Chapter 583
Chapter 583 The Right Prince
‘Kill me?!’ The sudden utterance from Zhao Kangning startled Lin Wanrong.
In the dim firelight reflecting off the water, ripples gently swayed the flickering flames. The area was enveloped in silence, broken only by the soft crackling of burning firewood. Zhao Kangning sat opposite a handsome Turkic man, periodically lowering his head in deference as he listened to him speak. Only when the name Lin San was mentioned did the young prince look up abruptly, grinding his teeth as if he wished he could tear him apart.
Lin Wanrong hid himself within a clump of floating aquatic plants. He was diagonally positioned from Zhao Kangning and the Turk, only about forty to fifty feet away. The Turkic men had not expected anyone to eavesdrop from underwater, and with the dim lighting, they could see nothing but the vague shapes of plants in the water.
Zhao Kangning's face, illuminated by the bright fire, was focused intently on the handsome Turkic man, hoping for an approving response. It was pitiful and lamentable that the once noble prince now had to rely on the whims of foreigners for survival, forsaking even his ancestors. Lin Wanrong secretly scoffed at this young prince, filled with contempt.
The handsome Turkic man burst into laughter. "Is this Lin San you speak of the consort of Princess Nishang of Great Hua, the man who recently burned down Bayanhot?"
Despite the Turk's stiffly accented Great Hua language, Lin Wanrong had no difficulty understanding him. He had traveled far and wide and was accustomed to all sorts of dialects.
"Yes, that's him," Zhao Kangning said viciously. "He's an illiterate, lazy, chauvinistic scoundrel—the most notorious villain in all of Great Hua. His hands are stained with countless blood; his crimes are too numerous to document. The people of Great Hua hate him to the bone and wish him dead."
‘Damned hypocrite!’ Lin Wanrong nearly burst out swearing. ‘Just when I thought I was the most shameless person under heaven, I encounter this young prince and realize I'm a saint by comparison. All his wrongdoings are dumped on my head as if I committed them. May he get hemorrhoids on his head and fungus on his feet!’