247 Falling Out
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
The corners of Xia Houqing’s eyes twitched imperceptibly, and his charming phoenix eyes were bottomless. “Aren’t you the one who came to look for me?”
Didn’t she specially come to the Tianyin Pavilion to see him?
Gu Yanfei was an honest child and replied honestly, “I’m here to watch the show.”
Xia Houqing looked at her with a devilish smile.
Gu Yanfei also looked at Xia Houqing with a faint smile.
Their eyes met quietly.
Xia Houqing narrowed his dark eyes and examined Gu Yanfei steadily.
Her expression was extremely relaxed, and her attitude was casual.
Unlike the others, who couldn’t hide the fear, disgust, apprehension, and nervousness in their eyes when they saw him.
It seemed to have been like this since the last time they met.
She wasn’t afraid of him.
In her eyes, he seemed no different from thousands of other living beings.
There was a moment of silence in the private room. All they could hear was the opera singer’s babbling chant and the slow sound of drums coming from the lobby on the first floor.
Xia Houqing casually turned the blood ring on his finger and said slowly,
“The Sage is sick.”
That was all he said before he stopped talking. A few strange lights flowed in his eyes.
She had said last time that the Emperor Star had dimmed, and the Sage would fall seriously ill in a month…
And now, less than a month later, the Sage was sick.
The atmosphere in the booth plummeted, and the air seemed to freeze.
Xia Houqing’s left hand, which was wearing a blood ring, curled into a fist and knocked twice on the window sill. He seemed impatient and threatening, but his movements weren’t big.
In the next moment, the music outside stopped abruptly. The actors on the stage fell silent, as if their voices had been sucked away by some immortal spell.
There was something eerie about the sudden silence.
The audience in the lobby below didn’t know what was going on. They looked at each other and then clamored in twos and threes.
Gu Yanfei was still leaning lazily against the window sill, her right fist supporting her cheek. She didn’t even flinch as she said indifferently, “I said a month, so it’s a month.”
“If your Sage is sick now, he must be faking it.”
‘Oh?” Xia Houqing’s eyes flashed with a dangerously cold light. He didn’t say that he didn’t believe her.
‘Come, let me calculate for you again.” Gu Yanfei nimbly took out the compass from her sleeve with her fingers and pinched his fingers with her other hand. Her smiling eyes were half-closed, and there was a hint of playfulness on her face.
Xia Houqing’s aura was freezing cold, and he knocked on the window sill again without saying a word.
After two knocks, not only was there the sound of opera, but even the guests’ voices couldn’t be heard.
The huge Tianyin Pavilion was as silent as stagnant water. It was a stark contrast to the lively commotion from before.
The surroundings were so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. It was as if an invisible barrier had isolated the private seat from the surroundings, or as if the others had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only Gu Yanfei and Xia Houqing seemed to be left here.
The silence continued, as if to silently tell Gu Yanfei that this was his territory.
Since she had chosen to step in, her life and death weren’t up to her to decide.
‘Calculate it.” Xia Houqing stared at her. His thin, blood-colored lips curled into a half-smile, like a blood moon, giving off an ominous aura.
Gu Yanfei sighed slowly. She felt that she should tell Wei Jiaoniang next time that they should change places to watch shows in the future.
Unfortunately, the opera here was indeed not bad.
She fiddled with the compass casually. The needle on the compass spun quickly.
Xia Houqing lowered his eyes and looked at his left hand that had just knocked on the window sill. He frowned and took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve to carefully wipe his slender fingers.
The surroundings became even quieter.
The needle spun fast, making a faint sound like wings flapping.
The needle’s speed changed from fast to slow...
Then the thin needle broke off in the middle, and the needle fell gently to the compass. The remaining half was still spinning..
Eh? Gu Yanfei raised her eyebrows in surprise.
She looked at him and sighed, revealing a one-sided smile. She said slowly, ‘Um... If I say that this is fate, do you believe me?
“What do you think?” Xia Houqing asked. He casually grabbed the handkerchief and rubbed it.
His knuckles cracked, but there was a smile on his beautiful and enchanting face. His slightly raised phoenix eyes were sinister and demonic.
Gu Yanfei shook her head obediently and rubbed her chin with her index finger in thought..