The Emperor and His ThiefCh59 - Call me ‘Lord Brother’

Having received their tasks, the group separated, and Lin Xiao is left with the Emperor at his side. ‘Shizun… you said the more people by the Emperor’s side, the better. But what am I supposed to do when the Emperor himself send the people away?!’ Lin Xiao inwardly cry out as Long Yinlian’s plan was foiled by Qin Yijun.

Lin Xiao eyed Qin Yijun who seems to be satisfied with the current situation and couldn’t help but wonder what the Emperor is planning. ‘In any case, the first thing we have to do is gather information. I hope those four shadow guards would do a good job on keeping an eye on suspicious people,’ he thought to himself. QjO7UG

“So, where should we go first?”

While Lin Xiao was still musing, he heard a low, familiar voice coming from his left ear. Turning his head slightly, he saw that the Emperor had leaned awfully close to his face. “…”

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He truly couldn’t figure out what this monarch before him was thinking. He, himself is someone who had just come in this city just around a month ago. And this was his first time being in the outer district. “Shouldn’t Your-… I mean, shouldn’t you be the one with more knowledge compared to me?” Lin Xiao had almost addressed the Emperor until he caught himself mid-way. Though he was only whispering, he didn’t want to risk the Emperor’s identity being heard by someone who shouldn’t.

“What are you talking about? How can someone from Ruanyu know about this area compared to a local like you?” Qin Yijun asked back shamelessly. FTiKZ

Lin Xiao only stared at the Emperor, his eyes narrowing as he held himself back from speaking out of turn. ‘Alright. The Emperor want to play, then we play! Your Majesty better not blame me for not treating you appropriately!’

“Lord Bai, this is also my first time being in the outer district. In fact, I’ve only arrived in this city not too long ago and most of my time was spent…”

‘Being in a house arrest.’

The last sentence, Lin Xiao didn’t say it out loud. After all, being under house arrest when he is already this old as a punishment for sneaking out is a very shameful matter for him.

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

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“Spent on training my Shidi!” Lin Xiao finally said. “In any case, since we don’t know much about this place, let’s just walk around first. Surely, there will be some clues… usually, a rest house will have a lot of visitor at this time of the day. Maybe we can go there and see if we can hear something,” Lin Xiao suggested after thinking for a while.

If he was being honest, he had never once had a problem in trying to find a missing person. Back in Senlin village, whenever a child went missing, a villager would come to find them in their dwelling carrying anything that belonged to the child. And then, it was up to the three tigers to go find the child based on their scent.

“I wish I could’ve brought Zan-er with me,” Lin Xiao said with a sigh. 3Ucdp2

Whenever he speaks of the youngest tiger, Lin Xiao’s tone would always be gentle and there would be a hint of doting within. Qin Yijun naturally took notice of this and he couldn’t help the frown that formed on his face. Even though he knew from the report that the one called ‘Zan-er’ is actually a tiger, he still ends up drinking vinegar.

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Qin Yijun nods his head in silent agreement, and the two of them began to walk through the streets. Occasionally, they would see a family member of the missing children ran around, asking if they had seen their child or sibling. Lin Xiao would then take this chance to approach them and ask a few questions.

This continues until they reached the rest house where Lin Xiao then decided to have a quick lunch. Qin Yijun hesitated for a while, but seeing as Lin Xiao already entered the building, he could only follow suit. Inside the resthouse was crowded. There are few people who had brought along their weapons inside, but most are just a simple citizen. nbAsZa

Qin Yijun followed Lin Xiao closely while avoiding the messy crowd. Lin Xiao had appeared comfortable as he walked around freely, as if he was used to this kind of situation. There was one empty table at the corner, and just as they were about to reach it, someone suddenly called Lin Xiao out from the upper floor.

“Brother Lin, is that you?”

Looking up, they saw a man looking down at them while leaning against the rails. Qin Yijun wasn’t familiar with this man, and he had never received reports about him before. A sense of unease filled his heart as he looked at Lin Xiao who suddenly smiled upon seeing the other man.

“Brother Ruo!” Lin Xiao called back. Mh9XDz

“Ah, it really is Brother Lin!” the person turned out to be Ruo An, the leader of the White Swan. Then, he turned his head to face another person sitting beside him. “Yun Hua, your eyes are really sharp to actually notice him amongst the crowd of people.”

“Of course. I noticed him the moment he entered.”

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Ruo An only let out a burst of laughter before he turned to Lin Xiao. “Brother Lin, are you here to eat lunch? How about you come and join us? We still have a few seats empty. Your companion can also join us,” Ruo An said, inviting Lin Xiao to their table.

Lin Xiao thought for a while, then remembering what Long Yinlian had said, he thought that it would be safer to be near White Swan’s company. ‘Besides, the floor upstairs would have fewer people compared to the one below,’ Lin Xiao reasoned. hnSabJ

“Alright. Then we will be in your care, Brother Ruo!” Lin Xiao replied. “Lord Bai, let’s go up. They are the people from the White Swan mercenary group. Maybe we can also get some clues from them about the kidnapping case. Also…”

“… me ‘lord brother’.”

Halfway through his sentence, Lin Xiao heard Qin Yijun murmur softly. He paused and looked over at him with eyes filled with curiosity. “Lord Bai, what did you say?” he asked as he got closer, trying to listen to what Qin Yijun was saying.

“I said, don’t call me Lord Bai. Call me ‘Lord Brother’.” j2pqzY

Lin Xiao only blinked in confusion as he stared at the Emperor, trying to see if he was trying to make a joke. But seeing the serious expression on the other’s face, Lin Xiao could only sigh. “So… you want me to call you… ‘Jun-ge’?”

Hearing his name coming out from Lin Xiao’s lips, even though it was through a tricky means, filled Qin Yijun with both happiness and satisfaction. The corner of his lips curved upwards, forming a smile as he looked over at Lin Xiao. “En. Just call me that.”

A/N:

I feel like I should explain this in case someone didn’t get that last few paragraph XD DmLcEG

Lin Xiao had been calling Qin Yijun who is disguised as Bai Ruohan as “Bai Daren” which I translated to Lord Bai. Then, Qin Yijun said that he should call him ‘Lord Brother’ which is ‘Jun-ge‘.

The word ‘Lord’ is the same character as Jun in his name, [君] whereas his name is written as [秦毅君]

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