Chapter 868: Chapter 516: You Two Have the Same Husband? (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
After a little while.
In the orchard, Zhao Lingfei looked at Su Xiaoxiao for a moment, then stood up.
She was about to take her leave.
“Xiaoxiao, I’ve got some things to do, so I won’t keep you. If you encounter difficulties similar to picking fruit in the future, feel free to come to me. I’ll do my best to help you.”
Su Xiaoxiao wanted to stubbornly retort, “I can pick the fruit myself without your help,” but she swallowed her words and casually replied:
“Oh, sure. Take care, Lingfei. By the way, where are you going?”
“The Letter Pavilion.”
Su Xiaoxiao raised her head and immediately became wary and suspicious.
“Oh, what are you going to do at the Letter Pavilion? Are you… mailing a letter?”
Zhao Lingfei shook her head gently, “No, it’s a letter from my husband.”
Your husband’s… letter?
Didn’t you say you were busy… without even soothing me much, you sneaked away with someone else’s sachet, and for so long, not a single reply to my letters. So… it turns out you’ve been spending your time writing letters to someone else…
In your heart, is Xiaoxiao really smaller than a sesame seed…
The little fox demon sniffled.
“What’s wrong, Xiaoxiao, why are your eyes red again?”
“It’s nothing, nothing.”
She smiled slightly, tilted her head, and said:
“By the way, Lingfei, I just remembered that I have a letter at some pavilion nearby too. Let’s go together! Gosh, I’m really envious of you, Lingfei, having such a family-oriented husband.”
Saying this, Su Xiaoxiao clapped her little hands, got up, and followed, proactively linking arms with Zhao Lingfei’s right arm, holding it tightly.
The latter glanced at her, nodded.
“Alright. And thanks for the compliment, sister.”
“No problem, it’s the truth. You’re truly lucky, sister.”
The two girls chatted intimately as they entered the Letter Pavilion.
…
“Please show the fairy’s residence identity token for the secretary’s verification.”
In the hall on the first floor of the Letter Pavilion, there were over a dozen desks, with most desks having residence students collecting their letters at this time.
Zhao Lingfei, with Su Xiaoxiao, queued for a while, finally arriving at the third desk on the right side of the hall.
Behind the desk sat three female cultivators from the letter pavilion: one receiving, one recording and verifying, and one responsible for fetching the letters.
Upon hearing the receptionist’s words, Zhao Lingfei nodded, extended her slender hand, and took out the ‘Tranquility’ Purple Gold Token from her sleeve, handing it to the receptionist.
“Please wait a moment.”
The receptionist took the token, and couldn’t help but glance once more at this woman with cold tear moles in her autumn eyes.
The Taiching Four Mansions gather talented youths from the entire continent. She had seen many students with outstanding looks and exceptional temperament, but this woman before her made the receptionist glance twice; her temperament was peerless.
Moreover, it wasn’t just her; the receptionist noticed that many residence students in the hall cast subtle glances over.
Right, it wasn’t just this enchanting autumn-eyed fairy, but also the timid fox-eyed girl following behind her, dressed in pink with a bun, hiding behind the autumn-eyed fairy, looking adorable yet with big round fox eyes curiously exploring the new environment, wearing a pout with a hint of wariness.
The two girls’ contrasting temperaments were a bit like a strong, cold sister and a timid, lively little sister.
Exceptional.
The receptionist took another look before turning around, similar to many students in the hall, these two words surfaced in her mind unintentionally.
She handed the Purple Gold Identity Token of the Tranquility Mansion to the cold-faced lady who was busy documenting next to her.
The latter, busy, took it without lifting her head, opened a register beside her, and started searching.
Seeing this, Zhao Lingfei didn’t urge but turned to continue talking with the curious Su Xiaoxiao.
After a short while, the cold-faced lady documenting paused her fingers on a column of words on a page in the book, nodded slightly to the receptionist beside her.
The latter looked down at the name in the book, smiled, and said gently:
“It appears to be Fairy Zhao from the Tranquility Mansion.”
“That’s me.”
Zhao Lingfei replied, paused, and couldn’t help add, “It should be a letter from Great Li.”
The receptionist glanced at her, thought for a moment, and nodded nonetheless.
Generally, they wouldn’t disclose such sender information; the recipient comes to sign and record, no one can take the letter on their behalf, complete confidentiality and safety throughout the process.
“Fairy, please sign here, I’ll have my colleague go into the pavilion to fetch your letter.”
Zhao Lingfei nodded, took the piece of paper offered, glanced over it briefly, and eagerly signed her name.
The paper was then taken by the designated female couriers behind the desk, who climbed the securely guarded stairs to retrieve the letter upstairs…
About half a stick of incense later, after numerous rather complex procedures, Zhao Lingfei took out a familiar envelope from the red lacquered sealed box handed by the receptionist.
With the letter from Great Li in hand, Zhao Lingfei gently caressed it, and a hint of a joyful smile finally appeared on her cheeks.
This immediately attracted many more gazes around her.
A certain little fox demon also cast a sidelong glance at the family letter ‘Lingfei’s husband’ sent.
The small hand hanging by Su Xiaoxiao’s side tugged at the corner of her clothes.
It seemed Zhao Lingfei also noticed the surrounding attention, her face slightly blushing, her smile faded, nodded at Su Xiaoxiao, and prepared to leave with the letter.
The sour little fox demon hurriedly moved forward and hugged Zhao Lingfei’s left arm, saying:
“Lingfei, seeing you so happy, is there good news?”
The sisters, intimately embracing, took a few steps ahead to stand aside.
Upon hearing these words, Zhao Lingfei paused slightly, looked at the little fox demon with an expectant face, and shook her head, “I haven’t read it yet. But he… what good news could he possibly have? He’s the most annoying.”