The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 51 Days Before the Wedding

“Ah! Ah!”

The shrill echoed loudly out of a room. A sigh could be heard from the lips of a woman as she received endless attacks on her body.

“Henti—!” The woman's eyes were tightly closed as she felt her body feel strange as the foreign object pressed down on her. “You forced me!”

Bruk!

“Aduh!” Qiuyue bellowed in pain as his butt met the hard wooden floor. Tears gathered in her eyes as she rubbed the back of her poor body. “Nona! Could you kick me!?” grouse the waiter.

Huang Miaoling who was laying his body on the bed immediately sat down. He put on his sleeping robe and pointed towards Qiuyue. “Your own fault! I told you I don't need a massage!”

Qiuyue put on an annoyed face. “Both great mistresses ordered me! How can I refuse?” He was referring to Yun Xia and Liang Siya.

Huang Miaoling snorted. “You can pretend you did it for me. I don't like to be touched by just anyone,” he said covering up the fact that he felt tickled when Qiuyue touched his back.

Hearing Huang Miaoling's remark, Qiuyue put on a wounded face. Then she pretended to cry. “The girl I've served for years thinks I'm a stranger!”

“Stop whining, I'm already quite tired today!” reprimand Huang Miaoling while wearing his clothes.

Seeing that the charade was not working, Qiuyue snorted. “Cih.” The waiter then stood up and patted his clothes, driving away the dust. While tidying up his equipment, Qiuyue said, “Today you only met Grandma Lang, what is tiring?”

Hearing the name made Huang Miaoling's entire body shudder in horror. He glared towards Qiuyue. “Don't you say that name again! All my life, I don't want to see him again!”

Qiuyue chuckled. “As long as your marriage lasts, you won't see her again, her candle” makes Huang Miaoling throw a sharp glance.

Did her maid just curse her wedding?

Even if Liang Siya is a person who does not believe in myths, but the involvement of a Mei Po [1] before the execution of a marriage should not be lacking. It was because Yun Xia had emphasized that in his tradition, Mei Po had to mediate between the two families. Therefore, Huang Liqiang's wife invited Granny Lang to read the fate of her grandson and Liang Fenghong. Not only that, he also gave some advice to Huang Miaoling about.

“I wasn't in the room when Grandma Lang met you, what were you guys talking about?” qiuyue asked curiously.

Huang Miaoling's head throbbed at Qiuyue's question. Other than himself and Liang Siya, no one else should be in the room. That was because ... the discourses from Grandma Lang concerned the things that a wife should do ... to serve her husband.

“Urgh!” Huang Miaoling nosedive. ‘Before, Zhang Momo was the one who taught me those things. Now, Grandma Lang has to repeat it again! How sickening.’ Huang Miaoling's eyes emitted a flash of vengeance. ‘In addition, the old woman ...’

After giving Huang Miaoling his advice, Liang Siya allowed the grandson to leave first while he was hosting Grandma Lang. No matter how long, Huang Miaoling happened to see Grandma Lang who was on his way to leave the Huang residence. The woman was seen talking to her servant.

“You didn't see how First Miss Huang's face was. When I explained what to do on the first night, his face looked so flat, as if not surprised at all!” Grandma Lang then hissed, “Saying she disappeared into Wu Kingdom for a while, right? I guess, he's been touched first.” The old granny sighed and acted as if she knew everything. “Hah, from a large family also does not guarantee the education of a girl. No wonder a young master from a well-known family was willing to marry him.”

Just because she doesn't blink doesn't mean she's a cheap girl! Besides, speaking of education, didn't Grandma Lang realize she was talking about a noble girl who was raised to be a Junzhu?!

Given this, Huang Miaoling's temples look veined and his face flushed red. “I want to kill him ...,” muttered in a low voice.

Qiuyue was not deaf. Within the quiet room was only himself and Huang Miaoling, and he could clearly hear what the nona was saying. Qiuyue's entire body shuddered in horror.

“Forget me has even asked!” Qiuyue thought that the nonanya was so tired because of all day receiving advice from Grandma Lang. Eventually, he decided to resign. “Rest early, Miss. I'll go first. Tomorrow is your big day!” After saying that, Qiuyue left the room in excitement.

‘So calm,’ thought Huang Miaoling. ‘So quiet until I feel unsettled,’ her inner self.

It had been a week more since Wang Wuyu left Shi Kingdom, Huang Qinghao himself had returned two days after. Li Guifei and Huang Wushuang had also been controlled inside their residence, Yuanli and Huang Yan’an confirmed the matter. Other than the transfer of Wang Junsi and Wang Chengliu to their respective residences, there has been no other movement lately.

Ah, there are rumors that Wu Meilan's relationship with Wang Junsi has become so close. On the other hand, there was also the issue regarding Wang Zhengyi intending to raise a crown princess from his row of concubines.

Either both are true .. or just a mere issue.

‘The First Brother has confirmed that Yunlin is fine, but because of my situation, I cannot meet him to know more about the Death Squad.’ Huang Miaoling sighed. ‘Then, A Feng ...’ The girl's face suddenly changed thinking about the man. ‘What is he doing?’

Huang Miaoling turned his body to the side, allowing himself to face towards his living room. The girl's eyes were fixed on the window, as if hoping that a few seconds later .. there would be a familiar shadow appearing there.

Aware of what he had in mind, Huang Miaoling grew wide and immediately covered his face with one hand. ‘What possessed me?’ He stared blankly into the air. ‘I ... missed it.’ A red hue crept to both sides of his face as his heart beat rapidly.

In his past life, Huang Miaoling had never felt this way before. Compared to longing, he felt shrouded in worry and fear. Worries of wrongdoing ... and also fears of being hated by her future husband—who at that time was the Sixth Prince.

Feeling the negative energy begin to sneak into his heart, Huang Miaoling again closed his eyes. He tried to calm himself down and put Wang Chengliu out of his mind.

‘Two more days ...’ A calm expression was attached on Huang Miaoling's face. ‘In two days, these various emotions will go away, and I have to refocus on the problem to be solved.’ A small smile was on his face. ‘Together with A Feng,’ he added.

In his silence, Huang Miaoling's ears suddenly caught the slightly strange rustling sound of the leaves. The girl rolled her eyes at her window and saw a black shadow approaching.

‘Includers?’

Huang Miaoling's forehead wrinkled. However, he quickly loosened his facial muscles. If anyone really wanted to attack him, then Huang Miaoling wanted to know who it was!

The crisp sound of wood squeaking from the open window could be heard. A light bang on the floor of the bedroom followed, as if the intruder had entered his room.

Huang Miaoling had already positioned himself as if he was asleep. His face looked calm, but actually his mind was raging with all sorts of possibilities.

‘A Feng?’ huang Miaoling thought inwardly.

“Ling’er,” call that voice gently.

In that instant, Huang Miaoling felt his world stop. The name that was spoken was clearly his name, but the voice that mentioned was not the man that he had expected to have come.

‘Cannot ...’ Huang Miaoling felt his breathing become a little congested. ‘Wang ... Chengliu!?’

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[1] May Po: Matchmaker

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A/N: The author's feeling right this writing it's like someone else is on the mountain, heart gymnastics :") The following episode also .. get ready for heart gymnastics yes.