540: Chapter 540: The Battle Between Two Young Women 540: Chapter 540: The Battle Between Two Young Women “Master, thanks for helping me out just now; otherwise, I would have been so depressed.
And Master’s wife, please don’t misunderstand, I was just talking nonsense before.
Tangyu is my master, how could I possibly like him?” Fang Yishui said.
“Hmm, it’s okay, you don’t need to explain that to me,” Lin Feifei nodded.
There was a hint of hostility in Zhao Yaya’s eyes, “There goes another one, it’s really turning into a palace with three palaces and six courtyards, truly a man of Emperor’s Aspect.
Whimper, why don’t I have the look of a couple?”
“Ah, what three palaces and six courtyards, what Emperor’s Aspect, what look of a couple?” Fang Yishui asked Zhao Yaya, completely puzzled.
Guo Momo said, “Don’t listen to her nonsense; she’s been watching too many TV shows, that’s how palace dramas are these days.”
“Yeah, it’s so melodramatic.
A disciple falling for her master, and to make things worse, the master has a girlfriend, it’s indeed too melodramatic.
Now another love rival has appeared, along with a brother siding with outsiders, which scriptwriter thought up such a brain-dead script?” Zhao Yaya said, finally making a sensible comment, leaving Guo Momo and Lin Feifei both annoyed and amused, unable to help but chuckle.
Fang Yishui felt a pang of discomfort, Did she like Tangyu?
She really didn’t know the answer to that question.
However, it was clear this man was more appealing than other men, certainly much better in her eyes than the successor of Medicine King, Ye Mai.
If forced to choose between these two, she would undoubtedly pick Tangyu.
She had known for a while that Tangyu had a girlfriend, so maybe that was a knot in her heart, contributing to her ongoing depression.
“It’s nothing, don’t get the wrong idea, I was just panicked just now, so, you should understand,” Fang Yishui explained.
“I understand, I really do, explanation is concealment, concealment is proof of the fact.
What you just said sounds exactly like something out of a melodrama.
I don’t know about others, but I understand our good guy brother; he definitely has the Emperor’s Aspect.
It’s normal for you to like our good guy brother.
Both my sister Feifei and sister Momo have the couple’s look with good guy brother, only I don’t, making me so depressed.
But now that you’re in the same boat, I found some solace.
We share the same sentiments,” Zhao Yaya said.
Guo Momo pinched Zhao Yaya, if there hadn’t been outsiders, she would have definitely swatted her on the buttocks.
“Ah?
What’s going on, I’m getting more and more confused,” Fang Yishui was also baffled, genuinely unclear about the directions anymore.
Could it be that these three beauties all liked Tangyu?
Could that really be possible?
Zhao Yaya walked ahead, holding Fang Yishui’s hand to create some distance from Tangyu and the others, before asking, “Do you like my good guy brother?”
“Err, no, he’s my master,” Fang Yishui said.
“What era are you living in that you still call him master, you like my master, I can see it.
Whimper, I like him too, I’ve always been too scared to say it, also hiding it just like you.
I know how it feels, so I said I understand you,” Zhao Yaya said, sounding wise beyond her years.
Fang Yishui looked at Zhao Yaya oddly; how old was this girl?
Merely thirteen or fourteen, right?
How could she speak as if she’d experienced a lifetime of hardships?
She’s so young, did she even understand what love is?
“Why aren’t you speaking?
Not speaking means you agree, you must like good guy brother, right?” Zhao Yaya said.
“I—” Fang Yishui was bewildered, unsure how to explain herself.
To say she liked him didn’t feel quite right, but to say she didn’t also seemed misleading.
Moreover, she was shocked by Zhao Yaya’s words, the youth nowadays really are getting more bold.
“Tsk, I’m not afraid, why should you be?
To like is to like, it’s not something shameful.
What’s the big deal?
My good guy brother is destined to have a palace of three palaces and six courtyards given his Emperor’s Aspect.
See, my sister Momo and good guy brother actually have that sort of vibe too, it just hasn’t been revealed yet.
Also, my good guy brother has been quite ambiguous with quite a few girls,” Zhao Yaya said.
“Ah?” Fang Yishui was startled again, what was all this, were they acting out a TV drama?
She realized, she knew too little about Tangyu: “That can’t be true, is Tangyu really such a flirtatious and heartless person?”
“No, not heartless, but passionate, just like the passionate emperors of old,” Zhao Yaya said.
“Err—then I better keep my distance,” Fang Yishui said.
“Tsk, what are you afraid of, I’m not even scared, why should you be?
Anyway, I don’t care, I just like good guy brother, when I grow up, I want to be his wife.
If you’re scared, you might as well sort things out with that Ye Mai guy,” Zhao Yaya said.
If Guo Momo had heard that, she’d certainly spank her again.
“I certainly won’t, I don’t like Ye Mai, there’s nothing to sort out,” Fang Yishui shook her head.
“You don’t like such a good condition man, that means you’ve already got someone in your heart, and you still say you don’t like my good guy brother, now you’ve got nothing to say, right?” Zhao Yaya said.
“…” Fang Yishui indeed had no words left.
Zhao Yaya immediately jumped up excitedly, turned around, and shouted back to Tangyu, “Good guy, I’ve asked for you—she likes you!
Don’t thank me, my name is ‘Girl Lei Feng’.”
Fang Yishui then realized she had been played and her face immediately turned red.
She stomped her foot and chased after Zhao Yaya, who had already run off, setting the scene for a playful chase between the two of them.
Guo Momo helplessly shook her head, as Zhao Yaya became increasingly disobedient, “Slow down, you two, don’t hurt yourselves.”
After finishing, Guo Momo also gave Tangyu a somewhat strange look, “Now you must be feeling proud, having deceived another girl’s heart.”
“Not at all, what’s there to be proud of?
Isn’t this quite a normal thing?” Tangyu said with a pursed smile.
“…”
The five of them continued their playful descent from the mountain.
With Zhao Yaya, the live wire, there naturally was no shortage of laughter and mirth.
Fang Yishui’s feelings, once revealed by Zhao Yaya, caused her face to continuously flush red, even making her too shy to look at Tangyu, making her quite embarrassed.
However, Lin Feifei was very considerate and put no pressure on Fang Yishui; instead, she chatted with her like a good friend to ease the awkward atmosphere, eventually helping Fang Yishui to blend in with everyone.
Lin Feifei’s straightforwardness also left a mark on Fang Yishui.
She also tried hard to suppress the immature feelings in her heart and to set aside those mixed thoughts.
Maybe, it was just a hazy feeling after all.
After all, she was still quite young, just over twenty, and there was no need to rush into love.
“There are quite a few farmstays over there.
Let’s try the local farm food here,” said Zhao Yaya, her mouth watering—she still had fond memories of the farm food they had last time in Miyun Town.
Eating at high-end hotels all the time, trying out a farmstay now and then definitely had its own charm.
“Sure, I know a farmstay that has really good food.
Let’s go over there; don’t be shy today, I’m treating,” said Fang Yishui.
Zhao Yaya responded, “No worries, absolutely no worries—I didn’t bring any money anyway, as long as somebody’s treating.
Yay, let’s go!”
Where there are people, there is society, and where there is society, there are thugs.
Many people mix into society, but not everyone creates stories worth telling.
Spirit Mountain, though a remote suburb of Donglin City, still falls under Donglin City’s jurisdiction.
With this status, this place is not just some rural backwater.
Though Spirit Mountain hadn’t been developed but was rather conserved by the government to retain its pristine state, some of the local people at the foot of the mountain had exploited loopholes in government policies to develop their own small ventures, such as farmstays—development of the mountain itself, however, was off-limits.
In poor and rough terrain, clever locals emerge, and in such small places, it’s not exactly peaceful, often having some hooligans causing trouble.
And many of these farmstays are run by the tougher crowd.
“People die for wealth, and birds die for food;” where might often speaks louder than words.
Spirit Mountain Farmstay, the one Fang Yishui mentioned as having great food, was operated by Du Hao, known as the local tough guy because he was physically strong and always ready for a fight.
Having been a bully in his youth and not good at academics, he naturally drifted into the thug life and was quite successful at it—at least within the vicinity of Spirit Mountain, where several dozen local youths looked up to him.
Hence, his business was slightly better than others’.
There was no helping it; nobody could outcompete them.
“Bro Hao, there’s a heavenly beauty here!” exclaimed one of his underlings, drooling, to a large, burly man beside him, who looked to be under thirty and rather rugged.
“Nonsense, what immortal beauty would there be in this godforsaken place?
We’d be lucky to have someone decent,” Du Hao smacked the underling on his head.
“Bro Hao, she really is beautiful, like a celebrity from TV,” the underling insisted.
Only then did Du Hao look over and he was immediately stunned, his saliva nearly dripping; just one look and he was shamelessly aroused.
She was indeed breathtakingly beautiful, truly an immortal beauty, even more gorgeous than those celebrities on TV.
“Hurry, go attend to them,” Du Hao commanded immediately.
The underling got the message: “Right, Bro Hao, I know what to do.”
As Tangyu and his group stepped inside the restaurant, a rather lecherous, sleazy-looking man came up to greet them with exaggerated enthusiasm, “The beautiful ladies are here for a meal, right?
Come in, come in, I’ll get you the best table.”
“Yes, we’re here to eat, and there’s a handsome guy too,” Zhao Yaya added.
The waiter glanced at Tangyu, but oddly ignored him and led Tangyu and his friends to a round table by the window.
The waiter immediately handed over the menu and said, “Ladies, feel free to order whatever you like.
Our boss said that all beauties get a discount: average beauties get 20% off, great beauties get 40% off, extraordinary beauties get 60% off, and top-tier, nation-riveting beauties get 80% off.
But for you, our boss said he’s treating because you are all immortal-level beauties.
So, don’t be shy, just order and enjoy.”
“What, this kind of good deal?
Why didn’t I encounter this the last time?
Your boss certainly has an eye, admitting that each of us is indeed an immortal beauty.
Still, there’s a saying, ‘One’s choice is restricted by how much they can afford,’ so we don’t need your boss to treat us.
We’ll pay our own way; that makes us more comfortable,” Fang Yishui said.