52: Chapter Forty-Nine: Unexpected Joy from the Past 52: Chapter Forty-Nine: Unexpected Joy from the Past As the voice faded, Xu Yuan and Zhou Chen ceased their conversation.
Zhou Chen drank his wine while focused on driving the carriage.
Xu Yuan turned his attention inside the carriage.
Whether that Mr.
Qin had targeted him for the reason Xu Yuan suspected, he was unclear, but he did have so clues as to why that cheap adoptive father wanted to target the Sects.
The carriage was luxuriously decorated, with a soft couch as smooth as jade, silk cushions woven of fine satin, and a special tea tray for drinking tea, with the faint scent of tea continuously diffusing inside the carriage.
Where Xu Yuan’s gaze landed, a woman with an innate allure was kneeling in front of the tea tray, pouring tea.
Her eyes were downcast, a picture of pitiable beauty.
Xu Yuan slightly lifted his finger to activate the sound isolation formation within the carriage and glanced at her,
“Did you hear what was said just now?”
Su Jinxuan slowly lifted her gaze:
“Since the young master didn’t avoid the topic, Jinxuan naturally heard it.”
Her tone was still sowhat flirtatious, but it no longer had the emotional fluctuations that enticed before.
She beca much more reserved, yet not entirely so.
Thinking this, Xu Yuan’s eyes held a aningful look as he glanced at her.
Su Jinxuan had changed into a new outfit.
The contrast of azure and white wrapped around her well-defined figure, a layer of sheer fabric half-revealing her snowy white skin beneath, and a pair of white, semi-transparent silk stockings perfectly clinging to her long, straight jade legs.
This woman understood n very well, and also how to use her physical advantages.
Ever since she boarded the carriage, this woman had been subtly trying to entice and provoke him.
Even now, she still seed to be trying to turn the tables.
If she had started with this tactic from the get-go, Xu Yuan might have lost all because of a montary slip.
Unfortunately for her, she did not, choosing instead to try to control him forcefully with those peculiar spore particles.
Her Enchantress Divine Physique was now exposed.
Zhou Chen had also warned him,
that the deeper the physical contact,
the easier it seed to be controlled by this woman’s Enchantress Divine Physique.
To test the law with one’s body was out of the question.
However,
there actually exist white silk stockings in this world….
Tsk tsk.
Gathering his thoughts, Xu Yuan casually asked,
“Jinxuan, I heard from Lady Yue that you were brought here personally by Mr.
Qin, I’m curious about how you ca to know Mr.
Qin, can you tell about it?”
It was a question, but his tone left no room for doubt.
Keeping Su Jinxuan was to confuse Mr.
Qin, to mislead him into thinking the plan had already succeeded.
Once the carriage entered the Xu Residence in Jingjiang, this woman would be handed over to Ying’er for interrogation.
Ying’er ca from the Pri Minister’s Mansion’s Black Scale Guards, also known as the Shadow Guard.
Interrogation and extracting confessions were her professional expertise.
Nevertheless, this did not prevent Xu Yuan from trying to understand so things beforehand.
Su Jinxuan’s beautiful eyes flickered, and after a mont, she gently said:
“Over a decade ago, Jinxuan’s family fell on hard tis, hunted down by enemies.
During our escape, Mr.
Qin saved and has raised ever since.”
Escape?
Adoption?
And possess the rare Enchantress Divine Physique.
This cliché storyline imdiately made Xu Yuan think of many things.
After pondering for a mont, Xu Yuan feigned a sigh:
“I apologize…
for bringing up Jinxuan’s painful past.”
Su Jinxuan looked down, with a soft sigh:
“I’m grateful for the young master’s compassion.
I was young at the ti, and those matters have long since passed.”
Xu Yuan shook his head, asking casually:
“Then does Jinxuan still rember who your enemies were?
If they are still alive, I could help you exact your vengeance.”
“The young master is kind, Jinxuan is terrified.”
“Not necessary?”
“Jinxuan’s vengeance has already been avenged.”
“All of it?”
“…Yes.”
“…..”
Xu Yuan stared into Su Jinxuan’s eyes, showing a deliberately enlightened expression, and laughed lightly,
“So Mr.
Qin has already secretly eliminated all of your enemies…
”
“…..”
Upon hearing this, Su Jinxuan paused briefly.
Then she quickly realized the implication of his words, and the frailty in her eyes was imdiately replaced by a flicker of indignation:
“Third Young Master, please refrain from wild speculation.”
Seeing this, Xu Yuan’s eyes glead with increased amusent.
He was very satisfied with Su Jinxuan’s reaction.
He was unclear about the specifics of her situation, even whether Su Jinxuan was lying or acting, but that did not affect his casual fabrication.
Failing would simply be a waste of a few minutes of his ti.
But conversely, if he succeeded, even if he couldn’t persuade Su Jinxuan, rely planting a seed of doubt in her mind would be a huge gain.
After a pause, Xu Yuan persisted relentlessly:
“Jin Xuan, just tell if it is or isn’t true,
“That Mr.
Qin didn’t let you see any living enemies, right?”
There was silence inside the carriage for a mont,
and Xu Yuan was sowhat surprised.
Huh?
The stuff he made up on the fly based on the pictures couldn’t actually be true, could it?
Su Jinxuan stared at Xu Yuan, biting the corner of her lip with one of her canines:
“Jinxuan knows she’s at your rcy, but please don’t slander Mr.
Qin’s character.”
“You’re not answering directly, so that ans I’m right?”
Xu Yuan leaned back on the soft couch, resting his face in one hand, his interest piqued as he continued to provoke:
“Mr.
Qin has raised you until now, I guess it’s because your parents also died in that ‘disaster,’ right?”
Xu Yuan deliberately stressed the word “disaster”:
“Have you ever thought about it, Jin Xuan, how after your parents died, you who possess the Enchantress Divine Physique just happened to be rescued by Mr.
Qin, isn’t this too coincidental?”
“You should be the most aware of your own body, how tempting this special physique that can control people’s minds invisibly is.
If soone knew about it in advance, who wouldn’t be tempted?
“Especially for a ‘big shot’ like Mr.
Qin, wiping out your entire family is just a matter of speaking, and the trade-off…
I was almost controlled by you on his behalf.”
“….”
Su Jinxuan’s hand, which was pouring tea, trembled slightly, her eyes brimming with anger:
“Not everyone in this world has the sa disposition as you.
Mr.
Qin has always treated like his own sister, and I ca here of my own volition to alleviate his worries.”
Xu Yuan acted as if he didn’t see, chuckling as he spoke:
“You say he sees you as a sister?”
Xu Yuan laughed out loud mockingly, waving his hand:
“Fine, I’ll send out a ssage right now, saying you’ve been captured by and are about to be executed.
“Guess what, will your Mr.
Qin go into hiding and run away, or will he co to the Xu Residence to rescue his ‘sister’?”
“….”
After a long silence, Su Jinxuan took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling beneath the translucent fabric, and continued to pour tea without a word.
Xu Yuan noticed her inner turmoil, seeing that she was trying to calm herself with the act of pouring tea.
He didn’t disturb her,
but quietly watched as Su Jinxuan skillfully arranged the tea set.
Rinsing the pot, adding tea, warming the cups….
A beauty preparing tea is a feast for the eyes through each step of the process.
When everything was done,
Su Jinxuan slowly stood up and brought over a cup of clear tea to Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan took it casually, staring into her eyes, and casually pulled her to sit beside him, asking with a sideways glance:
“I’m very curious about sothing, can you help clear up a question?”
By this ti, Su Jinxuan had regained her composure, captivating and charming.
Upon hearing this, she responded with a smile to Xu Yuan:
“Whatever the young master asks, Jinxuan will naturally answer.”
Xu Yuan gently embraced the woman’s delicate body, which seed boneless, while gently sniffing the tea’s aroma, and asked softly:
“Mr.
Qin rose to fa more than a decade ago and his strength is now unfathomable.
Why didn’t he teach you any cultivation thods?”
Su Jinxuan covered her mouth and chuckled, the truth of her words indiscernible:
“Heh…
Jinxuan doesn’t like all the fighting and killing, so she never cultivated.”
Xu Yuan didn’t hesitate to ask directly:
“If you don’t like fighting and killing, why then did you cultivate the demonic body secret technique?”
“This…
Jinxuan doesn’t know; it seems those things ca naturally before.”
“What a convenient ‘ca naturally’!”
Xu Yuan laughed.
His Innate Taoist Body required the practice of cultivation techniques and will-spirit to project from the body, and yet you, with the Enchantress Divine Physique, have learned without a teacher, right?
Never mind secret techniques, without basic internal vision, you couldn’t even begin.
Without internal vision, how could you manipulate your will-spirit, let alone those nurous spore particles.
Sitting up straight, Xu Yuan pinched Su Jinxuan’s fair chin, pulling her closer:
“Jinxuan, it’s okay to deceive , but it’s not right to deceive yourself.”
“Was it Mr.
Qin who only taught you the Enchantress Divine Physique secret technique?”
“….” Su Jinxuan.
In close gaze,
but Xu Yuan didn’t detect any of the emotions he wanted to see in the other’s eyes.
Once the confusion faded, she started acting tough again.
Xu Yuan shook his head lightly, letting her go, and asked one last question:
“One last question, I hope you’ll answer truthfully.”
“Ask your question, young master.” Su Jinxuan straightened her dress.
Xu Yuan casually asked:
“Do you…
know soone nad Qin Mo?”
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