Chapter 131

"Leng Yuhang, you're finished!"

The exclamation echoed across the sports field, making it clear just how furious Zhou Yu was. Everyone turned their heads in unison to look at him.

"Don't you all have training to do?" Zhou Yu barked. "What are you staring at? Get lost and get back to training!"

Hearing the commotion, Xiao Jie and Nian Yu also stopped their drills. Nian Yu ran over to Zhou Yu and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yu fumed, "That brat, Little Leng—can you believe it? Back then, he said I wasn't a 'good man' just because I wore glasses. Now, he’s even gone and told his wife that I’m not a good man! What did I ever do to him?"

Nian Yu quickly comforted him, "Alright, alright, don't be angry. He’s probably just joking with you."

Zhou Yu grew even more indignant. "It's exactly because I know it’s a joke that I’m so pissed off! This running gag has been going on for years, and he still brings it up! He’s just doing it because he knows he can’t catch up to me, so he’s picking on me."

Wang Lingling stood to the side, covering her mouth to stifle a laugh.

Zhou Yu glared at her and asked, "What are you laughing at? Is there something so funny about this?"

Wang Lingling giggled and replied, "What else could it be? Why do you care so much about people calling you a bad guy?"

"It’s not about whether I care or not," Zhou Yu explained. "A long time ago, when we were still together and messing around, I cracked a joke about how 'a king turtle lives for a thousand years, a common turtle for ten thousand.' Just then, that brat Little Leng saw me put on my glasses and said I wasn't a 'good man.' I asked him why, and do you know what he told me?"

The three women looked at him, completely confused.

"He said, 'Evildoers live for a thousand years, and bad men are just evildoers,'" Zhou Yu grumbled. "Damn his ancestors!"

The three women were stunned for a second, then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"I never would have guessed," Nian Yu said. "Leng Yuhang is actually quite a character."

"I’m not a bad man to begin with!" Zhou Yu insisted. "I am a perfectly refined, decent person."

Xiao Jie chimed in, "Right, a 'refined scoundrel'—a scoundrel among the refined, and the refined among the scoundrels."

Zhou Yu looked awkward. "Xiao Jie, how did you pick up on that? That’s also a joke from years ago."

"Who told you to always go around calling yourself a refined person?" Xiao Jie countered. "Nian Yu has always called you a refined scoundrel, too. After hearing it for so long, I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to."

The three women erupted into laughter again.

"Fine, go ahead and laugh," Zhou Yu said. "Laugh all you want. I’m leaving; I’m not teaching you anymore."

Upon hearing that Zhou Yu was going to stop training them, Wang Lingling panicked. She quickly grabbed his arm and said, "No, no, no! I’m sorry, I’ll stop laughing!"

"Alright, hurry up and go practice," Zhou Yu said. "I’m going to go have a chat with the old man."

Realizing Zhou Yu wasn't actually mad, Wang Lingling let go of his arm.

As he walked away, Zhou Yu called back to her, "Tell Little Leng: he’s finished."

...

In Xiao Zhi's living room.

"Old man," Zhou Yu said, "your soldiers are really lacking. Where did all those top-tier ones go?"

Xiao Zhi looked at him helplessly. "Do you think everyone is like you? If all our soldiers had your talent, we would have become the world's leading military power long ago."

"Don't change the subject," Zhou Yu said. "Get to the point."

"Who exactly are you looking for?" Xiao Zhi asked.

"The ones you call the 'Four Great Experts,'" Zhou Yu replied.

"Oh," Xiao Zhi said. "Wang Yong and Hu Li are both on leave."

"Is there no one else?" Zhou Yu asked.

Xiao Zhi smiled. "If there were anyone else, wouldn't I have already given them to you? Would I really hold back?"