Rebirth: A Woman With Frozen Heart

"I am quite surprised though."

"To think I will meet a 'Cultivator' in this place."

Hearing the words, Lian Li snorted softly. "I can say the same thing about you." She retorted, "Who are you? Fan Mei said you are adopted. Is Ming Yue your real name?"

"It's my real name. I was adopted by Qing family before, I left and met Elder Wu. He invited me to his house and things somehow flowed to adoption, or something like that." Ming Yue explained in a simple way.

"Ming Yue is your real name and you were adopted by Qing Family.. wait.." Lian Li frowned as she realized something, "Aren't you the rumored cursed child?" She asked,

"Don't call Master 'Cursed Child'!" Ling Mao said in anger, "Master is not a 'Cursed Child'!"

Ming Yue patted Ling Mao's head, calming her down. "It's okay, Mao Mao." She said in gentle tone.

"But.." Ling Mao bit her lower lip, wanting to cry.

"There, there. It's okay." Ming Yue tried to sooth the child.

Unbeknownst to Ming Yue, Yang Lixin could hear everything outside. His eyes grew cold when he heard Ming Yue was called the cursed child. Those people didn't know how special the girl was, how she fought with her life on the line to save the students at school. Her power.. Her existence.. It was a blessing for this country to have someone like her. If Yang Lixin was still in special force, he would definitely recruit the girl.

"Ah.. sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone." Lian Li raised a hand, "I thought you only have sixth sense but it turns out you are a cultivator. Is your parents from hidden realm? I mean.. I heard that you were abandoned since you were young so you remember your parents, right?"

"Yes, I was abandoned since I was seven years old and I remember my parents, well.. My mother in this case. I don't know about my father. But the hidden world you meant.. is it the world of cultivators?" Ming Yue asked,

"Is your mother a mortal?" Lian Li asked, answering a question with another question.

Ming Yue nodded, "Yes."

"Then it's probably your father." Lian Li spoke her conjecture. "However it's rare for cultivators to have a son or daughter as cultivator when they married mortals. That is the reason why they keep to themselves in hidden world. More over cultivators who married mortals tend to get mocked at." Lian Li explained.

"Is it not allowed to marry a mortal?" Ming Yue asked, curious about the world of cultivators.

"Well, it is allowed but what's the point? Marrying a mortal won't get them cultivators off springs. Well probably yours is a special case." Lian Li answered, then gazed at Ling Mao. "By the way, this child is a demon, isn't she? She called you 'Master'. Did you perform a blood contract with her?"

"Yes. I saved her in the past so.." Ming Yue trailed the words but Lian Li understood.

"Ah, so that's how it is. Lucky you to make a contract with someone from demon realm. Cultivators and Demons are kind of on each other's throat. It's rare to see cultivators with Demon servant." Lian Li nodded in understanding.

Ming Yue returned with Lian Li to VVIP Room after more conversation. Both of them shared contact info. Ming Yue needed for information, she didn't know where to find the hidden world. The information about her father might be a cultivator made Ming Yue curious about the hidden world. However, Ming Yue didn't want to be hasty so she pushed aside the matter of her father for now.

"Oh, you came back." Fan Mei said, "I have chosen several designs, why don't you have a look, Yue'er."

"Okay, Mother." Ming Yue answered, returned to her seat and started seeing the designs that Fan Mei had chosen for her.

It took two hours for the females to choose several designs among many. They left the boutique and headed toward the Mall. They spent nearly two hours at jewelry store, Ming Yue felt dizzy just looking at those dazzling and bright jewelries, she wondered why Lin Zhao and Fan Mei could stand seeing those things. Maybe because she wasn't used to it..

"Mao Mao, do you want an ice cream?" Ming Yue who saw Ling Mao looked sleepy, offered the idea.

For a child like Ling Mao, having to sit for nearly two hours in jewelry store, might be a bit boring. Ling Mao perked up upon the word 'Ice Cream'.

"Can I, Master?" Ling Mao asked, her eyes lit up with happiness.

"Yes." Ming Yue answered the cute girl, c.a.r.e.s.sing her head as she turned her gaze to Yang Lixin. "Can you accompany her for me?"

Yang Lixin frowned slightly, "But young miss.."

"I know it's your job to guard me but nothing will happen in this place. More over, I just want you to accompany her to buy ice cream and soon you can return to continue your job." Ming Yue tried to reason with the man, "Or do you think I can't protect myself for at least 15 or 20 minutes?" Ming Yue asked with one brow arched.

Smiling softly, Yang Lixin finally gave in. "Of course not, young miss. I shall do as you say." He gazed at the little girl, offering his hand. "Let's go buy ice cream, little mao."

Ling Mao jumped from her seat happily, "Nn! Yang Gege (Big Brother)!" she replied and held the man's big hand.

Ming Yue smiled as she watched them leaving the store together, hand in hand. She thought Yang Lixin behaved like a doting older brother toward Ling Mao, which was good. Ling Mao needed people to love her for who she really was.

Doting older brother..

Ming Yue frowned when she thought of this, somehow she felt a different kind of longing. Like she was missing someone but didn't know who the person was..

"Sister Yue."

Ming Yue turned around when her name was called out by Lin Zhao. Turning around, she gazed at Lin Zhao and Fan Mei. "Are you done?" She asked.

"Yes but Yue'er, you don't look like you're enjoying this." Fan Mei said in worry. "Am I forcing you too hard?"

Shaking her head, Ming Yue replied. "No Mother, I am not used to it. That is all."

It was the truth though, she never had this kind of shopping before. In the past, Ming Yue only shopped the things she needed, never bought anything for p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e. It was because she lived alone and her salary as small office worker couldn't provide much luxuries.

"I see, I was worried for while now." Fan Mei heaved a sigh of relief. "Then, let's make you get used to shopping!" Fan Mei clapped her hands and declared such.

"Eh?" Ming Yue blinked for a few times, thinking that she might heard it wrong. Did her mother say that she would make her get used to shopping? What kind of mother did such thing?!

Lin Zhao giggled and hugged Ming Yue's arm, "You can't escape from mother's clutches, Sister Yue~" She spoke, smiling mischievously. Her smile which full of mischief made Ming Yue doubted that the person beside her was her gentle sister, Lin Zhao.

"Who are you and what have you done to my sweet and gentle A Zhao?" Ming Yue stared at Lin Zhao in suspicion.

"The sweet and gentle A zhao you knew has gone, replaced by this villain A zhao~" Lin Zhao grinned evilly from ear to ear.

"Okay! Let's continue shopping! Zhao'er, don't let her go! We need to reform her feminine soul!" Fan Mei walked ahead, urging them to follow her.

"Don't worry, Mother! She has become Lin Zhao's hostage!" Lin Zhao said as she started dragging Ming Yue with her.

"Wa-Wait! Mother, what did you mean by reforming my feminine soul?!" Ming Yue protested as she walked while being dragged by Lin Zhao.

"No need to pay attention to little details, Yue'er~ Just follow me~" Fan Mei brushed the subject off while continued walking.

"No No No, I think that little details is what I want to know the most." Ming Yue retorted as she stared at her mother's back in disbelief.

*BUMP!*

"Ah!" Ming Yue whose eyes paid attention to her mother's back, accidentally collided with a person. "I am sorry!" She turned her head and stopped walking.

It turned out the person was a man that looked like in his mid forties. Pale face, dark circle under his eyes and slightly messy pony tail hairstyle. It was Rui Chang Hu, the master of Shen Yu and the person who had the tittle 'Curse Prince'.

"..It's fine.." The man spoke coldly.

Ming Yue didn't know that the person in front of her was the mastermind who cast Death Curse Bai Xue at the school. As both of them stared at each other, both of them sensed the other's energy.

'This Yin energy..' Ming Yue mused.

'This Yang energy..' Rui Chang Hu mused.

'This man is a Demon!'

'This young girl is a Cultivator!'

Sensing the other party's wariness, both of them didn't say anything but turned around and left instead. Lin Zhao who paid attention from the side, spoke to Ming Yue when she was about to walk. "Did you know him, Sister Yue?"

Ming Yue shook her head, "No."

"Ming Yue! Lin Zhao! What are you girls doing? Come quickly, we still need to go to the spa after this." Fan Mei returned as she lightly reprimanded the girls. It seemed she had walked slightly far away and noticed that none of her daughters were following behind her.

Glancing at each other, Ming Yue and Lin Zhao let out soft giggles before answering, "Yes, Mother."

Meanwhile, Rui Chang Hu who was walking away, stopped his feet the moment he heard the name 'Ming Yue'. It was the name that was at the back of his mind. After Shen Yu died, Rui Chang Hu tried a soul summoning ritual but Shen Yu's soul was nowhere to found. What Rui Chang Hu didn't know, Silver Moon was a rare sword that absorbed the soul of enemies it killed. Of course Shen Yu's soul couldn't be found.

After killing Li Hua, Rui Chang Hu searched for the person who killed Shen Yu. He even infiltrated the school but the second year and third year were all mortals, which narrowed down to first year students. In his mind, Ming Yue's name was suspicious but since he didn't know the person, he had to wait until the first year returned to the school after three days.

Turning around slowly, Rui Chang Hu's eyes stared at Ming Yue's back. He tried so hard holding the blood l.u.s.t that was about to run rampage due to anger.

"...Finally.." Rui Chang Hu muttered under his breath,

"...I found you.."