Chapter 617 — Qiu Lingshan's Suitors
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"I really do have a case on my hands. Is there something important you need? If not, I'd rather not hold up my work," Qiu Lingshan said flatly.
"Does there have to be something important for us to meet? As old friends — childhood sweethearts — you wouldn't be this heartless, would you?" Chen Yuxuan said, rather helplessly.
"Chen Yuxuan, mind your wording. Old friends, certainly. Childhood sweethearts — that is out of the question." Qiu Lingshan corrected him. "Chen Yuxuan, I know what's in your heart. It's not that I never gave you a chance — you simply failed to make good on it. Who else is there to blame?"
"Lingshan, aren't you making things difficult?" Chen Yuxuan smiled bitterly. "Among the younger set of the great houses, you're one of the finest of your generation. You're already mid-Yellow-rank, and I've only just broken through to Yellow-rank. When am I ever going to catch up with you?"
"You know my character well enough, Chen Yuxuan. I've been competitive since I was a girl, and my man has to be stronger than I am! Otherwise, do you think his life would be easy?" At this, a note of pride crept into her voice. "Chen Yuxuan, I gave you the chance to challenge me, and you failed to seize it. I even told you — before I have a boyfriend, you're free to challenge me at any time! If you're coming to me with a challenge this time, I can spare you a meeting. If not, then I'm sorry: I have no time."
"Lingshan, from what I know, among the great houses — apart from some unknown factors in the Yu family — the Wu family's younger generation has Wu Chengtian at early Yellow-rank. Are you saying that unless a man is stronger than you, you'll never marry?" Chen Yuxuan could not help retorting.
"How do you know there are no fine fighters outside the great houses?" Qiu Lingshan shot back. For some reason, Wei Zhao suddenly came to mind! Where on earth had that fellow honed his skills? How was he so formidable? She didn't even seem to be his match — and worse, in front of him she had to swallow her pride and play the simpering fool. The more she thought of it, the more infuriating it became!
Yet she was held fast in his grip, utterly unable to resist! Was this still her own character? She, the illustrious eldest Miss Qiu of the Song family, actually tamed by him? How utterly humiliating!
Therefore, Qiu Lingshan resolved not to think of him! Absolutely not — because thinking of him only made her angry!
Chen Yuxuan sighed. Back when he had joined the special forces, two years of hellish training had only just brought him to the threshold of the Yellow Rank; then he had been transferred to the Armed Police Border Defense Brigade, where he fought drug lords crossing the border in life-and-death combat day after day, and only then had he finally broken through to the Yellow Rank and advanced to the early stage of the Yellow Rank! In the eyes of ordinary people, that was already no small feat, but Chen Yuxuan knew that compared with Qiu Lingshan of the mid Yellow Rank, he was not in the same league at all!