The Magus Era

Chapter 344

Fatty was still suspicious when he saw the well-built figure stand up unhurriedly, and come in front of them. This person wasn"t very tall, but just one look at him and anyone could tell that this person"s figure was exceptionally st.u.r.dy and rounded. Cupping his fists calmly, the person gave a wide smile and candidly spoke, "You must be Jun Family"s third young master, and the person with you is my future husband, Tang Yuan from the Tang Family? This young woman is Sun Xiao Mei."

Tang Yuan was briefly dumbfounded. His eyes nearly popped out from their sockets while his jaw almost dropped to the ground. This "man" was actually a woman, while her thick eyebrows and big eyes wouldn"t exactly look ugly from normal standards if they hadn"t been placed on that big forehead of hers.

Surprisingly, this woman had even tied her hair in a manly topknot [1], hadn"t applied a whiff of cosmetic products and was less of any jewelry. At present, she stood cupping her hands in a posture that seemed as steady as stagnant water; even her voice was ear-splitting, and resounding, like that of a powerful expert!

"Her a.s.s really isn"t small, she is exactly fatty"s type; your grandfather had spoken the truth, you two really do make a perfect match… a natural pair." Young Master Jun did not know what to say, so he had no option but to prevent himself from laughing out loud as he awkwardly cup his hands, and then congratulated Fatty in a low voice.

"Oh hey…" Tang Yuan looked like he had been struck by lightning. His otherwise small eyes were now as big as a buffalo"s, his big mouth was stretched to the root of his ears while saliva of despair had already started to drip from it. Suddenly, "kha kha kha…", a sound resembling of someone chocking a chicken started emanating from his throat repeatedly. Then, his eyes rolled upwards like he had hanged himself from a jade pillar, but had been rejected by it, and had involuntarily fallen down to the ground with a loud "bang", hit his head, and was then left dizzied for a short while.

Tang Yuan had fantasized a lot about the girl who was presently standing in front of him, Sun Xiao Mei, the Sun family"s granddaughter, thinking she would be would be the best candidate for his fiancée"s role… however, the difference between the fantasies of his dream lover, and the reality, was far more that the pitiful Tang Yuan could bear; it was like a cruel blow which would leave one vomiting foam, before eventually falling to the ground unconscious.

"Apparently, this young woman has given my honored fiancée quite a scare." The Sun Family"s granddaughter mocked herself even though there was a hint of sorrow in her eyes; which she quickly managed to conceal. Then, sizing up Tang Yuan with her eyes, she said in a straightforward manner, "My future husband is quite fat. He needs to lose weight."

Cupping her fist in her hands, she extended them forward in gesture as she continued, "Kindly take a seat, Third Young Master Jun."

Young Master Jun had figured out the truth much before Fatty Tang. However, his first impression of Sun Xiao Mei wasn"t really good. It was important to note that Fatty, even though intolerable, was still the heir of an important family of the Tian Xiang city, and thus his wife"s morality and conduct shouldn"t be anything like Sun Xiao Mei"s. It wasn"t to look down upon the notion of women, but in this era"s setting, women were considered to be a man"s va.s.sals. And men would find her unsightly appearance to be a defect. However, each and every shortcoming hers, would still fall short of her enormously bold att.i.tude.

Though Jun Mo Xie had only come in contact with the Sun Family"s young miss, he had started to form a favorable opinion of her, which was evident from the sincere shade of admiration in his eyes. Besides her stature and appearance, everything else about this woman wasn"t something he would fuss about.

In short, she could be described as, "A woman who was a match for men."

By just a word or two, one could sense that her temperament and efficiency in dealing with things surpa.s.sed that of the majority of men! If she were not born in a woman"s body, she would surely have been a man with a "Heroic Personality"!

If fatty were to break his engagement to the Sun Family"s granddaughter simply because of her weight, then it would be tantamount to missing out on an opportunity!

However, that flaw in her physical appearance had surely foreordained her life to tragedy.

After all, the majority of men judged women by their appearance alone!

Even if a woman had outstanding inner grace, it would still not hold much meaning for a vast majority of men!

Though it wouldn"t be pleasant to hear, but the fact was that, although Jun Mo Xie admired her at the moment, it was only because he was currently unrelated to this whole matter. If Minister Sun were to say to Young Master Jun: if you really think so highly of my young daughter, I"ll give her hand to you for marriage. Will you take good care of her? Then, the young master Jun would immediately disappear, and escape the city for a lifetime, without ever looking back at the Sun Family"s daughter again; let alone recognize this "gem of a person".

"Elder brother Mo Xie, although sister Sun"s appearance doesn"t stand out, but she is good-natured, kindhearted and very intelligent; I have been a close friend of hers, and she is a very remarkable person who is straightforward and does not take trivial matters to heart. I am very fond of her!" Dugu Xiao Yi said in a musical voice as she petted and stroked little white.

"You"re absolutely right." Jun Mo Xie exclaimed in heartfelt admiration.

Based on just this situation, Jun Mo Xie could understand that, although this little girl conducted herself in a naïve and pure manner, and had the tendency to be sincere towards people, but she surely knew how to discern and a.s.sess nonsensical falsehoods, and could be deemed quite objective even though she came across as immature.

Considering the majority of this era"s background, very few women were capable of deferring from the conventions, and being so straightforward. Therefore, although Sun Xiao Mei was born with some physical flaws, her personality was nevertheless quite commendable.

Sun Xiao Mei smiled, sat down, lifted the teapot to pour Jun Mo Xie a cup as she raised her eyebrows and addressed him, "Young Master Jun, although we have met today for the first time, I find that the rumors about you are not in agreement with reality."

"Yes?" Jun Mo Xie asked with a mischievous smile as he raised the tea cup. "What do you find to be in disagreement?"

Sun Xiao Mei did not reply immediately, but smiled in a carefree manner. And that masculine smile which had just blossomed, somehow fit well with her somewhat rough face.

"To tell you the truth, this young woman is not here to meet Tang Yuan." Sun Xiao Mei smiled. "The marriage between Tang Yuan and this young woman had been arranged by our respective parents, and I being an ugly woman, have already accepted my misfortunes as a decree of fate, and bear no intention to rebel. However, I have a record of all matters concerning Tang Yuan over these past five years: what he did, what he said, where he went, everything under the sky… and I know it like the back of my hand!"

The Young Master Jun suddenly felt cold in his clothes!

Jun Mo Xie observed a moment of silence for Fatty Tang; the hit-man could already foresee a very tragic life ahead for that fatty.

"Not only is Tang Yuan not a good person, he is not even a proper gentleman!" Sun Xiao Mei smiled as she looked at the fallen Tang Yuan. "To say it bluntly, he is a proper scoundrel from head to tail, and a really, really, vile character!"

"Well said!" Jun Mo Xie laughed heartily and clapped his hands. "It could be said that you"ve hit the bull"s eye!"

"However, this nasty guy has a very genuine nature!" Sun Xiao Mei smiled glibly. "He never conceals his likes and dislikes, and is openly vocal and upfront about the things he hates; and I like such genuine people! Though he has a bad reputation, is considered to be unworthy by everyone since he has a very bad record for the son of a n.o.bleman, is as fat as a pig, and as dumb as a donkey… you as his close friend must be familiar with all of this… and so I needn"t comment on all this. I would just like to stress on one point. I have observed his intrinsic traits, and I believe that Tang Yuan is nevertheless a man, and not a mere farm animal."

Therefore, I don"t have anything to be dissatisfied about; moreover, my own situation isn"t so great either, and thus, being able to find such a life-companion is more than I could"ve asked for in this life." Sun Xiao Mei smiled lightly. "Therefore, it"s apparent that we are a match made in the heaven."

"ke ke ke…" Jun Mo Xie coughed several times, unable to think of a fitting response. He hadn"t met such a woman ever since he came to this world. She was not only very open about her appearance, but also about her marriage; she did not avoid either of the topics. If it were any other woman in her place, she would be too shy, and would"ve stopped talking a while back. Sun Xiao Mei, however, had actually gone on an incessant harangue. This in-itself was enough to describe her as a "Heroic Woman"!

"Third Young Master Jun, you needn"t cough. You understand worldly matters, so consider this: besides this young woman, who on this earth do you think can tolerate Tang Yuan?" Sun Xiao Mei smiled. "He is so heavy!"

This time, Jun Mo Xie was really shocked! His eyes opened as wide as his mouth as he speechlessly stared at her. This young woman was truly a tigress… who else would dare to speak like this?

Dugu Xiao Yi m.u.f.fled her laughter with her hand, while her delicate shoulders jittered incessantly. She was aware of her close friend"s temperament, and could naturally understand that her companion was being coy.

"I"ve been aware of Third Young Master"s reputation for a long time now, and I had guessed that you would aid Tang Yuan by preventing any humiliating circ.u.mstances from arising, especially ones that may involve the Tang and Sun family. For that, this young woman would like to thank you! Sun Xiao Mei is blessed to meet you in person today." Sun Xiao Mei lowered her head as she poured more tea, and continued in an unhurried manner: "You are wise and far sighted, and may already know that this young woman is here for two reasons; first, I had to see for myself just how fat my fiancée is, and the second, which was my priority, to see if the rumors about your distinguished self were really true… If I understood Fatty Tang correctly, I guessed that he would pull you along! And he did just that."

"Why did you wish to see me?" Jun Mo Xie asked, somewhat bewildered. [What are you up to ah, you arranged "your" blind date with "Fatty"… just to see "me"! This is really strange, but I doubt that she"d try to kill me over that "Wife Gambling" matter.]

"Apart from thanking you, I had to see something for myself; I have two close friends, who are so close to me that they are like my younger sisters." Sun Xiao Mei gave a meaningful look to Dugu Xiao Yi and said, "One of them deplores you, and her hatred for you is to such a high extent that it cannot be topped, while the other one has strong feelings for you, and roots for you pa.s.sionately. When she speaks of you, it feels like her life would become unworthy of living without your existence. I came here out of curiosity; I wanted to see what kind of charm the "number one" debauchee of this city exudes to evoke such strong, yet opposite reactions from my two sisters…"

As she said this, Dugu Xiao Yi twisted her waist, and leaned to one side while her powdered face turned red, and protested: "Sister Xiao Mei".

TL"s note:

[1]Manly Topknot, also known as the "Old Hero Top Knot", is a hair style. Visually, it would look very similar to the one Jun Mo Xie wore in the t.i.tle"s previous cover.
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