CH 37

Chapter 37: What Do You Want? I’ll Give You Whatever You Want.

Qi Ci blurted out: “I’m listening.”

Right after saying those words, he added: “Are you drunk?”

With a cunning smile, Bian Zhonghua squinted his eyes, looked at Qi Ci boldly, and asked in return: “What if I am?”

Qi Ci blinked, not knowing how to reply.

Bian Zhonghua smiled and asked again: “Do you want to hear it?”

“Yes,” Qi Ci said without hesitation.

Bian Zhonghua then supported his head with one hand, stopped teasing Qi Ci, and said: “Do you remember that night, in the brothel, when you were almost killed by that rat demon?”

Qi Ci nodded: “Luckily, you came back to get its demon core. Otherwise, I would’ve been killed.”

Bian Zhonghua smiled, shook his head, and said: “No, you wouldn’t have died anyway… because I went back to look for you.”

In this world, it was unlikely for people who met by chance to see each other again in the future. How could there be so many coincidences or fate binding people together? It was merely cause and effect, nothing but a predestination.

Qi Ci was stunned at first, but then he asked: “At that time, did you know that I was the Prince?”

Bian Zhonghua shook his head: “I didn’t know.”

“Then why…?”

Bian Zhonghua playfully raised two fingers, wiggled them, and then stammered: “That’s the second secret.”

After saying that, Bian Zhonghua passed out drunk. He fell on the table, accidentally knocking down the wine jar in his hand and pouring the mellow fragrance all over the room, while the broken fragments of the jar were scattered all over the floor.

Qi Ci: “Wait! Finish what you were about to say before falling asleep!”

However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t wake Bian Zhonghua. Qi Ci’s heart collapsed, making him resentfully take a large mouthful of wine.

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Bian Zhonghua was the kind to get drunk quickly and wake up quickly as well. After less than an hour of drunken sleep, he held his aching head as he gradually opened his eyes.

“Hiss.” Bian Zhonghua knocked his head, finding that Qi Ci was no longer around. He was a little surprised: “Hmm? Did he go back?”

But, as soon as he said that, he was completely woken up….

Because he found his room in a mess, as if a thief had entered while he was asleep. The books and bedding were pitifully thrown on the floor, and all the things that were originally stored in the cabinets were also tossed around.

The candles had long burned out, and the red wax solidified on the lamp base, twisted and cracked.

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Although the night was dark, with the help of the bright moonlight, Bian Zhonghua was able to see a man squatting next to the wooden cabinet.

That man was opening the cabinets, tossing out the items inside. His movements were quite noisy, as if he had nothing to fear.

Bian Zhonghua frowned. His whole body was instantly covered by chains of light, and with an undisguised killing intent, the dagger flew out of his sleeve. The tip of the dagger was facing the back of the man in the dark, coldly and ruthlessly.

However, the moment the man turned his head, the chain of light in the dagger immediately withdrew, falling back into Bian Zhonghua’s hand.

Bian Zhonghua raised his eyebrows in surprise, walked over a few steps, and then squatted beside Qi Ci. Then he tilted his head to ask: “Young Gongzi, are you drunk? What are you doing?”

Qi Ci raised his head to look at Bian Zhonghua. The corners of his eyes were red, and his face looked confused, as if he didn’t recognize Bian Zhonghua. Qi Ci was so drunk that his body was very unstable. He had to sit so he wouldn’t fall down, but he was still turning over relentlessly: “How could it disappear? I clearly kept it closer to me.”

“What disappeared?” Bian Zhonghua asked.

Qi Ci looked aggrieved as he stuttered: “He gave me a token, and I lost it again. How could I be so stupid?”

Right after saying that, Qi Ci scolded himself, raising his hand to hit himself on the head.

Bian Zhonghua hastily held Qi Ci’s wrist to stop him from injuring himself. All of a sudden, Bian Zhonghua remembered something and hurriedly took out the token that Lin Baihu had returned to him. As he waved the token in front of Qi Ci’s eyes, with a smile on his face, he said : “Were you looking for this?”

Qi Ci stared at the token in Bian Zhonghua’s hand for ten full seconds.

Then, he abruptly pounced on Bian Zhonghua, pressing him against the ground.

It was said that drunkards had great strength, and Bian Zhonghua wasn’t expecting such a shocking move from Qi Ci. He was caught off guard, which resulted in him falling to the ground, hitting the floor with his back. He hissed in pain as he muttered in a low voice: “Why are you throwing yourself into my arms?”

Qi Ci pressed Bian Zhonghua’s hand, glared at him, and stammered: “He gave this token to me, why do you have it? Yo-you, give it back to me!”

Bian Zhonghua intended to tease Qi Ci a bit more, so he naturally refused to give him the token. With a smile on his face, he said: “Young Gongzi, why are you being this unreasonable? This token is clearly in my hand, so how could it be yours?”

Qi Ci suddenly couldn’t say anything to refute. His eyes were still quite red, and he looked somewhat anxious.

Bian Zhonghua propped himself up and sat up with a smile still on his face: “Do you want it?”

Qi Ci hurriedly nodded his head. 

Bian Zhonghua played with the token as he said slowly: “It’s not impossible to give it to you, but you have to give me something in return. Young Gongzi, do you think that’s reasonable?”

“You, what do you want?” Qi Ci asked hurriedly, only to add right after: “I’ll give you whatever you want.”

“Whatever I want?” Bian Zhonghua’s smile grew even bigger as he thought to himself: ‘I don’t know what this drunkard is thinking about. It’s just a token, so why treasure it so much?’

Qi Ci nodded his head.

“Alright then.” Bian Zhonghua thought for a moment, coughed lightly, and finally said with a serious face: “So, you have to make me laugh. Make me laugh and I’ll give this token to you. How about that?”

“Make you laugh?” Qi Ci repeated stupidly. Suddenly, he staggered up and ran towards the table to get an empty jar of wine. Then he walked back and put it in front of Bian Zhonghua.

Bian Zhonghua was wondering about what Qi Ci was trying to do when he suddenly saw Qi Ci raise the wine jar, with the clear intention of hitting his own head!

Bian Zhonghua was so frightened at this sight that his heart stopped thumping. At that moment, he didn’t care about anything else as he hurriedly swung his palm over to knock the wine jar away.

Qi Ci’s wrist was slapped quite hard, so it became red pretty fast. Fortunately, the wine jar fell to the ground before Qi Ci could smash it on his own head.

“What are you doing?!” Bian Zhonghua felt a chill fall down his back. After the momentary fear, he didn’t even notice that the tone of his voice was filled with a trace of anger.

“Wasn’t it funny?” Qi Ci asked as he rubbed his reddened wrist.

“How could this be funny?!” Bian Zhonghua had no other choice than to touch his forehead in desperation, thinking that he couldn’t ask something to a drunkard like this.

Qi Ci frowned, obviously puzzled: “Didn’t I make someone laugh like this before?”

Bian Zhonghua gasped, raised his head, and asked: “Someone asked you to make them laugh like this?!”

“Yes.” Qi Ci replied without hesitation.

“Who?” Bian Zhonghua’s tone of voice had turned extremely cold.

“Oh, when my mother got sick, we spent all of the family’s savings on medicine. Later, when my mother died, I was only 12 years old, and I didn’t have money to pay for her burial. The son of the landlord said that if I could smash an empty jar of wine on my head, and make him laugh, he would give me the money for my mother’s burial,” Qi Ci said lightly. After all, it was an unintentional malice from his childhood. After so many years had passed, this matter had turned into a playful joke.

As soon as Qi Ci said those words, every single one of the wine jars and porcelain items in the wing room shattered into pieces. The loud sound of the porcelain breaking could be heard in every corner of the room, covering everything with exploded fragments. Even several pieces were deeply embedded into the wall.

At that, Qi Ci half-woke up from his drunken state: “What’s going on?!”

Bian Zhonghua smiled: “Don’t be afraid. I was just too angry.”

Qi Ci looked puzzled: “What are you angry about?”