The Saint Maiden Next Door

"Th-this..."

Young Zhao Pingzhi had been beside himself with joy after receiving so much praise from the Saint Envoy, feeling that Immortal Fortune was within reach. Yet the Saint Maidens' frosty reactions now poured a bucket of cold water over his head.

Zhao Pingzhi's face turned deathly pale. Lost and helpless, he appeared even more "common."

This bearing was worlds apart from Scholar Li's!

Just then, Li Qingyun had already drifted like a gentle breeze to his own door. He glanced toward the Zhao Household, then went inside and gently shut the door behind him.

A young master like jade, yet he could only savor his solitude and loneliness alone.

Behind the curtains of those fifty red sedan chairs, the Saint Maidens watched the handsome and ethereal scholar's lonely figure as he closed his door. Something in them stirred, and they could not help sighing softly.

What a pity...

The White-robed Beautiful Woman Saint Envoy also glanced at Li Qingyun's closing door, then urged the remaining Saint Maidens in their red sedan chairs through secret voice transmission. "Zhao Pingzhi is quite good. There are fewer and fewer outstanding men in the city these days. If you keep picking and choosing, comparing goods one against another, in the end you'll have no choice but to marry into some household at random!"

The red sedan chairs remained silent.

"In that case, lift the sedans!" The Saint Envoy sighed as well, then unexpectedly added, "Actually, living next door to that scholar Li Qingyun would not be bad either. Though he may not be of use, he can still be admired from afar, to brighten one's spirits in daily life..."

Those words were quite tempting.

Whoosh!

The curtain of the foremost red sedan chair was abruptly flung open. Saint Maiden Ni'er, dressed in bridal