A year?
He Yunxiao was dumbfounded.
No wonder his injuries healed so quickly!
This was a direct way of cutting down his life expectancy by dozens of times. How could he not heal so fast!
With the strategy of lowering Du Yinyun’s favorability towards Chu Fan, He Yunxiao had been quite happy, but now he couldn’t be happy at all.
The crux of the matter is that there was a genuine antidote in front of me and I didn’t cherish it, and only when I lost it did I regret it.
He Yunxiao regretted it for a moment, then stood up as if nothing had happened.
The mental strength was unbeatable.
On the bright side, not to mention whether he could find the antidote again, he also had Sister Jiang’s bonus “poison resistance boost”, so he could at least live a little longer than ordinary people.
To put it in a bad way, I would be able to live for at least a year.
There is a saying: You laugh at Brother Cheng for dying early, but Brother Cheng laughs at you for playing so little.
Anyway, there was still about a year left.
After patting the dust on his clothes, He Yunxiao did not delay and went around two streets to buy a stick of sugar gourd.
Luckily, the candy gourd seller saw that it was He Yunxiao who came to buy, and very politely gave all the candy gourds to He Yunxiao.
This made He Yunxiao very embarrassed.
As a Marquis’ son, a famous figure in the whole of Yinjing, it was just too good to buy things without spending money!
Unfortunately, the luxurious treatment did not corrupt He Yunxiao’s proper three views. He still insisted on paying, mainly because it was not much.
If it was a huge amount, then the three views might have to be kept up.
As a result, He Yunxiao, who was serious about paying, made the uncle who bought the gourd cry in pain.
The uncle bluntly said that he was a soldier for General He, who was dismissed due to injuries and was doing some small business now. He had heard that the general’s son was a naughty boy, but now that he had seen him, not only did he look good, but he was also paying for the purchase, he was so relieved that he burst into tears.
The corners of He Yunxiao’s mouth twitched as he watched, thinking what kind of image he used to have in other people’s minds.
However, for him today, a bad image was in turn a favourable weapon.
First, a bad image has a low expectation value, which means that the female protagonists will always have a preconceived notion that they are all kinds of bad, in which case, he can make a big difference to the female protagonist’s impression of himself by being a little bit good. Moreover, a bad image of doing good deeds brings a greater sense of moral impact than a good image of doing good deeds.
So rationally analyzed, a bad reputation would do more good than harm to the current He Yunxiao.
What’s even more terrifying is that when the female protagonists have a similar favorable opinion of themselves and Chu Fan, they only need to use the bad image to provoke the protagonist, so that the protagonist Chu Fan will fight against himself and create an atmosphere in front of the female protagonists that the protagonist is “bullying the weak”.
This way, it’s easy to lower Chu Fan’s favorability level in the heroine’s mind.
The villains are great!
Carrying a stick of sugar gourds back to Spring Breeze Mansion, He Yunxiao suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the building.
The lively atmosphere in the building had receded, and only a few cheers from the martial arts competition remained.
What was even stranger was that a group of people surrounded Chu Fan, who had been quiet, and then a strong man stood like a guard knight at the entrance to the martial arts viewing platform on the first floor.
The former He Yunxiao understood, after all, the protagonist, getting attention was all a basic procedure.
The latter was more familiar to He Yunxiao. This man was called Yahu. A bodyguard, with an eighth-grade cultivation level and a decent salary to watch the venue over the Spring Breeze mansion.
Under normal circumstances, Yahu would not show his face, and few people knew of his existence, after all, what sort of man would be hanging around in a brothel all year round?
As if it wasn’t enough, there is also a gang that collects protection money to deal with it. If they couldn’t handle it, they would have to report it to officials, but usually brothels don’t report to the authorities easily, as government intervention will greatly affect their business.
He then suddenly noticed that Du Yinyun’s favourability towards Chu Fan had changed from 70 when he first left to 75 now.
[Du Yinyun’s good feeling towards Chu Fan is 75]
After giving Du Huakui and the few girls their share of sugar gourds, He Yunxiao sat next to Jiang Wuyou.
Grasping a large handful in his hand; He Yunxiao asked invitingly, “Does sister want one or all of them?”
He intended to ask in a casual way what had happened after he had just left.
Jiang Wuyou didn’t have time to joke with him and said with a worried look on her face, “Yunxiao, tell me, did you touch that girl when the ‘banquet’ was in session earlier?”
He Yunxiao looked bewildered.
“Which one?”
Jiang Wuyou becomes furious, “Which one? How many did you touch, you little bastard?”
“Apart from my sister, I don’t care about anyone else!”
Jiang Wuyou was exasperated, “You still have time to talk nonsense? Chu Xiaoxiao. Did you speak rudely to her?”
What does it matter to me what He Yunxiao did (Original body owner)?
But there was no place to talk about this reasoning, so I just nodded my head.
“After you left just now, do you know what Chu Fan did?”
“What did he do?”
“With one swing, he split Liu Kexiong’s long sword, right down the middle. Yahu said that he must have at least a ninth-grade cultivation level. He has that kind of strength at the age of twenty, it’s almost a nail in the coffin for him to achieve the sect master realm in the future.”
He Yunxiao was not surprised, Chu Fan was but a novel protagonist. Wasn’t it reasonable for a novel protagonist to have some talent?
Even Chu Xiaoxiao, the number one martial artist in the world, didn’t kill me.
Not only did she not kill me, but I even bit her back.
From that point of view, Chu Fan is nothing much.
Would he dare to bite Chu Xiaoxiao?
He wouldn’t dare, but I dare!
“A martial artist of the Grandmaster realm even His Majesty has to be courteous.” Jiang Wuyou was worried, “Yunxiao, although you are the son of marquis, it is extremely unwise to offend a martial artist with Grandmaster realm potential like this.”
“When the competion is over today, I will invite the Chu siblings to a separate banquet. You will attend then, no excuses!”
He Yunxiao knew that Sister Jiang was intending to settle the grudge between him and Chu Fan, and was feeling touched in his heart, so he couldn’t help but rub his sister’s tender hand.
Jiang Wuyou was not in the mood to bother with He Yunxiao’s tricks, and continued to admonish, “If you can’t avoid saving face, just listen to what I say.”
“Sister Jiang, you and I are not relatives, you are so concerned about me, do you want to be the Marquis’ wife?”
Jiang Wuyou was ashamed and annoyed, so angry that she gritted her teeth.
“You’re still talking nonsense despite the fact it come to this! Look at Yang Qi, the scout boy at the bottom of the stairs, Shen Kuan, the Yinjing prefect’s son, and Yan Cong, the Qi king’s retainer ……”
Hearing Sister Jiang say this, He Yunxiao obediently looked downwards, and there were indeed several familiar faces mingling with Chu Fan. When he first entered the building just now, he hadn’t even noticed them.
Most of these people gathered around Chu Fan were unknown to He Yunxiao.
They were not from the same circle.
He Yunxiao’s reputation was such that he could only hang out in Yinjing’s dude circle.
If you don’t curse twice when you meet him, you are considered to be elegant and easy-going.
Of course, Yang Qi and He Yunxiao still know each other.
In the original novel, he was beheaded by Chu Fan, and then, his father was furious and wanted to kill Chu Fan. It was this official, Yang Qi, with a big mouth, who created momentum for Chu Fan, propagating how Chu Fan had eliminated harm for the people, leading the eldest princess, Meng Qingqing, to personally come down to protect the main character, Chu Fan.
When I read the novel before, I still had a good impression of Yang Qi, how come now it seems that this guy is so hateful?
“All those officials went to befriend Chu Fan, yet you made enemies with him, and not only did you make enemies, you didn’t care at all.”
Jiang Wuyou said in a slightly reprimanding tone.
He Yunxiao had his own set of reasoning.
“If Chu Fan is moved by the couple of their words, that means that Chu Fan is no more than that. If Chu Fan is determined, even if I were to flatter him, what would be the use?”
He Yunxiao’s words had the meaning of “doing nothing”.
Not only was Jiang Wuyou slightly surprised, but even Du Yinyun gave a slight sideways glance.
[Du Yinyun’s favorable level changed from 65 to 66]
He Yunxiao continued, “Sister doesn’t believe me? Then I’ll go apologise to Chu Fan now and see if he’s a fake gentleman or a real villain.”
Jiang Wuyou’s face was filled with question marks.
That arrogant and cocky He Yunxiao would go and apologize? And didn’t “fake gentleman” and “true villain” mean pretty much the same thing?
When Du Yinyun saw that He Yunxiao was prepared to apologize to Chu Fan, her impression of He Yunxiao immediately improved.
In a place like the Daqi where manners are respected, “apology” is a very heavy word.
This was especially difficult to accept in the Qi Kingdom, where a person prefers to save face.
Du Yinyun returned to her senses. She didn’t expect that He Yunxiao would not only be willing to admit his mistake, but also have the courage to do so in public!
[Du Yinyun’s favorability level changed from 66 to 68]
“Young Master He.”
Du Huakui took the initiative to speak to He Yunxiao for the first time.
“I wonder how you intend to apologise? If there’s anything Yinyun can do to help, please just ask.”
He Yunxiao said with a smile, “Earlier, when I offended Miss Chu Xiaoxiao, I was indeed abrupt. But between a martial artist like Chu Fan and I, we do not speak of troublesome false courtesies. I will compete with him in a martial arts match and let him make three moves, as a rightful apology!”
He Yunxiao’s martial arts skills were extraordinary, and it was rumored that he already had a seventh grade realm, a fact that everyone at Spring Breeze Mansion knew.
A seventh grade martial artist competing against a ninth grade martial artist and letting a ninth grade martial artist make three moves?
It was a bit too outrageous!
But He Yunxiao was so handsome, and he spoke with such bravado, that it was surprisingly believable!
[Du Yinyun’s favorability level changed from 68 to 75]
However, no one in the audience was aware of what He Yunxiao was thinking at that moment.
He Yunxiao: Chu Fan, if you don’t beat me to death today, don’t even think about leaving!
A year?
He Yunxiao was dumbfounded.
No wonder his injuries healed so quickly!
This was a direct way of cutting down his life expectancy by dozens of times. How could he not heal so fast!
With the strategy of lowering Du Yinyun’s favorability towards Chu Fan, He Yunxiao had been quite happy, but now he couldn’t be happy at all.
The crux of the matter is that there was a genuine antidote in front of me and I didn’t cherish it, and only when I lost it did I regret it.
He Yunxiao regretted it for a moment, then stood up as if nothing had happened.
The mental strength was unbeatable.
On the bright side, not to mention whether he could find the antidote again, he also had Sister Jiang’s bonus “poison resistance boost”, so he could at least live a little longer than ordinary people.
To put it in a bad way, I would be able to live for at least a year.
There is a saying: You laugh at Brother Cheng for dying early, but Brother Cheng laughs at you for playing so little.
Anyway, there was still about a year left.
After patting the dust on his clothes, He Yunxiao did not delay and went around two streets to buy a stick of sugar gourd.
Luckily, the candy gourd seller saw that it was He Yunxiao who came to buy, and very politely gave all the candy gourds to He Yunxiao.
This made He Yunxiao very embarrassed.
As a Marquis’ son, a famous figure in the whole of Yinjing, it was just too good to buy things without spending money!
Unfortunately, the luxurious treatment did not corrupt He Yunxiao’s proper three views. He still insisted on paying, mainly because it was not much.
If it was a huge amount, then the three views might have to be kept up.
As a result, He Yunxiao, who was serious about paying, made the uncle who bought the gourd cry in pain.
The uncle bluntly said that he was a soldier for General He, who was dismissed due to injuries and was doing some small business now. He had heard that the general’s son was a naughty boy, but now that he had seen him, not only did he look good, but he was also paying for the purchase, he was so relieved that he burst into tears.
The corners of He Yunxiao’s mouth twitched as he watched, thinking what kind of image he used to have in other people’s minds.
However, for him today, a bad image was in turn a favourable weapon.
First, a bad image has a low expectation value, which means that the female protagonists will always have a preconceived notion that they are all kinds of bad, in which case, he can make a big difference to the female protagonist’s impression of himself by being a little bit good. Moreover, a bad image of doing good deeds brings a greater sense of moral impact than a good image of doing good deeds.
So rationally analyzed, a bad reputation would do more good than harm to the current He Yunxiao.
What’s even more terrifying is that when the female protagonists have a similar favorable opinion of themselves and Chu Fan, they only need to use the bad image to provoke the protagonist, so that the protagonist Chu Fan will fight against himself and create an atmosphere in front of the female protagonists that the protagonist is “bullying the weak”.
This way, it’s easy to lower Chu Fan’s favorability level in the heroine’s mind.
The villains are great!
Carrying a stick of sugar gourds back to Spring Breeze Mansion, He Yunxiao suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the building.
The lively atmosphere in the building had receded, and only a few cheers from the martial arts competition remained.
What was even stranger was that a group of people surrounded Chu Fan, who had been quiet, and then a strong man stood like a guard knight at the entrance to the martial arts viewing platform on the first floor.
The former He Yunxiao understood, after all, the protagonist, getting attention was all a basic procedure.
The latter was more familiar to He Yunxiao. This man was called Yahu. A bodyguard, with an eighth-grade cultivation level and a decent salary to watch the venue over the Spring Breeze mansion.
Under normal circumstances, Yahu would not show his face, and few people knew of his existence, after all, what sort of man would be hanging around in a brothel all year round?
As if it wasn’t enough, there is also a gang that collects protection money to deal with it. If they couldn’t handle it, they would have to report it to officials, but usually brothels don’t report to the authorities easily, as government intervention will greatly affect their business.
He then suddenly noticed that Du Yinyun’s favourability towards Chu Fan had changed from 70 when he first left to 75 now.
[Du Yinyun’s good feeling towards Chu Fan is 75]
After giving Du Huakui and the few girls their share of sugar gourds, He Yunxiao sat next to Jiang Wuyou.
Grasping a large handful in his hand; He Yunxiao asked invitingly, “Does sister want one or all of them?”
He intended to ask in a casual way what had happened after he had just left.
Jiang Wuyou didn’t have time to joke with him and said with a worried look on her face, “Yunxiao, tell me, did you touch that girl when the ‘banquet’ was in session earlier?”
He Yunxiao looked bewildered.
“Which one?”
Jiang Wuyou becomes furious, “Which one? How many did you touch, you little bastard?”
“Apart from my sister, I don’t care about anyone else!”
Jiang Wuyou was exasperated, “You still have time to talk nonsense? Chu Xiaoxiao. Did you speak rudely to her?”
What does it matter to me what He Yunxiao did (Original body owner)?
But there was no place to talk about this reasoning, so I just nodded my head.
“After you left just now, do you know what Chu Fan did?”
“What did he do?”
“With one swing, he split Liu Kexiong’s long sword, right down the middle. Yahu said that he must have at least a ninth-grade cultivation level. He has that kind of strength at the age of twenty, it’s almost a nail in the coffin for him to achieve the sect master realm in the future.”
He Yunxiao was not surprised, Chu Fan was but a novel protagonist. Wasn’t it reasonable for a novel protagonist to have some talent?
Even Chu Xiaoxiao, the number one martial artist in the world, didn’t kill me.
Not only did she not kill me, but I even bit her back.
From that point of view, Chu Fan is nothing much.
Would he dare to bite Chu Xiaoxiao?
He wouldn’t dare, but I dare!
“A martial artist of the Grandmaster realm even His Majesty has to be courteous.” Jiang Wuyou was worried, “Yunxiao, although you are the son of marquis, it is extremely unwise to offend a martial artist with Grandmaster realm potential like this.”
“When the competion is over today, I will invite the Chu siblings to a separate banquet. You will attend then, no excuses!”
He Yunxiao knew that Sister Jiang was intending to settle the grudge between him and Chu Fan, and was feeling touched in his heart, so he couldn’t help but rub his sister’s tender hand.
Jiang Wuyou was not in the mood to bother with He Yunxiao’s tricks, and continued to admonish, “If you can’t avoid saving face, just listen to what I say.”
“Sister Jiang, you and I are not relatives, you are so concerned about me, do you want to be the Marquis’ wife?”
Jiang Wuyou was ashamed and annoyed, so angry that she gritted her teeth.
“You’re still talking nonsense despite the fact it come to this! Look at Yang Qi, the scout boy at the bottom of the stairs, Shen Kuan, the Yinjing prefect’s son, and Yan Cong, the Qi king’s retainer ……”
Hearing Sister Jiang say this, He Yunxiao obediently looked downwards, and there were indeed several familiar faces mingling with Chu Fan. When he first entered the building just now, he hadn’t even noticed them.
Most of these people gathered around Chu Fan were unknown to He Yunxiao.
They were not from the same circle.
He Yunxiao’s reputation was such that he could only hang out in Yinjing’s dude circle.
If you don’t curse twice when you meet him, you are considered to be elegant and easy-going.
Of course, Yang Qi and He Yunxiao still know each other.
In the original novel, he was beheaded by Chu Fan, and then, his father was furious and wanted to kill Chu Fan. It was this official, Yang Qi, with a big mouth, who created momentum for Chu Fan, propagating how Chu Fan had eliminated harm for the people, leading the eldest princess, Meng Qingqing, to personally come down to protect the main character, Chu Fan.
When I read the novel before, I still had a good impression of Yang Qi, how come now it seems that this guy is so hateful?
“All those officials went to befriend Chu Fan, yet you made enemies with him, and not only did you make enemies, you didn’t care at all.”
Jiang Wuyou said in a slightly reprimanding tone.
He Yunxiao had his own set of reasoning.
“If Chu Fan is moved by the couple of their words, that means that Chu Fan is no more than that. If Chu Fan is determined, even if I were to flatter him, what would be the use?”
He Yunxiao’s words had the meaning of “doing nothing”.
Not only was Jiang Wuyou slightly surprised, but even Du Yinyun gave a slight sideways glance.
[Du Yinyun’s favorable level changed from 65 to 66]
He Yunxiao continued, “Sister doesn’t believe me? Then I’ll go apologise to Chu Fan now and see if he’s a fake gentleman or a real villain.”
Jiang Wuyou’s face was filled with question marks.
That arrogant and cocky He Yunxiao would go and apologize? And didn’t “fake gentleman” and “true villain” mean pretty much the same thing?
When Du Yinyun saw that He Yunxiao was prepared to apologize to Chu Fan, her impression of He Yunxiao immediately improved.
In a place like the Daqi where manners are respected, “apology” is a very heavy word.
This was especially difficult to accept in the Qi Kingdom, where a person prefers to save face.
Du Yinyun returned to her senses. She didn’t expect that He Yunxiao would not only be willing to admit his mistake, but also have the courage to do so in public!
[Du Yinyun’s favorability level changed from 66 to 68]
“Young Master He.”
Du Huakui took the initiative to speak to He Yunxiao for the first time.
“I wonder how you intend to apologise? If there’s anything Yinyun can do to help, please just ask.”
He Yunxiao said with a smile, “Earlier, when I offended Miss Chu Xiaoxiao, I was indeed abrupt. But between a martial artist like Chu Fan and I, we do not speak of troublesome false courtesies. I will compete with him in a martial arts match and let him make three moves, as a rightful apology!”
He Yunxiao’s martial arts skills were extraordinary, and it was rumored that he already had a seventh grade realm, a fact that everyone at Spring Breeze Mansion knew.
A seventh grade martial artist competing against a ninth grade martial artist and letting a ninth grade martial artist make three moves?
It was a bit too outrageous!
But He Yunxiao was so handsome, and he spoke with such bravado, that it was surprisingly believable!
[Du Yinyun’s favorability level changed from 68 to 75]
However, no one in the audience was aware of what He Yunxiao was thinking at that moment.
He Yunxiao: Chu Fan, if you don’t beat me to death today, don’t even think about leaving!
