Ch67 - Homeward Boat

“She hasn’t done anything recently,” said Xiao Shao.

“Is she in the academy?”

“She’s not here.” Xiao Shao said, “Once you’ve had enough fun with Ling Xiao, she will pick you up.”

Lin Shu: “Okay.”

Neither spoke for a moment.

Lin Shu felt that Xiao Shao’s words were not much less than his own.

After another momentary silence, he said: “…I will go now?”

Xiao Shao did not speak while he fiddled with the flute in his hand, then suddenly went offline.

Lin Shu: “….”

Although it looked like it suddenly got disconnected, it was obvious that Shangling Dreamscape won’t be disconnected unless there was an accident, so Xiao Shao should not have been bothered to greet him and went offline.

He felt that this person didn’t bother to care about him at all, so he would not look for him in the future.

After thinking about it, he turned around, intended to leave the Dreamscape and return to reality. Suddenly, he saw a little red shadow floating over the shore on the other side of the arena.

This red was a little familiar, the girls in the academy usually rarely wear this kind of red.

After a few ups and downs on the water, the Big Miss drifted to his side.

——It turned out that Xiao Shao went out to call her.

Lin Shu touched his nose.

The Big Miss has not seen his Folding Bamboo image yet.

The Big Miss asked, “Did you miss me?”

Lin Shu finally knew how to answer this time, and answered, “I’ve thought about you.”

The Big Miss laughed. “This is good enough.”

Lin Shu: “?”

He felt that there was something wrong with that sentence.

But before he could think about the future, he heard the Big Miss continued, “Ling Xiao said you are going to pick some flowers for a girl?”

This was a suicidal topic.

Lin Shu frantically thought about how to survive. Finally, when good luck comes, one has good ideas. He said, “I don’t like her.”

The Big Miss smiled, her brows and her eyes were curved: “Wise.”

After that, Lin Shu’s wrist was grabbed by the Big Miss and they walked to the edge of the arena.

The arena was built on the water, and when they approached the edge, he saw the reflection of the two in the water.

The appearance of the Big Miss was the same as in reality, she was beautiful and sharp.

Folding Bamboo was dressed in a snow-white robe, with half a bunch of ink hair, and her eyes were cold and beautiful, like a fairy.

The two people standing together was really pleasing to the eye.

Big Miss looked at the reflection for a while, then turned to Folding Bamboo, “You’re very beautiful.”

Lin Shu knew the Big Miss’s jealous temperament, and said, “You’re even more beautiful.”

After listening, the Big Miss looked to be in a good mood, “I haven’t seen you for a few days, yet your mouth has become a lot sweeter.”

Lin Shu: “It’s the truth.”

The Big Miss snorted and said, “You rarely wear a skirt. Shall we stay here a little longer?” Then she continued, “But they are too hateful.”

Lin Shu looked around and knew that the Big Miss was talking about the elder martial brothers on the challenge arena beside her. Folding Bamboo Fairy was already a goddess in the eyes of the elder martial brothers. Big Miss was also known for her reputation as the most beautiful woman in the world. Now the two people were actually together and acting really close, which has caused a wide range of onlookers.

——No, that’s not the point.

What’s “You rarely wear a skirt?”

Does the Big Miss like to change those beautiful red palace dresses that she can’t see the difference between the pattern and the style, and just push herself to others and think others like to wear skirts?

Miss, you should pay attention to my gender. I had nothing to do with the skirt, and I didn’t want to wear it.

But since the Big Miss wanted to stay longer, he will stay longer.

“Let’s go for a walk by the water,” said The Big Miss.

Lin Shu: “Okay.”

The Big Miss looked at him and suddenly stopped talking.

Lin Shu didn’t know what the Big Miss was thinking.

After a while, he heard the Big Miss asked,  “Can I…can I hold your hand?”

Lin Shu thought about it for a while–when the Big Miss touched him before, she always apologized for being “disrespectful”, and that was just holding the wrist. Now the meaning of “holding hands” probably means holding fingers with fingers, just like when Ling Xiao held his hand in a coma that day.

But when the two girls hold hands, there seems to be no “disrespect”.

He said: “Okay.”

The Big Miss gently touched her fingers with his fingers, then gently pulled it, and smiled.

At the moment when their fingers touched, Lin Shu’s body reflexively felt something wrong, it felt like his allergic reaction to people had returned, and a tingling sensation occurred, as if there was a tiny electric current rising from the place where their hands are joined, and then wandering around his body.

However, about the night when he slept with his cousin holding hands, he got used to a lot of physical contacts. After taking a few deep breaths, he gradually relaxed and didn’t feel any discomfort anymore.

He raised his head to look at the Big Miss and saw that the Big Miss’s usual plain expression seemed to have the same tension, and it took a while before she relaxed.

Looking at the fingers held by the two, the Big Miss’s hands have always looked good.

Folding Bamboo’s body was carefully molded by the girl, and the shape of the hands was perfect. The words of praises in books such as “slim silky hands” and “slender jade fingers” were perfectly appropriate for this hand. Now that they were held together, it was exceedingly good looking. Coupled with the red silk and plain yarn that was occasionally interlaced due to the wind blowing, Lin Shu feels that his aesthetic taste has been thoroughly washed out.

They walked hand in hand by the water. At first, they didn’t speak. After walking for a while, the Big Miss talked about some precautions in the Ten Thousand Ghost Abyss and explained everything clearly. Even with the cold weather in the Ten Thousand Ghost Abyss, she told him to put on more clothes, which made Lin Shu feel as if he had lost his ability to take care of himself.

After about half an hour, the Big Miss said: “I recently created a new sword move, do you want to see it?”

Lin Shu: “Sure”

The Big Miss let go of his hand and went to the nearest arena. The sword “Identical Sorrow” came out of its sheath and pulled a beautiful flower first.

He saw the light of the sword as clear as the autumn water. First, she danced several moves that Lin Shu knew, which came from the “Lingyun Nine Formations” of Phoenix Mountain Villa. Then calmly changed at the end of the move, rising diagonally, flowing clouds and flowing water, with a restrained edge. The uncompromising harmony and clarity were a bit similar to Ling Xiao’s sword technique, but it was still different in general.

Lin Shu didn’t understand anything else, but he was also a bit accomplished in martial arts. After pondering over it, he saw something very simple but difficult to attain.

“Your move,” he said, “was it caused by the state of mind?”

As Mr. Meng said, some moves in the world can not be used by all people. To match the corresponding state of mind, the Big Miss’s move was very similar.

“Exactly,” Ling Fengxiao drew up her sword, looked at him with a little smile in her eyes, and said, “Since you are by my side, I am in a peaceful state of mind. I had this feeling the day before yesterday. I felt that the river and the lake were big. If I could have a home with you, it would not be lonely. So I created this move. ”

Lin Shu was a little nervous and didn’t know how to respond, so he asked, “What’s the name of this move?”

Ling Feng Xiao said, “Homeward Boat.”

After that, she practiced the moves again. Although Lin Shu’s heart was touched for a moment, he accepted it, but there were still one or two things he didn’t think about clearly.

Lin Shu was interested in these things, and he began to think about them. To the rising place, Lin Shu also used the Folding Bamboo Sword to parry with the Big Miss, and finally, she had polished the “Homeward Boat” to perfection.

At this time, it was almost two hours past. When it was time for lunch, the Big Miss put the sword away, but went forward to hold his hand again, “You should go back.”

Lin Shu: “Hm.”

Big Miss: “I am a little reluctant to let you go.”

Lin Shu: “Should I stay for a while?”

Big Miss: “Don’t stay, you can’t be hungry.”

Lin Shu was forced offline and opened his eyes in reality. He was lying on the bed, looking at the sun outside, and thought it was incredible that time passed so fast.

He also thought of taking a walk with the Big Miss in the Dreamscape again, thinking about the sword technique, which was very interesting.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why those classmates like to hang out together after school.

Previously, Xiao Shao asked him if he missed the Big Miss, and he said it was okay. But just now when he was with the Big Miss, and before leaving, the Big Miss said she was reluctant to let him go. He didn’t say anything else, but at that moment, he actually didn’t want to leave.

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TL’s Mini Theatre:

*It’s currently offline coz Zaki and Rose still feels giddy with the simple sweetness in some parts of this chapter*

Cat: Meow!