Rebirth : A Woman With Frozen Heart novel Chapter 26

(A/N : The melody is called 'Shining Moon', You can find it in Youtube if you want to hear it. Just type, Shining Moon Guzheng. It really is a beautiful melody~ '¥("¿à¸º´ˆ`"¿à¸º)ﾉ)

At the center of a pavilion inside a courtyard of a small palace, a melody of Guzheng could be heard. A woman with slender fingers and skin as white as jade played a guzheng, her fingers beautifully danced along the strings while closing her eyes. She clearly enjoyed every tune her fingers made, drowning her mind in the melody she created.

At the pavilion that surrounded by pond and moonflowers, the woman played the guzheng as if she didn't have a care about the world. However, a figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere. A man whose face was divinely handsome, truly out of the world. His golden colored eyes stared at the woman who kept playing, still didn't open her eyes.

The man just stood there, with one hand behind his back, his ears were enjoying the melody while his eyes were enjoying the woman ethereal face.

"I don't think I have invited anyone to enjoy my play." The woman spoke while her fingers kept dancing with the strings.

A mirth flashed in the man's cold eyes, "I have invited myself." He said, didn't take a single step forward.

"Oh? May I know how do I receive the honor?" The woman asked, still playing and added more sentence. "After all, not everyone receive the honor of Ghost King, the supreme Lord of Demon Realm, visiting them UNINVITED.., right Lord Zhong Kui?"

Zhong Kui's mouth curled upward, the mirth in his golden eyes deepened hearing the woman's rude remark. Especially when she said the word 'Uninvited', somehow it showed how she didn't welcome him in this small palace. Actually it was a refreshing reaction for Zhong Kui, he saw many beauties acted like they didn't care but coquettishly sending signals, hoping to get his attention. Zhong Kui disdained such women, especially the ones who blatantly showing their love and desire to climb his bed.

However this woman before him was different, she really didn't care for him. It amused him, picking up his interest. Especially rumors that were circulating about this woman.

Playgirl.. Cold hearted.. Ruthless.. Arrogant.. Alluring..

Zhong Kui had heard many but one thing caught his interest.

Ethereal Divine Beauty..

He wanted to see what kind of beauty those men talked about and seeing her now, Zhong Kui admitted, he had never seen such beauty in his long life. The mark on the middle of her forehead made the woman more divine. It as if she was truly a goddess!

"What a beautiful melody." After a long silence drowning in his own reverie, Zhong Kui finally spoke as he ignored her rude remark. "May This Lord know what melody is this?"

"Shining Moon." The woman answered, still not opening her eyes, her fingers tapped against the strings as the melody became slightly faster.

"Why did you come here, Ghost King?" The woman asked.

The man narrowed his eyes as he shamelessly answered, "To meet you, Lady Chang'e. The owner of Moonlight Palace."

"And why did you want to meet me, Ghost King?" The woman coldly asked. Her icy tone amused Zhong Kui as he opened his mouth and said..

"I am here to court you."

The woman's fingers stopped abruptly as she slowly opened her eyes. It was cold, no emotion could be seen in those black jade eyes and a ruthless smile appeared on her beautiful face as she opened her sweet looking mouth,

"Then you are courting death right now."

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Ming Yue opened her eyes abruptly with a soft gasped. Her eyes stared at the ceiling of her chamber in Moon Palace. Adjusting her breath, Ming Yue recalled the dream she had. The man who had such divine beauty, he really fit Chang'e, but.. Why did she have a dream of Chang'e's past? Was it because she was the new owner of Tianshang De Kongjian now?

"Master." Zhu Que's voice could be heard from outside the door.

"Yes?" Ming Yue answered as she stood up from the bed.

"Lin Zhao texted me to ask you whether you are going to have breakfast with the family or not." Zhu Que said.

The four beasts had already mastered 'The Way Of Smartphone'. It gave Ming Yue a surprise to see how well they learned and adapted to modern era. Now they even could send text and made a phone call. Lin Zhao and Lin Shao even made a group WeChat called 'Heaven Realm Family'. Ming Yue had black lines over her head when she knew about it. The name sounded cliche to her.

"Tell her I will have breakfast with the family." Ming Yue said.

"Yes, Master." Zhu Que said and left.

Ming Yue recalled the conversation the twins had with the parents about becoming cultivators. Finally their parents gave in and their decision was approved by Grandpa Wu. At first Ming Yue had braced herself for insults and scoldings from WU family when the twins stubbornly saying that they still wanted to be cultivators. After all, if they didn't meet her then they wouldn't know some mystery of the world.

Yet.. they didn't persecute her nor their eyes showed contempt or disdain. Even when Ming Yue apologized, they didn't accept it and said there was nothing she should apologize for. Even Grandpa Wu said it was a blessing of heaven that they were fated to meet her. In that matter Ming Yue agreed inside, it was truly a blessing of heaven to meet with this family.

Ming Yue left Tianshang De Kongjian and returned to her room. After refreshing herself, Ming Yue headed to the dining room. Her family was already there, she greeted them with smile and breakfast feast began.

"Yue'er, do you have any plan today?" Fan Mei asked.

"Yes, Mother. I have to go to visit a certain place." Ming Yue said and made a knowing glance at the twins. The twins understood and started changing the subject.

"Sister Yue, can we go to Tianshang De Kongjian to train today?" Lin Shao asked. "Me and Sister Zhao want to start to train early."

Lin Zhao nodded, "Yes. I want to start training immediately."

"Don't be too rush in training." Grandpa Wu warned the twins, "Every step makes a footprint." [1]

"Yes, Grandfather." The twins answered in synch.

Ming Yue smiled at how her family interacted with each other. Family.. the word sent warmth to Ming Yue's heart. She has a family now. Her smile faded slightly when her thought drifted to Red Tiger Gang. To protect her family, she needed to settle Uncle Chu's matter as soon as possible. She needed to visit their main turf and met the Big Boss.

Today.. would be the day she settled that matter..

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[**1]. Every step makes a footprint : Work steadily and make a solid progress

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