Chapter 114 Fate Meeting

U-ri walked out of a bookstore, he saw a large group of people surrounding some people a few feet away. He decided to take another street because he did not want to encounter such a large angry crowd.

Abrafo ran through street after street as fast as he could, but because he was unfamiliar with the city streets, he got lost several turns before finally reaching Yul. From a distance, he saw Yul selling hairpins to a group of women.

Abrafo gasped, "How many you have left to sell?"

Yul said, "Five."

Abrafo was shocked and said, "Really? I personally think that your face is like a stone, and you will not be able to sell any hairpin."

Yul said, "Hajime taught me what to say to women to get them to buy the hairpins."

Abrafo said, "Oh... that's good." He suddenly realized the reason he rushed back. "Oh crap, I totally forgot. Guess who I just saw?"

Yul sighed and said, "How should I know." He accepted the silver leaves from the women and thanked them.

Abrafo exhaled heavily and said, "I just saw Kexin."

Yul said, "You are running from her?"

Abrafo said, "Yes... I went to that house to get free food, but it happened to be her house. It is her father's birthday. You do not know; she is asking a lot of questions about you. We now need to leave." He started packing.

Yul said, "Abrafo."

Abrafo said, "Why are you still standing there? Come on, let's pack up and leave now."

Yul said, "Abrafo, we did nothing to offend Lady Kexin and her brother. There is no need to hide from them. I don't even understand why you ran away from Lady Kexin in the first place."

Abrafo turned to look at Yul. "Hey, you're right. Why would I run away from her? I never did anything to hurt her in the first place." He sat next to Yul. "I think I panicked when I heard her talking loudly. I have never met anyone as annoying as her. He held up the three bags he was carrying. "I got us a free dinner. "

Yul asked, "What's inside?"

"Rice, chicken and roasted yams," Abrafo said, looking at the table. "Hey, you're selling pretty well. Maybe you should change your major from being the lead palace captain to being a salesman."

Yul said, "If I hadn't been standing here selling these hairpins, relying on you and U-ri, we probably wouldn't have sold them by now."

Abrafo felt embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, tomorrow... I promised to sell some hairpins. It's your turn to go and have a look, maybe you can find something you like."

Yul said, "There's no need. Even if I find something I like, I can't afford it."

Abrafo looked around and asked, "Um... where is U-ri?"

Yul said, "U-ri went to checkout some bookstores."

Abrafo said, "Now I understand why U-ri volunteered to sell these hairpins. The reason he came here was for his own greed. Ouch!" He felt a heavy knock on the top of his head.

U-ri said, "You came here for the same reason."

U- ri looked at the table and was surprised to see that there were only three hairpins left on the table. He smiled at Yul and said, "I didn't know you had such amazing people skills."

  Yul said, "Last night Hajime taught me what to say to customers to make them want to buy hairpins."

U-ri smiled at Yul and said, "Ha...Hajime always brings surprises to us." He looked at the market and found that there were fewer people. "I find that people don't usually come out to the market at night," he sighed. "Oh...I miss Cloyotto...the city that never sleeps...even if you go for a walk at three in the morning, the streets are always busy."

Yul handed the money he earned to U-ri and said, "Me too, but Cloyotto is not the only city in Tangzang. There are other cities that are also facing dire situations."

Abrafo stood up and said, "This is why we are here and not in Cloyotto. We want every city in Tangzang to be like Cloyotto."

U-ri said, "Let's start packing up. Let us go buy something for Hajime and Michio. I guess they must be hungry."

Abrafo said, "No need to buy anything. I just got us free rice, boiled chicken and roasted yams."

U-ri asked, "Where did you get these?"

Abrafo said, "Long story short, I got it from Kexin."

U-ri said, "Lady Kexin?"

Abrafo said, "Yes, it would be best if we could avoid her."

Yul rolled up three hairpins and put them in the bag. "You should have seen the look on his face when he came running," Yul said giggling. "I don't know why he ran away from Lady Kexin in the first place."

U-ri asked, "Why did you run away from her? I thought we had a good relationship with her and her brother."

Abrafo said, "I don't know, but I guess I don't want to see her or hear her annoying voice."

U-ri teased, "Heh... there is an old saying: the more you hate, the more you love. The further away you are, the deeper the desire."

Abrafo said, "Bullshit. I would marry anyone that is not her. Even a pig."

The three men started walking in the direction to their home. Yul asked, "If that's the case, then why don't you step forward in the Throne Hall, and agree to marry Hajime?"

Abrafo chuckled, "Well, I was about to do that, but you were one step ahead of me." He looked at Yul and teased him. "But if you don't mind, I'm willing to marry Hajime anytime."

U-ri said, "It's a bit late now."

Abrafo asked, "How is that so late? If Yul and Hajime agree, there should not be any problem. My family does not mind having a male wife. My brother even has his own male mistress."

U-ri said, "That's because..." He looked at Yul. "Well, it's too late, don't ask anymore."

Abrafo said, "If you don't tell me how should I know? Tell me." He looked at U-ri raised his eyebrows at U-ri.

Although U-ri is seventy years old, his brain is still functioning well. Just looking at Abrafo, he knew what Abrafo wanted to say.

U-ri said, "Because Yul and Hajime's marriage is not an ordinary marriage. It is a royal decree marriage issued by His Highness. The marriage is not just known by us, everyone in Cloyotto knows about their marriage. Come to think of it, not only Cloyotto, but every city may have heard the news of Yul and Hajime's marriage." He looked at Yul and then at Abrafo. "Yul can't even divorce Hajime without His Majesty's consent, so if you want to marry Hajime, you must get His Majesty's consent. Even if His Majesty agrees, you must ask Hajime if you are his true love." He stopped and turned to see Yul's reaction but seemed to see nothing. Yul's expression was still the same. "Do you still remember why Hajime agreed to come with us?"

Abrafo said, "How could I forget? Hajime made it clear that he wanted to leave Tang Zang to find his true love."

U-ri asked, "Are you his true love?"

Abrafo said sadly, "It seems that I am not his true love." He moved away from Yul and stood next to U-ri. "U-ri, have you ever thought about what Hajime's true love would be like."

U-ri said, "Hmm... I'm not sure, but I'm thinking of someone tall, handsome, and fearless."

Abrafo looked at Yul and joked, "Hey, I have everything in this description."

U-ri said, "Stop daydreaming. You should not praise yourself, but let others praise you."

U-ri and Abrafo looked at Yul and they noticed that Yul was not paying attention to them, but to what was in front of them. Abrafo asked, "What's wrong?" He turned around and saw Bi standing in front of them. He turned to Yul. "Do you know this person?"

Yul said, "Her master bought some hairpins from us."

Bi said, "Sir, my master would like to discuss with you about buying more hairpins."

Yul said, "You can go to the stall and buy more hairpins."

Bi said, "The order volume will be huge, so my master wants to discuss it with you privately."

U-ri said, "Then let's go talk to your master."

Bi said, "Please come with me."

U-ri turned to Yul and Abrafo and said, "This may be our luck. If we can sell enough hairpins, we will have money to travel and will not have to stay here for a month. In fifteen days, we can leave for Chanyi City.

Abrafo said, "I agreed with U-ri. Now that I know Kexin is here, I don't want to stay here anymore."

The three of them followed Bi to the inn not far away. After arriving, they were escorted to the second floor of the inn. Yun sat at the last table to their right and was waiting for them.

Bi said, "Here, the lady is waiting."

Abrafo muttered, "Wow, what a beauty. Although she doesn't look as good as Kexin, I hope she has a better attitude."

Yul said, "Stop talking nonsense."

The three of them sat around the round table, waiting for Yun to speak, but Yun put a piece of letter paper on the table.

U-ri said, "Sorry my lady, we can't understand your written language."

Bi said, "My lady needs two hundred hairpins like this." She put the flower hairpin on the table. "You are selling this type of hairpin for two silver leaves each, but my lady is willing to pay you ten leaves each if you can finish it within ten days."

U-ri said, "Ten days may be too short for us."

Yul asked, "Can we know why you had to need the hairpins in ten days?"

Bi said, "In ten days, it will be my lady seventeenth birthday. We need the hairpins to give it as a gift to the guests."

Yun looked at the three of them, especially Yul, she said softly "I invite you three to the birthday party."

The corners of Bi's mouth dropped. "My... my... my... Lady, you actually spoke... everyone thought you were mute..." she said with tears of happiness.

Yun said, "I'm not, I just don't want to talk to people I don't want to talk to." She looked at Yul. "Will you come?"

Yul said, "Maybe if we were still in the town."

On the street, a burst of noise attracted the attention of people upstairs. They walked to the window and saw many people gathered around a stall.

U-ri asked, "What happened down there?"

A customer standing next to U-ri said, "That's Teacher Li and his poetry contest. He does it every year."

Abrafo looked at U-ri and said, "Heh, this is something you are good at. Shall we go look?"

Yun turned to look at Yul and asked, "Shall we go take a look?"