Read Novel Full Chapter 628, Get to the Point (1st Update)
Chapter 628: Chapter 628, Get to the Point (1st Update)
Thinking of this possibility, Duobao turned his head to look at Xie Zhinuan again.
He didn’t quite understand women, since he had never really come into contact with them.
It wasn’t that no women had thrown themselves at him, sending him secret admiring glances, it was just that he had always ignored them.
Women, many a time, represented trouble, often crying, shedding tears, or threatening to commit suicide.
When he first met Xie Zhinuan, she was as he had known other women to be, soft and fragile; he had much disdain for her.
Because of this disdain, there was a lack of respect.
Even when he failed to complete his tasks well and was assigned to serve at Xie Zhinuan’s side, he still did not take her seriously, until yesterday, when he was defeated in three moves and had a sword pointed at his throat...
It was only when Xie Zhinuan questioned him about the whereabouts of the medicine pill did he come to a sudden realization of some matters and understood that his master wanted him to come back and perform well, in the hope that Xie Zhinuan would give him something—a thing that would greatly benefit whomever received it.
Originally, there should have been a share for him, but it was his own doing which led him to forfeit it.
At this moment, Duobao’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Several times he turned to look at Xie Zhinuan.
The last time he met Xie Zhinuan’s gaze.
"Why are you staring at me? Is there something dirty on my face?" Xie Zhinuan asked.
"No, I am just a bit curious, what are your thoughts toward my master?"
"What thoughts?" Xie Zhinuan countered, and quickly understanding, she laughed lightly and straightened up, "Duobao, do you think I, being pretty, am some kind of seductress or demoness who, seeing your master’s noble status and handsome looks like that of a Banished Immortal, shamelessly throws myself at him? Or perhaps I annoyingly beg him to keep me by his side, or shamefully climb into his bed, seeking a moment of favor, and thus latch onto him for a superior life?"
Xie Zhinuan sighed, "Duobao, the women you’ve come across before are mostly like that, so I don’t blame you for looking at me with prejudice, but today I must defend myself. First of all, it was your master who calculated against me first. If it weren’t for his and Yuanbao’s clandestine plotting, there wouldn’t have been so many unpleasant incidents with the Yuan Family, casting aside the life-saving grace. Even though the members of the Yuan Family are despicable, it’s true that the old master and grandma saved me. When the old master carried me back home, I was truly at my last breath. It was only because I chanced upon an opportunity that I survived!"
"But because of those bothersome matters, I cut off all ties with the Yuan Family, with no gratitude or righteousness left, strangers henceforth. Many people would say the Yuan Family lacked benevolence and repaid kindness with grudges, but am I not also ungrateful in their eyes?"
"It was he who wanted to be able to eat normally, showed up before me, and built a house opposite mine. He assigned Grandma Chen, Aunt Chen, and the dim-witted girl to lurk around me. Because I added something into the well water, drinking it had certain effects. Taking advantage of my trip to the city, they drained the well and refilled it with fresh water. I said nothing; Yuanbao stealing melons and oranges from my backyard, I let go, because I never took these trifles to heart!"
"Going to Fengping County to do business, I certainly bluffed using your master’s status to get the business going, but Duobao, you should understand better than anyone, that my opening of the shop, buying the manor, hiring people, it was all my own decision. Your master never interfered. The silver I borrowed from him has been returned in full!"
"Moreover, not all women in this world, upon seeing your master, would want to cling to him and love him to death. And that person is me; from the start to the finish, I have not harbored any feelings of affection, any romantic interest, for Li Hengyi."
Xie Zhinuan’s voice was very light, yet it struck at Duobao’s heart, causing him an inexplicable sense of panic.