Sword Among Us

Two hours was actually not difficult for Happy.

The first group of people who tried to get on the boat and bother him were evil cultists. Once he sent them away, the evil cult seemed to be certain that Xu Zhiling was still on the boat and did not try to continue testing the waters. Happy used that time lag to resume his real identity and strength and frightened away a large group of players. After that, the events that followed instantly became easier and much more relaxing.

Happy sat on the deck with a pot of wine while he stared at the moon in the sky. He poured his own wine under the gentle breeze and looked incredibly pleased with the situation.

An unknown amount of time passed before the pleasure boats began to move again.

A snow-white figure drifted forward lightly; she was like Chang E from the moon. She drifted over from the river and landed at the top of the pleasure boat soundlessly.

“Zhiling.” A nice fragrance wafted into Happy’s nose, and a light as well as pleasant sound with a faint hint of elegance as well as melancholy rose in his ears.

Happy instantly smiled in anguish.

‘I didn’t expect that she’d be here as well…’

Fortunately, the human skin mask on his face did not reveal his thoughts. Besides, Xu Zhiling had always been rather calm. He was the gentle but callous type of person.

The fake Xu Zhiling continued sitting at the top of the boat while holding a winecup in one hand. He did not look at the beautiful lady who had appeared beside him.

Happy knew that if he met her gaze, he would instantly betray his thoughts, and Shi Feixuan would see flaws in his disguise.

Fortunately, she did not realize that. She looked down from above and did not notice anything wrong with the fake”Xu Zhiling”. She stared at him while he continued holding his winecup and looking at the pleasure boat in the distance.

“Zhiling, you don’t seem to find my presence here pleasant. Are you cross with me?”

Happy poured himself more wine and used his actions to respond.

As expected, Shi Feixuan, who always paid attention to communicating through the soul, immediately sensed Xu Zhiling’s “displeasure”, and a flash of resignation appeared on her face. “I know that you dislike my act of helping Li Shimin search for Kuo Zhong, because there will come a day when Li Shimin and Kuo Zhong’s armies will meet each other in a war.”

She stopped talking for a moment, and the melancholy in her eyes grew stronger. “I do not wish for that day to come as well.”

Happy said nothing. He filled up half his cup before his hands froze in midair, but he still did not look at Shi Feixuan.

She sighed softly and cast a glance at him.

“I hope that you and Kuo Zhong can be safe and that the world can receive a wise king so that the people can live in peace.”

The fake Xu Zhiling remained silent and continued pouring himself wine.

“Zhiling, please don’t be angry. I’m not saying that Kuo Zhong cannot be a king, because both of you know about the suffering of the people, but Kind Boathouse has predicted that only the second young master of the Li Family will be able to give the world peace among all the heroes of the world.”

When she finished speaking, the fake Xu Zhiling closed his eyes and downed his wine in one go.

“Zhiling, do you hate me so much that you aren’t willing to speak to me?”

Shi Feixuan’s voice was gentle and charming. When she spoke, it seemed to be able to touch the soft part of a person’s heart, making them drunk on her voice, and Happy felt it becoming harder for him to continue pretending.

“Hmph.”

At that moment, a clear voice suddenly came from the river.

Happy frowned.

‘The witch also came to join in the mess! Ah, this is bad! I’m so screwed!’

Happy burned with anxiety.

He might be able to use quietness to deal with Shi Feixuan, but against Wan Wan, who was incredibly proactive and cunning, such an act would not work.

While Happy thought about it, the seductive witch flew over the river under the moonlight and appeared on the pleasure boat in an incredibly lovely manner.

“What are you doing here?!”

Shi Feixuan frowned slightly. Clearly, she harbored no affection for Wan Wan. The evil cult and Kind Boathouse had always been mortal enemies. The fact that she did not immediately draw her weapon already showed great self-restraint.

Wan Wan did not like Shi Feixuan, who was the successor taught by Kind Boathouse, nor the tone she adopted. She found herself a little unable to handle it and quirked her eyebrows. “Hmph, are you the only one allowed to come and search for information? While I’m not even allowed to accompany Zhiling?”

“Who said that I’m here to search for information about the army?”

“Then what are you doing here? It’s midnight, and you’re both alone…”

When it came to oratory skills, Shi Feixuan could definitely not compare to Wan Wan. As expected, with fewer than three sentences, she was so infuriated that she was prepared to draw her sword.

When Happy saw that the atmosphere between the two women had instantly become hostile, he groaned in his heart.

The best way to prevent other people from invading the boat was to kill them!

But when it came to the two women, Happy could not quite bear the thought of attacking either of them. Besides, they were Xu Zhiling’s friends, and if he attacked them, Xu Zhiling might take action against him when he came back.

Happy felt even more troubled than if he had to fight against one hundred built and fierce elites.

He had the strength to attack, but he could not attack them.

‘Zhiling, bro, I’m about to fail in my act here…’ Happy chuckled wanly in his heart.

He wanted to break down before the two women, but when he thought about how there were many pleasure boats around the area and how Empress Yin Zhu Yuyan might be among them, he knew that he would only attract endless trouble for himself with such actions. Hence, he had no choice but to continue keeping up the act and pretending for as long as he could.

“My two friends.”

When Happy was about to be unable to deal with the situation, a pleasant voice that had a noble quality to it rose into the air.

A woman in an elegant green dress and a white veil over her face walked over gracefully. “Feixuan, Wan Wan, since you are here at my boat, why didn’t you notify me?”

“Big Sister Qingxuan.”

Shi Feixuan’s face turned red. She could not possibly tell Shi Qingxuan that she came over specifically for Xu Zhiling.

Wan Wan acted in a very straightforward manner. She schooled her pretty face and said, “Big Sister Qingxuan, I came to ask him a question.”

As she spoke, she turned her watery eyes on Xu Zhiling.

Shi Feixuan and Shi Qingxuan grew wary together and spoke up with their own thoughts in mind.

“Why did you come to him?”

“Zhiling is my guest, and it is late now. If you have any questions, please ask him tomorrow. It is inconvenient for you to do so on the pleasure boat.”

“There’s nothing inconvenient about it.” Wan Wan could not be so easily dismissed. She looked at them one after another with her beautiful eyes and said, “I just want to ask him where his best friend Kuo Zhong has gone to. Well?”

At that moment, she was already a little doubtful of Xu Zhiling, who had kept quiet until then.

Normally, Xu Zhiling was not so calm or rude.

Forget about her. At the very least, he would nod at Shi Feixuan or Shi Qingxuan when they came over.

Right now, even though Xu Zhiling might be anxious for Kuo Zhong’s situation, he was a little too indifferent toward them.

The doubt in Wan Wan’s eyes became very prominent.

There was a faint hint of anxiety in Shi Qingxuan’s eyes too.

She also looked at Xu Zhiling’s side profile while frowning slightly.

‘I really can’t keep up with this act anymore…’

Happy felt himself being forced into a corner by three matchless beauties, and with a wan smile, he moved his gaze on the winecup in his hands.

Crack!

The clear sound instantly caused the river to fall silent. When the winecup shattered in Xu Zhiling’s hand, blood mixed with wine slowly dripped down from it.