578 An Equine Serendipity (1/2)

Yun Yang was quite astonished upon meeting Dugu Chou's gaze.

There was a flash of agitation and longing in Dugu Chou's eyes.

'Why is he agitated upon seeing me?'

”This old man's surname is Dugu.”

Dugu Chou said slowly, ”You said that you came here for Ling Xiaozui, but I do not believe that you were unaware of who I am before you came here.”

Initially, his gaze was still and lifeless, but when he uttered the last few words, a flame flickered in his eyes. Dugu Chou's stare was like two thunderbolts that carried the weight of a collision between two mountains within Yun Yang, eliciting a loud crash and dire rumblings.

For a brief instant, his divine consciousness wandered.

Yun Yang regained his bearings, recovered his manner of a frivolous popinjay and said seriously, ”Of course. With Senior Dugu here, this junior would have paid a visit even if there was no reason to.”

”A wise one should be honest. That, my young friend, is wisdom,” Dugu Chou said indifferently.

Dugu Chou's message was undeniably sharp and incise. His words carried the weight of a mountain which crumbled down upon Yun Yang. Dugu Chou had it all planned out; if this young fellow in front of him were continue putting up a frivolous front and attempt to slither away, he would teach him a lesson.

Youths who had been successful since young and gained fame early in life usually achieved that due to their occasional flashes of insight, and most of the time, their wits. Perhaps a lot of problems could be solved using one's wits, but when a truly tricky issue arrived, they would usually be the one bringing doom upon themselves and would even lose control of the situation, ultimately falling into the worst case scenario.

Dugu Chou had made a similar judgment upon seeing Yun Yang's performance and felt the need to punish him lightly. He had not expected the young man to immediately change his attitude the moment Dugu Chou made a slight adjustment to his tone. Like a face-changing opera, he had torn the frivolous front apart and put up a respectful, humble, and gentle image!

Dugu Chou felt everything he intended to do fall apart; the strike that had been reeled in with power seemed to have landed on a ball of clouds. Like soil that was thrown into the sea, it could not be used at all!

”Young Master Yun, you are indeed patterned after your namesake, the cloud,” Dugu Chou said faintly after recovering his bearings.

”Senior's words are absolutely true,” Yun Yang said even more respectfully, managing to look honored and terribly pleased with himself.

The four experts looked at each other speechlessly.

For a moment, all of them were tempted to burst out laughing.

Young Master Yun was indeed named Yun (cloud)… The four words they uttered were just 'magnificent', but they understood Dugu Chou's futile strike as well, thus the appropriateness of such words.

”Senior Dugu has eyeing my horse for quite a while… May I know the reason?” Yun Yang asked respectfully.

Dugu Chou sighed softly and said, ”This horse of yours… what is its name?”

”Reddie.” Yun Yang answered proudly, ”I gave it the name myself. Don't you think that the horse lives up to its name, senior?”

The other three people looked at each other speechlessly again. An exquisite steed that was extremely handsome had been given such a ridiculous name and it still managed to live up to it? How?

”Not bad! This name is very good!”

Beyond everyone's expectation, Dugu Chou gave high praise and stole a few loving glances at Reddie, saying, ”It should be named Reddie. No other name would have fit as well.”

Yun Yang was stunned; so were Ling Xiaozui and the other two men.

I beg your pardon?

Dugu Chou sighed and said, ”However, it's such a pity for this marvelous steed to remain in your hands.”

”That's right. It's indeed quite a pity,” Yun Yang agreed.

Dugu Chou was surprised to hear Yun Yang admit the fact so easily; he looked at him again and said, ”Why do you think it's a pity?”

Yun Yang was dumbstruck.

'Didn't you say that it was a pity? I'm only agreeing with you…'

'People nowadays are hard to communicate with. Everybody is so odd. Is there even a way to talk properly these days?'