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Post by reinafu on Nov 4, 2014 18:20:40 GMT
And of course, thanks for the characters too !!
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Post by siuyiu on Nov 5, 2014 2:07:44 GMT
Our poor friend Siuyiu will have strong headaches with now three Andreas !!! correct. blistering migraines.  |
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 5:59:45 GMT
Thanks for the pinyin, it allows me to improve a little bit my Mandarin...And I'm sincere : what you wrote is very good and it awakes my imagination and leads me to find new ideas !! Our poor friend Siuyu will have strong headaches with now three Andreas !!! By the way, perhaps you could correct something in what I wrote previously : I have called Andrea " Cai Andrea ", but with what you wrote, it won't work... From what I read today, I'm wondering if you didn't find a way to keep your first idea of a double personnality for Andrea...Am I right ? Yes, I remember you called Andrea as Cai Andrea. No worry, this Andrea the fiddler had a complicated relationship with the Cai family. Only a few knew that she's Cai. Even Andrea herself didn't want to admit this, cause she was raised as an orphan by Master Galvatron (he will appear soon  ) I was inspired by Chinese language, that tones will change meaning. Wen1 (means kiss) and wen4 (means ask), and worse case like fang1shi4 means way/fashion/pattern. and fang2shi4 means sexual intercourse.   That's why please be very careful with tones in China  Therefore Andrea and Andreää are different different tones, different meaning, different pronunciation And about my first idea about double personality Andrea...you will find it later   Here's the clue : "You know this is impossible! We came from the same blood, same womb! We were bornt on the same day, same hour!" said the man with gentle firm voice."No, my brother. When you live I live, when you die I die. You're mine and I'm yours forever!" said Andrea. The man sighed. " What a cruel destiny that separate and make us together!" Get the idea? *wink* *wink* siuyiu : don't get blistering migraines. Old Andrea, Andrea and Andreää are different names |
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 6:36:42 GMT
Ding Huafei opened his eyes, and found out KelleyChen was beside him.
"Fei, are you okay?" asked KelleyChen.
Huafei : "Yes. Oh no...how long I have been inconscious?"
KelleyChen : "You've been unconscious for almost two days! What happened to you?"
Huafei : "I went out to catch Andrea. I thought that the one who played zither was her. But it was not her. It was a man!"
KelleyChen : "A man? Who is he?"
Huafei : "He is Andrea's twin brother."
KelleyChen : "Oh no! He could beat you and made your hurt like this, his kungfu must be really good!"
Huafei : "Not only he is good. But he also has a strong killing aura. I've never heard about him before. Now I'm doubted that Andrea was the real Andrea like what she told me about herself."
KelleyChen : "What did she tell you about herself? Actually, how do you know her?"
Huafei : "A few months ago, I met her in ZhangJiaKou. She was a naive young girl from TianShan. She didn't know anything, that she was tricked and lost all of her money. She gave away her only horse to pay a few days of hotel room. She didn't know money or anything, that's why she's easily tricked. So I helped her and cover her hotel room and she could get her horse back. But of course I couldn't help her all the time and be with her all the time. So I taught her how to use money, and even taught her to play music to get money. She was a talented musician. Actually she could play almost all musical instruments. Therefore I deeply admired her skills. We talked a lot about music. She said that she learned her musical skills from her master, a Confucian scholar in Tianshan. She also told me that she's afraid to come to Zhongyuan, but she had to. Cause her master forced her to go to see Cai family Kaifeng. I asked her what's her relationship with the Cai family. And she told me that actually she's a love child of the second master of Cai. And she wanted to take revenge on Cai family who caused her mother's death."
Huafei sighed. "But she never told me that she had a twin brother. And after I saw her twin brother, the more I think that Andrea might not be a simple person!" |
KelleyChen : "Of course she's not a simple person. She said that she didn't know any kungfu. But she played fiddle and zither to attack peoples and influence their minds. You know what, last time at our inn, she played 'Confession Song', that caused some troubles in our inn. Luckily we had ChefYing who then blew his flute to break away the song effect."
Huafei shocked to hear it. "Confession song? A lost song from the Demon Zither?"
kelleyChen : "That's what ChefYing said!"
Huafei : "How could that be? If she could play the song, means that inner strength is very powerful!"
KelleyChen : "How long did you spend time with her at that time?"
Huafei : "Around two weeks. We mostly played chess, and talked about music. And I taught her about money principles so she wouldn't be tricked again. Then one day she came to me and said that she and I should be a sworn sibling. I asked why, and she said it's because I was a good man, and had her as a sworn sister would bring a good luck to me."
KelleyChen : "Huh? You paid for her hotel rooms, and then you're hurt by her twin brother, and she said she would bring you a good luck? She brings you disaster, that's the real truth!"
"Fei, I don't understand what this is all about. I just want to save Lady Reinafu, and have a peaceful life in our inn. But know she's wounded, PrincessK betrayed us, and now we're stuck here because of your wound...I...I...I'm scared!" KelleyChen started to cry.
Huafei looked uneasy. "KelleyChen, please don't cry. I will be fine! I will meditate and recover my wound, then I will take you to meet Reinafu! Meanwhile, please don't cry! Girls tears always make me dizzy!"
KelleyChen wiped her tears. "Thank you Fei! I know that you will keep your promise to me!"
Huafei smiled at her. This is the first time KelleyChen saw Huafei's smile. And she was astonished by the smile.
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 7:28:17 GMT
Cai mansion was quite and peaceful as usual. There's no light cause the house was abandoned. But it didn't mean that there's nobody lived in the house. In fact, only CaiYi, the master of Cai Mansion disappeared a few years earlier. But the rest of the family, they were all still in the house. But how could the mansion was empty and abandoned? It was because Mrs. Cai - Wei Liang who became insane after her husband disappearance who then locked up all the maids and servants in the house at the basement. She then developed and experiment with poisonous gas (ahem...reminds me of Saddam Hussein and his mustard gas ) and used her maids and servants as guinea pigs. One by one was killed, and now, only Old Lao and two other maids who were still alive and remain living in the basement. It was Old Lao who once in awhile came out to buy food stocks and other stuffs needed to live in their seclusion. CaiYi, the master of the mansion, was a respectable man in Jianghu. His martial art skills were high and deeply admired by a lot of peoples because of his righteous and just conducts. When there's any dispute in Jianghu, people would come to meet CaiYi to ask for his advice. But that's not the case with his step brother, an adopted son of CaiYi's father - Cai Andrea. He was a playboy, and he had a lot of affairs with many girls in Jianghu. More than ten years ago, he insulted a one particular girl in Jianghu. That girl committed suicide after she found out she carried Cai Andrea's child. The girl's martial art brother then took revenge on Cai Andrea. He injured Cai Andrea's leg so severely that now he became limped, and he scratched a big X on his handsome face using his sword. But now after almost twenty years, the playboy Cai Andrea was no longer young. After his wife and daughters disappearance, he almost never left the mansion anymore. A lot of people already forgot him. Perhaps, only some women who previously had affairs with him still remembered him. But Jianghu was not a sentimental place. He's easily forgotten in Jianghu. Now this Cai Andrea was now called Old Andrea by the maid and servants in the mansion. In the pavillion, Old Andrea sat alone and enjoyed the moonlight. He sighed. Just in five years and all things changed so fast. The mansion who were filled with laughter and joy, now became empty, abandoned, with some smell of dried blood from some people who were just killed and died a few days earlier. Chefying came out from the basement. And he walked toward Old Andrea. "Uncle! You look troubled!" said ChefYing. "My nephew!" he smiled and invited ChefYing to sit with him in the pavillion. "I've been thinking about what happened in Jianghu these days. Liu Si Hua, Liang Siuyiu, the fiddle girl, Andrea, Reinafu..it's so complicated. I don't know...I'm lost and can't imagine what's going on. You know Chef, actually I'm afraid that this is just the beginning." "Beginning of what?" asked ChefYing. "Beginning of the end of Jianghu!" said Old Andrea. "What do you mean, Uncle?" "Do you know that next year, there will be an election of Jianghu leader? 25 sword schools, 19 sects, 137 clans, and 112 organizations will choose a Jianghu leader who will lead Jianghu for ten years. But with your father disappearance, the killing of Liu SiHua, and a month ago two monks of Shaolin were killed in Luoyang. I'm pretty sure these all have connections. Your father was deeply respected in Jianghu. He's a strong candidate to lead Jianghu. But he suddenly disappeared. Your father's skill was not low. there's no way he could be killed easily. But if he's just missing, where's he?" Old Andrea sighed. "This is too complicated!" "Why I didn't think that far. Uncle, you're right. I think that you made a right conclusion." said Chefying. "Uncle, we have to do something to prevent this chaos!" "Nephew, I'm too old. But I think this is your call to save Jianghu from chaos. And also...I want you to help me to find my daughter Siuyiu, your cousin!" ==== reinafu : this is to fix your plot about Chefying and Liang Siuyiu. Chef Ying was Old Andrea's nephew. And Old Andrea was (suspected) LSY's father. So that would make LSY and Chefying as cousins. Paternal cousins are not allowed to be engaged in marriage |
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Post by siuyiu on Nov 5, 2014 7:41:28 GMT
ha! the old lao pun relieved the headache a bit. so, just to get the pronunciations correct: there's AN-dree-ah, ahn-DRAY-ah, and AN-dree-aaaaaaaaah. yes? |
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 8:01:36 GMT
reinafu : So is this a right relationship chart?
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If this chart is true, hmm...IMHO, it will be a bit difficult to comprehend. Cause Ding Huafei apparently about the same age with Liu HanWei, LSY, ChefYing and other young characters.
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Post by galvatron prime on Nov 5, 2014 8:06:18 GMT
AdminIs Galvatron a good or bad guy in this story line? Is he a Khitan ?
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 8:12:34 GMT
AdminIs Galvatron a good or bad guy in this story line? Is he a Khitan ? He's a powerful martial artist and a Confucian scholar Indeed a true master. Is he Khitan? Hmm...if you write it by yourself...as it is a roundrobin...you can choose if Galvatron is a Khitan or Mongolian or Uyghur |
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 8:16:32 GMT
ha! the old lao pun relieved the headache a bit. so, just to get the pronunciations correct: there's AN-dree-ah, ahn-DRAY-ah, and AN-dree-aaaaaaaaah. yes? Correct. Something like that. Hahaha!! I'm pretty stressed this days. But when I'm stressed, I become more creative in imagination. So yeah... forgive my wild imagination |
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Post by reinafu on Nov 5, 2014 14:29:15 GMT
Well...I had thought of Old Andrea as Wei Liang's brother (so, if I'm not mistaken, ChefYing's mother should be called Liang Wei Liang and not Cai Wei Liang, unless the married women take their husband's name in China, I don't know that...)...
Regarding the ages, we could imagine that Liu Han Wei was born years after Liu Si Hua's marriage with the rich lady, which could explain that he is about the same age as Ding Hua Fei. And as Liang Siuyu is Old Andrea's youngest daughter, she also can be as old as Hua Fei and Han Wei. And regarding ChefYing, from what I read previously, I had imagined that he was a little bit older than Han Wei, Siuyu and Hua Fei and of the same age as Reinafu and her maids...
Does it sound right for your ?
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 16:56:37 GMT
Well...I had thought of Old Andrea as Wei Liang's brother (so, if I'm not mistaken, ChefYing's mother should be called Liang Wei Liang and not Cai Wei Liang, unless the married women take their husband's name in China, I don't know that...)... Ah! I thought that he's a brother in law of Wei Liang! Okay nevermind. it still can do. Old Andrea original name is Liang, and adopted to become Cai. While his sister then marry CaiYi and became Mrs. Cai. Regarding the ages, we could imagine that Liu Han Wei was born years after Liu Si Hua's marriage with the rich lady, which could explain that he is about the same age as Ding Hua Fei. And as Liang Siuyu is Old Andrea's youngest daughter, she also can be as old as Hua Fei and Han Wei. And regarding ChefYing, from what I read previously, I had imagined that he was a little bit older than Han Wei, Siuyu and Hua Fei and of the same age as Reinafu and her maids... Does it sound right for your ? It does sound right. so that will make Liu Han Wei an "uncle" for Ding HuaFei. That's how the Chinese do. That's why sometimes in China you would find a young person is called uncle or auntie by someone older from them Jiayou!!! Keep on writing Reinafu! |
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Post by reinafu on Nov 6, 2014 20:00:28 GMT
To Admin
There's something which tickles me : you wrote that Old Andrea's wife left him due to his numerous affairs, but if you remember what Han Wei told Siuyu when they first met, Siuyu's mother and sister vanished while they were attacked and Liu Si Hua couldn't protect them as he had been ordered by Old Andrea...
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Post by reinafu on Nov 6, 2014 20:34:28 GMT
In the old temple
After he recovered from his wounds, Ding Hua Fei joined KellyChen who was taking care of Pearl and, as this latter had fallen asleep, he whispered :
" Perhaps it would be better if you lead Pearl to a safe place instead of coming with me to see Reinafu. "
" But I need to see Reinafu !! "
Hua Fei : " Don't worry about her : her enemies don't know where she is and I'll be with her. Your friend Pearl is too weak to come with us, and if I don't return to where I left Reinafu, she will be worried about me and she will try to find me, and that's at that moment that she'll be in danger ! Don't you know a place where Pearl would be safe ? "
KellyChen cogitated a few seconds and finally answered : " I can lead her to my Master, she will take good care of her."
Hua Fei : " That's perfect, let's do that : you go to your Master and I return to Reinafu. When she'll be able to fight again, in about one and a half week, we will return to the inn and you'll see her."
KellyChen : " Please, take good care of Reinafu, I love her as if she was my sister."
Hua Fei : " Don't worry, I won't let anybody harm her. "
They exchanged a smile, KellyChen called Pearl in order to tell her that they were leaving at once and they took different roads.
When Ding Hua Fei arrived in the doctor's house, this latter's maid exclaimed :
" You finally returned !! Your wife was so worried, she cried almost every day !! "
Ding Hua Fei thought : " She...Cried ??!! Does it mean...Or perhaps she was playing in order to avoid that the doctor and the maid discover that we are not married...Let's see what she says..."
He thanked the maid and went to Reinafu's room. She was sitting near the window and when he opened the door, a large smile came to her face ; she stood up, and walked towards him and exclaimed :
" Hua Fei ! I was so worried about you !! I thought that these bandits had found you and had killed you, I was...I was..."
She stopped talking, and Hua Fei noticed that tears were invading her eyes. He helped her to sit again and asked softly:
" You were ? "
She hid her face in her hands and timidly whispered : " I was so desperate ! "
They intensely looked at each other and he asked : " Does it mean...that I'm important for you, Reinafu ? "
She noded and he knelt in front of her and said : " You're also very important for me, Reinafu, and not only because I asked you to find my father's murderer...During these days when I was far from you, I couldn't help thinking of you and worrying because I wasn't able to come to you as quickly as I would have liked to ! "
" Tell me what happened to you, Hua Fei. How come it took you so long to go to the inn and to return here ? "
He sat near her and began to explain what had happened during his absence. When he finished his story, Reinafu said thoughtfully :
" I can't believe that ! Two Andreas !!And they are both fierce fighters ! And why do they want to kill me ? I don't know them at all !! And PrincessK...I would never have thought that she could betray me, we were like sisters !! And this Master Wan... I never suspected that he was such a fighter, I thought that he was just an idle customer who was fond of young and beautiful maids !!
Hua Fei, you must help me to recover more rapidly, I absolutely need to see my Master and tell her what happens. It seems that there is a big plot against famous fighters in the jianghu and I need to know what she wants me to do for her..."
Hua Fei : " Remember what the doctor said, Reinafu : if you don't listen to what he said, you'll be in danger..."
She sighed and looked through the windows, thinking of what she had just learnt from him...
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Post by siuyiu on Nov 6, 2014 20:57:46 GMT
midnight. the crescent moon a scimitar piercing the fabric of darkness.
the rooftop of cai maison. the house is quiet. the inhabitants left it behind to visit with the duke of zhou.
a lone figure. his form a blacker black against the darkness. crouching like a tiger awaiting its prey. a spy! his entire focus upon a gaping emptiness of a removed rooftile. the room below is dark and silent but for the faint exhalations of its lone inhabitant.
the man in black removes a slender tube from his belt.
moments later, tendrils of smoke emit from the tube, curling through the tiny chink in the ceiling, spiralling lazily downwards.
with amazing qinggong, the figure lands in the central courtyard without a sound. he approaches the door of the room.
suddenly, a hand on his shoulder. a fierce whisper: "what do you think your doing?"
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That's why please be very careful with tones in China 
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