Blue Phoenix Chapter 68 – The First Night

Seated among the mercenaries, his eyes which had previously been haughty turned excited, and his face was smiling as he looked from one person to another.

Just as he sat down, Wang Ju Long started to split up portions of the stew she had made, and the food was shared with everyone at the bonfire, even the young master.

Yang Bai looked down at the bowl of food, his face looking somewhat uncertain about whether or not he dare taste it. But when he saw how Hui Yue and his friends were eating it with pleasure he swallowed the saliva in his mouth before he took a small spoonful and placed it in his mouth. He noticed instantly that it tasted much better than what he had expected.

It definitely also tasted better than the dried foods he had eaten within the carriage earlier that day. With a satisfied expression on his face, he gulped down his entire portion while smiling.

After having eaten his entire portion of food, Yang Bai looked at Wang Ju Long with dreamy eyes and quickly, like a cat, rushed towards her side where he took her hands within his and fell to his knees.

“Will you marry me?” he asked, his eyes still shining with adoration as he looked at Wang Ju Long. His words shocked the entire group.

Deng Wu, who was seated next to Hui Yue leaned slightly to the side so that his mouth was right next to the white-haired boy’s ear and while laughing said, “It seems like you’ve got a rival!”

Hui Yue was slightly disturbed by Deng Wu’s comment, but looking at Deng Wu all he did was snort in reply. It was true that he had been looking at Wang Ju Long more often after that morning, but he was certain that nobody had noticed. In spite of that, the romance specialist of the group noticed the small changes in Hui Yue, making him somewhat embarrassed.

While the quick exchange of words happened on one side of the bonfire, on the other Wang Ju Long looked at the young child with a vacant expression on her face before she smiled gently and with a very blunt voice uttered two words, “I can’t.”

Hearing those words, Hui Yue

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