Peerless Quotes

“Since the moment they'd met in Liugong City, they'd entangled ever tighter, neither enemies nor friends, impossible to separate for the rest of the rest of their lives.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“I think Yuxiu’s dagger nicked me; I’m a bit dizzy. Please check if it was poisoned,” he said feebly.
Cui Buqu hummed. “Let me take a look.” He stepped behind Feng Xiao and slapped him hard on the back.
Feng Xiao almost hacked up a lungful of blood. He coughed violently and without pause. This time, it wasn’t faked. Vexed, he said, “Is this how you treat your savior?” ”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“Maybe, thought Cui Buqu, he should pretend to be unconscious. It was his usual tactic, after all. 
Feng Xiao appeared to have seen through his plan. He threatened in a voice so low only Cui Buqu could hear it, “If you pretend to pass out, I swear I’ll strip you naked in front of them.”
Cui Buqu said nothing. He had no doubt Feng-er was capable of doing as he said, but even so, he refused to lose.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“You could have easily stayed in your secure governor’s residence and let us mutilate each other. What on earth possessed you to come all the way here?”
“Just passing by.”
“I saw you say ‘worth it.’”
“You must be blind.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“Deputy Chief Feng, what ill wind has blown you here?”
“Ever since Mount Tiannan, Cui-langjun has shut himself away and refused all guests. Of course, I missed you dearly. We shared both joy and sorrow, life and death on that journey—how could I live with myself if I didn’t come see you?”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“Keep talking—I’ll vomit blood on you, and we can die together”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“There were countless benefits to be had and no disadvantages to speak of. And yet—he couldn’t do it. The reason for this could be summed up in six words: He couldn’t bear to lose this.
He couldn’t bear to lose the acid words that pelted him like a corrosive rain. He couldn’t bear to lose the arched brow that accompanied the sneering curl of that lip. He couldn’t even bear to lose the way this man said Deputy Chief Feng, in a tone that was seven parts ridicule and three parts scheming.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4

“To be cursed with the misfortune of falling in love with a man like this, the crimes of one’s past life must have been unforgivable”
― Meng Xi Shi, Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 4