Chapter 529 – Entering the Palace in the Snowy Night (1/2)

Chapter 529 - Entering the Palace in the Snowy Night

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

This was an answer that could easily render others speechless.

Precisely as Tang Thirty-Six had said, Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong really were two people that made others speechless.

Perhaps it was for precisely this reason that when Xu Yourong heard Chen Changsheng's answer, she showed no surprise, much less anger. On the contrary, she was very satisfied.

He only remembered that after dusk, he should come to Fortune Peace Road to eat Tofu and Fish, even though they ultimately ended up eating beef ribs. He only remembered the conversation they had in the Mausoleum of Zhou, so he split up the gold and treasures into two piles and used the majority of his part to buy a plain by the lower reaches of the Red River, even though she had nothing to do with the elves. He only remembered promising her that he would end the engagement, so he, regardless of the criticisms of the common people, requested the Pope to forcefully annul the engagement, even though this matter now looked very silly and he was now even trying to get back the marriage contract…

To make a mistake on a few things was not important. To forget a few things was even less important. As long as one remembered a few things, it was just fine.

Chen Changsheng's answer and the fragrant beef ribs in the pot allowed Xu Yourong to not have the slightest regret about passing him that slip of paper on the Bridge of Helplessness.

She softly spoke, ”I ate very well, thank you.”

Saying this, she stood up, put away that deed to the plain, took the Yellow Paper Umbrella up from the floor, and began to walk out of the restaurant.

The noisy clamor instantly surged back in and Chen Changsheng was a little taken aback. As he watched her raise the curtain and walk out, he suddenly remembered something, that he still had one very important thing to give to her. He quickly went after her, but in the face of the cold and the snowflakes drifting down the dark street, how could he possibly catch sight of her figure?

He gazed at the string of ten stone pearls on his wrist and thought, such an important object, I absolutely cannot forget next time.

From the side came the restaurant owner's voice, ”Dear guest, there's still some beef ribs left. Is Sir prepared to take it away or eat a little longer?”

Chen Changsheng turned and saw the owner's face was rather uneasy. After vacantly staring at him for a moment, he realized that the owner was worried that he was going to skip on the bill.

The owner rubbed his hand, looking at him rather nervously.

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Carrying the wrapped leftovers of the beef ribs, Chen Changsheng returned to the Orthodox Academy.

In the darkness, the winter forest by the lake seemed somewhat sinister. Thankfully, the snow weighing down the tree branches somewhat mollified this feeling. Deep within the forest, thundering booms could be faintly heard, occasionally accompanied by the appearance of extremely thin rays of light, like lightning bolts. This was Xuanyuan Po practicing.

Su Moyu was in the library, instructing the new students. Zhexiu, who was gradually recovering, had buried himself under some pile of snow to hone his spirit and will. Only Tang Thirty-Six had not gone out, nor was he in his own room. Instead, he was in Chen Changsheng's, waiting for him.

It wasn't merely because he was curious about where Chen Changsheng had gone off to, nor was it because investigating this guy's secrets had truly made him almost as wrathful as a god. Rather, it was because the item in his hand was such an object that he absolutely had to deliver it into Chen Changsheng's hands personally before he could be at ease.

Even the wealthiest man in the world would find himself powerless to compensate for the loss of this item.

Because this was the Divine Staff that represented the power of the Orthodoxy. Even with money, one would not be able to buy it.

Tang Thirty-Six had already sat in this room for a very long time. When he thought of that embarrassing scene in the Li Palace, thought of those gazes that were like swords such that even now his back still felt a little sore, and then he thought about how Chen Changsheng was having the time of his life at some random place, his mood continued to get worse.

So when Chen Changsheng returned to his room, it was only right that he saw a very nasty face.

For some reason, perhaps because he had been concealing the truth, when he saw Tang Thirty-Six's complexion, Chen Changsheng felt uneasy. He placed the food box on the table and pretended not to see that Tang Thirty-Six was sitting on his bed, pretended that he wasn't a clean freak. He carefully said, ”Fortune Peace Road's beef ribs taste rather good.”

”The taste of His Holiness's Divine Staff is even better.”

The unsightly expression on Tang Thirty-Six's face had vanished to some place, but the deliberate indifference that represented his rage was very easy to see.

Chen Changsheng took the Divine Staff in a state of shock. Although Tang Thirty-Six had anticipated this and mentioned the matter to him, Chen Changsheng had still been caught by surprise.

Tang Thirty-Six said in a chilly voice, ”You're not going give an explanation?”

Chen Changsheng glanced at him and replied, ”I just arranged to eat a meal with someone, not anything big.”

”But it's still something you can't tell me?”

”Mm.”

””Then who did you eat with?”

”I also can't say…”

Chen Changsheng was rather tense, but when he thought back to the scene of Xu Yourong sitting across from, drinking wine, he couldn't help but turn his lips up in a smile.

Seeing this, Tang Thirty-Six sucked in a cold breath and asked, ”A woman?”

Chen Changsheng asked in disbelief, ”How did you tell?”

Tang Thirty-Six sneered, ”Seeing your beaming face with all your emotions as open as a book, only Xuanyuan Po wouldn't be able to tell.”

Chen Changsheng was a little distressed and was clueless as to how to respond.

”Three days, at most three days.” Tang Thirty-Six grit his teeth and declared, ”I will definitely find out the truth of this matter. You just met Xu Yourong, but instead of being charmed, you went off with some other girl. I'm really curious as to just what this girl looks like.”

Chen Changsheng was rather confused and also faintly dissatisfied. He asked, ”Why can't I go and meet with Xu Yourong?”

Tang Thirty-Six expressionlessly said to him, ”Xu Yourong will meet with you in private? You might as well say that you're Su Li's illegitimate son.”