Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

Lan Ping and Lan Pan met with the two generals on the wall before they returned. The gaze from Lan Ping was still unfriendly, but he gave them a smile upon meeting them.

”Congratulations on protecting the border perfectly,” Lan Ping said with sarcasm.

Soujin nodded. ”Thank you for helping.”

Jun Min didn’t want to add any oil to the fire. Their relationship was bad enough without that and he still needed to stay in the capital for some time, so it would be better if his enemies didn’t increase for now.

On the side, Lan Pan was still smiling, but his eyes were those of a beast’s. Jun Min didn’t feel comfortable, but he didn’t say anything and glanced back. Even if that Lan Pan wished to attack him, he will not be afraid of him.

Soujin also didn’t like the look from Lan Pan. He knows from the battle before that the other party is highly dangerous and he will not differentiate between friends and foes. A person like this is truly a trouble and Soujin did not want to meet him anymore if possible.

”We will return first, thank you, General Lan Ping.” Jun Min said politely.

Lan Ping eyed Jun Min. He wanted to say something but held back in the end. He indicated for Lan Pan to move back, but Lan Pan seemed unwilling.

”Brother Pan, let’s go.”

Lan Pan turned back and he smiled deeper. He wanted to fight with either one of them or even the two of them. They are powerful.

’There will come the time when we clash.’

Jun Min looked back without any fear. He knows that with his family planning to move away from the Ming Kingdom, there will come the time when Lan Pan becomes his enemy. Despite them having stayed rooted to the Ming Kingdom for years, even his grandfather didn’t want to live there if they could. Because of that, he will use the chances given by the Mountain Kingdom well.

Now that he was thinking about it, what about Soujin? He is also a citizen from the Ming Kingdom. Suddenly, Jun Min felt reluctant to leave because it would mean becoming enemies with Soujin. He looked at Soujin’s face, if the time comes, will he still look at him with concern?

Soujin stared at Jun Min. ”What is it? Is there anything wrong?”

”No, nothing,” Jun Min said. ”You just need to treat your wounds.”

”This is nothing, I have treated part of it and the rest is not really serious.”

”You still need to treat it.”

While bantering, Jun Min managed to force Soujin to get treated before they rested for the night and departed for the capital the next day. Unbeknownst to them, the news of the battle has spread around in the capital and the names of Soujin and Jun Min are now attached with their unique nicknames. Many people on the streets talked about them happily.

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Ming Kingdom Capital, the Jun Family’s residence

”Old friends, it seems that the younger generation is getting even more powerful as the day passes. The war is finally over with the losses of the Kai and Pan Kingdoms so big they wouldn’t be able to recover fully! Thanks to our grandsons!”

”What are you happy about? Your grandson will still lose to mine!”

”It’s impossible! Soujin is not going to lose, not even to Jun Min. But, their nicknames are really great!”

Upon remembering the nicknames for the two of them, Jun Zhenxian gave a wry smile. He can accept Soujin getting the nickname of ’Undefeated General’ because of his great achievements, but why is Jun Min getting the nickname of ’blood flower’ or ’flower of the battlefield’? Those names are really girly…

Besides the fact that Jun Min is Jun Hua, just from that nickname alone is making Jun Zhenxian feel like he won’t be able to keep the secret any longer. Fortunately, that name came from the beauty of his moves and the other identity’s handsome face. If it had come from the fact that they found out that he is a girl, Jun Zhenxian would give up trying to find an excuse. He would just go back and prepare for war as fast as possible.

Deceiving the emperor is a huge crime and if they were found out, their ending wouldn’t be good. Given that the emperor had wanted to destroy the Jun family for some time already, even he cannot say that the emperor will help them. Because of that, he is sure that the emperor will surely put them in a tough spot. Jun Hua’s fate will be worse since she is the one who poses the most threat amongst them.

”I wish to beat up the one who gave those nicknames.” Jun Zhenxian said with rage.

Nanglong Souka laughed. ”You won’t be able to find him. There were a lot of people on the battlefield. I bet they had the same thought which is why this nickname was born.”

”What do you know, huh? You old dog.” Jun Zhenxian could not help but berate his friend again. Even when they were still in the Jun family territory, Jun Qing had once said that Jun Hua on the battlefield was like a flower: Beautiful on the outside, but deadly on the inside. With that kind of appearance, he could dupe people into thinking that he was just an ordinary kid.

”You don’t believe me?”

These two old men shouted at each other. The servants on the side continued to burrow their heads deeper as if they didn’t hear anything from these two. Being a servant is hard, they need to maintain the same expression no matter what happens and they need to pretend that nothing happened. Just look down and stare at the floor.