Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, All Thanks to a Single Moment of Impulse - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Edited by Kiseki

Chapter 7

That night, Lu Hai Kong and his uncle talked the whole night . I returned to my room and carefully took a bath . After the bath, I slept the most comfortable sleep that I had in days . Later… there was no later .

The next day, Lu Hai Kong’s uncle Lu Lan arrested the official sent by court . Standing on the old emperor’s side, he eliminated traitors in a high-profile way . he also raised the flag to oppose the new emperor . Many people in the south followed his actions .

Since then, Lu Hai Kong lived wholeheartedly, awaiting the day he could take revenge . At such a young age, he had lost his smile . He spent the whole day practicing martial arts and studying, spending the entire day with his uncle .

And I, I fell in love with one of Lu Liang city’s famous liquor house . The lady selling the liquor, Lan Xiang, was a beautiful widow . The lady had a pair of magic hands . Her wine was tastier than the ones I bought in Heaven . Of course, that could have been because I had little money then, hence I couldn’t afford good wine in Heaven .

I didn’t like the life in the mansion, a life full of tension . When I woke up, I would go to the liquor house, sat there, drinking and listening to other customers . Occasionally, when I was drunk, I would take advantage of the boss, Yu Lian Xiang . Lan Xiang often laughed at me . “If you were a man, I would’ve beaten the crap out of you long ago for being a lecher . ”

Then I would always sigh . “If I had known that I would meet a lady as gentle as Lan Xiang, I would’ve put my whole heart to be reincarnated as a man . ”

If I was reincarnated as a man, Emperor Li couldn’t force me and that bastard Chu Kong to be together . I secretly wrote this trick in my mind .

When I was twenty years old, Lu Hai Kong’s heart had still wanted to take revenge . The northern military forces were growing . I didn’t like to stay in the mansion even more than before . Every day, I would be outside, only to return when it was dark .

Today, like usual, I returned when the sun set . But when I returned to the front door, I was surprised . The front door didn’t had anything special on it, but a bunch of people had traveled here, reminding me that today was not a typical day . Seeing those people entering the mansion, carrying gifts, I suddenly remembered . Today was Lu Hai Kong’s fifteen birthday . I looked at my empty hands, scratched head, turned around and walked in the direction of Lan Xiang liquor house . Arriving at the liquor house, Lan Xiang was closing . Seeing me, she asked, “How come you’ve come back?”

Originally, I had wanted to ask her to fill a bottle of wine for me to take away, but then I thought that today, Lu Hai Kong wouldn’t have the time to chat with me . I sighed with mixed feelings . “The child I raised left with someone else . I feel that fate is always playing with me . ”

Lan Xiang didn’t ask . She only smiled and said, “Eight out of the ten things in life are unhappy things . Do you want to come in?”

I rushed to Lian Xiang and hugged her .

“My little Xiang Xiang is still as understanding . I’ll kiss you . ”

“Shameless! It’s late now, I’ll brew tea for you . You’re not allowed to drink anymore . ”

I took advantage of the time when Lian Xiang went to boil water and stole a bottle of wine . I took a big gulp . This wine took away all my spirits . When Lan Xiang came back with tea, I was already lying on the table .

I was still conscious . I knew that Lan Xiang was cursing at me, but my body was not in my control anymore . Suddenly, I really missed the immortal body that only had a few hundred years of cultivation . A body that never got drunk would’ve been so useful now .

I don’t know how long I had been lying on the table . Suddenly I heard cries of panic: “Yun Xiang!”

Using a lot of strength, I opened one eye . I saw Lu Hai Kong pushing the door of the liquor house open and walking quickly to me .

“Huh?”

I was still in a trance when I forced myself to sit up .

“Brat, you came to find me, ah?”

Lu Hai Kong was now half a head taller than me . He came to me and knelt down, ignoring my question . He held my hand for quite a while before calming down . Softly, he said, “I only told my uncle about today, but I didn’t expect those people to come . I know you don’t like places with many people . The guards inside the mansion had told me that you hadn’t come back . The guard at the door had only said that you came back, but then went away . I thought you were angry…”

Although he was young, the way he handled things was not inferior to his uncle . But today, with only a few words of explanation, he was saying them incoherently, making them illogical .

I chuckled and waved with my hands . “Why are you nervous? Now I can’t beat you anymore . ”

Lu Hai Kong stared at me for a moment and then said with a little laugh: “Yun Xiang was never rough with me . ”

Even if it was only my shadow, you wouldn’t have remembered it at that time . I didn’t continue talking about this topic with him . I put my hands in my pockets, but couldn’t find something decent . I grew mad and took out two coins .

“Here, happy birthday . I really don’t know what else to give you . ”

Lu Hai Kong stared at the two coins and blinked with his left eye

“My gift?”

I was immediately alert . I tightly held my purse .

“Just these two, there’s no more . ”

He froze for a moment . Dumbfounded, he looked at the two coins . A little pathetically, he said: “Yun Xiang, you’re so stingy . ”

After saying that, he obediently put the two coins in his chest .

I looked at his shoulder and said, “Nothing is free . You carry me back home . I don’t want to walk . I’m really tired . ”

Lu Hai Kong naturally wouldn’t refuse . Obediently, he put me on his back . Going outside, I suddenly remembered something .

“Little Xiang Xiang, if you want money, go to the northern protector’s mansion . There’s so much money there . ”

Once out of the liquor house, I realized that Lu Hai Kong came alone . With his identity now, going out at night was really dangerous . I put my head on his shoulder and said, “You need to protect yourself first . Then you can anything else . ”

“I need to protect you too . ”

With a bit of pride Lu Hai Kong said: “I can now protect you very well . ”

I didn’t say anything more . On the way back, there was only the sound of Lu Hai Kong’s calm footsteps . After walking halfway, Lu Hai Kong asked: “Yun Xiang, why did…did you drink so much wine today? Are you not happy?”

“The wine is delicious . I was not unhappy . ”

I leaned against his shoulder again and said: “I was only feeling life . Time flies; the days and months went by so fast . ”

Lu Hai Kong stopped in his tracks . I rubbed my head on his shoulder, finding a comfortable spot to sleep .

“I thought about the past . ”

No wonder mortals were envious of the enjoyable, happy days in Heaven .

After hearing what I said, Lu Hai Kong didn’t move for quite a while . When I started dreaming, I heard him vaguely say: “I’m sorry, Yun Xiang . ”

I didn’t know if I was dreaming, or if there really was someone feeling guilty .

After Lu Hai Kong’s birthday, the air felt tenser . The court was now unable to ignore the northern army’s growth . It was said that the emperor was preparing the whole army to attack the north .

Father Song was on probation in the capital, he couldn’t leave the capital .

Lu Hai Kong was so busy that I didn’t even see his shadow anymore .

I didn’t know how Lu Hai Kong viewed me . I also didn’t know how I viewed Lu Hai Kong . In my eyes, he had always been someone not real . He was just Chu Kong’s short stay in the human realm . After he drank the next soup of oblivion, Lu Hai Kong would never exist again .

Every day, I stayed longer at Lan Xiang’s house, always drinking till I was half drunk before going back to sleep .

On the first snowfall, I went to the liquor house as usual . The only unusual thing about this day was that no matter what I said, Lan Xiang wouldn’t give me wine . I was really unhappy . From my pocket, I put all the money on the table and yelled: “I’ve got money! Look, I’ve got money! Give me wine!”

Lan Xiang only said: “You want wine? Go pour it yourself in the cellar . ”

I didn’t hesitate . I stood up, placed my money back in my pocket and went to the backyard, straight to the underground cellar . The moment I entered the cellar, a big hand pulled me over and covered my mouth . A gruff man’s voice said against my ears: “Do not make a sound . ”

His warning sounded like as though I had already made a sound . I blinked, indicating that I would cooperate with him .

Seeing that I was cooperating, he let go of me and knelt down . He bowed his head and said respectfully: “Miss, forgive me for being rude . ”

Hearing him call me Miss, I understood; father Song had sent him .

Behind the man in black stood a scholar . In the cold weather of the north, he was still carrying a fan .

“Oh, so it’s you guys, student Qing Shan and Hei Wu . How have you been?”

This pair, one with martial arts and one with brains, had been working for father Song for a very long time . Hei Wu was in charge of practical things, while blackhearted student Qing Shan gave father Song advice in eliminating political opponents . Five years ago, he played a large role in eliminating Lu Hai Kong’s family . Today, these two coming to the north must be because my father was determined to take me back .

Sure enough, student Qing Shan said, while waving his fan, “I’m honored that Miss still remembers us . Today, we’ve come to deliver prime minister’s words . ”

I blocked my ears and turned away from them .

“Don’t say them . I don’t want to hear it . ”

Hei Wu stood up and grabbed my shoulders . Qing Shan laughingly said: “The prime minister said that you’ve played enough; it’s time to go home . The emperor has arranged a marriage for you . It’s the third prince . ”

Even if I did not want to hear those words, they still reached my ears . I staggered and stared at the two of them .

“After the emperor took the throne, his third son is still alive? Isn’t he an idiot?! My father wants me to marry him? And don’t I already have an engagement with Lu Hai Kong?”

I shook my head .

“My father…my father doesn’t love me anymore . ”

Hei Wu loosened his hands and said, “Miss, watch what you say . ”

Student Qing Shan sighed . “Miss has been gone for so long, so you don’t know prime minister’s situation . Because Miss left, prime minister had been questioned by the emperor several times . In this time of war, the emperor can only leave the authority of the capital in the hands of prime minister, but because of Miss…the emperor is now suspicious . If he finds the smallest suspicious thing, the fate of the prime minister wouldn’t be any different from the general’s . Miss, as his child, you need to think about his position too . Go back to the capital and marry the third prince…”

“It’s enough . Don’t say anything more . ”

I scratched my hair irritably .

“Let me think for few days . ”

Hei Wu was impatient and frowned . “We don’t have time to delay . ”

My heart didn’t feel right, and after hearing those words, I was annoyed .

“If you take me back by force today, I’ll tell my father that you tortured me every day, insulted me and beat me . For as long as I’m alive, I won’t let you have a day of peace!”

Hei Wu’s face paled immediately . It seemed that my nickname ‘ruckus-causing devil’ wasn’t useless . Student Qing Shan smiled . “Miss, don’t be angry . We have no intentions of forcing you . I hope that Miss will think over our words carefully . No matter what, prime minister is the father who protects and supports you . ”

Those words stabbed my conscience . Even though father Song did many bad things to other people, he had never mistreated me .

I pursed my lips and impatiently said: “Three days later, if I want to go with you, I’ll be waiting for you at the south gate . If I’m not there, you don’t need to wait anymore . Just go back and tell my father that I’m not filial . ”

Hei Wu wanted to say something, but student Qing Shan held him back . He smiled and said: “Three days later, we’ll wait for Miss at the south gate . ”

I walked out of the cellar and bumped into Lan Xiang who had a face full of guilt .

I said: “You only looked after me for my father, and you also concealed it for my father . All these years, you did take care of me . There’s nothing to be guilty of . ”

I went back early to the mansion . The guards were a little surprised . When I said I wanted to see Lu Hai Kong, they became even more surprised . After all, I had never taken the initiative to look for anyone .

Even though they were surprised, they still didn’t tell me where Lu Hai Kong was . I thought to myself that Lu Hai Kong must be doing something important, but when I walked into the hall, I heard the hearty laugh of Lu Lan .

“Hai Kong, have you seen my goddaughter? She is both intelligent and capable in martial arts; isn’t she compatible with you? Compared with that daughter of the prime minister, isn’t she better?”

When Lu Lan was asking those things, that ‘goddaughter’ obviously wasn’t there . They were so absorbed in their conversation that they didn’t see me . I stood silently outside the hall . I looked at the bricks and waited a long time, but I still hadn’t heard Lu Hai Kong’s answer .

An unknown emotion rushed in my heart, delaying my original plan to leaving the hall .

I pouted, snorting while crossing the door . “Oh, comparing us two women’s qualities is a bad thing; you need to drag that ‘goddaughter’ here then compare her with me . Openly competing our qualities, isn’t that right?”

Lu Hai Kong was surprised . Shocked, he turned his head . “Yun Xiang…”

Thinking about his silence just now, a rush of anger overcame my heart . I wanted to beat him, but seeing his gray right eye, I couldn’t do it .

So I just angrily stomped the the floor a few times .

“Shut up! Do you dare to admit I’m worse than that other woman?!”

I angry shouted . “White-eyed wolf, stay away from me! Don’t let me see you again!”

All the blood drained from Lu Hai Kong’s face .

I immediately realized what I said . Those heart-cutting words . I covered my mouth, but the damage was already done . Seeing Lu Hai Kong’s pale face and his gaze full of grief, I didn’t know what kind of feeling was in my heart . It felt like an unbearable discomfort, but I just couldn’t bring myself to apologize . I only slapped myself two times and pulled my hair . I cried out “yiyiyaya” and ran out .

Like a madman…

Comnent:

I hated Xiao Xiang Zi in this chapter . Lu Hai Kong’s right eye was damaged . How can she say such damaging words . My poor Lu Hai Kong must be hurting inside .