Chapter 1640: Yellow Dragon Ridge (1/2)
“I’ll take that bet too!”
Yan Qingsang was patently quite good at provoking people Yan Jinnan’s agreeeniuses on his side All of the hit to their personal finances if they lost
Yan Qingsang cackled “Sure, no proble toyet, Yan Qingsang,” Yan Jinnan snickered “If we include Huang’er, there are four people betting against you Do you even have fortydefaults between houseshi+ed away fro that he didn’t “Plus, I’m more worried that you won’t be able to afford it!”
Yan Jinnan slammed a table “I don’t want empty promises If you want to bet, take out your spirit stones to show us We won’t take anything else as proof”
“Yes, yes, show us the stones!” The other two chi’er s, then I’ll pass Brother Qingsang, do you have enough? I can lend you so was rather flattered Huang’er was fanored everybody in the family She had some past relations with him, sure – but that was solely due to their status as cousins Her willingness to lend him some , Huang’er, I have exactly thirty ’s current entire net worth It was a mad prospect to bet all of it at once But he had the confidence to take that bet and win!
Without hesitation, he flung all thirtyonto the table “Win these stones from me… if you dare!”
Yan Jinnan and his cronies were indignant They pulled out their respective ten erly
“Elder He, Elder Quan, please serve as our witnesses!”
The elders didn’t intervene in the rivalry between the house’s youths In fact, they tended to encourage healthy coe this tiht If you’ve all agreed to the bet, then we’ll be reluctant witnesses But re party shouldn’t be sore about it Familial har chuckled “If they can win against er thanWhy would I bear a grudge?”
Yan Jinnan snickered “I’m just worried that you won’t pay up after you lose”
With the bet concluded, the fasthe tidbits into a hefty helping of encourage Chen laid low through the entire affair Occasionally, he pretended to sneak a glance or two at Huang’er in ad so allowed hier for hi
After all, Huang’er was too reirl not to be the center of attention of everylack of interest was too fake
In the latter stages of the banquet, Jiang Chen e up for a round of toasts
Elders He and Quan politely accepted the toasts to them with easy reciprocation Yan Jinnan and company put on airs, and responded reluctantly with a sip only after Jiang Chen had courteously drained his own
He didn’t care about those people His sole purpose for this round of toasts was to raise his cup to Huang’er
When it was finally her turn, Jiang Chen acted like a brainless fan “Miss Huang’er, I heard a zither music from the other side of a wall the first day I came here You must be the musician An immortal beauty such as you would be the only one to play such music I am Shao Yuan, a wanderer in the world Please accept my humble toast”
After all this time, he could finally speak with her face to face
His words thoroughly war to throw herself into his e show
Instead, she assu her wine cup, she touched her lips barely to its contents “Do you understand the zither, sir?” she asked indifferently
“I’’er I know only the bare basics of music, so I dare not discuss the zither with you”
“Alright, alright,” Yan Qingsang coughed , Shao Yuan My cousin’s sights and future are lofty indeed I hope you don’t have any unbeco her music Otherwise, on’t be brothers any hed with some embarrassment
“You talk tooa detached glance