10. A Promise

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A mere surprise is undermining the feeling Jun Hua experienced now. She had once heard that among the 4 imperial sons, the third prince, Prince Yan is the most useless one since all he does is searching for woman. He often stirred up trouble too and many people are saying that he's just a good for nothing. But now she has just found out that the owner of the most expensive restaurant in the capital turned out to be him!

Jun Hua stared at Yan face for a few second before pulling herself back to reality. This prince... she truly doesn't know why he chooses to hide deeply, but it's not her business. Jun Hua nodded at Yan question.

"Prince Yan is truly a hidden dragon."

Yan laughed, "Call me Yan. I detest hearing my friends call me a prince."

Jun Hua could only comply with his request. She's a bit surprised with the fact that Yan actually willing to tell such a huge secret to her. They have just met for the first time, but he tells her such a big secret? Is there any other motive?

Yan turned to Soujin, "You still have to pay. I didn't build this restaurant without money."

"Reduce two of the zero on the end."

"You... fine."

Jun Hua nudged Soujin, "You should have chooses a different restaurant."

"No worries, even if I don't pay, Yan won't suffer any loses."

"That's not that, but didn't you promise to treat me?"

Yan almost choked for the second time today. The coming of Jun Min already surprised him so much, now he has just found out that his friends promises to treat a man. Has his friends' path deviated?

Yan wanted to ask, but seeing the murderous gaze Soujin give him, he chooses to swallow that thought. If he dares to utter it, he's sure that he won't be able to get out from bed for a whole week!

"I lose a bet with this boy," Soujin uttered out slowly, "Since he's too young for drinking, I choose to change the bet into meal."

"I see."

Yan nodded in understanding, but the next second he burst out laughing. Soujin completely ignored his best friends while Jun Hua stared in bewilderment. Why is he suddenly laughing? Is there anything wrong with what Soujin told him?

"Soujin... actually lose... in a bet... Wahaha... I can't believe it... You finally have a match."

"Yan, meet me in training hall in an hour."

"Wait... wahaha... I can't stop laughing... Don't beat me up... hahaha."

Jun Hua truly turned speechless with their banter. From Yan reaction, it seems Soujin has never loses in a bet before? How could he do it? Even she's not sure she could always win since this time she only manages to find a loophole.

Soujin hammer his finger on the table and only after that did Yan stopped laughing.

Luckily the food comes and they started to eat. Soujin only eats a bit, while Jun Hua and Yan cleaned up the rest of the food. This is the first time Jun Hua tastes such a good food. With her rarely stays at home and the quality of her food cannot be compared with this one, she feels like this is truly a big treat for her.

"How's it?"

"It's really good. Thank you Soujin."

Soujin nodded, "Let's take a walk across the street, and then I want to have a duel with you."

"Okay then," Jun Hua agreed. She's not sure about Soujin fighting ability, but she knows that his ability much be higher than her. With such a change to train herself, why should she pass?

"Yan?"

"I'm not going."

Yan stays on his seats as he watched the two of them disappear from his sight. The moment they disappear, he turned serious.

"Shu, have you finished researching about Jun Min. What do you think about him?"

A man appeared in front of Yan. "Replying to Young Master, General Min is a highly talented general. He has just reach 14, but his fighting prowess and strategies are exceptional. According to his battle record, he's similar with Young Master Soujin, there's no battle where he loses."

Yan nodded. He has the same view when he heard about that extraordinary feat Jun Min does in the test. After meeting with the boy today, he feels that his character is good and it won't be bad to befriend him. The only problem is there must be a lot of enemies.

"He's truly interesting. I truly wanted to meet with him again."

The duels between Soujin and Jun Hua didn't last long. Jun Hua cannot compare to Soujin in terms of pure martial arts and power. Many times she almost got hit critically by the training sword. In the end she got hit and forced to end the duel.

"You're truly a kid. Your power is still lacking, but your skill is not bad," Soujin said. He's a bit surprised because Jun Hua could last fighting him for so long. Although the boy is a bit battered up, at least he could withstand a few of his blow.

Jun Hua stared at Soujin. "One day I will beat you up."

"Sure, I will wait for that," Soujin agreed candidly. "Do you want to have another duel?"

"When?"

"Every Saturday afternoon."

Jun Hua thinks about it for a moment. Starting this Monday, she needs to go to school from Monday to Friday. She doesn't really has anything to do at Saturday so it's fine to agreed.

"Sure then."

After making plans to meet up next week, the two of them departed. Jun Hua hurriedly returned home because she's sure that her grandfather already highly worried. As she had expected, her grandfather already waits for her.

"So, tell me what actually happened."

Jun Hua explained briefly about the bet she has with Soujin. Jun Zhenxian almost broke out in laughter because their content is the same with what he and Nanglong Souka had. He turned serious when he heard about the promise Jun Hua made with Soujin.

"You... be careful."

Jun Hua nodded, "How's the preparation? Have they accepted?"

"Yes, just be careful on the school and learn anything you wanted to learn."

Jun Hua smiled. Of course she would properly learn and in the process stirring up some trouble.

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