Yue Chen calmly sipped his tea, and upon hearing this, merely glanced at the long sword at Hua Cai's waist: "No, you like it."
Hua Caimo.
"Hey, don't go too far! All you did was use your feminine wiles, is this the reason for your revenge against this general? Besides, I didn't actually make you sacrifice yourself!" Hua Cai bristled, glaring at Yue Chen with an unfriendly expression.
Yue Chen's face stiffened slightly when he heard the words "honey trap," but he didn't even glance at Hua Cai.
A suppressed laugh escaped her lips, and Hua Cai's murderous gaze turned towards Shi Zhong. She saw him covering his mouth tightly with both hands, and his expression immediately turned serious when he saw her looking over.
"General Jin, Deputy General Yue, today's training time is almost over. I'm going to check if those little brats have been slacking off." Shi Zhong gave a quick, perfunctory salute and rushed out of the tent as if fleeing. A moment later, Hua Cai heard a deranged laugh erupting not far from outside the tent.
With Hua Cai and Yue Chen's hearing, they naturally heard it clearly.
Stealing a glance at Yue Chen, sure enough, the man's face darkened again.
Hua Cai, feeling sorry for herself, stepped forward and conscientiously filled Yue Chen's teacup, realizing that she was indeed in the wrong.
Knowing that Chen Yongchang was such a person was one problem, getting in touch with him was another, and once that connection was established, how to explain how one knew about Chen Yongchang's highly secretive identity was yet another problem.
With the help of the cheating system, Hua Cai finally found a major entry point – Xu Yingxiong, Chen Yongchang's distant cousin.
Xu Yingxiong, despite his name, was a coward. Thanks to Chen Yongchang, he was not short of money and lived a carefree life in the marketplace, indulging in drinking and women, especially men.
As luck would have it, Xu Yingxiong was sent by Chen Yongchang to Duxin City, a border city of Yue Kingdom, to gather intelligence at this time.
What Emperor Liang wanted to know was naturally the situation of the war here, and also to examine whether his alliance with Yue was reliable. In the eyes of ordinary people, Chen Yongchang sent Xu Yingxiong over at this time because he wanted to take advantage of the situation to make a profit. This was also one of the reasons why the Houli-Qiu allied forces had no doubts about Chen Yongchang.
Recalling the scene at that time, and looking at Yue Chen's face that seemed to tempt one to commit a crime, Hua Cai almost burst out laughing again.
That day, the scenery was beautiful. According to the system, Xu Yingxiong had once again spent all the monthly allowance given to him by Chen Yongchang. After being kicked out by the madam of Chunyi Tower, he was wandering around the streets.
Hua Cai decisively took off her armor, changed into a long dress she had prepared beforehand, ran to the training ground, grabbed Yue Chen who was supervising the training of a group of young masters, and headed towards Duxin City.
Yue Chen seemed to be in a rare good mood, and was also taken aback by Hua Cai's sudden long dress. Under everyone's gaze, he was pulled away by her, and he didn't utter a single protest. It wasn't until he changed into casual clothes and was pulled into the new city by Hua Cai that he finally asked his first question.
"What are you doing here?" Yue Chen asked, noticing the admiring glances people were giving Hua Cai. He subconsciously moved closer to her and asked with dissatisfaction.
Hua Cai looked around, asked someone for directions, and then took Yue Chen's arm and headed towards the best clothing store in Duxin City.
"We've come today to observe the people's conditions." Hua Cai's gaze kept sweeping over the ready-made clothes displayed in the clothing store as she gave Yue Chen a perfunctory answer.
Although he didn't know why she suddenly had to investigate the people's conditions, especially in such a place, Yue Chen knew she wouldn't act recklessly based on Hua Cai's impeccable performance since arriving at the frontier, so he didn't ask any more questions and just quietly watched her from the side.
Upon closer inspection, something seemed amiss: "Jin—uh, those are all men's clothes."
Seeing that Hua Cai was going back and forth, always circling among a bunch of men's clothes, Yue Chen couldn't help but speak up to remind her.
“I know.” Hua Cai, her eyes dazzled by the choices, stroked her chin. “You don’t actually want to wear women’s clothes, do you?”
"You—" Yue Chen was slightly taken aback. Looking at the thoughtful gaze of the shop assistant, he suddenly felt nervous and overjoyed.
Before he could think any further, a set of clothes fell from the sky and covered his face.
Helplessly, Yue Chen pulled the clothes off his head and looked at Hua Cai while holding a pile of clothes.
"What are you daydreaming about? Go change into this outfit, hurry up." Urged by Hua Cai, Yue Chen went in to change his clothes with his mind blank, his feet feeling a little unsteady.
A moment later, Yue Chen, dressed in flowing white robes, walked up to Hua Cai, looked down at her, and seemed to have starlight in his eyes, a tenderness she had never seen before.
This guy can actually make a gentle expression?
Hua Cai looked at the person in front of her with amazement. A second later, she put the white veil on Yue Chen's face without hesitation: "Put it on, put it on. You're attracting too much attention like this. How are we supposed to understand the people's conditions?"
The starlight in Yue Chen's eyes vanished instantly, and he looked at Hua Cai's disgusted expression with a dark expression.
Resigned to his fate, he put on the veil, which he considered somewhat feminine, and as he turned around, he saw that she was holding a silver hair ribbon in her hand.
"Sit down." Before Yue Chen could react, Hua Cai pressed him down into a chair. His head was loosened, the headband holding his hair was removed, and his long hair instantly spread out.
Slender fingers ran through Yue Chen's black hair, instantly gathering his long hair behind him with a hair tie.
"Perfect, let's go." Satisfied, Hua Cai circled around Yue Chen, paid the money, and pulled the stiff Yue Chen out of the clothing store.
Stiff hands and feet, Yue Chen followed Hua Cai for an unknown amount of time. His mind was blank, with only one sound echoing repeatedly.
She's actually tying my hair up!
They're actually tying my hair up!
Tie my hair up!
Yue Chen had completely turned into a mindless walking corpse until a sleazy-looking man blocked their way, which brought him back to his senses.
"I am Hero Xu. I feel an instant connection with you two. How about we have a drink together?" The man blocking their way had a pointed face and a monkey-like appearance. He looked like a lovesick fool, and his eyes seemed to be glued to Yue Chen's face. It was as if the word "scoundrel" was written all over his forehead.
Yue Chen, whose thoughts were interrupted, suddenly came to his senses and saw this strangely-looking person blocking his way. His mood instantly soured, and he immediately wanted to slap this person away. However, when he tried to raise his hand, he found that his arm was still being held by Hua Cai.
"Huh? Are you going to treat us to drinks?" Hua Cai grabbed Yue Chen's arm tightly, looking at Xu Yingxiong with an innocent expression.
So, in the private room of the luxurious restaurant in Duxin City, Xu Yingxiong kept drinking one glass of wine after another. Hua Cai watched him with a smile, occasionally lifting a corner of Yue Chen's veil to hand him a glass. Xu Yingxiong's eyes widened at the sight. Without Hua Cai needing to persuade him, he drank himself into a daze.
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