CH 20

Chapter 20 - The small loyal dog’s old friend.

On the inside of this city the fish and dragons mix toghether4 , as if there was something in the wind5 . Thinking back to the Eldest Young Master’s warning, it actually seems like something is being planned out.

Before leaving Changluo, I had only heard about Zhongli Court, it was only after arriving at this place that I realised my knowledge was superficial. During dinner, I asked about the situation in the Jianghu. The waiter threw out more than twenty different names, each one having different grievances with the others. I was so confused listening to this that I couldn’t actually remember any of it.

Afterwards, I was forced to borrow some pen and paper to write notes as I listened. I annotated and wrote comments for a long time, but it all became increasingly more muddled.

Pausing his dinner, Ye Tan greeted me as I returned and asked: “Master, how was your inquiry?”

“Too hard to remember. I don’t want to look into it.” I answered honestly.

Ye Tan nodded: “That’s fine.”

When we went back to the guest room, Ye Tan rolled out the bedding and set up the bed, then went back out to feed the horses.

After I ended up in this half-crippled state, he has never been more than half a step away from me during the day, we also have only one guest room. I refuse to give up on my evil designs6 and am looking forward to having him help me open up the Modifier Tool, so we always sleep in the same bed every night. Just like every time, he put me down in the middle of the room, and I lay down like a salted fish with my limbs splayed open7 . I felt like it was inappropriate, so I arched towards the side to leave some space for Ye Tan.

I hadn’t finished changing position when someone pushed the door open and came inside. Their footsteps were unfamiliar. I had never seen this person before.

He moved forward into the room while practically shouting: “Who are you? What are you doing in my room?!”

Taking a few steps, he stomped in front of my bed, grabbed my by the wrists, and dragged me out.

Looking like a floppy bedsheet as the person held me up, I spoke in bewilderment: “This is my room?”

The man was a strong swordsman, he looked me up and down as he held me up and after a long time said, “Oh, my apologies, I have the wrong room.” He stuck me back in place and strode out of the room again.

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1 from 普天之下，莫非王土，率土之滨，莫非王臣 Meaning: All the land under heaven belongs to the king, all the people are the king's servants.Top.

2 Chinese: 天高皇帝遠 idiom that refers to a place that is far out of the reach of central government.Top.

3 天子 lit. heaven son. Refers to the rightful emperor.Top.

4 Chinese: 魚龍混雜 idiom that means the mixing of good, honest people with evil or bad people.Top.

5 from 山雨欲來風滿樓 lit. rain coming down the mountain, wind filling the buildings. Refers to the feeling of anticipation that a major event is about to occur. Like the English saying “there’s something in the wind”.Top.

6 賊心不死 lit. evil intentions don’t die / thief’s heart doesn’t die. Means to not give up on bad thoughts and keep pursuing them instead.Top.

7 text says like the ‘大’ character, which looks like a little person opening their arms and legs lol.Top.

8 火褶子 lit. fire pleat. It’s like a candle made out of coarse paper. Image.Top.

9 In Chinese folklore, the 黃泉 Huangquan or Yellow Springs refers to the Underworld.Top.