Free Web NovelChapter 443: Chapter 371: Heavy Secretiveness
Ying Rushi was momentarily at a loss for words, stammering as she didn’t know how to respond, until she noticed Yan Qing laughing sneakily and got flustered and angry:
"Don’t ask!"
She paused, her voice falling as she spoke: "Do you know what I dreamed of last night? I dreamt about today’s meeting, but the main subject wasn’t about discussing the mission, it was about you with Black Wolf and Red Snake... You were in the hall, sitting on the stone table, Black Wolf hugging you beside and Red Snake kneeling below... Do you know what this means?"
"You’re so vague that it’s hard for me to judge, can you be more detailed?" Yan Qing said seriously, "It’s the first time I’ve heard of a plot with me as the protagonist, are you interested in writing a book? I’d like to treasure your great work. Your not writing a book is a huge loss to the literary world."
"Stop joking around, I’m being serious now!"
"I’m also serious, I’ve even got the defense barrier up." Yan Qing shrugged, "Didn’t we agree? Don’t hold back, do what you want to do."
"Whether it’s illusion or reality, good or bad, I’ll bear it all for you."
His right hand pressed on his heart, as if in some kind of oath ceremony: "I won’t lose, so bring it on, stop sulking in secret."
Ying Rushi watched Yan Qing trying hard to make her laugh, her nose tingling slightly, turning away her gaze and muttering softly, "I wasn’t upset in the first place..."
"Why do you pretend that we’re not very familiar?" Yan Qing asked, "Deceiving is not a good behavior."
"Who do you think forced me to lie?" Ying Rushi was genuinely angry this time: "You just came out of Red Snake’s room and entered Black Wolf’s room, I haven’t even mentioned it yet! ... And where am I wrong? We’re indeed not very familiar!"
"Oh dear, have you been peeping the whole time?" Yan Qing thought of a possibility, "You wouldn’t happen to have some unusual fetish, would you? Your Ying Family in the Qi Kingdom really is..."
"Take down the defense barrier!"
"Huh?"
"Are you going to take it down or not?"
Yan Qing reluctantly took down the defense barrier, then Ying Rushi gave him a couple of punches that made him grimace, finally feeling relieved, and not forgetting to remind: "Remember to put the barrier back up, and don’t forget while sleeping, it’s a habit you should keep."
Punching me then worrying about me, is this the legendary PUA?
"I think it would be better to maintain our previous relationship," Ying Rushi said, "I’m different from them... Red Snake doesn’t need to be mentioned, she’s the first to get close to you and is most qualified to be with you openly. Black Wolf came later, but she snatched you fair and square, clearly not avoiding Red Snake, and even though Red Snake was angry, she accepted Black Wolf as a rival... They’re all very proud people, believing victories with opponents are sweeter, and they’re convinced they’ll be the final winner."
"But I’m different, I joined in secretly, just like in the stories where two strong characters fight over treasures, and the protagonist quietly takes the victory... They’d be angry too."
"That’s what you say, but wouldn’t they be more mad at me?" Yan Qing asked curiously, "Haven’t you thought about telling them so they all leave me of their own accord? Then you’d get what you wanted."
"I wouldn’t want you, this lecherous dog, to get what you want." Ying Rushi chuckled, a beautiful smile, her rare girlish demeanor stunned Yan Qing slightly: "They’ll be mad at you, but even more so at me, after all, to us you’re just a block of wood not interested in sex."
Yan Qing was a little stunned: "I didn’t expect you all to notice this! Indeed, gentlemen, like fireflies at night, aren’t meant to be hidden."
"Stop changing the subject," Ying Rushi said, "Do you remember Li Long from the last mission? Actually, he doesn’t have to pay when looking for women, nothing to do with power, just being with a Third-Turn Messenger is an extremely pleasurable experience in itself. It’s not obvious with First or Second Turn, but Third-Turn Messengers’ Qi Blood is nearly a hundred times that of an ordinary person, close contact would cause a ’Qi and Blood Tide’ phenomenon, ordinary people’s Qi Blood would be stirred, and their health would improve." She paused, "The experience is also supposed to be... quite good."
Yan Qing thought this definitely wasn’t part of the game settings; a 6+ game rating for "The Messenger" wouldn’t support having such systems that only exist in adult games, unpacking it would probably drown in competition.
"If you were really lustful, you could have countless women willing to share your bed with just a beckon, all types at your command, seeking nothing but a moment’s pleasure. Central Plains has less than two hundred Third-Turn Messengers, but a population of billions, you’d be an honored guest anywhere. Not just Third-Turn Messengers, even ordinary Messengers often have several concubines, and those concubines, regardless of beauty or longevity, far outstrip ordinary people, even if they’ve never trained in any skills." Ying Rushi said: "This is probably also why Black Wolf and Red Snake are quite forgiving towards you, male Third-Turn Messengers remaining so clean are indeed rare."
"Wait a minute." Yan Qing noticed a problem: "How do you even know I’m clean?"
Ying Rushi hesitated for a moment, "If you’ve seen many Messengers, you can feel it... Any Messenger who has had deep exchanges of Qi and Blood with another, their Qi Blood would be a little mixed. Especially if something happened between two meetings, and during these the other party’s Qi Blood has burst, you’d feel it more distinctly."
Yan Qing thought it was no wonder he’d never noticed this setting before—he’d only been out twice so far, almost all his meetings with others were infrequent, where would he have the chance to sense such details?
The only people he met often were the Thief Woman clan from the Thief’s House, but they were either worried about the country and its people, busy for the family name, or good-for-nothing ladies, compared to them, he was the more...
Wait a minute!
Shang Xinlei asked to have lunch together often...
Pharmacist’s Wish volunteered daily training...
Was I always under surveillance? Kind of sweating here, sis.
"Have you ever seen bottles that stored sauce for a long time? Because the sauce congealed, you have to slap the bottom to get it out." Ying Rushi said: "They must feel that they’ve been slapping the bottom for so long, and now I secretly snatch away the one slap and it comes out... do you think they’d blame the bottle or me?"
Yan Qing pondered for a moment, then patted Ying Rushi on the shoulder: "You’re really a great sinner."
Ying Rushi unexpectedly did not refute: "So you understand? It’s not that I’m afraid they’ll be hostile to me, but up next is the mission to confront Ying Le, we don’t need to complicate things further."
"When do you plan to tell them?"
Ying Rushi thought for a moment: "When you’ve cut off all intimate ties with them."
