89 Ins and Outs (1/2)
“What is really going on?” Yun Yang wore the façade of a gossipmonger. “I remember now. Yun Zuiyue is Cirrus House’s madame isn’t she?”
“It’s not common knowledge, you see..” Dong Tianleng was triumphant, pleased that he held the upper hand. “There’s a secret within! A peculiarity!”
He glanced askance at Yun Yang. His was mischievous and practically screamed, “If you want to know, you’ll have to beg me for it!” He reveled in tempting people half-spoken stories.
“My, I feel so sleepy.” Yun Yang’s face suddenly fell, and he yawned. “I feel like sleeping, all of a sudden.”
“Excuse me?” Dong Tianleng was dumbfounded.
Big brother, why are you not behaving enthusiastically, as would a normal person?
“Please leave now.” Yun Yang laid back lazily on the chair and closed his eyes. “I remember I still have something to do tomorrow.”
“I’m not leaving!” Dong Tianleng grew teary-eyed. My lord, you’re too petty; it’s just a small matter and you’ve gotten angry. “Let me tell you, my lord. It’s fun…”
“I don’t want to hear it.” Yun Yang appeared listless. “I’m very sleepy. Leave, don’t come again next time. I don’t know you.”
“My lord!”
Dong Tianleng kneeled down with a look of despair. “I beg you, let me tell you about this bit of gossip.”
He slapped himself harshly. “Dong Tianleng, why can’t you change this despicable habit of yours?”
Yun Yang lifted his gaze lazily. “Are you still going to make me beg?”
“I swear to god!” Dong Tianleng made an oath, “I won’t make my lord beg me anymore! If there’s a next time, I shall be called the god of shamefulness!”
“Speak then,” Yun Yang sighed.
“This thing is outrageous.” Dong Tianleng had turned jolly once again. “This entire incident was due to me.it’s absolutely hilarious!”
Yun Yang looked at him wordlessly.
“I had just won the wager. Happy, your father decided to treat these three rascals to a drink in Cirrus House!” Dong Tianleng said gleefuly, “We realized it’s really not bad a place when we got there. The girls are beautiful, the place is great and elegant! It suits graceful young masters like myself.”
“We ordered some side dishes and wine and watched the performance. Suddenly, someone began making noises… the voice was like a duck’s.” Dong Tianleng shrugged his shoulders. “When I heard the voice, I thought about the eunuchs in the stories and I wanted to take his pants off to look.”
Yun Yang sighed.Was it worth his time to listen to this?
“You said someone called out in a duck’s voice? What did the voice say? Are you sure it sounded like a duck?” Yun Yang noted down ‘duck voice’.
“A hundred percent. This guy called out ‘isn’t this Young Master Qiu?’.” Dong Tianleng continued, “He came to look for Qiu Yunsan.”
Yun Yang looked relaxed and lazy but his entire concentration was focused on the story.
He knew that this plot against Cirrus House and Yun Zuiyue began from this voice.
“This guy came sashaying over and your father smelled the lecherous scent… he should be a eunuch from the palace.” Dong Tianleng scrunched his nose. “There was still a middle-aged man beside him, tall and large. He knew Qiu Yunsan too, Qiu Yunsan calling that guy Keeper Mi… F*cking hell, there are actually people with family name Mi1… Tsk, tsk.”
“Obviously they were familiar with each other since they sat together at another table right beside us. Then I heard them starting to make a match out of drinking. After a while, the one with the family name Mi sighed, saying he had been courting Yun Zuiyue for a few years but has never succeeded. Things about longing and such…”
Dong Tianleng said, “I was listening by the side, wondering if it was that difficult. Then Qiu Yunsan looked at him with disgust and said he’d take at most half a month for whichever girl he laid his eyes on.”
“That man retorted by asking him not to bullsh*t. ‘This Yun Zuiyue, forget half a month. If you manage to get her within half a year, I’d run naked in Tiantang City from east to west’…”
Yun Yang sighed when he got to this part. This was an exclusive trap made for these noble young masters, the second generation who was not one of the families’ elites!
He had to say, even if the trap was roughly made, it was absolutely effective. To these second generations, their biggest joy was to gamble and toy with women. Using this as a wager was hitting the nail right on its head.
Dong Tianleng continued, “Qiu Yunsan’s eyes radiated then, saying ‘Are you serious!’. He was obviously moved… Not only him, we were as well… F*cking hell, court a woman and we get to see somebody run around naked in Tiantang City… Is this not f*cking thrilling?”
“Then the person said, ‘Young Master Qiu, this is no joke. My advice is not to provoke the woman, your looks will most probably fail you from the onset’.”
“Qiu Yun San replied, ‘If I can’t get her, I’ll do whatever you want me to do!’. Then he actually forced the man to clasp their hands together to seal their oath.”
Yun Yang sighed again.
Were these second generation members bad people? Obviously, they were not. However, their demeanor, sculpted by their environment since they were young, made it too easy for them to fall into people’s traps and become the scapegoat!
They were manipulated using their temperaments to achieve certain unspeakable goals!
A family, especially one with a thousand years of legacy, would definitely have innately genius elites; they would also have the pillars who silently worked hard, but there would also be popinjays like Qiu Yunsan and Dong Tianleng.