Chapter 363: (2): Who Can Lend Me a Sword
"Throw me a chair, Fan Er," Fan Junmao yelled. "And make sure it's a chair, not a stool."
Fan Er gave an affirmative response from inside the shop, then really did carry a chair to the entrance of the shop before tossing it to her.
Fan Junmao caught the chair, then set it down next to the wall across from the medicinal shop. She leaned back onto the two rear legs of the chair, swaying back and forth as she said in a lazy manner, "Zheng Dafeng is most likely unaware that Fu Qi was completely oblivious to Fu Donghai's plan. Fu Donghai is nothing more than a useless idiot whose ambitions far outweigh his abilities.
“Unlike him, Fu Qi is aware of some of the secrets of Jewel Small World, so he's determined to try and win over Zheng Dafeng. He had even personally paid a visit to Zheng Dafeng in the past, accompanied by a woman with long legs. I think her name was Fu Chunhua. Unfortunately, Zheng Dafeng turned down his offer back then.
“Even so, Fu Qi still didn't want to get on Zheng Dafeng's bad side, so his intention was just to leave Zheng Dafeng alone. However, Fu Donghai had to cook up that little plot of his, thinking that he had outsmarted everyone, and to further compound Fu Qi's woes, that old maidservant from the Cloud Forest Jiang Clan got swept up in the matter as well when she swooped in to save Fu Donghai.
“As a result, what could've been a conflict that Fu Qi could settle behind closed doors became an all-important matter that concerned the dignity of the Jiang Clan. Hence, he had no choice but to challenge Zheng Dafeng to a battle to the death on the Dragon Scaling Platform.
“Otherwise, he would essentially be slapping the Jiang Clan in the face right after the marriage alliance between the two clans was established. What would you do in that situation if you were the patriarch of the Cloud Forest Jiang Clan?"
"My descendants must learn to fend for themselves sooner or later," Chen Ping'an replied. "One cannot go against facts and principles just because they feel offended."
Fan Junmao was stunned into silence by the naivety of this answer, and she removed her wine gourd from her waist as she exclaimed, "Thank heavens I didn't drink any wine just now. Otherwise, I would've surely choked to death!"