Chapter 196 - A Test (1/2)

Chapter 196: A Test

Translator: DragonRider

Some other thoughts occurred to Ling Zhang after he heard Yuwen Jin’s remarks, and with that he couldn’t help but tossed another glance at Jiang Yu. ‘Though this Jiang Yu guy is overweening, he’s quite handsome…’

“That won’t be necessary, Childe Jiang. Mr. Feng here will handle it.” Yuwen Tong looked at Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ who was standing on the side.

With that Jiang Yu also s.h.i.+fted his gaze to Feng Zhangs.h.i.+, who saw the well-concealed warning in Jiang Yu’s good-looking eyes and immediately replied, “The professor teaching Childe Jiang is the very one I’m taking Childe Yuwen and Childe Ling to meet. The two of them and Childe Jiang will be cla.s.smates. If Childe Jiang leads the way, the three of them would be able to get acquainted with each other sooner, which I believe will do them some good.”

“See?” Yuwen Jin immediately whispered indignantly. “That Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ guy doesn’t dare cause even the slightest offence to Jiang Yu. Now Jiang Yu is getting what he wants. I don’t like him, nor the idea of him coming along with us.”Read more new novels on ReadNovelFull.com

Ling Zhang looked at Feng Zhangs.h.i.+, who accidentally made eye contact with him. Ling Zhang’s eyes seemed very calm, but Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ involuntarily tensed his back muscles. This pair of eyes were even more frightening than the look that Jiang Yu had given him just now. A layer of fine beads of sweat oozed out of Feng Zhangs.h.i.+’s back as he came to the realization that he’d pleased Jiang Yu but offended Ling Zhang. He knew what kind of person Jiang Yu was, but Ling Zhang, who had struck him as modest and courteous a few moments ago, suddenly seemed to be in a shroud of uncertainty.

Before Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ could figure out a way to rid himself of this dilemma, Yuwen Tong abruptly observed in a flinty tone of voice, “There’s no need for that. Lead the way, Feng Zhangs.h.i.+.”

Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ jumped in the knowledge that even Yuwen Tong was displeased with him now. Too afraid to glance at Yuwen Tong’s eyes or use any other finesse, he hastily turned aside and responded, “This way please, Marshal.”

Yuwen Tong took Ling Zhang’s hand and the two of them walked past Jiang Yu. Yuwen Jin hurriedly followed in their wake, throwing Jiang Yu a smug glance in pa.s.sing.

Jiang Yu’s face abruptly darkened and with that he turned around to look at the receding figure of Yuwen Tong. Seeing him holding Ling Zhang’s hand, he finally s.h.i.+fted his gaze to Ling Zhang.

Originally students looking on nearby had wanted to gather around, but when they saw Jiang Yu rejected by Yuwen Tong, they refrained from doing so, eyes following Yuwen Tong and Ling Zhang. After appraising the two of them for a while, they looked at Jiang Yu, a mixed expression in their eyes, all kinds of thoughts flas.h.i.+ng across their minds.

Jiang Yu watched Yuwen Tong and Ling Zhang hand in hand walk far away and then turned around to inquire of those standing beside him, “So that’s Ling Zhang?”

“Uh… I think so,” replied one of his lackeys beside him. None of them had ever seen Ling Zhang before, so they couldn’t say for certain.

Jiang Yu’s brow briefly corrugated in a frown and then returned to normal.

…

“Fortunately, you rejected it, cousin. Had you let that Jiang Yu guy lead the way, I would definitely have bailed,” said Yuwen Jin, flicking Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ a frosty glance.

Though having been given a dirty look by Yuwen Jin, Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ didn’t dare to utter a word in the knowledge that he had offended not only Yuwen Tong but also Ling Zhang and Yuwen Jin.

“It didn’t seem like your first meeting with Jiang Yu. You two have history?” Ling Zhang inquired.

Yuwen Jin replied, “It’s not me who has history with him. It’s my elder brother. On one occasion, my elder brother bandied words with him at a banquet, and he snitched on my elder brother after returning home. Jiang Changfeng, that old b.a.s.t.a.r.d, impeached my father at a meeting in the imperial court. Fortunately His Majesty’s wise enough not to fall for Jiang Changfeng’s trick. Since then, there’s been open hostility between our two families.”

Ling Zhang flicked a glance at Feng Zhangs.h.i.+ in the middle of Yuwen Jin’s remarks and had intended to interrupt, but then he found that Yuwen Jin, who had a fairly good sense of propriety, knew how to choose the right expressions when mentioning the emperor, so eventually he didn’t cut him off.

“Just now Jiang Yu was very nice to your cousin and didn’t seem like someone who’d make trouble for you in revenge for a petty quarrel,” commented Ling Zhang.

Yuwen Jin curled his lip. “My cousin was also the only one he bothered to talk with just now. I think he cares about n.o.body but my cousin.”

Yuwen Tong’s face went cold. “Bulls.h.i.+t. It’ll do you a lot more good if you focus on your study instead of these unsavory characters.”

While saying this, he held Ling Zhang’s wrist tighter, softly rubbing his thumb against it in an effort to fawn on him.

Ling Zhang: ….

Just now he had failed to realize the situation. ‘We are not at home but in the Imperial College. There are students all around. It’s so undignified to be hand in hand like this.’ Ling Zhang instantly made an attempt to free his hand.

He had just moved when Yuwen Tong tightened his grip further and also turned his head aside to look at him in confusion.

“Haha. Cousin, if these words of yours reach Jiang Yu’s ears, he would definitely be angered to death.” Yuwen Jin, instead of being deterred by Yuwen Tong’s rebuke, dissolved into happy laugh.