Who else could you love besides me

Chapter 94

Long Ming thought for a moment and smiled mysteriously, “Sometimes he’s an undercover agent for an enemy country, sometimes he’s a brothel madam, and sometimes he goes to border towns to save lives. So he’s always lived on the frontier or beyond the Great Wall, and we don’t have many chances to meet. However, he has always kept his promise, so we’ll make another bet next year.”

Upon hearing this, Xi Ri's expression froze for a moment. Poor cousin! No wonder he said he had a deep-seated hatred for Long Ming!

It turns out Longming treated her cousin as free labor, and someone who could cure all diseases.

How has my cousin managed these past few years? It's hard to imagine. Someone as proud and arrogant as my cousin has to obey Long Ming in everything and run off to handle things like a lackey whenever something happens. How could he not hate Long Ming?

"You want to make another bet?" Xi Ri asked, slightly out of breath.

"Yes, we agreed that as long as the loser keeps their promise, they can ask to gamble again after five years."

"What to bet on?"

"It's up to the loser to decide."

"You need to be careful," Xi Ri warned, with a bad feeling creeping over her. But seeing Long Ming's nonchalant attitude, and imagining how he would be tormented by his cousin one day, going through fire and water, she didn't know whether to laugh or shed a tear of sympathy for him.

Xi Ri asked again out of curiosity, "What kind of bet did you and my cousin make back then?"

"It's been too long, I can't quite remember, but it was probably about a courtesan in Suzhou who took a liking to me but not to him."

Huh? She said that the bet between the two of them was definitely not worth betting on.

How old were you back then?

"Fourteen years old."

She sighed, realizing that fourteen-year-old Long Ming already possessed the ability to seduce the most beautiful courtesan; she needed to make some plans for herself. Picking up a plate of green dates beside her, she counted them one by one: "Go with him, or don't go with him. Go with him..."

Long Ming was dumbfounded. Should she go with him or not?

The last fruit: "Not following..."

Snap, it went into someone's mouth.

While eating dates, Long Ming said, "My father came to the capital this morning. I originally wanted to introduce you to him personally, but I didn't expect to miss the opportunity."

"Your father is here too?"

Long Ming smiled and said, "You've already left, but hey, my dad has already met you."

Huh? "When?"

Long Ming just smiled and didn't answer: "He was very satisfied with you. Before he left, he told me to take you with me even if I had to steal or rob you."

Huh? What kind of father is this?!

Long Ming asked her how she managed to get her usually cautious cousin, Suo Ge, to win the Spring Breeze Ten Mile Fragrance.

Seeing that he already knew, Xi Ri stopped hiding it and gave a rough explanation.

After they finished speaking, the two of them tacitly avoided saying much, only exchanging a smile, both thinking the same thing: they had both made the other's brother suffer terribly...

To test him, Xi Ri proposed that she dress as a man and go out with him to seduce beautiful women. If she seduced more women than he did, she would go with him.

Long Ming said it was too difficult.

She said she wanted to take on the challenge precisely because it was difficult.

Long Ming suggested that the two of them make a bet.

Recalling his cousin's disastrous defeat, he took it as a warning and resolutely refused to gamble.

Before heading out, Long Ming suggested that he also disguise himself.

Xi Ri firmly opposed it.

Left with no other choice, Long Ming had to make his eyes cross-eyed and his lips perpetually stretched out in an irregular way after going out on the street, which at least made him look a bit uglier.

When Xi Ri saw this, he laughed so hard he almost passed out.

The streets were still bustling with people. Long Ming's face was twitching, and his vision was blurry. He looked at the women who occasionally turned to look at him as they passed by, but he didn't dare to return to normal. He couldn't help but worry that if this continued, he might really become cross-eyed. He couldn't help but tell Xi Ri about his concerns.

He laughed so hard he was breathless.

His performance along the way was quite good, and Xi Ri was very satisfied. Although he was not as "sweeping through thousands of troops" as Young Master Long, he was still "turning the world upside down".

During the conversation, Long Ming casually asked, "Have you noticed anyone suspicious lately?"

At that time, I was feeling quite pleased with myself, so I didn't think much of it and said, "No, there was just someone who littered a note the day before yesterday."

Long Ming smiled and said nothing more.

The two strolled along the street until they looked up and saw the sign for Xuezhu Pavilion.

Xi Ri stopped, pointing to the wolf head symbol on the signboard, and said to Long Ming, "I want to eat the best!"

Long Ming smiled and nodded.

As soon as the two stepped into Xuezhu Pavilion, the clever waiter immediately came to greet them. When he saw Long Ming, he was taken aback at first because of Long Ming's cross-eyed and crooked mouth... but then he resumed his signature smile and pretended not to notice Long Ming's strange appearance.

Long Ming immediately returned to normal. The waiter was also a clever man. He didn't look too closely or ask too many questions. He just glanced at Long Ming's collar with his signature smile, and his eyes flashed. He immediately smiled and said, "Gentlemen, please follow me to the second floor to a private room."

From the moment he entered, Xi Ri had been paying close attention to the actions of Xiao Er and Long Ming. According to Long Ming, Xue Zhu Ge, which bore the wolf head emblem, was also one of his family's properties.

Xi Ri followed Xiao Er's gaze to Long Ming's collar and saw two delicate gold-edged orchids embroidered on it. Suddenly, she realized that Long Ming seemed to have these orchids embroidered on the collars of all his clothes. She had previously thought it was just a decoration or that he had a particular fondness for orchids, like her third brother's fondness for lilies of the valley. But today, it seemed that there might be more to it than met the eye.

Long Ming seemed to read her mind, smiled at her, and gestured for her to go. Xi Ri, without hesitation, head held high and went up to the second floor first.