently, "Sect Leader Jiang, are you tired of sitting? Would you like to lie down for a while?"
Jiang Ming saw Shen Yao's teasing look, then turned to look at Mu Ling'er. Seeing her girlish demeanor, he immediately understood what was going on.
He didn't want to create any hidden dangers on this path of their relationship.
"Yaoyao, come here."
He had a bad feeling, and his tone was also unpleasant.
Shen Yao remained seated and did not move: "If Master has any requests, he can just tell Master's wife."
Jiang Ming was completely dumbfounded: "Who are you calling 'Master'?"
Wang Xu's brow twitched. Oh no, he knew it... Fairy Mu must not have said anything nice to Fairy Shen.
Mu Ling'er's expression froze, and she pointed at Shen Yao: "Isn't she your personal disciple?"
Jiang Ming glared at her, then turned his gaze back to Shen Yao's face: "What disciple? She's my wife!"
Shen Yao met his gaze and argued, "You taught me how to use a sword, so you're practically my master."
What she said made sense, and Jiang Ming had no reply.
There's nothing we can do; she asked for it herself, so we'll just have to indulge her and let her have whatever she says.
Mu Ling'er felt deeply betrayed. After years of unrequited love, she traveled a great distance to find him, only to have her devoted heart met with a cold knife.
She took two steps back, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw the portrait on the wall. Pointing at it, she said stubbornly, "You're lying to me, aren't you? Master Jiang, your wife is clearly Shen Yao, how could it be her!"
Shen Yao winked at Jiang Ming, signaling him not to expose her.
Jiang Mingcai refused to help her put on an act. How could she act out such a thing? If things got complicated, how would she handle it? "She is Shen Yao. She has grown up and changed."
He was also afraid that Shen Yao would be seen as a liar, so he gave her a name with a proper ending: "Her nickname is Yanzhou, Shen Yanzhou."
Mu Ling'er refused to believe it. Back at the Feng family's treasure appraisal event, Shen Yao was already an adult female immortal. How could someone change their appearance after reaching adulthood?
And it has become completely unrecognizable from before.
She stared at the portrait of Shen Yao for a long time, still unable to believe it: "Master Jiang, I know you can't let go of Fairy Shen, but she abandoned her husband and children..."
"It's all rumors." Jiang Ming interrupted impatiently. Over the years, the rumors had only circulated within the True God Sect. He had suppressed them several times, but he never expected that the rumors would spread outside.
"Wang Xu, investigate! Find out the source of the rumors. Anyone who dares to spread them again will have their tongue pulled out and their soul core shattered."
"Your subordinate obeys." Wang Xu stood up to accept the order, and then said to Mu Ling'er, "Fairy Mu, she really is Shen Yao."
Mu Ling'er always believed what Wang Xu said.
But today she just doesn't want to believe it.
"Wang Xu, you lied to me too."
Jiang Ming felt a headache coming on.
Shen Yao just wanted to know what was going on between them: "Fairy Mu, what exactly is your relationship with him?"
“It’s okay.” Jiang Ming said loudly, “Yaoyao, I’m not familiar with her, we’ve barely spoken a few words.”
Mu Ling'er's infatuation was misplaced, and she brought shame upon herself, her tears flowing like a river.
She was really upset; she hadn't expected this situation before she came.
But she was, after all, a noblewoman from a prominent family. Even though she lost face and failed in her pursuit of love, she withdrew gracefully and calmly.
Mu Ling'er wiped away her tears and bowed apologetically to Shen Yao: "Hall Master Jiang and I really have no relationship. I have been in love with Hall Master Jiang for many years. After hearing those rumors, I wanted to find an opportunity."
"As for the nonsense I said before... that it was very good, it was just wishful thinking on my part. Please don't misunderstand, Fairy."
Jiang Ming was truly ruthless, leaving no room for future trouble: "What do you mean 'very good'? What nonsense are you spouting? Explain yourself clearly."
He said in a very harsh tone, "If you dare to cause her even the slightest resentment, I won't let you off the hook!"
As soon as he said that, everyone was stunned. He showed absolutely no mercy to women.
Such a beautiful fairy, crying her eyes out, and he didn't give her any face at all.
"Waaah... Jiang Ming, I don't like you anymore! Waaah..." Mu Ling'er couldn't hold back any longer, wiping away her tears as she ran outside.
As a woman herself, Shen Yao couldn't bear to see a beautiful woman cry.
Moreover, Mu Ling'er came in pursuit of love and did nothing wrong; she was simply infatuated with the wrong person.
Shen Yao got up and chased after him, leaving Wang Xu and Jiang Ming staring at each other in bewilderment.
Mu Ling'er's arrival was completely unexpected. Jiang Ming and she were not familiar with each other at all. It was impossible for her to come to Chongcheng to confess her feelings for no reason.
Wang Xu felt very guilty and dared not meet Jiang Ming's gaze, his eyes darting around every now and then.
Jiang Ming and Wang Xu grew up together, and he could tell from Wang Xu's behavior that he knew the inside story.
"what happened?"
Wang Xu lunged forward, preparing to kneel down.
"Sit down and talk!" Because Shen Yao didn't like being made to kneel, Jiang Ming rarely made his subordinates kneel anymore.
"Yes, Master." Wang Xu sat down shakily and truthfully recounted his years of correspondence with Mu Ling'er, his attempts to bring them together, and how he had stopped replying to her messages.
"She said she was coming to Chongcheng, but I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect her to actually come."
"Last night, I received a message from her asking me to pick her up at the inn. I didn't reply, thinking she would go back on her own if I ignored her, but I didn't expect her to come looking for me..."
"I have no idea how she managed to infiltrate the sect."
Jiang Ming frowned, his anger evident. He hadn't expected Wang Xu to do this behind his back.
Does he seem eager to find a partner? Does he want Wang Xu to help him matchmake?
“Go over there now and make her explain things to Shen Yao in front of you.”
He was so angry that he grabbed a pillow from the bed and threw it at Wang Xu: "If you ruin the wife I finally managed to win back, don't let me ever hear about the Mu family of Jinsha City again!"
He got angry, his chest ached terribly, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
"Master, don't be angry. Your wound is serious. I'll go right away, immediately." Wang Xu picked up the pillow, put it on the table, and quickly chased after him.
Mu Ling'er didn't run far; she sat on the stairs and cried her heart out.
Shen Yao stayed by her side, offering a few words of comfort and handing her a handkerchief.
Mu Ling'er took the handkerchief, wiping her tears as she cried, and explained, "I've loved him since I was three hundred years old..."
“When other children tried to talk to him, he would tell them to get lost.”
"I... Waaah... I was afraid of him and didn't dare to talk to him, but that time we met by chance, I greeted him, and he didn't tell me to get lost, he even returned my greeting..."
"In later years, whenever we met during holidays, I would greet him, and he never scolded me..."
"I thought that the fact that he wasn't mean to me meant he was good to me and treated me differently..."
"Waaaaah..." Mu Ling'er sobbed, "Waaaah... I only realized today that there's no difference at all, it's his feelings for you that are different... Waaaaah..."
After the story of unrequited love was told, Shen Yao understood that from beginning to end, Jiang Ming really had nothing to do with her.
Wang Xu stood by the wall and listened to the second half of the story. He didn't show himself, and his explanation was quite clear, so he didn't go out and get involved.
Mu Ling'er cried for a while longer, then wiped away her tears and made a firm vow: "Since he has no special feelings for me, then I, Mu Ling'er, will never like Jiang Ming again."