Chapter 523 – A Date After Dusk (1/2)
Chapter 523 - A Date After Dusk
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Zhexiu, supported by his walking stick, walked out of the house. Looking at the other three people, he said, ”If you want know, just ask him.”
Tang Thirty-Six shook his head, ”I asked before, but he didn't say. In addition, given his response at the time, he probably wouldn't say it even if you beat him to death.”
Xuanyuan Po felt his head ache. He asked, ”In your view, just what do you think is most likely to have happened?”
Tang Thirty-Six speculated, ”I wonder if he was prepared to let Xu Yourong win at the beginning and so made me bet on him losing. In the end though, he wasn't careful for a few moments and won, which is why he's acting so weird now…”
Su Moyu shook his head, ”Even if this matter deviated from his calculations, it's not enough to reach this state.”
Tang Thirty-Six replied, ”You don't understand, my meaning is that it's very likely he took all his wealth and bet…on his own loss.”
They were all silent. After a while, Xuanyuan Po finally understood and sucked in a cold breath before asking, ”Then wasn't Chen Changsheng faking the fight?”
Zhexiu, seeing that their conversation was getting increasingly nonsensical, shook his head and departed, no longer paying any mind to this matter.
Su Moyu helplessly said, ”In my view, Chen Changsheng is just someone who wishes to cultivate the Dao and is able to keep something like winning or losing from resting on his mind. You're all overthinking it.”
Xuanyuan Po thought it over, then shook his head, ”That's completely at odds with his appearance in the carriage, sometimes giggling to himself and sometimes creasing his brow.”
Tang Thirty-Six sneered, ”If even a black bear can see it, then he really must have a problem.”
Suddenly, a shout came out of the third-floor window.
He hadn't encountered some enemy, nor was it a cockroach. Rather, he was giving vent to his feelings.
”See…if it wasn't because he lost so much money, how could he be in such pain? Have you ever seen his emotions fluctuate like this before?”
Gazing at the third-floor window, Tang Thirty-Six sighed.
But in the next moment, the yells coming from the room transformed into the hums of a song. One could faintly make out that this was a rather obscure and rustic song.
Su Moyu looked at Tang Thirty-Six and asked, ”Do you still think his mood is bad?”
Tang Thirty-Six replied, ”I didn't say that this was a problem of whether his mood is good or bad, but that his mood is fluctuating.”
Su Moyu contemplated and realized that Tang Thirty-Six's words were reasonable.
Amongst the people of the Orthodox Academy, in terms of controlling emotion, it was naturally Wofu Zhexiu that was strongest, and the second strongest was Chen Changsheng. Whether it was in his normal everyday life or when cultivating and fighting, Chen Changsheng had never showed any sign of losing control over his emotions. He was calm and unflustered far beyond his age, even giving off the feeling that he had already experienced all sorts of things.
However, today's Chen Changsheng was clearly different.
”Have you guys heard the story of Peddler Jin passing the provincial exam?” Tang Thirty-Six looked up at the window and narrowed his eyes. ”If my previous conjecture is wrong, then it's highly likely that he got too excessively happy from winning against Xu Yourong and went insane.”
Right then, the third-floor window was suddenly pushed open and Chen Changsheng peeked his head out and looked down.
Tang Thirty-Six and the rest were all quite startled and hurriedly lowered their heads. They began to randomly mumble things at each other, pretending to chat so as to avoid Chen Changsheng noticing anything strange.
Chen Changsheng had no clue that his fellows of the Orthodox Academy were worrying about his mental state. He yelled, ”Tang Tang, come upstairs and help me with something.”
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