Chapter 277: Plans Can't Keep Up with Changes

277. Chapter 277: Plans Can't Keep Up with Changes

"Do you really want to marry me?"

Qiao Sheng looked at Shi Lin and asked.

Shi Lin said without hesitation: "Yes, I wish I could marry you right now."

She is no longer young either.

She could get married.

Qiao Sheng fell silent for a moment, then looked up and said: "Then tomorrow go find a matchmaker and go with you to my parents to propose."

"You agreed?"

Shi Lin asked Qiao Sheng with a delighted expression.

Qiao Sheng nodded.

Shi Lin excitedly lifted Qiao Sheng up, spun her several times before setting her down: "Qiao Sheng, you are the woman I truly want to marry; I can't be too casual. I'll write a letter back home now, asking my mother to come. Then my mother and I will go to your family to propose."

"Fine, handle it yourself."

Qiao Sheng had no objection.

Shi Lin stared at Qiao Sheng for a while and said: "How about you pinch me? I keep feeling like I'm dreaming."

His words made Qiao Sheng laugh.

Qiao Sheng moved close, stood on tiptoe, and bit his lip: "Does it hurt?"

Her bite strength.

To Shi Lin, that's hardly enough.

Shi Lin said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt; you didn't even dare to bite hard, but I'm now sure I'm not dreaming, Qiao Sheng—I'm so happy."

Laughter is contagious.

Qiao Sheng also laughed.

But plans can't keep up with changes.

Xie Yin hasn't arrived yet.

Shi Lin then received the emperor's edict: the Tūjué have attacked their country, already capturing three cities in a row; the emperor appointed Shi Lin as general, ordering him to lead troops against the Tūjué.

"General Shi, the situation is urgent; you must depart at once."

The eunuch Li who came to deliver the edict reminded him.

Shi Lin clenched his fists and said: "I know, but I can't leave immediately; I need to see someone first!"

He flew straight to Qiao Ji Restaurant.

It was afternoon.

Qiao Sheng was preparing vegetables to sell later with Chun Xue and the others.

Seeing Shi Lin arrive, Qiao Sheng got up to greet him: "You're here..."

"I have something to tell you."

Shi Lin took Qiao Sheng's hand and walked to a secluded spot, then kissed her.

For a while.

Shi Lin finally released Qiao Sheng: "I'm going to fight the Tūjué; wait for me to return, and during this time you are not to marry anyone—unless I..."

She guessed what he was going to say.

Qiao Sheng raised her hand to cover his mouth: "No nonsense!"

She immediately asked Shi Lin: "Do you have to leave right away?"

Shi Lin nodded.

Qiao Sheng gave Shi Lin the poison she had made these days and the antidote pill from Shi Yun's grandmother.

"Take these with you for protection."

After what happened before, Qiao Sheng knew she needed some skill, so she began learning to make poison.

"Wait for me to return."

Shi Lin accepted them, kissed Qiao Sheng's forehead, and then flew away.

After returning to the restaurant, Qiao Sheng asked An Liu and the others, and only then learned the direction of the Tūjué; it was far away, so they had heard nothing yet.

An Liu asked Qiao Niangzi: "Why are you asking about this? Could it be that the Tūjué are attacking our country?"

Qiao Sheng nodded.

Not knowing much about the Tūjué, she asked An Liu and the others.

Learning that the people of that country are skilled in scheming and deceit, Qiao Sheng grew more worried about Shi Lin, and she told An Liu and An Shi: "You two also go help your master."

An Liu began to speak.

"Qiao Niangzi, our master didn't let us come with him because he's worried about you; if we went, he'd be angry. Don't worry too much—our master has been to battle before, this isn't his first time leading troops, and he'll be fine." (End of chapter)