Chapter 248: Prefect of Mingzhou City (1/2)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad
Murong Xue blinked before she followed the voice and saw a man. Looking at Ouyang Shaochen, the man said with a touch of surprise in his dark eyes, “It is Heir Ouyang.”
“Prefect Duan!” Ouyang Shaochen greeted blandly with calmness in his eyes.
Prefect Duan? Would he be Duan Wuluo, Prefect of Mingzhou City?
Murong Xue looked up at Ouyang Shaochen and saw him nod slightly.
Murong Xue looked up in the sky silently with a flicker of frustration in her eyes: it was a bummer for her to have met the defender of Mingzhou before she could do anything after her arrival...
With the hostility between the Qingyan and Nanjiang Kingdoms, their arrival in Nanjiang would probably arouse the prefect’s suspicion even though they came here with no hostile purpose. There might even be more obstacles for them when looking for the shadow guards if the prefect kept them under surveillance either openly or secretly...
For all this, the moron, Yingying was to blame. If she hadn’t bothered Murong Xue after upholding “justice” impulsively, Murong wouldn’t have had a conflict with her or bumped into Duan Wuluo...
As Murong Xue stared at Yingying sneakily, Yingying stood up and rushed to Ouyang Shaochen with sparkling eyes, her voice rending the air, “Heir Ouyang...”
When the light aroma of her cosmetics ran into his nostrils, Ouyang Shaochen seized the chance to avoid her in a subtle way with a touch of disgust in his obsidian-like eyes. He then asked, looking at her indifferently, “Who are you?”
The moment Ying Ying failed to pounce on him, tears almost welled up. She looked up at Ouyang and accused with complaint in her dark eyes, “Heir Ouyang, don’t you remember me? I’m Yingying, the daughter of the Prime Minister of the Nanjiang Kingdom... I’m Cang Ying!”
Murong Xue’s eyes widened in astonishment. In other words, she was the younger sister of Cang Qiong, the son of the prime minister! It turned out that the prime minister had two weird children: the elder son was a cruel murder and the younger daughter was a bumptious moron...
“Cang Ying?” Ouyang Shaochen frowned, shaking his head without caring for her feelings. “I’m afraid I don’t.”
Cang Ying complained, with grievances in her grape-like eyes and a reproachful pout, “During your visit to the Nanjiang Palace, I stood next to Qianze when he welcomed you. Didn’t you see me?”
“No.” Ouyang Shaochen replied hostilely with a flicker of impatience in his dark eyes.
“No way. I was such an adorable kid,” Cang Ying wept with an aggrieved look. “Qianze and I were the most adorable kids. I don’t believe that you didn’t see me...”
Murong Xue went speechless and hoped she could stop being self-absorbed...
Covering his forehead, Duan Wuluo also felt so ashamed to hear that. But there was a reason behind her behavior. Under the environment where the family spoiled her and servants praised her, Yingying turned to be innocent and unsophisticated. The servants’ frequent praise convinced her that she was the most adorable girl in the world...
Having noticed that Yingying was about to say something, Duan Wuluo cut in immediately in case she would continue her embarrassing conversation, “Heir Ouyang, what brings you here?”
“We’d love to see the fascinating scenery in Mingzhou, so here I am with my friend,” Ouyang Shaochen lied, remaining calm.
Duan Wuluo nodded and smiled at Murong Xue. “So this must be your friend.”