Chapter 82 Determined for Life

Ren Yingying seemed to be thinking about something.

Xin Zhen looked at Ren Yingying and said, "I am going to pay my respects to my master tomorrow. You should come with me."

Ren Yingying nodded shyly and hummed softly.

Xin Zhen was overjoyed, took Ren Yingying's hand, and walked down the hill. Ren Yingying hurriedly said, "I haven't got the zither yet."

Xin Zhen hurried back to the straw hut, carefully wrapped up the zither, then put it on his back, smiled at Ren Yingying, and the two of them floated down the mountain.

There were no carriages at the foot of the mountain, so the two could only walk back to the city. Fortunately, they were both masters of martial arts, and they ran all the way back to the inn. Xin Zhen opened another room for Ren Yingying, and they rested there.

The next day, Xin Zhen woke up Ren Yingying, and the two of them took the gifts and went downstairs to take a carriage to Xia Mansion.

As soon as the two of them went out, they saw Ji Wushi, Zu Qianqiu and the old man standing at the door.

The three of them were greeting with smiles at first, but when they suddenly saw Ren Yingying beside Xin Zhen, their faces suddenly became extremely strange. They were obviously very frightened, even confused and at a loss, as if they had encountered an indescribable and undealable strange thing.

Xin Zhen glanced at Ren Yingying, whose face was tense, and then looked at the three frightened people.

Ji Wu Shi suddenly drew out his dagger and was about to stab it into his eyes, saying, "I have been blind for a long time and I can't see anything."

Zu Qianqiu and the old man also quickly pulled out their broken blades, and said the same words, intending to blind their own eyes.

Xin Zhen unsheathed his long sword and tapped it three times in succession. The short blades in the hands of the three men fell to the ground with a clang, but the three men still used two fingers of their other hands to stab into his eyes.

Xin Zhen had no choice but to press their acupoints to keep them where they were. Then he turned around and looked at Ren Yingying and asked, "Why is it so?"

Ren Yingying said to Ji Wushi and the other two with a stern face, "There is a Panlong Island in the East China Sea. Does anyone know about it?"

None of Ji Wu Shi and the other two answered because they were immobilized by Xin Zhen's acupoint pressing, but they looked overjoyed and signaled with their eyes.

Xin Zhen sighed, pulled Ren Yingying to a corner, and whispered, "Yingying, why do you have to do this?"

Ren Yingying snorted and said, "If we let them go like this, they will go to the martial arts world and talk nonsense again. I'm being merciful by letting them go to Panlong Island for a few years before coming back."

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "What nonsense are they talking about?"

Ren Yingying bit her lip and said, "This time, Wubagang said... they said what I did to you... that's why they are trying to please you like this..."

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "Then what they said about the Saint and Xin Tanhua secretly getting married is nonsense?"

Ren Yingying's face turned red, she turned around and stamped her feet, saying, "How embarrassing!"

Xin Zhen pulled Ren Yingying's shoulders and said seriously, "Yingying, these people are all your subordinates. They are grateful to you, so they flatter me like this. This is their intention, and we have to accept it.

In addition, in my heart, you are already my wife, so when they say something about the two of us, I just regard it as a blessing for us. I don’t feel upset, but instead I am full of joy, and I also want their blessings.

Besides, these people are all loyal and brave, and they will be needed to help save my father-in-law..."

Ren Yingying blushed and stamped her feet, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who is your wife and who is your father-in-law?" Xin Zhen said with a playful smile, "I don't care. This is what I think. If you think I am not worthy, then forget it."

Ren Yingying stamped her feet, turned around and walked out the door, saying, "Deal with it yourself, I don't care!"

Xin Zhen looked at Ren Yingying who didn't care about Ji Wushi and the other two, smiled and walked up to the three of them, whispering: "It's okay, don't say anything nonsense, and don't follow me recently, so as not to anger the Saint Aunt again."

Xin Zhen helped the three men to unblock their acupuncture points. The three men were about to kneel down, but Xin Zhen quickly flicked his sleeves and supported the three men. The three men looked shocked because they found that they could not kneel down.

Ji Wushi was about to speak when he heard Ren Yingying shouting outside: "Why are you talking nonsense to them? Hurry up and leave!"

Xin Zhen smiled and whispered, "No need to say anything. When we have time later, let's drink together, brothers."

After saying that, Xin Zhen strode to the carriage outside, jumped on it and said with a smile, "Sit tight."

Then he whipped the horse-drawn carriage and it rumbled forward.

In the carriage, Ren Yingying said angrily, "It's all your fault. You made so many people in the martial arts world laugh at me. It seems like I've been... no one wants me for my whole life. I tried every possible way to be with you. You... what's so great about you? You've made me so tired that I can't face people anymore."

Having said this, he suddenly burst into tears.

Xin Zhen said loudly: "You are talking nonsense!"

Ren Yingying's crying stopped: "What nonsense?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I took the initiative to go to Green Bamboo Lane, and I also went to Wubagang on my own initiative. If someone wanted to harm you, I would protect you at the cost of my reputation, and I shamelessly proposed to you. How can it be that you took the initiative? Isn't this nonsense?"

The carriage was quiet for a while, and Ren Yingying's voice became gentler as she asked, "Are you really willing to risk your own disgrace to be with me?"

Xin Zhenlang smiled and said, "I am taking you, a woman, with me to my master's house. If I had not made up my mind, do you think I would have taken you with me? Even now, don't you understand my intentions?"

When Ren Yingying heard Xin Zhen say this, she was immediately overjoyed and said, "Well, then don't regret it."

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "Xin Zhen has won the favor of Ren Yingying. Everyone in the world will envy him. It is also a great honor for me, Xin Zhen. There is no reason for me to regret it!"

Ren Yingying felt extremely sweet when she heard Xin Zhen's words.

The carriage passed through several long streets and turned a corner. Suddenly, a huge house came into view. The house occupied half of the long street. It was a wealthy and powerful family, and it was obvious that it was owned by generations of officials.

Several generations of Xia Daxueshi's ancestors were in the officialdom, and Xia Daxueshi's generation even entered the cabinet, reaching the pinnacle of wealth and glory. It was a pity that he was only one step away from becoming the prime minister of the empire. No wonder Xia Daxueshi died in depression.

As soon as Xin Zhen got off the car, Xia Jingdu, the eldest son of his master, came out to greet him and said, "Weizhi, you are finally here. My father talked about you for a long time before he died."

Xin Zhen felt guilty when he heard this and said, "Brother Jingdu, I'm late."

Xia Jingdu shook his head, grabbed Xin Zhen's arm and said, "Come on, go in quickly, Jiaci has been looking forward to seeing you for a long time."

Xin Zhen also looked expectant. Three years ago, he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. He lived in the Xia Mansion for a long time and formed a great friendship with Xia Jingdu. Old Madam Xia even treated him as her own nephew. Xin Zhen had never forgotten this kindness.

(End of this chapter)