Chapter 55 (1/2)
Translated by Mianbao
Edited by RED
“Alright, alright, even if this matter is true, it doesn’t concern you. Ignore them, Xiaozhu. Go back to the Academy, and don’t come to the foundry for the next few days,” Master Zhao Long said, glaring at his apprentice.
“Mhm, I’m done casting my armor anyway. I’ve also cast a few robe armors with the leftover materials. Please help me fetch a good price for them, Master Zhao Long,” Zhu Minglang said.
“No problem; your skills are good. We welcome you here anytime, after all these rumors have passed,” Master Zhao Long said.
“I think you’d better not come. Who is the Valkyrie? How many people in the Ancestral Dragon City State look up to her, or admire her? Basically all of them are the rich and noble; if they know he’s in our shop, how can we still live peacefully?” the owner interrupted, not wanting to invite trouble.
“This matter isn’t Zhu Minglang’s fault. He’s a very nice guy. We can only blame…” Zhao Long spoke up for Zhu Minglang.
“It’s fine, Master Zhao. He’s not wrong; I understand where he’s coming from. In any case, my main goal here is to cast some armor, which is already done. I can leave. Just don’t forget to pay me for the armors I’ve put up for sale,” Zhu Minglang said very magnanimously.
“These gossips can really kill. A fine youth like you is robbed of peace. So what if she’s the Valkyrie? Can’t the Valkyrie be in a relationship with a good man like our Xiaozhu, who knows his place? I think Xiaozhu is pretty good and is compatible for her!” Master Zhao Long said loudly.
However, his words were met with a wave of strange laughter from the surrounding people, especially that apprentice called Zhou Xin. He laughed the loudest.
“Come on, Zhu Minglang wouldn’t match up to her even if he reincarnated,” Zhou Xin laughed even more wantonly.
“But the fact remains that Zhu Minglang slept with the Valkyrie,” someone said indistinctly.
This sentence caused the apprentices’ laughter to immediately stop.
“I haven’t even seen her before, but the Valkyrie is indeed very pretty in the drawings…”
“I saw her once during the celebrations. She’s much prettier than in the drawings.”
As the discussion went on, the atmosphere changed from mockery to frustration!
Why do these kinds of fortunate happenings only happen to others? Why were they casting iron at that time, and not think of wandering around Wutu!?
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Zhu Minglang walked along the streets, heading outside the city walls. Even though the portraits pasted everywhere couldn’t be seen on the flourishing main street, there were more of them than wanted posters in the small streets and alleys. Some people were even copying the portraits, as if they were afraid this face wouldn’t spread.
They really had nothing better to do!
Perhaps the opera singers, or the most popular girl in the pleasure boat, didn’t become famous as quickly as Zhu Minglang. Everyone learned the long-rumored vagrant’s identity literally overnight; his name was Zhu Minglang!
Fortunately, there were slight discrepancies in appearance. Walking on the main street, no one was so brainless as to keep staring at Zhu Minglang and insist he was that man.
At the most, people looked at him a little longer, or talked to him. Most of them had their suspicions.
Walking back to the Dragon Tamers Academy, Zhu Minglang felt the powers of gossip. Perhaps it was because this incident had fermented for a long time now, and a version that seemed closest to the truth finally appeared, rousing the people’s interest, and anticipating the developments from here on…
After all, Li Yunzi’s status as the Crown Princess was restored, shining as brightly as the sun and the moon in the Ancestral Dragon City State.
At the bridgeside, Fang Niannian, who had a whole basket of peaches not sold, observed Zhu Minglang up and down, as if she had been waiting here for the whole day, and said, “Handsome bro, you’re really something.”
“Your peaches are about to spoil,” Zhu Minglang replied.
“I had a feeling you’re someone who lived off of a woman from the first time I set eyes on you. I didn’t expect to get it right,” Fang Niannian replied, not caring about her peaches at all.
Xue… Hua piao piao, bei feng xiao xiao… ¹
Zhu Minglang stood lonely in the cold snow, the cold wind slapping his face like the lyrics!
Zhu Minglang didn’t mind the mockery from others, mainly because they couldn’t poke at where it hurt.
But this girl, every word struck hard! Loss after loss, after loss, after loss!
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Minglang tried his best to control his emotions.
She was only a girl, not a devil from the depths of the abyss. But even a devil would crawl back to its nest in defeat after meeting her.
“Now that it’s winter, there’s a type of mountain snow orchid. Help me check if it’s available in the market. I need your family to help me brew them into nectar. Help me look for Autumn Phoebe wood, as well, I’d prefer fresh wood. If they are available, I want them all, no matter the price. This is your commission,” Zhu Minglang requested, handing her a few grains of gold sand.
“Okie dokie, Young Master Zhu,” Fang Niannian immediately answered sweetly, and even did a curtsey.
“Call me brother. That sounds weird after hearing it,” Zhu Minglang smiled bitterly.
“Handsome brother, is Sister Valkyrie fair, or big?” Fang Niannian asked mysteriously.
“???”
-What is a fine young miss doing asking such degenerate questions?!
-Also, what is the meaning of that shining gaze?
-You’re fond of women!?-
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