Su Baiyi and Nangong Xi’er exchanged a glance, not knowing what this rich golden-robed young master was suddenly up to.
But the young master was all excited. “Oh my, I thought this journey westward would be boring to the extreme, but I didn’t expect to see such a beauty before boarding the ship. What is your name, fair lady? Where do you come from? How old are you? Are you married?”
“Young master…” The middle-aged man who was sitting at the entrance of the ship collecting tickets called out helplessly.
“I’m talking to the fairy, you don’t interrupt.” The rich young master waved his hand impatiently at the middle-aged man, then smiled at Nangong Xi’er, “Oh, I was rude. I should have introduced myself first. My name is Mu Nianhua, ranked seventh in Qingzhou, so the girls like to call me Seventh Young Master. I’m young and unmarried.”
“Oh?” Nangong Xi’er smiled, “Then these women by your side are…”
“Oh, they are all siblings, siblings.” Mu Nianhua didn’t even blink an eye, completely ignoring the fact that those women’s faces had changed, and his tone was still calm and natural.
“Young master, we want to board the ship, but we don’t have any money. Can you lend us some? We’ll pay you back when we get to Yunmeng Prefecture. How about it?” Su Baiyi couldn’t help but speak up.
Mu Nianhua’s eyebrows suddenly twitched, and he jumped back a step, looking surprised as if he had just noticed that there was a big man next to this fairy. He asked, “Who are you?”
“I’m Su Baiyi.” Su Baiyi replied.
Mu Nianhua looked up and down at Su Baiyi, then glanced at Nangong Xi’er in Su Baiyi’s arms. He raised his head and looked at the sky, sighing.
“Young master… It’s almost time. Our Mu family has a rule that every time we set sail, we can’t be a bit late.” The middle-aged man reminded him.
Mu Nianhua ignored him completely, lowered his head and looked at Su Baiyi again, slowly saying, “Elope?”
“Huh?” Su Baiyi and Nangong Xi’er were both stunned.
“It must be so.” Mu Nianhua sighed again, “Look at you two, you must have fallen in love with this fairy sister, but her family doesn’t like you, this poor boy. Fairy sister wanted to elope, but her family broke her leg. You broke in regardless of everything, and then ran away with her.”
Su Baiyi and Nangong Xi’er were speechless at Mu Nianhua’s imagination. They didn’t know what to say for a moment, but it became like they had already admitted it in Mu Nianhua’s eyes. He shook his head and said, “What a pity, what a pity. A fairy like her should be matched with a young master like me. But love is admirable in this world. Although I regret it, I still admire your feelings. Here’s a token of my praise.” Mu Nianhua pulled off the night pearl on his hairpin and walked up to Nangong Xi’er, handing it to her.
The many beautiful women in white around him all gasped, and then began to whisper. The middle-aged man was even more anxious and said, “Young master, you can’t! If the old master finds out, it will be terrible.”
Nangong Xi’er gently turned the pearl in her hand, feeling it smooth and warm. She could tell it was not an ordinary thing. She asked, “This pearl…”
“You and I have no fate, and we will soon forget each other in the world. I’ll give this pearl to you, so that you will always think of me when you see it. Maybe fate will change, and regret will be less.” Mu Nianhua smiled faintly.
“What about me?” Su Baiyi asked with a cheeky grin. “Is there anything you can give me?”
“My family is in the medicinal herb business. I want to give you a gift of Joyful Fragrance.” Mu Nianhua raised his eyebrows.
“It sounds good by the name.” Su Baiyi asked curiously, “What does it do?”
“Men who smell this fragrance can’t have sex. Women who smell this fragrance for a long time won’t have children.” Mu Nianhua said gloomily, “Every year, those people in the palace secretly buy a lot of it from our Mu family. It’s not cheap.”
“Young master, we really have to board the ship now.” The middle-aged man was sweating profusely.If the Mu family missed the departure, his aspirations of becoming a manager would be dashed right here.
“Don’t worry, I know the rules.” Mu Nianhua turned around and flicked his sleeve, “Let’s go.” As soon as he finished speaking, he led the few beautiful women by his side towards the ship.
Su Baiyi hurriedly carried Nangong Xi’er and also wanted to go to the ship, but was stopped by the middle-aged man again.
“Pay up, board the ship. This is the rule of the Mu family. You can’t board the ship just because you talked to the young master for a few words.” The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
“This pearl.” Nangong Xi’er held up the pearl in her hand, “Is it worth ten taels of silver?”
The middle-aged man licked his lips, feeling his throat dry. This night pearl was a gift from Ye family, the largest jeweler in Lingxi, when Mu Nianhua turned sixteen. He had been wearing it on his head for years. In terms of value, it could be sold for enough money to buy a whole street of shops.
Ten taels of silver?
Are you kidding?
But Nangong Xi’er asked very sincerely.
Su Baiyi sighed lightly, “It’s just a pearl that glows. How can it be worth ten taels of silver.”
“Alright.” The middle-aged man took the pearl from Nangong Xi’er’s hand, “On the Heaven floor, there’s one last room remaining, called Falling Snow. It’s yours. This trip all the way to the shore, the food on the ship is free. Please, this way.”
“Only one room left?” Su Baiyi’s face turned slightly red.
“Why did your heartbeat suddenly speed up?” Nangong Xi’er, who was being held, clearly felt it.
The middle-aged man’s face darkened slightly, “The Earth Floor is full, the Human Floor still has some left, but the Human Floor is a big dormitory. Do you have the heart to let your little lady stay there?”
“Of course not.” Su Baiyi shook his head repeatedly.
“Board the ship!” The middle-aged man didn’t bother to say more, and boarded the ship. Su Baiyi and Nangong Xi’er also hurriedly followed.
Mu Nianhua, who was already on the ship, saw that the pearl had returned to his side. He opened the folding fan in his hand and waved it lightly. “No fate, no fate after all.”
“Young master, these two people are suspicious.” A beautiful woman in white whispered.
“I have no problem in front of such a beautiful face.” Mu Nianhua smiled.
“There have been people from Shanglin Heavenly Palace around here today. On the way here, someone also saw assassins from Courtyard of Clear Sky.” The beautiful woman in white continued.
“I thought it was a somewhat clichéd story of a beauty and a poor scholar, but I didn’t expect it to be a story of an assassin drawing his sword and a hero saving the beauty. Isn’t that more interesting?” Mu Nianhua waved his fan lightly, watching Su Baiyi board the ship.
“The Master said, don’t get involved with anything related to Shanglin Heavenly Palace.”
“I gave her the pearl, and she gave it back to me.” Mu Nianhua closed his fan, turned around, and stretched out a hand to pinch the chin of the beautiful woman in white, “We have nothing to do with each other anymore.”
Thanks for translation.