Chapter 630 — Buy One, Get One Free

"Not very sturdy? What do you mean?" Shen Yushu blinked in confusion.

Gu Mengyao could barely hold back a laugh. Her best friend might look a little simple, but without anyone quite noticing, she could lead a person around in circles and torment him within an inch of his life.

"That... that shark probably had false teeth! That's why they weren't sturdy!" Su Taizao saw that An Liwen was looking rather awkward and hurried to cover for him.

"False teeth? Do sharks go to the dentist too?" Shen Yushu said in surprise. "Are there clinics in the sea?"

An Liwen was furious. Was there something wrong with Su Taizao? Even falling-down drunk was no excuse for such nonsense—a shark with false teeth? Did he think it was a human being?

"No, don't listen to his nonsense!" An Liwen said hastily. "The shark I fought was an old shark. Its teeth were already loose, so it couldn't take a beating!"

"Oh, so it was an old shark!" Shen Yushu nodded. "Brother Jianwen, you're really amazing—you could even tell it was an old one!"

"Haha... I'll say! All right, enough of that—let's move on to the next question!" An Liwen waved a hand. "Another day I'll invite you over to my house alone. I still have that shark's skin kept there!"

"Oh, wonderful! I've never seen what an old shark's skin looks like. I absolutely must have someone examine it and see how it differs from a young shark's!" Shen Yushu nodded. "I love studying sharks more than anything!"

An Liwen nearly cursed himself for an idiot. Why on earth had he brought up shark skin? If Shen Yushu actually went to look, where was he supposed to get one? Ordinary shark skin would be easy enough—just buy a piece at the market—but old shark skin would be hard to come by! What if Shen Yushu had it examined and found it wasn't from an old shark? Wouldn't that be slapping himself in the face?

"Fine, we'll talk about it another day, then!" An Liwen had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree. That done, he hurriedly turned to Chen Yuxuan. "Brother Yutian, it's my turn to ask!"

"All right, go ahead." Watching An Liwen make a fool of himself, Chen Yuxuan found it quite amusing. His little sister really was a first-rate treasure; when it came to needling someone, she could needle them to death.

"Who is the most important person to you?" An Liwen had meant to ask something tricky, but then he remembered that Su Taizao had said they should keep the first round to ordinary questions. If he jumped straight to something pointed, it just wouldn't be right, so he casually asked something fairly ordinary instead. In his mind, the most important person to Chen Yuxuan was naturally Qiu Lingshan.

"The most important person to me is none other than the instructor from my special training!" Here Chen Yuxuan glanced at Wei Zhao with something like reverence, but seeing that Wei Zhao was not looking at him at all, he could not help feeling a little disappointed. Still, he went on aloud: "He changed my life, gave me ideals, gave me goals, made me a formidable soldier! If it were possible, I would be his student forever!"

Chen Yuxuan's words left An Liwen and Su Taizao somewhat puzzled. Not having seen him for a few years, Chen Yuxuan had indeed changed quite a lot—but they did not know who his instructor was, so they thought nothing much of it. Whether he was still pursuing Qiu Lingshan was no great concern to An Liwen or Su Taizao either.

Shen Yushu, though, glanced at her brother in surprise. She had never expected that her brother—who had once been so infatuated with Qiu Lingshan—would say such a thing! The most important person to him was actually his instructor! It seemed her brother really had matured a great deal, and had found new ideals and goals in life... Only, who was his instructor? Was he really that formidable? Was he as formidable as Arrow Brand Brother?

"All right, Xiaoshu, it's my turn to ask you..." Having given his own answer, Chen Yuxuan did not wait for An Liwen to say anything, but went straight to Shen Yushu: "Who do you think is more formidable—me, or your Arrow Brand Brother?"

An Liwen and Su Taizao of course knew who Arrow Brand Brother was. Hearing Chen Yuxuan ask this, they both assumed Chen Yuxuan was angry—otherwise he would never have put the question that way! If Shen Yushu answered poorly, Chen Yuxuan might well end up in a conflict with Wei Zhao, mightn't he?

An Liwen felt a certain gleeful satisfaction. Though on the surface his relations with Wei Zhao were fine now, that was founded on his position at Gu Mengyao's side and the intelligence he passed to her! In truth, An Liwen loathed Wei Zhao. Right here in the private room of the Starlight Grand Hotel, Wei Zhao had made a fool of him twice! How could An Liwen forget that humiliation? If Chen Yuxuan could beat Wei Zhao up on his behalf, An Liwen would be delighted!

And considering that Chen Yuxuan was Shen Yushu's brother, even if he laid hands on Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao—out of consideration for Gu Mengyao's feelings—probably wouldn't dare fight back, would he? Haha, then that beating would be taken for nothing, and Wei Zhao was in for it now!

But all of it depended on how Shen Yushu answered! So the moment Chen Yuxuan finished asking, An Liwen was watching her eagerly, waiting for her reply.

"Oh, I think Arrow Brand Brother is a little more formidable, maybe?" Shen Yushu had not expected her brother to ask such a thing. Was he still nursing a grudge over that phone call she had made earlier? But seeing that her brother showed no hostility toward Wei Zhao, Shen Yushu stopped worrying about it.

"Heh heh, all right, Xiaoshu, it's your turn to ask Gu Mengyao now." Chen Yuxuan merely smiled at her answer and said nothing more. This left An Liwen and Su Taizao, who had been watching all along, with their jaws hanging open. What on earth was going on? Had Chen Yuxuan's temper really grown this good?

"Then I'll ask." Shen Yushu nodded and looked at Gu Mengyao. "Sister Yaoyao, once I become the concubine, will you, as the official wife, bully me? I don't want to be bullied!"

Gu Mengyao was caught between laughing and crying. What kind of question was that? Become the concubine? Had Shen Yushu actually taken it seriously?

Chen Yuxuan was taken aback as well. His own sister's notion was truly bizarre—she actually wanted to be a concubine?

An Liwen, however, upon hearing Shen Yushu's words, was so frightened his heart nearly exploded! Shen Yushu was undeniably beautiful and had a fine figure, but if he were to marry her and bring her home, that would be a disaster! He knew her temperament through and through. He was fond of Gu Mengyao, and if he married Gu Mengyao later, this two-for-one deal would be the death of him.

Anyone unfamiliar with Shen Yushu's temperament would surely think they had struck it rich, but anyone who knew it understood that bringing her home meant bringing home a walking calamity! He had no desire to live under the shadow of being tormented every single day!

In the span of this brief dinner alone, Shen Yushu had already toyed with him several times. If he took her home, would he even survive?

"How would I ever bully you?" Gu Mengyao could not answer Shen Yushu's question directly, so she could only reply vaguely.RO