Upon hearing the baby's name crying in the night, her lips twitched slightly.
They didn't understand how talking about the couple's affairs had led to bringing up Yuwen Sheng.
To be on the safe side, she replied in a moderate manner: "As long as one is a citizen of Ye, who doesn't recognize this famous name?"
Liu Fengmian was not satisfied with her answer. He smiled and said, "I'm not asking about other people, but what you think of him?"
Thoughts?
What are your thoughts?
Zheng Quchi really didn't know what he wanted her to answer, but she still went along with him and continued to make up words: "How dare I, a commoner, casually comment on someone as high and mighty as General Yuwen?"
Seeing that she avoided the question several times, Yuwen Sheng's expression gradually worsened: "This is a private matter between you and me, it doesn't matter."
Zheng Quchi guessed that Liu Fengmian, being Yuwen Sheng's subordinate, would probably enjoy hearing words of praise for his poems.
She pondered, "Hmm... He is very capable, a man of great talent and strategy who commands military power and dominates the battlefield. He is the one who intimidates the enemy and protects the entire Ye Kingdom. Therefore, he is an indispensable general of the Ye Kingdom."
After listening, Yuwen Sheng smiled slightly, his eyes narrowing like crescent moons: "Hmm, aside from this identity, what are your thoughts on him as a person?"
Zheng Quchi suddenly looked at him, and the undisguised expression on his face froze the smile on Yuwen Sheng's lips.
His eyes were calm, so calm that they showed no emotional fluctuations, yet he was smiling.
Are you afraid of him? Do you hate him?
Zheng Quchi was momentarily at a loss for words.
She couldn't help but recall every time she met Yuwen Sheng.
Every time was filled with bloodshed and cruelty, or she was on the verge of various dangers. The emotions etched into her bones were something she couldn't hide no matter how hard she tried.
Time was compressed to its limit as both sides remained silent, each second feeling like an eternity.
“You are afraid of him, and you loathe him even more,” Yuwen Sheng concluded.
He couldn't quite describe the feeling he was experiencing at that moment—cold, sharp, stirring up a furious roar, yet he himself had firmly suppressed it into the darkness of the abyss.
"Why?"
Inside the cramped, dimly lit carriage, he extended two cold fingers, lifted her chin, and his breath drew ever closer. The invisible pressure made Zheng Quchi feel as if she were facing Yuwen Sheng.
"You've never even seen him, so why are you afraid of him, or even disgusted by him?"
"I..." She moved her body towards the car door, but he pinned her to the spot with a single slap.
His eyes were deep and dark, his black hair was loose and flowing, and his long black robe seemed to be soaked with the light of countless stars and moon, making Qu Sheng even more mysterious and impenetrable to the light of the sky.
Is it because everyone calls him the Living Yama?
Zheng Quchi sensed that he was out of control and about to go mad, so he shouted in a low voice, "Feng Mian!"
However, Yuwen Sheng ignored this name: "You just clearly said he was a great hero and a great general, so why do you dislike him? What is it about him that makes you so repulsed and resistant?"
Zheng Quchi was also furious at this moment. What did it have to do with her that he was so "protecting" his superior? All she knew was that he was violent, cruel, and a ruthless killer. Although he was the guardian of Ye Kingdom and held the power of life and death, his actions were extreme, sinister, and terrifying. I, Zheng Quchi, am just an ordinary person. Isn't it normal for me to be afraid of him?
In the entire kingdom of Ye, who doesn't both respect and fear him?
People can sing praises from afar, but no one would approach or get close to someone who is so capricious and surrounded by nothing but the threat of death. This is human nature; she has some common sense, so what's wrong with that?
"No!" Yuwen Shengmo's dark brows furrowed, his porcelain-smiling face becoming eerily unsettling: "You can't be afraid of him!"
Violent, cruel, and a ruthless killer... that is indeed the kind of person he was.
She was right about her extreme actions and sinister, terrifying nature.
However, he disliked it, disliked it very much, because these comments, which he was already familiar with, came from her mouth.
How can she be the same as everyone else?
As soon as Yuwen Sheng finished speaking, a timid and intrusive voice came from outside.
"My lord, I have urgent business to report."
Those outside, unaware of the situation inside the carriage, were terrified when they stopped it. Though they spoke in a slurred voice, their urgency was palpable.
Yuwen Sheng paused, looking at Zheng Quchi, who was staring back at him with wide amber eyes, like an alert and resentful orange cat. After a moment of silence, he withdrew his outward emotions and his broken, cold voice.
He looked up, and a crisp, whistling wind swept past the window. The streetlights shone into the car, and his silhouette seemed to be bathed in soft light, but his gaze was even colder than the frost flowers on the riverbank.
"Wait for me in the car."
After he got out of the car, sat in his wheelchair, and was pushed away, Zheng Quchi finally let out a long breath that he had been holding in.
Zheng Quchi sat up straight, recalling the scene of their argument just now. Her brows furrowed, and she felt restless and uneasy. She pressed her head against the side window, letting the cold wind blow in her face.
"What? You're being so fierce to me for Yuwen Sheng? Is he more important than your wife? If that's the case, why did you endure the pain and bring me out for a stroll in the middle of the night? You should have gone to find your General..."
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After Yuwen Sheng stepped off the carriage, his restrained aura instantly spread out, and his extremely imposing gaze made the spy who came to report not even dare to raise his head.
"General, the Mo family has sent men to infiltrate the military camp again, but this time they did not attempt to rescue anyone. They only stayed in the prison for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before quickly leaving."
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