Incarnation Of Gods: Endless War - Chapter 245
Third-person POV Di Shang was leisurely walking around Xi An while looking
around the hustle bustle night market in the middle of the city. After the
victory in claiming Xi An as a part of Da Qi, the citizens finally crawled out
of their house and decided to celebrate the victorious moment. (A/N: Xi An is where Xu residence was located at.) Although Di Shang was a new face in Xi An, the citizens
welcomed him with open arms and gave him a few gifts to express their
gratitude. When Di Shang first arrived at the border between Da Qi and Xi An,
he was extremely perplexed by the citizens’ actions. Thousands of soldiers marched towards the border with Da
Qi’s banner in their hands, the citizens happily opened their gate to let the
soldiers enter the city. At that time, Di Shang was going to halt the soldiers
from entering the city in fear that it was one of the traps from Da Chu. Fortunately, there was Ah Gu and Ah Ren who combined forces
with Di Shang in the meeting point. They explained to Di Shang that Xi An had
long been taken care of by Xu family, therefore, the Xi An citizens leaned more on
Xu family rather than the Long royal family. (A/N: if you guys remember, Ah Gu is the one who uses war
drum in the previous battle against Dong Fang and Ah Ren is the noisy one, also
Ah Ren is Meiyun’s junior.) There was once when the citizens demanded the Xu family to
separate themselves from Da Chu and declared as a dependent country. Even
though the Xu family’s military strength at that time wasn’t as strong as the
current generation’s, nevertheless, they couldn’t be looked down upon. However, at the time the demand was requested, the
relationship between the Long royal family and the Xu family wasn’t as strained as
now. Therefore, the Xu family dismissed the citizens’ demand and kept being
loyal to the Long royal family. Di Shang indeed heard the rumors about Xu family being
extremely loved by the citizens that the citizens dared to go against the
Imperial Army when they came to bother the Xu family. Then he looked at the
pure happiness on the citizens’ face and truly impressed by Xu family’s power
in grabbing people’s hearts. “Impressive,” Di Shang complimented with a genuine smile on
his face. Which lead to the current circ.u.mstances, the citizens knew
Di Shang’s name because he originally famous among the commoners as Dong Fang
and Xi An was only separated by a wall border. And they heard a piece of news
about Di Shang and Meiyun’s marriage which made the citizens closer to Di
Shang. (A/N: Sorry, so many author notes. Xi An is very expansive
and the border wall is very long. In the past, the Xu family had to protect Xi An
against Dong Fang and Da Qi at once which leads to the Xu family grow in military
strength.) “Ah! General Di!” An owner of a candy shop called out to Di
Shang who coincidentally passed his shop. Di Shang and Ah Gu turned around to see the owner fiercely waving
his hand at them. Di Shang stood unmoving as he didn’t know how he supposed to
respond to the owner. Seeing Di Shang was in a difficult position, Ah Gu decided
to step up and help Di Shang get out of the awkward situation. Ah Gu raised his hand to greet the owner, “Uncle, long time
no see.” “Aiyo! Ah Gu is here too. Sorry~ Sorry~ Didn’t see you
there. How is it going?” The owner smacked Ah Gu’s wide shoulder and laughed
loudly. “Everything is fine now, uncle. General Di, this is the
owner of the most famous candy shop in Xi An and he is a very friendly person.”
Ah Gu introduced the owner to Di Shang. “Aiyaya~ I forgot that General Di and I didn’t know each
other. I apologize.” The owner bowed his head to Di Shang. Di Shang cupped his fist to give his respect to the owner and
the owner also did the same. The corner of Di Shang’s lips curved into a small
smile as he spoke, “Ah no, I heard quite a lot about you from Meiyun.” “Meiyun?! How is she?!” The owner’s excitedly asked but his
voice contained a tint of worry. Di Shang stared at the owner with a stupefied expression. Realizing
his rude behavior, the owner laughed sheepishly as he scratched his head. For
an a.d.u.l.t man like him to ask a man about his wife would probably cause a misunderstanding. “A-ah, that is not what I mean, General Di. This Meiyun, aiya!
I have to call her Young Madam Di now. Ahahaha~” The owner laughed. “It is fine, I think Meiyun prefer you to call her like how
you used to. I don’t mind it either.” Di Shang said with a calm voice. The owner was taken aback because he heard that Di Shang was
very protective of his wife, “If General Di really doesn’t mind then I will keep calling
her by her name. This Meiyun was very naughty! Whenever she has a day off, she
would come here and steal my candies. Later, her twin little sister, Huayun,
would come to pay her big sister’s debt. It is the same as all the shop in Xi
An.” The owner rambled as he pointed at the other shops with his finger. Di Shang was amused by Meiyun’s past that the owner told him
when she was still living in Xi An. Without even mentioning Meiyun’s name, Di
Shang could tell that it was Meiyun’s doings. But then, a weak smile appeared on
the owner’s lips. “But the few candies that she stole from me couldn’t be
compared to what she had done to me.” The owner said while staring at his store
with dejected eyes. Di Shang was intrigued by the owner’s sudden change in
talking, “What do you mean?” The owner turned his eyes to Di Shang and smiled softly, “That
girl always came to my store with a bright smile but who knows what is hidden
behind that smile? No matter how close we are, she will never tell me. So I hope
she can rely on you fully.” The owner’s eyes were filled with proud as if his daughter had
found a perfect life partner. Di Shang’s heart grew heavier as the more he learns
something about Meiyun. It felt like he only saw the tip of Meiyun’s true
personality. Meiyun had always dodged the topics that related to her and seeing how
reluctant Meiyun was when he asked her about her past, he decided to not ask
her anymore as to not burden her. The owner didn’t see the disheartened expression on Di Shang’s
face and continued to tell his reminiscence, “Without realizing, Meiyun and Young
Miss became so precious to me as if they are my own daughter. Because of the
war, we can’t keep up to date with whatever is happening out there. I can’t
stop worrying because we could feel a wave of powerful aura coming from the
west side about a month ago.” (A/N: the Young Miss that the owner refers to is Hong er.
And the event that he was talking about was when Weisheng went on rampage.) Di Shang nodded his head in agreement. He did send a letter
asking what was happening but he didn’t get any answer. “Soon we will know.” Di Shang reassured the owner. “En,” the owner nodded his head. The owner noticed how the atmosphere had gotten heavy and
depressing, he smiled brightly and guided Di Shang into his store. “General Di, let me
recommend you Meiyun’s favorite sweet. Since you are going back to Chang An,
you may also bring some souvenirs for your beloved wife. She would be very happy
if you buy her food!” The owner chirped as he showed various sweets that
were freshly made by him. Di Shang looked around the sweets that the owner displayed
for him. His eyes landed on a squirrel shaped caramel candy, the image of
Meiyun stuffing buns into her tiny mouth and made her cheeks puffed out popped
up into his mind. He couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle at how similar the
squirrel and his wife were. “This, wrap it up prettily.” Di Shang requested with his
eyes filled with love. “Aye, sir!”