After listening to Nangong Xue's account, Chen Mo nodded. "So when we go there this time, will Gedanwei still harass you?"
Nangong Xue nodded. "That's right! Gedanwei holds considerable power within Chafei's sphere of influence, and he came up through the military! I heard his hands are stained with blood, and he enjoys killing for pleasure! Last time, it was only because their forces were under attack from another faction and needed money to buy weapons that he placed such importance on my deal. But this time, I'm afraid we won't get through so easily!"
Sometimes, Nangong Xue even found her own looks rather troublesome! Mainly because being beautiful meant the harassment increased severalfold. But there was nothing she could do about looking this way. It wasn't as though it had been her choice!
Besides, being beautiful was what every woman liked and hoped for. Was that wrong?
Yet sometimes, being beautiful was a mistake—a mistake called beauty.
If Nangong Xue had not been a member of the Nangong family, and if her father Nangong Liang had not been the Clan Leader of the Nangong family, then who knew what would have become of her by now!
So sometimes, beauty was the original sin!
Nangong Xue had already been deeply unsettled by the previous transaction! If Chafei had not stopped it in the end, who knew what might have happened!
Yet this time, she had still agreed to take Chen Mo to meet Chafei. Nangong Xue was taking an enormous risk. Fortunately, after Nangong Liang told her about Chen Mo's identity, she felt somewhat relieved!
"How far is General Chafei's place from Pyinmana?" Chen Mo asked.
"From Pyinmana, it takes nearly ten hours by car, then we have to change vehicles and travel another two or three hours to get