Chapter 46 - Journalism
Chapter 46 - Journalism
On the first day Ning Fei came to this world, he stayed in the second prince's guest room and the "distinguished guest courtyard" of the general's mansion, but they were all useless.
He and Duan Yunhong quarreled until late at night. Afterwards, Duan Yunhong asked someone to clean up the leftovers in the outer hall and ordered hot water for washing. Ning Fei did not hide it, and in the end he slept directly on the bed of the General of Cavalry. Once this news came out, who in the general's mansion didn't know about their relationship? Duan Yunhong didn't need to go through the trouble of arranging any kind of retainer status for Ning Fei, as saying so would only make things more obvious.
Duan Yunhong naturally also slept in the same bed, but he had to get up at dawn. Ning Fei was awakened by his movement. She turned over to look at his back as he put on his clothes, then looked toward the window at the sky and smiled lazily, "Ha... Finally, you get up to rush to work."
Duan Yunhong heard his hoarse voice, turned around to look at him, and found that he had already fallen down to the place where he had slept before, with one hand hanging down on the edge of the bed. Staring at his fingertips, Duan Yunhong felt that the tingling spot on his back seemed to start to itch again.
"I'm going to the camp outside the city and will be back after morning exercises. You can continue to sleep." Duan Yunhong forced himself to look away and suppressed his divergent thoughts. "You...you won't play tricks on me again, right?"
Ning Fei had closed his eyes, but opened them again after hearing what he said, sneering, "Why, are you afraid that you'll come back and face an empty room again? Is that so serious?"
Duan Yunhong said: "After all, you have a criminal record."
Ning Fei has closed his eyes again: "Stop pretending to be affectionate. You came to me just to get back at me. Sleeping is just a by-product."
"If you don't want to fight now, why should I fight you?" Duan Yunhong fastened his belt and said, "Under the current situation, even if Dong Lingyan's relationship with both enemies has stabilized, as long as you and Chong Lin don't admit defeat, theoretically there is still a possibility of turning the tables, and your mission will not end. So as long as you want, you can lie here as long as you like."
"Yeah, to put it nicely it's 'enough time to complete the mission', to put it bluntly it's 'inefficiency'. I don't like being inefficient in the mission world, so I'm always quick, ruthless and accurate, and leave as soon as the task is completed." Ning Fei's tone was lazy, "But you don't have a system, you can't take the initiative to admit defeat, don't you often stay in a world for a long time?"
Duan Yunhong responded casually: "If you want the luck of that time traveler, then stay. If you don't want to stay, you can give up the luck and leave directly."
"Then you must have had quite a few friends and lovers, right?"
"..." Duan Yunhong paused for a moment and turned to look at him, "Why are you asking this?"
"Don't get me wrong, I don't have any other thoughts." Ning Fei chuckled and said jokingly, "It's just that I found out yesterday that you don't even have a warm C in your house, and I'm a little confused about how you solved the problem after coming here for a year. According to your personality, since you have obtained this status, it is impossible for you to participate in the 'sharing economy', right?"
"Am I a beast who can send messages anytime and anywhere? Do I have to drag someone to bed?" Duan Yunhong walked back to the bed and looked down at Ning Fei. "Have you forgotten that even in the last world, you were the one who came to me first?"
"Hey, you should understand that we are attracted to each other, okay? Otherwise, why would you follow me upstairs to start defense without even asking my name?" Ning Fei's foot stretched out from the quilt and kicked Duan Yunhong's leg. "And I forgot to remind you that it was the last world for you, but not for me."
"Who is more efficient than you? Chonglin said you are a 'madman who will do anything for the mission.'" Duan Yunhong grabbed his ankle and pressed his thumb on it. "Then are you also very efficient in changing lovers? How many did you change in your last life?"
Ning Fei smiled and said, "Guess?"
"...I won't guess. It's none of my business." Duan Yunhong let go of his foot and turned to walk out. "Let's go. Go to sleep if you want."
Ning Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the man's receding back, snorted and chuckled, then withdrew his hands and feet.
I turned over and continued to sleep.
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Duan Yunhong kept his word and went back home after supervising the morning exercises.
Although it was already bright outside, Duan Yunhong felt that Ning Fei must not have gotten up yet. After all, Ning Fei was tired and irritable at night, and said that playing too crazy in a world with underdeveloped technology was just asking for trouble, or it would be fun in bed for a while but end up in the crematorium afterwards. If Duan Yunhong hadn't helped clean up later, Ning Fei would have been so annoyed that she would have left the world on the spot. When everything was finally cleaned up, Ning Fei almost took the bed and fell asleep.
As he was woken up early in the morning, Ning Fei's nap should be quite long.
However, when Duan Yunhong returned to the general's mansion, he found his bed empty and tidy, with no trace of the person who was supposed to stay in bed.
This sense of déjà vu made Duan Yunhong feel depressed.
He asked someone to call the butler, and the butler seemed to be prepared. As soon as he arrived, he reported to him directly that Ning Fei had already left.
Duan Yunhong's gloomy expression eased a little, and he asked, "What did you do?"
The housekeeper said, "He didn't say anything in detail, he just said he was going for a walk, but he brought two servants with him. Do you want to send someone to look for him on the street?"
Duan Yunhong first said, "No, let him go." After a pause, he added, "Tell me if he hasn't come back by dinner time."
The butler nodded, hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked, "General, do you want to arrange some new clothes for Master Ning?"
Duan Yunhong felt that the housekeeper had something else in mind: "What did he say?"
The housekeeper said tactfully: "Mr. Ning was a little unhappy when he got dressed in the morning..."
This retelling is too conservative. In fact, Ning Fei was wearing his original clothes at the time and complaining about Duan Yunhong in front of the servants. What about the brutal actions and the love of tearing clothes? What about not asking questions or knowing how to compensate after tearing them? Duan Yunhong was described as a gangster, which made the servants shudder with fear.
Duan Yunhong didn't know the details, but he had given Ning Fei a lot of clothes in the previous world, so he didn't hesitate at all: "Buy it for him."
The housekeeper asked, "How many sets?"
Duan Yunhong: "...You decide."
The housekeeper just thought he was inexperienced and a little shy. In fact, Duan Yunhong was not sure how long Ning would stay. He might be here today and leave tomorrow. As soon as he left, everyone else forgot about it completely. Only Duan Yunhong knew who those clothes were bought for, and he felt annoyed when he saw it.
After giving the instructions, Duan Yunhong went about his own business and did not mention Ning Fei's name again.
He didn't mention it, but Ning Fei came back strolling around during lunch time. Duan Yunhong was a little surprised when he saw him at the dinner table: "You're back so soon?"
"Otherwise?" Ning Fei spread his hands and replied calmly, "I don't have money, so I can't eat out."
For some reason, this sentence actually made Duan Yunhong feel a little happier. He sat down and replied naturally: "...I'll give you some later."
"Oh——" Ning Fei tilted her head to look at him, "The housekeeper just asked me to pick out four new outfits for this season. Are they also General Duan's 'gives'?"
Four sets at once was not a small number. Duan Yunhong didn’t even know if he would stay for four days. It seems that the butler is very suspicious about the relationship between Ning Fei and his master.
"You were unhappy with your clothes this morning, and the housekeeper suggested it after knowing it." General Duan was calm and pushed the credit away, "If you think it's too much, don't take it."
"Why not? It's not my money."
"You want to wear them all?"
"Can you be more direct in your approach to retaining people?"
Duan Yunhong was choked for the first time in a long time. It’s not that he didn’t want to refute, but the moment he was about to open his mouth, he seemed to have heard Ning Fei’s next sentence, which must be “you’re being stubborn again.”
Ning Fei was amused when she saw the man's familiar frustrated reaction, and took the initiative to pick up some food for him: "Okay, stop testing me. I'll tell you before I leave, I'll probably play for a few more days."
After a pause, he stared at Duan Yunhong again and said quietly, "General, can you please hold back a little? There are no props here, and it will be too troublesome to deal with it afterwards! It seems that you are not the one who will suffer later, so why are you so wild?"
"...Ahem." Duan Yunhong didn't think there was anything wrong with his straightforwardness, but when he heard his words, he couldn't help but think of the temperature at night.
"It was you who wanted to play around, but now it's all my fault?" Duan Yunhong calmed down and tried to analyze rationally, "You also forgot yourself later. If it wasn't for the water I gave you before bed, you would definitely be speechless today."
Ning Fei: "What's the matter? Do you want to fuck someone to death..."
Before he even said the word "fish", Duan Yunhong stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth: "Got it, I'll try my best to control it and not put it in there."
After getting his promise, Ning Fei ate quietly.
Halfway through the meal, Duan Yunhong asked casually during their chat, "You didn't bring any money today, what did you go out for?"
Ning Fei also replied smoothly: "I went back to the Second Prince's Mansion."
"Get something?"
"There's nothing to take."
"So, is that to...?"
Ning Fei thought for a moment and said, "If I must say it, I'm going to spread rumors. Oh no, it's spreading 'information that has been processed based on facts'. It should be called 'spreading news'."
"...Hmm?" Duan Yunhong was a little confused, "Haven't you decided to give up this mission?"
"Why, are you afraid that I'll say one thing in public and another behind your back? Is that really necessary?" Ning Fei sneered, "I just think that Chonglin took your luck, tricked me here, and then just sat back and enjoyed the fruits of his labor. That's too good of a deal. Since I'm not leaving right away, I can bring him some bad luck."
Duan Yunhong thought to himself that this was right, this person was just such a vindictive person.
"So, what did you spread?" Duan Yunhong asked, "How did you spread it?"
Ning Fei glanced at him and said, "It has been spread... There is a hidden story behind the original acquaintance between Dong Lingyan and the Prime Minister's daughter."
Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I'm not trying to expose you, there's no point in doing so." Ning Fei said slowly, "What I spread was that before Dong Lingyan met the Prime Minister's daughter, he and the Prime Minister's son Chonglin had already known each other privately.
"The second prince advocates war against foreign races, and Dong Lingyan also firmly supports the fight against foreign races at the beginning. The eldest prince is a moderate, and the prime minister supports the eldest prince. At the critical moment, how did the prime minister's son happen to know Dong Lingyan? Later, how did the prime minister's daughter also happen to be saved by Dong Lingyan?
"Did Dong Lingyan's change from a war advocate to a moderate one really start after he met a foreign woman?
"Don't think that Dong Lingyan has made great contributions to pacifying the foreign tribes, but the one who has benefited the most is the eldest prince. And all of this seems to be closely related to the prime minister's family.
"No wonder Chong Lin is bragging about how close his relationship with Dong Lingyan is. It turns out that he has already stolen Dong Lingyan from the Second Prince. He is also a great contributor to the conciliatory faction and will be Dong Lingyan's brother-in-law in the future. He even walks in the street with style!"
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Ning Fei: I studied journalism.
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