The long-awaited reunion! (One chapter only this week….since both chapters are double-length unless I can finish the next one before the end of this day)
Chapter 69 – Finally Found You Translated by HaruOngy at Geniusly Plain (If you can see this line, you must have read this in the aggregator site which illegally steal various works. Be shameful of yourself for not appreciating the translator"s hard work. Don"t think only you want to have it the easy way. Support the fanbase and translator!)
Chu Xun led Tao Xiao Xian as he angrily reached the entrance of Qian Lai Inn. It was currently the peak of dinner as people coming in and out of Qian Lai Inn.
When everyone saw Chu Xun, they had a surprised yet suspicious look as they sized him up.
Chu Xun was used to people staring at him. He was naturally calm and completely forgot about the injury on his face. With such an obvious footprint on his face, even a dignified number one handsome man in the nation couldn"t escape the fate of being laughed by others. He stride proudly into the inn and went to Qian Wan San"s room without consulting anyone.
That manager persuaded along the way, "Young Master, what is Young Master trying to do here? Young Master, our Boss is busy. It"s not appropriate to disturb him. Why not you go first to that special seat beside the window downstairs and wait at there?"
"Oh, it is fine as long as your Boss is around." Chu Xun indifferently replied and pushed the person away. He pushed him so far away that he hit the door open and that manager rolled inside. On the floor, he was confused from the roll. One could see this appeared to be calm on the surface uncle was having a tempest in his heart.
Today, if he couldn"t get a satisfying answer from Qian Wan San"s mouth, he would change his name to Chu Xiao Gou[1]! No, to Chu Chou Chou[2]!
With a bang, Chu Xun kicked open the door of Qian Wan San"s room.
Qian Wan San"s hand which was computing on the abacus stopped halfway. His eyes which were staring at Chu Xun at the entrance were faintly filled with shock and uncertainty. Boss Qian really never thought that Chu Xun would find him this soon and it was in such an overbearing way. Boss Qian felt a bit guilty as he awkwardly smiled and asked, "Young Master Song, this Qian had just visited this morning. Why does Young Master want to meet this Qian again so fast? Is there any other matter you forget to mention?"
"There"s no particular matter. It"s just that this Young Master had pondered while laying on the bed. People who dare to consider this Young Master"s face as a ball, in this world other than your daughter, there is no other people. Hence, I want to meet her."
Qian Wan San"s heart contracted. He was further terrified. He really couldn"t understand why Chu Xun suddenly insisted on meeting that main culprit. Qian Wan San believed that the excuse he told Chu Xun earlier had no mistake. This world is so huge. This Emperor can"t just by seeing a girl"s footprint and believes it belongs to Mei Qian Deng. This is too suspicious.
Therefore, Qian Wan San controlled his own shock and reluctantly calmed himself before talking, "Young Master Song, with such n.o.ble ident.i.ty you have, who will dare to be impetuous? Yesterday, seeing this Qian"s little daughter caused this trouble, I already let her escaped through the night. How can I dare to let her remain in the inn in case Young Master Song suddenly blame her, don"t you think……"
The feeling of loving a daughter, from the feelings and reasoning aspects he could stand properly.
Chu Xun didn"t continue asking. Tao Xiao Xian couldn"t stop jumped in, "Then, tell us, where is Sixth Young Master Mei?"
"This Young Miss, my place here is an inn, not a local authorities place. People from all over the land came in and out of here. How should I know which one is Sixth Young Master Mei? Even if he stayed in this inn, I have no right to overstep my boundary by asking for his whereabouts."
"I didn"t say he stayed in your inn before. I"m just asking in a pa.s.sing. For you to be so anxious to deny any relations.h.i.+p, what"s wrong? Feeling guilty?"
Qian Wan San seamlessly sized up this attractive young miss beside Chu Xun. The people beside the Emperor, he didn"t dare to offend even if that person was a eunuch, what more a cute girl. If they actually had a deep affection relations.h.i.+p, such as becoming his sister-in-law? (Chu Xun: Sister-in-law? Author, you want to marry zhen to Mei Qian Deng that "man"? Author with a serious face: For every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor. It"s that richest man who thought of this, not me.)
Qian Wan San had no choice, he didn"t know whether to laugh or cry, "Young Miss, this, you"re just resorting to sophistry. This Qian can"t outspeak you."
Tao Xiao Xian coldly snorted, "Originally, it"s you who deliberately hide it!"
Chu Xun took advantage of Tao Xiao Xian and Qian Wan San"s banter to personally turn around and drive away the unrelated people by closing the door. He lightly coughed, bringing back his existence in here. Tao Xiao Xian and Qian Wan San looked at him. Chu Xun revealed some Emperor airs, it was ample for the atmosphere.
He unflinchingly spoke, "No matter Boss Qian at first found someone to take the rap or said your daughter Ling had escape through the night, all of them are fair and reasonable. It"s just zhen had an unspeakable feeling. Zhen keeps feeling in this matter, Boss Qian had something hidden. Boss Qian is a businessman, knows best how to weigh the pros and cons. Surely you had heard before, for the crime of deceiving the monarch, it"s punishable by extermination of nine generations. Your daughter Ling"s whereabouts is not that hard to track. Is it really she who kicked zhen? And what is the relations.h.i.+p between you and Sixth Young Master Mei?"
Chu Xun paused and checked Qian Wan San"s expression before indifferently continued, "For inside story, it is one matter when it"s told personally while it"s a different matter when zhen found out. Boss Qian, think of it clearly, whether you can cross the sea by a trick[3]. Do you want to speak anew?"
No matter what, Qian Wan San was an experienced person who had experienced years in the vicissitudes of business world. Mutual deception, the truth and the lies, he had seen many of them but right now, towards this young Emperor who was only half his age, he actually shuddered a moment. He himself didn"t know if he was scared by this young Emperor or by this person"s ident.i.ty as the young Emperor.
"This……" Qian Wan San stuttered. Since Chu Xun had been suspicious of him, he would surely send people to watch him and his daughter. This matter happened suddenly. The Eldest Young Miss in Qian family was not even in Qi Yang City. She couldn"t testify personally in time. If he investigate this further, everything would be exposed. It was still fine this morning when Chu Xun wasn"t suspicious. Now, he didn"t know which tendon of this person was pulling, to not giving way to him even in death.
Whatever, whatever. Others might not know this young Emperor"s thoughts, Qian Wan San though was very clear of them. These few years, he searched Mei family in the jianghu daily, if he didn"t hide the people well…… Ai, money could be earned again if lost, if his life lost everything would gone. Qian Wan San no longer persisted further as he knelt on the floor with a "putong" sound, "Asking Your Majesty to pardon this offence. The truth is I received the others" plead, I"m particular with good faith these two words and hence dared to deceive Your Majesty."
Chu Xun"s hot blood all over his body was seething with excitement as he hastily asked, "You indeed have a relations.h.i.+p with Mei family?!"
"Actually, the person who kicked you flying, is Seventh Young Master Mei."
"What did you say?!"
"After Mei family met with a mishap, she had been at my place working as a manager……"
It was one issue when Chu Xun guessed it in his heart. This time when he personally heard what Qian Wan San said was another issue. A portion of hot blood rushed to his brain, causing Chu Xun to become dizzy. He shook a few times before he managed to calm himself. He went all out when grabbing Qian Wan San"s collar.
The words came out one by one from the gap between Chu Xun"s teeth, "Then, where, is, she, now?!"
"Before you arrived, she had already departed to Hai w.a.n.g Prefecture."
"You deliberately?"
Qian Wan San was about to cry, even if you beat him to death he would never admit it, "I don"t dare to! It"s because Little Manager Mei is not willing to meet you. When she kicked you flying, she already knew it"s you. No, no, no. The first time you entered the Qian Lai Inn, she was in my room reconciling the accounts. It"s really because she didn"t want to see you."
Chu Xun was dumbfounded. He suddenly calmed down and released Qian Wan San, turning dazed alone.
Right, she must be very disappointed of him.
Tao Xiao Xian used this moment to rush at Qian Wan San and violently shook his shoulders while softly asked, "Then, what about Sixth Mei? Where did you hide Sixth Mei?"
Qian Wan San briefly pa.s.sed out, he struggled, "Sixth Young Master Mei is not under my responsibility. Yesterday, he came just to check Little Young Manager Mei. He was inside the Little Manger"s room all the time, he didn"t even reveal his face. As for other matters, I really don"t know."
Chu Xun interrupted, "That is her room?" Yesterday, the room he sneaked inside was actually her room……
In the end, Qian Wan San gave the address at the Hai w.a.n.g Prefecture to Chu Xun and agreed to add another fifty million money into the national treasury before Chu Xun let the matter drop.
Before leaving, Chu Xun said he wanted to see the room Mei Qian Deng was staying in the Qian Lai Inn. Qian Wan San"s heart was bleeding with blood as he held the desire to kick him out. He still led the way to the second floor. The waiter coincidently came out from the room and respectfully greeted these sirs.
Qian Wan San was surprised, "Why are you inside the manager"s room?"
The waiter replied, "Answering Boss, Manager said to let me clean up the room while she returned to her own house."
"What house?" Chu Xun agitatedly asked.
The waiter shook his head.
Tao Xiao Xian said, "It can"t be the one next to yours, Sixth Mei"s house right?"
Chu Xun opened wide his eyes. He deeply believed this was possible. He went silent for a moment. Then, he turned around and ran. He ran pa.s.sed the crowded hall, ran pa.s.sed the bustling streets, ran pa.s.sed the complex small lanes……
Inside a small building, someone was singing while playing a string instrument. It was mildly touching. In Chu Xun"s mind, each scenes of him with Mei Qian Deng played one by one. The first time they met, it seemed like it was exactly the day the plum tree in his palace blossomed, in contrast to Mei Qian Deng"s forever calm, white and smooth face. It was very mesmerising. Every time she solemnly recited those Mencius to choke him, thinking back now all he remembered was Mei Qian Deng"s melodious voice. He couldn"t get enough of her voice. Also when Mei Qian Deng practising by herself or when she was exchanging moves with him, when the wind blow, it was as if he could still smell her scent. Even the apples she cut, when he swallowed his saliva it was sweet too.
"Running like this, you"re too slow!"
A pair of hands appeared from above and grabbed Chu Xun. Chu Xun turned aside and realised it was Tao Xiao Xian.
Tao Xiao Xian"s qinggong was very good. Even when bringing along an adult man she was still relax and had the strength to chat with Chu Xun, "As we promised earlier, we need to help each other and fight side by side."
"Naturally."
"But, thinking back, how did you realise Mei Qian Deng was at the Qian Lai Inn? It can"t be because you saw Sixth Mei and just thought Seventh Mei will be at there too? That is too reckless."
"I"m just too desperate to try anything." Although Chu Xun said like that, he had quite a list in his heart and rationally a.n.a.lysed them before: the reaction of Sixth Mei upon seeing him, Qian Wan San"s att.i.tude, the hidden jianghu connection between the Mei family and Qian family, even the foot that cleanly kicked on his face, that feat was a familiar one to him.
Tao Xiao Xian was too shocked. She had never thought a nation"s monarch would be this crazy for his previous Crown Prince"s study partner. She gulped. In these few years she was chasing after Sixth Mei, she found out quite some information about Mei family, such as about Mei Qian Deng"s gender, a girl disguising as a man and entered the palace as the study partner. That was a deceiving the monarch crime. Tao Xiao Xian was a bit confused, "You"re care so much towards Mei Qian Deng but she"s a man and you"re a man too. Is this really fine?"
The plum flowers in Qi Yang City blossomed beautifully, both the houses at the mountain had their gate closed. A quiet, serene scene, as if a fine years-long calm.
Chu Xun gazed into the distance and answered, "Anyhow is fine."
It was at this moment the house next to the Mei Mansion opened its main gate. A figure came out from the house. Chu Xun was far away, he didn"t see clearly that person"s appearance but some people even after so many years not meeting as long as glancing from afar they could be recognised instantly. He really missed her too much.
"Mei Qian Deng! Mei Qian Deng!" Chu Xun pushed away Tao Xiao Xian. He fell onto the ground but he forced himself to climb up and move forward.
That person who came out from behind the gate heard Chu Xun"s hoa.r.s.e cries and took a step backward before looking around. Following that, that person opened the gate again and went back inside.
Chu Xun quickly reached the gate. That gate was locked from the inside, couldn"t be opened. Chu Xun didn"t say anything as he directly went to climb over the wall. Tao Xiao Xian anxiously shouted, "That who, don"t——there are mechanisms inside!"
A certain person who was too anxious didn"t care of this, closing his eyes he jumped inside. To guard against thieves and the celestial, Sixth Mei had added countless weird mechanisms inside the house. Jumping inside, Chu Xun instantly faced against flying hidden weapons. Even if they wouldn"t kill people, they really hit people into a dazzle, overwhelmingly.
"Mei Qian Deng!!! Don"t go!!!" Chu Xun was too anxious. Seeing Mei Qian Deng had flew to the rooftop and was about to disappear soon, Chu Xun"s eyes turned red. He no longer cared about those flying hidden weapons as he took off his shoe and threw it at Mei Qian Deng"s direction.
That shoe made a perfect arc in the air, about to hit at the back of Mei Qian Deng"s head.
Following that was Chu Xun"s scream, "If you dare to go, you"re dead!"
Mei Qian Deng in a plain male garb instantly flew upward like a swallow. She easily avoided Chu Xun"s smelly shoe and quietly looked down at Chu Xun who was on the ground. A batch of hidden weapons had been used up. Chu Xun had just moved two steps when he suffered another disaster. A pail of cold water came down from the sky and accurately splashed Chu Xun"s whole body.
"……" Tao Xiao Xian shuddered seeing it. She unconsciously bit her fingernails. This, it"s cold even just seeing.
Chu Xun too was dazed for a moment. Returning to his sense, he touched his own face before looking at the rooftop again. Mei Qian Deng didn"t leave. He sighed with relief and raised his hand towards Mei Qian Deng, "Mei Qian Deng, come back." This drenched chicken Chu Xun, his whole body was dripping but he was still unafraid of death as he took another two steps forward.
Tao Xiao Xian really respected, respected Sixth Mei"s hacking to pieces methods. For the sake of preventing her from sneaking into the house, he actually placed this much of exceedingly brutal mechanisms.
It seemed like the cold water earlier was just a warning. When Chu Xun resolutely moved forward again, dye water of various colours poured down from all directions. Chu Xun didn"t avoid them at all, he still charged forward like he was a stubborn idiot. Tao Xiao Xian was so scared that she closed her eyes.
Hualala——
In the end, Chu Xun didn"t turn into a colourful Emperor.
Mei Qian Deng took out a paper umbrella from somewhere and flew over to help Chu Xun block against most of the filthy water.
"Your shoe." Mei Qian Deng put down Chu Xun"s thrown shoe onto the ground. Then, she pa.s.sed the dirtied umbrella into Chu Xun"s hand. "These mechanisms, my brother used them to tease others. Don"t blame him."
Originally Chu Xun was elated. Since Mei Qian Deng was willing to come down from the rooftop, there meant they could still negotiate. But, upon hearing her words, a slight chill emerged in his heart. It seemed like about his ident.i.ty and about the past, Mei Qian Deng really minded them.
Chu Xun"s mouth moved. He didn"t know what he should say. He took this opportunity to carefully size up Mei Qian Deng. She appeared to be very cold like an otherworldly master. However, those who were close to her knew, she was a kind kuudere[4] girl.
Mei Qian Deng waited for a while. Seeing Chu Xun wouldn"t open his mouth to talk, she about to turn around and leave.
"Mei Qian Deng……" Chu Xun finally recovered his mind. He was not dreaming. Mei Qian Deng was really in front of him. He threw away the umbrella and grabbed Mei Qian Deng"s wrist, pulling back Mei Qian Deng. Conveniently he hugged this dearly missed for a long time girl.
"I finally found you."
[Mini Theatre]
Please pause the video camera at the moment Chu Xun hug the girl.
Look at this! This thing buried his head into a girl"s chest!
What? Why his head can be buried into a girl"s chest, shouldn"t it be the girl"s head buried in Chu Xun"s chest while hearing the Emperor"s loud heartbeat sound?
The height is wrong though?
Chu Xun had a stunted growth. In these five years, he didn"t grow at all. Now, Mei Qian Deng was taller than Chu Xun.
Let me ask you all, if it"s like this, can you all accept it?
Chu Xun: (╰_╯)# (A pair of want-to-kill-the-author eyes)
Author: Congratulation, your self-injury plan had succeeded.
Chu Xun: (╰_╯)# "(Eyes turned more energetic but still the want-to-kill-the-author eyes)
Author: People said when the dog is too anxious it will jump over the wall. How can a man when anxious will throw a shoe onto a girl?
Chu Xun: ……
Author: No problem. What I planned is for both the male lead and female lead take the wrong script. This sort of detail in the meticulous plan, Your Majesty, you don"t have to put it in your heart.
Chu Xun: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ Drag this person out for zhen and pull out all the teeth!
[1] Literally, Puppy Chu.
[2] Literally, Ugly Chu.
[3] An idiom. Means, to lie.
[4] The Chinese words used here are 外冷内热 which mean cold outwardly but warm inside.
Translated by HaruOngy at Geniusly Plain (If you can see this line, you must have read this in the aggregator site which illegally steal various works. Be shameful of yourself for not appreciating the translator"s hard work. Don"t think only you want to have it the easy way. Support the fanbase and translator!)