Chapter 1
I still remember that before the fight I said to the b.a.s.t.a.r.d: “I’ll make your life become like dark clouds.”
Thinking back, what I said was too one sided.
When we both, full of bruises, were kneeling before the Jade Emperor, after hearing what we did to the red strings, he thought for a while and said: “和为贵 (he wei gui meaning he wants peace). You two did something wrong, so it’s right to be punished. You two ruined the future of lovers. I’m punis.h.i.+ng you with seven lifetimes of loving each other ( love fate). This can also help you two clear your resentment”
“Wait,” the young man beside me risked his life and interrupted the Jade Emperor.
“You mean me and …her? This fierce…fierce woman who looks like a man, you want me to have seven life times of love fate with her?”
His voice has changed; maybe he was scared out of his wits.
I was also scared out of my wits; I could only look at the Jade Emperor in horror…
The Jade Emperor nodded in confirmation.
I felt my body turned limp. All my hope is gone. I realized that for some time from now on, not only will I become the young man’s dark cloud but he also will become mine. When we come together it’s like thunderclouds.
“Xiao Xiang Zi, you’re still Yue Lao subordinate but in these seven life times you can’t contact him.”
The Jade emperor thought for a while and asked: “: Tou Ta Li, are you there?”
A rough man holding an urn yelled: “I’m here.”
The Jade Emperor stroked his long beard and said: “This matter will be handed to you.”
“Yes.”
He answered full of energy made my heart beat faster.I took a deep breath, raised my head and looked at the Heaven Emperor Li. The life in heaven made him fat.
Sensing I’m looking at him, he turned around. His face was full of radiance and his cheeks turned upwards when he laughed. Uncle laughed so beautiful.
I felt my mouth tightened, my always healthy heart beat like crazy. I took a deep breath. The always healthy me feel like I’m about to die at the moment.
The Jade Emperor nodded in satisfaction: “Xiao Xian Zi, do you still have anything left to say?”
I wanted to say that it was Yue Lao who messed up the red strings while he was drunk. If the red strings are messed up, let them than be messed up. There’s no need to punish me with such a vicious trick!
I looked at Yue Lao, he looked at me pitifully as in pleading me to not expose him. I turned around and kept taking deep breaths.
“Can I curse?”
“No.”
“Then…I have nothing to say.”
The Jade emperor nodded in satisfaction and turned to the young man: “Celestial star Chu Kong, do you have anything left to say?”
Chu Kong…So the young man is 卯日星君府 (mao ri xing jun fu, I have no idea what it is. Google translate said May G.o.d, but on hamster’s blog it was celestial star. I’ll keep hamster’s translation).
Among the twelve celestial stars he’s the oldest. He’s in care of the first month of the year. I finally know the ident.i.ty of the young man, who will spend seven lifetimes with me.
I looked at the ceiling and thought that this world is really ironic.
The young man beside me stayed silent for a long time, until my curious eyes fell on his face, he said with a straight pale face: “This time, messing up the red strings in Yue Lao’s house, is our fault, but I swear to the G.o.d of the Day (日星君 Ri Xing jun), this woman messed up more red strings than I. So can you let this woman suffer a little more every life time?”
I stood up and want to pick a fight with him again. Heaven Emperor Li came to my side and pressed me down. He said calmly: “I will look at this matter fairly.”
Although the figure of Emperor Li has gotten out of shape, his temper is still the same. I nodded gratefully and felt that in this world there’s still love.
When the sentence is over, everyone went back to their homes. All across the temple I heard Emperor Li’s laugh: “I love to see the little wife chasing the husband, hahahaha!”
I stood there and slowly turned into a lonely shadow.
Yue Lao brought me to the underworld, patted my shoulder and sighed: “Xiao Xiang…”
I glared at him and he didn’t dare to say the word he was about to say.
He sighed again: “No one will look after the temple now that you’re gone. What do I do?”
I pouted and said: “Drink less as to help me acc.u.mulate more virtue.”
Yue Lao lonely pinched his beard. I didn’t have the heart to be mean to him. Even though he’s always stingy, a bit confused and didn’t go by the books, he didn’t treat me bad. Unlike other fairies, whom treats their own kind with beatings and harsh words.
I comforted him: “One day in Heaven is on year in the mortal realm, seven lifetimes will take at most a year. I’ll be back soon.”
Yue Lao shook his head and went back with a hunched back.
Looking at his back, completely disappearing from the underworld, I turned around and looked at the tall gate.
幽冥地府(you ming di fu, Nether World) this four words on the gate, appeared to be gloomy.
I removed the wine pot from my waist. I looked up at the wine spirits and walked to the gate.
I thought: There’s nothing to be afraid of. Just think of it as coming out to see the world.
There are more spirits each pa.s.sing day wondering how to form a well behaved row in front of the bridge. Six little spirits are giving those rows a bowl of soup. The old Madam Meng was sitting by the side, dozing off.
I randomly chose a row and entered the Nether h.e.l.l. It was almost my turn to drink Madam Meng’s soup, but I still didn’t see that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Chu Kong.
While I was wondering if he already has reincarnated, a golden light flashed in the dark Nether World, making all the spirits dazzled.
I looked back, the one in red full of virtue, isn’t that the b.a.s.t.a.r.d? By his side was also a young girl in pink.
Chu Kong, who while fighting with me was so fierce, is now looking gently at the girl in pink. In the stillness of the Nether World, beside the flow of the river, you can clearly hear him say: “Ying s.h.i.+, don’t worry. I’ll be back soon. We’re both man, so Emperor Li will not let me suffer any loss.”
“Be it that way, but Chu Kong Ge Ge (what girl calls boys older than her), you need to pay attention to your safety. I heard that Yue Lao’s temple Xiao Xian Zi has a weird temper. You…you and her together, you need to be wary of her.”
I looked up at Heaven and thought about what I’ve done to let this little white flower describe me in that way.
The little spirit coughed two times to remind me to take my soup. I was embarra.s.sed, laughed and took the soup. I was about to drink it when I heard Chu Kong say: “Don’t worry. Even though her temper is strange, but her power and martial arts are below me. She can’t do anything to me.”
I narrowed my eyes and looked at the man who looked like a dog.
Chu Kong said: “Wait and see how I will handle that eunuch Xiao Xian Zi for seven lifetimes…”
The word eunuch let me shook in anger. The bowl of Madam Meng’s soup shook together with me.
Chu Kong said: “Then I’ll go count the stars at the Morningstar’s Hall with you.”
“Count your a.s.s…,”I roared. In front of the little spirit I threw Madam Meng’s soup at the b.a.s.t.a.r.d.
The soup splashed in the sky and the empty bowl landed on Chu Kong’s face. He groaned, covered his face and yelled. The eyes that I remembered from our previous encounter are finally made purple by me.
I said: “Standing there with those panda eyes, yelling rubbish. Don’t you feel pain?”
Chu Kong felt the pain a little later. He looked up with eyes full of rage.
Pink dressed Ying s.h.i.+ beside him kept mumbling about how her heart hurts seeing him hurt. From her pained expression, it feels like I hit her instead.
I sneered. Chu Kong clutched his teeth and looked at me. I saw a spell forming in his hands. Looks like he wants to give me a death blow. My calm heart suddenly race. After all in term of spells, mine is below Chu Kong’s.
At the proper time the little spirit said: “You…You smashed the soup! You want to rebel?!”
His loud voice woke Madam Meng up. When Madam Meng moved, the atmosphere in Nether world turned gloomier. The me who am only a cloud, suddenly felt my legs went weak, trembled and pointed at Chu Kong: “It was him! He wanted to rebel. That b.a.s.t.a.r.d didn’t want to drink the soup. He wanted to see what will happen if I don’t drink the soup. I’m forced to do this!”
“Ah?” a deep and husky voiced echoed through the Nether World, making it hard for people to breathe.
“Who doesn’t want to drink the soup that I made?”
Madam Meng stood up. She’s twenty feet tall, casting a shadow in the Nether World.
She saw the broken bowl in front of Chu Kong and yelled:” Who dare to not drink the soup? This old lady (meaning herself) boiled the soup all day. You b.a.s.t.a.r.ds dare to waste all my efforts?!”
While saying that, a huge body flow fast above the spirit, so fast that it was inconsistent with her weight, she landed before Chu Kong. Everyone was scared. Even Chu Kong was pale faced.
I looked around and saw that n.o.body was paying attention to me. I ran and crossed the bridge of reincarnation.
Before going into reincarnation, I looked back. I only saw the spirits running around and yelling. Madam Meng scolding Chu Kong. Chu Kong was looking at me. Eyes full of hatred, wanting to cut me in thousands pieces.
I paused for a moment and felt that I went a bit overboard…
Before jumping in the circle of reincarnation, I gave him a thumbs-up. Madam Meng was pinching him making him look more embarra.s.sed. I smacked my b.u.t.t and went happily into the circle of reincarnation.
Chu Kong will not get pa.s.s before he drinks the soup of oblivion. This life time I’ll be born first and I have my memory from my previous life. I’m stronger than him. In other words… Little b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you wait and see how you’ll die.