Chapter 742: Chapter 742: He must hate to the bone!
In a restaurant on Food Street, in the private dining room.
Huang Xiaolong, Chu Tingting, and Jing Xiaoxi are having a al.
Among them, Jing Xiaoxi was the one eating with the least grace, wolfing down her food with no semblance of elegance.
It seems that Jing Xiaoxi hadn’t had a proper al during all the years she was abused by Mi Lian.
“Um, Xiaoxi, go easy on your food. Slow down.” Chu Tingting quickly cautioned.
“Thank you…from now on, I’m following you.” Jing Xiaoxi looked at Huang Xiaolong with a peculiar gaze. “I know you’re capable. eting you is my good fortune. If not for you, I wouldn’t have had the courage to keep going.”
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“Haha, of course, you’ll follow . I did spend ten bucks to buy you after all.” Huang Xiaolong joked.
“By the way, Xiaoxi, aren’t you going back to your family? Now that you’ve regained your appearance, the Jing Family… they probably won’t let you follow Little Long.” Chu Tingting said.
“They have already kicked out a long ti ago. I have brought sha upon the family.” Jing Xiaoxi responded, close to tears. She then looked at Huang Xiaolong pitifully. “I’m sorry for making you offend the Mi Family…Maybe we should leave Ma City. I’ll go wherever you go.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that on my account.” Huang Xiaolong dismissed her concerns with a smile. “By the way, how did you et that Taoist?”
Jing Xiaoxi took a sip of water, fear and resentnt flashed in her eyes. “On my 18th birthday, on my way ho, I t a man wearing a Daoist robe, possibly in his twenties, and quite scruffy. As soon as he saw , he said, ‘you’re Jing Xiaoxi, the most beautiful woman in Ma City, yes? As beautiful as they say.'”
“I didn’t know him, so I responded politely and tried to leave. But he said he… he had fallen in love with at first sight… He had heard of the title of the most beautiful woman in Ma City and ca to see if I was truly as beautiful as rumored. He said I was more beautiful than he expected. Then… then he asked to marry him.”
“Of course, I refused. I even insulted him a few tis. Unexpectedly, the Taoist said that he would marry on my 22nd birthday… he also said, I don’t have to worry about… about cheating, as I would remain chaste for him…”
“Back then, I thought I had run into a madman, and I ran away in fear. The Taoist didn’t give chase. However, after I was about a dozen steps away, I suddenly felt as if sothing had smashed into . When I looked back in shock, the Taoist was still standing there, telling to wait for him, that he would definitely co for on my 22nd birthday. And that I would have no choice but to marry him.”
“After I ca ho, I fell ill, and the next day, I turned into that… that monstrous appearance.”
“That Taoist is despicable!” After hearing the story, Chu Tingting remarked indignantly. “Jing Xiaoxi, you didn’t provoke him, you can even say you didn’t know him, but he hurt you for years! He almost killed you!”
“The mistake here is that you’re too gorgeous.” Huang Xiaolong mused. “So, how many days left until your 22nd birthday?”
“Two more days…” Suddenly, a look of fear crossed Jing Xiaoxi’s beautiful face. Her complexion beca paler. “Will… will that Taoist… really co?”
“Don’t be afraid. It has been a full four years, that Taoist was just trying to scare you. Jing Xiaoxi, don’t be scared, he won’t co.” Chu Tingting comforted her softly.
“No, he will definitely co.” Huang Xiaolong grimaced in humor. “His Taoist skills are pretty decent, and he has inherited the mantle of that Qing Dynasty’s evil Taoist. Such a person always keeps his word. If he says he’ll show up on Jing Xiaoxi’s 22nd birthday, he won’t be a day late, nor a day too early…”
These words made Jing Xiaoxi even more scared – once bitten by a snake, twice shy of a rope.
“Haha, what’s there to be afraid of?” Huang Xiaolong laughed out loud. “I’m looking forward to him coming to find you. Then, I can have so fun… haha. This person must hate a lot, right? He was so careful to inscribe your body with runes to make you ugly, hoping that you’ll remain a virgin for him… But unfortunately, his calculations were shattered by . Hahaha… I spent only 10 bucks and ruined his ambition and plans. He must loathe to the bone! Interesting! So interesting! Tingting, we definitely made the right choice coming to Ma City! This is great fun!”
“Alright, Little Long, you really do love to play.” Chu Tingting shook her head, speechless.
Jing Xiaoxi looked at Huang Xiaolong, her eyes full of intense curiosity. Then she asked softly, “Can I… call you ‘Little Long’ from now on? If I follow you, will you… will you mistreat like Mi Lian did? But… I don’t think you would. I can sense that you’re a good person.”
“Hahaha, of course, I won’t mistreat you.” Huang Xiaolong was deeply aware of the naivety in Jing Xiaoxi’s character.
Perhaps it was because she had been abandoned by this world for too long.
After the al, Chu Tingting took Huang Xiaolong and Jing Xiaoxi to et her mother.
Chu Tingting’s mother, ironically, was a pitiful woman.
At the height of her beauty, she caught the eye of Chu Tingting’s biological father who forcibly dominated and impregnated her, producing Chu Tingting.
However, Chu Tingting’s mother never got any recognition. Instead, she was humiliated and labelled as a “mistress.”
In the Chu Family, Chu Tingting and her mother were seen as unwelco outsiders and were often treated with distaste.
The three arrived at an upscale residential complex.
“Little Long…” Chu Tingting explained. “The house where my mom lives was given by my… my… my dad. My mom doesn’t work…and we can’t afford a house, so we have to live here… My dream is to be a good lecturer at Binhai University. Sooner or later, I’ll buy my own house in Binhai and take my mom there, so she does not have to put up with the humiliation in Ma City.”
“Don’t worry, things will get better.” Huang Xiaolong smiled.
They entered the complex.
They arrived at a small ornate house in a garden.
In the parking lot below, there were several mid-to-high-end sedans.
Among them, a black Maybach stood out.
“He… he… he’s here to see my mom…” Chu Tingting gazed at the Maybach, a trace of resentnt in her eyes.
“Uh…is this your father’s car? It’s pretty nice,” Huang Xiaolong laughed.
“Little Long, let’s… let’s… let’s go upstairs.” Chu Tingting gritted her teeth. “If he starts asking you all sorts of questions, just ignore him. Pretend he doesn’t exist and don’t be polite to him. My relationship with him is… pretty weak.”
“Alright, I know how to handle it.” Huang Xiaolong laughed. “Let’s go, let’s go upstairs!”
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