nycdaug #232 - You are lying
#232 - You are lying
“Isn’t this kind of thing normal for you?” Xiao Chuan asked, puzzled.
“After all, you are the recognized number one of the younger generation. Defeating you would mean that person would replace you as the number one of the younger generation. Few people can resist this kind of temptation.
“Ever since you started walking the Jianghu, challengers have been coming one after another, right? Well…it should have been less in the past two years, because now no one can keep up with your pace. Even Wei Zixian and Baiyu Gongzi have been left far behind by you, and they are convinced by you.
“Especially after your name appeared on the Tianji List, logically speaking, there shouldn’t be anyone who doesn’t know what’s good for them. After all, the difference in realm is too great… Oh.”
Xiao Chuan seemed to have thought of something when she said this, and her eyes widened, “Could it be that the person who came to challenge you this time is that guy named Lu Jing?”
Yan Jun nodded, “That’s right, it’s him. Weren’t you very interested in him before? You can just be my witness. I’ll take you to see him this afternoon.”
Xiao Chuan’s eyes darted around, and she didn’t immediately respond to Yan Jun’s invitation, but instead said, “You don’t look very happy.”
“No, just like you said, since I have the title of number one of the younger generation, then naturally someone will keep wanting to challenge me.
“Wei Zixian or Lu Jing… there’s no difference.” Yan Jun said lightly.
“You’re lying,” Xiao Chuan brought her face close to Yan Jun’s face, so close that Yan Jun could feel the girl’s breath on her neck, tickling her.
“I’m the best at reading people’s expressions, not just men, but women too, and besides, I’m a woman myself, so if you really want to calculate it, I’m the most accurate at figuring out women’s thoughts. You look like you’re a little disappointed in him.”
“Why should I be disappointed?” Yan Jun was amused by her words and asked back.
“Let me put myself in your shoes and think about it.” After Xiao Chuan finished speaking, she really started to think hard for a while, but after a while, she revealed a look of sudden realization.
“I understand!”
“What do you understand? Don’t I know myself whether I’m disappointed or not?”
“That’s not necessarily true. My eldest sister said that people sometimes have subtle emotions that they don’t even realize. Actually, your situation is also easy to explain.
“Your status is extraordinary. When you first entered Yunshui Jing Ci Pavilion, you were chosen by the Pavilion Master as her personal disciple. Since then, you have been surrounded by competitors who are jealous and envious of you and want to surpass you.
“And after you were known as the number one of the younger generation, anyone who was close to your strength wanted to try to defeat you and take away your honor from you. Although you are almost perfect and deeply loved in Yunshui Jing Ci Pavilion, you have no other friends except for me, a freeloader.”
Xiao Chuan became more and more confident as she spoke, and even put her hands on her hips, “Because the people you meet are either not as good as you, and these people can only look up to you and are full of admiration for you, or they are about the same as you, and are destined to be your competitors.
“But everyone needs friends, even you are no exception. Deep down in your heart, you yearn to meet someone who can communicate with you on an equal footing. However, such a simple wish becomes increasingly difficult to achieve after you advance to first-class.
“As a result, this guy named Lu Jing appeared. Like you, he is one of the only two young people under the age of twenty on the Tianji List, and he has the strength to challenge you.
“But he is different from the competitors you met before. You have been in the academy together for so long, but Lu Jing has never challenged you.
“So you gradually developed some inexplicable expectations for him, thinking that he might be different from others and could become your friend. Unfortunately, the progress of things is still not much different from before.”
Xiao Chuan said so much in one breath, and Yan Jun didn’t speak until she started to catch her breath, “Are you done?”
“Actually, there are still some details I want to add, but looking at your impatient look, okay, that’s all I wanted to say.”
“It’s a pity you didn’t write plays.” Yan Jun shook her head.
“I’ll ask you one more time, are you going to be a witness to our competition? Although you’re not very strong, with the Wen family’s status in Jianghu and your own social connections, it’s more than enough to be a witness.
“Or have you lost interest in him after hearing that he can’t practice secret power?”
“I haven’t lost interest in him. A temporary setback doesn’t mean anything. Besides, even if he really can’t practice secret power, he will still be stronger than most students in the academy in three years with just martial arts, and taking advantage of the fact that he has just been hit, maybe it’s a great opportunity to knock on his heart.
“To take a step back, even if I don’t choose to marry him in the end, it’s not bad to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with him and form a good bond, so I will definitely be this witness, but…”
Xiao Chuan looked at Yan Jun again, “Compared to finding a man, I don’t want to see you unhappy even more. How confident are you of defeating him, 80%, 90%?”
“I don’t know.” Yan Jun said bluntly.
“No way, is that guy really that strong? Even you aren’t confident?” Xiao Chuan looked incredulous.
“It’s not that I’m not confident, but that I don’t know what his strength is at all,” Yan Jun said, “He rose too fast and is full of mysteries. Apart from the battle against Yama’s Xiao two years ago, there have been no famous achievements since then, so it’s difficult for me to give a definite evaluation.”
Yan Jun paused here, “But if he only has the strength recorded on the Tianji List, then he will definitely lose against me.”
“I’m not sure, but it should probably be that girl from Xijian Pavilion named Xia Huai, or Yang Tao from Tieqiangmen.”
“It seems I have competitors too.” Xiao Chuan smiled slightly when she heard the former name, but she didn’t seem to take it to heart, but instead had a faint look of excitement.
“But this is more interesting. Recently, I’ve heard many people talk about that Miss Xia, and I’ve wanted to get to know her for a long time.”
However, neither Xiao Chuan nor Yan Jun expected that when the agreed time came, Lu Jing would come alone.
Thanks to book friend 170101222231542 and other students for the reward~