Chen Wenyi’s eyes scanned the crowd again like a radar, hoping to find someone who looked more pleasing to her eye, and then throw the embroidered ball to him, striving for a direct hit. Although fate was preordained, she also had to strive for it.
Leng Ren had queued for a long time, and he wanted a lot of items, so by the time it was his turn, a lot of time had passed. Carrying a large bag of potato pancakes with scallions, he looked at the surging crowd in front of him and gave up on squeezing through the crowd with their complex smells, preparing to return the way he came.
He squeezed out of the crowd and ran into a more open alley, then lightly stepped off the ground and flew onto the roof. The atmosphere below was too lively, everyone was waiting for Miss Chen to let go, so no one noticed Leng Ren walking on the roof.
When he reached the large banyan tree and prepared to jump down from the canopy, he inexplicably looked up at the Yingbin Building.
Seeing that the auspicious time was about to be missed, the Chen family patriarch was almost frantic. “Daughter! What are you still waiting for? If it’s any later, we’ll miss the auspicious time.”
Chen Wenyi looked again for a while but still couldn’t find anyone who suited her. She bit her lip and withdrew her gaze unwillingly.
Just then! She suddenly noticed a man standing on the opposite rooftop, and at just the right time, the man’s gaze was also looking towards her, and he quickly retracted his gaze.
Because they were a bit far apart, Chen Wenyi couldn’t see the man’s appearance clearly. But a strange feeling suddenly arose in her heart. “This man is not ordinary!”
At this moment, Chen Wenyi’s thoughts raced! This man was climbing so high; if it wasn’t to attract her attention, then it must be that he knew qinggong!
This was qinggong! How many girls who had watched ancient TV dramas and knew about qinggong had not dreamed of being a chivalrous woman! At least she had!
If she threw the embroidered ball to him, and then he taught her qinggong, she could then leap over rooftops and dash through walls, and rob the rich to help the poor! Whether her childhood dream of wandering the world with a sword could be realized rested on this very moment!
At this moment, Chen Wenyi was entirely focused on her martial arts dream. She stood with one foot in front of the other, her arms slightly bent, and pushed hard in the direction of the large banyan tree opposite.
Leng Ren had only glanced at Miss Chen once and quickly retracted his gaze. But with that one glance, a strange thought inexplicably popped into his mind, "She's quite cute, but I wonder who she'll end up with?"
Shaking off the strange thoughts in his mind and thinking that Su Muqing was waiting for potato pancakes, Leng Ren put one hand behind his back, held the warm potato pancakes in the other, and leaped, preparing to jump to the top of the large banyan tree to find them.
But just as he leaped! Leng Ren felt an unidentified object flying towards him. When he saw that it was the embroidered ball thrown by Miss Chen, Leng Ren subconsciously raised his foot and kicked it away…
The festive embroidered ball flew away at a speed like the wind, so fast and with such force that it was completely incomparable to Miss Chen. If one listened carefully, they could hear the whistling sound it made as it flew.
The moment Leng Ren kicked it, he felt something was wrong, but his leg had already been extended, and it was too late to retract it.
He released the force in his leg, flipped in mid-air, and finally landed steadily on the top branch of the large banyan tree, looking in the direction the embroidered ball had flown.
Leng Ren’s heart sank! God knew he really didn’t mean to do that. He had intended to swat it back as soon as he realized what it was, but who knew his foot had shot out on reflex…
The people below were rubbing their hands together, jostling each other, still waiting for the embroidered ball to fall from the sky so they could snatch it up as quickly as possible.
As a result, the ball never landed and disappeared with a swoosh! A group of people craned their necks to watch its trajectory, and finally, it landed very, very far away, hanging on someone else’s rooftop.
The group of people below, who were waiting to embrace the beauty and return home, looked at each other. What was going on? How could something so outrageous happen?
Looking at the embroidered ball hanging high up, a group of people stared at each other. Their wish to marry a rich family’s daughter and live a life of wealth and happiness, was it ending before it even began?
The Chen family patriarch and Chen Wenyi on the Yingbin Building were also stunned by the situation. The former, upon realizing what had happened, tremblingly raised his arm and clutched his chest tightly.
It’s over! It’s over! The auspicious time had passed, but the embroidered ball had flown and hung on someone else’s rooftop.
It was bad enough that it hadn’t hit a destined person, but it had been kicked away by someone…
It’s over! It’s over! The Chen family was truly finished this time!
Chen Wenyi fiddled with her clothes, still feeling a little sad and somewhat angry.
She hadn’t misjudged; judging by the move the man displayed in mid-air, he indeed knew martial arts, and should be a master of the ancient martial world. It was a pity that he didn’t fancy her and had kicked the embroidered ball far away.
Even though it was unintentional, Leng Ren felt somewhat at fault. Especially after seeing Chen Wenyi’s displeased expression, he didn’t know why his heart was beating so fast.
The people below quickly noticed something was wrong and, following Chen Wenyi’s gaze, immediately saw Leng Ren standing on the branch of the large banyan tree.
Su Muqing and the others also noticed something was wrong, but because their view was partially blocked by the large banyan tree, they didn’t know yet that the ball had been kicked away by Leng Ren.
These people had prepared for this day for so long, and they couldn’t accept this outcome. Someone in the crowd shouted towards the Yingbin Building, “Steward Chen, since this ball has flown away, it should not count, right?”
“That’s right! The ball has flown away, no one caught it, so it doesn’t count!”
“Throw again, throw again…”
“Yes! Throw again, throw again…”
The participants below became agitated and clamored for Miss Chen to do it again.
Hearing the commotion below, the Chen family patriarch’s face turned ashen. The auspicious time mentioned by the master had passed; what was the use of throwing it again?
Although he had indeed said it could be thrown again, that was to allow those who did not meet the conditions to withdraw voluntarily. The purpose was to avoid delaying the auspicious time for throwing the embroidered ball.
For this, he had even specifically arranged for rumors to be spread, stating that if anyone caused trouble, or deliberately participated when they knew they didn’t meet the conditions, the Chen family would not let them off lightly.
Everything had been arranged, but the outcome turned out like this.
Seeing that the Chen family patriarch did not respond, and Miss Chen remained silent, staring at the man on the large banyan tree, the other participants who wanted to embrace the beauty became increasingly agitated.