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Chapter 75 The Arrival of the Phoenix (Part 2)
Xiao Yuruo gave a light smile, saying, "Brother Tao, I need more ti to ponder over this matter. It's not too late to discuss it later."
Tao Dongcheng responded with a deep, knowing smile, "Such a significant matter indeed requires careful consideration. I shall await the good news from you, dear sister."
With Eldest Miss Xiao having reached ho, Tao Dongcheng found no excuse to linger. He bade farewell to Lady Xiao and her two daughters, mounted his horse with a fist salute, then galloped away, his departure as gallant as could be.
Eldest Miss Xiao stood at the entrance for a long ti, seemingly troubled by a difficult decision. After a while, she sighed, "Mother, let's go in."
At first, Lin Wanrong thought that the Xiao and Tao families were planning a marriage alliance. However, as ti passed, he realized that wasn't the case. It was clear that Tao Dongcheng was pursuing Miss Xiao, but talk of marriage seed far off, especially since Eldest Miss Xiao's attitude was quite ambiguous. So, what did Tao Dongcheng an when he spoke of "becoming one"? Seeing the troubled expressions of the three Xiao won, it appeared that the decision was a difficult one. Could it really affect the survival of the Xiao family?
Lin Wanrong pondered for a while, then suddenly spoke, "Why am I thinking about these things? I'm here to pass the ti. After a year, I'll leave. Why should I worry about this? Even if I help solve the Xiao family's problems, would they be willing to make their master? I can only daydream about it, nothing more."
Returning to his small room, he suddenly felt utterly exhausted. So many things had happened that night. Not only had he encountered the capricious courtesan, Qin Xian'er, but he had also t Eldest Miss Xiao who had just returned ho and almost received a beating from her. After so thought, he drifted off into a deep sleep.
After an unknown period, Lin Wanrong suddenly felt sothing was amiss. He jerked awake to find a figure standing in front of him, staring at him coldly.
"A ghost!" Lin Wanrong yelled, his body breaking out in cold sweat.
The figure stood still, not reacting to Lin Wanrong's shouting.
After shouting for a while, with no one coming, and the figure remaining motionless as if lifeless, Lin Wanrong cald down a little. Just as he was about to reach out to touch the figure, a voice said, "Why did you stop shouting?"
It sounded like a woman, and sowhat familiar. But in the middle of the night, an eerie shadow suddenly appearing in his room what could one make of that? That Lin Wanrong didn't wet his pants out of fear was already a testant to his courage.
"Are you... Sadako?" Lin Wanrong recalled a horror film he had watched. His hair stood on end as he tentatively asked.
"Who's Sadako?" This ti the voice of the "female ghost" was louder, and it sounded incredibly pleasant. Lin Wanrong's courage grew a little stronger. He reassured himself, Whether she's a human or a ghost, as long as she's female, there's nothing I can't handle.
"Who are you, really?" Lin Wanrong got up from his bed and asked.
"Oh? Don't you recognize ? 'The warm wind intoxicates the traveler, making Hangzhou feel like Bianzhou.' You were so imposing that day." The shadow replied with a cold laugh.
Rembering the poem and the sowhat familiar voice, a lightbulb went off in Lin Wanrong's head. He exclaid, "Are you Xiao Qingxuan?"
The faint moonlight shone into the room, illuminating the stunning face of the young woman. She looked at Lin Wanrong and said, "I didn't expect you to rember ."
"Are you here to kill ?" Upon confirming that the shadow was human, and a woman at that, Lin Wanrong's fear subsided a bit. If it's a woman, then he had ways to handle her. However, he had experienced Xiao Qingxuan's fierce thods and dared not act recklessly.
"What do you think?" Xiao Qingxuan's words seed devoid of any emotion, cold as ice.
"Miss Xiao," Lin Wanrong said with an awkward smile, "What happened that day was entirely a misunderstanding. Besides, you injured , I almost lost my life. We should be even now, right? Or, should I apologize to you?" Thinking back to the incident, Lin Wanrong was still harboring resentnt. But with his life in this woman's hands, he dared not show it, so he kept it to himself for the mont.
Xiao Qingxuan coldly retorted, "If apologies were useful, what would be the need for law enforcent?"
Damn, this girl is tough, Lin Wanrong cursed silently. Seeing that she was not easily appeased, he considered getting tough himself, but rembering her capabilities, he gave up. He couldn't muster the strength. Damn, he felt like such a wimp.
Thinking that, Lin Wanrong hardened his heart and remained silent. Kill or rape, he thought, do as you please. The two of them fell into a standoff, and in the darkness, Lin Wanrong could only hear his own breathing.
She didn't even seem to breathe. No wonder she's so cold-blooded, Lin Wanrong thought to himself.
Lin Wanrong had never experienced a situation like this. In the dark of night, a beautiful woman stood by his bed watching him sleep. If the beauty was naked, it would be a delightful situation, but now not only was she clothed, but she also likely had a very sharp sword on her. That made things less fun.
Lin Wanrong felt his breath growing cold, the atmosphere sowhat terrifying. In this tense situation, he found himself growing tired, wanting to sleep.
"What ti is it?" Lin Wanrong, thoroughly exhausted, couldn't help but ask.
"It's the third watch of the night," Xiao Qingxuan replied.
"Oh, if you're not busy, then I'll go back to sleep," Lin Wanrong yawned. The back-and-forth between them almost resembled a couple sharing a bed.
Seeing him genuinely about to drift off, Xiao Qingxuan's expression finally flickered. She seed to huff, "Are you really going to sleep? That's fine, I suppose. Killing you in your sleep would spare you any pain."
"Miss, if you're going to kill , just do it. Can you stop trying to scare ? Is it fun for you? Scaring a thousand tis isn't as effective as just killing ," Lin Wanrong pleaded with a bitter face.
"You can feel fear too? Why didn't I see that when you were bullying that day?" Xiao Qingxuan retorted venomously.
"Was I the one bullying you that day? It was you bullying . I just called you a girl, which is a fact. Was there a need for you to go overboard? It really is like the old saying goes, 'the scorpion's sting is in the tail, but a woman's poison is in her heart'." Lin Wanrong felt truly wronged. Just for saying sothing wrong, he had to face death. Damn, was there no justice left in this world?
Xiao Qingxuan paused, seeming to see so reason in his words. While he was sowhat rude, his offense wasn't worthy of death. She admitted to herself that in the heat of the mont, she might have gone a bit too far. But his indecency underwater was sothing she would never forget. "How are you going to make up for what you did to underwater?"
"That was an overreaction on my part. I was fighting for my life, how could I know what I was doing?" Lin Wanrong replied.
"Overreaction? Then if I kill you today, could it also be considered my overreaction?" Xiao Qingxuan's voice carried a hint of excitent.
"Miss, please don't resort to violence and killing so easily. You're a girl, you'll have to get married soday. If you draw your sword so readily, who would dare marry you?"
Lin Wanrong's fear was slowly ebbing away. If she truly wanted to kill him, she could have done so while he was asleep. It would've been clean and quick. But now she was talking so much, it was clear she wasn't going to kill him.
Before he could finish his thoughts, he heard a swishing sound. A sharp sword, glinting coldly, was suddenly at his throat. The icy blade sent chills through him.
Damn, is this girl serious? This is my throat we're talking about. If she's not careful, that's the end for . Lin Wanrong's heart pounded in his chest, he was too scared to speak, barely daring to breathe. He feared that one breath might cause the blade to cut his throat, ending his life.
"Why aren't you talking now? Weren't you quite capable before?" Xiao Qingxuan's voice echoed in Lin Wanrong's ears. "Did you think I wouldn't dare to kill you?" Her sword moved a fraction closer to his throat, making it difficult for Lin Wanrong to even breathe.
Today's incident seed irreconcilable; this girl seed intent on killing him. Damn, if there's no hope, then let it be. If I, Lin San, am afraid of you, girl, then I deserve to crawl through your legs as punishnt.
With that thought, Lin Wanrong steeled himself, chose not to look at her, and closed his eyes in silence.
Seeing his stillness, Xiao Qingxuan looked more closely, only to find him with his eyes tightly shut, motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.
Despite his usual jocular deanor, he did have so backbone. Xiao Qingxuan secretly praised him in her heart. Her slender hand moved, the sword's cold light moving like a gust of wind past Lin Wanrong's throat.
The flash of the sword was extrely fast. Before Lin Wanrong could blink, the sword had disappeared, leaving only Xiao Qingxuan standing quietly there, the sword's location unknown.
The sword had grazed Lin Wanrong's throat, and he had felt a profound chill. A mont's distraction from Xiao Qingxuan would have led to his total disappearance from this world.
His back was completely drenched, but he felt like he had already co to terms with death. He wasn't particularly afraid of Xiao Qingxuan anymore, and he coldly snorted, "What, not killing anymore?"
Xiao Qingxuan huffed, "I won't kill you today, but I will certainly take your life in the future."
Having heard these words, Lin Wanrong had gradually figured out Xiao Qingxuan's temper. He pretended not to hear her and asked, "How did you know where I live? How did you find ?"
"Is it hard to find you? You're just a minor servant in the Xiao mansion. Even if there were ten of you, I could easily find you," Xiao Qingxuan's tone carried a hint of arrogance.
Lin Wanrong nodded, "I wish there were ten of , so you could kill ten tis, and I could live a few more days."
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