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Chapter 3: A Bunch of Black Clothed Men Came
Eh, isn’t this still her face?
Tang Doudou tilted the mirror left and right. Her familiar brows and eyes, her familiar looks…… Even though she was dressed in the manner of men in olden times, this was still her, Tang Doudou! Not seeing an unfamiliar face, Tang Doudou’s heart finally dropped back to her stomach. She laughed foolishly and with a ‘pa’ plopped the mirror on the table next to her.
Her gaze fell on her own large palm and she secretly bit her tongue, lord! Could this really be a prop?
It was way too realistic. She almost got fooled.
Tang Doudou couldn’t help but start feeling a strong sense of curiosity towards this show, but how is she supposed to keep playing in this unpredictable situation?
Sweeping an eye at that crowd of women that were thrown into confusion by this succession of actions of hers, Tang Doudou imposingly spread apart her legs. Her body slightly leaned forward and her fingers bent, knocking on the table, giving off a very displeased aura.
“Go call the person in charge over.”
Surveying the entire scene, only she had on a whiter than snow garment. Her facial features were handsome and clear, her expression indifferent. Her mouth hooked into a crooked smile in the very charming manner of a elegant and distinguished youngster.
The women looked at one another in dismay, momentarily unable to react to Tang Doudou’s words.
Person in charge? The Madam?
Tang Doudou saw that they were still pretending to be confused and coldly laughed: “Stop pretending. I know everything. Hurry and get your boss. If you want me to act, we need to negotiate the price first. I don’t do free of charge.”
Boom boom boom!
Just at this moment, with a sound of explosion seven or eight black-clothed men wielding blades suddenly dropped down from the roof. The shining blades and swords flashed with cold light, causing those women to scream and scatter with fear. In just a blink, not a shadow was left.
Tang Doudou calmly watched all of this, lifting up the tea cup on the table. Oh, the play’s getting bigger and bigger ah!
The leading black-clothed man approached with a menacing air. Seeing Tang Doudou’s calm expression, he was not surprised: “Li Xue Yi, as expected it is you!”
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Tang Doudou’s eyes slightly paused, her gaze wandered, and in the end when it came into contact with the black-clothed man’s gaze, she finally confirmed that he was currently calling her.
She couldn’t help but sweep a disdaining gaze over the leading black-clothed man. They probably walked into the wrong cast, they even called her name wrong!
Not sure if it was because Tang Doudou’s looking down expression provoked the black-clothed man or if it was some other reason, the black-clothed man completely did not have the desire to waste words and with a ‘swoosh’ the blade in his hand swung over.
Tang Doudou only knew that the sword was a stage prop. Looking at the black-clothed man that slashed it over, she didn’t even lift an eyelid.
How can he be so calm?! Could it be there’s a trap? A thought flashed through the black-clothed man’s head, but the blade in his hand did not stop at all.
It was widely spread in the Jianghu that Li Xue Yi is a sanctimonious, treacherous and crafty hypocrite. His whereabouts are always elusive, like a dragon god whose head can be seen but his tail cannot be found, there were very few people that have seen him before.
Before, when he received news saying he arrived in Huai City he thought it was just a false rumor, but holding the mentality that he would rather wrongly kill a hundred in order to not miss one, he kept watch over the largest brothel in Huai City, Rutaceae Pavilion, waiting for Li Xue Yi to show up.
Li Xue Yi preferred places with prostitutes and countless ladies, this is something everyone in Jianghu knows.
After waiting a full half a month in Rutaceae Pavilion, finally, when the color of the sky turned towards night today, a snow white figure appeared outside Rutaceae Pavilion.
Afterwards, everything advanced according to plan, all the way until this Li Xue Yi drank that cup of wine he meticulously prepared…
All the steps quickly flashed through the black-clothed person’s head, every single detail was within the predictions. There was not a single mistake. Tendons Softening Powder was mixed into that cup of wine, it could make Li Xue Yi incapable of using martial arts for a period of time. The time was calculated perfectly, right now Li Xue Yi probably completely has no strength to resist.
Speaking is slow time is fast*, in an instant the blade approached Tang Doudou’s eyes. The cold light radiated, dazzling to the point that both her eyes were blinded so Tang Doudou subconsciously moved her head away.
“speaking is slow, time is fast” is a phrase commonly used in novels. It means that the speed at which things happen isn’t something the narrative can keep up with. So though it seemed like things happened slowly since there was a lot of blab, it actually happened way faster.
Clang!
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Credits: Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Ocelot
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