Volume 2, Chapter 121 – You Know Her? I Don’t

This girl…

Qu Qingtang’s expression darkened.

“What’s wrong, Qingtang? Your expression doesn’t look too good,” Lu Zhuxin teased.

Qu Qingtang could feel that warm little hand wrapping around the back of her hand.

The fox demon’s soft fingers threaded through the gaps between her fingers, clasping tightly against her palm.

Soft and warm.

So flexible, as if boneless.

That mischievous finger occasionally scratched lightly at Qu Qingtang’s palm with its nail.

Ticklish and tingly.

As if the itch traveled from her palm all the way to the tip of her heart.

Qu Qingtang had never experienced such a sensation before.

This Divine Lord seemed deeply versed in such matters.

She was like a natural-born fox demon, knowing exactly how to tug at someone’s heartstrings, making them squirm with restlessness.

In the end, Qu Qingtang successfully held Lu Zhuxin’s little hand.

In a way she had never anticipated.

Did this count as completing the process Song Shiyuan had mentioned?

Qu Qingtang thought to herself.

“So, have you thought about where we should go next?” Lu Zhuxin asked, holding Qu Qingtang’s hand.

They had already bought clothes and changed accessories.

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Lu Zhuxin was now like a dress-up doll, wearing everything Qu Qingtang had picked out for her.

It had to be said that although Qu Qingtang was also someone without romantic experience, her aesthetic sense was still solid.

At the very least, Lu Zhuxin was extremely satisfied with her current outfit.

So the question was, now that they had basically visited all the places Lu Zhuxin and Song Shiyuan had been to, where could they go next?

Wait, it seemed there was still one last place.

Would Qu Qingtang really take her there?

Lu Zhuxin’s expression turned peculiar.

“How about we go see the fox clan’s sacred tree, the ancient tree of marriage?” Qu Qingtang said.

So she really will!

Lu Zhuxin couldn’t help but roll her eyes internally.

She inexplicably had a feeling that if similar situations arose in the future, she would still be dragged to see this ancient tree.

Suddenly her teeth ached a bit.

Before long, the two of them arrived beneath that cherry-pink fox clan sacred tree.

Much time had passed since Lu Zhuxin’s last visit here, but this cherry-pink giant tree remained largely unchanged.

Cherry-pink petals drifted down slowly with the gentle breeze, as if a cherry-pink flower rain was falling over the city.

Qu Qingtang still remembered the legend of the fox clan’s ancient tree of marriage that Song Shiyuan had told her.

“Confess your feelings by the shore of Zhaoxi Lake, carve your lover’s name on a wooden plaque, exchange tokens of affection beneath the marriage tree…”

“And the final thing…”

“Share a kiss in the flower rain.”

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Of course, Qu Qingtang knew that her relationship with Lu Zhuxin hadn’t developed to that degree yet.

So Qu Qingtang had no intention of doing anything with Lu Zhuxin beneath the ancient tree of marriage.

She truly was just here to look.

The things Song Shiyuan mentioned, she believed she could accomplish them before long.

If Song Shiyuan could do these things, there was no reason Qu Qingtang couldn’t.

Lu Zhuxin didn’t know what Qu Qingtang was thinking. She simply gazed at this massive and magnificent ancient tree of marriage, lost in thought.

Although this wasn’t her first time seeing this ancient tree of marriage, every time she saw it, her gaze would involuntarily be drawn to it.

This ancient tree that had lived for who knows how many thousands of years was one of the wonders of the fox clan’s main city.

“Ah…”

Admiring this aged ancient tree, Lu Zhuxin’s heart suddenly filled with melancholy.

Releasing her grip on Qu Qingtang’s hand, Lu Zhuxin slowly approached the ancient tree.

Qu Qingtang watched her quietly from behind, not calling out to stop her.

The last time Lu Zhuxin came here was with Song Shiyuan.

Song Shiyuan, like a little child, had insisted on carving the names “Song Shiyuan x Ming Zhaoxi” on a wooden plaque and hanging it on the ancient tree of marriage.

Though it had only happened recently, upon seeing this ancient tree again, she inexplicably recalled various memories of the past in her mind.

The corner of her mouth unconsciously curved into a slight arc.

“Zhuxin, do you really like this ancient tree?” Qu Qingtang asked.

Lu Zhuxin pressed her lips together. “The cherry-pink ancient tree is unique and beautiful.”

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Back then, she had merely described it in a few strokes in her novel, never imagining that when she actually saw this ancient tree of marriage, it would be so beautiful, so awe-inspiring.

Qu Qingtang stood beside her, also raising her head.

She saw many small wooden plaques carved with names hanging on the branches of this ancient tree of marriage.

Presumably, these were the marriage plaques Song Shiyuan had mentioned.

Qu Qingtang smiled inwardly.

Marriage was originally something very illusory and intangible.

Yet those lovesick men and women placed this illusory, intangible thing onto a small wooden plaque, praying for the blessing of the ancient tree spirit that didn’t even exist.

Ridiculous and childish.

However, those young girls inexperienced in worldly affairs, who harbored beautiful fantasies about romance, seemed to fall for this sort of thing.

For instance, girls like Song Shiyuan were exactly like that.

Qu Qingtang unconsciously glanced at Lu Zhuxin beside her.

So then, would that lofty yet extremely love-starved Divine Lord be the same?

Just as Qu Qingtang was looking at Lu Zhuxin, Lu Zhuxin suddenly turned to look at her as well.

“Why are you looking at me?” Lu Zhuxin said. “Qingtang, do you also want to hang your name up there?”

Qu Qingtang didn’t want to. She thought it was too foolish.

However, she had just noticed that Lu Zhuxin seemed to have been staring at one particular plaque for quite a while.

She looked in the direction Lu Zhuxin had been looking.

The writing on that plaque seemed somewhat blurred and unclear.

Qu Qingtang focused her gaze. She raised her hand in a beckoning motion. Driven by spiritual power, that plaque flew down into her hand.

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She glanced at it and frowned.

“Song Shiyuan x Ming Zhaoxi?”

Although the three characters “Ming Zhaoxi” had been crossed out, they could still be faintly discerned.

So this was Lu Zhuxin and Song Shiyuan’s plaque.

She had just been looking at this?

Qu Qingtang’s delicate brows drew together slightly.

“Hey! Qu Qingtang!” Lu Zhuxin said urgently. “Don’t you know that casually taking down someone else’s plaque is very immoral?!”

“I just saw Song Shiyuan’s name written on this plaque,” Qu Qingtang said.

“Song Shiyuan is my disciple.”

“Recently, she’s been so bewitched by a fox demon that she’s lost her spirit, her complexion is haggard, and she has no appetite for food or drink.”

“As her master, I’m very worried about her.”

“The other side of this plaque seems to have the name Ming Zhaoxi written on it.”

“Zhuxin, do you have any clues?”

Lu Zhuxin’s mouth twitched.

No, I’m more worried about you, Qu Qingtang. With such low emotional intelligence, can you really pursue a girl?!

“I don’t know anyone named Ming Zhaoxi,” Lu Zhuxin said. “Qingtang, have you heard this name before?”

[Tsk…]

In Lu Zhuxin’s mind, the System let out a very displeased “hmph.”