Chapter 60 - Talented Hong Bao (1/2)
Speaking of the law of balance, the heavens really treated everyone equally. For example talents: Everyone had his or her own talent. Sometimes, there would be people, that seemed incredibly lucky and got two talents, but, well … Having a look at Hong Bao probably explains, why the heavens still treated everyone equally.
Hong Bao's first talent, without a doubt, was her incredible ability to extract information out of conversations, that hadn't been uttered. Her second talent was her unique way of looking at things, as Leng Jin Yu found out right this moment.
Hong Bao looked at him strangely, her brows drawing together like angry storm clouds. Finally, she couldn't take it any more and leapt to her feet, pointing her finger at Leng Jin Yu. ”What is that supposed to mean? The crown prince's life is a worthy life, but Shun Tao's life is worthless? How can they make it difficult for him just because of some small issue like that? Isn't it the crown prince's fault for being not good enough to pass his own trials?!”
This kind of perceiving the issue at hand, this kind of arguing … it stumped even a man as intelligent and eloquent as Leng Jin Yu for words. What would the fate's scribe have said, had he heard this?
Probably nothing. If anyone told Shun Tao, that Hong Bao had compared his worth to the crown prince's like that, he probably would have fainted on the spot. Just let the heavenly emperor hear about it and he would lose his head for sure! With that irascible temper of his, he might even make sure, that the head wasn't lost too easily!
Thankfully, Shun Tao didn't know about Hong Bao's words and the only one stunned was Leng Jin Yu. ”That … Hong Bao, are you serious with what you are saying right now?”
”Of course!” Hong Bao clenched her hands into fists and tried to stare down Leng Jin Yu. But alas, he had cultivated into a deity and faced things way more pressuring than a lovestruck servant girl. Though, it couldn't be said, that he was totally unaffected by her behavior. He at least questioned how she had been able to live in the nine heavens for so long.
Leng Jin Yu sighed. ”Nobody is saying, that the life of the fate's scribe isn't worth anything. But in comparison to the crown prince —”
”It's still important!”
”But he is someone, that can be replaced. The crown prince isn't.”
”This is unfair!” Hong Bao sat down again and crossed her arms. This is just too much! I shouldn't have talked to Leng Jin Yu about this. Who knew, he was just as prejudiced as the people trying to hurt Shun Tao?
”It is. This is most probably not something, the fate's scribe could have guessed would happen. In fact, had he admitted to it immediately, I don't think there would be much of a problem. But it gets worth with each passing day. It would be better, he went to the heavenly emperor right now.”
”He can't do that. What if that guy really kills him?”
'That guy' … Leng Jin Yu didn't even know what to say to her way of addressing the heavenly emperor. ”I don't think, he'd do that.”
”Leng Jin Yu … You have to help me! You can't want to see him die, can you?”
Leng Jin Yu sighed. He hadn't even exchanged a word of greeting with the fate's scribe before, so he didn't really care. But that naturally was something he couldn't tell Hong Bao. ”Of course not.”
”Then help me think of a plan!”
He sighed again. ”This isn't that easy. Disregarding the fact, that he should have told the heavenly emperor, the fate's scribe did the right thing, when he tried to find the culprit behind this. That should still be one of his priorities.” Leng Jin Yu drew his brows together. Thinking of that … he had helped Hong Bao with observing the other gods, so he knew better than Shun Tao, what they did and didn't do. Obviously, none of them was the culprit. But who else could it be?
”So, we continue to observe the men in the courtyard?”