8 Second Be (1/2)
Jun Zhenxian was waiting in his house calmly. There didn't seem to be any worries in his face as he continued with his daily activity. That day, there was a familiar guest in his home, Nanglong Souka.
”Zhenxian, you old man, how can you stay calm when your grandson is in the battlefield?”
Hearing that question, Jun Zhenxian laughed. ”I trust my boy.”
Nanglong Souka rolled his eyes. ”How can you be so sure with him?”
”What about yourself, don't you have confidence in Soujin?”
”Of course I do.”
”Then, it's the same.”
Nanglong Souka truly wanted to beat up this overconfident old man. How could he be more confident than him? Souka chose to stop thinking about it and merely drank his tea.
After finishing a book, Jun Zhenxian put it away then sat down in front of Nanglong Souka. He grinned.
”Since you're so worried, do you want to take a bet with me? Who among our grandsons will return earlier?”
Nanglong Souka scoffed. ”You shameless old man, you wanted to bet about your own grandson?”
Souka didn't know that his own grandson had also proposed the same to Jun Min. If he knew, he would definitely think his own grandson to be even more shameless than this old man in front of him. Not to mention, the contents of their bet were the same.
”Why not? Are you scared to lose?” Jun Zhengxian taunted Nanglong Souka.
”Who said I'm scared? Tell me, what do you want to bet on?”
”Just a small treasure is enough; I don't want to take much from you.”
”Then it's a deal, you better be prepared to lose.”
The two of them continued their banter, just like children. All the servants have their eyes lowered as if they were not seeing these two old men acting shamelessly.
Soon, news from the battlefield arrived.
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Day 12 of the war.
”Have you heard about it? My grandson has already taken down one of the city successfully! The news even said that the effort he required was so small that it seemed like a child play to him. Hahaha! Are you ready to lose, Zhenxian?”
”Get lost!”
”You're the one who proposed the bet first, so don't forget that you have to pay in the full amount. Don't suddenly retract your bet like a coward.”
”Get out of here, old fart!”
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Day 15 of the war.
”Hmm, that Lan Ping is not bad. Zhenxian, he managed to take down one of the cities successfully without much loss. I never thought that he could be so capable, but compared to my grandson, he is nothing at all. Right, how about your grandson, old man? There hasn't been any news at all. Don't tell me that he's actually so weak?”
”Damn you Souka! Meet me in the training hall, now!”
”You, robust idiotic old man! I'm an official, not a fighter!”
The servants all stared at the ground. They didn't dare say anything to anyone about these esteemed old men of the kingdom swearing and cursing at each other. If both Nanglong Soujin and Jun Hua knew about their grandfathers' 'achievement', they would surely hide themselves from each other from embarrassment. These two old men were too shameless compared to their status!
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