That Who

"Boom!"

Long Qingmei's words struck Tang Qingyu like a bolt of thunder.

Before Tang Qingyu could recover, Long Qingmei continued, "I was afraid you'd insist on marrying him no matter what, so he said he'd help you find a man!"

"Later, I heard your man was his brother, and that he had a golden sword set with twelve gemstones!"

I said, "You don't really think that was a coincidence, do you?"

"To tell you the truth, back then I was at Humen Pass, and he was at Hanshan Temple... I heard he traveled through the Heavenly Road and even saved your younger sister's life along the way!"

"Hey, don't tell me you really want to be Wang Xian's wife?"

Long Qingmei's words struck Tang Qingyu like a heavy peal of winter thunder.

Tang Qingyu turned to look at Tang Shisan, who was wrapped in a gust of wind and snow. A trace of confusion—and even anger—crossed her face.

She grabbed her younger sister's hand and demanded fiercely, "Did you know about this too?"

After hearing the story behind the golden sword, she was about to go mad.

Thinking back carefully to her first meeting with Wang Xian in the Southern Border, no wonder that fellow had worn a strange expression when he mentioned the Three Heroes of the Great Desert.

No wonder he had never been willing to fight in front of her. He had been afraid she'd see that sword.

She'd forced Wang Xian to help her fulfill her own vow.

The thought nearly made her flip the table. She roared, "Wang Xian, you bastard! I'm not done with you!"

Tang Shisan gently shook her sister's hand free and cried, "Why are you getting so worked up?"

She thought for a moment, then shook her head. "We barely survived