Chapter 292: Impending tempest (1/2)

Chapter 292: Impending tempest

Long Feiye wore a frigid expression as he took vigorous strides forward, forcing Wang Ruochen and Wang Shuchen to jog into order to keep up. The two brothers both knew that their father was good friends with Long Feiye, but even highly regarded sons like themselves had never had a chance to meet with this ice-cold duke. This could count as their first meeting.

If they could gain Long Feiye’s support, they’d definitely win the struggle to be next clan head. Wang Ruochen ran along as he tried to flatter their guest. “Your Highness Duke of Qin, that squirrel must have formidable origins, right?”

Long Feiye didn’t reply.

“Your Highness, does that squirrel usually feed on medicine?” Wang Shuchen asked next.

Long Feiye still kept silent.

Wang Ruochen felt a bit embarrassed before he gave an awkward laugh. “Heheh, it’s probably only Your Highness Duke of Qin who can afford to raise such a plaything.”

All right. Truthfully speaking, Long Feiye wasn’t even listening to them. Wang Ruochen hesitated before he said, “Your Highness, Western Zhou’s Chu Clan’s Chu Qingge is waiting for you in the guest rooms.”

Long Feiye didn’t even look at him, much less answer. Wang Ruochen felt unsatisfied, so he simply brought up Wang Gong instead. “Your Highness Duke of Qin, my father’s rather interested in this creature as well. He specifically told us brothers to treat it well.”

Unfortunately, Long Feiye only treated him as air. Finally, Wang Ruochen could only shut his mouth in the face of Long Feiye’s callous profile. When this reticent man wanted to ignore people, he wouldn’t give anyone face. Very soon, the two Wang brothers brought Long Feiye to a counter that specifically sold Snow Domain’s famous and precious medicinal ingredients. Long Feiye saw Lil Thing sitting in the pile of medicinal ingredients at first glance. Currently, Lil Thing had eaten itself into a round ball. It couldn’t even lift its stomach, which drooped down heavily. The white fur that stuck up all over its body made it resembled a living furball. It was probably stuffed by now, because it simply sat there huffing for breath without noticing the people who’d came inside.

When it was like this, it really did look cute. The two Wang brothers even chuckled at the sight. However, Long Feiye and his ten thousand years of paralyzed facial muscles didn’t laugh. His eyes looked coldly at Lil Thing, for he’d never been interested in cute animals. Even if it was Han Yunxi here now, acting cute in place of Lil Thing, he still wouldn’t smile. With an icy look, he inspected Lil Thing before demanding, “Where’s the gold card?”

Lil Thing was sitting on the gold card beneath its butt!

“This one will get it right away!” Wang Shuchen hurried forward. One hand plucked up Lil Thing, while the other grabbed the gold card. Because his body was blocking the view, Lil Thing had the bad luck to miss spotting Long Feiye. Actually, Lil Thing was usually very alert. Usually, it would’ve noticed the different atmosphere in the room, but it had already determined that this place was safe, since it was only Wang Shuchen that dared to approach it. Lil Thing allowed Wang Shuchen to pick it up as its fur settled down. It drew back the corners of its mouth into a grin, drunken with food to the point that its heart was full of satisfaction. Wang Shuchen was planning to put Lil Thing back after getting the gold card. But after some hesitation, he held onto the squirrel and handed both it and the gold card to Long Feiye.

“Your Highness…”

Before Wang Shuchen could finish, Lil Thing suddenly let out a chee of alarm. Its fur stuck on end once again into sharper spikes than before! Heavens! Who did it just see?!

It was stunned! Wang Ruochen and Wang Shuchen were both astonished by Lil Thing’s cry. All the sounds that Lil Thing made before were one of happiness and pride, but now it sounded like a pig being sent to the slaughter. Long Feiye took the gold card as soon as he saw it. After making sure it was the one he gave Han Yunxi, he looked coldly at Lil Thing. Still, he didn’t move to take it because he thought it was dirty. Lil Thing, however, was certain that Long Feiye was going to grab it. It struggled free from Wang Shuchen’s grasp and scurried far away before running without a second look back.

If this little creature was here, then Han Yunxi had to be nearby as well. Long Feiye was going to order his guards to conduct a secret search until he saw Lil Thing running away. Without another word, he chased after it out the doors. Wang Ruochen and Wang Shuchen exchanged glances, neither of them knowing what to say.

“Regarding Chu Qingge…” Wang Ruochen felt vexed. Chu Qingge wasn’t someone easy to deal with.

Wang Shuchen thought it over before he sighed. “Let her wait for now.”

Chu Qingge would definitely wait for Long Feiye, but it wasn’t certain whether he would return.

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When Lil Thing saw Long Feiye chasing after it, it was scared out of its wits. Could it be that the gold card didn’t belong to master, but to this man? Had this man discovered how much it spent in the Association? It didn’t understand why it dreaded this man, but right now all it wanted to do was to run back to its master and seek refuge in her arms. As soon as Lil Thing left the Medical Materials Association, it headed for the inn with his pursuer hot on his heels. Long Feiye followed Lil Thing as it darted this way and that, his large cloak fluttering in the wind as it revealed flashes of his nimble, agile body. Swift and fierce, domineering and quick, his running posture was already a sight to behold.