Chapter 1251 - 346: The Feast at Hongmen—Well Said
The guild currently does not need help from Yuchi.
Then, to avoid too many unfounded people around the guild, old Yuchi chose to leave.
This is the plan to go back to the Wei Family to slack off, while also allowing Yin Shuang to escape from prying eyes.
After all, Yin Shuang is such a cute girl, with hair like ice silk, completely different from normal people’s hair. Who knows what material it’s made of?
I hope it’s not some chemical product.
Laughing while casually chatting with Yin Shuang, as soon as they returned to the Wei Family, news arrived that the City Lord of Jiangzhou City invited Yuchi for a chat.
He didn’t come in person but sent a cultivator over instead. Good grief, who could this cultivator be?
"Uncle Chen, isn’t this my Uncle Chen? It’s been so long, Uncle Chen, I thought you left Jiangnan and I would never see you again!"
The so-called Uncle Chen is Chen Guangsheng. Back when the Xufu Town United Commerce Association was just established, it was threatened by Cloud Mountain Sect and others, so Yuchi spent some money to get support from the Celestial Capital Department in Xufu Town.
After that, this man named Chen Guangsheng disappeared from sight. If Yuchi hadn’t tried hard to recall, he might never have remembered his name.
Chen Guangsheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking how you make it sound like I’m dead, I’m just not visible. Smiling, he said to Yuchi, "Nephew, it’s simple. Jiangzhou City wants to invite you to a meal, so let’s tidy up a bit and head over to Jiangzhou City!"
Ah!
There was no room for Yuchi to decline; they wanted him to go with them immediately.
And Yuchi couldn’t see through this?
Laughing clumsily, he said, "So it’s a banquet of treachery."
"Banquet of treachery?"
Chen Guangsheng didn’t quite understand the term.
"Oh, it means the banquet is extremely grand!"
"Usually used to entertain distinguished guests!"
"I never thought I would be welcomed by the Four Major Institutions; it truly is a lifetime honor for Yuchi." Yuchi explained with a grin.
Chen Guangsheng believed it; he must indeed believe it.
After all, this is a joint invitation from the four major institutions in Jiangzhou City. Until now, no one has heard of someone having such an event happen to them like Yuchi does, so is this good fortune or pure luck?
No one knows.
Saying is one thing, laughing is another, as Chen Guangsheng has already made a "please" gesture.
Yuchi didn’t comment further.
He wrapped himself with an extra coat, sat in a carriage, and sped towards Jiangzhou City.
During the journey, Chen Guangsheng kindly asked:
"Nephew, I still don’t know who this young lady belongs to? I see your relationship seems quite close?"
He carefully looked at Yin Shuang, feeling possessive. If this young lady could stay by his side, it would certainly be a prideful affair, right?!
Yuchi just smiled.
Chen Guangsheng: "..."
He truly just smiled, with no intention to answer!
Darn, who on earth is this young lady?
Yuchi doesn’t even seem to want to introduce her?
Chen Guangsheng didn’t press on further. Anyway, he was only there to invite Yuchi; the rest he didn’t care about.
Even if Yuchi "flips the car," this silver-haired girl has no connection to him but certainly would be snatched away by Chen Weiran, that old rascal.
Finally, Yin Shuang was curious enough to lean close to Yuchi’s ear and whisper:
"Yuchi brother, what is a banquet of treachery? Your explanation didn’t quite make sense; this person, Chen Guangsheng, doesn’t seem like a good person."
Yuchi burst out laughing:
"Where in this world is everyone so good? When interests differ, paths part, it’s a common thing. You’ll get used to it, no request made without ulterior motives or seeking emergency help is too frequent to count; you’ll slowly get used to the basic handling of these worldly matters."
Yin Shuang earnestly nodded: "So what does ’no request made without ulterior motives’ mean?"
Yuchi: "..."
Then he said, "Maybe it means roughly what it means."
Yin Shuang: "Oh! Got it!"
Chen Guangsheng: "..."
Could you two speak more quietly? This isn’t some secret plot; are you talking directly for my ears?
Why, have you already anticipated something?
Indeed!
As the President of Jiangnan United Commerce Association, Jiangnan’s development has been so good, thanks to his behind-the-scenes maneuvers, so if they say they couldn’t foresee this, it’s kind of false.
But since you saw through, can you still be this calm?
Do you know you have no protection from Xun Xian now, just by yourself, able to whip up what sea waves? Chen Guangsheng calmly thought disdainfully.