Chapter 201: Wang Xing Wants to Watch the Snow There

“Mother.” Sikong Wangxing shook her head with a smile, “Wang Xing doesn’t want to get married anymore.”

Sikong Wangxing’s words slowly reached Madam Sikong’s ears.

Looking at her daughter’s disappointed yet resilient eyes, Madam Sikong lightly bit her lip, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.

After their daughter returned from the Heiwu Secret Realm and they heard she had been afflicted with a Love Gu by Lin Xun, both Madam Sikong and City Lord Sikong were startled.

However, in the end, City Lord Sikong and Madam Sikong used secret techniques to repeatedly examine her, but they found no trace of her being under a Love Gu or any other secret technique.

However, their daughter had indeed suffered significant injuries.

At their worst, these injuries were even life-threatening, but fortunately, their daughter was ultimately out of danger.

Then they thought about how their daughter had been kept by Lin Xun’s side and had even stood before him without hesitation when facing thousands of Cultivators.

The Sikong couple both believed that Lin Xun had used the engagement, exploiting Wang Xing’s kindness and her feelings regarding the betrothal, to make her block many attacks for him, resulting in her injuries and her willingness to be his hostage.

But Wang Xing vehemently denied their speculations.

Wang Xing stated, “My injuries have nothing to do with Young Master Lin. In fact, Big Brother Lin saved me. I chose to stand in front of Young Master Lin of my own free will; I wasn’t some hostage.”

Seeing Wang Xing’s serious and anxious expression, Madam Sikong knew her daughter wasn’t lying.

Looking into her daughter’s eyes, Madam Sikong felt that after having contact with Lin Xun in the Heiwu Secret Realm, combined with the context of their engagement, she might have already fallen for that Demonic Seed.

After all, since she was a child and learned she had a fiancé named Lin Xun, everything she did—whether it was studying, practicing her posture and feminine steps, or her cultivation—was all for him.

Although Wang Xing had never met him, Madam Sikong knew that Lin Xun already occupied a vital place in her daughter’s heart.

With such a foundation, it was very easy for Wang Xing to fall for Lin Xun—easier than falling for anyone else.

But in the end, when Madam Sikong asked, “Wang Xing, have you fallen for Lin Xun?” Sikong Wangxing lowered her head and then shook it.

Finally, when Madam Sikong heard her daughter say, “Father, Mother, I want to break off my engagement with Lin Xun,” she suspected she had misheard.

Since Wang Xing was little, Madam Sikong had always wanted to break off her daughter’s engagement with Lin Xun, but she had always been refused.

But now, after coming out of the Heiwu Secret Realm, her daughter was the one who wanted to dissolve the engagement with Lin Xun.

City Lord Sikong and Madam Sikong wondered if their daughter had become disillusioned with Lin Xun.

But in her eyes, the Sikong couple saw only deeper affection and reluctance, and finally, Wang Xing’s solitary strength.

They knew it wasn’t that Wang Xing was disappointed in Lin Xun; on the contrary, her feelings for him had grown even deeper.

But why? Why did Wang Xing want to break off her engagement with Lin Xun?

The contradiction Wang Xing displayed left the Sikong couple deeply worried.

Yet Sikong Wangxing remained tight-lipped, stating that everything was her own decision and thought.

Ultimately, if her daughter wouldn’t speak, what could she do?

Tianji City could only announce to the public that “Sikong Wangxing’s Love Gu has been removed, and she is fine.”

During her recovery, Madam Sikong noticed that her daughter would often sit in a daze, sometimes for an hour at a time.

Even though her daughter still practiced her feminine steps and posture, needlework, and cultivation every day.

Compared to before, Madam Sikong saw loneliness and confusion in her daughter’s silhouette.

If everything Wang Xing did before was for Lin Xun, to become a worthy wife for him.

Then whether she was practicing feminine steps or cultivating now, Wang Xing seemed to have lost her goal; everything was merely a habit.

“Wang Xing, are you and Lin Xun really okay?” By the side of Wanli Lake, Madam Sikong asked softly while holding her daughter.

“I’m fine, Mother. There’s nothing between Young Master Lin and me.”

Wang Xing smiled with curved eyes. The young girl’s smile was beautiful, but it was like an ice butterfly fluttering in the snow, as if it could shatter at any moment.

“Wang Xing… Wang Xing just doesn’t like Young Master Lin anymore, and I don’t want to see Young Master Lin ever again.”

“Is that true?” Gently stroking her daughter’s soft long hair, Madam Sikong’s heart couldn’t help but tighten.

“Yes, it’s true.” Sikong Wangxing leaned into her mother’s embrace.

“Then why did you say you don’t want to get married?” Madam Sikong sighed softly. “How can a girl not get married?”

“Because… because I want to spend more time with you, Mother.” Lifting her head from her mother’s embrace, the girl smiled with curved eyes. “Besides, Sister Qinger said before that she would never marry in this life. Wang Xing wants to be just like Sister Qinger.”

“Silly child, that’s just because Lady Qingshang hasn’t met a man she likes yet, or perhaps no man in this world is worthy of her. When the time comes, Lady Qingshang will also find a Dao Companion.”

“Then if that time comes,” Sikong Wangxing smiled playfully, “Wang Xing will be Sister Qingshang’s bridesmaid.”

“You…”

Madam Sikong felt both a bit annoyed and a bit helpless.

It wasn’t that she was anxious for grandchildren or in a hurry to marry her daughter off; there were plenty of Cultivators who never married or found a Dao Companion in their entire lives.

It was just that Madam Sikong thought if Wang Xing married into a good family and was cherished, she might stop thinking about Lin Xun.

Of course, all of this depended on her daughter’s willingness.

“Wang Xing, for your Coming-of-Age Ceremony in a year, I don’t actually want you to get engaged or married. But you could take a look and try to get to know some people. What if there’s someone you like?” Madam Sikong said softly, holding her daughter’s shoulders.

“Alright, Mother, let’s not talk about that.” Sikong Wangxing changed the subject. “Actually, you asked what gift I wanted for my birthday in two months, and I just thought of something.”

“Oh? What does my daughter want?” Madam Sikong smiled brightly, though she felt a bit nervous.

With the wealth and connections of Tianji City, they could find whatever Wang Xing wanted.

As long as she didn’t want Lin Xun as her gift.

Wang Xing looked up at the winter sky.

Turning around, the girl smiled with curved eyes. “Mother, I heard that the snow season in Luo City of the Qian Kingdom is extremely beautiful. Wang Xing wants to go there to watch the snow, is that alright?”