" Did I scare you?" The man's smile shrinked into something far more different, howbeit to Shen zhufu, he could have seen the wispy shadow clouding eyes when it was least visible before melting slowly like the snow during spring.
" N-no you didn't" he waved his hands in an exaggerated way with red face and red eyes.
"..... Okay"
' Goodness'
The man released his shoulders and took few steps backwards before speaking. " Have you healed up?" His forefinger brushed out the jet-black hair out of the dumpling's face revealing two clear jade apricot eyes crescently hidden under dark curling lashes and black hair, pursed lips. He looked sideways with a slight cough before looking back at the dumpling for a response.
The dumpling just shook his head in response.
"...."
The man leaned over staring at the dumpling whose face was a different story entirely. The man seemed like he was waiting for the dumpling to say something, probably a word will do.
In the end of his waiting, he just grabbed him by his hand and led him to a secluded corner after crossing several qi and then, ending up in front of a bookshelf: crafted by an eloquent craftsman whose obscure intention is to pass a message by using rare trees to elegantly craft out his intention which perfectly says turn over cloud overturn rain.
" Here?" The dumpling asked with a confused look on his face.
"...." The man's face went blank before returning to its previous state of a moon like smile "One day three years"
The dumpling opened his mouth to repeat those words said by the man but was silenced by a consuming transparent light and a deafening sound coming from the bookshelf.
The light was so blinding that it could wash his orbs into the Yangtze River.
" What's... this?" He used his hands as shield against the overwhelming light from his hands.
" Come"
" ... Huh!" He opened a little gap between his fingers to take a surreptitious glance at the man beside him. ' How come I'm the one affected?'
The man beside him stood unaffected; rather a bright aura surrounded him with a surreal mixture of elegance and purity.
The man stretched out a hand to him and the other behind his back with a little chuckle "... You can take my hand"
"...Me?....Ooh" closing his eyes so tight that they could burst at any time as he grabbed the stretched hand and pulled it vigorously inside the opened bookshelf.
' Th....'
He heard a small chuckle beside his ears before flingging his eyes open into a dim- lightened room contrasting to the outside and likewise a seemingly still smiling man.
The room was wide but also looked surprisedly small from his point of view.
The systemic arrangements of this room, one could guess the artistic taste of the owner.
At the center, there is a table made of marble that was inspired by a koi swimming in circles in the seas of four seasons searching for it's other counterpart ,two semi mat-bench situated right in front of each other and two of each tea utensils made of refined porcelain with a plum tree with nine divided by nine flowers carefully painted on the sets.
" Sit"
'Huh?' The man had already taken his sit with both legs crossed in a lotus position scooping some dried tea leaves out of a tea caddy made of bamboo into a glass tea pot. ' How did he get there without letting me know'
Shen zhufu just stared with his mouth wide as well as his eyes. "Are you sure you are a human?" He mumbled to himself as he took his sit.
The man, as if he heard what he just mumbled to himself said in reply " Take a guess" with a smile as he poured the tea into the tea cups.
He couldn't help but to foolishly blurt out" Ahh, you are a superhero..... super hero"
The hands pouring tea stopped midway and it's owners face went blank as tiny ripples formed in his eyes which were indecipherable " You could be right, a superhero?" Saying that, those hands continued what they were doing and a familiar smile appeared " Then I'm just like the tamed sword refined from the purest spirit intent?"
" Yes, with that it will resist any evil and be pure as snow and cold to the world" He said as a matter of fact when he saw the man dropped the teaspoon on the table with his attention focused on him " If it's cold to the world, since the world is full of vanity, it won't be corrupted and evil won't have any chance to get hold of it or take a look at just the sheath."
Ordinarily, the sword is just like the welder's heart; If it's welder's heart is full of contempt or greed, the sword would grow to be like the welders blind to justice and righteousness.
But if it welder's is as pure as jade, so will be the sword just like the man in front of him, he is more than just a sword. Just ten complete ten beautiful.
The man nodded his head in affirmation " what you said makes a lot of sense"
" Mn"
He diligently watched the man as he skillfully used the teaspoon to dig out brewed tea leaves from the teapot into a porcelain plate, then picking up the teacups with a tea tong and place them on the tea tray and elegantly poured the tea into the teacups before inviting him to drink with the teacups on his right hand and offered from the right side with a smile.
" Thank you superhero"
" welcome sweet civilian"
They both took turns to laugh to their hearts content till tears fell from their eyes.
" So why did you call for me" Earlier, he was having an happy feast with Qing hua and his lovely dumplings before the perfect man called at the imperfect time. So he won't ever forget and forgive him for it unless he gets a apology gift which is few asboxes of delicious dumplings, that will be the only thing that will move his heart to forgive such crime.
The man chuckled at his impatience" Patience and the mulberry leaf become a silk robe" He took a sip from his tea " Hmm, don't you like drinking black tea while watching the wintersweet grow?"
His tone, choice of words and the smile on his face says one thing 'Chill just enjoy and relax' but this guy isn't one to do those because his mind is on the dumplings he left behind.
" I want to but can you tell why you sent for me" Face serious and voice deep but mind dreaming.
The man dropped the cup that was already on his lips " Why don't you" The nonexistent seriousness came to existence. His face blank as paper, those lips that holds an everlasting smile became straight.
How should he reply; ' I want to eat dumplings' or ' I'm angry with you and I will never forgive and forget what you did' or ' Qing hua was supposed to be with me now'
Neither of them could be an appropriate reply for that question so rather he said " I really want to with superhero but I need to recover right?" he wriggled his eyebrows in expectancy to go to Qing hua and his dumplings.
The man left out a small sigh then shook his head " You need to rest. Then I will get to the base" His eyes were on the cup he was holding as he was playing with it " There is blood on earth, so I want you to go and see it...I guess the fallen flower of jade has gone crazy again ahhh....I want you to go"
"...."
' What the fuck is this man saying to me. Is the earth bleeding and what's the fallen flower of jade and why is it crazy? If it is crazy it needs a psychiatrist'
" He bleeds out chaos...." the man left out a sigh before shifting his gaze from the cup in his hand to the blank dumplings and chuckled " Sweet civilian don't worry just have some rest, I will send when you heal up"
"...."
' I don't understand anything'
" You can go" The man smiled as he clapped his hands twice and now therefore, Mr.dumpling saw himself sitting on the chair he was feasting with Qing hua beside him and brand new trays of dumplings.
' What the fuck and how the fuck did I get here'
" Young master eat as you want" Qing hua came forward with a smile kowtowing.
He just sat still unmoving biting on his left thumb stupified from the strange experience he has today.