“She is my fiancée and her name is Xiao Xiao. You can just refer to heras shi sao.”1
Mo Xuanzun smiled triumphantly. Then, turning to Cheng Xiao Xiao, hesaid, “Xiao Xiao, they are inner disciples of the Clan of Magical Swords. Ihave met them a couple of times in the past.”
“What ‘shi xao’!” said Cheng Xiao Xiao as she rolled her eyes athim. She curtsied the two young men and said, “Good day, you two. My name isCheng Xiao Xiao, you can just refer to me by my name!”
“Heh, if shi xiong Mo said you are shi sao, then you mustbe shi sao!” said the man in a purple brocade as he cupped his hands andgreeted Cheng Xiao Xiao. “I am Ma Chaoyu. Greetings, shi sao Mo!”
“Ugh…”
Cheng Xiao Xiao was speechless. Why were all these people all behave thesame way and just ignored her opinions?
“I am w.a.n.g Siwei. Greetings, Miss Cheng!” said w.a.n.g Siwei with a teasingsmile as he, too, cupped his hands and greeted her. Then, turning to MoXuanzun, he said, “Shi xiong Mo, I apologies. I don’t think I can referto her as shi sao until you two are officially wedded.”
“Hrm, w.a.n.g Siwei, if you dare try anything, I shall break your bones!”
After a cold warning, Mo Xuanzun forcefully grabbed Cheng Xiao Xiao’shand as though to make a point and said, “Xiao Xiao, let’s go eat and ignorethis bunch!”
“Hey!!” Cheng Xiao Xiao felt uncomfortable with him holding her hand,but she also didn’t want to contradict him in front of his friends, so shecould only let him take advantage of her.
The waiter waiting at the second floor was full of smile when he saw thetwo arriving. He seated them at a table by the window and asked as he wipeddown the table, “Young Master, Miss, what would you like to eat today?”
“Bring a few of your specialties. As long as they are tasty, anythingwill be fine!” ordered Mo Xuanzun with a wave of his hand.
“Yes, Young Mister and Miss. Be right up!”
The waiter loved nothing more than easy customers; he went downstairsimmediately to put in their order.
Before the two could even exchange a word, the unwanted guestsreappeared. No invitation necessary, they both looked for their own chairs,seated themselves, and smiled at the two of them.
“Why are you still here? And Why are you following Xiao Xiao and I?”They were certainly not Mo Xuanzun’s favorite people at this moment.
w.a.n.g Siwei, with a face full of smile, said, “C’mon, shi xiongMo. Don’t be like that. Shi xiong Ma and I were just on our way to visitMiss Cheng at Willow Village. Now that we have ran into the two of you, ofcourse we are going to invite ourselves to join you!”
“Visit Xiao Xiao?” Mo Xuanzun squinted at them like they were some sortof thieves. “What do you want from Xiao Xiao? If it was mystical water andmystical animals that you are after, just go look for Manager Zhou. Or eventhat Old Man Ying!”
“Well, naturally we would like to make some purchases as well. But thereare other matters that we’d like to discuss with shi sao. Shi xiongMo, are you really that petty to not even let us talk to shi sao Mo?”smiled Ma Chaoyu.
“Exactly, shi xiong Mo. That’s not cool!”
w.a.n.g Siwei felt disgruntled and continued saying, “Shi xiong Mo.As I recall, shi mei Gong from the Palace of immortal beasts was quitefond of you, no? I wonder what shi mei Gong think about the two of youbeing a couple!”
“Stop that nonsense….” Mo Xuanzun paused for a second, then frowned.
“Shi mei Gong?”
The only one person from Palace of Mystical Beast that Cheng Xiao Xiaohad heard of was Gong Zixuan. She couldn’t help but to ask, “Pardon me, is thatGong Zixuan that you are talking about?”
“Eh? Miss Cheng, you knew shi mei Gong?” w.a.n.g Siwei was genuinelysurprised.
Even Ma Chaoyu raised his brows in surprise. From their perspective,there was no way Cheng Xiao Xiao would know about Gong Zixuan. After all, therewere a big gap between the two’s statutes.
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Note:
1.By now you should know that “shi” denotesrelationship that has to do with school – master (teacher), cla.s.smates, etc. “Sao”means sister in law, specifically for an older brother.
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