Song Qingshu fell silent for a while before finally speaking. "You're one of us now, so there's no need to keep certain things from you. Before I hurried back to Liao Country, I was in Sichuan..."
He then gave her a rough account of what had happened in Sichuan. Naturally, he left out his romantic escapades with Ruan Xingzhu.
Yelü Nanxian's beautiful eyes shone brightly. "Brother Song, I already thought you were incredibly capable, but I never imagined you were even more capable than I thought. Now, not only is Liao Country your territory, even Sichuan has become yours."
Song Qingshu thoroughly enjoyed the adoration in her little-fan-girl gaze, but he was not so dazzled that he lost his head. "At most, I have some influence in Sichuan right now. I'm still far from fully controlling it. The same goes for Liao Country."
"But you've already done wonderfully. You started as an ordinary nobody, yet in just two or three short years, you carved out such a vast territory for yourself. On top of that, you control a real country and a Land of Abundance." Yelü Nanxian praised him without reserve. Then, noticing the strange look in his eyes, she suddenly realized something. "There's more than that, isn't there?"
Song Qingshu gave a bitter smile. "I do have some other forces under my command, but they concern the safety of countless people. One careless mistake could leave many of them dead without even a burial place, so I can't tell you everything for now. I hope you understand."
Yelü Nanxian smiled faintly. "I'm not some unreasonable person. Naturally, I understand the stakes involved."
After chatting for a while longer, Song Qingshu took his leave. "I still need to check on the Mu Family and see whether there's anything that needs