Chapter 24: The Lament of the Goddess of the Luo River

  Xiao Qian suddenly felt the burning sensation disappear, adjusted her mood, tidied up her clothes, put on a smile, and walked into the house.

  Xu Xian looked at the woman who floated in, noticing that under the moonlight, she actually had a shadow. He asked in puzzlement: "Who are you?" He was still wondering, shouldn't Nie Xiaoqian be with Ning Caichen right now? Why did she come to his place? Did she walk through the wrong door?

  "In the still of the night, I feel your loneliness, on a moonlit night without sleep, I wish to mend our relationship." Little Qian smiled and spoke with a hint of shyness.

  Xiao Qian's voice is soft and pleasant to hear, and these sixteen words are also spoken extremely elegantly.

  But Xu Xian immediately summed up two words - "go up". Not to mention that Xu Xian couldn't do such a thing that would ruin the plot, and he vaguely remembered that this was just a simple temptation. If he really had any lustful thoughts, he was afraid that even before he could touch Xiaoying's hand, he would be killed immediately.

  So Xu Xian very righteously and politely declined: "Why don't you just dance for me instead!"

  Xu Xian was extremely painfully aware that he was a very ordinary person, and he had originally wanted to directly refuse and let Xiao Qian hurry up and go find Ning Caichen to develop their relationship, but this sentence unknowingly slipped out of his mouth.

  "Never mind, never mind. Since it's all said and done, let's just take a look then! Xuxian comforted himself while looking at Nie Xiaoqian with expectant eyes."

  Nie Xiaoqian still smiled brightly, slightly calming the killing intent in her heart, and retracted the bone spur back into her sleeve. Since the opponent didn't make a move, she didn't dare to strike either. The opponent being killed after showing a change of heart was completely different from being forcefully killed. The relationship between cause and effect was extremely complicated, but one thing was certain: killing someone without reason would easily bring about unbearable karma.

  Is it just dancing?

  Nie Xiaoqian used to learn it before, but I don't know how many years she hasn't danced. In the deserted ancient temple, with a lonely grave and wild ghosts, who would she dance for?

  Today, Xiaoxian turned her slender waist, lifted her lotus steps, and danced with cloud sleeves, starting her first dance in many years on the path of cultivation.

  With the wind and moon, her famous dance has long been forgotten, and there is no musician playing music. At first, it was still a bit awkward, but at this moment, her figure is light and agile, which is beyond what she used to be. Her movements are like floating clouds and flowing water, without needing music, the music has already solidified in her dance posture.

  In the quiet moonlight, only her figure was dancing, as if the moonlight was also spinning around her.

  When I was a kid, my mother always forced me to learn dance, but I never wanted to. If she could see me now, she would definitely be very happy!

  "I don't want to be a dancer!" The words she had once uttered so carelessly now became someone else's pain. She still remembered how her mother had stared at her for half a day, raised her hand but didn't slap her face, instead turned around and wiped away tears, never forcing her to learn dance again.

  Yes, mother was just a dancer in the past and later just a concubine. Often hiding in father's arms and crying weakly, but after father left, she smiled and said to herself: Foolish girl, mother is deceiving your father, see who dares to bully us mother and daughter in the future.

  Her mother, who was good at comforting people, deliberately turned her face away that day and hid her tears. Her mother, who was good at coaxing people, smiled and said to herself: "It's okay if you don't learn."

  There's no chance anymore, can't go back to that small courtyard, can't see the jumping little dog, can't see the majestic father, can't see the beautifully dancing mother. Not even have time to say "I'm sorry" to her.

  At some unknown time, the dance stopped. Also at some unknown time, two lines of clear tears hung on her cold face.

  "A sorry" broke the silence between the two.

  Xiao Qian was momentarily stunned, thinking that it came from her own mouth, but waking up from the clouds and mist of the past, she raised her head to see Xu Xian looking at her with an apologetic gaze.

  The only spectator, who had long been enchanted by her dance, had in his heart the phrases from "The Goddess of the Luo River": With a flicker, she startles the swan; with a twirl, she stirs the dragon... As if she were a light cloud veiling the moon, as if she were a gentle breeze blowing back the snow... She steps lightly on the waves, and her silk stockings are born of dust.

  Until I saw the clear tears on her face.

  Xu Xian couldn't help but ask himself, what have you done? Is making a woman cry the result you wanted to achieve? The heart that loves beauty is something everyone has. It's like seeing a beautiful orchid by the roadside, admiring its beauty and smelling its fragrance is enough, do you need to pick it to be considered someone who loves flowers? She has her own worries and her own happiness!

  "Go!" When Xu Xian uttered these three light words, it was no longer for the sake of any fate or destiny between Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian, but to let the woman in front of him truly obtain happiness.

  Nie Xiaoqian was grateful to her mother and waiting for what would happen next. But unexpectedly, she got an apology from him instead. Why did he apologize? Was it because of his sudden rudeness just now?

  The moonlight and the darkness in the room formed a wonderful dividing line. Nie Xiaoqian stood in the moonlight, like an immortal who had fallen to the mortal world, but her heart was filled with endless darkness. She gazed at the young man sitting in the darkness, her eyes burning as if they were about to emit light.

  The sincerity and blessing in his eyes made her stunned, how long had she not seen such eyes? But she shook her head in her heart, determined her will and put on a smile: "Young master thinks that my dance is not beautiful?"

  Xu Xian shook his head and said, "Beautiful, extremely beautiful, but Nie Xiaoqian, the night is already deep, you should leave." In his heart, he added: Go to the person destined for you, and I will wait by West Lake for the person destined for me to arrive.

  Xiao Qian looked puzzled: "How did you know I'm called Xiao Qian?"

  Xu Xian had forgotten that Xiao Qian hadn't told her his name yet, but he reacted impatiently and explained: "I just saw a few people talking outside the house, including you."

  Xiao Qian tilted her head and said: "But they just call me Xiao Qian, didn't mention Nie at all!"

  Xu Xian thought to himself: A woman as clever as this is hard to come by. He couldn't help but explain again, "I drew a divination before I left home and it said that I would meet a woman with the surname Nie. As soon as I saw you, I guessed it was you. That fortune teller is really impressive!" Xu Xian explained dryly, even he himself felt unconvincing.

  Nie Xiaoqian suddenly exclaimed, "Ah, really?" Her cultivation also allowed her to divine, and a few days ago she had clearly calculated that there would be a romantic encounter recently. But today when she recalculated, the divination signs suddenly became chaotic and unclear, and she didn't know what was going on.

  Could it be Xian Xu? Xia Qian thought silently.

  Xu Xian suddenly said: "Don't go yet." Xiao Qian was wondering if he had changed his mind, and her expression changed as she hesitated over whether to take his life.

  But then Xian saw in the backpack, took out a piece of rice paper. Then grinding ink and pen, lying on the desk to write quickly, but do not know what to write. Curious to go over and take a look, just wrote a few sentences, but she already knew that Xian wrote was Cao Zijian's "The Goddess of Luo River".

  In this world, the Three Kingdoms still exist, and this "Loshen Fu" is naturally a famous piece for all eternity. Although Xu Xian could not find any poems or songs that Nie Xiaoqian had not seen or heard before to write, he really did not want to use someone else's literary talent to deceive the heart of the woman in front of him.

  Tao Tao wrote a "Loshen Fu" that perfectly matched Xiao Qian's dance and Xu Xian's mood at the moment. He wrote hastily, and Xiao Qian unknowingly stood beside him to grind ink for him. Looking at Xu Xian with a serious face, her expression was somewhat strange.

  Xu Xian put down his pen, rolled up the paper and blew on it gently before handing it to Xiao Qian. "Xiao Qian, today we part ways, I'm afraid we won't meet again. This is for you, consider it my apology. If you don't like it, feel free to throw it away, just not in front of me! Although your melancholy makes you beautiful, I truly hope you can be happier. Ah, I've said something pointless again. Well, goodbye, Nie Xiao Qian."

  Xiao Qian's expression was complex as she took over the "Loshen Fu", and the blessings and expectations in Xu Xian's eyes made her feel a little ashamed.

  I don't deserve such praise! Is he really the one in my horoscope? Xia Qian thought for a moment, bowed her head and left Xu Xian's room.

  There are countless poems, songs and verses in the world, but she is most familiar with this "Loshen Fu". At that time, her mother would always recite it when she was free, and it was also the first gift her father gave to her mother. The smile on her mother's face when she recited it still lingers before my eyes.

  But little did I know that the exquisite dance, most people who saw it would think of this "Loshenfu". It's just that under the influence of preconceptions, there is always a feeling that there is a will of heaven in the dark.

  Nie Xiaoqian, lost in thought, continued her task, pushing open Ning Caichen's door. Her face didn't even have the energy to muster a smile, but upon seeing Ning Caichen, she managed to squeeze out a formulaic smile and said: "Moonlit nights without sleep, wishing for a good dream."

  Ning Caichen had already been startled awake, seeing the beauty of the world did not move his thoughts, but instead said solemnly: "I am a reader of sacred and virtuous books, how can I disregard propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame..." He wanted to continue speaking, but saw Xiaoxian coldly say "oh" and turn around to leave.

  He had just walked a few steps when he seemed to remember something, turned back and took out a piece of gold, placing it on the bed. If he was greedy for wealth, he would surely die under this piece of gold. But Ning Caichen was indeed an upright and selfless gentleman, immediately throwing the gold away and saying with a sigh: "A gentleman loves wealth, but takes it in a proper way, this kind of unrighteous wealth..."

  He couldn't say anything more, because his only listener had already walked to the door. Under the circumstances, Xiaoyu quickly left Ning Caichen's room without even a minute of delay. She had just taken a glance at him earlier, and Ning Caichen was indeed very confident and full of energy, but now her mind was preoccupied with that "Loshen Fu", she didn't have time to think about anything else, she just wanted to find a quiet place to calm down and think about her future path.

  Xu Xian, still unaware that he had successfully destroyed a past life's marriage destiny, was now complacent and proud of himself for having won against an impossible temptation.