Peace Order-Chapter 1637 - 40: The Weight of a Beauty’s Grace
"Little guy, you’ve been away from home for so long without a peep. Auntie wrote you over a dozen letters, and each time you say you’re coming back soon, only to hole up in Xiyi city without making a move."
"What, have Li Nu’er grown wings?"
In the Murong Family, Murong Qiushui reached out to pinch Li Guanyi’s cheeks, her beautiful eyes wide with mock reproach, yet her face was filled with joy. Beside Murong Qiushui, a silver-haired girl held snacks and nodded vigorously.
Indeed, indeed.
"Your wings are so strong you don’t listen. You’re about to come of age, enduring until the year-end to return. If not for that matter, would you still be staying in Xiyi city, refusing to come back?"
The silver-haired girl nodded vigorously.
Expressing utmost agreement with Auntie’s decision.
Li Guanyi begged for mercy for a long time, admitted defeat, and apologized, promising that he would often return home to accompany Auntie and them in the future. Only then did Murong Qiushui slightly let go of his cheeks, saying:" I know you’ve toiled hard in battle, but take care, please."
"Alright, Auntie will personally cook today, you best step out now."
Murong Qiushui’s culinary skills had improved, putting Li Guanyi at ease. Jiangnan’s winter weather was damp and cold, yet not as piercingly cold as the northwest winds of Xiyi city, the sun remained gently warm.
When Li Guanyi was in Xiyi city, he never left his armor. This trip challenged the Turkic Khan and subdued the Seventh Prince, expanding the nation’s borders to the utmost northwest. The population increased, opening up new opportunities.
After a long journey, returning to Jiangnan, he finally relaxed.
He changed out of his armor, turning the Jiuli Divine Weapon into an iron-ring-like state wrapped around his wrist, donning a high-quality, understated robe. His black hair was pinned up with a jade hairpin, arms folded in front as he strolled leisurely.
Jiangnan’s winter had a unique threefold serenity.
Li Guanyi lazily stepped on fallen yellow leaves, yet uncleaned stone floors, wandering through Jiangnan’s towns, while the silver-haired girl trailed behind him, arms swaying lazily.
Li Guanyi saw vendors beside the road roasting Western Region sweet potatoes.
There were Central Plains sugar-coated haws, and southern delicacies.
Smoke rose, vitality thrived within.
Mr. Yan Daiqing managed the promotion of commercial interaction and cultural exchange across the territory with great success, in this chaos, people were truly proactive. The sweet potatoes were roasted to a blackened crust, emitting a honey-yellow warmth, mouthwateringly enticing.
Li Guanyi smiled and said:" Shaking Light, want to eat something?"
He paused, slightly stunned.
Li Guanyi’s footsteps stopped.
The silver-haired girl behind him kept moving, bumping headlong into Li Guanyi’s back, Li Guanyi said:" What are you thinking? If it weren’t for me, wouldn’t you bump into the wall?"
It was his usual tease, but he soon felt something was off.
The subtle smile on his face toned down.
The silver-haired girl merely rested her forehead against Li Guanyi’s back, her silver hair hanging down, gently swaying in the winter wind. Her hand extended, softly tugging at Li Guanyi’s sleeve.
The silver-haired girl’s voice had no ripples, quietly saying:
"Ten months, three hundred and twelve days."
"I kind of miss you, of course, just a bit."
"So, please let me quietly stay with you for a while."
"Just for a little while."
The spirited Prince Qin lowered his gaze, the silver-haired girl, unparalleled genius of mystical skills among the Three Sects of the World for eight hundred years, for the first time used her skills for herself, gentle ripples spreading.
Clear and serene starlight spread across the world, amidst bustling mortals, smoke, laughter, seemingly isolated in another realm, people came and went, conversing and laughing unaware of the two within.
Li Guanyi felt the silver-haired girl’s hand slowly retract.
Shaking Light’s voice calmly said:" As per the initial promise, I will accompany you to the story’s end, becoming the destined hero."
Her voice was like starlight, devoid of ripples.
Quieting down, the silver-haired girl quietly murmured: 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
"But, would there be a day you no longer need me?"
Just this single question made Li Guanyi’s heart faintly pricked, Prince Qin’s hand placed on Shaking Light’s hand, then he turned around, looking at the silent silver-haired girl.
They say a beauty’s grace is heavy.
These four words once read from books seemed misapplied, but now Li Guanyi understood their weight.
Yet amidst this chaotic world, he roamed between heaven and earth, a hero in tumult, would not stop.
The tender realm is the tomb of heroes, this tenderness is not merely about women, but the emotions that awaken a hero’s sentiments, ultimately unable to return to the battlefield, unwilling to part.
Li Guanyi exhaled, giving his answer in action, reaching out to embrace the silver-haired girl before him, gently as if starlight might seep through the gaps of his fingers and fade away.
The silver-haired girl quieted for a moment, released her hand, tugged his sleeve, closed her eyes, and buried her head on his shoulder.
"Alas, in a chaotic world, a beauty’s grace entangles indefinitely, speaks not, releases not, understands not, even Taoist Taoist, Buddhist living Buddha, walking through the earthly turmoil, tasting love entwined, yet don’t believe they can escape unscathed."
