Age of Legends

Chapter 219 Zhang Guochen
Who can understand Qin Tangxi's feelings when she saw Zhang Chen appear in front of her? Her expression changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If I make any rash moves, wouldn't I be playing right into their hands?

Qin Tangxi instantly figured out why Zhang Chen would be here.

I must have offended him before. Today, when he found out that my older sister had made an appointment with me, this scheming Zhang Chen started plotting.

My older sister is easily fooled and has a soft heart. She agreed to tutoring him after he begged her. She's probably just waiting for me here today to disgust me.

Qin Tangxi felt... he had succeeded.

I hadn't seen my older sister for a long time, and today felt like a special day. I was finally able to hang out with her, but then this third wheel showed up. It's like she's deliberately making things difficult for me.

Qin Tangxi plopped down, feeling that this action determined her current attitude.

"Sis, I want to drink Hong Kong-style milk tea, can you order some for me?"

"Go order yourself." Shen Nuo glanced at her, then said, "Can't you call someone?"

Qin Tangxi was momentarily speechless. She was usually incredibly shrewd, but she just couldn't get past Shen Nuoyi. Knowing the importance of flexibility, she decided to back down for now and teach Zhang Chen a lesson later. She simply said "Oh," and then smiled, "Zhang Chen, you're here today too, tutoring?"

In the past, she wouldn't have been able to control Zhang Chen, but now, Zhang, you've walked right into my doorstep. Perfect, today I'll deliberately provoke you, let you show your true colors, and let Shen Nuo see clearly that you're interested in her, not just want tutoring!
She had it all planned out. If Zhang Chen mentioned tutoring, she would seize the opportunity to ask him if he hadn't asked anyone else, and why he had asked his own sister. She had prepared hundreds of questions to make him flustered and give himself away.

Zhang Chen met Qin Tangxi's smiling face and shook his head, "No. I'm on a date with your sister."

Lightning strike.

Opening lightning strike.

Qin Tangxi sat there, completely stunned and bewildered, unable to recover for a long time. Then, with a look of grief and indignation, she turned to Shen Nuoyi, making sure she had heard everything, and said, "Sister, he, he's talking nonsense!"

Shen Nuo nodded. "I also think he's talking nonsense! Okay, go buy your milk tea, okay? Do you want me to give you money?"

Qin Tangxi looked at Zhang Chen, who had committed a grave offense but was not forcibly removed and killed, and Shen Nuoyi, who remained unmoved.

All my words can be summed up in one word: "Huh?"

Qin Tangxi took Shen Nuo's twenty or thirty yuan and went to the bar to order food, her mind still buzzing.

Some things haven't changed. For example, even though her family is much richer than Shen Nuoyi's, when Qin Tangxi took her out as a child, she didn't use her own money and always let her cousin treat her. Sometimes, when Shen Nuoyi's family didn't give her much money, he would take her out to play on hot days, and even if he didn't want ice cream himself, he would ask her if she wanted some and use his only money to buy it for her.

Qin Tangxi has been enjoying this without a care in the world, and she still is now.

However, it's completely different now!

Does Zhang Chen know what he's saying? Shen Nuoyi, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you angry? Why don't you just ignore him?
However, Qin Tangxi wasn't stupid. She quickly composed herself, ordered milk tea, and could have gone back to sit down and asked the waiter to bring it over, but she waited there instead, taking the opportunity to think. When the waiter made the milk tea, she took the cup and walked back, only to see Zhang Chen and Shen Nuoyi doing their homework.

She didn't say much, just sat there listlessly, picking up a comic book from her bag to read.

She knew that when her older sister was doing her homework, she couldn't be disturbed, not even by the King of Heaven. Once, when she was visiting her sister's house, Shen Nuo was doing her homework, and she would wander in and out, or deliberately talk loudly, just to provoke her. In the end, she got a good beating from her parents, and after that, she behaved herself. Zhang Chen glanced at her casually; in her hand was a melodramatic romance manga called "Daughter of the Nile," but the characters were exquisitely drawn, all beautiful boys and girls like sculptures. Of course, Qin Tangxi didn't think it was some kind of Mary Sue melodrama at the moment, and was completely engrossed in reading it.

This comic, which began serialization in the 1970s, is also about a girl who travels to ancient Egypt, uses her modern knowledge to predict floods, fights off foreign enemies, and incidentally wins the heart of a prince. It's pretty much the same as other time-traveling female protagonist stories set in the future; what was that other one again? Fashion is a circle.

Zhang Chen stopped worrying about it and continued pushing the test papers with Shen Nuo. When they finished, Zhang Chen stretched and went to the restroom.

During this brief pause, Qin Tangxi suddenly asked Shen Nuo, "So... Sis, you really are tutoring Zhang Chen? Why?"

Shen Nuo looked at Qin Tangxi and smiled slightly, "If...we want to make progress together, how about that?"

It was a bright and sunny day, but Qin Tangxi felt as if she had been struck by lightning again.

The shock she felt had already come twice. "No, no... Sis, didn't you realize he wanted to pursue you? What, you don't mean...?"

"Hmm... I like him too." Before Qin Tangxi could even finish her sentence, she readily admitted it.

Qin Tangxi felt as if she had been run over by a tank and had a cannon pointed at her face.

My mind was filled with the true meaning of cyber magic.

A moment later, she looked blank and aimless, as if her soul had left her body, and uttered an "Oh!"

Then Shen Nuoyi's voice came again: "So, don't say anything about who I like outside. Only you know this. If it gets out, it'll be you who spread it."

Qin Tangxi looked at Shen Nuoyi. At this moment, her phoenix eyes, which were glancing at her sideways, no longer had their usual heroic spirit. Instead, they were sharp and cold, as if she could draw her sword and kill her own family for the greater good at the next moment. Qin Tangxi felt that she had already been hurt by the sword energy.

In particular, she saw Shen Nuoyi's red lips move slightly, "Then you're dead."

If this gets out... then it'll be you who spread it, and you're dead meat.

These words made Qin Tangxi feel as if she were being controlled by sword techniques, as if she were being pierced by a thousand arrows, her heart trembling uncontrollably.

"Oh." She finally said "oh" again.

Shen Nuo glanced at Qin Tangxi. She hadn't told her cousin about her relationship with Zhang Chen, partly because she didn't want her to gossip about it within the family and cause unnecessary trouble. Also, she'd brought her here today to make things clear and prevent her from spreading rumors about who she liked. Only in this way could she keep her cousin in check.

When Zhang Chen returned from the restroom, he saw Shen Nuoyi and Qin Tangxi seemingly chatting. Looking at their nearly finished drinks, he didn't rush back to his seat but stood by the table and asked, "Would you like anything else to eat or drink?"

Then he saw Qin Tangxi, who had been arguing with him before, suddenly turn her head and give him the sweetest smile imaginable, "I don't want to eat anything, thank you... Brother Chen!"

Zhang Chen: "??!"

(End of this chapter)