Chapter 353: Linghu Chong’s Mixed Emotions
However, such a supreme woman.
Actually started flattering Ding Ling.
This inevitably made Huang Zhonggong and Dan Qingsheng feel dazed, thinking how unpredictable life can be!
Ding Ling and Ren Yingying’s conversation was rather smooth and natural.
Ren Yingying was a woman who knew how to talk. Under her intentional flattery and accommodation, their conversation naturally became pleasant, comfortable, and perfect.
Thus went on for half an hour.
Only then did Ren Yingying shift the topic, saying:
"Hero Ding knows I am called Ren Yingying, so you must have guessed who I am."
"Naturally."
Ding Ling nodded:
"The famous Saintess of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect. It must be you."
"Correct."
Ren Yingying slightly raised her eyebrows, chuckling charmingly, just about to say something, when the previous maid suddenly came out and said:
"Saintess, Young Master Linghu has arrived."
"Oh?"
Ren Yingying had no choice but to pause the conversation, saying:
"Is it Linghu Chong? Let him in."
She glanced at Ding Ling:
"Hero Ding shouldn’t mind, right?"
"You are the Saintess of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect; you don’t mind being with someone from the Huashan Sect, why would I mind?"
Ding Ling smiled slightly.
But he felt slightly surprised in his heart.
This storyline was completely different from the original.
How could Linghu Chong still be entangled with Ren Yingying?
It’s truly a strange event!
Could it be that Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying really have a romantic fate?
Ding Ling glanced at Ren Yingying, indeed a rare beauty. Any normal man would feel moved upon seeing her. Her looks completely matched the descriptions in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer!
But she bore no resemblance at all to the Ren Yingying in the TV series.
Such a beautiful woman.
In terms of appearance, she wasn’t much inferior to Xiao Qiao, showing just how breathtaking her beauty was.
When Ding Ling first saw her, his heart couldn’t help but skip a beat, but after his time in the Three Kingdoms World, being around Diao Chan, Da and Xiao Qiao every day, he had developed a great resistance to beauties.
He no longer had the loser mentality of losing control over a beauty at first sight.
To him now.
If someone didn’t match his values and couldn’t make him genuinely admire them, just having an exceptionally beautiful exterior wasn’t enough to move him!
He was not that kind of lecherous man.
But a man with principles and vision.
Tap tap!
Accompanied by the sound of disorderly footsteps.
A man with sword-like brows on a square face, carefree and uninhibited, entered the living room under the maid’s lead.
This man was none other than Linghu Chong.
He seemed to have drunk wine, his face slightly flushed, appearing somewhat tipsy, striding quickly, not regarding this as a guest place, he walked to the center of the living room with poise and grace, slightly raising his head, his eyes looked at Ren Yingying, and laughed:
"That granny left me in the back courtyard without care. I’ve been waiting for you for over half an hour. Did you forget about me?"
Ren Yingying seemed to remember the appointment with Linghu Chong then, her face heating up slightly in embarrassment:
"Brother Linghu, I apologize. I’ve been focused on hosting Hero Ding, so I forgot about your matter. Please don’t mind."
"Hero Ding?"
Linghu Chong was taken aback:
"Which Hero Ding?"
"Haha."
Ren Yingying’s delicate white fingers pointed towards Ding Ling:
"That’s him. The invincible, unparalleled, world’s unrivaled Hero Ding Ling!"
"Ding Ling?!"
Linghu Chong’s heart skipped a beat, and whatever drunkenness he felt disappeared like cold water dousing him, he instantly sobered up, turning his eyes swiftly to the left, and indeed, the man he found unsettling, a man he still couldn’t like even after thinking for so long, sat in the left chief seat!
This man was Ding Ling.
Recently famed, widely heralded as the foremost hero in Jianghu Martial Arts!
When he first entered the living room, he was slightly tipsy and only had eyes for Ren Yingying, failing to notice Ding Ling there. Now, having seen him, his expression subtly changed, and he became slightly uncomfortable.
"Brother Linghu, please have a seat."
Ren Yingying smiled, gesturing for Linghu Chong to sit at the right chief seat.
Now separated from Ding Ling, there was less risk of a major conflict:
"Since you’ve arrived, after I finish my business with Ding Ling, I’ll talk with you."
Her sparkling almond-shaped eyes gazed at Linghu Chong, seemingly speaking:
"Brother Linghu, you don’t mind, do you?"
"Not at all, not at all."
Linghu Chong felt quite uneasy, but with Ren Yingying directly addressing him, he couldn’t express it and had to pretend to laugh jovially:
"You two talk first. I’ll enjoy some wine here, which is indeed a great pleasure in the world."
"That’s good then."
Seeing this, Ren Yingying smiled slightly, as beautiful as a blooming peony, dazzling Linghu Chong, who momentarily became dazed, only to see Ren Yingying give him a simple glance then focus all her attention on Ding Ling, causing a slight twinge of jealousy in his heart.
Especially following that.
Seeing Ren Yingying showering Ding Ling with all kinds of praise, appreciation, and admiration without reservation.
This made Linghu Chong’s eyes bloodshot with jealousy, biting his teeth until they cracked audibly.
Fearing others would notice his anomaly, he buried his head slightly, sipping wine.
Becoming tipsy again.
He observed Ren Yingying’s flower-like charming smiling face, facing Ding Ling directly, her gem-like almond eyes fixated on Ding Ling, seemingly engraving him in her heart.
The sourness, envy, jealousy, and resentment surged through his mind, turning over a five-flavor bottle of emotions!
All kinds of flavors, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, flooded his heart.
For a moment.
He really felt like sitting on pins and needles, incredibly uncomfortable.
Once more.
Ren Yingying personally invited Ding Ling for a grand plan.
Ding Ling smiled and declined.
Ren Yingying didn’t get angry but suggested playing music with Ding Ling.
Thus Ding Ling brought out the "Smiling Proudly in the World" piece and performed a qin and flute duet with Ren Yingying, momentarily creating a harmonious scene that left onlookers staring in a daze.
It was Linghu Chong’s first time hearing such a rousing and melodic tune, stirring his emotions, and seeing Ren Yingying’s affectionate gaze solely fixed on Ding Ling, stirred his anger, the spinning drunkenness made him lose his mind.
He unexpectedly disregarded everything, banged the table, drew his sword, pointing at Ding Ling, saying loudly:
"Ding Ling, it is said that you excel in Martial Arts, whether archery, sword technique, or palm technique, you’re deemed the world’s number one. I lost to you before, but I’m not convinced. I’d like to solicit your expertise in sword techniques."
"Brother Linghu."
Ren Yingying was surprised and a bit displeased.
She thought she had reached a critical moment in talks with Ding Ling, and Linghu Chong’s interference puzzled her.
She regretted letting him attend this feast.
Ren Yingying felt a bit remorseful.