Perfect Encounter - Chapter 108.1

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Chapter 108.1

Qian Pei’s boat quietly returned to the shore. No one was around, and his carriage was waiting quietly by the roadside.

After Qian Pei got into the carriage, the driver drove the horse out for a good distance, leaving the confines of the Moonlight Lake, turning into another path, then stopping again.

After a while, Hou Yu appeared. After making sure no one was around, he got into the carriage.

“Confirm that he’s dead.” Hou Yu said.

Qian Pei nodded in satisfaction.

“What about the Governor’s side? He will definitely guess that it’s you, Master Qian.”

“Guessing is guessing. What can he do to me?” Qian Pei laughed coldly. “He’s also a calculating one. Do you think he’s stupid and thinks he can pin down Tang Xuan with a couple of moves? He knows what’s going on. He’s naturally not sure if Tang Xuan will kill me. This is just a risky move. To kill me or not, it depends on how important I am. Tang Xuan was just a pawn for him to test the situation.”

“Then, now that Tang Xuan is dead ……”

Qian Pei said, “Yao Kun will naturally understand that between me and Tang Xuan, I’m the one with the upper hand.”

Hou Yu asked, “In that case, will he try to deal with you by any means? After all, he has already been forced into this situation.”

“No need to worry. Everyone will only need to act according to the plan. Everything will go on as usual. Yao Kun’s end, I naturally know how to deal with him. I’ve seen him since he was a child, and I’ve known him my whole life. If I give him some sweetness, he’ll think he’s got it all figured out, but in fact, he still can’t grasp the key. It’s fine. Be patient, and things will progress soon.”

Hou Yu thought about it and nodded in agreement.

After Hou Yu left, Qian Pei sat quietly in the carriage for a moment before instructing the driver, “Go to Zhonglan City, the An Mansion.”

An Ruochen stayed in the Si Xia River military camp for a day before departing back. After all, the military base was a heavy place, and it was wartime, so it was not advisable for her to stay for long.

During this day, she only stayed in Big Long’s tent and didn’t go anywhere, but she didn’t feel bored, only joyful. She had endless words to say to the General. She felt happy only by sitting aside and watching the General reviewing the dossier. The time she could spend together was too little, and she didn’t want to go to sleep. She told Big Long all the things that happened in the days of their parting, bit by bit. Big Long carefully replied, pointing out the problems in each incident, giving her ideas, and teaching her to strategize.

Later, An Ruochen fell asleep, and when she woke up, she found herself in Big Long’s arms. He was looking at her, and when he saw that she had woken up, he gave her a gentle smile. This smile was as warm as the spring breeze, and An Ruochen’s heart was pounding. But then Big Long said to her, “There will be a war. If you see the wolf smoke rising, don’t panic. I’ve been through a hundred battles. I’ll be fine.”

An Ruochen would have preferred that she hadn’t woken up. How nice it would have been to be in the General’s arms dreaming of no war and no spies.

But she woke up and knew it was time for her to go. “I will also take care of myself, General, don’t worry.”

Big Long stroked her head.

“We made an appointment to attack and not retreat. I will wait for the General to return safely and take me back to the capital to tie the knot. I’m still waiting to pick on the General’s family mansion for being too big, the second and third brothers not being obedient enough, and for me having to cry and ask the General for money to buy new clothes and jewelry.”

Big Long laughed loudly, “Sounds good.” The second brother and third brother were not obedient enough. He continued to laugh. He wanted to see what his family’s Steward An will be like as a sister-in-law.

An Ruochen left and went to take a look at Cao Yihan before leaving.

Cao Yihan was inconvenient to talk to her and just looked at her. An Ruochen saw the injuries on his face and knew that he had suffered to preserve his life in order to return to the South Qin Emperor and report the news. An Ruochen understood what he meant. She nodded to him and promised to do what she had promised.

An Ruochen got on the carriage. Big Long didn’t come to see her off, and Cao Yi Han couldn’t show up. She headed towards Zhonglan City with the rocking carriage. Not being in the same place and going in different directions, An Ruochen knew that all of them had fused their good wishes for life into their efforts. The chaos and ferocity was nothing. After meeting the General, she was full of energy. She had many plans, and when she returned, she would compete with Tang Xuan. Starting from him, and she would find out the cracks.

One day after An Ruochen went on the road, she suddenly heard the guards shouting, “Look, wolf smokes!”

An Ruochen got out of the carriage and ran to a high hill to look out. It wasn’t the Si Xia River but another direction farther away. Gray smoke filled the air high in the sky, resembling hideous sharp claws.

“It’s the Shiling Cliff. South Qin chose to attack the Shiling Cliff first.” Jiang Song looked at the hidden smoke in the distance and shouted to An Ruochen, “Get on the carriage. We have to hurry back. The Si Xia River will soon go to war as well.”

An Ruochen flew back to the carriage, and before she could sit still, the carriage was already moving.

An Ruochen couldn’t tell what she was feeling at the moment. War has started – this thing that has been drilled into her head and hung on her lips for a long time has happened.

This timing, did it have anything to do with the spies? Was it related to Tang Xuan’s arrest? Or was it because Cao Yihan had met the General? An Ruochen felt sad that even Mr. Huo’s death hadn’t bought her much time. But she didn’t panic.