Chapter 244

Chapter 244: Had Actually Met Them

Shang Xing Yu grinned, used a little strength, and tossed Tian Meng Nian onto two bodyguards.

The two bodyguards staggered back before they barely steadied themselves.

Shang Xing Yu bent down and said, “Well, that was really unlucky. People from Northern Di? This good-for-nothing had actually met them!”

Tian Meng Nian grabbed the two bodyguards to stand steady and snapped, “You? So what if you had met them? You probably got scared and cried!”

Shang Xing Yu looked at Tian Meng Nian like he was an idiot.

After a moment, Shang Xing Yu seemed to remember something and said, “Oh-right, I almost forgot. With your status, you didn’t even qualify to accompany His Majesty to the Drill Ground.”

Tian Meng Nian’s father was only a fourth-rank official, and he was not even in capital city.

Tian Meng Nian exploded the moment he heard it. “W-what did you mean? You looked down on me?”

[How did Shang Xing Yu have the right to look down on Tian Meng Nian?!]

Shang Xing Yu picked at his ear and said, “How about we make a bet?”

Tian Meng Nian glared at him. “Say it!”

Shang Xing Yu said, “Let’s go to Mo Bei together and fight on the battlefield. We’ll see who kills more Northern Di soldiers. How about it?”

Tian Meng Nian pointed at Shang Xing Yu and stammered for a long time before blurting, “Y-you’re crazy!”

[Him, on the battlefield? Was Shang Xing Yu looking for death?!]

Shang Xing Yu said, completely at ease, “Just say whether you’re betting or not.”

Shang Xing Yu had been thinking about what excuse to use to go to Mo Bei. Now the excuse had basically delivered itself to his hands.

Tian Meng Nian said without any hesitation, “I’m not going!”

Then Tian Meng Nian added, “And I don’t believe you dare go either.”

Shang Xing Yu raised his eyebrows. “If I went, wouldn’t you lose without even fighting?”

Tian Meng Nian choked. “I…”

Shang Xing Yu said, “I want your two estates in Ting Zhou, and the three plots of farmland your mother left you. I remember you once bragged about it. How many mu was it again?”

Tian Meng Nian’s eyes widened.

Shang Xing Yu nodded as if he had just recalled it. “Oh, over three hundred mu. If I went to Mo Bei and killed Northern Di soldiers, you’d give me all of that. So-will you bet?”

Tian Meng Nian stared in shock.

Tian Meng Nian had not expected Shang Xing Yu to know about any of that. Tian Meng Nian had bragged more than once in front of friends, but Tian Meng Nian could not remember which time that useless Shang Xing Yu had overheard it.

Yet Shang Xing Yu had remembered it all this time.

[Did Shang Xing Yu actually set his eyes on Tian Meng Nian’s things?]

But so what if Shang Xing Yu did?

Shang Xing Yu was a useless waste. If Shang Xing Yu dared go to Mo Bei and kill enemies, then Tian Meng Nian could probably become a great general too.

Tian Meng Nian snorted. “Fine. If you dare go to Mo Bei and even kill ten Northern Di soldiers, then I’ll give you all of it!”

The moment Tian Meng Nian finished, Shang Xing Yu lifted a hand and signaled for a clerk to bring paper and ink.

Tian Meng Nian frowned. “What are you doing?”

Shang Xing Yu scribbled a few lines on the paper and said, “Young Master Tian, words mean nothing. Sign it and press your handprint!”

Tian Meng Nian stared. “…”

[This good-for-nothing wasn’t going to do it for real, was he?!]

No, impossible.

The thought barely flashed through Tian Meng Nian’s mind before Tian Meng Nian rejected it.

Shang Xing Yu had to be tricking him. Shang Xing Yu thought Tian Meng Nian would not dare sign and leave a mark, but Tian Meng Nian would do it anyway.

Besides, wasn’t Shang Xing Yu about to have a grand wedding with the Princess?

Tian Meng Nian had heard it from his brother-in-law, Yang Jun Nan. Supposedly the wedding date was set for May this year, with less than two months left.

How could Shang Xing Yu possibly go to Mo Bei now?

Thinking of that, Tian Meng Nian let out a cold laugh and rolled his eyes.

Tian Meng Nian said, “Then what if you don’t go to Mo Bei? I won’t ask for much. Just give me the Shang Residence that’s being renovated right now, how about that?”

Land in capital city was expensive. That one residence alone was worth as much as everything Shang Xing Yu had listed earlier.

Tian Meng Nian was smug, certain Shang Xing Yu would never agree.

But the next moment, Shang Xing Yu nodded without hesitation. “Fine.”

Tian Meng Nian went blank.

Shang Xing Yu had already written a few lines on another sheet. Shang Xing Yu signed it, pressed a handprint on it, and handed it to Tian Meng Nian.

Shang Xing Yu said, “Hold on to it. Your turn.”

Tian Meng Nian was stunned, but Tian Meng Nian still refused to believe Shang Xing Yu would dare go to Mo Bei.

So many friends were watching. Tian Meng Nian could lose anything, but Tian Meng Nian could not lose face.

On top of that, Shang Xing Yu’s gaze looked half-mocking and half-amused.

Tian Meng Nian’s head went hot. Tian Meng Nian grabbed the paper, signed it, and pressed a handprint.

Shang Xing Yu took it back, folded it carefully, and put it away.

Then Shang Xing Yu turned around and walked out.

Tian Meng Nian suddenly shouted, “Wait!”

Tian Meng Nian acted like he had finally caught Shang Xing Yu’s weakness. “You’re not scared and slipping away, are you? Don’t forget I still have your signed and handprinted document!”

Shang Xing Yu looked back. “Young Master Tian, you’re overthinking it. I was going into the palace.”

Into the palace?

So what if Shang Xing Yu went into the palace? Did Shang Xing Yu think that was impressive?

Tian Meng Nian sneered, but the next second the smile froze on Tian Meng Nian’s face.

Into the palace?

[That lunatic Shang Xing Yu wasn’t really going to the palace to beg His Majesty to send him to Mo Bei, was he?!]

[Was Shang Xing Yu trying to die?!]

Tian Meng Nian stood there in a daze.

At the same table, one of the people sitting with them was a new face they had only accepted today, the son of a minor official newly transferred to the capital. That person suddenly stood up and said, “Ah! I just remembered. Shang Xing Yu, Young Master Tian-I know where I’ve heard that name before.”

Tian Meng Nian looked at him, speechless.

Someone else laughed. “Who doesn’t know Shang Xing Yu’s name?”

Another person added, “Hahaha! capital city’s number one rich wastrel!”

The minor official’s son shook his head fast. “No, not that. Didn’t I tell you before that my father’s old friend is General Pei? General Pei bragged to my father. General Pei said Shang Xing Yu took General Pei’s son to the Imperial House Drill Ground winter hunt and toyed with two Northern Di generals, and-and even took first place!”

Tian Meng Nian snapped, “What? Impossible!”

Tian Meng Nian refused to believe it.

Shang Xing Yu and that Pei Yu An were both useless. How could they take first place?

The minor official’s son blurted, eager to prove it. “It’s true! If Young Master Tian doesn’t believe me, you can ask anyone else who went to the Imperial House Drill Ground!”

Tian Meng Nian still did not believe it.

But after thinking for a moment, Tian Meng Nian let out another cold laugh. “Fine. Since you’ve said that, I’ll go ask someone else.”

Tian Meng Nian turned and left.

Tian Meng Nian did not ask anyone else at all. Tian Meng Nian went straight to Yang Manor to find Tian Meng Nian’s brother-in-law.