Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder's Record of Counterattacks

Chapter 3667: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (6)

She couldn't help but feel that Qin Nianzhi had some sort of misunderstanding about men. Who made it a rule that men had to be crude?

She spent every day with her betrothed. Was Chong Xuefeng a crude person?

Ning Shu set down her wine cup and said coolly, "Tang Yuan, go back to Wanjian Manor after you finish eating. You are still young right now. You aren't suited to explore the martial world."

"Senior Brother, I was ordered by Master to accompany you in exploring the martial world. Are you going to disobey Master's orders?" Although Qin Nianzhi spoke fiercely, the gaze she directed at Ning Shu was completely pitiful and filled with a pleading look.

Ning Shu replied, "What else can be done? I am terribly afraid you will cause trouble and end up being deceived. Human hearts are sinister. In this world, there is no shortage of starving wolves wearing human skin who specialize in snatching people up."

Situ Xun chuckled, looking exceedingly bewitching. It was unclear if he understood the underlying subtext in Ning Shu's words.

"Don't worry, I won't get tricked. I have you, and I also have a newly recruited underling. Situ Xun is a very smart person, and his martial arts aren't bad either. He even chased off ruffians and swindlers, and he follows me around upholding justice." Qin Nianzhi looked at Ning Shu pitifully. "If you send me back, I will never speak to you again."

It was that girlish look again. Ning Shu truly couldn't help but massage her forehead. "As long as you're happy."

"Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother! I knew it. You’re the best." Qin Nianzhi immediately broke into a smile before adding, "Eldest Senior Brother, the three of us should become sworn brothers."

"I promise you, Situ Xun is a very, very good person," Qin Nianzhi guaranteed, patting her chest.

"I am already your eldest senior brother. If we become sworn brothers, won't I be the boss?"

"That won't do. I want to be the boss." Qin Nianzhi quickly shook her head. She wanted to be the boss. She wanted to taste the prestige of being the boss. Normally, when she saw her eldest senior brother in the sect, all the other disciples treated him with the utmost respect. It was incredibly awe-inspiring, and it made Qin Nianzhi desperately jealous.

Qin Nianzhi simply had the temperament of a child.

Ning Shu fanned herself and didn't say a word. Naturally, they stayed at an inn that night. Ning Shu booked three rooms, one for each of them. Everyone was well aware that Qin Nianzhi was a woman.

Ning Shu watched Situ Xun and Qin Nianzhi playing around in the inn's courtyard. They were just playing rock-paper-scissors, and the loser would get flicked on the forehead. It was exceptionally childish, but Qin Nianzhi was having the time of her life.

Ning Shu walked over to the two of them and said, "Junior Brother, I have something to discuss with you. Come with me."

"Alright then." Qin Nianzhi felt a bit unsatisfied with her playtime. Normally, absolutely no one played these games with her back at Wanjian Manor. Those brothers would only get her things like masks or little sugar figurines, which were honestly quite boring to look at.

This newly recruited underling of hers was far too interesting, and he knew so many things.

Ning Shu led Qin Nianzhi into the room and said, "You must go back. That Situ Xun's background is not ordinary. You will get tricked if you keep traveling with him."

"How could that be? Situ Xun has never tricked me about anything. Eldest Senior Brother, you are just being too paranoid," Qin Nianzhi said in dissatisfaction. "Why do you insist on sending me back? I don't want to go back.

"Every single one of you wants to lock me up in a cage. I just want to come out and take a look around." Qin Nianzhi was feeling a bit irritable. "Eldest Senior Brother, you dote on me the most. Just let me tag along, please? I promise I'll do whatever you say."

Ning Shu said expressionlessly, "No one is trying to lock you up forever. It's just that it is no longer suitable for you to interact with Situ Xun right now."

"Eldest Senior Brother, who I want to make friends with is my own business. Are you forcibly interfering like this just because Situ Xun is a man?" Qin Nianzhi looked stubbornly at Ning Shu. "He and I just have a normal boss and underling relationship."

"As your betrothed, of course I know your temperament. But I cannot trust Situ Xun. Otherwise, I will have no way to explain things to Master." If something happened to Qin Nianzhi, it was hard to guarantee that Old Man Qin wouldn't take his anger out on her.

After all, she was someone who was going to inherit Wanjian Manor, become a tall, rich, and handsome man, and reach the pinnacle of life.

She had done everything she was supposed to do. But if Qin Nianzhi actively courted death on her own, then she couldn't blame anyone else.

"Situ Xun is a good person," Qin Nianzhi said with certainty. "He really is a very, very good person. He even gave money to a beggar, telling the beggar to take the money and find a livelihood so he could marry a wife and have children."

Qin Nianzhi tried her best to make Ning Shu accept Situ Xun.

Ning Shu pulled her lips back and asked, "How much money did he give?"

"This beggar even tried to take liberties with me earlier. He snatched the purse off my body, and Situ Xun was the one who helped me get it back."

"Don't you know martial arts? How did you get your things snatched by a beggar?" Wasn't she completely useless?

Qin Nianzhi felt a little embarrassed. "At first, I saw that the beggar looked pitiful, so I gave him a little money. Then a whole bunch of beggars surrounded me, and someone swiped my money pouch."

"Situ Xun helped me chase them down and get my things back. He also gave that beggar two silver ingots, telling him to stop stealing and behaving like a thief, and to live his life properly as a good person," Qin Nianzhi said.

Ning Shu's expression became rather peculiar. Looking at Qin Nianzhi's face, it seemed she genuinely believed Situ Xun was a good person. She believed that everyone in the world was good, and that there was no darkness, no sin, and no evil intentions. It was hard to say whether this naivety was a good thing or a bad thing.

Ning Shu counted on her fingers and realized there was a conspiracy at play here. Situ Xun was clearly using those two silver ingots to kill someone with a borrowed knife. A beggar with that much money would definitely be coveted by the other beggars. Moreover, this was an amount of money that a beggar could never earn in a lifetime, so he absolutely wouldn't let it go. Who knew what the final outcome would be when the time came?

No one would care if a couple of beggars died. At most, their bodies would be dragged away by government runners and thrown into a mass grave.

As for the silver, how could he possibly let a beggar profit from it so easily?

And he even managed to earn a reputation as a good person in front of Qin Nianzhi.

Ning Shu: I am so full of despair!

She really was a bad person. Everyone she looked at seemed like a bad person to her.

Whereas Qin Nianzhi thought everyone was a good person.

"I don't care what kind of person Situ Xun is, whether he is good or bad. You came out without Master's permission, so Master must be incredibly anxious back at Wanjian Manor. Therefore, you must go back so you don't cause him to worry."

The days were peaceful and quiet, yet she just had to cause a fuss.

"Just send a letter back to Father and say you are taking me along to gain experience. Please, Eldest Senior Brother, I'm begging you."

Qin Nianzhi grabbed Ning Shu's sleeve and swayed it in a girlish manner. Qin Nianzhi acting cute like this was truly enough to make anyone's heart tremble.

However, Ning Shu's heart remained completely unstirred as she rejected her.

"No."

"Eldest Senior Brother!" Qin Nianzhi stomped her foot. Seeing that Ning Shu had no intention of compromising, she immediately spun around in a huff and ran right out of the inn.

Ning Shu's spiritual consciousness continuously tracked Qin Nianzhi until she ran out of its area of coverage.

Ning Shu couldn't be bothered to care where she went. According to the storyline, she should be wandering off to a brothel to rescue a pitiful woman who had been forced into prostitution.

Oh, and brutally beat up the brothel madam and the bouncers, too.