Chapter 749: Chapter 748: A Love Rival Appears?
Ah Jiu and his team were preparing for their continued journey, while Wufu was busy purchasing and packing up local goods to be sent back to Madam Zhou.
When Ah Jiu saw Wufu return, she had people behind her loaded with large and small parcels. Also, who was that beside her?
"Ah Jiu," Wufu exclaid as she saw Ah Jiu, quickly walking over with a smile, "Let
introduce a friend to you."
A friend?
Ah Jiu glanced at the man beside her wearing a pale blue robe and a jade crown, a handso figure with a strikingly beautiful face. Did he look sowhat familiar?
"This is Jin Yu, do you rember him?" Wufu pointed towards Jin Yu.
Jin Yu stepped forward, giving Ah Jiu a cupped fist salute, "It turns out to be Ninth Master, the winner of Peach Blossom Spring, a fortunate eting indeed."
Ah Jiu responded with a faint smile, "Young Master Jin, what a coincidence."
The man before her was none other than the celebrated Beauty Jade from Auspicious Pavilion—Jin Yu—who had won second place at last year’s grand event.
The courtyard was inconvenient for talking, so everyone went to sit down in the guest room.
"I didn’t expect to encounter Young Master Jin here," Ah Jiu inquired intentionally.
Wufu replied, "Don’t ntion your surprise, I was also unaware. It turns out there’s also a branch of Auspicious Pavilion here. The biggest coincidence, guess what?"
Ah Jiu’s heart skipped a beat, yet her face showed no sign of it; she just smiled at Wufu, waiting for what ca next.
"It’s that Young Master Jin and his group are also heading to Changan!"
Indeed, it was as he had anticipated.
Ah Jiu chuckled, "That is indeed a coincidence. Could it be that Young Master Jin is going to compete again?"
Jin Yu replied with a smile, "Not at all. This ti I’m going to Changan to attend my cousin’s wedding ceremony, and incidentally to inspect our various businesses. It’s quite destiny that we t Miss Wufu and Ninth Master here."
Ah Jiu thought, indeed it is—a karmic entanglent, perhaps.
"If Ninth Master doesn’t mind, we could travel together. It would be nice to look out for each other along the way, wouldn’t it?" Jin Yu added, not sure if it was his imagination, but he always felt that this master had a detached deanor, as if harboring so animosity towards him.
"Ah Jiu, since we’re all on the sa path anyway, let’s keep each other company," Wufu said. If they traveled together, she would have soone to discuss and exchange carving skills with in case she got bored.
Ah Jiu’s brows twitched.
He had finally persuaded Wufu to travel with him, and he certainly did not want another man, let alone one as bewitchingly handso as Jin Yu—which was exactly Wufu’s type—getting in the middle of their journey.
"Wufu, Young Master Jin has business inspections to attend to, how could he accompany us?" Ah Jiu said coolly, "They have serious affairs to handle, and our trip is more of a leisurely nature, this..."
His words were a refusal.
Jin Yu’s gaze flickered, he glanced at Ah Jiu while sipping his tea, then lowered his eyelids.
"But traveling is precisely why we should go together. Besides, we’ll need to stop for supplies anyway. Just like now, stopping hasn’t caused any delay!" Wufu didn’t grasp Ah Jiu’s mindset and felt these two points weren’t conflicting at all.
Ah Jiu felt utterly helpless, experiencing first-hand what it was like dealing with a girl who just didn’t get it.
"I wonder if Ninth Master has heard about the need to purchase water transport for the upcoming Gobi Beach?" Jin Yu set down his teacup, suddenly saying, "We from Auspicious Pavilion have a branch here. Handling these affairs is an annual routine, including this one. It would probably be more convenient for Ninth Master to cross the Gobi Beach with our rchant ships, don’t you think?"
Ah Jiu raised an eyebrow, looking towards Jin Yu; he was even bringing this up, was he determined to travel together? For whom? For Wufu?
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