Chapter 526 – Sitting across from Each Other, Gnawing on Ribs (1/2)
Chapter 526 - Sitting across from Each Other, Gnawing on Ribs
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The kangs of this restaurant were very clean, and no dust could be seen on the edges of the kangs which easily accumulated dust. However, Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong did not sit down. Hearing the argument coming from behind, it was difficult for them to not feel embarrassed. Only after the owner came over was this awkward atmosphere alleviated.
Perhaps it was because of the Yellow Paper Umbrella, or perhaps it was because the corner they were in was somewhat dim, but the owner did not recognize them. His face filled with smiles, he asked, ”What do my two guests wish to eat? This store's main dish is all sorts of ribs; is there a particular one that you enjoy eating?”
Chen Changsheng looked to Xu Yourong sitting across from, wanting to hear if she had any ideas. Xu Yourong lowered her head and said nothing.
”What about…my two guests first order a bowl of pork bone soup to warm the body and then slowly consider what else to order?”
The owner increasingly felt that something was strange with this young couple, but after running a restaurant in the capital for so many years, he had encountered his fair share of strange situations and would naturally not trouble himself too much over it.
Hearing a certain word in the owner's words, Chen Changsheng once again felt his face heat up. Waving his hand, he said, ”Let's not. What about some beef ribs?”
The latter part of this was naturally inquiring after Xu Yourong's opinion. Xu Yourong didn't have much of an opinion. She was just recalling her conversations with him in the Garden of Zhou, but she couldn't remember him having any sort of taboo against pork. Why did he have such a big reaction then?She couldn't help but be curious.
The owner was a very straightforward and efficient man. After adding on a few appetizers for them, he retreated to the kitchen to prepare the food, leaving just the two of them at the kang in the corner. Xu Yourong blinked her eyes and cut off the sounds of argument coming from the front. Looking at him, she asked the question on her mind.
”It's not any taboo…it's just…”
Chen Changsheng hesitated for a while, then said very earnestly, ”Tang Thirty-Six said I was a pig. I felt that I really was a pig, so I don't want to eat pork at this moment.”
Xu Yourong understood what he meant and couldn't hold back a smile. Suddenly, she recalled something and creased her brow as she asked, ”You told Tang Tang?”
”No, he was cursing me for some other reason when he called me a pig,” Chen Changsheng explained.
After this brief dialogue, the area around the kang once more fell silent. The customers sitting at the table were still engaged in a fierce argument, but none of their voices came in. Not even the sound of the snowstorm outside the restaurant could be heard around the kang. Only the crackling of the firewood in the kang could be heard, but in reality, this was not a sound a normal person could hear.
”That person spoke incorrectly.”
Xu Yourong glanced at the other kang, then turned back to him and very seriously explained, ”I didn't go easy on you at the Bridge of Helplessness. I was very serious.”
She absolutely had to make this point clear because this was a fact, because this reflected the respect she had for Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng replied, ”Although I calculated and planned for a tie, my cultivation, talent and comprehension are all inferior to yours. If I didn't use my full strength, I wouldn't be able to make it a tie.”
”What I wanted was to fight you in a fair and upright manner.”
Xu Yourong calmly continued, ”Whether in the Garden of Zhou or in the future, I would probably not have another such chance, so after entering the capital…I didn't come to find you.”
Only at this point did Chen Changsheng completely understand why she had kept this concealed from him.
One of them was the next Pope, the other was the newly appointed Holy Maiden, and they respectively represented the two great powers of the Orthodoxy and the Imperial Court. No matter how one looked at it, they were natural enemies, but if he were to know of her real identity, it would naturally be impossible for him to fight such a fierce battle today on the Bridge of Helplessness. This would always be the case, now, and far into the future.
He could not regard her as an enemy, and he believed that she would feel the same.
”But you still didn't use your most powerful technique.”
Chen Changsheng looked at her and continued, ”If I remember correctly, in the Garden of Zhou, your blood awakened once more.”
Xu Yourong affirmed, ”Yes.”
Chen Changsheng said, ”If you really did use the blood of the Heavenly Phoenix, I would not be a match for you.”
Xu Yourong answered, ”You really thought that I would defeat you like that?”
Chen Changsheng hesitated, then replied, ”In truth…I just wanted to see you unfurl your Phoenix wings. I imagine it should be very beautiful.”
There were many things that didn't need to be taught, that didn't need pointers from Tang Thirty-Six. Even the most inarticulate person would occasionally be able to speak very beautiful words.
When in front of the target that he wished to express his goodwill and love towards.
Xu Yourong thought to herself, you saw it before, it was just that you were sleeping then.
Because of these rarely encountered beautiful words from Chen Changsheng, she felt rather out of sorts, rather shy. Changing the subject, she noted, ”You also only used one sword.”
She knew more than anyone else in the world that all the swords of the Sword Pool lay within Chen Changsheng's sheath. That was truly his most powerful technique.
”Even if the ten thousand swords attacked at once, it's not a given that it could contend with your Sword of Great Light.”