117: Chapter 117 Living Better Than You: The General Male Supporting Character 35

Faced with Xuanyuan Zhan's questioning, Meng Zhu couldn't even be bothered to lift his eyelids.

He continued to gently comfort Nan Jin, until he saw that she, too, wore a look of curiosity.

Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Zhan, on the ground, had already fallen into complete madness.

If he did not get the answer to the doubts in his heart, he would not be able to die in peace.

"Why? Why? Why on earth?!"

He slumped in the cold, slushy snow, screaming hysterically.

"I clearly blocked all news from the front lines! Everyone at the front, including you, Meng Zhu, were deaf and blind; it was impossible for you to know what was happening in the capital."

"I even issued orders for you to rest and rebuild the defenses and cities. It should have been at least a month and a half before the generals from the front lines returned to the capital to report! Why, in heaven's name, did you appear in the capital at this time?"

After saying this, he looked up again, his bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at Meng Zhu.

"Right, and there's the Soul-Breaking Incense! You were poisoned with the rare 'Soul-Breaking Incense'! Even if you had heaven-defying abilities, you should be struggling for your life on the road, seeking medical help right now! How could you... how could you..."

Upon hearing the words 'Soul-Breaking Incense,' Nan Jin's heart tightened sharply, and the tears she had just stopped almost welled up again.

She nervously gripped Meng Zhu's lapels and asked anxiously, "Husband, you..."

Meng Zhu smiled and lowered his head, gently pressing a kiss to her lips. His smile was like warm sunshine, soothing her.

"It's nothing."

He said softly, "A mere bit of poison cannot do anything to your husband for a year or so. Besides, I know who can cure it, so there is no rush."

This display of intimacy, ignoring everyone else present, drove Xuanyuan Zhan to the brink of madness.

"My plan was clearly flawless! Even if you survived the disaster and found the antidote, I should have already captured Nan Jin alive!"

He pointed at Nan Jin, his voice shrill. "As long as I held her, even if you, Meng Zhu, had three heads and six arms, you would have no choice but to offer your neck for the blade! So why?! My—no, my plan was flawless! Which part went wrong?!"

[Although I quite like seeing Xuanyuan Zhan in such a miserable state, to be honest, I'm also quite curious.]

[Me too. I really want to say let's not tell him and let him die of frustration, but what can we do? I want to know why too.]

Meng Zhu raised an eyebrow.

He certainly had a special reason.

He hadn't expected the bullet comments to be curious as well. It was likely that the bullet comments would never know that the reason was, in fact, the bullet comments themselves.

When he learned of Nan Jin's situation from the bullet comments, he had rushed back to the capital without stopping.

Meng Zhu had died, yet Nan Jin hadn't shed a single tear; instead, she had flown into a rage.

Understanding Nan Jin, Meng Zhu knew her thoughts at a glance, and sure enough, he had disregarded everything else.

There were still many generals at the front lines, and the war had already been won; the cleanup work didn't require him at all.

As for the poison, with his internal energy, suppressing it for a year or so was no problem. Returning to save Nan Jin, and then apologizing and seeking medical help slowly later, would suffice.

But he couldn't state this reason; he couldn't let people know he could see the bullet comments.

So, he looked up at Xuanyuan Zhan, his gaze playful. "Do you really want to know the reason?"

His tone was very calm, yet Xuanyuan Zhan was filled with a desire for answers. Or rather, unwillingness to accept defeat.

"Your plan was indeed flawless."

Xuanyuan Zhan was stunned upon hearing this.

Meng Zhu suddenly laughed, his smile tinged with a trace of pity. "Unfortunately, you miscalculated two things. First, my wife is my weakness, but she is by no means a pushover."

He dotingly tapped Nan Jin's nose. "If Nan Jin had waited just one more day, then even without me returning, you would have lost all the same."

"As for the second..."

Meng Zhu paused, and meeting Xuanyuan Zhan's expectant gaze, he slowly uttered an answer that would be unforgettable for him forever. "It is a pity, but ever since we married, I have had the habit of returning early every time a war ends to reunite with my wife sooner."

...On the long street, there was a sudden, deathly silence.

The bullet comment viewers were also stunned.

A habit... of returning... early? Reuniting with... his wife... sooner?

The expression on Xuanyuan Zhan's face froze instantly. He stared blankly at Meng Zhu, as if he hadn't understood the meaning of those words.

After a few breaths, he suddenly burst into wild laughter, laughing until tears streamed down his face. "Absurd! Simply absurd!!"

"This is impossible! Just because you wanted to go home early to reunite with your wife? Because of such an absurd reason, you ruined everything of mine?!"

He could not accept it! His careful, step-by-step schemes had actually been defeated by such a childish reason.

This was even more painful than killing him outright.

Just then, he suddenly thought of something. "Then what about these armies!"

Xuanyuan Zhan, as if clutching at the last straw, screamed, "You are lying to me! If you were really just returning home for a reunion, then what about these armies?! Why would they follow you back!"

This time, it was not Meng Zhu who answered him, but Nan Jin.

She nestled in Meng Zhu's arms, a cold, mocking look appearing on her pale face. "Do you truly not recognize these armies?"

She looked at Xuanyuan Zhan and said, word for word, "This is all thanks to your father, the late Emperor. For years, he spared no effort in suppressing us, transferring the talent that my husband had cultivated, one by one, to various garrison posts. They are not troops from the eastern front at all."

"As for why they arrived so promptly... I didn't figure it out at first either, but now I understand."

Nan Jin's gaze became pitiful. "It is also you who sought your own death."

"What do you mean?"

The corners of Nan Jin's mouth curled into a smile. "From the moment you released the news in the capital that my husband had died on the battlefield, I presume all the generals had already set out."

Xuanyuan Zhan's pupils constricted sharply. "What did you say?"

Nan Jin sneered. "Still don't understand? The purpose of the generals coming to the capital is the same as mine, Nan Jin."

"That's right!" The tower-like General Lei Heng, who usually seemed like a simpleton, suddenly became serious at this moment.

"As expected of our sister-in-law! The moment we heard that bullshit news from the capital, without anyone's orders or letters, we brought our troops and rushed over here!"

"We naturally wouldn't believe that the General was dead! But the fact that the news could spread from the capital proved that you, the dog emperor, were playing dirty tricks against our General! That means you are just courting death!"

General Lei Heng spat, his voice filled with monstrous killing intent. "We had already decided at that time that if we arrived in the capital and found that the General really had met with misfortune, we would turn the entire capital upside down. We would even dig your recently deceased old man out of his grave."

Boom! These crude yet incredibly sincere words were like a heavy hammer, completely shattering all of Xuanyuan Zhan's fantasies.

He finally understood. He thought he was fishing, not knowing that he had already blundered straight into a hornet's nest.

"Why..." Xuanyuan Zhan sat on the ground, utterly dejected, staring blankly at the sky with lifeless eyes.

"Why? Why does the whole world favor you, Meng Zhu, and remain loyal to you?"

"I refuse to accept this... On what grounds?!" He let out one final, unwilling roar.

"Pfft!" Immediately after, a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, staining the white snow in front of him red. Xuanyuan Zhan rolled his eyes back and passed out completely.