Chapter 415: The Goddess’s Charm (Second Update, Request for Monthly Pass)
Chapter 415: The Goddess’s Charm (Second Update, Request for Monthly Pass)
She couldn’t help but move a step to the side.And just that step made Dongfang Hanchen chuckle lightly.
"What are you laughing at?" Mu Qiuniang felt a bit uneasy.
"Nothing!"
Sure enough, a moment later, the officials announced the competition results; Mu Qiuniang won this round. Her victory directly changed the entire calligraphy competition. Although this wasn’t a match before her advancement to the finals, she defeated the previous champion.
What Mu Qiuniang wanted to know was, why before the competition, no one told her that Inhara Kojiro was the previous champion?
"You didn’t know?" Dongfang Hanchen was surprised to hear her ask this question. Because in his view, Mu Qiuniang should have known this.
"No one told me." And she wasn’t very interested in her opponent, nor did she investigate them, so naturally, she didn’t know.
Dongfang Han smiled lightly, "It seems everyone overlooked that; seeing how confident you were, everyone thought you knew."
"My confidence has nothing to do with whether I know who my opponent is."
"You truly have such confidence!"
His gaze was so gentle, like moonlight, pouring out.
That uneasy feeling once again hit Mu Qiuniang’s heart, making her want to avoid Dongfang Hanchen’s gaze. And afterward, she indeed wanted to avoid this person, but no matter how she avoided, she still had to come to the competition site, temporarily there was no way to completely avoid him.
Moreover, they were staying in the same hotel, and he would occasionally visit.
Besides Dongfang Hanchen, Xu Jing, and occasionally the delegation leader Jiao Yu’en who would come to talk about the competition, Mu Qiuniang didn’t have many visitors. Most of the time, Mu Mingyu entertained them, so she didn’t need to worry about much.
However, the arrival of Inhara Kojiro really surprised Mu Qiuniang.
"Good evening, Miss Mu. Such a lovely moonlit night, would it be my honor to invite you for a moonlit walk?" He was dressed sharply in a suit, showing a gentle smile in front of her.
Mu Qiuniang frowned slightly, "We’re not familiar."
"We’re not familiar now, but a little chat, and we’ll get to know each other, right? Don’t people from Huaxia love making friends? I do too. Moreover, I am very fond of Huaxia’s traditional culture, especially calligraphy, it’s particularly mesmerizing..."
Inhara Kojiro seemed to want to impress her with his eloquence.
"Sorry! I’m not interested. If there’s nothing else, I want to rest."
Mu Qiuniang’s coldness was obviously unexpected to Inhara Kojiro. He said, "Miss Mu, do you have any prejudice against me?"
"I don’t really like people from R Country." Mu Qiuniang was very honest.
"Miss Mu, although I am from R Country, I am a very friendly person from there. I’m sure if you give me the chance to get to know me, you’ll find I’m a very charming man!"
"Do you think it’s appropriate to say such things to a married woman?" Mu Qiuniang looked serious.
Inhara Kojiro laughed once, "Miss Mu, you are a cultivator too, right? I think, regarding the rules of Huaxia’s cultivation world, Miss Mu knows better than I do, right? Even though you’re married, that man is just an ordinary person, you need a cultivation partner who can accompany you!"
"I have no interest in people from R Country!"
"That’s why I say you have a prejudice against people from R Country. You don’t even know me, how can you deny me so quickly? You should give me the opportunity and time to really get to know me, then you’ll know what you’re almost missing out on..." Inhara Kojiro was very confident in his male charm.
Especially his mustache, which was very popular with women in R Country.
Unfortunately, whether it was his identity, his background, or the aura he exuded, they were all exactly the things she hated most.
Mu Qiuniang directly interrupted him, casting a spell on him to shut him up, "Turn around, and go back to your room!"
Inhara Kojiro stood frozen in place like a puppet, turned around, and walked towards the corridor.
Then, she closed the door, turned around, and returned to her room, only to see Mu Mingyu standing in the entryway.
"Why are you standing here?"
"Wasn’t there a visitor just now? I wanted to see if Grandma needed any help. But apparently, Grandma handled it herself. Although it was with ’brute force’."
"A strange person, what’s there to talk about?" Mu Qiuniang walked past him, "You should go back to rest early too. The hotel is cleaned every day anyway, nothing much to clean."
"Alright! Then I won’t disturb Grandma making long-distance calls with Grandpa, but don’t forget tomorrow’s contest, tomorrow’s match is the finals!"
"Hmm!"
...
Inhara Kojiro only realized when he returned to his own room. Wasn’t he going to find that Huaxia woman? How did he return by himself?
"Lord Inhara, how come you returned so quickly?" Jinhu Jun was very surprised; didn’t the lord just leave not long ago?
"That woman is strong!"
"Did Lord Inhara find out anything?"
Inhara Kojiro nodded, "Her cultivation should be above mine, and her attitude towards us R Country people is very unfriendly. I just tried to approach her as a suitor, and she used a spell to send me back by myself. I don’t even know what spell it was!"
"So powerful? Then Lord Inhara, are we in for a tough time in this competition?"
"There’s no hope in calligraphy, but as for other aspects, it’s too soon to say. That woman doesn’t seem like someone who would resort to tricks, as long as we don’t go too far, she won’t interfere." Inhara Kojiro said, stroking his mustache, "These experts from Huaxia always like to talk about the demeanor of experts, often turning a blind eye to petty tricks. So, as long as you don’t fall into her hands, there won’t be any issues."
"I really don’t understand these Huaxia people. If they have the capability, they should use it. Why hold back? I don’t know what they’re doing." Jinhu Jun thought these Huaxia people were quite foolish. If it were him, he would have already used his skills to win as many matches as possible.
"If all Huaxia people liked to play tricks, do you think we’d stand a chance?"
"That’s true, it’s better for Huaxia people to be a bit foolish. Hehehe, we can also take more advantage."
"All you know is to take advantage. You’re the one who messed up a small task for me. If you hadn’t failed to watch over Xiaojun, letting him get into trouble and unable to attend this competition, would I have needed to personally probe that woman? Now it’s all good; I lost to that woman. Today’s calligraphy competition is hopeless, I just hope the next few matches go smoothly."
"Didn’t Lord Inhara also say that woman likes to display the demeanor of an expert? She only knows calligraphy, so we’ll let her have that, and win back the other matches. The Emperor won’t blame us if he knows. There are so many participants in the competition; having a win or loss in one or two is quite normal."
"One or two is normal, but if there are several, then it’s not normal! We must ensure nothing goes wrong; otherwise, it’ll be hard to explain to the Emperor." Inhara Kojiro motioned for him to come closer and whispered some instructions.
"Brilliant! Truly brilliant! It’s Lord Inhara who has the plan!" Jinhu Jun listened with delight, giving a thumbs-up, "Doing it this way, we’re sure to win the competition!"
Thus, during the middle of the night, a group of ninjas appeared around the hotel.
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