Da Ren Wu (celebrity) Translation By Gu Long

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Hey everyone. I am going to translate Da Ren Wu(celebrity) by Gu Long here and at my website wuxiaworld.org . They are also making a tv series of this(released soon later this yr?).

The first 3 chapters and the begining of chapter 4 were translated by Tigerwong back in the day. I will continue from chapter 4.

Note: Everything is unedited. Editors needed.

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Da Ren Wu(celebrity)

Written by Gu Long
Chapters 1-3 and begining of chapter 4 translated by Tiger Wong.
Chapter 4 and on translated by KangXi of Wuxiaworld

Progress:
Chapters 1-6 completed

Chapter 1 - The Red Silk Handkerchief

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The young man held a sabre in his hand, the silk handkerchief on the handle fluttered in the wind.

A red piece of silk, red like the recent sunrise.

The sabre’s point flashed brightly beneath the blazing sun. The young man perspired, the moisture from the sweat penetrated his dark, satin clothes.

He was already surrounded. There were only four people surrounding him, but he knew just how fearsome these four people were. He wanted to drop his sabre several times, abandoning all resistence.

But he did not have this luxury.

Because he could not tarnish the red silk handkerchief attached to his sabre, he could not tarnish the person whom this handkerchief symbolized.

To attach this red handkerchief is to express that you are determined to struggle to the bitter end, not showing weakness to others even onto death!

This red silk seemed to bestow some kind of unwavering courage!

He brandished his sabre, shouted wildly, and charged.

The red silk danced, even more captivating than the flash of the sabre.

He immediately heard the sound of the sabre cutting into the skull of his opponent.

The man fell down, eyeballs protruding, staring at the fresh flowing blood.

He did not die under this sabre, nor did he die under this young man’s hand.

It was the red silk that took his life, because from the start, his confidence had already been shattered by the indomitable courage that this red silk handkerchief represented!

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The young girl leaned on the door panel, her eyes were more gentle than the soft light of the stars in the sky.

She held on to his hand, she couldn’t bear to let him leave.

The handkerchief tied to his wrist drifted lightly in the evening breeze.

A red silk handkerchief, red like a lover’s heart.

The night was deep. He should have left long ago.

He did not leave.

Because he could not tarnish the red silk attached to his wrist. As long as you put on this handkerchief, you must not allow any young girl to be disappointed.

Not only did this red handkerchief represent courage, it also symbolizes passion. A fiery kind of passion.

He finally came over and whispered into her ear.

Their sweet whispers were more stirring than the spring breeze.

But her eyes were still fixated on the handkerchief that was tied to his wrist.

His passion vanished, because he suddenly realized that what she loved was not his person, but this piece of red silk that was on his wrist.

When she was holding on to his hand, what she was thinking of in her heart was not him, but the person this red silk handkerchief represented.

Who knew how many other young girls’ hearts and dreams contained this person.

This person was called Qin Ge.

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He bathed, drew back his topknot, trimmed his fingernails nice and neatly, and then put on the newly tailored black satin shirt. He carefully tied the red silk handkerchief to his waist.

He did not like wearing black clothes, nor did he like red handkerchiefs.

However, he couldn’t avoid doing this.

Because if he didn’t do this, it would show that he did not have courage, that he did not have passion.

Ever since the Battle of Tiger Hill, ChiangNan’s dye merchants had no choice but to dye all kinds of silk handkerchiefs red, because all the young men wanted to tie a piece of red silk on their bodies.

If a young man did not carry red silk on his body, he simply didn’t dare to step outside his door.

Some people who were no longer young, but wanted to act young, would also wear a piece of red silk to show that they were not too old, that they didn’t get left behind.

Dashing young men would tie the handkerchief to their wrists or waists. Courageous young men would tie the handkerchief to their sabres or swords. The young men in the market would tie the handkerchief around their heads.

But never has anyone tied it around their necks.

No one dared!

Because Qin Ge tied a red silk handkerchief around his neck.

If you dared to tie it around your neck, even if Qin Ge was not around, other people would cut off the handkerchief. Along with your neck!

You can study him, idolize him, but can never offend him in the slightest way. If he enjoyed admiring the moonlight alone on top of a bridge, you can only admire it from underneath the bridge.

Qin Ge was Qin Ge, there will never be a second. Never have, never will!

Since the Battle of Tiger Hill, Qin Ge has become a hero in the hearts of every young man in ChiangNan, and an idol in the hearts of every young girl.

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Qin Ge is obviously a big time celebrity in Tian SiSi’s heart.

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Chapter 2 - One Hundred and Eight Sabres

Tian SiSi reclined on the golden silk-carpeted, bamboo couch. The thick shades by the window were drawn tight.

The breeze carried a hint of lotus fragrance. She held a jade bowl, in the bowl was some chilled lotus seed soup.

Someone rode over a hundred li on a fast horse to some foreign lands to retrieve the ice. Although Jin Xiu Manor also stored a supply of ice, Tian SiSi preferred the ice from that faraway place.

For no other reason than that she thought the exotic ice seemed a bit colder.

Even if she thought the moon was square, nobody would argue with her.

As long as Ms. Tian was happy, no matter what she did, no one would dare to oppose her.

This wasn’t merely because she was the mighty marquis, “Second Master Tian” - Tian BaiShi’s only daughter. It was also because she was truly a sweet person. Not only was her person sweet, her words were sweet, and her laughter was even sweeter. Such that no one wished to refuse any of her requests.

Everybody’s only regret was that they didn’t get many opportunities to see this sweet person.

Only during the annual lantern festival, when Second Master Tian released the flower lanterns, would she briefly show herself. During the rest of the year she would hide in her quarters and nobody can catch a glimpse of her.

His nickname being “The High Class of ZhongYuan”, Second Master Tian was obviously not a short-tempered, petty person. He wouldn’t raise an eyebrow if he squandered away all his riches, but he would not allow anybody an opportunity to become intimate with his daughter.

His daughter was a hundred thousand times more valuable than all the treasure in the world combined.

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The lotus seed soup was no longer cold. Tian SiSi only took a small sip before handing it over to her servant Tian Xin.

Tian Xin was not just her handmaiden, she was also her best friend, her only friend.

If she didn’t have Tian Xin, she couldn’t imagine how lonely it’d be.

Right now Tian Xin was sitting on a small bench in front of Tian SiSi with her head lowered, embroidering. The liquid in the golden stove gradually started to cool down, the wind blew the bamboo leaves, and a young girl fantasized and spoke wistfully to herself.

Tian SiSi suddenly snatched the embroidery needle away from her maidservant’s hand, and tenderly chided her: “Can’t you stop it with the sewing? Is someone waiting for you to finish embroidering that pillow to use for a wedding dowry?”.

Tian Xin laughed, and lightly tapped her waist with her pale little hands: “If not embroidering, then what else is there to do?”.

Tian SiSi said: “Chat with me.”.

Tian Xin pouted her lips: “We talk all the time, what is there left to chat about?”.

Tian SiSi’s eyes danced: “Tell me a story.”.

Jin Xiu Manor entertained guests all year round. These guests come from all over. Tian Xin would hear all kinds of fearsome and interesting stories from them, and then relay them to her lady.

Tian Xin said: “These past few days, all the guests have been boring dummies who wouldn’t even tell any stories. Every day, they only look forward to sucking up the wine, as if afraid that drinking a bit less would mean they weren’t cool enough.”.

Tian SiSi’s eyes shone, but she intentionally acted bored and casually said: “Then you can tell me the story of the Battle of Tiger Hill once more.”.

Tian Xin: “I’ve forgotten that story.”.

Tian SiSi: “Forgotten? You’ve told that story seven or eight times, how can you forget all of a sudden?”.

Tian Xin pouted her lips even more, and with a stern expression on her face said: “Since I’ve already told that story seven or eight times, you also cannot forget it. Since you haven’t forgotten it, why do you need to hear it again?”.

Tian SiSi blushed and jumped up as if to use the needle to sew up this spoiled servant girl’s lips.

Tian Xin giggled, drew back and gasped: “Ok Miss, if you want to listen I will tell it. As long as your Ladyship is happy, it doesn’t matter if I tell it a hundred times.”.

Only then did Tian SiSi spare her. She glared at her and said: “Speak quickly, and be mindful that I don’t sew up your little lips.”.

Tian Xin sat up straight on the bench, cleared her throat on purpose several times, and then slowly started speaking: “The Battle of Tiger Hill was the young knight Qin Ge’s claim to fame. For the past seven years, no other battle in the martial society has been more stirring, and no other battle has caused more blood to be shed than this one.”.

She has certainly told this story many times. Like a teacher reciting a familiar fable, even if she were dozing off she wouldn’t miss a word.

But Tian SiSi’s eyes shone even more brightly, as if this was the very first time she has heard the story.
Tian Xin said: “That day was May 5th, the Dragon Boat Festival. Every year on that day, the Seven Tigers of ChiangNan would gather on top of Tiger Hill. These Seven Tigers were not nice tigers. Not only would they eat people, they wouldn’t even bother to spit out the bones.”.

Tian SiSi: “If this is so, then other people must be very afraid of them?”.

Tian Xin: “Of course they’re afraid, frightened to the extreme. Therefore even though everybody wanted to act the part of the tiger-fighting hero, and knew that they would all meet on Tiger Hill on this date, nobody dared to go look for them. Until five years ago, on that day......”.

Tian SiSi: “What happened that day?”.

She was obviously already familiar with this story, and knew the right moment to interject with a question to let Tian Xin move the story along.

Tian Xin said: “That day when the Seven Tigers went up the hill, they encountered a very beautiful young lady along the way. The Seven Tigers seeing a beautiful young lady were like hungry dogs eyeing a meaty bone. Without hesitation, they kidnapped the girl and carried her up the mountain.”.

Tian SiSi: “Did they know who this young lady was?”.

Tian Xin: “At the time, of course they didn’t know that this young girl was Qin Ge’s sweetheart, but even if they did know, they still wouldn’t be afraid. They didn’t fear anyone, because nobody had ever dared to bother them.”.

Tian SiSi: “But this time they would encounter one who would.”.

Tian Xin: “At that time, Qin Ge wasn’t famous yet. Nobody imagined that he had that much guts. When he said that he was going up the mountain to fight the Tigers, everyone thought that he was just boasting. Who knew he really went.”.

Tian SiSi: “He went alone?”.

Tian Xin: “Of course he did. He singlehandedly rode a horse up Tiger Hill and found those Seven Tigers. Even though he wounded two of the Tigers, he himself suffered over a hundred slashes from the Tigers’ sabres.”.

Tian SiSi: “One hundred and some sabre cuts?”.

Tian Xin: “No more, no less. It was exactly 108 sabres, because this was the Tigers’ custom. When they captured someone alive, they would not slay him quickly with one stroke, they must stab him muliple times and allow him to die slowly.”.

Tian SiSi sighed: “I’m afraid there are very few people in this world who can withstand 108 sabres.”.

Tian Xin said: “Not only very few, there simply isn’t anyone who can withstand it. But our Qin Ge stubbornly gritted his teeth and took it, because he did not want to die. He still needed to take revenge.”.

Tian SiSi: “He still dared to take revenge?”.

Tian Xin: “Not only did his body appeared to be made out of iron, but his courage was also iron cast. Everybody thought that since he was lucky enough to make it out alive this time, he would change his outlook.”.

She sighed and continued on: “Who knew that on the second year, he arrived at Tiger Hill and searched out the Seven Tigers again. This time, he heavily injured four of them.”.

Tian SiSi: “And himself?”.

Tian Xin sighed: “He suffered over a hundred sabre cuts. This time, the Tigers naturally used more force, but he still withstood it. Afterwards, people who saw him said that after he suffered these 108 sabres, not a single spot on his body was unblemished, the blood he shed was enough to completely dye the rocks on the summit of Tiger Hill red.”.

Tian SiSi chewed her lips and said: “Why didn’t those Tigers just kill him?”.

Tian Xin: “Because that was their custom, if they were to give a person 108 slashes with the sabre, they will not cut any less, and their 108th slash must bear the same force as their 1st slash. They never imagined that someone could still live after suffering over a hundred sabre slashes, much less have the guts to find them and take revenge.”.

Tian SiSi: “But Qin Ge still withstood 216 sabres.”.

Tian Xin: “He withstood 324 sabres.”.

Tian SiSi: “Why?”.

Tian Xin: “Because on the third year he went up again, and suffered another hundred plus sabre cuts. But this time he injured five out of the Seven Tigers.”. [* Qin Ge reminds me of that guy from The Princess Bride - “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die! <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> ]

Tian SiSi: “After coming across this type of person, weren’t they the least bit afraid? Why would they dare to let him live?”.

Tian Xin: “It’s because they found it difficult to ‘dismount from the tiger’s back’. News of that event had already stirred up the martial world and there were a lot of people who arrived at Tiger Hill for the sole purpose of watching this confrontation.”.

Tian SiSi: “Therefore they couldn’t just finish off Qin Ge on the 107th slash, their final strikes cannot be any more heavier than the first.”.

Tian Xin: “That’s right. People like them, they must not lose face in front of members of the martial society no matter what. Otherwise who would fear them like before?”.

Tian SiSi: “But five of them were already injured, why didn’t the other people just finish them?”.

Tian Xin: “Because they all knew how much hardship Qin Ge had endured, how much bitter pain he had suffered through. Nobody wanted his efforts to be wasted, everyone hoped to see him kill all Seven Tigers by himself. Also, everyone knew that this 324th sabre was the last one.”.

Her eyes also started to shine: “Therefore after this final blow landed, and Qin Ge still haven’t died, everyone couldn’t help but cheer loudly.”.

Tian SiSi said: “Didn’t those Seven Tigers realize that this was their final blow?”.

Tian Xin: “They already prepared for this, therefore during that 3rd year, they hired many helpers. That’s another reason why the others didn’t just attack them.”.

Tian SiSi: “And on the fourth year?”.

Tian Xin: “On the fourth year they found even more people to aid them, but even their own friends couldn’t help but feel admiration towards Qin Ge. When Qin Ge attacked, not a single person helped them. After Qin Ge killed the last Tiger, the cheers coming from the summit of Tiger Hill were so thunderous they could be heard from ten li away.”.

Tian Si Si’s attention was focused on the smoke curling up from the stove. She seemed to be seeing a black clothed young man with a red silk handkerchief tied around his neck. Within the smoke, came the distant sounds of cheering and laughter.

Tian Xin said: “Right then, Qin Ge’s face broke into a smile for the first time. His laughter was so spirited, and yet so bittersweet. Because by then, his sweetheart was already dead. She was no longer able to see this glorious day.”.

She sighed lightly: “After that day, ‘Iron Man’ Qin Ge’s name resonated throughout the martial world!”.

Tian SiSi also sighed quietly: “He truly is a formidable big time celebrity.”.
Tian Xin said: “It’s really hard to find a second person in this world as courageous and romantic as him.”.

Tian SiSi suddenly jumped up and grabbed her hand: “That’s why I must marry him.”.

Her face carried a red glow. She looked determined, excited, and beautiful.

Tian Xin let out a laugh: “You want to marry him too? How many people do you actually want to marry?”.

She tugged her finger and said: “Before you said you must marry Yue HuanShan, then you said you have to marry Liu FengGu, and now you want to marry Qin Ge. Who do you really want to marry?”.

Tian SiSi said: “Whoever is the best, thats the one I will marry.”.

Her eyes grew excited, she blushed and said: “In your opinion, which one of these three men is the best?”.

Tian Xin laughed: “How should I know? Even though these three are all formidable big time celebrities, I haven’t even seen a single one.”.

She thought a bit, her own face getting red and hesitantly said: “I only know that Qin Ge is sentimental and couragous; Liu FengGu is the world’s wisest person, no matter what the problem, he always comes up with a solution that nobody can dispute. If a girl can marry him, she would not have wasted her life.”.

Tian SiSi: “What about Yue HuanShan? Would marrying him not be good?”.

Tian Xin nipped her lip: “He won’t do. He’s not any younger than Old Master.”.

Tian SiSi also chewed her lips: “What has being old got to do with it? As long as he’s the best, even if he were 70 years old I’d still want to marry him.”.

Tian Xin laughed abruptly: “What if he already has a wife?”.

Tian SiSi said: “Having a wife also doesn’t matter, I’d be willing to be his second wife.”.

Tian Xin couldn’t help but bust out laughing again: “What if the three of them are equally good? Are you willing to marry all three at once?”.

Tian SiSi appeared to have not heard her speech and spaced out for a brief moment. Suddenly she lifted Tian Xin’s hand and whispered: “Sneak outside and buy me some men’s clothes, ok?”.

Tian Xin became still: “Lady, what are you going to do with men’s clothes?”.

Tian SiSi was quiet for a moment, and said softly: “Have you ever heard the story of Liang ShanBo and Zhu YingTai?”.

Tian Xin smiled: “It was I who smuggled you those ‘silver tales’, how could I not have heard of it?”.

Tian SiSi said: “It is said that if a young girl wants to go outside, she won’t be harrassed if she disguised herself as a man.”.

Tian Xin’s eyes widened in surprise: “My Lady wants to leave the house?”.

Tian SiSi nodded and bit her lips: “I want to see for myself which of the three is actually the best.”.

Tian Xin was so shocked she couldn’t even laugh anymore: “Lady, you must be joking.”.

Tian SiSi: “Who’s joking with you? Hurry up and find me some clothes.”.

Not only couldn’t Tian Xin laugh, she was almost ready to cry. She threw up her hands and frowned: “Lady, please listen to me. If Old Master finds out, it’d be a miracle if he didn’t break my leg”.

Tian SiSi narrowed her eyes: “If you don’t go, I’m going to break both your legs right now.”.

She suddenly blinked her bright eyes and smiled. She pinched Tian Xin’s cheeks lightly and giggled: “Besides, you’re not that young anymore. Don’t you want to go out and find yourself a husband?”.

Tian Xin couldn’t brush away a feeling of shyness, but she leaped up and held onto her Lady: “You’re willing to bring me with you?”.

Tian SiSi laughed: “Of course, how could I bear to leave you all alone and bored in this house?”.

Tian Xin’s previously frightened pale face gradually flushed red, her pupils began to shine. She stared out the window and zoned out.

Tian SiSi’s voice was gentle: “The world outside is so beautiful and so broad, especially ChiangNan. Right now there are a multitude of purples and reds, this being the time when the flowers are blooming. If a person has never visited ChiangNan during his lifetime, he would have wasted his life.”.

Tian Xin seemed to be dreaming and wandered over to the window. Her mind appeared to have flown out towards ChiangNan. Beside the gentle flowing waters, underneath the gentle willow, there is a gentle and romantic young man waiting for her.

What 16 year old girl didn’t like to daydream?

Tian SiSi: “Hurry up and go. As long as you don’t tell and I don’t tell, Old Master will never know. After we bring back a son-in-law, he’ll be so pleased.”.

Even if Tian Xin’s heart was willing, her mouth couldn’t follow through. She shook her head vigorously: “It won’t do, I still don’t dare.”.

Tian SiSi’s face became stern: “Fine, little devil. Since you dare to disobey, I’m going to hand you over to Wang DaGuang in the stables.”.

To use the term “Big Shine” to describe his face may not be appropriate, but no words can better describe his head. [*Big Shine is a rough translation of DaGuang]

His head was like a peeled hard-boiled egg, not a single strand of hair remained.

Unfortunately his face was not very bright. Each side of his face carried at least two to three hundred dark freckles, more spotted than a tangerine’s skin.

The thought of this person made Tian Xin want to vomit. The thought of having to marry this type of person made her legs weaken and she nearly had to kneel down.

Tian SiSi lightly said: “Whatever I say is a promise, whether you go or not is up to you.”.

Tian Xin immediately said: “Go, go, go. I’ll go now. Don’t know if my Lady perfers to play the part of a heroic Hua MuLan or a graceful Zhu YingTai?”.

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A sky blue light satin shirt, a sky blue elegant cloth. Tian SiSi put them on her body and looked at her lone reflection in the copper mirror, appearing very satisfied with herself.

She made a serious expression with her face and then suddenly laughed: “Little Pouter, don’t I look like a worldly gentleman?”.

Tian Xin also pressed her lips together and smiled: “Truly sophisticated and dashing. Even if Pan An was still alive to see you, he’d scurry back in the coffin.”.
Tian SiSi wrinkled her brow: “Now I’m only worried about one thing.”.

Tian Xin: “What’s that?”.

Tian SiSi: “When a man like this steps outside, he’ll be sure to catch the eyes of many young ladies. Before I’d even find my husband, a girl will have chased me down to marry her. How will I manage?”.

Tian Xin also wrinkled her brow: “This actually is a concern. If I didn’t know you were a woman, I’d marry you for sure.”.

Tian SiSi: “Fine, I’ll have you then.”.

She turned around, stretched out her hand and grinned: “Come my darling, let me hold you tight.”.

Tian Xin squealed, shook her head, and ran.

Tian SiSi chased after her and grabbed her waist: “Don’t you want to? Even if you don’t, you still can’t escape.”.

Tian Xin panted: “Even if I wanted to embrace, it wouldn’t be with someone of your appearance.”.

Tian SiSi: “What’s wrong with this appearance?”.

Tian Xin: “This behavior is so malicious, it’d be a wonder if easily-frightened girls won’t be scared to death by you.”.

Tian Xin sighed: “Actually I have some news, but my Lady probably wouldn’t want to hear it so I don’t dare say.”.

Tian SiSi chewed on her lips, after a moment she said warningly: “What don’t you dare say? Where’s your spine?”.

Tian Xin said: “How can a servant have a spine.”.

Seeing that her servant girl was feeling a bit bullied, even a lady’s heart becomes softer. She turned around and hugged Tian Xin: “You don’t want to speak, fine. I’ll just squeeze you until your little pouty lips open wide.”.

Tian Xin was already laughing so hard she could barely breathe: “Ok my Lady, please release me, I’ll talk......I’ll talk......”.

She panted for breath, then quietly said: “It’s been rumored that Old Master already has a mind to pair you up with Yang Third Master’s son.”.

Tian SiSi perked up: “Which Yang Third Master?”.

Tian Xin: “Naturally it is that government official Yang Third Master.”.

Tian SiSi became very still for a moment, then suddenly said: “Hurry up and gather up the clothes, we’re leaving tonight.”.

Tian Xin: “What’s the hurry?”.

Tian SiSi: “I heard that Yang Third Master’s son is a weirdo, since childhood he’s spent time in a Buddhist Temple. Even the old monks all say he’s a strange monster from the skies. How can I stand to be with someone like this?”.

She suddenly said again: “Let me take care of the clothes. You go hire a carriage and wait for me outside the gate to the rear garden.”.

Tian Xin said: “Why hire a carriage? Wouldn’t riding a horse be somewhat faster?”.

Tian SiSi: “We’ll have at least six or seven trunks to carry with us, how can we travel without a carriage?”.

Tian Xin’s eyes opened wide: “Six or seven trunks? What does my Lady want to bring along?”.

Tian SiSi was pensive: “Theres too many things I need to bring. For example, a powder case, a washbasin, a mirror, all these things need to be put in a trunk. Although we’re dressing up as guys, we can’t just stop washing our hair and cleaning our faces.”.

She moved her eyes: “And then theres the bed cushions, pillows, these will also need a trunk, you know I never use other people’s things - oh yes, go wrap up my plate, bowl, chopsticks, and napkins, as well as this incense burner and chessboard too.
Tian Xin listened until her eyes bulged: “My Lady, are you preparing a wedding dowry? You haven’t even found in-laws yet and you’re already preparing a dowry, don’t you think it’s a bit too early?”.

Tian SiSi burst into laughter: “How should I behave then?”.

Tian Xin: “Be a bit more gentle, a bit more considerate, first hold their hand and say something sweet to get them worked up, then allow them to come to you for a hug.”.

Tian SiSi: “What should I say?”.

Tian Xin: “For example, say you are lonely and that you’ve never seen a girl such as her, and after seeing her, your life took on new meaning. All you can think about is her and you can’t live without her.”.

Before she even finished speaking, Tian SiSi was already doubling over in laughter: “These words are too cheesy, how can they be coming out of any man’s mouth?”.

Tian Xin: “This is what you don’t understand, girls like to hear cheesy words, the cheesier the better.”.

Tian SiSi giggled: “I wouldn’t have guessed you’d have so much experience in these matters, you must have heard these words from others quite often.”.

Tian Xin blushed and pouted her lips: “A person is speaking seriously here, and you still joke with them.”.

Tian SiSi: “Fine, I’ll ask you a serious question then.”.

Tian Xin: “What?”.

Tian SiSi winked: “I ask you, has a Little Pouty Mouth like you ever been intimate with anyone before?”.

Tian Xin pounded on the bed, buried her head in the bedsheets, and covered her ears with her hands: “I’m not listening, I’m not listening, how can you say such an embarrassing thing.”.

Tian SiSi’s face also got a little rosy and said softly: “Who knows how often other people our age have already experienced this kind of thing, what does it matter if I mention it?”.

Tian Xin said: “Listening to you speak, it’d be really hard for people to believe you were a sheltered and high-class young lady.”.

She sighed and shook her head: “This can only be blamed on Old Master, why hasn’t he already married you off? If you had a husband sooner, you wouldn’t be thinking such crazy thoughts every day.”.

Tian SiSi flung her arm, turned her head and frowned: “Little devil, your words are becoming out of place.”.

Seeing that her lady was about to lose her temper, Tian Xin became timid, shuffled over, and smiled: “I just heard some news, would my Lady like to hear it?”.

Tian SiSi said: “I don’t want to listen.”.

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Chapter 3 - A Canary and a Gang of Cats

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Tian SiSi said: “If I don’t bring these things, which smelly man’s bedding would you have me sleep on, which smelly man’s bowl would you have me eat my rice from?”.

Tian Xin giggled: “Even if my Lady doesn’t want to use other people’s things, we can still buy brand new items on the road.”.

Tian SiSi: “Even the purchased stuff is dirty.”.

Tian Xin: “Weren’t all these things purchased from somewhere?”.

Tian SiSi pouted her lips: “I don’t care, I must bring all these things, can’t leave a single item, otherwise......”.

Tian Xin sighed and carried them down for her: “Otherwise you’ll bethroth me to Wang DaGuang, right?”.

She rolled her eyes and chuckled: “Some people call others Pouty Lips, but actually pouts their lips even more than me.”.

When she says she wants something, she has to have it. Even if you give the most sensible reason, she’d still regard you as spewing nonsense.

In the blink of an eye, she can lose her temper. But after another blink, she may have already forgotten the reason for losing her temper and hold your hand. This is Ms. Tian’s temper tantrum.

Therefore our Ms. Tian brought along her washbasin, powder case, mirror, bed cushions, pillows, incense burner, chessboard......and several more items you can’t even begin to imagine, and started out on her journey.

This was her first time leaving the house.

Her destination was ChiangNan.

Because all three of her idols were in ChiangNan.

But what kind of place was ChiangNan? How far was it from her home?

What types of places will they pass on the road? What kind of people will they encounter?

Will they be good people? Or wicked people who will mistreat them.

Will the two of them get caught up in some dangerous situation? Will they even make it to ChiangNan?

Even if they arrived in ChiangNan, will they really be able to find her three big time celebrities?

And how will they react to her?

Ms. Tian didn’t concern herself with any of these matters, as if all she needed to do was sit in the carriage, shut her eyes, and once she opened them again she would have arrived safely in ChiangNan, with the three celebrities all lined up waiting for her.

She thought that ChiangNan would be as safe as the garden behind her house, she thought that the inhabitants of the martial world were just like the ones in her house who catered to her whims.

For a female child like this to step into the martial world, do you think its dangerous or not?

If she can really arrive safely in ChiangNan, that would truly be a strange matter.

The things she encountered on the road were beyond most people’s wildest dreams, if you recounted each event, it’d take you two or three years to tell.

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Stars, full moon, the evening breeze was tepid and dry.

ZhongYuan usually has good weather.

The window was open, the trees on the side of the road flew by, the horse carriage was moving quickly.

Tian SiSi was like a canary who just flew out of it’s cage after over a decade of imprisonment, the farther the better, the faster the better.
The wind came in through the window, blowing on her and creating goosebumps all over her body. She stuck her head out the window and saw a full moon, like a spinning icy plate up in the sky, and exclaimed with excitement. As if it was the first time shes ever seen the moonlight, she called out: “Look at that, isn’t this moonlight beautiful?”.

Tian Xin said: “It’s beautiful, very beautiful.”.

Tian SiSi: “I bet ChiangNan’s moonlight is even more beautiful than the one here, it’s moon is probably rounder too.”.

Tian Xin winked her eye: “Isn’t ChiangNan’s moon the same as the one here?”.

Tian SiSi sighed and shook her head: “You simply have no poetic sentiment.”.

Tian Xin stared out at the night and slowly said: “I don’t want to write poems, I want to write a novel.”.

Tian SiSi: “A novel? What kind of novel?”.

Tian Xin: “It’ll be like ‘Journey to the West’, I’ve even thought of a name for it.”.

Tian SiSi laughed: “Who would have guessed our Little Pouty Mouth was such a talented girl, what kind of name did you come up with, tell me quick.”.

Tian Xin said: “’A Lady’s Journey to the South’.”.

Tian SiSi: “’A Lady’s Journey to the South’? You......You’re writing about me?”.

Tian Xin: “That’s right. The Lady would be you, and Journey to the South will be about all our adventures on the road.”.

Her cheeks flushed with excitement: “I bet we’ll meet lots and lots of interesting people on our journey, and encounter lots and lots of interesting matters. If I write everything down, and let others see our adventures, it would be even more interesting.”.

Tian SiSi’s interest perked up and she clapped her hands: “Great idea, only you can write this, and write it well, this book will probably become even more famous than ‘Journey to the West’”.

She suddenly became serious: “But we must not use our true names, to avoid angering Daddy when he reads it.”.

Tian Xin rolled her eyes: “What names should we use then......’Journey to the West’ was about Tang Seng, I can’t make my Lady out to be a nun.”.

Tian SiSi: “If I’m Tang Seng then you’re Sun WuKong, if I’m a female priest then you’re a female ape.”.

She giggled and continued: “Monkeys also pout.”.

Tian Xin’s lips suddenly got pouty: “Being Monkey Sun is no big deal, but Tang Seng should be a bit more careful.”.

Tian SiSi: “Careful about what?”.

Tian Xin: “Careful about other people eating your Buddhist flesh.”.

Tian SiSi jumped up as if to twist her lips, but then sat back down again and furrowed her brows: “Bad, very bad.”.

Tian Xin tensed up: “What’s the matter?”.

Tian SiSi’s face reddened, the color spreading out to her ears. She whispered: “I drank too much tea earlier, now I need to go really bad.”.

Tian Xin thought it was funny, but didn’t think it would be polite to laugh and bit her lips: “How are we going to handle this? Can’t really do it in the carriage......”

Tian SiSi: “I forgot something really important, we should have brought a bucket along with us.”.

Tian Xin couldn’t control herself and bent over in laughter.

Tian SiSi said darkly: “What’s so funny, you never had to pee before?”.

Of course Tian Xin has experienced this, she knew how awful it felt.

She abruptly stopped laughing and whispered: “Theres nobody on the road, and it’s dark, why don’t you tell the carriage driver to stop, go into the woods by the road, and......”.

“Pak” - Tian SiSi slapped her palm lightly: “Little Devil, what if someone burst in by chance......”.

Tian Xin: “That’s not a concern, I’ll stand guard for you.”.

Tian SiSi shook her head vigorously: “No way...nooooo way, no matter what you say it won’t do.”.

Tian Xin sighed: “If it won’t do then theres no solution, best to just hold it in for a while.”.

Tian SiSi had already been holding it in until shes red in the face.

It’s best to not think about it, the more you think the more you have to go.

Tian SiSi suddenly called loudly: “Driver, stop for a moment.”.

Tian Xin covered her laugh: “So there are times when our Lady will change her mind.”.

Tian SiSi stared at her sternly: “It just so happens that I have some instructions to tell the driver.”.

Tian Xin: “What instructions?”.

Tian SiSi shook her head and mumbled: “What a child, don’t even have an adult’s common sense.”.

Once the carriage stopped, she quickly jumped down and shouted: “Driver, come over, I have something to say.”.

The driver lazily stepped down from the carriage and sauntered over slowly, with a simple-minded fruit brained appearance.

Tian SiSi felt very satisfied, her trip this time was very secretive, so of course she hoped the driver would be stupid. Stupid people rarely discover other people’s secrets.

But she didn’t feel relieved yet, she still needed to make sure, because she was a very level-headed and detail-oriented person with good common sense.

Therefore she asked: “Do you recognize us? Do you know who we are?”.

The driver shook his head: “I don’t recognize, I don’t know.”.

Tian SiSi: “Do you know what place we came from?”.

The driver: “I’m not a retard, how could I not know.”.

Tian SiSi got a little tense: “You know?”.

The driver: “You came out from a door, of course.”.

Tian SiSi relaxed: “Do you know which family that door belonged to?”.

The driver: “I don’t know.”.

Tian SiSi: “Do you know what our destination is?”.

The driver: “I don’t know.”.

Tian SiSi rolled her eyes and asked again: “Do you think we are male or female?”.

The driver smiled, exposing yellow teeth: “If you two are female, then I’m somebody’s mother.”.

Tian SiSi also smiled and felt even more satisfied: “We want to walk around the area, you wait here, don’t leave.”.

The driver smiled: “You two haven’t paid for the ride yet, even if you kill me I won’t leave.”.

Tian SiSi nodded her head: “That’s right, if you leave you don’t get paid, if you don’t leave you will be rewarded.”.

The driver took out some tobacco from his belt, sat down on the ground, and started smoking.

Tian SiSi felt completely relieved, as soon as she resolved this, she started thinking about that other business again.

As soon as she started thinking of that, she couldn’t stand it any more, and pulled Tian Xin into the woods.

It wasn’t very dark inside the woods, but there wasn’t a soul in sight.

Tian Xin whispered: “How about right here, without someone watching our carriage we can’t go too far.”.

Tian SiSi said: “No, this area won’t do. That driver is a retard, no need to worry about him.”.

People think that the more dark and secluded the place, the more peaceful. That is one of humanity’s weaknesses.

Tian SiSi found the darkest area and whispered: “You stand guard here, yell out if anyone approaches.”.

Tian Xin just giggled.

Tian SiSi glared at her: “Little devil, what are you laughing at! You never seen anyone take a pee?”.

Tian Xin smiled: “I wasn’t laughing at that, I was just thinking that even if nobody came, if by chance there happened to be a snake......”.

Tian SiSi jumped up with a frightened expression, and searched for something to stuff her mouth with.

Tian Xin begged for mercy but Tian SiSi would have none of it, both girls screamed and laughed and argued. Nobody heard the sound of the neighing horse outside the woods.

By the time they finished arguing and exited the woods, the driver and the carriage have all disappeared without a trace.

Tian SiSi was still.

Tian Xin was also still.

Both girls looked at each other and was silent for a long time. Tian Xin sighed deeply: “We treated him like he was retarded, who knew he regarded us as the real retards, we were really dumb, and he just pretended to be.”.

Tian SiSi clenched her teeth, too angry to even speak.

Tian Xin: “What should we do now?”.

Tian SiSi: “No matter what we do, I’m not returning home.”.

She suddenly asked: “Did you bring my jewelry?”.

Tian Xin nodded her head.

Tian SiSi stamped her foot: “We should have removed the package from the carriage.”.

Tian Xin took out a package: “What do we have here?”.

Tian SiSi jumped for joy: “I knew you were a wily little devil.”.

Tian Xin sighed and muttered: “What a child, no adult common sense at all.”.

The road was not dark, the stars and moon were out.

Two people strolled along leisurely, their recent bad mood seemed to be long forgotten.

Tian SiSi smiled: “After losing the stuff, I actually feel less tied down.”.

Tian Xin winked: “You’re not afraid of using the same bedding that other smelly men use?”.

Tian SiSi: “What’s there to be afraid of, we’ll just buy new ones. The bedding I had before was also purchased somewhere.”.

Tian Xin laughed: “Although our Lady has a peculiar temper, she can still be open to reason. But she suffers from a bit of memory loss, with a turn of the head shes forgotten the words she said.”.

Tian SiSi glared at her, then suddenly furrowed her brow: “Theres one thing that seemed quite strange to me.”.

Tian Xin: “What’s that?”.

Tian SiSi: “The driver didn’t collect his fee yet, so why would he just leave?”.

Tian Xin paused for a moment, and then nodded her head: “Yeah, why didn’t I think of that?”.

With a “pak”, Tian SiSi lightly hit her: “Dummy, of course he knew that the stuff we had on the carriage was very valuable, even after buying an entire carriage you’d still have plenty left over.”.

Tian Xin said: “Aiya, Lady is so talented to have figured out such a complex riddle, I really admire you.”.

A Lady will envitably be a Lady.

A Lady’s way of thinking sometimes caused people to not know if they should laugh or cry.

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The sky was bright.

The roosters were making noise, their stomachs were also making noise.

Tian SiSi mumbled: “Strange, why would a person’s stomach make “gu-gu” noises?”.

Tian Xin: “A stomach will make noise when it’s hungry.”.

Tian SiSi: “Why would it make noise when it’s hungry?”.

Tian Xin didn’t have any way to answer this, the Lady’s questions were always difficult for others to answer.

Tian SiSi sighed: “I never realized it was so uncomfortable being hungry.”.

Tian Xin: “You’ve never been hungry?”.

Tian SiSi: “There were several times when I didn’t want to eat lunch, and by the time late afternoon rolled around I felt like I was going crazy from hunger. Now I realize that those times cannot be considered hunger.”.

Tian Xin: “Didn’t you say that a person living in this world should experience all kinds of things?”. Tian SiSi said: “But I’ve already tasted enough of this hunger, right now I just want to eat a piece of slow-roasted, tender, red meat.”.

Tian Xin: “Then you’d better return home to eat some.”.

Tian SiSi: “They don’t even sell red-roasted meat out here?”.

Tian Xin: “At the very least, not right now. The restaurants aren’t even open yet.”.

She thought about it some more: “I’ve heard of a teahouse that opened in the morning, and sold things to eat. Many of these teahouses are usually near the food market.”.

Tian SiSi clapped and laughed: “That’s great news, I had already planned on checking out the food market. And there are teahouses too. I heard that a lot of things happened in teahouses in the martial world.”.

Tian Xin: “Sure, there are all kinds of people at these places, especially swindlers.”.

Tian SiSi laughed: “As long as we’re careful, who can swindle us? They should be grateful we don’t cheat them.”.

Naturally, there was a food market in the city. Naturally, there were teahouses near the food market. Naturally, there were all kinds of people inside with no shortage of drifters and swindlers.

The beef noodles came in a large bowl, with inch wide noodles that were razor thin, and thick oil in the soup.

Each piece of meat was five or six ounces.

Eating in a place like this, the emphasis was on being economical. Nobody is really concerned about whether it tastes any good.

In the past, the Lady wouldn’t even touch the chopsticks here, but today she finished half the bowl in one breath of time and even cleaned up the pieces of meat.

Tian Xin watched her and suddenly smiled: “This bowl and chopsticks were used by smelly men, how dare you use it?”.

Tian SiSi paused and chuckled: “I forgot about that, when a person’s stomach is hungry one can forget about everything.”.

Tian SiSi brushed her face and anxiously whispered: “Is my face really dirty?”.

Tian Xin: “Not at all.”.

Tian SiSi: “Then why are these people all staring at me?”.

Tian Xin laughed: “Maybe they’re looking for a husband for their daughters.”.

Her hands were gripping the package tightly, not even releasing it while she was eating.

Tian SiSi suddenly said: “Let go of the package and place it on the table.”.

Tian Xin: “Why?”.

Tian SiSi: “When out in the world you must not forget ‘never reveal your valuables’. The way you’re holding onto that package, one look and others will know that there are valuable things inside, it won’t be long before someone comes to start trouble. If you act nonchalant, others won’t notice.”.

Tian Xin giggled: “I didn’t think my Lady was such a worldly person.”.

Tian SiSi stared at her: “Who is your Lady?”.

Tian Xin: “I meant Master.”.

As she placed the package on the table, she noticed a man approaching. He saluted them and said: “Good morning to you two.”.

This person didn’t appear very classy, and even looked a bit shady, one look and you can tell that he wasn’t a good person.

At first Tian SiSi didn’t want to acknowledge him, but in order to give off the appearance of an experienced person from the martial world, she stood up and saluted: “Good morning.”.

This person seated himself and smiled: “It looks like this is your first time here.”.

Tian SiSi: “We’ve been here several times already, I’m pretty familiar with all the places in this city.”.

The person said: “Since you have been running around out in the city, you should recognize this city’s Big Boss Zhao.

Listening to this man’s tone, it seemed like this Big Boss Zhao was an important person in the city, if one didn’t recognize him then one wasn’t an experienced person in the martial world.

Tian SiSi: “We’re not that close, just had dinner together a few times.”.

The person laughed: “From what you just said, it appears that we’re all one big family. I’m Tie GeBo, one of Big Boss Zhao’s fellow brethren.”.

He suddenly lowered his voice: “Since we’re of one family, theres something I must tell you.”.

Tian SiSi: “Go ahead.”.

Tie GeBo: “This place is pretty sketchy, with all kinds of bad people, if you have valuables in your package, then it’s best to be careful.”.

Tian Xin wanted to reach out and grab the package, but Tian SiSi gave her a look and casually said: “This package only contains a few change of clothes, no need to be careful.”.

Tie GeBo laughed and slowly stood up: “I only wanted to express some good intentions, you two......”.

He quickly grabbed the package, turned around, and ran.

Tian SiSi laughed coldly. Seeing this person’s legwork, even if she allowed him a fifty foot head start, she could still bring him back as soon as she set into motion.

The Lady wasn’t the delicate type of female, during one time at a village square, she only had to use three or five moves to defeat a well-known martial arts exhibitionist.

According to that street performer, Ms. Tian’s martial arts could be considered first-class in the martial world. Even ChiangNan’s most famous female heroine, “Jade Orchid”, might not be her match.

This time unfortunately, before the Lady had a chance to reach out her hand, and before Tie GeBo could run out the door, he was blocked by a powerful, cold-looking man with a knife scar across his face who reached out his hand and boxed him across the ears.

He said sharply: “Wretch, return the package to them.”.

Not only did Tie GeBo not dare to fight back, he didn’t even dare to make noise. Massaging his face with his palm, he politely brought the package back.

That large man also walked over, and gripped his fist in salute: “I’m surnamed Zhao, this is one of my little brothers, these past few days we’ve been poor to the point of insanity, that’s how come he could do such a despicable act, feel free to hit or punish.

Not only did Tian SiSi feel that this person displayed an air of righteousness, his style wasn’t too bad either. She broke out in a grin: “Thanks for the friend’s aid. Since the package was not lost, just let it be. No need to bring it up anymore.”.

The large man glared at Tie GeBo: “Since this is the case, why don’t you quickly thank this young gentleman’s graciousness.”.

Tian SiSi suddenly said: “If brother is surnamed Zhao, are you this city’s Big Boss Zhao?”.

The large man said: “I’m humbled.”.

Tian SiSi: “I’ve admired your reputation, please sit down.”.

Big Boss Zhao waved his hand: “Let me take care of this table’s account.”.

Tian SiSi: “How can that be, this time I must be the host.”.

She grabbed the package as if to take some money out, but only took out a gem-encrusted butterfly. The package did not contain any money.

Big Boss Zhao’s pupils widened and he suddenly lowered his voice: “These types of things can’t be used to pay the bill, if Brother is short on cash, I can bring you somewhere to exchange that for money, I guarantee the exchange rate will be fair.”.

He patted his chest and continued: “I’m not bragging, nobody in this city would dare cheat a friend of Big Boss Zhao’s”.

Tian SiSi hesitated and was just about to say “yes” when she suddenly saw a long-robed, sword carrying, middle-aged man come over and address Big Boss Zhao: “Knife Scar Six, are you still using my name to cheat others?”.

This Big Boss Zhao immediately stood up, bowing and grinning: “I wouldn’t dare, Big Boss Zhao you are well......”. Before he finished his sentence, he ran away like dissipating smoke, disappearing without a trace.

Tian SiSi watched with wide eyes and before she could figure out what just happened here, the long-robed, sword carrying, middle-aged man greeted them: “I am surnamed Zhao, this city’s friends call me Big Boss, but I cannot live up to such a name.”.

Tian SiSi then understood, this person was the real Big Boss Zhao, the one earlier was just pretending.

Big Boss Zhao said: “Knife Scar Six is a famous swindler in this city, who oftentimes uses my identity to trick others, I’m afraid the two of you almost fell for his scam just now.”.

Tian SiSi’s face reddened: “But when my package got stolen, it was actually him who got it back.”.

Big Boss Zhao laughed: “That Tie GeBo actually planned ahead of time with him to cunningly act out this play, in order to win your trust and then really swindle you.”.

He laughed again and continued: “Anyone could tell that with such a shine in your eyes, your skills could not be weak, depending on Tie GeBo’s talent, how could he escape your grasp?”.

Tian SiSi secretly let out a sigh, this was called: One cannot gain knowledge without going through an experience.

But her heart was suddenly happy and she said: “You could really tell that we knew martial arts?”.

Big Boss Zhao smiled: “Not only know martial arts, but surely a master as well, therefore I would really like to make friends with two such as yourselves, otherwise I might not have bothered to stick my nose in this matter.”.

Tian SiSi was very delighted, she didn’t imagine that she’d encounter this type of valiant person right after leaving home. She saluted and said: “Please sit down, please sit down and talk.”.

Big Boss Zhao said: “This place is too chaotic, not a good place to talk. If the two of you don’t mind, how about carrying on this conversation at my place?”.

Big Boss Zhao’s dwelling was not particularly large, it only consisted of two small buildings within a huge courtyard, the arrangements inside the buildings were plain and didn’t quite match his clothing.

Not only did Tian SiSi not find this peculiar, she even considered it quite logical.

For a member of the martial world like Big Boss Zhao, even if he was wealthy he’d go out and spend it with friends, rather than using it for private enjoyment. For someone like him, he’d obviously not take too much interest in his house.

Big Boss Zhao said: “If the two of you have no pressing matters to attend to, please stay here for a few days and allow me to invite my friends in the city to come meet you.”.

Tian SiSi said happily: “Great idea, the reason I came out this time was to meet new friends.”.

Tian Xin suddenly interrupted: “But wouldn’t this be a great inconvenience for Master Zhao?”.

Tian SiSi gave her a look: “For someone like Big Brother Zhao, if we act too polite about these things, it would only mean that we don’t consider him enough of a friend.”.

Big Boss Zhao patted his hand and laughed: “Precisely, this Brother is a no-nonsense man, by accepting my offer you only demonstrate that we’re good brothers.”.

“No-nonsense man”, “Good brothers”, these two phrases made Tian SiSi very happy. If even someone like Big Boss Zhao couldn’t see that they were girls disguised as men, then who can? She couldn’t help but secretly admire herself, it’s as if she had a natural talent for adventuring in the martial world, first time disguising herself as a man and it was already so convincing.

Big Boss Zhao continued: “Brother, if you need anything just let Big Brother know. Okay, I’ll go grab some money and give it to you guys to carry along so you can comfortably get what you need.”.

Tian SiSi: “That’s not necessary, I still have some jewelry here......”.

Her face reddened, and hurriedly said: “It’s my little sister’s jewelry, it can still be exchanged for some money.”.

Big Boss Zhao said earnestly: “Brother, that wouldn’t be right. You just said let’s not be too polite, and now you’re suddenly being polite. I’m going to go get some money now, and buy some wine, when I return we’ll all have a good drink.”.

He started to walk out without waiting for Tian SiSi’s reply, but turned around and took out a key to open a cabinet by the bed: “It’s not convenient to carry along such valuables, let’s just lock it in here. Although we shouldn’t need to worry about it, it never hurts to be a little more careful.”.

He thought about everything so thoroughly. After locking the package inside the cabinet, he gave the key to Tian Xin and smiled: “This young steward seems to be quite meticulous about doing things, he can guard the key then.”.

Tian SiSi felt a bit embarrased about it all, but Tian Xin quickly grabbed the key.

After waiting for Big Boss Zhao to leave, Tian Xin suddenly whispered: “It seems to me that this Big Boss Zhao is not a good thing, I wonder what scheme he’s cooking up?”.

Tian SiSi laughed: “Little Devil, your suspicious heart is really acting up. He offered us his home, and went to get money for us, where does one find this kind of decent person?”.

Tian Xin said: “But our package......”.

Tian SiSi: “The package is locked within this cabinet, the key is on your person, and you’re still not relieved?”.

Tian Xin pouted and didn’t say a word.

Tian SiSi didn’t pay any more attention to her, clasped her hands and walked outside. She discovered that there were ten households within this courtyard, several varieties of clothing were hung up to dry on a bamboo pole, not a single one was new, the living conditions must not be very good for the people who resided here.

It was not yet noon. A few people in the courtyard were exercising with stone shackles and flipping somersaults, there were also two girls who were combing their braids. Tian SiSi knew that these must be the types of people who wandered the martial world, practicing for their performances.

Over on the side was a blind old man playing the lute, a woman with her head lowered stood nearby, slowly playing with a few sweetheart beans in her hand. The old man was obviously a street performer. The woman who was playing with the beans, could it be that she was falling in love? Did her sweetheart secretly give those to her? Tian SiSi couldn’t help but giggle.

The woman glanced over, gave her a meaningful look, then lowered her head again and held the sweetheart beans against her chest.

“Is this woman attracted to me? She doesn’t want me to know that she has a boyfriend, so is that why she hid her sweetheart beans?” Tian SiSi suddenly didn’t dare look over there anymore.

Even though she thought it was interesting, she didn’t want to attract this kind of trouble. In the courtyard were several children with runny noses building castle walls out of mud.

A pregnant woman was lighting a fire, her eyes were getting red from the smoke, tears coming out non-stop. Looking at her belly, it would appear that she was at least eight or nine months pregnant, her baby could come out at any time.

Yet her mother-in-law was nagging by her side, calling her lazy, but still wiping her face for her with a handkerchief.

Tian SiSi experienced a feeling of warmth. She felt that this was what living life was all about.

She had never been this close to real living. She suddenly felt very envious of the pregnant woman -- although she had no riches, no jewelry, none of the makeup from the city, not five pieces of silver or an inch of a satin skirt: but she had her own lifestyle, she had love, her life was already very vibrant.

“If a person were to be confined in a garden, watching the clouds come and go, flowers bloom and die, although she can obtain the best comforts of life, how would that be any different than a canary being raised in a cage?” Tian SiSi sighed, and only hated herself for not having the courage to escape her cage sooner.

She resolved to take advantage of this opportunity, and enjoy life to the fullest.

The fire was burning, the food was already cooking on the stove.

The sound of the lute stopped, the old man pulled out his tobacco. The woman lightly pounded his back for him.

Tian Xin suddenly ran out and anxiously said: “Why hasn’t Big Boss Zhao come back by now?”.

Tian SiSi: “Maybe he isn’t ready to yet, and needed to walk farther to get more money.”.

Tian Xin: “I’m just afraid he might have slipped away.”.

Tian SiSi stared: “He didn’t even swindle a bit of our money, why would he want to slip away?”.

Tian Xin pouted her lips again, turned her head, and ran back into the building.

The food in the pot gradually cooked, the smell of the rice attracted a young, tanned fellow.

His body was covered with perspiration, obviously the result of a hard morning’s work.

That pregnant woman immediately welcomed him, helping him wipe his sweat. The young fellow softly patted her belly, and whispered a few words in her ears. The young wife gave him a meaningful look, and laughed a little.

Two dogs in the courtyard were stealing some scraps.

The little kids who played until their entire bodies were covered with mud, got yelled at and spanked by their mother.

Big Boss Zhao still hasn’t returned.

Tian SiSi was also growing a little impatient.

Tian Xin suddenly rushed out from the house.

Looking at her expression, it was as if her tail was on fire, she was stamping her feet non-stop: “Oh no, oh no......”.

Tian SiSi wrinkled her brow: “What are you getting so worked up about, do you need to pee too? Theres a bathroom here.”.

Tian Xin: “No......no......our belongings......”.

Tian SiSi: “Isn’t our package locked inside that cabinet?”.

Tian Xin shook her head vigorously: “It’s not, the cabinet is empty, theres nothing there.”.

Tian SiSi: “That’s silly talk, I personally placed the package inside.”.

Tian Xin: “But it has disappeared. Just now I was not feeling comfortable and opened up the cabinet to look, only to find out......”.

Tian SiSi also became anxious and ran inside, the cabinet truly was empty.

Where did the package go? Did it sprout wings and fly out of a locked cabinet?

Tian Xin gasped: “The cabinet has three sides, but theres a hole in the wall, Big Boss Zhao must have reached in from the outside and stolen the package. I knew he wasn’t a good person.”.

Tian SiSi stamped her feet and hurried outside.

Everyone else had returned home to eat their meal, only the few people who were training were still outside in the darkening courtyard, drawing water to wash their faces.

Tian SiSi rushed over and said: “Big Boss Zhao? Do you guys know where he is?”.

The young men all looked at each other, then said: “Who is Big Boss Zhao? We don’t recognize him.”.

Tian SiSi said: “The one living in that building, who is also your neighbor. How could you not recognize him?”.

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Chapter 4 - The Elegant Madame Wang

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The young fellow said: “Those two buildings have been empty for half a month, it was only early this morning that someone moved in and paid a half month’s rent, how would we know who he was?”.

Tian SiSi froze. Tian Xin was also stunned.

Suddenly somebody said: “Did someone just ask about Big Brother Zhao, who was it?”.

This person came in and walked over, his hand was carrying a whip, he looked like a carriage driver.

Tian SiSi greeted him immediately: “I was asking, do you recognize him?”.

The man nodded: “Of course I do, by just roaming about the city how can one not recognize Big Boss Zhao?”.

Tian SiSi happily said: “Can you lead us to him?”.

The man looked the two of them over several times: “You two are......”.

Tian SiSi: “We’re both his good friends.”.

The man immediately laughed: “Since you’re Big Brother Zhao’s friends, what more is there to discuss, please step up onto my carriage and I’ll take you.”.

The carriage stopped in front of a run-down building, the carriage driver said: “Right now Big Brother Zhao is drinking with a guest inside this building, I still have things to do and can’t accompany you two.”.

Without even taking the time to say “thanks”, Tian SiSi was already storming inside. She was afraid of letting Big Boss Zhao slip away again.

This Lady had never been so angry, she promised herself as soon as she sees Big Boss Zhao, shes going to box his ears at least seventeen or eighteen times.

There really were two people drinking inside this building, one of them had a face that was jaundiced and thin, as if he was sick; the other one was full of energy, a powerful looking man with a heavy beard.

Tian SiSi yelled loudly: “Where is Big Boss Zhao? Quickly tell him to come out and see me.”.

That sickly looking man measured her with squinted eyes: “Why are you looking for him?”.

Tian SiSi: “Of course it’s regarding a matter, a very urgent matter.”.

The man lifted his cup, sipped a bit of wine, and coldly said: “If you have anything to say, you may tell me. I am Big Boss Zhao.”.

Tian SiSi was startled: “You’re Big Boss Zhao? You’re not the one I’m looking for.”.

The large heavily bearded man laughed: “This is the only Big Boss Zhao there is, you won’t be able to find a second one within 800 li.”.

Tian SiSi’s face suddenly became pale. Could it be that that long-robed, sword carrying “Big Boss Zhao” was just another pretender?

That sickly looking man took another sip of wine, and casually said: “It seems like this friend must have run across ‘Qian YiTao’. Two months ago I heard that he was using my name to con others, I should have taught him a lesson earlier, but unfortunately I’ve never been able to track him down.”.

Tian SiSi couldn’t help but ask: “Who is Qian YiTao?”.

Big Boss Zhao said: “Did you meet someone wearing long satin robes, with a sword strapped around his waist, acting very stylish, who was around forty or so?”.

Tian SiSi: “That’s absolutely correct.”.

The large heavily bearded man laughed: “That was Qian YiTao, his only belonging is that set of clothes he wears in order to deceive people, that’s why he’s called Qian YiTao.”.

Big Boss Zhao said: “Although he only has one set of clothes, he has more than one method of deceiving others, it seems like you must have fallen for his tricks.”.

Tian SiSi grinded her teeth: “Can the two of you help me find this Mr. Qian?”.

Big Boss Zhao: “This person is very cunning, and he would probably be laying low these past couple of days, in order to find him, we should wait a few more days.”.

He suddenly laughed and continued: “Did he trick you out of all your belongings?”.

Tian SiSi felt her face going red, and forced herself to nod.

Big Boss Zhao: “Was this your first time here?”.

Tian SiSi could only nod her head again.

Big Boss Zhao: “None of that matters, first I can arrange for you a place to stay, allowing you a safe and comfortable place to wait. After six or seven days, I guarantee that I will find your money for you.”.

Tian SiSi blushed: “How......how would that not be an imposement?”.

Big Boss Zhao: “It’s not an imposement at all. It is commonly said: At home, one depends on their parents, outside the house, one depends on their friends. By willing to come find me, you two have already given me face.”.

Although this person appeared sickly, it seems like he was actually an honorable person of the martial world.

Tian SiSi was both embarrassed and anxious. Giving forth the appearance of not being hung up about these things, she said: “In that case, Little Brother will politely follow your orders.”.

The large heavily bearded man looked them over several times and smiled: “I suggest we invite them to stay at Madame Wang’s place. Everybody is female there, so it’ll be a bit more convenient”.

Tian SiSi became still and said: “All women? How will that do, we’re......we’re......”.

The large heavily bearded man smiled: “Aren’t you two women?”.

Tian SiSi’s face reddened even more, she turned to look at Tian Xin.

Tian Xin carried an expression of resignation, Tian SiSi could only sigh and with a forced smile said: “I didn’t think that your eyesight was so good.”.

The large heavily bearded man said: “It’s not that our eyesight is good......”.

He laughed, and left some words unsaid.

Tian SiSi pressed on and asked: “If it’s not your good eyesight, then what is it? Are our disguises not adequate?”.

Big Boss Zhao also laughed suddenly and said: “With disguises such as yours, if someone couldn’t tell you two are female, then he must be a blind man.”.

Tian SiSi gave a slight pause: “Given this, could it be that Qian fellow also saw through it?”.

Big Boss Zhao softly said: “Qian YiTao is not a blind man.”.

Tian SiSi paused again, and then suddenly took the ribbon off the top of her head, tossed it to the ground, and laughed coldly: “So what if I’m a woman, sooner or later I’ll let that one surnamed Qian know that a woman is also not good to cross.”.

Thereupon our Lady Tian returned once more to her female appearance.

Therefore her troubles only increased more and more.

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Madame Wang was also a woman.

There are many kinds of women, Madame Wang is a most special kind.

Her uniqueness is something you wouldn’t be able to guess in your wildest dreams.

Madam Wang’s house is located at a peaceful alley. Two high walls blocked the sun with a branch of apricot dangling outside.

It is past noon, Zhu Hong’s door is still closed tightly, silence behind the doors.

Just by looking at the door, everyone can see Madam Wang should be an important person.

Tian SiSi feeling overjoyed couldn’t resist the question, “Do you think Madam Wang will let us live here?”

Big Boss Zhao nodded, “Rest assure, Madam Wang is not only my old friend, but also my good friend.

Tian SiSi asked, “What kind of person is she?”

Big Boss Zhao responded, “She is a nice person, but her temper can be strange.”

Tian SiSi, “How so?”

Big Boss Zhao, “If you are willing to listen to her, she can grant you anything. Living in this place will definitely be more comfortable than living at home. If you cause trouble in front of her then you will definitely regret it greatly.”

His expression while talking was very serious, intending to scare Tian SiSi.

Instead, Tian SiSi laughed, “This type of temper isn’t that strange. I don’t like people causing trouble in front of me either.”

Big Boss Zhao, “That’s good; looks at you guys will be able to bond with each other.”

He went to knock on the door and said, “I will go in first. You guys wait outside.”

Letting someone like Lady Tian wait outside is a big disgrace.

Tian Xin thought Tian SiSi was definitely going to lose her temper. However, she restrained herself. She’s only been out for less than a day, it seems like she has already changed a lot.

Finally an answer came, after a few knocks on the door.

A person impatiently answered, “It’s so early in the morning, what the hell are you guys doing here? Can’t you wait until dusk?”

Big Boss Zhao smiled, “It’s me, Big Boss Zhao.”

The door opened.

A girl with messy hair stuck her head out. Before she could look out, Big Boss Zhao already got close and whispered something into her ear.

The girl’s eye turned, looked at Tian SiSi a couple of times from head to bottom and nodded, “Ok come on in. Keep your footsteps light, the girls are still sleeping. If you disturb them, Madam Wang is going to tear your skin off.”

While they are walking in, Tian SiSi thought to herself, “Looks like these girls are lazier than me. The sun has been out for so longer, yet they are still not awake yet.”

The large heavily bearded man not only has good eyes, but also a good set of ears. He laughed and said, “As you can see how nice Madam Wang is to these girls. You guys are really lucky to be able to live here.”

Tian Xin blinked, suddenly said, “Who are all these people that are living here? Are they related to Madam Wang?”

The heavily bearded man, “Most of these people are Madam Wang’s step-daughters. No matter where she goes, no one will dare to bully her.”

Tian Sisi, “I don’t want to become her step-daughter, but I really want to be her friend.”

The heavily bearded man, “Yes, yes. Madam Wang likes to make friends, just like “Second Master” Tian, Tian BaiShi.

Tian SiSi and Tian Xin looked at each other. The two of them closed their mouths and smiled without saying a word.

At this time, Big Brother Zhao approached them full of joy and said, “Madam Wang has already agreed to let you two meet her.”

A tall pretty middle aged woman stood at the door. Although she had a smile on her face, her eyes look stern. She stared at Tian SiSi and said, “These two little sisters?”

Big Brother Zhao, “Yes that’s it.”

The pretty middle aged woman nodded, “They look pretty elegant, they are probably from a good family, Madam Wang will like them.”

Big Brother Zhao, “If they are some ordinary girls from nowhere I wouldn’t even dare to bring them here.”

The pretty middle age woman, “Good I’ll bring them in. You are finished with your task, go back now.”

Big Brother Zhao let out a big smile, bowed and said, “Yes, I am rest assured.”

Tian SiSi asked, “You won’t accompany us in?”

Big Brother Zhao, “I already spoke to Madam Wang. Just relax and stay, if I have any news I will contact you guys.”

He acknowledged the heavily bearded man on his way out without saying anything. Tian SiSi wanted to ask some more questions, but he was already too far out.

The pretty middle aged woman gestured to let them in. Tian SiSi thought about it for a second then finally walked in with Tian Xin.

The door closed. It’s as if there’s no way out.

But the pretty middle aged woman let out a warm smile, “When you guys first live here, you might not be use to it. After awhile, you will begin to like this place more and more.

Tian Xin, “We won’t stay here for too long, just 5 or 6 days.”

The pretty middle aged woman pretended like she didn’t hear what Tian Xin said. She said, “This place has a total of twenty girls. Everyone is like sisters. My last name is Mei. Everyone calls me Sister Mei. If you guys have any questions or concerns please come and speak to me.”

Tian Xin wanted to say something but Tian SiSi gave her stare and said, “This place is great, very quiet. We will like it around here, no need to trouble you Sister Mei.”

This place is no doubt peaceful and pretty. Past the courtyard in the front and through the cloister is a large garden filled with beautiful flowers, bird chirps. It is definitely comparable to Jin Xiu Manor.

The garden has a lot of little red and green platforms. There are a couple of lovely girls standing there playing with their hair, blankly staring at the garden.

These girls are pretty with high class clothes. However, everyone seems tired, like they didn’t get enough sleep.

A pair of butterflies is flying back and forth around the garden. A large cat curled under the roof, under the brim and inside the bird cage there is a pair of chirping canard birds.

When they walk into the garden, the people didn’t notice, the cat didn’t care, butterflies didn’t care, birds didn’t care either. It seems like on one cares about each other.

Tian SiSi thought about her own life and said, “This place is good except it’s too quiet.”

Sister Mei, “You like liveliness?”

Tian SiSi, “When it’s too quiet, I like to have random thoughts. I don’t really like these random thoughts.

Sister Mei, “That’s great. It’s quiet now, but at night it will be lively. Whether you like a quiet life or lively life, this place will suit both.

Tian SiSi looked up, “These girls doesn’t seem like the type that like a lot of noise.”

Sister Mei, “They are nocturnal. They may look tired now, but as soon as the night hits, they will be like dragons and tigers making so much noisy that people can’t stand.”

Tian SiSi laughed too, “I don’t mind noise. Sometimes I throw a big fit, giving everyone a headache. Don’t believe me? Ask Tian Xin.”

Tian Xin pouted her lips, “Why are you asking me? I don’t understand or know anything.”

Sister Mei, “This little sister seems to not like that place. I can guarantee that she will slowly like it here.”

Her smile is warm like that spring breeze, but her eyes are as cold as winter frost.

Tian Xin wanted to say something, but when she looked at Sister Mei’s eyes, her heart dropped and couldn’t talk anymore.

They walked past the small bridge. Next to the small bridge there is a small building. From there, a sorrow voice, “I can’t stand this anymore, can’t stand it…I don’t want to live anymore. I want to die.”

A girl with her hair disheveled and face full of tears rushed out of the small building. She is wearing a red gown with some spots severed.

No one paid attention to her. The girls that were standing at the widow didn’t even look at her.

Only Sister Mei walked towards her and whispered something into her ear.

The girl was screaming and yelling, but now she is like a little cat, lowered her head and walked back to her home.
Sister Mei’s face is still full of affection, as if nothing had happened.

Tian SiSi couldn’t help but ask, “What was wrong with her?”

Sister Mei sighed, “Before she came here, she was greatly traumatized. She goes crazy sometimes, we’re use to it.”

If it wasn’t a common occurrence how can nobody care for her.

Tian SiSi asked again, “I wonder what happened to her before?”

Sister Mei, “We are sure not sure and didn’t ask her. We didn’t want to bring up her old problems. I heard she was very badly betrayed by a man before.”

Tian Sisi, “All men are evil.”

Sister Mei nodded, “There are very few nice man around. Remember that and you won’t suffer in the future.”

They turned past some rockwork and went into a flower forest.

Although the flowers are fading, but it’s even more glamorous than when they were in season.

Deep into the flowery craven, a red building appeared.

Sister Mei, “Madam Wang lives here. She probably just woke up. I’ll inform her that you guys are here.”

She walked away with her elegant pose, like the goddess of flower.

Tian SiSi looked at her and let out a sigh, “If I can still look as pretty as her at her age, I will be satisfied.”

Tian Xin bit her lips and said, “Ms, let’s get out of here.”

Tian SiSi, “Go? Go where?”

Tian Xin, “Anywhere, let’s not stay here any longer.”

Tian SiSi, “Why?”

Tian Xin, “I don’t know…This place just doesn’t seem right.”

Tian SiSi, “Which area doesn’t seem right?”
Tian Xin, “Everywhere seems not right. Everyone seems weird. Their lives are different, I can’t even guess what this place is.”

Tian SiSi surprisingly laughed, shaking her head, “You are a suspicious frame of mind. Just because someone tricked us before, we can’t treat everyone as swindlers.”

She looked at the far red building and said, “On top of that, I really want to meet Madam Wang. I bet she is no ordinary woman.”

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Anyone that meets Madam Wang will not think that she is a swindler.

If some people say Sister Mei is a elegant, standout woman, then when these people meet Madam Wang, instead these some people won’t have anything to say.

This is because there is no word on this Earth that can describe her presence and style.

Elegance is not a word that can describe her.

If there needs to be a words that describes her, then it’s:

Perfection.

Perfection without any flaws.

When Tian SiSi walked in, Madam Wang was enjoying her breakfast.

When woman eat, they don’t like to be seen by others. She will become very unnatural.

Madam Wang is an exception.

Whatever she does, every move she makes is flawless.

She doesn’t eat meagerly. She understands that if a person has to maintain youth and liveliness, one has to start from the diet. If a flower wants to grow well, it has to have plenty of water and sunshine.

Although she doesn’t eat meagerly, it doesn’t seem to affect her body.

Every part on her body is perfect.

Her face, her eyes, nose, mouth, even her smile is perfect like a myth. Only in a myth can we meet such woman.

Tian SiSi became attracted to her when she first laid eyes on her.
Madam Wang enjoys Tian SiSi’s company too. When she saw her, her smile became even friendlier.

Madam Wang looked up Tian SiSi and gently spoke, “Come here, sit next to me. Let me look at you carefully.”

Her gaze and smile encompasses the magic that makes you obey. No mater the gender, no one can resist her.

Tian SiSi walked over and sat in an empty chair next to Madam Wang.

Madam Wang’s gaze never left Tian SiSi. Slowly, she pushed the left over bird’s nest soup that was in front of her towards Tian SiSi and gently said, “This soup is still warm, eat some.”

Lady Tian has never used other people’s stuff before. Eat another person’s leftovers? That’s nearly impossible.

But now she held up the bow of soup, lowered her head and started sipping it.

Tian Xin was surprised, she could barely believe her own eyes.

Madam Wang, “You don’t mind eating my food?”

Tian SiSi shook her head.

Madam Wang, “If you don’t mind me, then you can use my belongings, wear my clothes, whatever I have, I can share with you.”

Tian SiSi with her head lowered, “Thank you.”

If this was someone else saying this to Lady Tian, she would probably throw a fit. However, she only has appreciation in her heart. Touched, that even her eyes turned red.

Madam Wang smiled again, “See, I don’t even your name. I already treat you like a good friend.”

Tian SiSi, “My last name is Tian, first name SiSi.”

When she came out, she didn’t want to use her real name incase her father tracks her whereabouts. But in front of Madam Wang, she cannot bear to lie.

Madam Wang, “ Tian SiSi…You are not only sweet in person, your name is also sweet. You are a sweet little sister.”

Tian SiSi blushed.

Madam Wang, “Little sister, how old are you?”

Tian SiSi, “Eighteen.”

Madam Wang, “The girls that are eighteen are like flower, but which flower in this world can compare to you?”

Madam Wang, “How old do you think I am?”

Tian SiSi, “I can’t tell.”

Madam Wang, “Take a guess.”

Tian SiSi looked at Madam Wang again.

Her face is pretty like the spring flowers, but more colorful than the flowers.

Tian SiSi, “twenty…, twenty-two? Twenty-three?”

Madam Wang laughed, “You are very sweet even when you talk. I was twenty-three at one point in my life. That was twenty years ago though.”

Tian SiSi was shocked with her eyes popped wide, “Really? I don’t believe you.”

Madam Wang, “I won’t lie to you. I’m not able to lie to you.”

Madam Wang sighed, “I am forty-three this year. Old enough to be your older sister. Is that okay with you?”

Tian SiSi nodded, she is okay with that.

She really wants to be her younger sister, even her daughter.

Tian SiSi shook her head again, “I still can’t believe that you are forty-three. I don’t think anyone else would believe it either.”

Madam Wang, “Maybe other people don’t believe it, but I can’t make myself not believe it. I can deceive you, deceive everyone in this world, but I don’t deceive myself.”

Tian SiSi lowered her head, and started to softly let out a sigh.

She felt for the first time in her life, the sorrow of losing one’s youth. She also felt the need to cherish youth.

She felt one story closer to Madam Wang.

Madam Wang, “Who’s that little sister? Is she related to you?”

Tian SiSi, “She grew up with me. She’s like my sister.”

Madam Wang, “I m going to steal your sister away from you…Are you mad little sister?”

Tian Xin pouted her lips and became silent.

Tian SiSi give her a glance and said, “She’s still a kid, not mature enough to understand.”

Madam Wang, “Sometimes not being mature is a good thing. If I can still be a immature child right now, I would trade anything for it.”

She suddenly let out a laugh, “We should be happy today. Let’s not talk about this right?”

Tian SiSi wanted to answer, but found out when Madam Wang posed this question her eyes didn’t really look at her.

At the same time, someone behind her said, “Wrong.”

His response simple but sharp, like a dagger.

His voice is even sharper, piercing through people’s ears, cutting through people’s hearts.

Tian SiSi couldn’t help but turn her head back.

She found out at the corner of the room there is another person.

A person that doesn’t really look like a person.

When he sat down, he is like a table, a chair, a piece of furniture. It doesn’t move, doesn’t talk, no one will pay attention to him.

However, if you glance at him once, you will never forget.

Tian SiSi glanced at him once, and never wanted to glance at him again.

When she looked at him, it’s like seeing a dull knife, but still able to kill; also like un-dissolvable liquid become black ice.

When she’s not looking at him, she can only think of him in her heart. It’s like a fearful nightmare; also like meeting a ghost from the nightmare.

Who would have thought a person like that would sit in Madam Wang’s room.

But he really is sitting here.

Nobody thought this person could even talk.

But he did talk.

He said, “Wrong.”

Madam Wang smiled, “Wrong? Why is it wrong?”

This person coldly said, “Because if you are happy, then whatever you say will always be happy.”

Madam Wang smiled even more, “That’s true, Mr. Ge’s sayings seem to be always rational.”

Mr. Ge, “Wrong.”

Madam Wang, “Wrong again?”

Mr. Ge, “My sayings are always with reason, not seems to be.”

Madam Wang, “Little sister, do you guys think Mr. Ge is fun?”

Tian SiSi has her mouth closed. Tian Xin pouted her lips even higher.

They cannot acknowledge that Mr.Ge is fun.

If you can describe this person, “fun” would not be the word.

Madam Wang’s notions are different.

Madam Wang, “When you guys see this person, you might think that he is very scary. But when you know him long enough, you will find out that he is a very interesting person.”

Tian SiSi wanted to say something deep down in her heart.

She wanted to ask, “How can you befriend a person such as this for this long?”

If she had to be together with this person, she won’t even survive a day.

The sun outside is leaning west, but to Madam Wang the day is just beginning.

Tian SiSi felt like she had good fortunes today.

She finally rid herself of swindlers that were trying to cheat her. Finally found good people such as Big Brother Zhao and Madam Wang.

These people are like cats, greedy cats.

Madam Wang is like a phoenix.

Now the canary bird flew towards the clouds, not even the evil cats can harm her.

Tian SiSi suddenly felt really tired. She realized that she hasn’t slept in awhile. Her eyes involuntarily saw Madam Wang’s big soft bed…

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Chapter 5 -The real side of Madam Wang

Night arises.

The room is lit. The lighting coming out of the pink cover has a gentle touch to it like the moon light.

The person who lit the room is not here anymore. The room is quiet, Tian SiSi can only hear her own heart pounding uniformly.

She feels her body is weak, too lazy to even move. But she is too thirsty, so she couldn’t help but think about the iced lotus soup back at home.

Where’s Tian Xin?

Who knows where that little rat went?

Tian SiSi sighed, got out of bed, but the shoes that she just took off were missing.

There it is. She found her expensive clogs.

The clogs are light. When you walk it makes a “Di-ta Da-ta” sound. It’s like rain dripping on bamboo leaves.

She likes this sound. She starts to walk for a little bit, then stops. Looking down on her feet, the white socks are already dirty. She takes them off, exposing her fine white feet.

“If it is frost like above a woman’s clogs, then it will keep the crows away.”

She laughed to herself when she thought of this famous line from a poem.

If there is music, she really wants to perform a traditional Chinese dance.

Opening the window, there really is wavering music in the night wind.

Inside the garden, it is illuminated by bright lights, accentuating the flowers even more.

The nights are definitely lively around here. Madam Wang is a host that loves guests.

Tian SiSi wanted to walk there to look at the guests and share their joy.

“If Qin Ge came to here to visit how great would that be!”

The strong and emotional young man, the flying red handkerchief, Tian SiSi’s face turned red as these thoughts filled her head. Red like the red handkerchief.

In a soothing summer night like that, which young woman wouldn’t feel lustful?

She did not feel Madam Wang’s footsteps.

When she heard Madam Wang’s warming voice, Madam Wang was already next to her.

Madam Wang’s place her hand softly on her shoulder and said, “You are so focused on thinking about something. What are you thinking about?”

Tian SiSi responded, “I’m thinking about where that little brat Tian Xin went.”

She has never lied before.

She never thought she would lie. She never thought the lies would just naturally pour of her mouth. It’s like water pouring out of her mouth.

Of course she doesn’t understand lying is natural to women. Ever since a woman could talk, she must learn to lie to project herself.

When a person lies for the first time, it’s to protect oneself. However, after a person lies multiple times, then that person can understand how to use lies to deceive others.

Madam Wang grabbed her hand, walked by that small rounded table and sat down. She warmly asked, “Did you sleep well?”

Tian SiSi smiled, “I slept like a child that has just been born.”

Madam Wang smiled too, “If one sleeps well, then one should be hungry. What do you want to eat?”

Tian SiSi shook her head, “I don’t want to eat anything. I want to…”

Excited, Tian SiSi continued saying, “There are a lot of guests today.”

Madam Wang, “Not really, only about twenty or so.”

Tian SiSi, “You have this many guests everyday?”

Madam Wang, “How can I live if I don’t have this many guests.”

With her eyes wide and surprised, Tian SiSi, “So do the guests have to bring a gift.”

Madam Wang, “If they want to, I won’t refute it right?”

Tian SiSi, “Where are they from?”

Madam Wang, “All over the place.”

She continued, “There is also a special guest today.”

Tian SiSi’s eyes brightened, “Who? Is it Qin Ge? Is it Liu FengGu?

Madam Wang, “You know them?”

Tian SiSi with her head down, bit her lip and said, “I don’t know them. However, I really want to meet them. I heard they are big time celebrities.”

Madam Wang laughed, pinched her face and said, “No matter how big the celebrity status, when they see a pretty girl like you, they will turn stupid. If you remember this, you will enjoy a happy life.”

Tian SiSi likes to pinch Tian Xin’s face too, but doesn’t like to be pinched herself.

However, she isn’t mad right now. Instead, she has a warm feeling inside of her.

Madam Wang’s fine finger tips are as smooth as jade.

Someone is knocking on the door.

The person that is knocking on the door is a pretty girl. She brought a few aesthetic looking dishes.

Madam Wang said, “Let’s eat here okay? We can quietly eat here. No one will disturb us.”

Tian SiSi rolled her eyes and said, “Why can’t we go eat with those other guests?”

Madam Wang, “You are not afraid that those people are annoying?”

Tian SiSi lower her head again, “I don’t know many people. I’ve heard people say, the more friends you have the better.”

Madam Wang laughed and said, “I think you want to know more people so you can pick out a husband right?”

She smiled tenderly and pinched Tian SiSi’s face again.

Tian SiSi’s face is burning.

Madam Wang stuck her face onto Tian SiSi’s face and said, “I have friends coming in here everyday. You can get to know anyone you want. But, you are mine tonight.”

Her face is cold and smooth at the same time.

Tian SiSi did not like her actions, but didn’t want to avoid her.

“Everyone is female, what is there to worry about?”

But for some strange reason, her heart stopped beating faster.

No one has touched her face before. No one was this intimate with her before.

Not even Tian Xin.

Tian SiSi suddenly said, “Where’s Tian Xin? How come I don’t see her?”

Madam Wang, “She is sleeping.”

She smiled, “Besides you, no one has ever slept in my room. And no one even dared to sleep in my bed.”

Tian SiSi’s heart is even warmer now, showing even more affection.

For some reason, her face became hotter too.

Madam Wang, “Do you feel hot? Let me take off your shirt for you.”

Tian SiSi, “I really don’t feel hot.”

Madam Wang, “Even if you don’t feel hot, you still have to take it off. If other people see you wearing these male clothing, they might think there is a man in my room. I can’t let that happen.”

She is already reaching for Tian SiSi’s shirt button while speaking.

Her hands are like a snake, gliding over Tian SiSi’s wrist, and gliding over her chest.

Tian SiSi couldn’t just sit still anymore.

She feels really itchy.

While gasping, and letting out a charming smile, she said, “You can’t take off my shirt. I’m not wearing anything inside.”

Madam Wang let out a strange smile, “What’s the matter with that? Are you afraid of me?”

Tian SiSi, “I’m not afraid, but…”

Her hand suddenly moved up to Madam Wang’s chest.

She jumped, shaken in her body, and shared at Madam Wang, with a quavering voice, “Are you a female or male?”

Madam Wang, “What do you think?”

Tian SiSi, “You…You…You…”

She can’t say.

Is that because she can’t tell Madam Wang is male or female?

No matter who sees Madam Wang, they wouldn’t think that she would be a man.

Even a retarded person won’t think that.

But her chest…

Her chest is as flat as a mirror.

Madam Wang, “You can’t see?”

Tian SiSi, “I…I…I…”

Madam Wang, “It’s okay if you can’t see. You’ll know the truth tomorrow morning.”

Tian SiSi backed away, and said, “I don’t want to know. I’m going to leave.”

She suddenly turned her head trying to dash out.

But there’s no door in the back.

When she’s back again, Madam Wang already blocked her way and said, “How can you leave now?”

Tian SiSi irritated, screamed, “Why can’t I go? I didn’t sell myself to you!”

Madam Wang responded, “Who said you didn’t get sold to me?”

Tian SiSi terrified, “Who said I got sold to you.”

Madam Wang, “I said because I already gave Big Brother Zhao seven hundred silver taels.”

She laughed and continued, “You are of course worth more than seven hundred silver taels. But he only dared to ask for this much. However, even if he wanted seven thousand taels, I still would have paid him.”

Tian SiSi’s face turned white from her anger, “You said Big Brother sold me to you?”

Madam Wang, “He sold you from top to bottom.”

Tian SiSi now shaking from anger said, “Who the hell is he? He can’t just sell me to you.”

Madam Wang, “Well he can sell you because you are a ignorant person that didn’t even know that you were being sold. As soon as you stepped into this city, they have already targeted you.”

Tian SiSi, “Them?”

Madam Wang, “They are Tie GeBo, Knife Scar Six, the heavily beard man, and Big Brother Zhao.”

Tian SiSi, “So they colluded together?”

Madam Wang, “You are correct. The mastermind behind this plan is the person that you treat as friend, Big Brother Zhao. He not only wants your money, but your body as well.”

She laughed and said, “You are lucky to have met me. You are pretty lucky. If you obey my orders, I won’t treat you unfairly; I won’t make you greet guests either.”

Tian SiSi, “Greet guests? What does that mean?”

Her anger is ready to explode, but she is trying to hold it back because there are many things that she still does not understand.

Madam Wang, “You silly, don’t even know what greet guests mean. That’s okay I can slowly teach you. We will start tonight.”

She slowly walked towards her.

While talking, something is already protruding below “her” belt.
Tian SiSi’s face turned red again, “You are a male?”

Madam Wang, “Sometimes a male, sometimes a female too. Therefore, it is your luck that you can meet someone like me.”

Tian SiSi suddenly wanted to throw up.

When she thought about the places that Madam Wang felt with her hands, she itched to cut the meat out of those places.

Madam Wang is still smiling, “Let’s have a drink first, then slowly…”

Tian SiSi suddenly screamed.

She screamed charges with both hands.

Lady Tian sometimes gentle like a canary bird, sometimes fierce like a tiger.

Her hands ordinarily look weak, smooth as shallot, but now it has turned into a pair of tiger claws, able to clutch Madam Wang’s throat.

Her move not only fierce, but fast, and with variations.

Inside the Jin Xiu fortress, there are a lot of top level fighters. Everyone said Ms. Tian’s martial arts can compare with the top fighters.

The armed escort from Beijing was taken down by her in one move. When he got knocked down, he couldn’t get up for a very very long time.

The move is one of Lady Tian’s favorite moves.

She is completely sick of this weirdo Madam Wang. This move is a lot more forceful than the one that she took down the Bejing escort with. If Madam Wang gets knocked down, she may never be able to get up again.

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Madam Wang didn’t get knocked down.

The one that got knocked down was Lady Tian.

She has never been knocked down by others.

A person that has never been knocked down before is very hard to realize what it feels like to be knocked down.
She first felt like the hand that she used to strike was seized, which caused her to lose balance. Suddenly felt a floating feeling.

Then she heard her body fall on the ground.

After that she lost all her feelings. She became empty. The blood from her whole body rushed to her head, stuffing her head like a piece of wood.

When she gained feelings again, Madam Wang is smiling at her. A smile that is so gentle, so affable, she said, “Does it hurt?”

Of course it hurts.

She finally felt pain. Pain that would cause her joints to disperse open, pain that makes her see starts in front of her, pain that caused tears to slowly jerk out.

Madam Wang shook her head, “It’s a surprise that someone with martial arts skills like you would even dare to try to hurt others.”

Tian SiSi, “My martial arts is really bad?”

At this moment, it is surprising that she asked such question.

Madam Wang was shocked, “Do you know how bad your martial arts skills are?”

Tian SiSi doesn’t know.

She always thought she was considered to be one of the top fighters of the wuxia realm.

Now she knows. Others praised her skills because she was “Second Master” Tian’s daughters.

This feeling is like falling from the highest buildings. This fall hurts even more than the previous fall.

She felt for the first time that she wasn’t as smart and as talented as she thought she was.

She really wanted to slap herself on the face a couple of times.

Madam Wang looked at her with a smile, said, “What are you thinking about?”

Tian SiSi bit her lips, didn’t say anything.

Madam Wang, “Do you realize that I can rape you at anytime. You are not afraid?”

Tian SiSi’s body contracted, and began to shake.

Because up until now, she never thought about how frightful, how serious this situation was. She was still very confused on this situation.

She didn’t even know what trepidation was.

But the word rape is like a knife. It cut open her dazed concept. Fear jumped out like an egg without shells.

Rape.

This word is too scary, too sharp.

She has never heard of this word before. Never even thought about it.

She felt the goose bumps coming out of her skin. Every goose bump filled with cold sweat. Her whole body burning like someone with a fever.

She screamed, “I’ll give you back the seven hundred silvertaels. I’ll multiply it by ten times.”

Madam Wang, “You have it?”

Tian SiSi, “Although I don’t have it now, if you let me go I will give it to you within two days.”

Madam Wang smiled and shook her head.

Tian SiSi, “You don’t believe you? I can guarantee it, if you know I am the daughter of…”

Madam Wang cut her off and said, “I don’t want to know. I don’t want you to give back my money nor find someone to seek revenge.”

Tian SiSi, “I won’t seek revenge. Never. If you let me go, I will be thankful for my whole life.

Madam Wang, “I don’t want you to thank me. I want…”

She stopped her voice and didn’t continue.

But sometimes not speaking is scarier than speaking.

Tian SiSi’s body already rolled into a ball and said, “You really have to rape me?”

Never in her wildest dreams, would she think she would say that word. After saying it her face felt like a fire was burning.
Madam Wang, “I don’t want to rape you.”

Tian SiSi, “Then what do you want to do?”

Madam Wang, “I want you to willingly obey me. And I know you will willingly obey me.”

Tian SiSi screamed, “Never, even if I die.”

Madam Wang, “You think dying is easy? Then you are completely wrong.”

There is a gold bell on the table.

She grabbed the bell and shook it.

When the bell rang, two people walked in.

These two people simply cannot be considered to be human. One looks at a bear, another like an ape.

Madam Wang smiled and said, “What do you think about these two guys?”

Tian SiSi shut her eyes, too afraid to even look.

Madam Wang, “If you don’t obey me, I will ask these two guys to rape you.”

Tian SiSi screamed again.

This time she used all of her energy to scream.

After the scream, she fainted.

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It’s not a bad thing if a person can faint at the right time.

However, those that fainted will wake up.

When Tian SiSi woke up this time, she wasn’t as fortunate as last time.

She didn’t hear her own heart beat nor did she hear gentle music.

She heard moaning sounds even more miserable than crying.

Cuddled up in a corner, the eeriness light illuminated on her.

The pink gown that person had on was completely torn. It showed a body that was bruised up from beatings. A lot of the places started to gush out blood as well.

Tian SiSi felt this gown looks really familiar. She immediately thought of the girl that was traumatized and sent to her room by Sister Mei.

She wanted to stand up, but she couldn’t. She wouldn’t even feel the pain. Her body felt numb.

She can only struggle to crawl over.

That girl suddenly lifted up her head, and stared at her. A pair of eyes filled with red veins, she looks like someone that has been tortured into a crazy animal.

Tian SiSi’s was shocked.

What shocked her wasn’t these pair of eyes, but the face.

When she saw this girl during the day, her face looked pretty, comely, but now it’s all distorted. Her nose was moved by two inches, the corner of her eyes and month bleeding, and the face book like a watermelon that was broken.

Tian SiSi wanted to cry and wanted to vomit.

She wanted to hold it back, but her stomach already contracted like a bow, and finally vomited.

The vomit was sour and bitter.

This girl coldly stared at her. A pair of eyes became cold and blank, no longer showing pain and fear.

When she was done vomiting, the girl suddenly said, “Madam Wang wanted me to ask you something.”

Tian SiSi, “She wants you to ask me?”

Girl, “She wanted me to ask you whether you want to look like me?”

Her voice did not convey any feelings. It doesn’t sound like something that would come out of her mouth.

No one thought she would ask this question.

But it’s really is her asking the question.

The question coming from her mouth is a lot scarier than coming from Madam Wang.

Tian SiSi, “You…How did you become like this?”

Girl, “Because I didn’t listen to Madam Wang. If you copy my actions, you will be just like me.”

Her voice is calm and cold, it’s like she is describing another person’s befall.

She has already turned into a talking machine.

A person turns like this only when their pain has reached zenith, fear has reached the limit, and when they are completely hopeless.

Tian SiSi realized what fear was when looking at her.

She suddenly lied on the ground and started crying.

She is almost hopeless.

The girl is still looking at her with a cold stare and said, “Did you already agree?”

Tian SiSi pulled her hair and said, “I don’t know…I don’t know.”

Girl calmly said, “If you don’t know then that means you have agreed. You should have agreed”

Tian SiSi suddenly rushed over by her side, and said, “Why did you stop talking?”

Girl, “I already said what I had to say.”

Tian SiSi, “Why don’t you think of a way to escape?”

Girl, “There’s no way.”

Tian SiSi pulled on her hair forcefully and loudly said, “There must be a way. You can’t just wait here to die.”

The girl’s head got dragged up, looked at Tian SiSi and her face suddenly showed a special type of smile and said, “Why can’t I wait to for me to die? I can die, I am much better off than you. You will understand, death, isn’t scary, the scary thing is wanting to die but can’t.”

Tian SiSi’s hand slowly let go.

Her hand turned ice cold.

As soon as she let go, this girl put her head down, lied on the floor like someone that never wants to see anyone or anything on this world ever again.

Is life really this vapid?

Tian SiSi bit her teeth, and stood up.

Tian SiSi wore she will live. No matter what, she will live.

She refuses to die!

There a flambeau on the wall.

The flame is almost exhausted, giving it a gloomy feel.

The gloomy light shined on the swarthy wall. The wall is build by stones, with each stones weighing two hundred to three hundred pounds.

What about door?

There is no door.

There is only a small window.

The window is forty or fifty feet away from ground with a width less than 2 feet.

The room is so high. The window is so smll.

Tian SiSi knew she can’t jump that high. However, she still wanted to try.

She used all of her strength and jumped up.

She fell, so she climbed.

Every stone is tightly put together. She forcibly pulled from the stone slots slowly climbing up.

Her hands started to bleed. The coarse stones were sharp like knives.

The bleed gushed out her hands, the pain bore into her heart.

She fell again, even harder this time.

She is longer letting out tears.

An interesting matter is when a person is bleeding, they usually don’t let out any tears.

She decided to try again, going to keep trying until she dies.

At the time, she discovered that a rope was hanging down from the window.

Someone is trying to save her!

Who’s trying to save her? Why save her?

She didn’t even think because she didn’t have time.

She forcibly tapped that girl wanting her to see the rope.

The girl looked up for a second and said, “I don’t want to leave. I rather die.”

Only looked up once, and said one thing.

Tian SiSi stomped her feet, grabbed onto the rope and climbed up.

Her slim body was just barely able to crawl out of the window.

There was no one outside. The rope was tied to a tree from the window across.

Tian SiSi climbed over, slide down the tree trunk.

It’s pitch black everywhere, which road will enable her to escape?

She doesn’t know and can’t choose.

Facing her is a flower forest, she doesn’t know what flower. She only smelled the fragrance, so she went in.

She immediately heard the sound of joy coming from the wind, then approached the light in front of her.

The gentle light is from the window. The cheerful sound is even more gentle than the light. The sound even has a interlude of laughter.

Go backwards? Or go around the house?

Tian SiSi hid behind a tree. Just when she didn’t know which route to take, two people emerged from the house.

When she saw these two people, Tian SiSi’s stopped breathing.

On the left is a charming person with a smile like flower. That person is Madam Wang.

On the right is a up straight person, cool and natural. That is of course the philanthropist, The “Second Master” Tian Bai Shi.

So the special guest that Madam Wang has been talking about is him.

Not even in her dreams would Tian SiSi thought she would meet her dad at this place and under these circumstances.

She almost cried out loud with feelings of joy.

She didn’t scream out loud. At this time two more people emerged behind her dad.

One is old and one is young.

The old one is short and chubby, with a round fair, nearly bald, and without much facial hair. There is a long sword hanging from his wrist. The sword is twice as long as his legs, making him extremely funny looking.

The younger one looks even shorter and chubbier than the older one. He looks even funnier. It’s always funny when a young person looks chubby. He probably either eats too much, is too lazy, too thickheaded, sleeps too much or uses his head too little. Maybe he has a little bit of each of these traits.

Tian SiSi knows this older person is one of her dad’s good friends. He is “Third Master” Yang from the “famous” manor.

What about the young one?

Is he “Third Master” Yang’s precious son Yang Fan?

“Dad wanted me to marry him?”

Tian SiSi’s face turned red from anger. She would rather marry Wang DaGuang than this pig.

She decided not to meet her dad.

It will be too embarrassing if I just run out like this.

Madam Wang laughed, “It’s late, why don’t you stay “Second Master” Tian?”

“Second Master” Tian, “I can’t. I have an urgent thing that I have to do. I need to find someone.”

Madam Wang, “Who are you trying to find? Maybe I can help…There are a lot of people that come and go around here.”

“Second Master” Tian smiled and said, “You won’t be able to find this person. This person won’t come to a place like this.”

He sighed then said, “Even I don’t know where to find this person. But no matter where, even to the ends of the earth, I will find this person.”

The person that he wants to find is his fond and only daughter.

Tian SiSi’s throat suddenly got stuffed.

She finally realized, in this world only her dad really care for her and love her.

This is already enough. She already doesn’t care about other matters.

She wanted to charge out, regardless of what happens; charge into her dad’s arms.

If she can charge into her dad’s arms, everything will be solved. Her dad will retaliate for her to get even with what she went.

Too bad she didn’t have a chance to rush out.

Suddenly a pair of hands stuck out behind her, and covered her mouth. The hand is rough, big and powerful.

With these hands covering Tian SiSi’s mouth, she not only can’t scream, she could barely breath.

This person of course only has two hands. His other hand clinching onto Tian SiSi, Tian SiSi could barely move. She can only use her feet to kick back. Kicking the leg of a person like that is like kicking a rock.

The harder she kicks the more pain she feels in her feet.

This person held her up like carrying little chicken, backing up.

Tian SiSi can only look, as she gets further and further away from her dad. Finally she can’t even see him anymore; maybe she won’t see him ever again.

When her tears started to come down, this person already turned around to rush out. His strides are huge. With every stride covering four or five feet, they rushed out of the flower forest.

Other the forest, it is also very dark. This person kept on going. After two or three turns, they suddenly went in a stone house.

The ceiling of this house is high, the room is big. There is a bed, table and chair inside.

The bed is huge, the chair is also huge. The chair is larger than a regular table. The table is larger than a regular bed.

This person closed the door, then put Tian SiSi on the bed.

Tian SiSi finally saw his face.

She almost fainted again.

[Wellesley]

Wow!

It was beyond my hopes that someone would continue to translate this great story. Arg too bad I read a major spoiler on another forum. I'm still looking forward to read this though. Thanks for your efforts.

[haibinglover]

Hey, I was reading this story and I'm really into it. Could Paul or someone else continue to translate it, PLEASE?!!! I really want to read it. Does this book have an official english translation? I want to get it.

thanks

[paul]

Chapter 6 - The pink falchion

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The person isn’t human, but an ape. The ape that Madam Wang asked to rape Tian SiSi with.

Although his face still resemble that of a human, but it is filled with hair. The hair isn’t very long, but every strand is couple inches long. It’s not bad looking when with he’s not smiling, but when he smiles all the hair on his face starts to move.

That appearance is something that we won’t even see in your nightmares.

He is smiling, smiling at Tian SiSi.

Tian SiSi’s bones chilled, jumped up with all her powers, and tried to strike him in the nose.

She heard the softest part in an ape is his nose.

She couldn’t hit his nose.

This person just moved his hand, like trying to get rid of a mosquito, Tian SiSi already fell to the floor.

She would rather get beaten to death, but unluckily she’s still alive.

When she’s alive, she has to face this person. Don’t want to look, too scared to look, but she has no choice but to look.

This person is still smiling and said, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here to save you.”

This person spoke like a human, but his voice doesn’t seem like it’s from a human.

Tian SiSi clenched her teeth and said, “You…You are here to save me?”

The person smiled gain, and got something out.

He got out a circle of rope. It’s the same rope that Tian SiSi used to escape from the window.

Tian SiSi was shocked, “You were the one who put the rope there?”

The person nodded, “Who else would it be?”

Tian SiSi even more shocked, “Why did you save me?”

The person, “Because you are cute, I like you”

Tian SiSi’s body contracted again, contracted into a ball.

She saw this person’s hairy hand extend over trying to touch her face.

She immediately started to scream, “Go away! Get away! If you touch me, I’m going to die.”

The person took his hand back and said, “You’re afraid of me? Why are you afraid of me?”

A glimpse of sadness started to show in those eyes hidden by the hair.

This made him more like a human.

But this made Tian SiSi’s more afraid, she wanted to throw up.

The nicer the person is to her, the sicker she feels. She was itching to die.

The person, “Although I am ugly, but I am not a bad person. I don’t have ill intentions towards you. But I want too…”

Tian SiSi, “You want what?”

The person lowered his head and said, “I don’t want much, as long as I can see you then I am happy.”

He was a fearing wild animal, now he is a pitiful beast.

Tian SiSi stared at him.

She feels he is no longer fearing, only sick, very sick.

She suddenly blinked and said, “What’s your name?”

When she asked this question, she is already treating this person like a human.

This person’s eyes showed a sign of joy and said, “QiQi, my name is QiQi.”

“QiQi” what kind of name is that?

No one would have a name like that.

Tian SiSi inquired, “Are you human?”

When she asked this question, she felt nervous inside. She didn’t know if it would set this person in anger.
QiQi’s eyes was instantly filled with anger, but after a while he calmed himself and said, “Of course I am human just like you. I became like this because of Madam Wang.”

If a person can answer these questions honestly, then this person definitely isn’t a dangerous person.

Tian SiSi feeling more confident now, “How did she harm you?”

QiQi’s clinched his fist, his joints made a cracking noise, after a while with his rattling voice, “Blood, poison, blood…She forced to drink poisonous blood everyday. She wanted me to become a monster so I can scare people.”

He looked up at Tian SiSi, signs of sorrow showed in his eyes, “But I am a person. She can change my appearance, but not my heart.”

Tian SiSi, “Do you hate her?”

QiQi didn’t answer, he didn’t have to.

He’s clinched his fist harder, it’s like he is pinching Madam Wang’s neck.

Tian SiSi, “If you hate her then why don’t you find a way to kill her?”

QiQi’s body suddenly shrunk, even his started to shake.

Tian SiSi sneered, “So you are afraid of her.”

QiQi bite his teeth, “She’s not human…She is the real monster.”

Tian SiSi, “If you are so afraid of her, why did you save me?”

QiQi, “Because…Because I like you.”

Tian SiSi bit her lips, “If you want to treat me well, then kill her for me.”

QiQi shook his head again and again.

Tian SiSi sneered, “Even you are afraid to kill her, at least let me go.”

QiQi shook his head again, “No, there’s no way you can escape by yourself.”

Tian SiSi sneered, “Even if you are human, then you are a useless human. No one is going to like you.”

QiQi’s face turned red, suddenly looked up and said loudly, “But I can help you escape.”

Tian ShiShi, “Really?”

QiQi, “Although I am human, but unlike other people I don’t lie.”

Tian ShiShi, “But I cannot leave by myself.”

QiQi, “Why?”

Tian ShiShi, “My sister is still here, I cannot leave her.”

She suddenly winked, “If you can save her, maybe she will be nice to you.”

QiQi’s eyes showed signs of joy, “What kind of person is she?”

Tian ShiShi, “She is a pretty girl. Her small mouth is usually pouted, her name is Tian Xin.”

QiQi, “Ok, I will go find her…I can definitely save her.”

The sentence wasn’t even completed when he got to the door. He turned around and looked at Tian SiSi, “You…Will you leave?”

Tian SiSi, “No, I will wait for you.”

QiQi suddenly charged back, kneeled in front of her, kissed her feet and charged out with joy.

Tian SiSi became soft after he charged out. She looked at her feet that had been kissed, she wanted to cut it off.

She couldn’t even believe herself how she just said those words.

Now she wants to throw up.

Suddenly a person sneered, “It unbelievable that out of these guys, Ms. Tian would chose such a person. What insight, what vision.”

Tian SiSi looked up and found out Mr. Ge is already sitting on the windowsill.

He is sitting there without any moments at all, it’s like he became a part of the window.

It’s like even before the window was made, he was already sitting there.

Tian SiSi’s face became red, and shouted, “What did you say?”
Mr. Ge, “I said he really likes you. You treat him pretty well too. You guys are a match from heaven.”

There is a big teapot on top of the table.

Tian SiSi suddenly jumped, took the teapot and threw it towards him.

It seems like Mr. Ge didn’t even see the teapot, he waited until the teapot flew in front of him then lightly blew a stream of air on it.

The teapot suddenly turned around, slowly flew back, and placidly landed on the table. Somehow it landed at the same spot.

Tian SiSi’s eyes became shocked.

“Does this person know magic?”

If this is martial arts, then she has not seen it before nor heard about it.

Mr. Ge’s facial expressions are still calm, “I’ve always liked to help somebody help. You guys are a match from heaven. I will definitely ask Madam Wang to have you marry him.”

He continued, “You know Madam Wang always listens to me.”

Tian SiSi bursts in a scream, “You can’t do that!”

Mr. Ge sneered, “I am going to do it and what are you going to do about it?”

Tian SiSi wanted to stand up but flapped on the ground and her body started to shiver.

She knows when somebody like Mr.Ge says something, he will do what he says.

She suddenly turns and tries to hit her head onto the wall. The wall is made up of solid rocks, if you hit it, not only will your head bleed, it will probably become two or three pieces.

She would rather be dead and done with.
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She didn’t die.

When she hit her head, the solid rock wall suddenly became soft.

She fell face forward and found out that she hit her head on Mr. Ge’s stomach.

Mr. Ge glued himself onto the wall, and it’s like his body became apart of the wall.
It was like he was there before the wall was even built.

He stood there motionless, still no expression from his face, “Even if you didn’t agree, you didn’t have to die.”

Tian SiSi clenches her teeth, tears pouring down.

Mr. Ge, “If you don’t want to marry him, then I have a solution.”

Tian SiSi couldn’t help but ask, “What solution?”

Mr. Ge, “Kill him!”

Tian SiSi terrified, “Kill him?”

Mr. Ge, “No one can force you to marry a dead man right?”

Tian SiSi, “I…I can kill him.”

Mr. Ge, “Of course you can, because he likes you, that’s why you can kill him.”

What he is said is interesting.

A woman can hurt you only when you truly love her.

The majority of the woman can only hurt the man who loves her.

Tian SiSi lowered her head and stared at her hand.

There is a falchion next to her hand.

A falchion that is out of its scabbard.

The falchion has a strange color. It’s pink, like a young woman’s veil.

Mr. Ge, “This is a good falchion, it is extremely sharp, it can kill when it sees blood.”

He continued on slowly, “Every good falchion has a name, this falchion’s name is called woman.”

The falchion’s name is called “woman”, that is indeed very strange.

Mr. Ge, “Because it is sharp like a woman’s mouth, poisonous like a woman’s heart. There is no better sword than this to kill a man that likes you.”

Tian SiSi reached out, wanted to seize the falchion, but drew back.

Mr. Ge, “He is almost back. Marry him or kill him it’s up to you, I won’t force you…”

After saying the last sentence, his voice was already fading.

Tian SiSi looked up and found out that this demon like person is no where to be found.

He is like a demon.

Because he lures and doesn’t force.

From a woman’s point of view, temptation is always harder to resist than force.

Tian SiSi reached out again, but retracted again.

She took the falchion and hid it behind her back when her heard sounds of footsteps outside the door.

QiQi charged in.

He came back by himself, looked at Tian SiSi, joy filled his eyes and he walked over in jubilation, “You didn’t leave, you waited for me.”

Tian SiSi avoided his gaze, “Where’s Tian Xin?”

QiQi, “I can’t find her because…”

Tian SiSi didn’t didn’t let him finish this sentence.

The falchion already penetrated into his chest, pierced into his heart.

QiQi was stunned, suddenly in frenzy and grabbed Tian SiSi’s throat, and shouted, “Why did you kill me? What did I do wrong?”

Tian SiSi couldn’t respond and couldn’t move.

If QiQi uses the slightest of force, her neck would snap like straw.

She is already frightened to death.

She knows QiQi will not forgive her this time. No one will forgive her!

However, QiQi’s hand slowly let go.

The anger started to fade in his eyes. The only thing that left is sorrow and pain, the pain of being hopeless.

He stared at Tian SiSi and said, “You should have killed me, I don’t blame you…I don’t blame you…”

“I don’t blame you.” He repeated these four words over and over. His voice gradually started getting weaker and weaker, his face started to contort and finally that pair of eyes slowly became dead.

He slowly fell.

While he was falling down, his eyes was still fixed on Tian SiSi, struggling to say the words, “I couldn’t find your friend because she already escaped…I did try to find her. I didn’t lie to you.”

After saying these words, he died.

He died calmly because he didn’t lie to anyone, nor did he do anything nefarious deeds.

He had a clear conscious when he died.

Tian SiSi stood there lethargically, and found out that all of her clothe is wet.

“I won’t blame you…I didn’t lie to you…”

He definitely didn’t lie.

But she lied to him, used him and even killed him.

What did he do wrong?

“Dang”, the falchion dropped on the ground.

Tears?

Where are the tears? Is it because there are no more tears?

Suddenly someone said, “Did you know that he could have killed you at any moment during that time?”

Mr. Ge came out of nowhere all of a sudden.

Tian SiSi didn’t want to look at him and said, “I know.”

Mr. Ge, “He didn’t kill you because he really loves you. You were able to kill him because he really loves you.”

His sounded like it was coming from a distance and slowly said, “He loves you, that the only mistake he make.”

Was he really wrong?

If a person falls in love with someone that he or she shouldn’t have, then that is definitely a scary mistake.

This mistake cannot be excused.

But Tian SiSi’s tears all of a sudden started to pour out.

She never thought she would shed tears for this kind of person, but she already did.

Then she suddenly heard a voice that is gentle and Sister Mei like， “Go back, the guests are gone, Madam Wang is waiting for you, hurry and go back.”

When she heard the name “Madam Wang”, Tian SiSi felt like she just got whipped.

Her body immediately shrunk, and with a quavering voice, “I won’t go back.”

Sister Mei’s smile is still gentle and friendly, said, “How can you not go back? You want me to carry you back?”

Tian SiSi, “Please, let me go…”

Sister Mei, “You can’t go. You are already here, no one can leave.”

Mr. Ge suddenly said, “If you really want to leave, I have a solution.”

Tian SiSi ecstatic, asked, “What solution?”

She knows Mr. Ge’s solution will work for sure.

Mr. Ge, “If you agree to one thing then I will let you go.”

Tian SiSi, “Agree to what?”

Mr. Ge, “Agree to marry me.”

Sister Mei started to laugh, “Mr. Ge you must be kidding.”

Mr. Ge, “You really think I’m kidding?”

Sister Mei’s smile became reluctant, “Even if Mr. Ge agrees, I am not going to agree.”

Mr. Ge, “Then I will have to kill you.”

Sister Mei’s is still smiling but the smile is even more forced, “But Madam Wang…”

When Tian SiSi heard the name“Madam Wang”, Tian SiSi clenched her teeth and screamed, “I agree!”

After these words, Sister Mei already collapsed.

She is still smiling.

When she was smiling, the corner of her eye and forehead were filled with wrinkles.

Blood started to flow along the wrinkles on her face.

Her gentle and friendly face turned scarier than a demon.

Tian SiSi’s teeth trembled, slowly turned back.

Mr. Ge disappeared again.

She no longer worried about anything else, didn’t look back again and charged out of the door.

In front the corner of the wall.

Near the corner is a door.

The door was open.

Tian SiSi charged in.

She isn’t looking at anything or thinking about anything. She just kept running forward.

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It’s deep into the night.

It’s dark all around.

She couldn’t see anything.

But if she stops, she would appear to see Mr. Ge’s shady, cold and stern face in the dark.

So she can only continue to run, without knowing the road or direction.

She finally fell down.

The place where she fell down has a monument.

Right after she fell, someone said with a cold voice, “You are here? I am waiting for you.”

It was Mr. Ge’s voice.

Mr. Ge was already sitting on the monument, appearing to be apart of it.

It was as if he was here sitting here even before the monument was even built.

This isn’t an illusion, this definitely is Mr. Ge.

Tian SiSi was almost scared to death, “You are waiting for me? Why are you waiting for me?”
Mr. Ge, “I have something to ask you.”

Tian SiSi, “What do you want to ask me?”

Mr. Ge, “When are you going to marry me?”

Tian SiSi screamed, “Who said I was going to marry you?”

Mr. Ge, “You said it yourself, you already agreed to it.”

Tian SiSi, “I didn’t say it, I didn’t agree…”

She screamed and ran away.

Fear gave her another extra burst of energy.

She rushed out, after running a long distance, she finally looked back.

Everything is dark behind her. Mr. Ge didn’t chase after her.

Tian SiSi took a breath, and felt she couldn’t hold herself up anymore and fell down again.

The place she fell this time has an incline.

She couldn’t help herself and rowed down the included into a shallow den.

A rabbit hole?

A fox’s den?

A snake’s den?

Tian SiSi no longer cared, didn’t matter whether it was fox or snake. Nothing was worse than Mr. Ge.

This person is craftier than a fox and scarier than a snake.

Tian SiSi prayed that Mr. Ge wouldn’t appear again. Regardless of what will be asked of her, she would do it without any regrets.

Her prayers somehow worked.

It has been a long time and Mr. Ge was still no where to be found.

The stars are fading.

The long night is almost over. This day is finally over.

Tian SiSi took a deep breath, and felt her body was about to collapse.

She couldn’t help but ask herself, “What did I do today?”

This day seemed longer than her eighteen years of life.

This day she lied and got lied to.

She even killed.

The person that lied to her is who she trusted. Everyone who lied to her, she trusted.

The only person who didn’t lie to her and treated her well was killed by her. She finally understood you wouldn’t judge a person’s heart by appearance.

“What did I do?”

“What kind of person am I?”

Tian SiSi’s heart was wrenched, her whole body was wrenched. It’s like an invisible rope that is whipping her constantly.

“Maybe this is life? Is this just life?”

“Does a person have to live like this?”

She doubts it, she doesn’t understand.

She doesn’t understand that life has a lot of unfair things, unfair tribulations.

Only when you accept them can you become a real individual.

When a person lives, one must be able to tolerate.

Tolerance has another meaning and that is to fight!

Continue to tolerate is continuing to fight，or else your life would have no meaning.

Life molds itself from tribulations.

Stars fades there is sign of light in the east.

Tian SiSi believes she grew up a lot.

Whatever she did, right or wrong? She finally tasted the true meaning of life.

Even if she did wrong, she should have forgiven. She didn’t do it willingly.

It wasn’t a day in which she wasted.

She grew up a lot, no longer a kid.

She is already a woman. A real woman, a woman that this world needs.

She lived for eighteen years, only until day did she realize her existence.

The happiness and sorrow that is apart of this world is apart of her now.

Whether it is happiness or sorrow, she must accept it no matter what.

[fastclock]

Thanks for the translation.
Keep up the good work.

[haibinglover]

thank you for the translation, keep up the good work and....I want to read more so whenever you have time. Thank you

[shana pakim]

thank for the tranlate...keep it up the good cause i want to read more...

[fastclock]

I've updated my half-baked wuxia novels stuff, here...
http://www.geocities.com/hadrian_d/

or

http://haddjo.freehostia.com/

(If it doesn't load, that means the bandwidth is overloaded, just wait...)

The new stuffs are the Happy Heroes, the rest of the 7 Weapon series and Da Ren Wu (Great Personage).

Disclaimer: I haven't worked on each of them with the same diligence - so some of them might be harder read than the other(s). The better ones are: 2nd weapon, 3rd weapon and Da Ren Wu.

[Wellesley]

hehe so many people must have rushed there to view the translations that the site is down. I'll check your Da Ren Wu translation asap. Thanks for sharing these as well.

[littleli]

geocities only allows some amount of data transfer per day; so more visitors visit, the site won't be accessible. I have to try tomorrow.

[fastclock]

I hear you guys...
Sorry about the congestion.
I'll try to upload the actual Word docs on an external server (megaupload/sendspace), so the geocities host does not get hosed down continually...

I'll try to get to it tonight.

Try this mirror as well (although SPW and Happy Heroes are too big)
http://haddjo.freehostia.com/

[yanfeng]

Thanks for the translation- its awesome stuff, and we realize hard work, so its appreciated!

Sisi sounds soooo naive.... hanging on to watch for major character development for her in this novel!

Thanks again!

[Han Solo]

I've updated my half-baked wuxia novels stuff, here...
http://www.geocities.com/hadrian_d/

or

http://haddjo.freehostia.com/

(If it doesn't load, that means the bandwidth is overloaded, just wait...)

The new stuffs are the Happy Heroes, the rest of the 7 Weapon series and Da Ren Wu (Great Personage).

Disclaimer: I haven't worked on each of them with the same diligence - so some of them might be harder read than the other(s). The better ones are: 2nd weapon, 3rd weapon and Da Ren Wu.

Fastclock,

Thanks again for translating this.

I was wondering if you plan to revise and then post it up here?

Was reading through the whole lot yesterday night, with happy hero, it starts to jumble into unreadable babble by page 50 of the MS word document in part one. Da Ren Wu is better. The rest of the 7 series, i really had problem even going through the first few pages, so i did not persist.

If you are able to repost the edited versions here, it would be really really great.

Again thank you for your translation, and a happy holiday season.

Han Solo

[fastclock]

Hi,

I don't have any plan on posting any edited book like "Jiu Yue Ying Fei". It's too much work and I don't have the time for it.

That's partly the reason why I released the half-baked stuffs. If anyone is interested in picking up the stuff - then that would be great.

"Da Ren Wu" probably is the most readable of the bunch. It's the latest one I've edited. And I've gone thru the whole thing. If anyone has good English skill and willing to give it a try - it's relatively easy to give the edited version here.

Da Ren Wu is a hilarious martial art book - so, it's a recommended book if that's something you'd give a try.

I've read through "2nd book and 3rd book" of the Seventh Weapon series. And they should be readable enough - although maybe more so to me, as I'm more familiar with the quirkiness of Babelfish translations.

The 2nd weapon book (Peacock Feather) tells the story of Gao Li, an assassin that was part of "July 15" group that belonged to Green Dragon Clan. They were supposed to kill Baili Zhang-qing, a well-known escort bureau leader, but Gao Li felt very heavy because Baili Zhang-qing had given him some favor in the past. It turned out that the assassination was botched by another member: Xiao Wu. Gao Li went after Xiao Wu to help him evade the pursue of Green Dragon Clan. He took him to his house, where they met Shuang Shuang, Gao Li's blind wife. Xiao Wu had a hidden secret - and while Gao Li was trying to help Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu actually could also, in his turn, help Gao Li overcome his own problem. The vehicle that acted as the solver of both their problems was the 'peacock feather' - the most fearsome hidden weapon in the world.

Interestingly, peacock feather is used extensively as well in Tian Ye, Ming Yue, Dao (Horizon, Bright Moon, Sabre) in a very similar theme...

The 3rd weapon book is about 19-year old Duan Yu taking his father's sword (the Jasper Knife) to visit Second Master Zhu, Chiangnan's famous hero and his beloved daughter, 17-year old Zhu Zhu. Along the way, he met girl, monks, trouble, betrayal and a friend, all while managing to lose the sword. It's light-hearted and fall in the same vein as "Da Ren Wu".

One last thing, if you downloaded "Happy Heroes" on the first day I put it up on geocities - you might want to redownload it again, as I've updated some parts of it. If it still doesn't help - then good luck, you might need to undergo Babelfish 101 self-didactic course to understand it.

[paul]

I am going to continue translating Da Ren Wu soon look for an update this weekend