Chapter 128: If He Wants to Meet You, How Will You Avoid?

The honey dates bought at the shop on South Street that day tasted good. After bringing it back to the academy, Xie Nandu also thought they were pretty good. Hence, in the following days, Chen Chao went to buy them several more times. However, he went alone each time, without bringing Zhu Xia or Xie Nandu.

Each time, he bought two bags: one for Zhu Xia and the other was naturally for Xie Nandu.

He woke up early today, went to the shop on South Street, and joined the queue early on. However, when he arrived, many people were sizing him up. Someone in the snaking queue shouted, "Commander Chen is here to buy honey dates!"

Then, Chen Chao noticed that the civilians in front of him made way for him, creating a direct path for him, such that he could directly see the shop assistant of the South Street stall.

Chen Chao stood there, touching his head in confusion, and asked, "What's this?"

Seeing his expression, the civilians laughed one after another. A bold civilian said, "Commander Chen stood up for us Liang people that day. Us civilians remember Commander Chen's kindness. We can't help Commander Chen with anything else, but it will be unreasonable for Commander Chen to queue up and buy honey dates!"

As he spoke, many people joined in the laughter, especially those in front of him.

The foreign cultivators ran amuck in the Divine Capital, but no one could control them. The major government offices in the Divine Capital all turned a blind eye to the situation. Many civilians had long been displeased with this, but they had no means to deal with it, so they could only entrust it to the imperial court. It was just that the imperial court's response did not come, but Chen Chao stood up for them and vented their grievances on that day. Naturally, they were happy now. They had heard about the storms Chen Chao caused in the Divine Capital before and felt that Chen Chao was pretty good too. However, whether it was killing qi refiners in Tianqing County or defeating He Yi at the imperial banquet, those things were too far away from them. Only what was happening right in front of them was truly relevant.

Chen Chao realized this and felt a bit embarrassed as he said. "It was just an ordinary thing. There's nothing remarkable about it."

It was merely a coincidence on that day. Furthermore, it happened to involve him. As a matter of fact, it was not like he intentionally did anything. Now, being treated like this by the common people of the Divine Capital, Chen Chao felt overwhelmingly flattered.

A woman walked out of the queue, holding two bags of honey dates, and approached Chen Chao. She stuffed them into his arms and asked, "Commander Chen, do you prefer the Xie Family's proud daughter or that whatever Saintess?"

This woman was precisely the one in front of Chen Chao that day. At that time, Chen Chao even fabricated a lie on the spot to hoodwink her.

Seeing her again at this moment, Chen Chao blushed a bit and found himself inexplicably reminded of the woman living across from him in Tianqing County. Holding two bags of honey dates. He smiled and said, "Who cares what I like? It depends on the lady."

Whether was it Xie Nandu or Zhu Xia, they were both proud daughters of heaven. Their standards were exceedingly high.

The woman smiled and said, "I think Commander Chen can match up to either one. But Commander Chen isn't a civilian like us. Marrying both of them naturally won't do."

Chen Chao felt his face heat up from the woman's words. His imposing manner when refuting people at the lakeside seemed to have vanished. After standing on the spot for a moment, he quickly took his leave.

When she saw the situation, the woman pulled on his arm and said with a smile, "Commander Chen, the honey dates aren't given to you for free. You have to shine at that whatever Myriad Willow Convention for everyone!"

"Yes, yes, Commander Chen have to bring glory to our Great Liang at the Myriad Willow Convention!"

"Those foreign cultivators have always looked down on us. Commander Chen must win credit for us!"

"You got to double up, Commander Chen!"

......

Xie Nandu looked at him and asked, "In your heart, do we also take up half each?"

Upon hearing these words, Chen Chao became nervous again. It seemed that he had been encountering similar questions frequently since that day.

"I'll leave some more for you."

Chen Chao glanced at Xie Nandu and said softly, "But eating too much of this stuff might cause toothache."

"What about the other thing?"

Xie Nandu seemed determined to dig deeper into this.

Chen Chao smiled and said, "I just see her as a friend, a very good friend."

On that day in front of the honey dates shop on South Street, he had sincerely lamented that it was a wonderful thing to have someone like Zhu Xia in the human world. Because someone like Zhu Xia was destined to become an extremely important figure among cultivators in the future. If she had goodwill towards the Great Liang Dynasty and the human world, it would be a great thing.

"You said you want to launch a northern expedition and reclaim the lost territories for the human race. If the foreign lands are all people like Zhu Xia, things would be easier for you."

Chen Chao looked at Xie Nandu and said, "You also think she's a good person."

Xie Nandu did not answer this question. She just stood up, picked up an unopened bag of honey dates, and walked ahead, saying, "Follow me."

Chen Chao subconsciously asked, "What for?"

Xie Nandu simply glanced at him.

Chen Chao stood up and said with vicissitudes of emotion. "I didn't expect you to be interested in touring the lake again."

Xie Nandu shook her head. "It's Teacher who wants to see you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Chao was taken aback. There were many teachers in the academy, and they could all be referred to as "teacher," but Xie Nandu only had one teacher.

That academy dean who did not hold an official position in the Great Liang Dynasty, but an unbelievably illustrious status.

Chen Chao had always admired such a figure and had wanted to meet him.

However, at this particular moment, he did not feel the same way.

"Can I not see him?" Chen Chao resisted.

Xie Nandu looked at him and said some sympathy. "Since you're in this Divine Capital, where can you hide from Teacher if he wants to see you?" for new novels