That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

91. A Gourd Full Of Vinegar

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*Vinegar, or sour tastes in general, ascribes, or refers, to Jealousy!

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Shuǐ Chén was no where to be found, when LanFen finally opened her eyes.

"Ah, Shuǐ Chén? He went to the Lin household... He said he might be gone the whole day, so I think he intends to spend the entire day with his fiance." Lu FengHo had said airily, then had resumed playing his flute, as if he had merely commented on the weather.

LanFen felt like a sludge of snow had fallen atop her head.

'His fiance!'

With Shuǐ Chén's disappearance, and everything else that had happened since, LanFen had completely forgotten about Lin Lingshan!

'How careless! Coveting that which belongs to someone else!' She berated herself.

But as that particular thought entered her mind, a thin strand of anger wove itself around her, becoming wider and wider as it went.

'Such big words he declared yesterday!' LanFen turned her face away from Lu FengHo, so it wouldn't seem like she was glowering at him.

'That prim and proper genius is the one at fault here! 'Zhao LanFeng is nothing less than my Soulmate'.' she mimicked him with her back to Lu FengHo.

'Wo-Peh!' She continued in her thoughts. 'Are those the kind of words that someone with a fiance will spout to someone else?! How flippant!'

A gentle hand landed atop her head, and that was when she noticed the flute was no longer playing.

"Younger brother, did you sleep badly?" Lu FengHo's features were worried. "The way your aura is seeping out, is a bit..."

"Er ... Ehehe." LanFen hadn't realized she had been releasing her aura, and she cupped her hands and smiled at him apologetically. "Sorry, sorry! I think I drank a little too much wine, yesterday!"

She had indeed outdone herself the previous night, nearly finishing six gourds!

But thoughts about the elder, had made her feel alert, the instant she opened her eyes, as opposed to her usual hangover headaches and grogginess.

But at a time like this, she shamelessly blamed her foul mood on the wine!

Lu FengHo, who somehow seemed more than a little pleased, waved away her apology. "It's fine, it's fine." Then he got to his feet, and extended a hand to help her up.

"Come! We're spending the day with my mother... A servant came to inform me earlier, that Clan Leader Shuǐ spoke with her late last night, and now she wants to see us...

"And besides, she hasn't seen you since you woke up!"

LanFen beamed at him, briefly forgetting her annoyance. "Yes, yes! Lady Lu might draw up wanted portraits, if I don't appear today!"

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However, LanFen's mood soon turned sour again, as the morning only worsened from there.

They hadn't taken up to ten steps from the tavern, when it became apparent that there was a new hot topic in the city...

"Did you hear? Young Master Shuǐ visited the Lin household with plenty of rare gifts!"

"Which young master Shuǐ?"

"Are you dense? Which one can it be, but the successor himself?"

"Haven't the two been engaged for almost ten years?"