Chapter 25 (1/2)
Chapter 25
“Tujue?” Someone else asked curiously, “Why would the Eht over their wild, unmanned land rather than the affluent Central Plains?”
The man replied, “While wars and expeditions continue on in the Central Plains, the Tujue people are also expanding in the northern region They have even defeated the powerful Persian Empire China has an abundant amount of natural resources — its rich and fertile land also fosters ressive as the Tujue people are, how could they let go of this great opportunity? Right now, under the reign of Taspar Khan, the Tujue have never been ance of its people, this advantage in strength is guaranteed to lead to ambition If they want to invade the Central Plains, the two countries, Qi and Zhou, will certainly be the first to bear the brunt
“From the Northern Zhou’s perspective, the Qi’s national power is declining each day Thus, Qi country is their perfect target, while the Tujue are also a pain in their ass If the Ereat opportunity slip by Compared to these two, the Chen Dynasty should be put off for a later time Not to mention, the Great Chen is not a weak country that one can easilywants to attack the Chen, it won’t be atoo much”
“What this mister said does make sense” They all whispered to one another
Someone asked, “Mister, since you referred to it as the ‘Great Chen’, does that mean you’re a citizen of the Chen Dynasty?”
“That’s right” The htforwardly
So your behavior and manners You don’t look like a coathering place race to your status if you stay here”
The h, “I’m not a scholar, nor am I a merchant I’m just here to join the fun”
He was talking with such confidence and coht like a pine tree Everyone here was a h countless places How could they not tell from the man’s behavior that he was obviously from an aristocratic family? However, since the man had no desire to reveal his identity, they didn’t question him either The topic thus returned to the local customs of the Zhou Dynasty
Shen Qiao was slightly moved by his speech and sunk into contemplation Before he realized it, Yan Wushi+ had already fed the stewed goose into his mouth
He even asked affectionately, “Ah-qiao, does it taste good?”
Shen Qiao: “…”
It would be ungraceful to spit out things that were already in his mouth, so he had to sith htly distorted because
of it
Were it not for the fact that Shen Qiao slightly understood Yan Wushi+’s personality, he would really believe that the other person wanted to take him as a boytoy However, in fact, the reason why Yan Wushi+ did this was siry It was but amusement for him, just like when he decided to save Shen Qiao under Half-Step Peak back then
Yan Wushi+ had nothing to do hat people would call ‘a good person’ He would never act or save others for the sake of helping people If soranted and wouldn’t feel indebted to Yan Wushi+ at all But Shen Qiao was a genial and upright gentleman Besides, in his mind, the other person had done a favor for hiinal intention was, he had benefited a lot fro anything io and wouldn’t fuss about it
However, this personality of Shen Qiao’s was exactly what made Yan Wushi+ want to continuously toy with him He wanted to find the other person’s bottorow happier every tiet mad
After being tricked once, when Yan Wushi+ passed over another spoonful of soup, Shen Qiao refused to open his mouth no matter what
The others didn’t knoas going on between the to feed the other person, while the latter was rejecting the former rather reluctantly This further confirmed their assumptions about their relationshi+p It was common to see cut-sleeve men since the Wei and Jin dynasties The eable and experienceda little speechless on the inside at how open these two people were in public, they didn’t react over it
Shen Qiao had gotten a lot thinner due to his illness Much of his dignity as a sect leader was also lost When he was neitherhis solemnity, he looked like a perfectly delicate and harmless sick beauty Yan Wushi+ appeared to be a man not to be trifled with, but his attitude toward Shen Qiao was rather careless as he continued teasing hi that he didn’t seem to be extremely fond of Shen Qiao, someone else itched to have a try He ca, , froet to know each other a little bit?”
Yan Wushi+ didn’t even get up He remained where he was and asked lazily, “What’s up?”
Zhou Fang could be counted as a local big shot in the Longxi area Seeing that Yan Wushi+ neither said his name nor paid any attention to him, he couldn’t help but feel a little unhappy,
unhappy, “Is he your favored boy? Mister, I’old if you let me have him”
Yan Wushi+ replied with a laugh He turned around and said to Shen Qiao, “Look, Ah-qiao Even if you don’t ilistic world, you can still earn a lot of money with your face alone After I sell you to him, I’ll find a chance to take you away and find you another buyer This ithin less than a e residence with beautiful servants in Chang’an!”
Shen Qiao was already used to Yan Wushi+’s nonsense He didn’t even pay attention to hi, “Mister Zhou, you are mistaken about me I’m not a boytoy”
His manner was naturally revealed the entle and slow, h a forest Just by listening to Shen Qiao’s tone alone, Zhou Fang kneas the one being frivolous A person like Shen Qiao would never become someone’s boytoy
“That was rude ofwas a little erantyou?”
“I’m Shen Qiao”
“‘Qiao’ as in ‘thewood (Qiao) in the south’?”
“It’s ‘Qiao’ as in ‘I ca the ones in rivers and high mountains(Qiao)’”
Zhou Fang let out a gasp He setically, “It’s a rather rare character Well, this s to know each other Therefore, please excuse my rudeness, mister I’ll definitely coy some other day”
Shen Qiao laughed, “Mister Zhou is too polite There’s no need to come over My eyes are bad, and I’uests If we ever ain in the future, I’ll make sure to treat you to some wine”
Since Shen Qiao had already ended it here, it would be inappropriate for Zhou Fang to insist anymore He cupped his hand and left a few more lines in courtesy, then excused himself