Chapter 120 - Replaced Them
Chapter 120 – Replaced Them
Elder Gao intended to save the little bride that Qu Xing Xu brought home and proposed to. He was no fool to not know that ladies were fragile creatures that will faint at the slightest sight of blood.
He also had daughters and granddaughters to prove this. But he wished they could man up and gather their sense to not faint at these horrid sights as this would make him proud as their father and grandfather.
There were too few amounts of females who could stand the sight of blood and scenes like beheading someone in front of the scaffold without fainting. That is why Elder Gao wished he could go back to the military and train some females into warriors.
Back to Lin Xiaofei whispering, the Elders behind the two of them were stunned upon hearing her words. They didn't expect this turn of events and thought that they were hearing things wrong.
"She said it's beautiful but scary, right?" An Elder said
"No, she said it's terrifyingly beautiful she could faint." Another one said..
"Fool! She definitely said to take down the paintings as it's too frightening to look at!" Elder Mo said to them.
With her ears perked at their murmurs, Lin Xiaofei didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Was it that unbelievable for her to think that the gruesome painting that Qu Xing Xu pointed at for her to see beautiful?
She was never the type to adore normal paintings and only find the unique and gruesome ones beautiful and worth looking at. Just like the painting on the wall.
Looking at it once again, Lin Xiaofei wished she could reach her hands to it and feel the roughness of it under the tips of her fingers.
"I'll let you touch it later." Qu Xing Xu chuckled. He could see through the way she looked at the painting with earnest eyes filled with admiration. He was amused at the thought of her being drawn to the painting that he drew himself.
It seems that he wasn't wrong thinking that Lin Xiaofei was a unique and deadly flower among the flowers in the garden.
That time in Hong Pei Lou, Qu Xing Xu didn't fully believe that she was the kind of woman who loved these bloody paintings, and the words she said that time were only spoken without thinking. However, with today's display, he could now reassure himself that Lin Xiaofei was indeed the only one for him.
Where would he look for a woman who finds his paintings beautiful anyway? Thought Qu Xing Xu as he stared at her once again.
Could it be possible that she will be extremely happy if he were to send her a gift with a person's head inside of it as well?
Throwing that thought at the back of his head, Qu Xing Xu thought that would be too much even for her. She might hate him if he really did that.
Qu Xing Xu put his hand on the lower of her back and continued their walk. He kept on telling her what she needed to know about something and where he got it from.
Overall, Lin Xiaofei could say that Qu Xing Xu was the same as his grandfather. They both liked to collect items that were made from the Western Kingdoms.
But how is it possible for him to collect so much? Was it possible that Qu Xing Xu had some connections in the Western Kingdoms and had some frequent dealings with them?
Upon this thought, Lin Xiaofei turned her head slightly to look at his side profile only to see him already staring at her.
The ended up staring at each other; one who was looking with a passive expression on her face and the other had a smile tugging on his lips.
The two of them didn't walk too fast or slow, their pace made the people behind them think that the Lin Xiaofei and Qu Xing Xu were on a date and not just touring the residence.
With that scene in front of her, Bai Jia Li couldn't stop herself from walking ahead of her elder sister who needed her support to continue her pretentious act of having her ankles twisted.
"Brother Qu Xing Xu." Bai Jia Li began once she got close to them, "Why don't we head to the garden near your courtyard? I missed the flowers in there."
"That's unfortunate, the flowers in the garden is no longer there." Qu Xing Xu commented to which made Bai Jia Li crease her brows.
"What do you mean by that? Brother Qu Xing Xu. Did they wilt after the storm yesterday?" Bai Jia Li asked.
Shaking his head, Qu Xing Xu instead looked at Lin Xiaofei as he answered, "No, I replaced them with better things than the flowers before."
Bai Jia Li gasped softly. The flowers in that garden were of the most beautiful and freshest flower she had seen in the entire empire. In addition, these flowers were also quite hard to find and expensive to buy.
Having a glimpse of his sly smile that held deeper meanings behind it, Lin Xiaofei asked him, "What did you replace them?"
"Are you curious?" Qu Xing Xu asked her with a smile. Overjoyed to see that she understood him and wanted to go along his acting.
Lin Xiaofei rolled her eyes at him. Does he need her to repeat it? "Yes, I am." She decided to say it again and get over this. She was also wondering what he had planned to do.
"Alright, let us head over there now." He said without turning to take a glance at Bai Jia Li and didn't get his hand off Lin Xiaofei's lower back as he leads her towards the garden.
Once they were close to the garden, Qu Xing Xu suddenly told a few words to which made Lin Xiaofei feel curious, "I am certain that you will love what I replaced them with."