836 Roll With the Punches (1/2)
”Is that good enough? Your third uncle took the blame for you this time! Satisfied now?” Old Madam rolled her eyes at Jun Mo Xie, but couldn't help but chuckle. ”You little scoundrel, getting craftier now. We really need to be careful when dealing with you now. To even set your uncle up, you're really gutsy now, huh?”
Jun Mo Xie laughed dryly. ”Isn't it because uncle… actually that incident was just a moment of carelessness… merely coincidence, um, purely coincidence…”
”That chant is also coincidence?” Old Madam glared at him. Jun Mo Xie was instantly flabbergasted.
”Um… Grandma, let's talk about serious business. I heard that the family was in danger, so I came rushing over at the fastest speed, without any breaks or rest. This journey was really exhausting hehe…” Jun Mo Xie was a master of finding new topics and changing the topic.
”Danger… Indeed there was. But all in all, you shouldn't have returned.” Old Madam sighed heavily as she began to walk. ”A small crisis like this; we can still get through it with our strength.”
”Oh? Looks like Grandma already has a countermeasure for the trouble the three Holy Lands created this time?” Jun Mo Xie asked carefully. He could more or less tell that in the entire family, the one with the strongest sense of pride and protection was this old lady before him.
”The three Holy Lands are undoubtedly powerful. But the Dongfang Family is no herbivore. A family of assassins; if we don't kill and people don't die, then are we still worthy of being called a family of the pugilistic world?” Old Madam Dongfang scoffed. ”No need to be so cautious! Roll with the punches; that is all. You can accompany me for a few days, but hurry up and go back. The matters here do not require you yet. The Dongfang Family can deal with it.”
”Of course, with Grandma's invincible might, conquering the world… is just around the corner! Haha, who doesn't know that Grandma traveled around the country with just a sword alone! Your reputation spread far and wide! Envied by women, superior than men! Making all the men in the world feel ashamed with your sword! There was a discussion: ten thousands of people have their hands tied, and not a single one of them was a man! A beauty of her generation laughing upon the world, this might is unheard of…” Jun Mo Xie's flattery came spewing out fluently.
”Enough, enough… Your Grandpa Jun Zhan Tian perhaps likes all that flattery of yours, but your Grandma doesn't! Stop it!” Old Madam was blushing, a gentle look in her eyes as she said satisfactorily. Even the steps she took resounded as she walked; the aura around her had a tinge of murderous intent!
”Indeed! I'll be very honest; actually, I admire this part of Grandma the most. Who in this world doesn't like to be flattered? Everyone would be giddy with happiness the moment people praised them a little; isn't that the problem of all those in high powerful positions! But only Grandma is different! The lotus grows in mud, yet never contaminates and she floats on waving water, never dancing. Calm, wise, farsighted, and intelligent! Never accepting flattery from others! You can't even be compared to those people! I'm not trying to bootlick; I'm just speaking the truth—they are all facts!” Jun Mo Xie continued boot—… continued to 'speak the truth'.
”Well said! Humans really should not hear too much praise. We need to be logical and have a basic sense of judgement! This is what those who are in high places must do. And because only by doing so, they can make the correct strategies! You child like to speak the truth, not hypocriticals, and I really like this. Speaking honestly, doing honest work; you won't suffer any disadvantage anywhere you go.”
Old Madam crinkled her eyes and gave a satisfied smile. A radiance was vaguely revealed from her face, with an air of 'solitude is better than ill company' and 'loneliness sitting at the top'.
Dongfang Wen Jian behind couldn't bear to continue watching this scene. He looked up in the sky, as he swallowed his saliva. This is still considered 'truth'? Oh my god! But he had only mumbled in his heart; had he really said it out, he would be in a lot of pain…
”Yes, take the three Holy Lands this time. They definitely will be getting eight lifetime's worth of bloody bad luck from offending Grandma! When I was on my way here, I even met four experts from Elusive World of Immortals. They had even discussed some so-called 'vicious plot'! Haha, they're trying to display their mediocre skills before an expert to be laughed at!”
Jun Mo Xie quickly pulled the topic back. ”… They had actually planned to do this this this… actually I also know that it is completely useless; under Grandma's deep foresights and strategic planning, that so-called 'plot' is just a complete joke. If you guys clashed, it'll definitely be as easy as pouring boiling soup on snow, blowing ashes from the palms, picking up a rocket artillery to hit a mosquito, um…”
Jun Mo Xie was covered in cold sweat after explaining the three Holy Lands' vicious plot with great difficulty. At the last sentence, his tongue slipped…
But Old madam's expression turned serious; she had not paid attention to Jun Mo Xie's last few lines.
Jun Mo Xie was trying his best to humor her—Old Madam could tell. Her grandson knew of the stress and toil she had experienced during this period of time and purposely tried to make her happy out of filial piety. Old Madam was delighted and pretended that she was muddleheaded. Besides, being flattered by your grandson was really an enjoyable thing. But when they started talking about serious business, she couldn't continue to keep up the act anymore.
In fact, when Jun Mo Xie had talked about the arrangements of the three Holy Lands, grandma and grandson came to a mutual understanding to put an end to this exchanging of flattery.
Old Madam slowly walked and plotted. When she reached the main hall, she suddenly asked, ”Wen Jian, what is the conclusion of the negotiation on the other side?”
Dongfang Wen Jian snapped back to his senses and replied instantly. ”According to your orders, they're still delaying for time. I already instructed them to not only charge according to capabilities, but also charge for travelling fees, consumptions, possible accidents. I even especially reminded them to talk about it bit by bit, and bargain for it cent by cent… so currently both sides are very exhausted from the negotiation…”
Jun Mo Xie broke out in loud laughter. A negotiation like this would never end! Because a new problem could be added in anytime! And talking about the journey bit by bit, bargaining cent by cent for an assassin to kill someone? It would be no wonder if the person was driven mad! It was simply a more indirect way of rejecting, hoping that the other party would find it difficult and back off!