"A Bet of Power"

"Wow, the Central Country is amazing!" Zhao Syaoran looked out the carriage window. "Zheng Xi-Wang, look at those mountains!"

"Mei Lin, are you sure this path is safe?" Zheng Xi-Wang approached Huang Mei.

"What do you mean?" Huang Mei raised an eyebrow.

She held a small fan between her long, thin fingers.

"You know, thieves, bandits, these things ... What if we are attacked?" Zheng Xi-Wang whispered like a confidant.

"If anyone shows up we give them a beating!" Zhao Syaoran clenched his fists.

"Calm down, you two!" Huang Mei laughed. "You don't need to worry about anything, Central Country is totally safe."

"I don't know, I don't like that Imperial Princess." Zheng Xi-Wang crossed his arms

"You never like anyone, Shuang." Zhao Syaoran frowned.

"Much less from you"

"Bleh!" Zhao Syaoran showed his tongue.

He turned his attention to the window and looked ahead to the carriage almost as big as Huang Mei's.

"This guy ... Long Tian, is he also rich like you?" He turned to Huang Mei.

"His family is very noble and very powerful, the Long Family and the Huang Family have had a 10-year marriage alliance," Huang Mei explained.

"Marriage ring? Is that why you called his parents in-laws?"

"W-What?! It wasn't like that ...!"

"Are you married to him Mei Lin ?!" Zheng Xi-Wang approached curiously.

"No! I'm not married to him ..." Huang Mei looked away. "At least not yet ..." she whispered.

"Huang Mei has a crush on that boy." Zheng Xi-Wang poked his cheek with a smile.

"Humpf! He has nothing too much!" Zhao Syaoran crossed his arms.

"Well, he's handsome," Zheng Xi-Wang said.

"And I'm not?! Look at me, I'm a beauty in person! You can call me god Zhao Syaoran!"

"You're pathetic."

"You ..."

"Stop the two of you!" Huang Mei intoned before those two came out in the punch.

...

"So ... are you engaged to him or something? Why did you never tell us that?" Zheng Xi-Wang asked.

"It's not a big deal, and I didn't want to feel like a lady because I'm getting married."

"Isn't it important?! I thought marriage was the most important thing in a woman's life," Zhao Syaoran commented.

"You have a small brain, Zhao Syaoran! Not all women want to get married because of patriarchy." Zheng Xi-Wang got involved.

"You can't say you're a woman, can you?"

"You really want to die today, don't you?" Zheng Xi-Wang smiled angrily.

"Zhao Syaoran! You are being very rude!"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you Mei Lin ... just her."

"I'm going to kill you!" Zheng Xi-Wang stepped forward.

"Watch out! Watch out! So you're going to turn the carriage! Stop!" Huang Mei shouted.

"Urgh! One day I'll kill you, and give it to the wolves to eat." Zheng Xi-Wang calmed down.

"You are bad Zheng Xi-Wang, so no man will want you."

"I don't want to belong to any man."

"You and your northern speeches." Zhao Syaoran rolled his eyes.

"The law of the strongest prevails, just like that, I don't need a man to be strong, I finish them off." Zheng Xi-Wang clenched his fists.

"You never thought about falling in love, Zheng Xi-Wang?" Huang Mei spoke curiously.

"Haha! Are you trying to tell a joke, Mei Lin?"

"Why, come on, it wouldn't be that bad."

"I have you Mei Lin, what do I need someone else for?"

"What about me ?! Zhao Syaoran frowned.

"You are just a backrest."

"Oh yeah ?! If it weren't for me, you'd be dead in time."

"Should I thank you for doing your job?" Zheng Xi-Wang spoke in a rude tone.

"How about starting to be kinder?"

"With you?! Even if they tied me up and put a knife against my neck, and 20 giant beasts were about to devour me, i would never do that."

"Our Shuang, that was cruel." Even Huang Mei felt the splinter of it.

"So that's it ?! I don't have to give satisfaction to a savage bastard like you either!" Zhao Syaoran this time was really annoyed.

"Zhao Syaoran!"

"Bastard savage ?! When did you become bold ?! Maybe if I hit you you'll regain some sense." Zheng Xi-Wang smiled angrily.

"So try your luck, Gorilla."

"Ha! Haha! Do you really think you can face me ?!"

Huang Mei was starting to worry about the leaking veins in Zheng Xi-Wang's neck.

"You know that I am stronger than you are." Zhao Syaoran looked deeply into her eyes.

"I highly doubt it! No man like you can beat me!" Zheng Xi-Wang snorted.

"So this is what we're going to see, let's make a bet."

"Okay! If I win, you will become my pet and have to endure all the humiliation of the filthy and perverted weakling you are, what do you think?!" Zheng Xi-Wang smiled.

"Okay," Zhao Syaoran said in a grunt, "But if I win ..." He smiles. "If I win, you'll have to become my bride!"

Zheng Xi-Wang backed away in shock.

"What ???"

"And you will have to admit that I am much stronger than you."

"No! Not that shit! I'm not going to marry you!"

"What ?! Are you already giving up? I thought you never backed down from a bet, are you that weak?" Zhao Syaoran teased.

Bam!

Zheng Xi-Wang hit the wall.

"I am not weak! I never! I will never lose to you!"

Zhao Syaoran then smiled broadly.

"Okay then, you have until the end of our graduation to prove it to me."

"Sure!"

Zheng Xi-Wang then sat by the window, she was red in anger.

Zhao Syaoran sat next to Huang Mei, smiling.

".... Are you really going to marry Shuang ?!" Huang Mei until now was incredulous at what she had just heard.

"What's the matter? It's going to be fun." Zhao Syaoran shrugged. "After all, there won't be anything more humiliating and hateful to her than depending on me."

Zhao Syaoran said his last sentence in a slightly sad tone.

Huang Mei felt a slight squeeze as he looked down.

But she still felt a little confused.

Was Zhao Syaoran interested in Zheng Xi-Wang or was she just hallucinating things?

Meanwhile, in Long Tian's coach, he could hear the noise of those three in the distance.

He sighed and massaged the temples.

How would he explain it to his parents?

The trip to the Long Mansion would be long ...