Wedding ceremony tomorrow

Chapter 156 I'm scared...

Night fell.

The surrounding light had become dim.

Luo Qingfeng's heart sank as well.

Nightingale walked out of the south courtyard with a pale face. When she saw him, her eyes reddened and instantly filled with tears of grievance.

A surge of anger rose in Luo Qingfeng's heart.

However, he didn't ask any more questions or show it. He simply took her hand calmly and said softly, "It's okay, let's go home."

The nightingale held back the tears welling up in her eyes.

The two left the gate and walked towards the street ahead.

There were hardly any pedestrians left on the road.

The two walked hand in hand in silence on the snow-covered street, neither of them speaking for a moment.

As they approached Red Leaf Alley, Nightingale said dejectedly, "They took the dressing table and mirror back, but the alternate dimension inside seems to have collapsed. They didn't find anything, nor did they see any demons. Each of us has a nameplate issued by the academy, which should show when we kill a demon, but the demons we killed in the alternate dimension this time didn't show up... So, the academy believes this mission was unsuccessful."

At this point, she lowered her head, her voice choked with emotion.

"The institute also said that we lost two team members, failed to call for help in time, and left no evidence of the alternate dimension, so they will punish us... I was deducted thirty merit points, and fined a piece of Xuanjin and some silver..."

After listening, Luo Qingfeng remained silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is the captain?"

Nightingale raised her hand and wiped away her tears: "The captain was also punished, but not in terms of merit points. Teacher Cao privately asked someone to inquire for me, and it turns out..."

Luo Qingfeng's gaze fell upon the dark alley ahead, his expression unusually calm: "I should have known that father and son wouldn't let this go so easily, after all, they suffered such a great loss at the North Courtyard last time..."

Nightingale wiped away her tears and said, "Teacher Cao secretly told me that they contacted Sun Changshan and Elder Sun Ming from the Earth Rank Department. When they were discussing this mission, Yuan Hai from the Heaven Rank Department also went... Yuan Hai is Yuan Tong's uncle... That's why this happened. Teacher Cao is very angry, but there's nothing he can do to help me..."

After saying that, she couldn't help but cry: "I'm...I'm sorry, I can't leave..."

Luo Qingfeng stopped, reached out, and gently hugged her, softly comforting her, "It's alright, if you can't walk, you can't walk. We're not far apart anyway."

Nightingale buried her face in his chest and cried, "But...but I'm afraid they'll always stop me from doing missions in the future..."

Luo Qingfeng remained silent and did not speak again.

At the alley entrance, Aya, wearing a patched black dress, held a sword in her hand, staring coldly at the scene. Her black hair and the hem of her dress fluttered silently in the cold wind.

"fine."

Luo Qingfeng stroked the girl's hair in his arms, offering only a gentle word of comfort without saying anything more.

His gaze met that of the little girl at the alley entrance, both equally silent and cold.

The two stood in the wind and snow for a long time.

Nightingale composed herself, wiped away her tears, and calmed down: "Fine, I won't do any more missions. I'll just hold on for a while longer. If I don't complete enough missions each month for three consecutive months, I'll be forcibly expelled from the Demon Suppression Academy. I'll just wait to be kicked out. Even if I can't join the North Academy in the future, it doesn't matter. I can find a private team and earn money by doing missions together. Anyway, I've decided that I will never stay there again."

Luo Qingfeng nodded: "Then let's do it your way."

Then she said softly, "Sister Nightingale, don't worry, no matter what happens in the future, I will always be with you."

The nightingale hummed in agreement, her eyes welling up with tears again.

The two hugged for a while longer before walking towards the alley. The little girl standing at the alley entrance had already quietly left.

When they arrived at the courtyard gate, Nightingale had already wiped away her tears and forced a smile: "I'm fine."

Luo Qingfeng reached out and wiped away her tears, saying, "It's alright, don't think about it anymore, just focus on your cultivation."

Nightingale regained her confidence: "Yes, I will definitely train hard. When I am strong enough, I will be afraid of no one."

Luo Qingfeng said, "Then let's work hard together."

Nightingale nodded and said, "Yes."

Luo Qingfeng added, "Then let's start working on it tomorrow night!"

The nightingale paused, puzzled, and asked, "Why start tomorrow night?"

Luo Qingfeng stroked her soft little hand and said, "Tonight... let's try to do something else, shall we?"

The nightingale immediately understood, and with a flick of her long leg, she was about to kick him.

Luo Qingfeng immediately fled into the courtyard.

In the small courtyard, Aya was alone, getting soaked in the snow, silently swinging the axe in her hand, chopping firewood with all her might.

Luo Qingfeng walked over and snatched the axe, saying, "Little sister-in-law, let me do it. You go and help your sister cook."

When Aya's axe was taken away and she was called "little sister-in-law," she immediately turned her head and looked at him with her little mouth slightly pouting.

"Click!"

Luo Qingfeng swung his axe with one hand, splitting the wood in one swift motion. He turned to her and asked, "What's wrong, sister-in-law?"

Aya ignored him and went straight into the kitchen.

Nightingale walked over and snorted, "Bullying A-Crow again. Why call her 'little sister-in-law'?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "I was just teasing her. Besides, isn't she my sister-in-law?"

Nightingale glared at him, then ignored him and went straight into the kitchen.

Soon, smoke began to rise from the chimney.

Luo Qingfeng stood in the courtyard, holding an axe, standing in the wind and snow. The smile on his face had long since vanished, replaced by a coldness as icy as the snow.

"Click!"

He cleaved a thick piece of wood in two with a single axe stroke.

Dinner was simple.

I boiled a large piece of beef, stir-fried two dishes, and heated up some steamed buns.

The nightingale was in a bad mood, so it ate a little.

Aya also has a small appetite.

As for Grandma, she ate even less.

So Luo Qingfeng ate most of the meat and steamed buns by himself.

Seeing that he had finished the last steamed bun, Nightingale deliberately said, "You have a really big appetite. If I don't have any missions to do in the future and I don't earn any money, and I eat less, will you stop coming?"

Luo Qingfeng deliberately retorted, "Why would I come here if I'm not full? I came here just to freeload a meal, didn't I?"

Upon hearing this, the two of them burst into laughter.

Grandma laughed along with her.

Aya secretly watched him alone, her blank expression changing slightly.

After dinner, Luo Qingfeng helped wash the dishes.

After boiling the water, Grandma and Aya took a shower first, and then immediately went into the room and closed the door, as if afraid of disturbing the two of them.

After washing up, the two went into the room together.

Nightingale went over and lit the oil lamp. When she turned to look at him, her cheeks were flushed, and she whispered, "Grandma came and went through my wardrobe during the day."

Luo Qingfeng asked, puzzled, "Why are you going through your wardrobe?"

Nightingale ignored him, went over and sat on the bed, remained silent for a while, then looked at him and said, "I have a secret to tell you."

Luo Qingfeng walked over, squatted down in front of her, lifted her foot, helped her take off her embroidered shoes, and stroked her small foot clad in white socks before calmly saying, "Sister Nightingale, it must be about your transformation, right? I know you seem to have some concerns and don't want to talk about it. Actually, it's okay if you don't tell me. Everyone has their own secrets, and some secrets are best kept to oneself."

Just like the stuff inside him.

The nightingale paused for a moment, then looked at him and said, "But I'm scared."

Luo Qingfeng asked, "What are you afraid of?"

The nightingale didn't answer, but stared at him for a while longer. Then she raised her small, stockinged foot and held it out in front of him, saying, "Why aren't you taking off your stockings?"

Just as Luo Qingfeng was about to speak, she suddenly rolled over, got into bed, and pulled down the bed curtains. Looking at him through the curtains from inside, she said, "Can you not bully me tonight? I...I'm scared..."

Luo Qingfeng said, "That won't do. The more afraid you are, the more you'll be bullied. Once you're no longer afraid, we won't bully you anymore."

The nightingale immediately said from inside, "Then I'm not afraid anymore."

Luo Qingfeng immediately took off his coat, shoes, and socks, lifted the curtain, got into bed, and looked at her, saying, "If you're not afraid anymore, then it's your turn to bully me. I'm going to lie down now."

Nightingale: "...Shameless!"

"Yeah, I'm shameless."

After Luo Qingfeng finished speaking, he reached out and helped her untie her ponytail. Her long, jet-black hair cascaded down, smooth and shiny, like black silk, falling onto her high and full breasts.

The nightingale's cheeks instantly blossomed into a radiant smile, but she remained silent.

The two gazed at each other tenderly for a while.

Luo Qingfeng reached out and gently untied the belt around her waist, then slowly helped her remove her outer garment.

Her fair, white shoulders were exposed.

The pink bib on her chest was stretched high and almost fell off.

The girl didn't flinch; her eyes were watery, filled with girlish shyness, and she looked at him charmingly and captivatingly.

Luo Qingfeng couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister Nightingale, you're so beautiful... beautiful everywhere..."

As he spoke, he leaned over and gently kissed her pink lips.

The girl's eyelashes fluttered, and she whispered, "You...you don't want to know my secret anymore?"

"think……"

Luo Qingfeng stroked her fair and smooth shoulders, reached out a finger and gently untied the pink string on them, then pressed his forehead against hers and whispered, "Let me find out your other secrets first... before we talk."

The girl shyly closed her eyes, gently bit her lip, and turned her blushing face away without saying a word.

Outside the window, the north wind howled, making the windows rattle.

The entire city of Wangxing was covered in a vast expanse of white.

All the lights in the houses seemed to have been turned off, and people seemed to have already drifted off to sleep.

Outside of Wangxing City, in a certain mountain forest.

On the snow-covered hillside, two ferocious beasts, all white, suddenly leaped out of a snow cave. Then, with their delicate pink lips pouting, they chased and played with each other in the snow.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared, like a demon, and opened its blood-red maw, swallowing them whole!

The forest quickly returned to silence.

Before long, the demon, drooling, continued to climb down the hillside, leaving a deep trail on the snow-white ground.

It soon reached the ravine below and discovered other prey.

Much later.

After finishing its prey and drinking its fill of water from the mountain stream, it left, still feeling unsatisfied...

But as soon as it left, an even more ferocious and ugly monster swam out of the darkness. It was a terrifying giant python shrouded in black mist and exuding a sinister aura!

Suddenly, all sorts of monsters appeared throughout the mountains and forests.

The snow-white ground was quickly shrouded in black mist.

"Clang, clang..."

Inside Wangxing City, the lanterns in front of the shops kept hitting the pillars in the cold wind, creating a unique melody with the howling wind and snow.

Snowflakes fell thick and fast, quickly covering everything.

"boom!"

At midnight, a dam on a distant river outside the city suddenly burst, and floodwaters surged out like a terrifying beast, instantly filling the nearby fields and paths before continuing to rush forward.

The entire earth seemed to tremble and wail.

Of course, within Wangxing City, everything remained as peaceful as ever, and people continued to dream their own beautiful dreams.

A small courtyard in a lane lined with red leaves.

After finishing their work, the hardworking men and women would fall asleep exhausted.

Not long after.

A blurry figure flew through the houses, onto the rooftops, and then, braving the wind and snow, onto the streets.

Soon, he arrived at the Yuan residence with practiced ease.

One of the rooms was brightly lit, and Yuan Fang and his two concubines were inside.

Yang Jing was also there.

"Hehe, didn't you see how ugly that little bitch looked today? Going against the Yuan family, she'll get what's coming to her! From now on, she can forget about doing her missions properly! Hmph, she doesn't even know who she is, daring to offend the Yuan family! She won't have a good time in Wangxing City from now on!"

While enjoying his concubine's service, Yuan Fang sneered.

Yang Jing was silent for a moment, then looked at him and said, "I'll invite her to do that mission tomorrow. If she doesn't agree, what else do I need to do?"

Yuan Fang's eyes flickered, and he said, "She's probably given up on the other tasks in the institute by now. If you suddenly give her hope, and you're on the same team, she shouldn't suspect anything, especially since your team leader is going too. I think she'll definitely take the bait."

Yang Jingdao said, "That's not necessarily true. She's always been very careful and cautious. Otherwise, you wouldn't have failed so many times."

Yuan Fang snorted coldly and said, "I did underestimate her before. I thought she was just a poor girl who had never seen the world and could be fooled with a few words. Who knew she would actually... Hmph, it doesn't matter. This time, you and I are working together and have made ample preparations. We will definitely succeed."

Yang Jing stroked the woman's hair beneath him, glanced at him again, and suddenly said, "I've always been curious, what is it about that woman that makes your Yuan family value her so much?"

Yuan Fang did not answer, but simply smiled and said, "Senior Brother Yang, please don't ask. In any case, the reward will definitely not be less. And my Yuan family will never forget Senior Brother Yang's favor."

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Yang Jing didn't speak again and closed his eyes.

On the rooftop, a shadowy figure lingered in the wind and snow for a while before silently departing.

(End of this chapter)