"Xixi, I came here to carve this," he said.
As he spoke, he took out something he had carved overnight from his sleeve.
"Xixi, didn't you say you wanted a hairpin like this?"
Old Master Luo never said that Yan Xi originally wanted him to carve one such wooden hairpin for her.
It was just that his younger self was reckless, and focused solely on cultivation and his brothers, promising her yet never fulfilling it.
She is doing well now, and Old Master Luo didn't want to bring up their past and make her recall those unhappy times.
But this thing, he had once promised to carve it for her.
So he wanted to fulfill that promise, as a form of compensation for the many years of guilt he felt towards her.
If he hadn't been obsessed with cultivation and forming a team back then, he wouldn't have neglected her and their child, nor overlooked the ambitions of his so-called good brothers, leading to a grave mistake of that time.
Fortunately, he managed to save their child back then; otherwise, he wouldn't even have the chance to see her face now.
"Heh."
Yan Xi looked at the green wood hairpin in his hand.
The design and style, all were her favorites back then.
She used to like the Purple Butterfly Flowers a lot, so she pestered him to carve such a wooden hairpin for her.
It was supposed to be styled with Purple Butterfly as the flower, green wood as the branch, and Willow Moon as the Yingluo.
But…
"Snap!"
Yan Xi raised her hand and slapped away the green wood hairpin that Old Master Luo happily extended towards her!
With a sharp snap, the green wood hairpin she struck flew to the ground, and then was mercilessly trampled upon by her lavish golden jade shoes.
With Empress Dowager Yanxi stepping hard, the green wood hairpin was forcefully embedded into the bluestone ground beneath her feet.
"Luo Tong."
Yan Xi, lifting her head, her face of stunning beauty, looked at him with eyes full of scorn.
"Do you not know how outdated and tasteless this design of your hairpin is?"
"A thing from decades ago, and you're still using it to please me? Do you think I am still that naive Yan Xi? Do you think I would still fancy such things?"
While speaking, she reached out and supported herself on the hand carried high by the maid beside her, then turned around with a group of people and left.
"If you have forgotten, I don't mind reminding you once again. I am Empress Dowager Yanxi of the Great Chu!"
"Throughout the Great Chu Sacred Dynasty, across thousands of miles of territories, countless nations bow down; I am Empress Dowager Yanxi, the regent of all under heaven!"
"Even a simple maid beside me, wearing a hairpin on her head, has a better one than the one you carved!"
"Bringing out such a hairpin, are you trying to insult me?"
"In the future, never again present such disgusting things in front of me!"
Watching her distant figure leaving, Old Master Luo stood there stiffly.
His face still wore a happy expression, but the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
He lowered his head to look at the trampled wooden hairpin on the ground and slowly squatted down.
He attempted to pry the hairpin out.
But Yan Xi's force was too strong, and the lingering powerful aura made it impossible for him to move it.
Old Master Luo stared blankly at the hairpin.
Just then, the voice of a Black Domain Expert sounded in his ears.
"Old Master, do you need me to help you get that hairpin out?"
"No need."
Old Master Luo slowly shook his head, then sighed and said: "Just let it stay there!"