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Chapter 464: Chapter 160 Qiao Hongyan: This, this is the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms! (Please subscribe)_5

At this moment, inside the house, Chen Jie sat down unceremoniously, and Sun Tiechui frowned and said, ”You really aren’t afraid of dying, are you?”

Chen Jie glanced at Sun Tiechui and replied, ”Master Sun, you’re quite bad, you know, always thinking about killing me. Are you perhaps unwilling to give me that spear of mine?”

Sun Tiechui became instantly furious, ”What do you mean? Old Sun has always been upfront in his dealings. If I said I’d make that spear for you, then I’ll make it. Just come to pick it up in five days.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie laughed and said, ”Heh, then I thank you.”

As they spoke, the black-clothed beauty Qiao Hongyan walked over with graceful steps, a pot of tea in her hand, and smiled, ”Hall Master Chen, you’ve been sparring with my sisters for quite a while. You must be thirsty. Have a cup of tea to quench your thirst.”

Hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the tea brought over by the black-clothed beauty Qiao Hongyan, and with a smile on his lips, said, ”Miss Hongyan is so attentive. I’m afraid there might be something added to this tea, right?”

”How could that be?”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan’s face stiffened, and she quickly said, but Chen Jie let out a chuckle, ”Why not? Miss Hongyan is clever and resourceful; I dare not gamble. I’ll have to decline your kind offer of tea.”

Upon hearing this, the black-clothed Qiao Hongyan’s face changed and with a snap, she set down the teacup on the table and said angrily, ”Hmph, drink it or not, I don’t care!”

Seeing this, Chen Jie said, ”Heh, Miss Hongyan, are you getting angry out of embarrassment?”

Qiao Hongyan retorted, ”You can say whatever you like. That’s enough. Weren’t you saying we had to discuss important matters? Let’s talk!”

But at this time, Chen Jie said, ”No rush on the serious talks, let’s chat first. Right now, what I’m really curious about is you and this lady here — you’re twins, aren’t you?”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan looked at Chen Jie and asked, ”What, you’ve taken a fancy to us sisters?”

Chen Jie laughed and responded, ”A gentleman courts the graceful and virtuous lady.”

”Hmph, I knew it the moment I saw you, a libertine through and through. You clearly have a wife at home, yet here you are flirting with us sisters. Men, not one of them is decent!” angrily said the black-clothed Qiao Hongyan.

Hearing this, Chen Jie replied, ”Miss Hongyan judges too hastily. When the goddess Nuwa created mankind, she designed men and women to be together. Thus, it is a man’s natural right to like women.

”If a man stands there, beholding a beauty, and feels not a stir in his heart, you must be wary — he is either a hypocrite or an actual eunuch. As for me, a normal man, upon seeing a beautiful woman, it is only natural to feel admiration. This, too, is the way of heaven!”

After listening to this, the black-clothed Qiao Hongyan said, ”Oh, spouting such grand principles — are you trying to qualify for the imperial examination?”

Chen Jie shrugged his shoulders, ”It’s a pity that the route to imperial examinations in Daqian is blocked.”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan replied, ”Just as I suspected, you’re an incorrigible traitor, even dreaming of taking the examination in Daqian’s name.”

Chen Jie: ”Well now, you do like to wrongly accuse people, miss.”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan asked, ”Am I wrong?”

Chen Jie said, ”Of course. I am an iron-boned Han, how could I always stand to be the Mulan people’s dog? This is just a temporary measure.”

”Huh? I didn’t expect to hear such words from your mouth.”

Chen Jie looked at the black-clothed Qiao Hongyan: ”Do you think I look like a bad person?”

”Good people and bad people don’t have labels on their faces. Who knows? I only know who is doing good deeds and who is doing bad ones. As for you?”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan pondered, still uncertain. Actually, Chen Jie is considered one of the good guys, with the people of Mianshui County faring the best in areas where the White Tiger Hall holds sway.

But to say Chen Jiusi is a good person? This fellow is aiding the Mulan people, and rose to power with the help of Darugachi — a true Mulan dog, a traitor through and through!

So, it’s not easy to judge this person.

Watching Qiao Hongyan, Chen Jie chuckled, ”What, am I difficult to assess?”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan said, ”Hmm.”

Chen Jie said, ”Come now, let me break it down for you. When it comes to people’s actions, you look at the deed and not the intention. If we talk about intentions, there are no good people in the world. Take yourself, for instance — you’re from the Zoroastrian Sect, your mission is to save the Han and overthrow Baomian!

”But, your Yihong House engages in flesh trade. Sure, you can claim you run an upscale business, but it’s still the flesh trade, and what’s more, buying girls from traffickers and not allowing them to be redeemed — do you consider yourselves good people?”

”Yihong House holds secrets; we can’t simply let anyone buy their freedom. What if spies from the court sneak in?”

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan promptly explained.

”But you’ve harmed many people, haven’t you?”

Chen Jie didn’t let her sidestep.

The black-clothed Qiao Hongyan fell silent, and Chen Jie continued, ”The same goes for me, Chen Jiusi. I started from nothing, and thanks to my adopted father Peng Shizhong, who saw potential in me, I was introduced to Mianshui and made my way here cautiously. However, I got betrayed by my older brother, and even Nan Batian is targeting me. I was practically driven to a deadly impasse. Who could I turn to for help then if not the Mulan people? Otherwise, I couldn’t avenge myself, and I might even endanger my family.”

”Put yourself in my shoes and think about it — if you were me, what would you do in that situation?”

”That’s right, you’re correct to say Chen Jiusi got to where he is now because of the Mulan people. But to call me a traitor, I disagree; to call me a traitorous dog, well, that’s just going too far!”

As Chen Jie spoke calmly, for a while everyone fell silent.

After a while, the white-clothed Qiao Hongyan, who had been standing silently, asked, ”Is there a difference between a traitor and a treacherous dog?”

Chen Jie said, ”Of course, there’s a difference. ’Traitor’ sounds a bit more dignified. Calling someone a ’treacherous dog’ just shows a clear lack of respect.”

The white-clothed Qiao Hongyan looked baffled, not understanding.

Hearing this, the black-clothed Qiao Hongyan knocked on the table, thud thud~, and demanded, ”You think you have the right side of it?”