Chapter35:LoveLetters

Youwantedtomarrymejustbecauseofakiss?YourHonorableWhiteLotusHolyVirgin,howpureandnaiveyouare!

Pleasedon’tconfusefairytalestorieswithreality!

Let’ssupposethatyouwerethepure,innocent,andbeautifulprincessinthefairytalestory.However,Iwasn’ttheprincewhorodeonawhitehorsetogreetyou!

YouandIarenaturalenemies!

"I...Ican’tacceptyourlove..."Atanyrate,YunXihadtorefusetheexaltedWhiteLotusHolyVirgin’slove.

Eventhoughhefeltalittleregretinhisheart,butasaboywhowasborninasmallvillage,YunXiknewthatitwasimpossibletoacceptWhiteLotus’slove.

Forthem,thegapbetweentheiridentitiesandstrengthsmadeitimpossibletogoon.

InYunXi’sdreamabouthisfuture,maybehewouldmarryoneofthosegirlsinhisvillage.HeevenslightlyimaginedthepossibilityofmarryingHuaHuo.

However,afemalelikeWhiteLotuswasn’twithinhischoice.

Anillusionshouldhaveitslimits.Moreover,thepairoftwinwitchesweretwoterriblepresences.Likehisnaturalenemies.

"Youcan’t?Why?"WhiteLotusseemedveryshocked.Herinnocenteyesalmostwelledupintears.

"Nomeansno.Wearetwodifferentpeople.

"Besides,todayIjustmeetyouforthefirsttime."

Ifbeforeheawakenedhisbloodasthestarchild,ifsuchabeautiful,cute,andpuregirlsaidthatshelikedhim,maybehecouldn’twaittoaccepther.

"Ah...but...you’remyprince!"WhiteLotus’seyeswerefilledwithlove.ItseemedthatevenifYunXirefusedher,shehadnointentiontogiveup.

"Tellme,prince.WhatshouldIdotostaywithyou?

"NomatterwhatIhavetodo,Iwilltrymybest."

"Exceptyou,noonecanobtainmylove."

Pressure.Itwasagreatpressure.YunXi’sforeheadbegantodropwithbigbeadsofsweat.

Shewasaperfectgirlfriend!Sheonlycaredabouthim;shedidn’tevenwantanyothermaleexcepthim.Shewaslikethemosttenderandbeautifulflowerinthegreenhouse.

Dammit!Hownicewoulditbeifshewasn’ttheWhiteLotusHolyVirginandtheterribleapostlecandidate,butanordinarygirlinthevillage.

Itwasn’teasytomeetsuchagirlwhowouldshowhertruehearttohim,butshewashisnaturalenemy.Stars,areyoumockingme?

"Then...then...let’sfirstbefriends,ok?"

Itwasjustaplottogainmoretimebecausetherewasnootherway.NomatterifitwasHuaHuoorWhiteLotus,soonaftertheywouldleavethissmallvillage.Bythattime,theproblemwouldbesolvednaturally.

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"It’stooweirdtobeginwithawedding.You’restillyoung,youneedtimetolearnwhattrueloveis."Afterwipingthesweatawayfromhisforehead,YunXitriedtogiveheradvicebyusingthebesteuphemisticmethod.

"Ah...sothat..."WhiteLotusunderstood.

"Weneedtimetobrewourloveandthemarriagecontractalsoneedstimetobeprepared.Prince,youconsideredourfuturewell."

"So,givemealovetoken!"

"Youdon’tunderstanditatall,myHonorableHolyVirgin!"

YunXilookedatWhiteLotus,whosmiledinnocently,withanexpressionof"Whyareyousonaive?".

Therewasactuallyagirlwhowasliketheprincessesinthefairytales.

Shesmiledathimjustbecauseofhisonekiss.Shedidn’tmindtheidentityandstrengthofthepersonsheloved,butreachedherhandtohimwithouthesitation.

Comparedtoherinnocence,YunXifeltlikehewasamortalwhohadsankintothedirtyworld.Howcouldhedeservesuchafairytaleprincess!

"Gift...gift..."YunXilookedaround,butunfortunately,hecameheretotakeabath.Hedidn’tbringanythingthatcouldbeusedasagifttothegirl.

Luckily,itwasahotspringsarea.YunXirememberedthattherewasaspecialityhere.Itwastheassociatedproductofthevolcano,andmanypeoplecametopicksometomakeornaments.

YunXisawone.Hetookseveralstepsforward,puthishandintooneofthestonewall’scorner,anddrewoutafiery-redstone.

YunXislightlypinched,thenfoundanirregularlyshapedmicalex.

Itwasaverycommonmineralinthemountainareas,especiallyatahotspring.Youcouldfindthemanywhereonthecliff.

Inthishotspringsarea,therewasakindofbeautifulmicalex.YunXifoundthembyaccidentinhischildhoodwhileplayingherewithHuaHuo.

Unlikemostofmicalexsthatlookedgreen,white,orred,themicalexsinthishotspringhadararegolden-redcolour.Itwasabeautifulcolour,justlikethesettingsunensanguinedbehindtheclouds.

"Ihopeyouareworthofmychoice."Aftercarefullywipingoffthestonechipsfromthesurfaceofthemicalex,bitbybit,YunXipredictablysawthebeautifulgolden-redcolour.

HewassopoorthathecouldonlypresentWhiteLotuswithsuchacrummygift.

AsthefuturemasteroftheWhiteLotusSwordDomainandthehighestwitch,WhiteLotusprobablywouldn’ttakeafancyinthiskindofcommonroughstone.

Gold,treasure,pearls,orcoralswerenothingtoher.Shewaslikeabeautifulprincessinthefairytalestory,naturallyhavingeverything.

Asanordinaryperson,thesemitransparentgolden-redmicalexwastheonlygifthecouldfindhereforher.

"This...Icanonlyfindthis..."YunXilookedattheirregularshapedstoneinhishandandfeltembarrassedbecauseitwasjustaroughstone,goodfornothingexceptforitsgood-lookingcolour.

"Whatabeautifulgem..."WhiteLotus’seyessparkled,behavinglikeshewasalittlegirlwhohadjustfirsttastedthesweetnessofcandy.

"Eh...but...It’sjustacommonmicalex."YunXilookedatthedelightedWhiteLotusinsurprise.

AstheWhiteLotusHolyVirgin,youshouldhaveseencountlessmorevaluableandbeautifulgems,right?Evenifyouwantedtobuildagempalace,itwouldn’tbeanymoredifficultthanoverturningyourpalm,right?

"Iknowit’samicalex.Butit’syourlovetoken,theproofofourlove."WhiteLotusblissfullytookthegolden-redmicalexfromYunXi’shand,thoughithadn’tbeensandedyetandlookedrough.

"Today,thismicalexisjustacommonstoneintheeyesofotherpeople.

"Butfromnowon,it’sthefirstgiftmylovergaveme.

"Inthefuture,itwillbethegiftmyhusbandfirstpresentedtome,andgraduallywillbecomeapricelessandirreplaceabletreasureinmylife.

"Idon’tmindotherpeople’sideas,butforme,it’sthemostbeautifulandglitzygemfrommyprince.

"Iwitnessithere,yourpresentisthemostvaluablegifttome,tocompleteoureternalcontract.

"MaybeIindeeddon’tknowwhattrueloveis,butIsweartothisgem.

"Iwillloveyouforever."