Chapter 250 - I’m a Good Man (I)
Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
Although Long had mixed feelings, he still knew it clearly that to be kind to his enemy would only bring disaster to himself.
All of those people wanted him dead. If they didnât die, he would be killed!
In order to survive, he had no choice but to be cruel.
If the enemy must be killed, Long wouldnât show mercy. Otherwise, his men and himself would be badly hurt!
The Shadow Guardians were rather efficient. After half an hour, the fight stopped.
From the beginning to the end, those assassins didnât get the chance to approach Long and Shi!
âMaster, we have completed the task.â
âMhmm,â Long responded in a deep voice, âLetâs go.â
âThese people...â The Shadow Guardian hesitated.
âJust leave them here. Someone will come to collect their bodies,â Long said coldly.
âYes, master.â
Although these people were from the death squad, someone would surely come to take their corpses away!
Instead of staying there, Long and his men continued on their way.
The team that had planned to camp in the wild at night set off again.
In the carriage, Long was afraid that Shi would be cold, so he covered Shi with a thick blanket.
Shi said, âYou can use it yourself. Iâm not cold.â
âNo way.â Long immediately shook his head. âYou need it. Donât catch cold. Besides, the blanket is big enough. Letâs stay closer.â
Shi nodded. âMhmm.â
So the two of them embraced each other... Long held Shiâs whole body into his arms.
He held Shi tightly, but he wouldnât make Shi feel uncomfortable.
Just like that, they fell asleep...
The carriage was still moving, so they couldnât sleep very well.
After one night, the carriage arrived at the gate of Songye city.
The reason why they didnât enter the city right away was that they didnât want to be conspicuous. They planned to wait until dawn and go in with other common people.
Long yawned and opened his eyes, while Shi was still sleeping in his arms.
Looking at his loverâs beautiful profile, Long leaned over and kissed his nose.
Shi didnât wake up. He just moved his body as if he felt a little uncomfortable.
Long hugged him more tightly.
Maybe Shi felt that someone was staring at him, he finally opened his eyes a moment later.
Longâs voice was a little hoarse. âQingzhou, youâre awake.â
Shi blinked and didnât speak.
Long thought that Shi looked so cute, so he couldnât help smiling and stretched out his hand to touch the tip of Shiâs nose.
Shi took a look at him. âHmm?â
Long grinned and said, âIâve been awake for a long time.â
âReally? Why didnât you wake me up?â Shi asked and sat up.
Shi was still on Longâs lap, so when he sat up, his chest got closer to Longâs.
And as they got closer, the color of Longâs pupils became darker.
âQingzhou... this is so dangerous...â
Shi was stunned and his body became stiff. He naturally found out the reason why Long said so.
Seeing that Shi had noticed that, Longâs voice became hoarser.
âQingzhou... you know it, right?â
Shi turned around calmly. âWhat do you mean?â
Long grinned. âYou know what I mean.â Then, he pointed to that spot.
Shi smiled and then stood up. âItâs time to get out. We need to enter the city.â
Longâs eyes widened. âYouâre just leaving me like that? Qingzhou, this is too much!â
Shi pretended to have heard nothing and directly went out.
Long curled his lips and thought that Shi seemed to have changed. He didnât expect Shi would behave like that!
In fact, Long didnât really want to do anything. He just said that to make fun of his empress.
So, after Shi left, Long also got out of the carriage...
A Shadow Guardian immediately went to him. âMaster.â
âMhmm. Whereâs Qingzhou?â
Long looked to the front and didnât see him. Shi just got off a moment ago, so he was very confused about where Shi had gone.
âMaster, Master Shi is over there.â
Long looked in the direction that the Shadow Guardian pointed.
It turned out that his empress was at the city wall in the northeast, but Long didnât know what he was doing.
Long was very curious, so he walked over.
âQingzhou!â Long patted Shiâs shoulder in the back as if he wanted to scare Shi.
However, Shi wasnât scared at all, because Shi had heard Longâs footsteps and known he was approaching.
So, Shi turned his head calmly. âYou are here.â
Long looked at the wall. âWhat are you looking at?â
Shi shook his head and then said, âLook here.â
âHmm? There are so many spiders. So disgusting. Whatâs happening?â
Shi looked at him and said slowly, âWhereâs Liu Suifeng?â
âHmm? I didnât see him. Do you want him to come here?â
âMhmm. Tell him to come and have a look,â Shi said.
âOkay, Iâll go.â
A Shadow Guardian happened to go to them, so Long directly asked him to call Liu over.
The Shadow Guardian hurriedly went to Liu.
Liu was leisurely staying on a tree earlier. When he heard that Long and Shi were looking for him, he went there with Ouyang.
âWhatâs the matter?â Liu asked.
Long pointed to the ground. âThere are so many spiders and centipedes. Is there a problem here?â
Liu was surprised. âWhy are there so many spiders?â
Long shrugged. âI donât know. If I knew that, I wouldnât ask you.â
Liu looked very serious. âGiven the climate and environment here, there shouldnât be so many centipedes and spiders. Ask some people to dig them out. Iâll have a check.â
âOkay, letâs do it,â Long said immediately.
Shi ordered a Shadow Guardian to talk to the guards at the city gate.
If they dug the place without telling the guards, they might run into trouble.
Long also thought of this problem, but since Shi had asked someone to do it, he didnât say anything.
Instead of staying there and watching Liu, Shi went to Long. âLetâs go over there.â
âDonât we need to wait here for the result?â Long asked.
Shi shook his head. âThereâs no need. Letâs go over there.â
âOkay.â Long didnât care so much about it, so he left with Shi.
They went towards the carriage and there were some people selling breakfast outside the city gate.
There was a wonton soup stall which looked pretty good.
A Shadow Guardian bought some for them. After making sure that it wasnât poisonous, he presented it to Long and Shi.
Long took one smell. âIt smells great.â
Shi smiled. âThen just eat.â
Long took Shi to the carriage. âThere are two bowls. Letâs eat together.â
Shi didnât refuse.
The two of them began to eat. Before they had finished, Liu came.
âWhoa, what are you eating? It smells great.â
âWonton soup. Itâs very delicious. Would you like some? Thereâs a stall at the roadside,â Long said.
âIâll go later,â Liu said.
Long nodded. âMhmm, go and have a look.â
âWhatâs going on over there?â Shi asked.
Liu said seriously, âSomething was buried there earlier. I guess it should be some poisonous creatures, but all of those things have been taken away. So there are only spiders and centipedes now.â
âPoisonous creatures?â Long frowned. âWill Songye city become the second Quanzhou?â
Liu was worried, but he wasnât sure.
Shi said calmly, âWe just left Songye city not long ago. Even if they want to make such poisonous creatures, they need some time.â
âIf theyâre sure that weâll pass Songye city... thatâs quite possible.â
Liu said, âIt seems that... the poisonous smoke isnât their last trick.â