Chapter 4023 — Do Not Come Looking for Me Again
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"That you should have such concern, Chan'er, delights your master." Lianxin smiled warmly, then said, "By the way, do you know that young man from the Hong Clan Merchant Guild? Yesterday your master seemed to hear him calling your name."
"Yes. I met him a few times back in the mortal world, but we are not close," Tianchan replied.
"In that case, Chan'er, you might find a way to approach him and inquire about the origins of these top-grade pills. Perhaps you can glean some clue," Lianxin suggested.
Just as she had hoped—Lianxin's words struck precisely at what Tianchan desired. Her bidding for this top-grade pill had been for exactly this purpose: to have a proper and justified excuse to meet Wei Zhao once.
"Yes, your disciple understands." Tianchan at once withdrew from Lianxin's room and left the Gathering Talents Hall. She had to relay the news from this side to Wei Zhao as quickly as possible, so that he could prepare in advance.
Tianchan's sudden visit was indeed a pleasant surprise for Wei Zhao. From the first moment he had seen her yesterday until now, Tianchan's strange behavior had become a great knot in his heart.
During the daytime auction, there had been too many people and too many eyes about—especially with Zheng Tianjie glaring like a tiger at her side—so even had Wei Zhao wished to strike up a conversation with Tianchan, he had had no opportunity at all. And after the auction dispersed, Tianchan had immediately returned to the Gathering Talents Hall with the others, leaving him even less able to act. Little had he expected that she would now come to him of her own accord.
"Tianchan, are you... are you all right?" Wei Zhao drew a deep breath. He had had a thousand words to say, yet they came out as a single brief greeting.
Hong Zhong, who had been with him, smiled knowingly at the sight and tactfully withdrew from the room, leaving the two of them alone.
After Hong Zhong had gone, Tianchan's originally cold expression gradually grew complicated, until at last a trace of the warmth familiar from their days in the mortal world returned to it.
Recalling the little moments the two had shared in the mortal world, she thought how beautiful those days had been compared with the present. She had imagined that coming to Cloud Terrace Island would be a wondrous journey full of promise, never expecting reality to prove so cruel—too painful to look back on, and impossible even to flee.
At the thought of why she had come, Tianchan's mood plunged straight back to its lowest point. After a long while, her face darkened and she lowered her head. "Wei Zhao, I... I am sorry..."
"What is it?" Wei Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and a vague foreboding rose in him. He asked hastily.
Tianchan kept her head down and said nothing for a long time, an expression of sorrow on her face as though she were about to weep. Wei Zhao hurriedly forced a smile onto his face and feigned sudden understanding. "Oh... you mean how you pretended not to know me earlier. That is all right—there were so many people and so many eyes about, after all. A little caution is never a bad thing, and I understand completely. Besides, you have come to find me now, haven't you? I am not so petty as all that!"
"Yes, you are petty," Tianchan could not help but laugh. But she quickly composed her face again and said with great solemnity, "Wei Zhao, I will not joke with you. The reason I came to find you today is simply to tell you one thing! From today onward, do not come looking for me again. And if you meet me in the future, you must pretend we are not acquainted..."
"Why?" Wei Zhao's expression changed at once, and he was struck dumb. He could never have imagined that after coming to acknowledge him, Tianchan would say something so heartless! R1152