Journey of Flower Translation #19

By the time Qiangu snapped out of her daze she looks up to see a figure rushing down from the sky.

“Master!” All her fears and suffering from the day before bursting out the moment she sees Bai Zihua, Qiangu throws herself into his arms. Where has Master been all this time? Why did it take so long for him to find her?!

His usual cool aloofness slowly returning the moment he sets his eyes on Qiangu, Bai Zihua’s face appears calm but there is no hiding the panic in his eyes.

“Xiao Gu, are you alright?”

“I, I, I am alright.”

Looking down at the Hua Qiangu who refuses to let go of him, Bai Zihua knows there is no way to get a coherent answer from her. Putting his hand on Qiangu’s forehead, Bai Zihua tries to see what exactly happened to Hua Qiangu these last few days but his hand was repelled by a mysterious force. Who is it?!

“Xiao Gu, why is your forehead so hot? Did you get sick from being rained on last night?”

“No Master. Why did it take you so long to come?”

“Someone had hidden your whereabouts from me.” He had searched through every inch of this area. Even with Qiangu in his arms, he could still taste the paralyzing panic.

Qiangu begins to lists off all the things that had happened to her…except the part about meeting Dongfang.

His brow in a deep frown when he heard about the thugs, Zihua is very grateful that he had put a few protective spells on her or else things could’ve been really bad.

“And then?”

“And then…” Stuttering a bit, Qiangu says “And then I ended up staying here because I knew Master will find me for sure.”

“Master, let’s go back… from now on, can I come down the mountain by myself often?”

“Why?”

“I am always with Master so I am totally useless if Master is not by my side! I want to train myself so I will get stronger!” If she can’t even deal with a few thugs then how is she suppose to protect her family and Master later?

“Why do you want to become stronger? Do you want to leave Master behind by himself?” Bai Zihua’s voice suddenly became hollow.

Promptly shaking her head, Qiangu protests “No, no. I just want to get better so what happened yesterday won’t happen again and I won’t be a burden to Master.”

Bai Zihua was about to shake his head but his heart sudden skip a beat when he saw the determination in Qiangu’s eyes. The expression had made her look like her old self. After a moment, Zihua nodded his agreement while thinking silently to himself that at least he could protect her secretly but no matter what, he is not going to let her out of his sight anymore.

There is only one other thing that is still bothering Bai Zihua. His eyes turning cold, Bai Zihua wonders why his innocent pupil has started to lie to him.

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Qiangu has changed a lot after her little adventure. She no longer tries to stay by his side all day long and most importantly, she doesn’t laze around anymore. Everything she didn’t understand before, she now wants an answer to all of them. Why do the heavens rain? Why does Master always wear white? Why are there only two of them in the mountain? Who is that pretty sister that comes to visit her? Why does Sheng Xiaomo always trying to get Master to “go back” every time he comes? Go back where? And, that girl who keeps calling her master….

Everything Bai Zihua could answer he does. As for the ones he doesn’t want to answer… then he will simply distract her and soon she will forget what she was asking about. If there were certain questions Qiangu really wanted to know then he would patiently tell her the answer. For example, the one wearing red is not an older sister but an older brother called Sha Qianmo, the Lord of the Demon world. Bai Zihua would then tell Qiangu about the Six Realms bit by bit like he was telling her a story.

“Then Master, what’s the most glorious thing in this world? Those thugs offered to teach me last time but I didn’t dare to agree.”

Choking on his tea, Bai Zihua thought for a long moment before finally replying “When Xiao Gu is older Master will tell you then.”

Jumping on Zihua’s back, Qiangu wraps her arms around his neck and whines “Xiao Gu is big now! Mom said my little sister is getting married next month and asked me to make sure I attend the wedding. She also asked if Master is treating me well.”

Putting down his cup, Zihua asks “And how did you answer?”

“Of course I said really good. Little sister is going to be a bride. When I was little, we had played house before and I had told mom then that I want to be a bride too. But mom would always sigh and start to cry. She keeps touching my face sighing that she doesn’t know what Master fed me to make me suddenly become so pretty, not like one of her own anymore. But then she said I am still slow in the head so I wouldn’t be able to find a good husband and that will just make my life hard. She wanted me to ask Master if as an immortal’s pupil I can never get married?”

Frowning slightly, Bai Zihua asks “Xiao Gu wants to get married?”

Nodding fervently, Qiangu replies “Yes! I also want to be like the next door’s older sister and have lots of babies! They are so little and fat, so cute!”

It doesn’t take much for Bai Zihua to figure out the next time he takes Qiangu home her mother will try to ask him if he only sees Xiao Gu as a pupil and then tries to discuss the matter of finding a husband for her. He doesn’t mind any of that, the issue is that Qiangu herself harbors such thoughts as well… Is he going to marry her then?

“Master, Master….” Shaking Zihua with all her might when she sees that his thoughts had wandered off, Qiangu demands “You haven’t told me what is this world’s most glorious thing. Teach me, please!”

His mind suddenly filled with the sizzling image of their intimate moments when she was still the demon goddess, Bai Zihua’s face starts to blush. Stunned by Bai Zihua’s face made that much more handsome because of the twinge of red in it, Qiangu’s mouth falls open until she almost drooled.

“I will tell you another day. It’s late, wash up…” Before Zihua could finish his sentence, he had already disappeared.

If it was before, Qiangu would have spent a bit of time pouting, but now she just quickly washed up and dived into her bed so she can go have a date with her Dongfang in her dreams.

“One Master, two Master, three Master…” Qiangu counted all the way until she reached a hundred Master but was still awake. Since she couldn’t count higher than that, Qiangu started back from the beginning again. Qiangu doesn’t know how to do spells, so she could only used the most basic method to let her spirit separate from her body…plus this way, Bai Zihua wouldn’t be able to tell.

Bai Zihua at first wondered why she stopped begging to sleep with him but then figured that Qiangu’s mother must have said something so he was secretly relieved.

 

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