Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
There was only one Jiang family in the ancient martial arts world, and there was only one person that was known as Young Master Jiang.
So as soon as the bodyguard uttered the name, Murong Feixu looked up, surprised etched unto her face as she saw Jiang Shuxuan standing not far from the two women. There was an indifferent expression on his face, but those deep, dark eyes that were on her made her panic inside.
“Young Master Jiang.” Murong Feixu’s mouth was dry, and she was at a loss as to this man’s sudden appearance.
Gu Xiqiao looked at Murong Feixu, and then she couldn’t help but turn her head at her words. Sure enough, Jiang Shuxuan was standing there.
He walked slowly towards Gu Xiqiao, his eyes gliding across Murong Feixu’s face. He narrowed his eyes slightly. “Who are you?”
Murong Feixu’s face flushed with embarrassment at the question. As one of the successors of the Murong family, Jiang Shuxuan’s words were just a bit shocking, to find out that he wasn’t aware of her identity.
Seeing Murong Feixu’s stiff face, the bodyguard stepped forward. “Young Master Jiang, we’re the guards of the Murong family. This is Miss Murong.”
“Miss Murong?” Jiang Shuxuan said, looking thoughtful as he glanced at the guard.
“Yes, I’m…”
Jiang Shuxuan interrupted her nonchalantly, “I’ve heard that Feiye has a cousin named Murong Miaoxue, is that you?”
Murong Feixu couldn’t keep the expression on her face in check anymore, she had initially came here to warn off Xiao Yun, but she didn’t expect Jiang Shuxuan to make an appearance suddenly. Moreover, he even insinuated that he never heard of her, cementing the fact that she had no reputation and practically slapping her in the face with this insult.
Her face still flushed, she gritted out, “Young Master Jiang, Miaoxue is my younger sister. I’m her elder sister, Murong Feixu.”
“Murong Feixu? I’ve never heard that name.” Jiang Shuxuan looked away. “Your chi levels are average, a far cry from Feiye’s. Are you really a member of the Murong family? There’s been a lot of thugs appearing nowadays, and there isn’t a lack of people pretending to be part of the ancient martial arts world.”
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Saying that, Jiang Shuxuan pulled out his phone to make a call. “Yi Tong, there’s a suspicious person here, parading around as Feiye’s sister. Take her in for interrogation.”
“Y-Young Master Jiang…” Murong Feixu couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
“And you, are you really guards of the Murong family?” Jiang Shuxuan ignored Murong Feixu’s stutters, turning his gaze to the two guards behind her. However, he didn’t give them time to explain and continued on, “The Murong family has always been a kind family, and they never had any incidents of picking on civilians before. You don’t look like you’re from the Murong family after all.”
His phone still in hand, he seemed to think of something, and gave the clan leader of the Murong family a call directly.
When the patriarch of the Murong family received the call, he was very much surprised. “Shuxuan, has something happened?”
“Clan Leader Murong, I ran into someone pretending to be from the Murong family. They’re using the Murong name to hurt a person from the secular world. In order to maintain the Murong name, I’ve asked Yi Tong to bring the person back to prison in the ancient martial arts world. To avoid such situations from happening again, it’s better to find out who is the one behind this.” There was no change in his expression as Jiang Shuxuan rattled off the information to the older man on the other side of the phone.
“What? There is such a thing that happened?!” The Murong clan leader stood up with a loud ‘bang’, a horrified look on his face. Naturally, he knew that Jiang Shuxuan wasn’t pulling his leg out of boredom, especially since the man had already taken action, it had to be a serious matter. The older man didn’t bother to stop to ponder on it too long, and said, “I’ll head over to the detention center immediately to interrogate this person myself!”
Jiang Shuxuan had put the call on loudspeaker, and everyone around him heard it loud and clear.
Murong Feixu’s face paled, she didn’t expect this encounter to turn out this way. She had just wanted to warn off this regular person, but the tables had been turned on her and she was the one who was on the receiving end right now, and it was obvious that Jiang Shuxuan had it out for her, from the way he handled the matter.
If she were brought into prison and interrogated on charges that Jiang Shuxuan suspected she was not a member of the Murong family, she would definitely be the laughing stock of the entire ancient martial arts world. How would she be able to show her face anymore there if that happened?
“Young Master Jiang, believe me…”
Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was covered by someone and dragged away. Yi Tong had already been around the area when Jiang Shuxuan called him. He and his team had heard that the Peace Squad was operating nearby somewhere, and had come with the intention to see if they could find them, but was called by Jiang Shuxuan instead.
“Big Boss, I’ll definitely interrogate this impostor properly and make her confess who’s the one behind this entire farce,” Yi Tong said with a serious expression, but he was in fact trying to hold back his laughter.
Jiang Shuxuan waved his hand dismissively, letting Yi Tong lead the people away.
Gu Xiqiao stood next to Jiang Shuxuan. Although she knew that he had done it on purpose, and knew that Murong Feixu was not in fact a fact, she wouldn’t waste this opportunity to join in the chaos of this mess. “So it was just a fake.”
“Daring to have such arrogance even though she’s a fake, wanting to catch me and Little Yunzi! Young Master Jiang, they must be spies, you have to make sure to investigate this matter thoroughly!” Gu Xiqiao said, a solemn expression on her face.
Jiang Shuxun paused, and he looked down at her. The corner of his lips twitched upwards slightly, and he called out, “Yi Tong, did you hear that?”
“Loud and clear, Big Boss!” Yi Tong shouted back. Inside, he was thinking, ‘Big Boss, Miss Gu, do you know how painful it is to hold in my laughter?’
Murong Feixu’s mouth was covered, and she couldn’t say anything in protest. There were tears swimming in her eyes, but no one cared about it.
Yi Tong looked at Murong Feixu with pity. ‘Of all the people to offend, you had to pick Miss Gu? Really? Look what happened, now the ‘fake’ has become a ‘spy’ instead.’
The call from the patriarch of the Murong family came quickly, and Yi Tong answered. “Hello, Patriarch Murong. Yes, I’m taking the person to the ancient martial arts world now… yes, it’s possible they may be a spy. I agree, it cannot be tolerated!”
She had come out with the intention of intimidating and warning Xiao Yun to back off, and now, not only did she not manage to do that, she, Miss Murong, had instead been suspected to be a spy. The clan leader himself was coming down to interrogate her? Even if her name was cleared after that, this dark stain on her history would never be erased, and the patriarch would never trust her again in the future. Her reputation would be as good as non-existence, and when this matter was raised in the ancient martial arts world, everyone would definitely laugh at her! All the image that she had built up for herself would also be destroyed, since she was someone that Jiang Shuxuan suspected!
When Murong Feixu thought about all of this, the panic surged up in her heart. She saw the smug smiles on Gu Xiqiao and Xiao Yun’s face. Her eyes rolled backward and she passed out!
Half of it was because of fear, but the other half was because of anger.
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“This kind of person needs to be taught a proper lesson.” Gu Xiqiao let out a long breath, watching as Murong Feixu fell over.
“Thank you.” Xiao Yun turned to Gu Xiqiao and Jiang Shuxuan. When Gu Xiqiao had spoken up for her, she had been startled. Gu Xiqiao had never taken to heart matters like this, and for her to be triggered to this extent… There was a warm feeling in her heart.
And also Jiang Shuxuan, who usually didn’t speak much. Whenever she was with Gu Xiqiao, he would at most speak just a few words, and most of them were directed at Gu Xiqiao. Just now was probably the most that she had seen him speaking since the first time she had met him.
Although it was for the sake of Gu Xiqiao, Xiao Yun still felt grateful for him to react to this extent.
Gu Xiqiao raised an eyebrow, looking at her. “You’re thanking me?”
“Pft, no.” Xiao Yun shook her head. “I’ll treat you to a meal next time. The training grounds aren’t too far, why don’t you two go on home? I can head over myself.”
Seeing the haze in her eyes disappearing and a smile on her face, Gu Xiqiao finally felt relieved.
Xiao Yun waved at the two, turning around and left. Just as she was about to turn the corner, Jiang Shuxuan opened his mouth to speak, “Qingqiu received an urgent order yesterday and has left the city, so he’s not in the capital at the moment.”
The girl’s steps halted, but she didn’t turn around. “Thank you,” She said softly.
Seeing this, Gu Xiqiao rubbed her chin thoughtfully, turning to look up at Jiang Shuxuan. “Why are you here, Brother Jiang?” Didn’t he have a lot of things to settle?
“Don’t worry about it.” Jiang Shuxuan took her hand and led her to the car. “We’ll talk when we get back.”
How could he feel at peace once he had received that short message from her? He had pushed all the matters to the elders, it wasn’t the first time he did this since he had met her anyway.
Jiang Shuxuan sat in the passenger seat as Gu Xiqiao drove her little pink car. She didn’t feel all that strange anymore, driving such a pink car.
Jiang Shuxuan thought about how Tang Qingqiu had been quite a good snitch while he hadn’t been in the Imperial Capital the past few days, and so he sent a short message to him, returning the favor—[Murong Feixu.]
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It was short and simple, but Tang Qingqiu would definitely understand his meaning.
A few minutes later, Tang Qingqiu replied—[Thanks bro.]
He kept his phone away, thinking that it wasn’t like he had wanted his thanks, but… He glanced at Gu Xiqiao who was focused on driving.
She turned her head when she felt his gaze, flashing him a smile. The hood of the car was opened, and her hair fluttered freely in the wind. Her flawless face glowed, a healthy flush on her face. “You look very handsome today, Brother Jiang.”
Jiang Shuxuan nodded his head, still looking at her. The cold glint in his eyes seemed brighter, as he said, “Yes, I think so too.”
He said those words with such a cold, straight face, and a deadpanned tone. It made Gu Xiqiao laugh for a long time after that.
“Drive properly.” Jiang Shuxuan frowned, seeing her in such a distracted state. “Do you usually drive like this?”
“What’s wrong with it?” Gu Xiqiao let go of the steering. “Look.”
There was a truck in front of them, and Jiang Shuxuan almost grabbed her to jump out of the car at the sudden movement. At this time, the pink car turned a corner by itself.
“It’s a self-driving car, Brother Jiang.” Gu Xiqiao smiled brightly at him.
Jiang Shuxuan’s face darkened with a mix of shock and annoyance. There was also a slight hint of fear that flashed in his eyes. “Don’t scare me like that.” Thinking of the message that he had received, a layer of cold sweat formed on his back.
Gu Xiqiao parked the car to the side, reaching out to hold his hand and finding his hands to be colder than usual, and the sweat that had formed. “I’m sorry, Brother Jiang.”
“It’s fine.” Jiang Shuxuan reached out to pull her to him, hugging her tightly. The warmth radiating from her calmed his racing heart, and he only let go of her when he had completely settled down. “Let’s go home, I’ll drive.”
Gu Xiqiao didn’t object or say anything, and the car rolled steadily towards the community area that they lived in.
When they got back. Shu Chen was on Gu Xiqiao almost instantly. “Oh, you’re finally home! Have you eaten lunch? Bring out the soup that we made today, Auntie Zhang!”
After nagging a bit more, she finally turned to Jiang Shuxuan. “Shuxuan, why are you also home?”
Jiang Shuxuan placed the keys down, grunting a response. He was already used to this kind of reception from her anyway.
Mrs. Zhang hurriedly brought the soup out for Gu Xiqiao, and Shu Chen sat beside her as she drank it. Halfway through, she received a call and excused herself once she saw who the caller was. She had a calm expression on her face as she talked, but it later turned into a frown before she hung up.
“Shuxuan, the elders said that someone from the Lisu Tribe has arrived. They said it was something important.” Shu Chen kept her phone away, looking at Jiang Shuxuan. “Go on back and see what it is.”
“No.” Jiang Shuxuan picked up the glass of water that Mrs. Zhang had poured for him, his tone flat.
“You!” Shu Chen massaged her temple, a frown on her face. She could already feel a headache forming. “Shuxuan, this is not something to joke about, you should understand how important the Lisu Tribe is.”
Jiang Shuxuan didn’t bother to respond.
He had always been assertive and paranoid since he was young, and they had never been able to do anything about this attitude of his. Seeing him like this, Shu Chen was almost up the wall in her anxiousness. But here he was, drinking a glass of water leisurely, without a care in the world.
Shu Chen’s headache was growing worse by the minute, didn’t this boy value his life?
At this time. Gu Xiqiao placed down the empty bowl. She sighed as she turned to Jiang Shuxuan. “Go back, Brother Jiang.”
