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"But since no one was arguing, it wasn't as lively, and things gradually fell apart."
Fu Hai: "...Is it really necessary?"
Li Xianrui said, "This Miss Cen resolved the dispute that had caused the yamen so much trouble in such a simple way. She is quite a character."
"It's just that time was too tight, and I didn't have a chance to meet her during the Lantern Festival."
Fu Hai asked, "Sister Xianrui, are you leaving tonight? Can't you stay a day or two longer?"
Li Xianrui said, "After watching the Lantern Festival, the three of them insisted on going back. If I hadn't had other things to do, they would have left this morning."
"When we came, we went through Duanyun Mountain. This time, we plan to go out from the West Gate and take the official road along the canal. Although it is a bit longer, the road is easier to travel."
Fu Hai said, "Oh, I see! By the way, Sister Xianrui, are you a fan of Setsuna or Touma?" He was a little curious.
Li Xianrui rolled her eyes: "I'm not that bored."
Fu Hai said, "I'm just asking out of curiosity. If I had to say, Sister Xianrui, which one do you prefer?"
Li Xianrui answered quite directly: "If I had to say, I'd prefer the male lead of that book to be Yukina, wouldn't you say?"
Sister Xianrui is actually a fan of Xuecai?
This was quite unexpected for Fu Hai.
He originally thought that Sister Xianrui would be a member of the Touma party.
Unable to resist, I asked again, "Why?"
Li Xianrui said, "After all, the protagonist met Xuecai first, and Xuecai was also the first to express her feelings to the protagonist. Of course, people in the martial arts world may not pay so much attention to details, and many people believe that true feelings are greater than all etiquette."
Then, she added irritably, "Don't talk about this book anymore. I get annoyed just mentioning it."
"I've been here for several days, but I still haven't found out who wrote it. This resentment just won't go away. I really wish I had never read this book in the first place... although it is indeed very well written."
Fu Hai nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes! We won't mention it anymore, we won't mention it again."
The two chatted over tea. Li Xianrui, living in Yucheng Mountain, knew a great deal about various figures in the martial arts world, but she had never actually ventured into the martial arts world.
Although Fu Hai, who runs an inn, is not a member of the martial arts world and doesn't know much about it, he has many martial arts people coming and going and knows more about the stories and events of the martial arts world.
The two complemented each other and ended up having a pleasant conversation.
With most of the afternoon gone, it was time to part ways in the evening.
The two lay on the bed, holding hands, whispering sweet nothings, clearly reluctant to part.
"Sister Xianrui," Fu Hai said, "if I want to see you again in the future..."
Li Xianrui said, "If you go to the Painting Immortal Pavilion, just look for me. I'll come to see you when I'm free. If you don't take the official road, but instead cross the mountains and valleys from Broken Cloud Mountain, with my lightness skill, it will only take me half a day..."
Just then, Xia Yuelan's voice suddenly came from outside: "Senior brother? Senior brother, are you there?"
When the two got to the crucial point of their conversation, Fu Hai, not wanting his junior sister to see him lying on the couch with Li Xianrui, didn't answer.
Neither of them spoke for the time being, waiting for Yue Lan to leave.
Yue Lan called out a few times, but there was no response. She seemed to be talking to someone: "Sigh! I don't know where my senior brother has gone. Madam, what do you need him for? Or should I tell him when he returns?"
Then another woman's voice laughed and said, "Actually, it's nothing. Just tell him when you see him."
"Tell him to come see me tomorrow when he's free. His first edition of 'The Young Hero's Adventures' has sold out, but it's still not enough. I need to talk to him about a reprint..."
Chapter 179 I am a member of Sister Xianrui's party
When Li Xianrui heard the woman outside speak, she was initially puzzled, as the voice sounded familiar.
When the words "Young Hero Breaks Through Heaven's Gate" appeared, she suddenly realized that this was the same Lang Yue, the owner of the Baoshuzhai Lang Yuelou, whom she had visited that morning.
Fu Hai never expected that, while it was still raining outside, Madam Langyue would come to see him at this time.
He was so anxious that he was about to speak.
Who was Li Xianrui? She reacted extremely quickly, instantly covering his mouth while glaring at him fiercely, forbidding him to speak.
Xia Yuelan was both surprised and delighted: "They've all been sold so quickly?"
"Yes, two thousand copies, just for the Lantern Festival!" Madam Langyue laughed. "Although we mainly promoted this book during the Lantern Festival, we didn't expect it to sell so well."
"Now I only regret that the first edition was printed too small. If I had known it would sell this well, I should have printed five thousand copies at the beginning."
Xia Yuelan exclaimed, "When my senior brother first took the manuscript to the study, I laughed at him, saying that no one would read such an infuriating book."
"I told him that I wanted to write about the Demonic Sect dominating the martial arts world, killing anyone he couldn't stand, and taking any beautiful woman he encountered. Writing like that wouldn't work, but I didn't expect it to sell so well... even though the book was getting angrier and angrier the more you read it."
Lady Langyue couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you think the government wouldn't care if it were a book that was too violent? They would just ban it."
Xia Yuelan asked, puzzled, "But Madam, before, people didn't know that the book was infuriating, so they promoted it everywhere. Many people got angry after reading it and then blindly recommended it to others."
"Now that everyone is gradually aware of this, will anyone still watch what comes out later?"
Lady Langyue said, "You don't know this, but during the Lantern Festival, there were many young ladies from various places. After all that commotion these past few days, the book became a hit."
"They'll definitely talk about this when they get back. It's infuriating, but the book is definitely a good one. If it were a terrible book that's only good for making people angry, why would they be making such a fuss these past few days?"
"I'll promote them further, portraying them as discerning and talented women. In this world, which scholar doesn't boast of their romantic sensibilities and exceptional talent?"
"So for the second edition's tagline, I'm going to use one sentence: 'If you don't read this, you're not a cultured person!'"
Xia Yuelan exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, you're really amazing, Madam. If our inn were as good at business as you, it would have grown into a big and successful business long ago."
Li Xianrui covered the boy's mouth, staring at him with eyes that first showed confusion, then surprise, and finally a fierce expression.
So you're the culprit who caused my Dao heart to fail, preventing me from breaking through and even causing my power to regress?
If it weren't for the book you wrote, how could I have failed to break through, how could I have been no match for those villains, how could I have needed you to save me, how could I have lost my virginity to you, and how could I have been held in various positions and tormented by you all night long while meowing?
Fu Hai felt a chill run down his spine from her murderous gaze.
In just one more hour, Sister Xianrui and her three junior sisters will be leaving.
She discovered the truth at the last minute, waaaaah, God has wronged me.
Li Xianrui used her superior skill to suppress him, preventing him from speaking.
Continue to listen attentively to the idle chatter outside.
Madam Langyue laughed and said, "Speaking of which, I should thank you. If you hadn't caused a scene with someone a couple of days ago, bringing up the Snow Vegetable Party and the Touma Party, it probably wouldn't have been able to sell them all in these three days."
"No matter how much I promote it, it won't make as much of a commotion as that factional strife. Could this be an idea your senior brother came up with for you?"
Li Xianrui stared intently at the boy... So that's how it is?
Fortunately, Xia Yuelan was easygoing and always straightforward: "No, that was really an accident. My senior brother wouldn't let me enter the city the next day. How was I supposed to know it would turn out like that?"
"Luckily, those people didn't know it was my senior brother who wrote it, otherwise they would have turned the whole inn upside down."
Madam Langyue laughed and said, "You don't know, there was even a talented woman from a prestigious family who came to me. I don't know what happened to her while reading that book, but she was so angry that she almost went crazy."
"They even came to me this morning, trying to use their prestigious sect status to pressure me into revealing your senior brother's identity. I didn't say a word!"
Fu Hai was moved to tears... Madam, you still said it anyway.
Xia Yuelan asked curiously, "A talented woman from a prestigious sect? Which one?"
"I won't go into that. We follow the rules. Since we didn't mention your senior brother, we naturally won't mention anyone else. But you really need to make sure your senior brother is well hidden and doesn't get found."
Li Xianrui glared murderously at the boy... It was too late!
The boy looked at her pitifully, his eyes brimming with tears, trying to evoke the last bit of affection in her.
"This rain is really heavy. It never rains during the Lantern Festival in previous years, so this year is a bit unusual. However, it started raining after midnight last night, so if we're being picky, it doesn't really count as rain during the Lantern Festival."
Lady Langyue said, "I don't know where your senior brother is, so I'll head back now."
Xia Yuelan said, "Yes, yes! When I see my senior brother, I will tell him, 'Madam, please take care.'"
Xia Yuelan saw Lady Langyue out. Outside, there was nothing but the sound of continuous rain, and inside, it was also quiet.
Fu Hai suddenly turned over, got out of bed, and slipped out.
But Sister Xianrui was quick-witted and grabbed his ear, pulling him back: "So you wrote that book?"
"Sister Xianrui, it's an accident, an accident!" Fu Hai was pulled back to the bedside, crying, "It hurts, it hurts!"
Li Xianrui was lost in thought, never imagining that the real mastermind behind it all was the boy who had slept with her.
It's a wonder that he knew the truth and still treated me so lovingly.
She trembled with rage, her delicate body turned cold, and her pretty face turned ashen: "So, you were lying to me from the very first day I arrived?"
By this time, Fu Hai had gained some experience in dealing with young women and was no longer the young Chu Nan he once was.
He reached out and hugged Li Xianrui's waist: "Sister Xianrui, I didn't know back then that you came to Anjun specifically to find me?"
"Sister Xianrui, don't be angry..."
Li Xianrui slapped his hand away: "Don't move."
After being scolded like that, Fu Hai didn't dare to make any rash moves. At least for the time being, he had to be obedient to avoid adding fuel to the fire.
He looked at Li Xianrui with deep affection: "That really was just an accident. I did write the book, but how could I have known that you, Sister Xianrui, would see it so quickly? Besides, it was my first time writing a novel, and I didn't know that everyone would have such a big reaction."
Li Xianrui glared at him, silently thinking, "What a calamity."
She rushed here with the intention of finding the author no matter what and slapping him a few times.
Looking at his tender expression, she found herself unable to bring herself to do it.
Seeing that her eyes had softened, Fu Hai said, "I just asked Sister Xianrui what party you belong to, but you haven't asked me what party I belong to yet."
Li Xianrui asked with a stern face, "Then what party are you from?"
The boy hugged her waist again: "I'm a fan of Sister Xianrui!"
Chapter 180 Speechless! Are they never going to stop?
The phrase "Sister Xianrui's Party" made Li Xianrui's heart flutter, and for a moment she forgot to stop him.
He immediately grabbed her and held her tightly in his arms.