Chapter 281: Does Big Brother Lin wish for Wang Xing to be married off?

Walking to the gates of Luo City.

After Nong Qin and Zhu Ling left temporarily, Lin Xun felt that Wang Xing was exceptionally quiet.

Recalling what happened during the Ice and Snow Festival last night, Lin Xun also felt a bit of guilt and embarrassment.

The guilt was because he had run out of time last night and had to go find Qinger, so he had “abandoned” Wang Xing at the Poetry Garden and left without saying goodbye.

The embarrassment was because of the poem he had written for Wang Xing last night.

When Lin Xun wrote that poem at the time, he really hadn’t thought much of it.

Because Lin Xun only knew that one poem, and it just so happened to be Wang Xing’s birthday.

So he thought of using it as a convenient gift, giving this poem to Wang Xing as a birthday present.

But upon thinking carefully about the last line afterward, it was indeed a bit ambiguous.

He thought it would be fine if he remained anonymous, but in the end, he was exposed by Madam Wang!

Ultimately, it caused unnecessary misunderstandings and brought a lot of trouble to Wang Xing.

Lin Xun even felt that it had affected Wang Xing’s reputation.

And a woman’s reputation is very important.

Although he had explained everything clearly in the end, Lin Xun felt he still needed to apologize to Wang Xing.

And now, at the gates of Luo City, looking at the young girl who kept her head lowered with slightly flushed cheeks, Lin Xun felt the atmosphere was a bit subtle.

“Wang Xing.”

“Big Brother Lin.”

Lin Xun and Sikong Wangxing spoke at the same time.

Lin Xun wanted to explain the events of last night, while Wang Xing had finally made up her mind to give him the gift.

“Wang Xing, you go first.”

“Big Brother Lin, you go first.”

Sikong Wangxing and Lin Xun spoke at the same time again.

Lin Xun scratched his head awkwardly, while Sikong Wangxing shyly lowered her head.

“Actually… actually, it’s nothing much.” Lin Xun turned his gaze away and spoke first, “I just wanted to apologize to you, Wang Xing.”

“Apologize?”

“Yes.”

Lin Xun cupped his hands in a polite bow.

“Please forgive me, Miss Wangxing, for leaving you at the Poetry Garden last night and departing without a word.

Also, regarding that poem from last night, the last line affected your reputation.

I am truly sorry for causing you trouble.”

“No, not at all, not at all.” With her face flushed red, Sikong Wangxing hurriedly waved her hands.

Lowering her head again and pinching the hem of her skirt with her small hands, Sikong Wangxing lightly bit her thin lips.

In truth, the girl really wanted to say, ‘As long as it’s Big Brother Lin, Wang Xing is fine with it, it doesn’t matter even if others misunderstand.’

But for Wang Xing, who had received a conservative upbringing as a young lady of a noble house since childhood, how could she possibly say such a thing?

“Big Brother Lin… Big Brother Lin being able to accompany Wang Xing last night… Wang Xing was already very happy.”

Wang Xing’s bright eyes looked at the white snow on the ground, her gaze slightly drifting as she expressed her feelings with tactful words.

“It’s good that Wang Xing can forgive me.” Lin Xun breathed a sigh of relief, “Otherwise, I would have been too embarrassed to attend your Coming-of-Age Ceremony.”

“Eh?”

Wang Xing looked up, doubting if she had heard correctly.

“Big Brother Lin… Big Brother Lin is going to attend my Coming-of-Age Ceremony?”

“Of course.”

Lin Xun was puzzled; he should have mentioned it before, right?

“Has Miss Wangxing forgotten? Back in the Heiwu Secret Realm, I said I would go to attend Miss Wangxing’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony to congratulate you on ‘reaching the age of hair-pinning’.

However, given my identity, I won’t be able to congratulate you openly. I hope Miss Wangxing can forgive me for that.”

“If Big Brother Lin… Big Brother Lin can come… that would be enough…”

Sikong Wangxing’s head was already feeling a bit dizzy.

Sikong Wangxing naturally remembered Lin Xun saying in the Heiwu Secret Realm that he would come to attend her Coming-of-Age Ceremony when she turned eighteen.

But Sikong Wangxing had only thought Lin Xun was being polite.

Because their relationship at the time was very subtle.

Sikong Wangxing thought Lin Xun had only said that intentionally because he didn’t want the relationship between them to be too cold.

So, what Big Brother Lin said was true?

Big Brother Lin would really come to see her again?

Would he come to witness her coming of age?

Thinking of this, Wang Xing felt her heart warm up, as if a sweet spring was slowly flowing through her heart, which felt very comfortable.

Wang Xing even thought that if her Coming-of-Age Ceremony were tomorrow, she would be able to see Big Brother Lin again tomorrow.

“But how many gifts should I prepare? Would two be safer?” Lin Xun joked.

It was a custom in Tianji City.

When a girl undergoes her Coming-of-Age Ceremony, if she is not engaged, many people will propose marriage during the ceremony.

Therefore, it is best for guests to prepare two gifts.

One is to congratulate her on her coming of age, as the girl has reached the age for marriage.

The other is a congratulatory gift in case someone successfully proposes marriage.

As soon as Lin Xun’s words fell, Sikong Wangxing pinched her scallion-like fingers, looked up, and smiled with curved eyes:

“So, does Big Brother Lin hope for Wang Xing to be married off?”

A gentle breeze blew through the city gate entrance, carrying bits of snowflakes that lightly brushed against the hem of the girl’s skirt.

The thin but warm dress clung to the girl’s curved body, and her long hair on her soft back floated gently. The girl reached out and lightly pressed down the silky black hair by her ear.

Looking at the girl who seemed to be standing amidst the white snow, Lin Xun’s eyes momentarily froze.

This smile was beautiful, yet it made Lin Xun’s heart ache, as if pierced straight through by ten thousand sharp blades.

“I…”

Lin Xun’s throat moved.

Originally, Lin Xun just wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so he teased her intentionally without thinking much.

But now, looking at Wang Xing, Lin Xun realized that his joke might actually be true.

As the Saintess of Tianji City and a beauty on the world’s se jia ranking, there would naturally be countless people proposing marriage when the time came.

And Tianji City needed Wang Xing to leave behind a Bloodline; they would be very willing to let Wang Xing get engaged to some young talent.

If Wang Xing could survive her ordeal at eighteen, she would be married off immediately.

Lin Xun knew that he and Wang Xing only had a marriage contract on paper.

In fact, if it weren’t for the Qingtian Xuannü Technique, he would have already dissolved the marriage contract back in the Heiwu Secret Realm.

Lin Xun knew he had no right to think this way.

However, Lin Xun found that he actually didn’t want Wang Xing to get married.

It was as if the thought of Wang Xing getting married felt like one of his most important things was about to be cut away.

Lin Xun was well aware that this was a man’s possessiveness, a very unreasonable kind of possessiveness.

But Lin Xun had no way to erase it.

“Wang Xing won’t get married.”

Just as Lin Xun didn’t know how to answer Wang Xing’s question and felt like he was truly a scumbag, he heard the girl’s soft voice coming from in front of him.

“Wang Xing won’t get married.”

Wang Xing put her hands behind her back and gave a sweet smile.

“What’s so good about men? Wang Xing doesn’t want to get married at all.”

The winter sun spilled down, and beneath the girl’s brush-like eyelashes, at the corners of her eyes, it reflected bits of crystal clarity.