Chapter 150: Time like the flowing of a gentle stream
Xiang Ning asked Xu Tingsheng, "Uncle, you seem very scared."
As Xiang Ning sat by the table, the green silk hairpin without a knot or flowers that she was wearing revealed her beautiful forehead and her brows that mischievously leapt when she smiled. Right, she was smiling, a sly smile hanging by her lips as she seemed set on putting on a deep, meaningful look at her age, seeming as if she was waiting to see a joke from Uncle.
Being subject to her gaze, Xu Tingsheng suddenly felt blissful as an inexplicable sense of joy and release also descended.
He had just experienced a long 'battle' in a contest of wits, foundations and methods. At the end of it, his sense of acplishment from his victory had not been strong at all, because that was a life that he hadn't been used to, maybe even hadn't been willing to adapt to all along.
He might currently be on the way to being a scheming person who had methods of all kinds up his sleeve. There might eventually e a day when he turned cold or ruthless.
At this moment, however, Xu Tingsheng suddenly felt that all of it wasn't really all that terrifying. All marks of bat and changes in mentality would return to calmness before the bright smile and clear eyes of this girl before him, turning warm once more.
Meanwhile, 'battling' itself seemed to have finally found its meaning as well: Dearest one, I will prepare everything, and await your growth. I will give you a great building that can shield you from the winds and the rains, where you can frolic about in safety and happiness.
"And if I am lost amidst the darkness of the night, you are the brightest star in the night sky, guiding me forward, also guiding me back."
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"You're still smiling…aren't you scared? You've been exposed…you know that?" Not seeing the joke that she had been expecting, that of the helpless, panicked Uncle, a disappointed Xiang Ning asked rather dissatisfiedly.
"I've been exposed?" Xu Tingsheng played along, "I'm actually very scared then."
Xu Tingsheng understood Xiang Ning. This wouldn't be the expression on her face if things really were serious. She was bad at hiding what she was feeling as all her emotions were usually written on her face. Thus, while he wasn't really clear on what was going on, Xu Tingsheng still relaxed greatly.
"You really dug up the tomb of Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms?" Xiang Ning suddenly asked.
"It hasn't been dug yet, and even if it really is dug, it also won't be me going to dig it. I just told them where they should dig for it…then, that tomb, it's actually called the Gaoling Mausoleum of Anyang," Xu Tingsheng resisted the urge to smile as he explained patiently.
"So it's like this! You're really stupid. You should have gone to dig it up yourself, because there may be a lot of gold and silver and valuable things there! Right, what did you do for that Award of Bravery?" Xiang Ning guided Uncle along the path of a graverobber before casually asking.
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