Chapter 293 Wife Recruitment Conference
An Yan jumped straight down from the city wall and hovered above the wooden stick. The stick regained its straightness. She stepped on it again, and energy spread out in all directions like light waves.
Everyone was affected by this energy, as if they had been punched.
And the sky has returned to calm.
At this time, the gate of West City was also opened, and the old man and Yan Qingqiu led everyone to rush out and surround Lan Yu and the others.
The old man's voice was childish in front of his family, but outside, it was a voice of age and majesty. He said, "How dare you, little girl, where did you come from? How dare you invade our West City?"
"I'm not a little girl. I'm here to find Li Rongsen and bring him back to our place." Lan Yu said shamelessly, and then signaled his brothers to rush into the city.
But her brothers couldn't get up, and they all lay on the ground like mud.
Lan Yu was extremely surprised and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Get up quickly!" But seeing that they really looked unable to get up, he did not force them and had to attack An Yan alone.
An Yan moved to the side. Just as she was about to make a move, she saw a carriage coming from a distance. The people in the carriage were still shouting, "City Lord, please show mercy, show mercy!!!"
The old man stroked his beard and said to Anyan, "It's Qu He. What is he doing here?"
The carriage stopped at the city gate. Qu He ran over in a panic and said to Anyan, "Please, Lord, spare Lan Yu for my sake. She is the daughter of a distant relative of mine. She has been willful since she was young and doesn't know the Lord's prestige. I hope you will forgive my offense today."
"She is not your distant relative in any sense. This time she came to rob the slaves in our West City. Do you know about this?" the old man asked him.
Qu He smiled and said, "I've already tried to persuade her, but she's still developing feelings for Li Rongsen, so it's inevitable that she'll do something extreme. However, she didn't mean to offend Xicheng."
"They've come here to rob people from West City, and you still say you didn't mean to offend?" Yan Qingqiu sneered.
When Lan Yu heard this, she immediately said, "Can't I pursue the person I love?"
"Then you should also see whether the other person loves you. If they don't love you, then there's no point in snatching them away. Even if you snatch them away, they still don't love you. They might even give you a cold shoulder. Can you bear it?" Yan Qingqiu deliberately said this to provoke her.
"Since I snatched him away, I naturally have the ability to make her fall in love with me." Lan Yu was not worried about these things.
Yan Qingqiu said, "Come on, he likes women, not androgynous people."
"You!" Lan Yu was about to go over and hit Yan Qingqiu, but Qu He stopped her and sternly scolded her, "That's enough, stop messing around. Do you think this is your own wild land? You can do whatever you want. This land is under the jurisdiction of West City. You've made a huge mistake, and you still don't repent."
Lan Yu had to give face to his uncle, so he kept silent.
A few more carriages came up ahead.
Qu He pointed at the carriages and said to An Yan and the old man, "These are some aquatic creatures I sent. Please accept them, City Lord and the old man. Please accept them. Let me take Lan Yu back with me. I will definitely teach her well."
"I don't think you can teach her. It's better for her to stay and let Xicheng teach her. This will save her from having to come next time." The old man's tone was full of sarcasm.
"No need, no need. She won't come again." Qu He said.
"Who said that? I want to come. Li Rongsen is still here, why shouldn't I come!" Lan Yu said willfully. She is the kind of person who dares to love and hate, and she must get what she wants.
An Yan smiled and said, "Okay, you can come. I will hold a grand wife-hunting competition next. Whoever is more capable will be able to take Li Rongsen away. It would be fun if everyone came together to fight for him, wouldn't it?"
Everyone present was shocked, and no one understood what An Yan meant.
The old man was also confused. He had never heard of a competition to recruit wives for city slaves. What qualifications did he have to recruit a wife? He himself was the wife of Xicheng.
Qu He was so frightened that his jaw dropped and he couldn't close it for a long time. He thought that this woman was really weird. How could she act like this? She didn't care about the rules of Xicheng at all.
The old man was just saying this: "City Lord, West City has never had such a rule."
"Rules are made by people. Seeing how unwilling they are to accept the decision, let them compete with their true abilities." An Yan said calmly, and then added, "Of course, Li Rongsen must be willing too. You can't force someone to do something unless they are willing."
Lan Yu smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go back and prepare first, and come back to get the person later." After that, he agreed and left with Qu He.
Qu He bowed to An Yan, then hurriedly got on the carriage with Lan Yu and left.
"What are you doing? Why are you competing with Xicheng for a man for no reason?" Qu He asked Lan Yu as soon as he sat down in the carriage.
Lan Yu acted nonchalant and said, "I like him. He's not only good-looking, but also talented enough. If we can snatch him away, he'll definitely help us become a strong team."
"That's true, but he is not so easy to snatch. Everyone is a cunning person. He doesn't want the Lord of West City, but you." Qu He believed that everyone would choose a good tree to live in, and most people would choose the strong. How could they be willing to be with the weak?
"I haven't dressed up yet today. I misunderstood that he likes handsome guys. After I dress up in the next few days, I will definitely make him like me." Lan Yu said confidently.
Qu He nodded slightly and said, "If we talk about ability, the Lord of West City is naturally superior, but as for appearance, I don't see what's so good about her."
"I think so too. I'm much prettier than her." Lan Yu said proudly.
But the truth is that An Yan doesn't like to dress up. She has never thought about dressing up, and she never relies on her beauty to please men. What she wants is naturalness, freedom, and a mentality that is incomparable to others.
Li Rongsen was a little worried when he heard that An Yan had spread the news of the wife-recruiting competition. He said while playing with the cup, "I think this is inappropriate and not good."
"Oh, don't refuse. The city lord has broken a precedent for you. You are the only city slave who can marry a wife. Don't be ungrateful." Yan Qingqiu said to him half-jokingly and half-seriously.
Li Rongsen frowned and said, "I'm not happy at all."
"Why should you be unhappy? You should be very happy. Soon there will be a bunch of stunningly beautiful women coming to snatch you away, and you can watch them fight for you. How interesting it will be." Yan Qingqiu laughed.
An Yan just listened from the side and didn't respond. She was packing up the herbs in her hands and preparing to take them to Wen Jiaer. If she took them for a month, the disease should be eradicated.
"An Yan, I only have…" Li Rongsen felt that saying 'you' was not a good idea, so he said, "Only West City. I don't want to go anywhere else."
"I know, it's just to make them give up. Don't be nervous." An Yan gestured for him to relax.
At this time, an old man was seen walking hurriedly towards them, with his sleeves flying high. He had a lot of name cards in his hands and said to An Yan, "Hey, City Lord, look, these are the name cards they sent to us, all of which are for registration to participate." As he spoke, he put the name cards on the table.
Yan Qingqiu picked it up and saw a bunch of names on it, and even a strange thing inside. He asked, "What is this, Wang Yang? It seems to be a man's name."
"Just pretend you didn't see this." The old man said and threw it aside.
Li Rongsen felt this was a headache, but he had no choice but to let An Yan do it.
(End of this chapter)
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