“Really you? I never thought a scumbag like you would actually come back alive?” Liang Shan stared at the familiar face in front of him and shouted excitedly! Earlier, when his follower stammered like he had seen a ghost and said Ye Chu was looking for him, Liang Shan did not believe it and cursed the follower. Only after the follower’s repeated assurances did he come out to see. In delight, he punched Ye Chu hard in the chest, but found that the once frail Ye Chu did not budge at all, which surprised him somewhat.
“What? Surprised to see me?” Ye Chu smiled at Liang Shan. This was his old partner in crime. Though his name meant “good and virtuous”, the misdeeds he had committed were hardly fewer than Ye Chu’s. Back then, they had wreaked havoc across Yao City together and were known far and wide as the Twin Plagues of Yao City. Of course, Ye Chu bore far more of the infamy, not because he did worse things, but because he enjoyed the notoriety. The harsher the criticism, the greater his sense of accomplishment. So he always took the lead, causing Liang Shan’s family to believe Ye Chu had corrupted him. Liang Shan felt grateful for this and willingly followed Ye Chu as his lackey!
After rescuing Bai Xuan and the others and leaving, Ye Chu inquired about Liang Shan’s whereabouts and hurried over to find him. In Yao City, Ye Chu could only turn to him now. As for returning home, that was absolutely impossible at the moment!
“Haha! I knew you were tough to kill. Anyone who could say ‘dare to compete with the nine heavens for allure, dare to breach the divine maiden’s secluded cave’ could not possibly be beaten to death!” Liang Shan laughed heartily. His admiration for Ye Chu stemmed from that very line. Back then, among the group who followed Ye Chu in Yao City, who did not revere him after hearing such audacious words? They had all looked to Ye Chu as their leader. They never imagined Ye Chu would actually dare target the empire’s famously alluring favoured daughter, Ji Die. Liang Shan could not help but admire Ye Chu’s courage.
“Hehe! I really want to know, when you drugged and tried to take advantage back then, did you succeed or not?” Liang Shan asked with a sleazy grin, curiosity itching inside him.
Ye Chu kicked him hard. This bastard poked at his sore spot right at their first meeting. Did he not know that failing repeatedly to take advantage of two women was a slap to a man’s pride? Ye Chu silently wondered in his heart whether to feed him croton beans and then plug his rear!
Seeing Ye Chu’s menacing look, Liang Shan shivered. He quickly waved his hands. “Just joking, just joking!”
Liang Shan knew very well how terrifying Ye Chu could be. Back then, he had suffered plenty at Ye Chu’s hands. What stuck deepest in his memory was how he had somehow offended Ye Chu. Ye Chu tricked him into eating croton beans, sending him rushing to the latrine.
But that was not even his worst nightmare. What he could never forget was that, because of the croton beans, while he was relieving himself in the latrine, Ye Chu had someone come in and snatch away his toilet paper! Liang Shan was left in the latrine, crying out to the heavens with no response and to the earth with no reply.
Yet that was only the appetiser. Afterwards, Ye Chu had people drag in several crates of toads. Liang Shan clearly remembered Ye Chu grinning at him, still squatting in the pit, showing a few white teeth before waving his hand to dump all the crates of toads into the latrine.
One could imagine how disgusting it was for lively toads to jump out of the toilet, especially when they landed on his body.
Covered in toad filth, he no longer cared about not wiping himself and fled in panic. As soon as he escaped, someone handed him a towel. Liang Shan, without thinking, wiped the disgusting mess off his body. Of course, he did not forget to wipe his rear.
But… but… Ye Chu had laced the towel with chilli water. Liang Shan still remembered clearly the burning, fiery pain!
Watching Liang Shan shiver, Ye Chu shrugged. He thought this guy’s mental resilience was too weak. If Liang Shan knew what Ye Chu was thinking, he would surely curse him out: If you had gone through that, would you not have trauma too, you bastard!
Looking around, this was a flower boat, decorated lavishly. Ye Chu could hear the melodious singing of courtesans inside. Clearly, someone was indulging in pleasures.
“Three years apart! How many beautiful women have you ruined?” Ye Chu asked with a faint smile, casually inquiring of Liang Shan.
Liang Shan felt Ye Chu had changed somehow. Three years ago, Ye Chu was like a street thug, a mad bully who bit anyone he climbed onto. But now, Ye Chu gave off a carefree, unrestrained air, light as wind and clouds. This made Liang Shan shake his head. “Bloody hell! For a thug like Ye Chu to turn into this, the sun must be rising in the west.”
“These three years, my father kept me locked at home, studying poetry and books, cultivating martial skills. I have not done a single bad thing! To this day, I am still a virgin!” Liang Shan declared with utmost righteousness.
Ye Chu looked Liang Shan up and down, remained silent for a long while, then finally spoke one sentence. “When you say virgin, do you mean top virgin, bottom virgin, or rear virgin?”
“Of course bottom virgin!” Liang Shan felt he was going mad. This bastard was too disgusting!
Ye Chu’s expression changed. He suddenly stepped back several paces from Liang Shan. “Still a bottom virgin! That means top and rear are not? Three years apart, and you have fallen to this level!”
“Bloody hell!” Liang Shan felt he was truly losing his mind, his stomach churning as if he might vomit.
“Brother Ye Chu! I was wrong!” Liang Shan wanted to cry. He wondered why he had to bring up his cousin. Now he was finally getting his retribution. Liang Shan quickly changed the subject. “But back then, when the Ye family threw you out of Yao City, they said if you ever returned, they would break your legs. Looking at their actions that year, they were not joking. Why risk coming back?”
Liang Shan was puzzled. Ye Chu’s reputation in this city had long been irredeemably rotten, to the point where everyone shouted to beat him. Returning here was simply asking for suffering!
“I had to come back eventually!” Ye Chu fell silent for a moment. After a long pause, he answered, his eyes deep and distant, sinking into some emotion.
This posture of Ye Chu’s fell into Liang Shan’s eyes. Liang Shan exclaimed in surprise. “You are not here for Su Rong, are you! Yes, it must be. Back then you were always like this. Only when Su Rong was mentioned would you turn deep and serious! You still cannot let her go!”
Misunderstood by Liang Shan, Ye Chu laughed wryly. Yet uncontrollably, an image of a slender-waisted, graceful young girl appeared in his mind. Su Rong, in the original Ye Chu’s memories, was a girl he secretly admired. She was very pure and beautiful!
Seeing Ye Chu fall silent, Liang Shan thought he had guessed correctly. He clicked his tongue. “So many years have passed, and you are still secretly in love with her! You really are willing to die for her. Do you not know what your situation is in Yao City? And would she ever look at you? Ye Chu, stop dreaming!”
“Rubbish! I am not here for her!” Ye Chu laughed and cursed. “In these three years, I have seen too many beauties. If you had not reminded me, I would have almost forgotten who she is.”
“Keep pretending! If you are not here for her, then why come to this flower boat? Is it not because you know she is on this boat right now?” Liang Shan curled his lip, looking at Ye Chu with disdain.
“She is on this flower boat?” Ye Chu was stunned. He had not expected such a coincidence.
“Still acting!” Liang Shan scoffed, grabbing Ye Chu. “Fine! I will take you in to see her and make you give up completely!”
Although Liang Shan felt it was not good to bring Ye Chu onto the flower boat now, since this boat was receiving an important figure, and many inside were people who had hated Ye Chu back then! In the past, with the Ye family’s protection, they dared not act. But now that Ye Chu had been expelled from the Ye family, if they sought trouble with him, it would be dangerous.
Still, to make Ye Chu give up completely, Liang Shan thought it best to let Ye Chu see Su Rong. Without seeing her, Ye Chu might not feel ashamed and inferior!