Chapter 449 - 276: That Husband of Yours... Is Pretty Good
Chapter 449: Chapter 276: That Husband of Yours... Is Pretty Good
Xiao Jinghong didn’t suspect a thing. Shaking her head, she said, "My apologies, Martial Uncle, but my husband truly doesn’t know martial arts. However..."
After a brief pause, she met their gazes and said, "But I am very satisfied with my husband."
"Whether he practices the Martial Arts or not, he is still my husband."
Her voice was calm, but for some reason, she felt a wave of heat rise to her face.
Fortunately, neither Immortal Bai nor Shui Hetong noticed her expression. They were both smiling faintly.
Immortal Bai nodded, his smile radiant. "Excellent, excellent."
"That husband of yours is a scholar, he has his Calligraphy Dao, and... well, he’ll be able to help you one way or another."
Upon hearing this, Shui Hetong turned his head slightly to look elsewhere, the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Master is right."
"Previously, Master even praised Junior Sister Xiao’s husband as a dragon among men."
At this, Xiao Jinghong looked at Immortal Bai again. "Martial Uncle, you... you didn’t..."
Immortal Bai, of course, knew what she was worried about. Leaning back in his chair, he waved a dismissive hand.
"I don’t need to waste my energy on divination for this. One look is all it takes to see he’s no ordinary man."
Xiao Jinghong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. "On my husband’s behalf, I thank you for the praise, Martial Uncle."
"Praise or not... Jinghong Girl, with a husband as outstanding as yours, you’ll have to be careful in the future."
"Be careful?"
"As the saying goes, scholars are the trickiest sort. Be careful he doesn’t fool you."
"Don’t worry, Martial Uncle. My husband is no devious scoundrel."
"That’s good..."
Immortal Bai gave a noncommittal reply, though his mind was already turning. ’That kid looks completely harmless, yet he’s hiding things so deeply.’
’To think that even Xiao Jinghong hasn’t discovered he knows the Martial Arts.’
’How strange. How very strange.’
’The kid is obviously skilled, so why hide it?’
’Fortunately, he seems righteous enough. Otherwise, I’d have to expose his little act.’
Shui Hetong was also confused, but since this was ultimately a family matter for Xiao Jinghong, it wasn’t his place to say more.
「Not long after.」
The three of them rose.
Xiao Jinghong instructed someone to prepare two wooden cabins for Immortal Bai and Shui Hetong as temporary lodging.
Only after everything was arranged did she and Su Zhenyue go to rest.
"General, about Senior Bai’s trip to Shu State this time... is it possible that..."
Su Zhenyue gestured cautiously to the south and west. "...it’s related to them?"
Xiao Jinghong pondered for a moment, then shook her head. "For now, we should wait for news from the Prefecture City and the Capital Commandery."
Su Zhenyue nodded. "I’ll dispatch two letters at once," she said immediately.
As Su Zhenyue bustled off to her task, Xiao Jinghong recalled her conversation with Immortal Bai from earlier that evening. Her curiosity about his purpose in coming to Shu State was secondary. She found herself thinking more about Chen Yi instead.
’Why do Martial Uncle and the others seem so interested in my husband?’
...
「9:45 PM.」
「Two hundred li outside Shu State Prefecture City, on the banks of the Chishui River.」
Dressed in black and wearing a bamboo hat, Liu Lang finally arrived after a hurried journey.
He scanned his surroundings.
Peering through the darkness, he spotted a figure sitting by the distant riverbank, and his tense expression eased.
"Ah, Boss, so you were already here."
Chen Yi glanced back at him and waved a hand. "Haven’t been here long."
He then turned back around, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the float in the distance.
Liu Lang walked over, saw what he was doing, and asked in surprise, "Boss, are you fishing?"
Chen Yi grunted. "Keep it down. You’ll scare the fish."
Liu Lang was taken aback for a moment. He looked at the schools of fish circling lazily beneath the float; they didn’t look like they would scare easily.
But seeing how serious Chen Yi was, he sat down beside him and waited quietly for a fish to bite.
’With so many fish here, I’m sure one will bite soon.’
But to his surprise, Liu Lang waited for a full hour. As midnight approached, Chen Yi’s fishing rod hadn’t so much as twitched.
He couldn’t help but say, "Boss, why don’t you jiggle the line a little? Maybe that’ll get the fish to bite."
Without moving, Chen Yi shot him a sideways glance. "Are you questioning my fishing skills?"
"Huh?"
For some reason, a chill ran down Liu Lang’s spine.
"I..."
Before he could say anything more, Chen Yi flicked his line out of the water, packed up his rod, and stood.
"Since you’re so impatient, we can begin."
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