Chapter 327: An Unmitigated Disaster
Sun Hua really didn’t want to go to the tea shop. Trying to discern a scheme being foisted upon her by a member of an enemy sect was already well outside her comfort zone, and Yang Xiu’s teasing only made things worse.
Senior Sister had much different view of boys and courting. On one hand, she could have had her pick of suitors from any of the young men in the sect. On the other, she’d had a really bad experience with a creep who admired her, and that situation had made her wary of such attention. It felt like she enjoyed living vicariously through her girlfriends romantic lives.
Which was quite problematic for Sun Hua. She didn’t know how to explain to that she wasn’t nearly as objectively attractive nor was she outgoing. Boys did not pursue her. They didn’t even notice her existence. And at twenty-two, well past the prime age for marriage, it wasn’t a situation that had any possibility of changing.
Her experience meant that she was absolutely positive that Wu You had not intended their meeting to be a date because no man had ever asked her on a date, and frankly, Yang Xiu’s insistence regarding the subject was more than a little upsetting.
Sun Hua gave herself a look in the mirror and sighed. Ordinary. Plain. Mousy. Those were the most complimentary words used to describe her. She wished she had straight, shiny black hair like Senior Sister’s instead of a dark brown jumble that degenerated into a complete mess once exposed to the slightest breeze.
Definitely a scheme.
Enough dallying, though. Yang Xiu had arranged to meet Sun Hua at the front entrance of the compound, and it wouldn’t do to be late. She arrived, of course, nearly ten minutes early, and when Yang Xiu arrived exactly on time, there was a surprise inclusion—Kang Lin.
Sun Hua cupped her hands. “Senior Sister. Esteemed Cultivatior Kang Lin.”
Her words were a simple greeting but her tone carried the question of why the Poison Claw Sect member was present.
“She’s been avoiding me ever since we got here, so I dragged her along,” Yang Xiu said.
“I have not been avoiding you.” Kang Lin sighed. “You realize, right, that I was away from my sect for over half a year? There was a lot I needed to do.”
Yang Xiu rolled her eyes.