A Thousand Miles in Search of Her Fiancé? What a Laughable, Ironic Feat!

Zhu Zhuqing's face flushed bright red. She shot him a fierce glare but could not be bothered to explain.

After spending more than a day with him, she had come to understand him a little. This man loved to spout nonsense and never acted seriously!

She quickly washed up. The moment she stepped out of the washroom, she found Jiang Yunzhou leaning against the doorframe, watching her with leisurely interest.

"W-what are you standing here for?" She instinctively took half a step back.

"Isn't it time to eat? What else would I be doing? Aren't you hungry?"

Jiang Yunzhou spoke as if it were only natural, then added, "Oh, right. Same rule as before—you're treating."

Zhu Zhuqing nearly choked on her breath.

The words, I'm almost out of money, nearly slipped from her lips, but she swallowed them back.

Fine, fine. He had saved her life. She would accept it.

Irritably, she said, "Treat, treat, treat! I'll treat! Happy now?"

She made up her mind that she had to leave today, no matter what. If she stayed any longer, her pitiful stash of gold coins would truly run dry!

The two did not leave the hotel and simply had lunch in its restaurant.

Afterward, they found a relatively quiet corner in the lobby and ordered several delicate pastries and drinks.

Watching Jiang Yunzhou savor his food across from her, Zhu Zhuqing could not help grumbling inwardly: A dignified Soul Saint, yet he was this stingy?

When ordering, she had deliberately placed her flat little money pouch in the most conspicuous spot on the table, hinting that she was nearly broke!

Why was he still pretending not to see it?

She even paid for the desserts and drinks!

Jiang Yunzhou, meanwhile, felt perfectly at ease. Why spend his own money when he could spend someone else's?

When it came to women, he had to be stingy when it was time to be stingy!

"Jiang Yunzhou."

Zhu Zhuqing put down her fork and said seriously, "I really have something important to do. Can you let me handle my business first?"

Jiang Yunzhou leaned leisurely against the back of his chair, slowly took a sip of his drink, and shook his head slightly. "If you leave, where am I supposed to find you? Don't rush. Wait a little longer."

His gaze swept over the hotel entrance, a faint smile on his lips. "Maybe, if we're lucky, we'll get to watch a good show for free."

Seeing how calm and unhurried he looked, Zhu Zhuqing felt a stifling anger lodge in her chest, yet there was nothing she could do.

What an infuriating man!

Jiang Yunzhou's patience was not wasted.

Just as Zhu Zhuqing was bored out of her mind and Jiang Yunzhou was nearly studying the desserts into flowers, the light at the hotel entrance was blocked by two figures.

A lively girl in a pink dress, her long hair braided into a scorpion tail, walked in beside a young man dressed simply in blue with center-parted hair, chattering away nonstop.

They headed straight for the front desk.

The girl bounced with energy, while the boy appeared steady and composed, though his brows still carried the spirit of youth.

Jiang Yunzhou's eyes lit up. He lowered his voice and said to Zhu Zhuqing, "Disciple, see that girl in pink? Remember what she looks like."

Already bored, Zhu Zhuqing looked over instinctively and asked in confusion, "What do you mean? Who is she?"

"Oh, nothing in particular."

Jiang Yunzhou smiled mysteriously. "You'll understand in the future."

This way of saying half of something while hiding the rest made Zhu Zhuqing experience the torment of being left hanging!

She was so exasperated that her chest tightened. He had thoroughly piqued her curiosity—there was definitely something wrong with this man!

At this moment, "people who spoke in riddles" had risen to first place on her list of most hated people!

"You really are unbearable!" She could not help shooting him another glare.

Just then, Jiang Yunzhou gestured with his chin, looking delighted at the prospect of a show. "There. The show's starting."

Zhu Zhuqing turned to look at the entrance again in confusion. The moment she did, she was struck as though by lightning!

Three more people had entered the lobby.

At the front was a tall, handsome young man with long golden hair draped over his shoulders, dressed in luxurious white robes.

He looked lazy and carefree, a roguish smile at the corner of his lips, with two beautiful, voluptuous women who looked nearly identical tucked into his arms!

That golden-haired youth was none other than Dai Mubai, the fiancé she had crossed a thousand miles and endured pursuit to find!

Jiang Yunzhou said nothing more. His gaze merely settled quietly on Zhu Zhuqing as he watched her reaction closely.

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her fists beneath the table!

The familiar stirring deep within her martial soul left her with no need for further confirmation!

This was the fiancé she had missed so dearly?

This was the fiancé she had believed was struggling alone in a foreign land?

Look at his frivolous posture, his practiced movements, the easy familiarity with which he held those twins...

How could this be someone who had only just arrived?

He was clearly a regular here, a seasoned hand in romantic affairs!

An icy chill mixed with fury swept through Zhu Zhuqing's entire body!

She gritted her silver teeth, her body trembling uncontrollably.

A thousand miles in search of her fiancé?

What a laughable, ironic feat!

So he had long since drowned himself in pleasures, seeking amusement and casting aside his fiancée in the distant Star Luo Empire!

Then what exactly was she to him?

A heavy burden? A laughable encumbrance?

When her rage reached its peak, she instead wanted to laugh.

It was a bleak, self-mocking laugh, tinged with the taste of blood.

She forcibly suppressed her resentment, rage, and grief, then turned to stare at Jiang Yunzhou. "You! You deliberately held me back just so I could see this?"

Her eyes were full of shock and incomprehension. "It all looks like a coincidence, yet it also feels like you expected everything. How did you know?"

Jiang Yunzhou neither admitted nor denied it.

He merely met her gaze calmly, his eyes deep.

Keeping some mystery made people want to explore, did it not?

He rose to his feet and adjusted his collar. "I said I'd give you three days to consider it. Now, I want to go out for a walk. Are you coming?"

He glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, who looked somewhat lost. "Forget it. Go do whatever you want."

He understood Zhu Zhuqing.

With her pride and composure, she would never rush over and put on a scene of tearing apart the other women.

She would only be like an injured beast, silently licking her wounds and digesting this humiliation and pain alone in some corner.

Sure enough, Zhu Zhuqing merely sat there in silence, watching Dai Mubai and Tang San's group get into a conflict over the rooms, watching them seemingly reach some sort of agreement in the end.

She watched Dai Mubai leave with the twins in his arms, until the lobby became empty again.

Then she stood up in a daze and slowly made her way back to the hotel suite.

Right now, she only wanted to be alone and think things through.

Persist? Was there still any meaning in persisting?

Jiang Yunzhou, meanwhile, strolled out of the hotel and merged into Suotuo City's bustling afternoon crowds.

Of course, he was not wandering around without purpose.

He was searching for that inconspicuous little shop.

Hadn't he said he would make things difficult for Tang San?

Then he would start now!

Do nothing at all? That would be far too boring.

Jiang Yunzhou simply treated Suotuo City like a sandbox map and leisurely wandered all over it, familiarizing himself with the terrain.

At last, at the corner of a secluded, desolate little street, he found his target.

It was an inconspicuous little shop. Reclining in a lounge chair at the entrance was a middle-aged man with a flat face, glasses, and a hooked nose, who somehow still looked rather conspicuous as he rested with his eyes closed.

Hulande!