Chapter 2913 — Guessing at an Identity
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Xiao Jiu, I'm sorry. I'm afraid this is the best way to resolve the matter—I couldn't find you a better option..." Yang Qiqi could well understand what Xiao Jiu must be feeling at this moment. After all, if Xiao Jiu went to the Loess High Sect to receive its inheritance, she would have to do a certain thing, and that thing might put her in danger...
"Sister Qiqi, please don't say that. You and Brother A-Yi have been running yourselves ragged over my affairs—I can't thank you enough!" Xiao Jiu said. "It's just that I don't want to be parted from you... The Loess High Sect is in the Western Regions; once we're apart, meeting again will be hard. And what about the hacker work for the assassin organization? If I set it down, there's no one here to take it over for the time being..."
"We'll just have Mother Zhou fill in for now," Yang Qiqi said. "I want to ask you, Xiao Jiu—what do you truly want?"
"You and Brother A-Yi have both set out on the path of cultivation. I... I don't want to be left behind either..." Xiao Jiu said weakly, after a moment's silence.
Yang Qiqi was slightly taken aback, then amused despite herself. So in the depths of her heart, Xiao Jiu did not want to be left too far behind—behind herself, and behind Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao already stood at the very heights of the cultivation world, and she herself would keep striving; but Xiao Jiu could not. The gap between the three of them would grow ever more obvious in the years to come, so it was only natural that Xiao Jiu should feel this way.
"All right, then. I'll let Brother Wei Zhao know what you've decided," Yang Qiqi said, nodding once she had confirmed Xiao Jiu's wishes.
"Mm..." Xiao Jiu nodded.
After hanging up, Yang Qiqi went to Wei Zhao's room to look for him.
"Qiqi, are you and Xiao Jiu finished?" Wei Zhao opened the door, and was rather surprised to see her—he hadn't expected a result so soon. He had assumed Yang Qiqi would be chatting with Xiao Jiu until the middle of the night.
"Yes. Xiao Jiu says she's willing to become a cultivator and receive the inheritance—she doesn't want the distance between us to grow so great!" Yang Qiqi said.
"Good. In that case, I'll go find Tu Bawang right now!" Wei Zhao said nothing more; there was no need to say more. He understood what was in Xiao Jiu's heart—it was just like the Young Lady back then, who had also wanted to cultivate, not wanting the distance between them to grow ever greater...
At the thought of the Young Lady, Wei Zhao could not help but sigh softly. He had been away for some time now; he wondered whether she was well.
Toward the Young Lady, Wei Zhao had always harbored a complicated set of feelings. One might even say that his coming to Songshan City, his blending into city life and beginning a normal existence—all of it was bound up with the subtle, unspoken influence of the Young Lady. (To be continued)