Chapter 10

"Last year, you suddenly disappeared, and we thought you were dead! We never expected that you would end up in a small kingdom like Yaocheng!" Pang Shao and Ye Chu walked to a quiet room on the flower boat, dismissed the serving maid inside, and didn't forget to curse Ye Chu. At the same time, he sighed at his own bad luck. He thought that after finally taking a liking to a woman, he would run into Ye Chu even in such a remote place. From Ye Chu's previous demeanor, it seemed unlikely that he would have a chance to get close to her!

"The eagle hasn't turned into a sparrow, and the golden spear hasn't fallen! How could I bear to die now!" Ye Chu laughed, "But you should be careful not to die from a venereal disease!"

Su Rong and Zhang Suer had just sat down, and upon hearing Ye Chu's words, their faces turned red, their skin as smooth as congealed fat, with a faint, alluring blush. Their rosy cheeks were about to drip with red, and their bashful, charming demeanor was very captivating! Their cherry lips, delicate and slightly plump, added a touch of allure, but their eyes revealed disgust, a kind of bold and unrestrained speech that no one had ever dared to say in front of them before.

"You're still as lewd and shameless as before!" Pang Shao thought that anyone who could say such a thing must be as dirty as he was, but ironically, everyone used to think he was the more lewd one. Seeing that there was still a seat next to Su Rong and Zhang Suer, he was about to sit down. However, Ye Chu plopped down right between Su Rong and Zhang Suer.

"Damn!" Pang Shao cursed inwardly, thinking that he was ultimately not as shameless as Ye Chu. He had only wanted to sit next to Zhang Suer, but Ye Chu had directly sat between the two women, hugging them from both sides.

"I can never match this bastard Ye Chu; he's bold and shameless enough!" Pang Shao cursed again and could only sit opposite Liang Shan at the table.

With Ye Chu squeezed between them, Su Rong and Zhang Suer almost pressed against his body. They couldn't help but move to the sides, their gazes falling on Ye Chu. Seeing that Ye Chu remained calm and indifferent, ignoring their looks, they felt secretly angry but had no way to deal with it.

"Su Xiaorong! I remember your tea-making skills were quite good before! How about it? Can you make a few cups for me?" Sitting between the two women, he could almost smell the faint fragrance coming from their bodies, making him a bit distracted. He glanced at Su Rong, whose face was exquisitely beautiful, her skin as white as snow and as smooth as jade.

"Tea again? Damn, can't you drink some wine for once!" Pang Shao was about to lose his temper. He and Ye Chu had known each other for so long, but this guy always turned drinking into tea. As a man, drinking tea like a woman, how could he stand it? But Ye Chu seemed to enjoy it. Initially, they had tried every means to get Ye Chu to drink, even threatening and bribing him. They even told Ye Chu that if he could drink, they would find him a famous beauty from the empire to accompany him.

Their temptation worked, and Ye Chu agreed to drink if there was a beauty to accompany him. But when they went to great lengths to find a beauty to accompany him, Ye Chu completely forgot his promise and drank tea with the seductive and charming beauty.

The most shameless part was when Pang Shao and his group questioned Ye Chu about not keeping his promise, Ye Chu said nonchalantly, "Didn't you know that 'considering' is actually a polite refusal? Forget it, it's all your fault for being too stupid and not understanding human nature! Pitiful and lamentable!"

After saying this, Ye Chu left a group of people staring in shock, and he walked away with the seductive beauty, making Pang Shao and the others gnash their teeth in frustration but unable to do anything.

Pang Shao originally thought that meeting an old friend in a foreign land and Ye Chu suggesting drinking, Ye Chu would at least have a sip of wine. But he never expected that this guy would still drink tea.

"Scared to even touch wine, what kind of man are you!" Pang Shao couldn't help but provoke Ye Chu.

Ye Chu ignored Pang Shao's provocation, such a low-level tactic couldn't affect him. As for not drinking wine, it was a legacy from his previous life. In his previous life, he had died from excessive drinking, which made him lose interest in alcohol. Thinking about his previous life, he had been a wild and unrestrained man, frequenting various nightclubs, and he never would have dreamed that he could go three years without drinking.

Seeing that Ye Chu didn't touch wine, Su Rong was also very surprised. She clearly remembered that three years ago, Ye Chu loved to drink and cause trouble, and many heinous acts were committed under the influence of alcohol. A person like that would actually drink tea for self-cultivation?

Knowing that he couldn't force Ye Chu, Pang Shao could only drag Liang Shan to drink with him. Liang Shan, being dragged by Pang Shao to drink, was flattered and kept clinking glasses with Pang Shao.

He was also surprised by the relationship between Ye Chu and Pang Shao. Pang Shao's kindness to him was clearly because of Ye Chu.

Liang Shan turned to look at Ye Chu and saw that Ye Chu was just taking the tea that Su Rong had made. The pearl of Yaocheng, Su Rong, personally serving tea, made Liang Shan's blood boil with excitement, something he had never imagined before.

Reaching out to take the teacup, Ye Chu's fingers touched Su Rong's delicate fingers, feeling a silk-like sensation. Su Rong reflexively withdrew her fingers.

Seeing this, Pang Shao felt an indescribable jealousy: "Back in the empire, there was a princess who made tea for you. Now, even here, you have a beauty to accompany you!"

This sentence made everyone's eyes suddenly focus on Ye Chu, including Su Rong, who all showed a look of surprise and doubt.

Princess? What princess? Anyone who could be called a princess in the empire must have a high status! Could it be a princess? But if it were a princess, such a noble and exalted person, would she make tea for Ye Chu? They looked at Ye Chu with increasing suspicion, feeling that there were many mysteries surrounding him.

Seeing that Ye Chu ignored his jealousy, Pang Shao suddenly thought of something and laughed slyly: "If the princess knew you were in Yaocheng, do you think she would come to kill you?"

"Damn!" Ye Chu finally cursed, "If you tell that little bitch where I am, you'll never touch a woman for the rest of your life!"

"I will tell her!" Pang Shao was also angry, his face turning green with rage. Back in the capital, Ye Chu had gone to spy on the Holy Maiden bathing, almost being caught by her and escaping. But that was one thing; this guy had deceived him by saying, "There's a beauty with a perfect figure in the hot spring." Without thinking much, he had run over and bumped into the Holy Maiden, who was just getting out of the water, furious. Thus, his miserable fate began, being beaten by the Holy Maiden's attendants every day. For that month, he had no intact part of his body!

Pang Shao kept explaining that he had been tricked by Ye Chu, but the Holy Maiden wouldn't believe him. In the end, Pang Shao had to swear a terrible oath: "If I lie, I will never touch a woman for the rest of my life!"

Seeing him swear such a terrible oath, the Holy Maiden finally let him go, but she began to search the world for Ye Chu to find out if it was true.

But Ye Chu was smart; by the time she started searching, he was long gone, leaving the Holy Maiden helpless.

"This time, I will definitely tell the Holy Maiden. Otherwise, I don't know how she will deal with me." Thinking of the days he was tormented by the Holy Maiden, Pang Shao couldn't help but shiver.

Ye Chu suddenly laughed and said to Pang Shao, "Telling her is fine, but you won't get to join in any fun things in the future!"

"Why?" Pang Shao was even angrier.

"Because of the rule that 'you have to listen to me during activities'!" Ye Chu shrugged and smiled. Although Pang Shao was furious, he remained silent, gritting his teeth.

Pang Shao's silence made Su Rong and Liang Shan widen their eyes, feeling their minds go blank, unable to believe what they were seeing. Liang Shan's lips even trembled: Wh... What! As the heir of an ancient noble family in the empire, even the king treated Pang Shao with respect, and he had to listen to Ye Chu?

Liang Shan felt his head go numb but couldn't help asking with a trembling voice, "Ye... Ye Chu! What did you do these past three years?"