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Chapter 98: Chapter 98 Xiao Chen Meets the Main General!
Zhan Lan’s eyes widened with shock. Her throat tightened, and her heart pounded wildly.
Since her resurrection, she had never lost control like this.
In this life, no one knew the name given to her by the commoners in her past life.
Could it be that Xiao Chen had also been reborn!
Zhan Lan’s emotions churned until Xiao Chen knelt on one knee and solemnly performed a military salute to her.
His expression was solemn, his right palm facing inward, placed over his heart as he said in a deep voice, "Xiao Chen greets the Main General!"
Zhan Lan suddenly couldn’t tell if it was a dream or reality.
She trembled as she helped Xiao Chen up, and in the instant their eyes met, as if afraid he would disappear, Zhan Lan tightly grabbed Xiao Chen’s icy hand.
"Xiao!"
"You’re still alive, you’ve come back to life!"
Her tears fell like a kite with a broken string, filling the empty space in her heart.
Xiao Chen grasped Zhan Lan’s warm hand and murmured, "It’s great, Lan’er, you’ve come back to life too!"
The two stared at each other, speechless and choked up.
Reborn in this life, seeing again the person who died for her, Zhan Lan’s heart thumped violently.
In her heart, Xiao Chen was a brother who shared life and death with her. With Xiao Chen alive, her regrets and guilt finally lessened!
Zhan Lan released Xiao Chen’s hand and wiped the tears from her eyes.
She smiled as she looked at Xiao Chen, whose eyes were red rimmed.
Xiao Chen lowered his gaze, his eyes filled with sorrow, then handed the parchment back to Zhan Lan, biting his teeth, "I remember everything, my mother disfigured herself, refusing to submit to the king of Western Rong."
Xiao Chen’s mother was such a resolute woman.
Seeing Zhan Lan’s sorrowful eyes, he patted his own head and said with a helpless smile, "I must have looked quite embarrassing just now, you saw it all!"
Zhan Lan shook her head and laughed, "Yes, I actually saw you at seventeen, it indeed seems a bit improper."
Xiao Chen looked up at the sky, then turned to Zhan Lan and said, "Luckily, reincarnating gave us a chance to meet a year earlier."
He looked to Zhan Lan, "Your strength now doesn’t seem as strong as it was in your past life!"
Zhan Lan rolled her eyes and swung her fist at Xiao Chen, "Cut it out, maybe we should have a fight one day to test it!"
Xiao Chen curled his lips into a smile, "No need to wait for another day, come on, let’s go and kill someone to shut them up!"
His gaze shifted to Bald about a hundred meters away.
Zhan Lan raised an eyebrow, that was their tacit understanding; even if she hadn’t mentioned it, Xiao Chen knew what she was planning to do next.
Xiao Chen walked up to Bald, grabbed him, and threw him into the carriage.
"Let’s go, we’re visiting Bald’s home!" Xiao Chen sat in the carriage.
The old horse knew the way and started walking back, with Zhan Lan riding her horse behind the carriage, her gaze fixed on Bald inside the carriage.
Bald was too terrified to utter a sound.
He had already seen Zhan Lan’s methods, and this man who had just been mistreated by him also seemed no ordinary person.
When the old horse stopped at his homestead, Bald was sweating coldly, and fear crept over his body like a snake.
It’s over!
He was truly doomed this time!
Zhan Lan put on a veil, and Xiao Chen also covered his face then knocked on the door, the two watching as the door slowly opened.
An evil-looking man came out from the homestead to greet the master’s carriage.
As soon as the door opened a crack, a cold dagger slid across his neck.
He never expected to be greeted by slaughter.
His blood sprayed onto the lantern outside the door, and the man died with a mournful wail beneath Xiao Chen’s sword.
"Main General, please wait a moment."
Xiao Chen kicked open the homestead’s main gate, and Zhan Lan heard screams of horror from inside.
These screams terrified Bald.
After a while, Xiao Chen came out, pushing open the gate, and the smell of blood rushed toward them.
The carriage pulled Bald into the courtyard, and Xiao Chen welcomed Zhan Lan inside the homestead.
He closed the door, walked over to the carriage, and grabbed Bald from the carriage and threw him to the ground.
Bald looked up and saw his men lying dead all over the courtyard, his body stiffening.
He watched in horror as Xiao Chen’s eyes suddenly filled with murderous intent. Bald, whose legs could no longer support him, crawled forward on the ground.
"Spare me, mighty warriors!"
He had underestimated Zhan Lan, and the man he had bullied had also become exceptionally terrifying.
Furthermore, this man seemed to hold great respect for the woman beside him, even calling her Main General?
Who exactly were these two?
And why were they slaughtering everyone in his homestead!
Xiao Chen stepped on Bald’s head, forcing him to eat a mouthful of mud.
"Spare... me, miss, mighty warriors!" Bald’s pleas were muffled and unclear.
"Scum like you don’t deserve to beg for mercy from my Main General!" Xiao Chen’s eyes were dark, as he kicked up a knife from the ground and pressed it down.
The blade tip pierced through Bald’s back and out his chest.
Bald arched his neck, eyes wide open, dying without ever knowing Zhan Lan’s true identity.
Xiao Chen turned to Zhan Lan, both of them knowing who was behind Bald.
These people were extremely vicious and would never leave a living witness.
Zhan Lan found several thousand silver notes and some gold and jewels in Bald’s room.
She closed the box and threw it to Xiao Chen, "Take these and distribute them among the people of Xiaohe Village!"
Xiao Chen nodded, "Yes!"
The two left the homestead, which was now engulfed in blazing flames.
Xiao Chen threw a torch onto the oil-soaked gate, and it immediately caught fire.
Amidst the soaring flames, Xiao Chen turned to Zhan Lan, "Main General, what you want in this life, I also desire. From today onwards, my life belongs to you!"
Zhan Lan patted Xiao Chen on the shoulder with a smile, "No, having come back to life, let us both live well and see how they meet their tragic end!"
"Agreed!" Xiao Chen’s smile was radiant and exceedingly handsome.
When he first met Zhan Lan, he was excited and even called out ’Lan’er’.
However, he was clear about their differences in status.
In her past life, Zhan Lan was Empress Zhan, the Main General!
He was only a Deputy General, never daring to hope for equal conversation with her.
Reborn in this life, even though Zhan Lan was yet unmarried, he knew that she was beyond his reach forever.
Moreover, she had been hurt by Si Jun, how could she easily love another in this life.
What kind of man would truly deserve her love?
Zhan Lan, looking at Xiao Chen illuminated by the firelight, said, "In the future, don’t call me Main General anymore, just call me Miss."
Xiao Chen nodded, "Yes, Miss!"
Zhan Lan took out a prepared ten thousand silver note and handed it to Xiao Chen, "Xiao Chen, I have an important matter to ask of you!"
