Chapter 272: 141. Lin Xiao carelessly gave up three lives! The mastermind behind the scenes turned out to be her! (9000-word blockbuster seeking monthly tickets)_4
Lin Xiao quickly reached out to stop her. "Don’t! I, your Eldest Senior Brother, am getting married tomorrow. We can... do that another day... Ah, no, I mean, talk another day!"
"Alright, alright, Eldest Senior Brother, you should go prepare for tomorrow’s wedding then."
Lu Yingying turned and delicately kissed the man she loved on the lips. Then she made a funny face and said, "Yingying also needs to get busy."
"Wait a minute!"
Lin Xiao suddenly realized something was amiss. "You... you lass! After placing Queen Ye’s royal Spirit Steed in the Sacred Beast Garden today, why didn’t you return to the mountain immediately? What exactly are you up to here in the Sacred Beast Garden?"
"Hehe, you’ll find out tomorrow, Eldest Senior Brother." With a playful wink, Lu Yingying added, "At your wedding with Senior Sister Yurong tomorrow, Yingying will definitely present a gift that will amaze everyone!"
Although her tone was cute and bubbly, it somehow made Lin Xiao feel a chill down his spine. He wanted to ask more, but the lass had already ridden off on the Lion Hawk Beast, "Meow Meow," and flown away.
Wait, the direction she’s heading... That’s Hidden Dragon Pool! The burial place of the Eight-clawed White Hornless Dragon, the sect-protecting sacred beast left behind by the Patriarch!
Sigh, with so much happening already, I hope this girl doesn’t cause any more trouble, Lin Xiao murmured to himself.
「Deep into the night. Phoenix Caw Peak, the Chairman’s Grand Hall, back garden.」
A voluptuous woman with an aristocratic hair bun, dressed in a gauzy nightgown, reclined elegantly on a jade couch, her full yet shapely legs gracefully crossed. She held a wine jug, drinking from it incessantly.
"Master, please stop drinking! This is already your tenth jug of Immortal Brew! Even your Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix Body won’t be able to withstand much more!" a pretty young woman attending her urgently pleaded.
"What? Your Uncle Master Xiao can drink, but I, your Master, can’t?" Su Mei snorted coldly, a hint of jealousy flashing in her soft, seductive eyes. "Wanning, don’t try to dissuade me today. Your Master is very upset! I won’t stop until I’ve drunk my fill!"
"Master..." Zhu Wanning’s eyes immediately reddened. She asked meekly, "Is Master upset because of... me?"
"What else could it be?" Su Mei retorted coldly. "You child, you’ve always been so competitive, striving to be first in everything. Now that Guo Yourong from the neighboring peak has snatched away the man you love, why didn’t you make your position clear today?"
"Not only that, but you’re... you’re acting as if nothing happened! Sigh! I, your Master, truly don’t understand you." The more Su Mei thought about it, the angrier she became, and she downed another mouthful of strong liquor. However, she drank too forcefully and couldn’t stop coughing.
Zhu Wanning, however, shook her head. "Master, you only see the surface. Wanning, on the other hand, sees into a person’s heart."
"Senior Brother Lin... he has me in his heart! I believe that before the wedding, he will personally come and give Wanning an explanation!" Her beautiful eyes, full of determination, gazed towards Divine Phoenix Peak in the distance.
"Nonsense," Su Mei sneered. "You silly girl, if that man truly had you in his heart, would he agree to marry another woman?"
"That..." Zhu Wanning hesitated for a moment, then said resolutely, "Senior Brother Lin... he must have had his reasons! Besides, Master, you saw the situation today. If Senior Brother Lin hadn’t agreed, how would Junior Sister Yurong have faced everyone? And Uncle Master Xiao had already stepped up to be the matchmaker. If Senior Brother Lin had refused then, how could she, his Master, have preserved her dignity?"
"You..." Su Mei sighed softly. "You silly girl... you’re truly naive. Haven’t you ever considered that everything he has shown you, all his actions in front of you, might be a deception?"
Zhu Wanning gave a noncommittal smile, resting her chin in her hands. "If it’s deception, then so be it. It’s like a moth drawn to a flame; knowing it will be burned, it still flies into the fire. Moths are just that foolish."
"You..." Su Mei was utterly speechless. She drained the wine from the jug in one go. After a long pause, she said in a low voice, "Do you know what angers your Master the most?"
"What angers me most is that when I was competing with your Uncle Master Xiao, you, my girl... you were still thinking about others! Are you truly the disciple I cherish most?" As she spoke, the eyes of this voluptuous, mature beauty began to redden.
"I’m sorry, Master..." Seeing the woman she regarded as a mother shedding tears of sorrow, Zhu Wanning felt an extreme pang in her heart. Not knowing what to say, she could only embrace her tightly. This affectionate embrace from her beloved disciple immediately soothed much of Su Mei’s anger.
Just as master and disciple were locked in an emotional embrace, a steward reported from outside, "Chairwoman! Chief Lin from Divine Phoenix Peak is here to pay a visit!"
"What?!" Su Mei was visibly startled, her willow-like eyebrows knitting together. "That brat actually dares to show his face here!"
"Master, see!? I knew he would come!" Zhu Wanning’s eyes instantly sparkled. She stood up to go outside but was pulled back by a pair of delicate hands.
"Master, you..." Zhu Wanning looked at her in astonishment.
"Go wait for me at the Fairy Pool. I, your Master, will test this little brat’s intentions for you first," Su Mei said, her eyes narrowing.
"How does Master plan to test Senior Brother Lin?" Zhu Wanning asked nervously.
"You don’t need to concern yourself with that." Su Mei straightened her posture, her full, red lips curving into a bewitching smile. "Wanning, let your Master borrow these clothes of yours to wear."
「Now, after Lin Xiao received the notification from the Phoenix Caw Peak steward, he moved with great speed, crossing the Sect Leader’s Grand Hall in what felt like mere steps, and quickly arrived at the adjacent Book Pavilion.」