There was a time when I was really into wuxia . My interest bore fruit: one website dedicated to the anime adaptation of Jin Yong's popular novel, Shen Diao Xia Lu and a few piecemeal translations of other wuxia novels. One of these novels is Xiao Shiyi Lang , a two-part series of novels by Gu Long . In particular, I've been sporadically translating the second installment in the series, simply called Houpin Xiao Shiyi Lang. Below is the completed translation of Chapter 4 of the same book (Chapter 29 if you count the chapters in the first book): Chapter 29: To Follow Somebody Closely When a woman has no choice but to accept her own destiny, then she has to let destiny take its course. However, who knew that Hua Ruyu would suddenly sigh, and say, "No need to wait for later. At present, I am already regretting this." Feng Siniang could not help asking, "You regret what?" Hua Ruyu said, "I regret I'm not a man." Feng Siniang could only ...
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