C135 – Chinese Communication
by UntamedSAs soon as he heard He Yishu say this, the third prince immediately negated his proposal: “Mr. He, my brother doesn’t know that I’m privy to his investigation into Qiao An, much less that I’ve revealed this matter to you, so I won’t suggest that Mr. He do this.”
He Yishu nodded somewhat helplessly, “You have a point; if you help me like this, I really can’t expose you, then we’ll just have to hope that the second prince won’t do anything excessive.”
“In fact, other than that, we might still have other ways to solve this hidden danger.” The Third Prince took the initiative to make a suggestion after a moment of silence: “Since Qiao An doesn’t want to get involved with the royal family, it would be better to strike first and directly put an end to this possibility. What does Mr. He think?”
He Yishu frowned slightly, following the Third Prince’s words, and asked, “Of course I think so too, but how can this be eliminated?”
“Now that Qiao An is alone, and there is indeed a resemblance between Qiao An and me in terms of appearance, if my brother really puts out certain information, I’m afraid that many people will believe it, and if,” the Third Prince said, deliberately pausing for a moment before continuing, “if Qiao An has already found his’real parents’ before this, then even if my brother did release the information, no one would believe it.”
Having said this, He Yishu already roughly understood what the Third Prince was trying to do, although in the case of this matter, doing so could indeed effectively solve the problem.
But to take a step back, if Qiao An was allowed to somehow recognize two people he didn’t know as his parents, wouldn’t the hidden danger be even greater?
After all, those were the parents that Qiao An had recognized on his own, so if anything really happened in the future and Qiao An was involved, it would be really hard to explain.
This kind of binding was too obvious. He Yishu couldn’t help but snicker in the bottom of his heart. The Third Prince didn’t really take him for a fool, did he?
Seeing that He Yishu didn’t respond, the Third Prince continued to pave the way: ”Mr. He, don’t worry; this arrangement is only to deal with this matter and won’t bring any substantial impact to Qiao An.” And the people I arrange will be absolutely reliable.”
“Thank you, Third Prince, for your kind words, but as the discussion came to this point, I suddenly realized a problem.” He Yishu looked at the Third Prince with a leathery smile. “The person involved in this matter should be Qiao An, so if the Third Prince really intends to help him, why not contact him directly? Although I’m a friend who has a good relationship with Qiao An, it’s impossible for me to make decisions for him.”
The Third Prince choked on He Yishu’s words for a moment but quickly responded, “In theory, I should indeed contact Qiao An directly so that things are also a bit more convenient. But the reason why I’m meddling in this matter is entirely because of Mr. He; if it wasn’t for you, I probably wouldn’t have meddled even if I knew what my elder brother was doing.”
The Third Prince was really very skilled at selling favors, but unfortunately, He Yishu didn’t eat this at all, especially this kind of way of selling favors cloaked in intrigue and calculation: “Then thank you, Your Highness, the Third Prince, but you’ve already done what you can, so I won’t bother you with the next step.”
Perhaps He Yishu’s refusal was too direct; the atmosphere became a bit awkward for a while, and the Third Prince couldn’t say anything more, and after a few sentences of idle chit-chat, he directly hung up the communication.
In the following days, the third prince would contact He Yishu every now and then, sometimes to invite him for dinner, sometimes to send him a gift, but every time, He Yishu politely refused.
And in the process, He Yishu also got another information profile of the Second Prince from Adrian.
“I have to say, the Marshal of the Military Department is really powerful; he’s even able to get the information of the royal family members.” He Yishu browsed through the information while sighing with a smile.
Adrian was lying on the sofa, his head resting right on He Yishu’s thigh. “But even the Marshal of the Military Department has to be extra careful; if it wasn’t because of you, Father wouldn’t have been able to come up with this information.”
“So it seems that my face is indeed quite big,” He Yishu heatedly smiled. “Seeing as you are indeed pitiful, then I will reluctantly allow you to be jealous of me.”
“Naughty,” Adrian reached out and hooked his finger on He Yishu’s chin, “But the truth is indeed that, compared to me, his own son, father obviously takes more care of you.”
“Hey, why are you so jealous? Could it be that you’re even jealous of me?” He Yishu laughed and teased.
Adrian sat up and came to He Yishu’s ear to whisper, “Say that sentence again, I’ll record it and send it to father.”
He Yishu slapped Adrian away: “Stop it, I’m doing my job, you should also look at this second prince’s profile, compared to the third prince’s scheming, it’s obvious that this second prince looks a bit more decent.”
Adrian leaned his head on He Yishu’s shoulder, browsing through the encrypted electronic data, pointing to a paragraph above: “This paragraph doesn’t look very decent, at least it’s far worse than me.”
He Yishu cast a sidelong glance at Adrian in amusement, teasingly saying, “Are you starting to eat the Second Prince’s vinegar after you’ve finished eating mine? The sour flavor is so strong, I can smell it.”
“I admit, this time I am really jealous.” Adrian let out a low laugh and took He Yishu’s earlobe to grind with his teeth.
He Yishu let him make a scene, only reaching out and tapping on the passage that Adrian had just clicked on, “Look at the time; although it’s true that there are some unseemly tactics, it only started after he was tricked by the Third Prince.”
“So what are you going to do? Contact the Second Prince directly?” Having ground his teeth enough, Adrian turned to He Yishu’s neck again.
“I do have this plan, but I have to think carefully about exactly how to operate.” He Yishu shut down the light device after destroying the information he had finished reading, then reached out with both hands to push away Adrian, who was glued to him. “I have to prepare for the worst right now, and if the Third Prince fails to get what he wants and directly reveals Qiao An’s identity, how should we react?”
Adrian came up with a very simple and rough idea: “Then listen in on his light device, the surveillance system of the military ministry should be more high-end and tight than the one used by the royal family members.”
“Such a simple and rough method is indeed very suitable for me, but coming from you, it feels a bit strange,” He Yishu stroked his chin, “But in that case, it would require Uncle’s help again.”
“He will definitely be happy to help you, you’ve also seen the Third Prince’s profile, he has done a lot of things to the military before, father must be happy to utilize this opportunity to do something small,” after Adrian finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then added, “but don’t ever say this in front of father’s face.”
“What a pity; why didn’t I think to record this sentence of yours just now?” He Yishu laughed and joked. After thinking for a while, he spoke up about another issue: “Let’s leave this matter for now; let’s talk about other things. The courses for learning the basics of Chinese, I’ve already sent them to those people; they should be in the learning stage now; this matter doesn’t need me to care much. But I still need to take care of your side; how is your progress in learning Chinese?”
Adrian didn’t answer directly, but after thinking for a while, he suddenly spoke in Chinese, “Xiao Shu, I love you.”
After coming to the Interstellar Era for so long, it was the first time He Yishu heard his native language from someone else, and it was also such an affectionate sentence.
At this instant, he inexplicably felt as if the softest part of his heart had been gently knocked by something and suddenly became swollen and warm, and that kind of sour and sweet feeling like suddenly finding a companion in a completely unfamiliar environment could not be described at all.
Even his eyes were a little sour beyond his control, and he gazed hard at Adrian, suddenly wanting to cry.
Adrian held He Yishu’s hand, his other hand gently rubbed the top of He Yishu’s head, and continued to express in pure Chinese, “Xiao Shu, don’t cry; I can often communicate with you in Chinese in the future.”
Because he wasn’t too skilled yet, Adrian’s speed of speech seemed very slow.
He Yishu sniffed, hugged Adrian, and responded in Chinese: “Adrian, thank you.”
Adrian hugged He Yishu back and let out a low laugh in his ear: “So this is how to pronounce my first name, it sounds very nice, can you tell me how to express my last name in Chinese?”
“Adrian Elvis, I also think it sounds especially good.” He Yishu spoke extremely slowly.
“I’ve recorded this, so I can go listen to it often in the future, this should be a good way for me to practice the pronunciation of my own name,” Adrian raised his wrist, the laughter in his voice becoming thicker, “What about your name? How would you pronounce your name if it was in the language you speak there?”
Actually, Adrian had already carefully learned how to pronounce He Yishu’s name before, but he still wished to hear it from He Yishu’s mouth in person.
“He Yishu, this is my name.” He Yishu replied with a red-eyed smile.
“He Yishu, He Yishu,” Adrian repeated the name twice, “It’s also a very nice name, just like mine.”
He Yishu followed Adrian’s example just now and raised his wrist, “I also recorded the sentence you just said, your pronunciation is very standard.”
After saying that, he gently pushed Adrian away and smiled with him.
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