Walk The Jianghu

Sometimes it's fine to just sit there quietly.

There was no rule saying that when two people sit together, they must speak.

Sometimes it's fine to just sit there quietly.

Even if they need to converse, they don't need to speak. A simple gesture will suffice.

-Ze Tian Ji C101

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Ze Tian Ji or Way of Choice by Ni Mao is one of the very slow pace novels that I endured myself to read up to hundreds of chapters, before giving up somewhere along the way. It was my choice.

In wuxia setting we see a lot of restaurant or dining scene. It is one of the unavoidable trope in jianghu. A common practice. Anything can happen in dining places. A chance encounter, and the most common is argument and brawls.

I remember another old saying about a chance meeting.

'bertemu tidak seharusnya berkenalan.

berkenalan tidak seharusnya berkawan.

berkawan tidak seharusnya bercinta.

bercinta tidak seharusnya bersama.

bersama tidak seharusnya berkekalan.'

yup, I added the rest from the first line myself.