Chapter 24: The Beautiful Woman of Shangyuan

  The east wind blows at night, and a thousand trees bloom. The stars fall like rain as the fragrance fills the road. The phoenix flute sounds, the jade pot shines, and the fish and dragon dance for one night.

  The vitality of the city bursts to its peak on a full moon night, and the streets that were almost deserted during the day are now crowded with people.

  Little people wrapped in big red quilts are running wildly on the street, waving long strings of sugar gourds in their hands and chirping with joy, their bright eyes shining with newborn delight.

  Today is a special day, even if it means asking strict parents for an extra pound of candy.

  The girls also came out of their boudoirs, painted their lips red, applied rouge, stuck on pearl powder, put on the most gorgeous clothes, sang and chattered, and walked along the way, attracting many young men to gaze at them with admiration.

  The young talents who had been suppressed for a long time naturally did not want to miss this rare opportunity to relax, they went out in groups of three or five, drinking and eating at restaurants, reveling and venting the frustration of being cooped up in their studies for so long.

  The wine shops and tea houses all hung big red lanterns in front of the gate, and the eaves and corners on both sides of the street were filled with deep brown ropes for hanging various flower lanterns.

  The warm orange glow of the fire added a few more joyful expressions to people's faces, and the beautiful women were no exception. At this time, small stalls with various styles would not be enough, large-scale entertainment programs such as lion dance, lantern riddles, and drumming performances, as long as there was a venue, would certainly be packed to capacity.

  Today is a national holiday - the 15th of the first month, Yuanxiao Festival.

  Alyu blew air onto her small hands and found the white mist that emerged to be quite interesting... Well, at least more interesting than that red-skinned peacock.

  Alyu was already regretful, such a good day was wasted in this ghost place. She wrinkled her nose and avoided the woman who was full of greasy makeup, although that woman couldn't touch her at all, but the instinctive disgust still couldn't bear being touched by humans, especially one with so much powder on her face!!

  At the third watch of the night, the woman beside Zhang Zuo changed one after another, but he continued to drink wine as if nothing had happened, with several empty jars piled up beside him.

  Alyu yawned boredly, she was indeed a hardworking person, wasting her good days to monitor this hypocrite. Her aunt was also... such a glutton, apart from her face being somewhat presentable, what else could she possibly have? Wasn't she just playing tricks on her (ps: Yueyue gave a sideways glance: To some extent, Alyu you're right)

  "Everyone has left, why don't you come out and show yourself? Don't tell me you look down on Zhang San?" Zhang Zuoyan leaned back in his chair, seemingly unintentionally raising his cup, but it startled Ah Liu so much that she almost cried out.

  The cup was raised in the direction of Ah Liu, straight and unwavering, with clear eyes looking directly at Ah Liu, as if she were a living person standing in front of him without any cover.

  Alyu was frozen in place, unsure if Zhang Zuoyan had discovered her or someone else. But she quickly dismissed the idea, knowing that there was no one else around who could be watching him. As a member of the Muling tribe, her status may not have been as high as Fang Xiaoling's, but when it came to actual strength, she had every confidence in herself.

  In the empty space of Ah Liu's daze, Zhang Zhaoyan had already walked down from the soft couch, step by step, steadily and firmly, stopping right in front of Ah Liu's position, less than an inch away. "Don't pretend to be stupid, I know you're a girl. I'm asking you, where did that person go before?"

  Zhang Zuoyan scratched his head and said casually, "Ah no, I shouldn't call you a human being. In our terminology, we should call you... a demon."

  Alyu hadn't recovered from the shock, and directly asked, "Can you see me?" After speaking, Alyu wanted to slap his own mouth. What was this? How could humans possibly hear a demon talking?

  "It's a bit blurry, but I can sense it." Zhang Zuoyan stretched out his hand to her cheek and nodded, "Can't touch it either."

  "!!!!" Ah Liu's hair was almost standing on end, so it seemed that he had heard every word of her muttering and scolding in the back a few days ago, this shame was lost to...

  "Don't be nervous.

  Please, have some human self-awareness... Ah Liu bared his teeth and snarled: "Human, aren't you afraid I'll eat you?"

  "No way." Zhang Zuoyan smiled silently, but in Ah Liu's eyes, it was a real provocation. Realizing that someone was about to blow their top, he quickly added an explanation, "You see, Xun Qing has been fine for so many years, and I'm not that unlucky either. Besides, if you wanted to kill me, you wouldn't have waited until now."

  "Hmm..." Ah Liu raised an eyebrow and asked, "How much do you know about my aunt?"

  "Are you referring to the one beside Xun Qing?" Zhang Zuoyan pretended to think, while Ah Liu actually wanted to slap that handsome face of his. "Not many. But she did chase me closely a few days ago, perhaps she has taken a liking to me?"

  Your aunt has finally woken up, who would dare not to notice you, this pig?!

  "Bang———"

  A loud noise completely interrupted the communication between the two non-human beings. Ah Liu glanced over there and immediately floated out.

  Aunt?