Chapter Twenty-Four This woman was somewhat cold

  Deep in the ancient alley, Su Wen caught a whiff of faint pomegranate fragrance.

  A small siheyuan.

  Carved lacquer wooden gate, nearly a foot high threshold, two water bucket thick pillars, with dragon and phoenix surrounding on top. Two black lacquered door rings, with the images of the Hum Ha Er Jiang generals who guard the house. Taking a sniff, it seems that the fragrance of pomegranate flowers is coming from the gap under the gate.

  Su Wen hesitated for a moment and gently pushed open the door.

  Inside the courtyard, the lights were dim.

  He looked ahead and saw a white figure flash by.

  This!

  That figure held an ancient long sword in hand, wearing a white dress, reflecting the faint moonlight in the sky, like a dancing fairy. Su Wen had not yet seen the woman's face, but was already stunned by her sword dance posture.

  "Who!" The woman suddenly let out a clear cry.

  Su Wen was just about to speak when a sword blade suddenly flew towards him.

  The woman thrust her sword at his chest, and if he had been stabbed, he would have died instantly.

  Su Wen didn't dare to slack off, and with a hurried backward lean, he barely dodged the sword. The woman's first strike was unsuccessful, but she quickly turned around and struck again. Su Wen was shocked once more; these two strikes were seamlessly connected - if you dodged the first one, the second would definitely continue to attack.

  For a moment, his physical movements were executed to the extreme.

  The sword sliced past his face in an incredible motion. Su Wen could even feel the coldness of the blade, and he took advantage of this to roll away quickly to one side, then flipped over and got up, rapidly increasing the distance between himself and the woman.

  "Don't...don't move, I was introduced by Old Chu." Su Wen panted heavily, as if he had just walked a thin line between life and death.

  "Sister, why aren't you sleeping yet?" Chu Fei rubbed her eyes and walked over.

  She was wearing a Hello Kitty pajama, her hair was messy, possibly because the pajamas were too big, causing her cleavage to appear and disappear.

  "Chufei, it's me! Hurry up and explain things to this woman." Su Wen hastily shouted.

  Chu Fei only then noticed Su Wen: "Elder sister, he is Su Wen. Grandfather said to let him temporarily live with us. Alright, I'm going back to sleep now."

  "Su Wen?" Yuxue furrowed her brow, "Fei'er, why didn't you tell me earlier? Just now, if he hadn't been lucky, I might have already killed him with one sword. How would I explain it to Grandfather then?"

  "Eldest sister, didn't I tell you?" Chu Fei's little brain was thinking hard, and after a long time, she said: "It seems that I really didn't tell you. It's all because your cooking is too delicious, I forgot everything. That... Su Wen, sorry."

  Su Wen pointed at Chu Fei, so angry he couldn't say a word.

  "Are you okay?" Yixue looked at Suwen, "I'm Chufei's older cousin, my name is Yixue."

  "It's nothing, I'm just lucky." Su Wen was very dissatisfied, he looked up at Yuxue, wanting to complain a few more sentences, but his eyes widened in shock instead.

  What kind of woman is she?

  Standing in the faint moonlight, except for her black hair, her entire body was snow-white, but that white seemed to lack some blood color, so it looked a bit pale and abnormal. Her face was exquisitely beautiful, with a clear and elegant spirit, her eyes were like a pool of clear water, and when she turned around, she had an air of elegance and nobility that made people feel ashamed and not dare to profane. But the cold and proud spirit in her seemed to have a captivating and enchanting attitude, which also made people unable to help but be fascinated and infatuated.

  "Heavenly beauty, elegant and refined, with a spirit uniquely noble and pure. Among the countless flowers, who can believe that she is not to be ranked with the rest? Her majestic air is clear and bright, her talent shines like a celestial being, and it's hard for mortals to distinguish her. The jade platform beckons her return, and only then can one gaze upon her absolute purity."

  "What the hell are you staring at?" Chu Fei bellowed out.

  "Look at your elder sister." Su Wen replied casually, but then felt something was off, "Uh... where is my room?"

  "This is not your room, go sleep in the dormitory!"

  "Oh no! It's so cold at this late hour..."

  "Alright, Fei'er!" Yixue said, turning to Suwen, "Have you seen the west side? There's an empty room there, but it needs some cleaning. It's getting late now, go clean it up yourself!"

  Su Wen nodded: "Thank you!"

  Yi Xue is not talking anymore.

  Su Wen went to the west room and took a look, but there was no lock at all.

  He pushed the door open and found everything inside was just as it should be, only a bit dusty. A quick wipe with water would fix that. He looked around the yard and soon found a place to hold water, grabbed a basin, found an unused towel, and got busy.

  In the courtyard, under the pomegranate tree.

  Yi Xue was still practicing her swordplay, and Su Wen's coming and going didn't affect her in the slightest.

  After being busy for nearly half an hour, Su Wen took a deep breath.

  He carefully sized up the room, still very satisfied in his heart. In Kyoto, such a house would be hard to come by, especially with all the wooden furniture inside, and he could even smell the faint scent of wood when he slept.

  A shabby house costing about ten yuan a month, this is Su Wen's current residence.

  "I had someone put your luggage in the storage room over there, you can pick it up yourself later." Chu Fei appeared at Su Wen's door.

  "I see." Su Wen had actually already seen it, "That... Chu Fei, is your older cousin practicing sword fighting?"

  "Aren't you blind? This isn't a sword practice, what is this?" Chu Fei pointed at Yi Xue.

  "I'm just curious, why is your sister practicing sword so late at night?" Su Wen looked embarrassed and didn't argue with Chu Fei.

  "You don't know this, but my cousin is the vice president of the Jiangning Swordsmanship Association. Every day from 10 to 11 pm and from 6 to 7 am, she practices sword fighting for an hour. In the past four years, my cousin has won fourteen championship titles in sword fighting competitions, not to mention all the runner-up and third-place prizes. How's that? Isn't it impressive?" Chu Fei was very proud, as if these achievements were her own.

  Su Wen was indeed shocked: "Then your cousin is really formidable, her job seems to be a professional swordsmanship contestant."

  "No, no, my cousin is not a professional swordswoman." Chu Fei shook her head. "She just likes swordsmanship, actually her current job is a financial expert, many old bosses in Jiangning City will consult her on some financial issues, she only needs to work half a day, but the salary she gets is several dozen times that of an ordinary white-collar worker."

  Su Wen was completely stunned: "She's still a financial expert?"

  "What's so special about that? My cousin is a lawyer, fashion designer, classical literature researcher and core member of an astronomical research organization." Chu Fei looked at Su Wen as if she was looking at a turtle.

  "Too awesome!" Su Wen and his buddies were all shocked. "All-around woman, that's so cool!"

  "Hmph, next time you look at my sister like that, be careful I'll really dig out your eyeballs." Chu Fei didn't forget to threaten Su Wen again, then turned around and entered her own room.

  It's eleven o'clock.

  Yi Xue finished her sword practice and looked at Su Wen: "Didn't disturb you, did I?"

  "No." Su Wen smiled slightly.

  "Have you learned martial arts?" Yuxue asked.

  "I've read some books and practiced blindly." Su Wen thought for a moment before responding.

  "You hesitated for two seconds when answering the question, obviously you were lying." Yuxue said calmly, "Just now Fei'er didn't mention one thing, actually I also studied psychology, it's just that guessing others' minds is very impolite, so I won't make a living by doing this."

  "I didn't mean to deceive you." Su Wen said awkwardly.

  "But it's obvious that you still deceived me. Next time if I ask a question and you don't want to answer, you can just refuse directly. I don't like kind lies, in my opinion, kind lies can sometimes hurt people more deeply." Yuxue said, then turned around and went back into the house.

  Su Wen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

  This woman is not only beautiful, not only omnipotent, but also very cold!