CHAPTER 840: LOVE ABOVE ALL CHAPTER 199

Love Above All, Chapter 199

"Then can I call you Ah Qing?" Lan Xi blinked her clever and mischievous eyes, seizing the chance to move closer to him.

The boy nodded, and then, his dark eyes lit up as if a light had been turned on, dazzling and brilliant. "You can!"

"Then can I stay at your house for a few days?" Lan Xi asked.

A few days in the mortal world were nothing but a few shichen in the heavens, which would not delay her tasks.

This iteration of Shaoqing was very wealthy, and Shaoqing himself had already left. At six years old, he graduated from elementary school, learning middle school knowledge, and even invented a multifunctional learning machine.

Such wisdom naturally earned the family’s love and care.

However, his aloof personality made his relationship with even his birth mother awkward.

In short, he did not like anyone getting close.

Lan Xi’s arrival changed the family’s impression of Shaoqing.

His mother was naturally very willing for Lan Xi to stay for a few days.

When Lan Xi was around, he became like a good boy; when asked to eat more, he would eat more.

Whatever he was told to wear, he would wear.

Even when Lan Xi made him change into a girl’s pajamas, he changed.

Lan Xi would take him to play games with other children.

At night, the two little ones lay on the bed.

Lan Xi would tell him children’s stories.

Clearly, they were the same age.

Yet Lan Xi seemed like an adult taking care of him, hoping to lead him into a normal life.

Hoping no longer to be cold as before, unable to make friends.

If possible, hoping he would have another love in the mortal world.

...

She let go of his hand, as he was destined to be lonely.

If possible, please let someone else come and love him in her stead.

On the third day, Lan Xi disappeared.

Just as no one knew how she came, no one knew how she left.

She left a letter for Shaoqing.

The letter said: Ah Qing! Lan Xi is gone. I hope you can live happily in the future. Don’t be alone anymore; it’s too lonely. Make more friends; the world is a wonderful place. Also, if you can marry three beautiful wives before the age of twenty-five, I will come back to find you.

Lan Xi thought if he married three wives, surely one of the three beautiful women could move his heart.

In the past, she was too selfish, unable to see him treating other women well, unable to see him marry other women.

But now, after drinking the Forgetfulness Water, she would gradually forget him.

What reason did she have to restrain him now?

Lan Xi returned to the heavens, drinking Forgetfulness Water every day.

After twenty days, her mind was a bit muddled. The more she wanted to remember, the more she couldn’t recall.

Nie Shu saw her alone all the time, fearing she was lonely, so she moved to the Goddess Palace to accompany Lan Xi.

"Master, I heard today the flowers in Peach Blossom Valley have bloomed. Many immortals are there to enjoy the scenery. Do you want to go have a look?" Nie Shu reminded.

Lan Xi finished her meditation, feeling idle, nodded. "Okay! Bring Zhi Yi, and we’ll go together."

She felt it was improper to monopolize Zhi Yi’s fiancée.

After all, Zhi Yi and Nie Shu were engaged.

They should enjoy the flowers together.

Peach Blossom Valley was in full bloom, and fairies came to enjoy the scenery.

Lan Xi’s arrival immediately boosted the fame of Peach Blossom Valley a few notches.

The Peach Blossom Immortal personally welcomed Lan Xi.

"Goddess, your grand arrival is a great honor to this humble immortal. I have some excellent Peach Blossom Brew to offer for your tasting," the Peach Blossom Immortal beamed with joy.

Lan Xi’s presence made the flowers in Peach Blossom Valley even more vibrant.

Lan Xi was like a moving treasury of spiritual energy. Even ordinary people could benefit from her presence.

Even ailing people, upon seeing her, could be blessed, recovering without medicine.

Lan Xi tasted the brew, finding it lighter than Osmanthus Brew, very sweet, with a delightful peach blossom fragrance.

"Not bad, it’s a great brew! Not inferior in the least to the Osmanthus Brew from the Goddess Palace!" Lan Xi casually praised.

The Peach Blossom Immortal’s face lit up with joy, "If the Goddess likes it, I will send wine every year to your highness."

Lan Xi nodded, "Then, I troubled you, Peach Blossom Immortal."

Lan Xi thought carefully. Looking at the terrain of Peach Blossom Valley, although it could gather spiritual energy, the land was ultimately barren, and the beautiful peach blossoms might not last long.

Seeing such a beautiful scene vanish soon was truly heartbreaking.

Lan Xi pondered, "Since you’re offering me wine, how about this. I grant you a spirit vein in Peach Blossom Valley, a source of life, so the peach blossoms can bloom perennially. Meanwhile, you will send five hundred jars of fine wine to the Goddess Palace each year. I won’t take advantage. According to the price, the Goddess Palace will settle accounts with you, exchanging items of equal value."

The Peach Blossom Immortal was overjoyed, "I... I... Goddess... You’re too gracious. With this spirit vein, our whole Peach Blossom Valley has received a heavenly blessing. Offering you wine is our sincerity, how could we take your items."

"It’s settled then. If I take your things without reciprocation, over time, it would break the rules of the heavens." Lan Xi said. If she truly did it, it would be no different from robbery.

The Peach Blossom Immortal wept with joy, "Long live the Goddess. You are the kindest immortal in the heavens."

Every year, just visiting the Goddess Palace would be immensely beneficial, not to mention bartering Peach Blossom Wine for some Goddess Palace items.

Lan Xi’s offerings were not ordinary items.

On this journey home, Lan Xi was already drunk.

These days, she found herself increasingly forgetful.

She remembered having something to do.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t recall it.

She couldn’t even remember who Ah Qing was sometimes.

At times, a man’s incredibly handsome face would surface in her mind, yet it took her a good while to recall he was Quan Shaoqing.

Mortal World.

Shaoqing had grown from a child into a suave man, combining beauty and wisdom, inheriting the family’s vast businesses.

The girl he waited for never appeared.

To wait for her, he indeed married three beautiful wives.

But by the age of thirty, he still hadn’t seen Lan Xi return.

Even if he searched high and low, he couldn’t find a trace of her.

She seemed like a childhood fantasy, a beautiful dream.

At the mature age, because he never touched the women around him, people even questioned his functionality.

At fifty, all three beautiful wives put horns on him.

At sixty, he still kept that letter, dying with hatred.

...

On the eightieth day of drinking Forgetfulness Water.

Lan Xi sat alone on the steps of the Caixia Pavilion, her feet swinging idly in the air.

She remembered confessing to Ah Qing for the first time on this very spot.

From that day on, Ah Qing became fonder of her.