"Thank you for the compliment, miss. Shouzhe is merely of average talent." Wang Shouzhe replied with humble courtesy. He was simply too handsome by nature; being praised hardly made him feel much.
"You need not be so modest. Even among the outstanding young men of the Immortal Dynasty, fewer than a handful could rival you in looks and bearing. And beyond that, there is a tranquil, natural quality about you that makes people instinctively want to draw close." The veiled woman smiled lightly. "If our age difference were not so great, and if you did not already have a whole brood of children and grandchildren, I might very well have admired you and taken the initiative to pursue you."
Wang Shouzhe broke out in a cold sweat. Were women of the Immortal Dynasty all this direct? Sigh, being handsome really was no small trouble. And that trouble had followed him for over a century.
Long Wuji, beside him, instead stepped forward. He seemed quite interested in this mysterious woman from the Immortal Dynasty, whose aura was unfathomably deep. With a solemn expression, he said, "I'm several degrees more handsome than Shouzhe, and my bearing carries the wild, uninhibited charm of a roguish wanderer. Most importantly, I remain unmarried and childless to this day... Miss, you may wish to consider me..."
Before he could finish, the woman swept a cold gaze over him from head to toe. "Your face and build are passable enough, but you are too dark, too rough, and that bandit-like ruffian air of yours disgusts me."
"Miss, that is where you are mistaken." Long Wuji patted his chest. "This bandit aura covering my body is only there to conceal the softness and fragility within my heart. As for being tanned, that is the romance of my galloping