Chapter 257: Chapter 256: Continuing to Read the Notebook
After teaching Xuanwu, Jiang Zuo left with Shi Qi and Shiba. As for when Xuanwu would manage to learn, he had no idea. ’But given the little guy’s intelligence, it’s going to take a while.’
In any case, Jiang Zuo didn’t have high hopes for it.
’It’s too young, without a shred of mature insight.’
But everything Jiang Zuo taught was true. To him, the Four Holy Beasts were truly foolish. When he first obtained the Mijie Treasure Manual, he had seen the Treasure Manual’s true path for cultivation at a single glance.
He had later revised it multiple times, making it simple and easy to understand.
Otherwise, with that Little Turtle’s aptitude, heaven knew when it would ever grasp the correct approach to the Mijie Sacred Image.
If the Four Holy Beasts found out about this, they would probably go wild with joy, but Jiang Zuo had no intention of telling them.
If they had obediently handed over the Treasure Manual back then, he might have given them a pointer or two. A shame they didn’t know what was good for them.
Those who opposed him were, for the most part, annihilated, clans and all.
Back then, while the Four Holy Beasts weren’t completely wiped out, they came pretty close.
Jiang Zuo headed back the way he came. He occasionally ran into a few Holy Land Disciples, but no one paid him any mind.
After all, he wore one token around his neck and held another in his hand.
His status was quite high.
So he could come and go from the Holy Land without any obstruction. But as he was walking, he suddenly stopped.
He suddenly remembered something. Right now, Su Qi was surely captured and getting the thrashing of her life, so the chance of her showing up was practically zero.
’What does that mean?’
’It means this is a golden opportunity to go and continue reading the notebook. If I miss this chance, who knows when the next one will be.’
Without hesitation, Jiang Zuo turned around and headed directly for Su Qi’s little house.
Thinking back on the Su Qi of the past, he felt a certain nostalgia. She was innocent, beautiful, and naive, with a bit of a temper and a rather cold demeanor.
She was like a completely different person from the Su Qi of today. She was still beautiful and naive, of course. ’As for innocent? Well, she’s still quite innocent, but in a different way.’
Her temper was much better now, but the biggest change was her attitude—she could be so clingy you’d get sick of it.
It wasn’t long before Jiang Zuo arrived at Su Qi’s little house. The Array was still active, but he walked right in.
It wasn’t that Jiang Zuo was ignoring the Array; he just knew it would never stop him.
This was Su Qi’s home, which was the same as it being his home. And Su Qi would never keep him out of their home.
The same held true even with the diary inside.
Su Qi wasn’t like other people; she would never actually lock him out over something like this.
Just as when Jiang Zuo made Su Qi angry, she would never lock him out of the house, or even make him sleep on the couch.
For Su Qi, she wanted to be angry while hugging Jiang Zuo, waiting for him to coax her.
Until he cheered her up.
To this day, Jiang Zuo had never done anything to make Su Qi so angry that she’d refuse to see him (the divorce incident aside).
In truth, he had never truly broken her heart. Not in the past, not now, and certainly not ever in the future.
If it ever happened, it would only be in a moment where he had to die to protect Su Qi.
But he would prevent that from ever happening, because he would be the strongest.
In his past life, he might even have said something like he would overturn the entire world for Su Qi.
But in this life, he felt that as long as Su Qi was by his side, everything was negotiable. Some matters, however, could only be negotiated with him by Su Qi herself. (For instance, things he had absolutely no interest in.)
Jiang Zuo then entered the room. There were some new photos of him and Su Qi, taken in Chuanhe Town.
Seeing these photos now, Jiang Zuo felt he had a good grasp of Su Qi’s social circle.
Besides Sister Jingyue, there was her aunt.
A whole sect of Saintesses.
He didn’t look for long. To be safe, he had to hurry.
He suddenly found himself hoping her aunt would be a bit more thorough and keep Su Qi detained for longer.
Soon, Jiang Zuo found the notebook in its original hiding place. He knew Su Qi wouldn’t have moved it.
Then, he opened the notebook.
Some new words had been added to the first page:
Dearest Mr. Jiang Zuo (Hubby), if you’re reading this, please close the notebook immediately. Otherwise, I’ll bite you to pieces and then drop dead right in front of you.
Consider this your one and only warning. This isn’t a test.
Jiang Zuo just smiled without a word and kept turning the pages.
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2009.1.5
The New Year holiday is almost here. We don’t really celebrate it back home, but everyone here does, so I kind of want to stay and see what it’s like.
Besides, he suddenly asked me today if I was staying for the New Year.
’Does he want to help me with my homework again?’
It’s not a big deal if I don’t go back, really. Besides, I heard there’s a ton of homework. I’d never be able to finish it if I went home.
’Maybe... I won’t go back?’
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2009.1.11
The holiday starts today. I told my master I’m not going back. But he hasn’t mentioned helping me with my homework these past two days. Fine, whatever. If he’s not going to help, he’s not going to help. I’m staying to see what this whole "New Year" thing is about anyway.
And it’ll be a good chance to focus on my cultivation. It’s inconvenient with people around.
Oh, right. Some guy said some disgusting things to me today. I beat him up and sent him to the hospital. The people here are so fragile.
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Reading this, Jiang Zuo felt a bit curious. ’What "disgusting things"?’
’Probably a confession or something.’
’Mm, serves him right.’
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2009.1.18
It’s been a week since the holiday started. I feel restless. My mind keeps wandering every day during cultivation. I’m a little worried I might be heading for a cultivation deviation.
He hasn’t come to help me with my homework lately. If I wasn’t worried I couldn’t finish it, who would even want him to come?
Boys are all disgusting.
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2009.1.25
It’s New Year’s. It’s not fun at all. It’s all cold and deserted outside, the fireworks are ugly, and they’re disrupting my cultivation.
It’s so loud.
I hate New Year’s.
I’m never staying behind again. It’s better to go home.
But I’ve been trying to contact my master for days. He either has "family matters," "ran into some trouble," or is just completely unreachable.
Otherwise, I would’ve gone back long ago.
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2009.1.26
Something happened today.
I was pretty bored, so I went out for a walk.
Then I unexpectedly saw him in a shop. He seemed to be working, and it looked really tough.
I don’t know why, but when he almost looked over, I hid. (I didn’t want him to see me.)
It seems like he’s really busy during the holiday.
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2009.1.27
My cultivation last night went surprisingly smoothly. I don’t know why.
Even weirder, for some reason I ended up near that shop again this morning. I saw him again. He was still working, and he still looked exhausted.
I don’t get what he’s doing. I’m a little curious, but I don’t want to go up and ask.
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The entries for the next several days were all about Su Qi going to spy on him.
A few pages later, the entries changed.
2009.2.2
I went again today. Seeing him so tired actually put me in a good mood. Disgusting boys should have a hard time.
But when I went today, I saw someone give him money, and then he left.
It was a shame I didn’t get to see him looking exhausted. I wondered where he was going, so I followed him. He went into a shop and bought something.
He bought a stupid-looking scarf. It was hideous.
I don’t need to wear things like scarves. They’re troublesome and useless. It’s not even cold here compared to back home.
These people are so weak, getting scared of a little cold.
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2009.2.3
He came looking for me today. I told him straight up that I didn’t need his help with my homework anymore.
But it seemed like that wasn’t why he came.
He gave me something.
It was the scarf he bought yesterday. I don’t know why, but it suddenly looked quite nice. Maybe I was too far away to see it clearly yesterday.
I wasn’t going to accept it, but he said it looked very good on me, so I reluctantly took it.
It’s actually very comfortable. And it looks quite nice.
Most importantly... I feel... so happy. What am I going to do?
