Chapter 509 – An Appointment in Seven Days (2/2)
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The banquet in the restaurant was brought to a close after the bout of laughter. Chen Changsheng and the other two jumped over the academy wall and returned to the Orthodox Academy.
They had just walked into the house when the door to the room on the side opened. They looked over and realized in shock that Zhexiu was standing there.
”You're finally in the mood to walk a few steps today?” Tang Thirty-Six teased.
Zhexiu disregarded him, saying to Chen Changsheng, ”She came.”
”Who?” Chen Changsheng was rather puzzled.
”Xu Yourong.”
Upon saying this name, Zhexiu closed the door. From his appearance, it seemed like he was preparing to go back to sleep.
The other three were all extremely shocked at this name. As they stared at the tightly-shut door, they all knew that they would find it very difficult to sleep tonight.
Tang Thirty-Six walked back out to the front of the house and, with wrinkled brow, looked all around. He then turned to Chen Changsheng and said apologetically, ”She might have seen the scene of us drinking wine. My apologies.”
Chen Changsheng covered his face. ”I said I didn't want to go, but you insisted on dragging me along.”
Tang Thirty-Six felt rather depressed at his appearance and said, ”You aren't planning to marry, and she might not want to marry you. What are you afraid of her for?”
Chen Changsheng came to his senses and thought, that's right! He felt that covering his face was a rather shameful action. Forcefully acting calm, he replied, ”Right, even if I saw her, so what?”
Tang Thirty-Six sneered, ”What are you acting so manly for? If you've got the capability, then put your hands on the girl's body.”
”I'm obsessed with cleanliness.” Chen Changsheng looked at him and Su Moyu and explained, ”It's not that I suspect those girls are dirty, I'm just not mentally prepared to cross that mountain.”
In a poor mood, Tang Thirty-Six replied, ”Of course we know that. You don't suspect that those girls are dirty, you suspect that everyone is dirty.”
Su Moyu had been very quiet this entire time. He suddenly asked, ”Why did the Holy Maiden come to the Orthodox Academy?”
”Yeah.” Tang Thirty-Six no longer kept up his teasing and asked Chen Changsheng seriously, ”Could she be angry and so sneaked over to stab you to death?”
After a momentary pause, he sighed, ”That would really be murdering your own husband.”
He didn't seem to be teasing, but in reality, the ridicule was laid on even thicker.
Su Moyu seemed to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence, but in reality, he was rather slow. ”As I just said, since the engagement is not valid, Chen Changsheng cannot regard the Holy Maiden as his fiancée. Even if she really did want to stab Chen Changsheng to death, it can't be considered murdering her husband. You could only say she attempted to kill someone.”
In reality, Chen Changsheng had already requested for the Pope to forcefully annul that engagement, but for certain reasons, he had not made this fact publicly known.
Su Moyu looked at Tang Thirty-Six and advised with heartfelt sincerity, ”Moreover, she's still the Holy Maiden. You should be more respectful towards her.”
Tang Thirty-Six raised his brows. ”Besides being stronger than me at fighting, I see no reason to respect her.”
At this moment, Zhexiu's voice came through the door.
”I've always revered Xu Yourong, so all of you should also revere her.”
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Matters developed far faster than imagined. On the morning of the next day, disciples from the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green and South Stream Temple came to visit the Orthodox Academy.
Thinking about how Xu Yourong had come and could even have entered his own room, Chen Changsheng felt rather peculiar, so much so that he could barely get any sleep. When he appeared before the three disciples from the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green and South Stream Temple, there were bags under his eyes and he seemed a little weak. When the senior sister from South Stream Temple recalled that row of restaurants she saw in front of the academy gate, she made certain conjectures. She could not help but look upon him with a hint of scorn.
Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu had once met this senior sister of the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green in the Garden of Zhou and they could be said to be acquainted. She rather awkwardly chuckled and, not engaging in any chitchat, straightforwardly handed the letter over.
Ever since the Orthodoxy had begun the All-School Martial Exhibition this summer, the Orthodox Academy had already received many such letters, but when Chen Changsheng took the letter, he still felt it rather heavy.
The letter was a commonly seen letter of challenge, but the person was very special. It was Xu Yourong.
The battle that the entire continent had anticipated for many months had simply and straightforwardly come.
Chen Changsheng opened the letter and looked it over. From the brush strokes, he concluded that Xu Yourong had not written it. There was nothing special about the contents. The most salient points were the date and location.
The date was seven days from now.
The location was the Bridge of Helplessness.