Capítulo 1685: Chapter 1688: Captured
She ascended the steps, and as she reached halfway up the hill, she arrived at the place where the masters resided.
The lights from the houses ahead beca beautiful, and there was a hint of sandalwood scent in the air.
Compared to the sweat-stained sll in the servants’ quarters below, it was like she had entered a different world here.
Just as she was feeling at ease, suddenly, a dark shadow lunged at her.
She instinctively reached for the dagger at her waist, but the shadow grabbed her by the neck.
“Don’t move!”
Jin Luoyin held her breath, and her hand, which was at her waist, slowly moved back.
“Who are you?” The person sniffed lightly at her neck, imdiately casting a deep look.
“A young woman, why are you dressed like this? What is your purpose at Tianhai Mountain Villa?”
Jin Luoyin said nothing, swallowing a gulp of saliva.
Thinking to herself: Who is this person? I pride myself on having so skills, yet I was caught before I even pulled out my dagger.
This dog-like nose even detected that I am a woman.
“Not speaking?” The person’s voice carried a hint of contempt and coldness.
“If you don’t speak, I’ll treat you as an assassin!”
Jin Luoyin panicked inside, that wouldn’t do! If she was deed an assassin, she’d most certainly be dood. She hadn’t even seen her brother’s shadow, and if she were to die here, wouldn’t that be dying before achieving her goal, leaving her parents in imnse grief?
“No, sir, please don’t kill !”
She imdiately surrendered; faced with such a person, since he had already seen through her disguise, there was no need to deny it, or it might backfire.
It was just her bad luck to encounter such a formidable character on her first venture out of the mountains.
Jin Luoyin quickly explained, “I’m just a delivery boy from the foothills, a servant from Xiguang Residence, here to help at the villa!”
The person coldly replied, “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“I… You asked so many questions at once, I was just thinking which one to answer first!”
“Fine, then tell , why are you dressed like this?”
Jin Luoyin explained with a bitter face, “It’s not like I want to. Born as a woman, who wouldn’t want to be a dainty beauty? But my family is poor, and my parents forced to find work in the city. As a woman, employers looked down on , so I had no choice but to disguise myself as a man to get hired!”
The grip on her neck loosened a bit, and the person behind seed to let out a slight laugh.
Jin Luoyin didn’t know how much he believed, so she quickly continued, “I have to say, the living conditions for the servants here at the villa are really poor. Ten people to a room? Think of our Xiguang Residence, at least it’s two people to a room, and each has their own bed. You know I’m disguised as a man, so naturally, I can’t squeeze onto a bed with nine other n. I slipped out at night because of that.”
The man behind her snorted, unknown whether he believed her or not.
Jin Luoyin smiled ingratiatingly and said, “Now that you know my secret, dear sir, could you perhaps provide with a woodshed to stay for the night?”
“A woodshed?” The person behind her was slightly surprised, then snorted, “Do you think I believe any of your words?”
Jin Luoyin bit her lip, stealthily placing her hand back at the dagger’s location on her waist.
Yet in the next mont, she felt light as the person behind scooped her up and leaped behind a large tree.
A patrol of guards erged from where they had been standing and proceeded up the hill.
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