14 – She Took Off Her Outer Robe, Revealing a Fiery Red Wedding Dress
Yun Sangsang deftly took off her magnificent outer robe and handed it to Yuan Ning Wang.
“Here. First, use the water in the bamboo tube to wipe yourself down, then put on my clean clothes. They might be too long for you, but I’ll help you fold them up later. We’ll make do for now. I’ll find you something more suitable tomorrow.”
“Er…” Yuan Ning Wang raised a hand to his forehead and sighed silently.
A Demon Lord who had ruled the demon realm for a full ten thousand years, and a noble celestial maiden from the Ninth Heaven—the two of them were actually living like this, having to share a single piece of clothing. Who would believe it if this got out!
Who would believe that a Demon Lord and a celestial maiden could live a life identical to that of a poor family? He had heard that’s how it was for the poor—no matter how many brothers there were in a family, they had only one decent pair of trousers to wear. Whoever needed to go out would be the one to wear them…
Look at that, wasn’t it exactly the same as their current situation?
As he felt a sense of speechlessness, he raised his eyes to size up Yun Sangsang.
Having shed the large, black outer robe, she was now dressed in a fiery red inner garment. The collar and cuffs were embroidered with the world’s most beautiful phoenix patterns, and a phoenix with its head held high was embroidered on her chest. It was clearly the attire of a bride’s wedding dress.
Yuan Ning Wang recognized she was wearing a wedding dress and was slightly taken aback.
He suddenly stared into her eyes, recalling the gossip he had heard from the two little demons earlier.
They had said—
“I heard that Broom Star is deeply in love with her Fu Jun, Lingyao God, but Lingyao God looks down on her. Her love is unrequited, and she has gone mad for love…”
This sentence echoed incessantly in Yuan Ning Wang’s ears.
Yuan Ning Wang narrowed his eyes slightly at the wedding dress on Yun Sangsang. He suddenly felt that the calmness and indifference she had shown when speaking of her Fu Jun earlier were absurd, like a joke.
A woman who had been married for many years, a woman who had already separated from her Fu Jun, was still wearing her wedding dress from back then at all times. How could she have ever let go of her Fu Jun? How could she have ever let go of that love?
She used a black outer robe to cover the wedding dress, trying hard to hide it from view, just as her heart was probably dripping blood every time she mentioned her Fu Jun with seeming calm and indifference.
She was just used to hiding it. She was trying hard to hide the fact that she still held that person in her heart.
Yuan Ning Wang’s gaze shifted from Yun Sangsang’s wedding dress back to her face.
He suddenly felt an inexplicable displeasure.
Since her love was unrequited, why not carve that person out of her heart sooner? What was the point of treasuring it alone when she knew he could never belong to her?
“Why aren’t you taking it? You’re not disgusted by me, are you?”
Seeing Yuan Ning Wang staring at her without reaching for the robe, Yun Sangsang was a little surprised.
Was this little brat disgusted by her?
Wasn’t she, a celestial maiden, much cleaner than this little brat? With his own filthy, scruffy appearance, what right did he have to be disgusted by her!
Yuan Ning Wang averted his gaze and said coolly, “If I wear your clothes, can you go out and be seen in what you’re wearing?”
Yun Sangsang glanced down at the red wedding dress she was wearing and chuckled. “Why can’t I be seen? This is an outer garment in its own right. I just disliked that its color was too bright and ostentatious, so I wore a black robe over it.”
Yuan Ning Wang looked up at her and sneered, “If you dislike how ostentatious it is, why do you still wear it?”
Yun Sangsang met Yuan Ning Wang’s gaze and thought to herself, Can I tell you, a little brat, that it’s because I died on my wedding day, and my heart was filled with unwillingness and soaring resentment, so this wedding dress has fused with my divine soul and can never be taken off?
You already want to die so badly, wanting to become a Vengeful Ghost to take revenge on the whole village. If you knew about my experience and discovered that not only can you become a ghost after death, but you might also have a chance to become an Immortal Deity, wouldn’t you rush off to die without a moment’s hesitation? I wouldn’t even be able to stop you then.
So, Yun Sangsang refused to answer the question. She tapped Yuan Ning Wang lightly on the forehead. “Never mind why I wear it. Do you want my clothes or not? If not, I’m putting them back on.”
Yuan Ning Wang glanced at her, thinking, Even if you don’t say it, I know. Isn’t it just that you can’t let go of your Lingyao God? Isn’t it just that your devotion to him remains unchanged?
He watched Yun Sangsang for a few moments, then said with a faint, mocking smile, “Are you sure you want me to wear your clothes? Tomorrow, you and I will return to the village together. You’ll be in a bride’s red wedding dress, and I’ll be in a black robe that matches your dress. This black and red combination, we’ll look like a couple at first glance… If I tell them you’re the bride I picked up and brought home, they probably won’t doubt it, right?”
Yun Sangsang was amused by his words.
This little brat was really desperate for a wife!
She smiled and ruffled his hair vigorously. “Sure, go ahead. Just say I’m your bride, that you want to be with me for a lifetime, and that you’ll worship me like a deity. How about that?”
Hearing her words, Yuan Ning Wang’s eyes darkened.
Heh, this Broom Star is so insidious. She’s clearly taking advantage of my youth and ignorance, trying to trick me into saying that phrase ‘worship a deity.’ That way, the heavens will recognize that our contract is formed, and from then on, I will be her worshipper!
How insidious!
Does she think I’ll fall for it?
Yuan Ning Wang glanced at Yun Sangsang without exposing her. Instead, he smiled and agreed, “Alright, then I’ll say that tomorrow. Celestial maiden, don’t you regret it then.”
Hearing this, Yun Sangsang’s eyes instantly lit up, her heart pounding.
Oh my god, as long as Little Yuanning publicly says tomorrow that he will worship me, an Immortal Deity, then half of my long-cherished dream will be realized!
She tried hard to suppress her inner excitement and said with a beaming smile, “How could I regret it? Just say it boldly.”
Yuan Ning Wang reached out and took the robe from her, his eyes lowered and his lips curled.
I’ll let you be happy for half the night. Tomorrow, I’ll make you fall from the clouds into the mire. I’ll infuriate you to death.
He shook out the robe in his hands and said to Yun Sangsang nonchalantly, “Celestial maiden, you can go out now. I need to wash up before I can change into your new clothes.”
Yun Sangsang felt playful and deliberately teased him, “Are you sure you don’t want me to help you wash? To be served by an Immortal Deity while you bathe, this is an unprecedented honor!”
Yuan Ning Wang thought with disdain, Heh, this is a treatment I can’t afford. You nearly cracked my skull open just giving me a haircut.
If I let you help me bathe, and you accidentally used too much force and turned me into a eunuch, who would I complain to?
He pointed to the cave entrance. “I don’t want it. Please go out, celestial maiden.”
After a pause, he narrowed his eyes and stared at Yun Sangsang warily, adding, “And don’t peek from the entrance.”
Yun Sangsang patted his forehead, amused. “What’s there to see on that scrawny little body of yours? Is it worthy of a celestial maiden hiding at the entrance to peek?”
Yuan Ning Wang raised an eyebrow and drawled with a sneer, “That’s right, this scrawny little body of mine, no normal person would be interested. But someone still secretly pulled at my clothes and pants while I was asleep. How can I not be vigilant?”
He looked Yun Sangsang up and down. “Celestial maiden, you’re just taking advantage of your gender. What you just did—if our genders were swapped, and you were a man and I was a little girl, then you’d be a pervert, a molester—do you understand?”