Chapter Thirty-Three: Encounter with Assassins

  Fang Xiaoling felt a bit uneasy under his piercing gaze, and hastily joked: "What's wrong, Mingting? Have you set your sights on another girl or has the beauty promised her heart to someone else?"

  As soon as she said this, Fang Xiaoling regretted it and hated herself for blurting it out. The man in front of her was now staring at her with piercing eyes, leaving her no room to escape.

  It's said that she dug a hole and buried herself... Fang Xiaoling was on the verge of tears.

  "Both are available ~ I'm not that poor worm that no one wants, am I?" Xun Qing said half-truly and half-falsely, with a hint of pretending to be pitiful and weak.

  Fang Xiaoling's eyelids twitched, and she really wanted to turn her head and pretend she hadn't seen anything. However, the inexplicably ignited gossip soul in her heart pushed her into the abyss once again. "Zhang Suwan actually didn't take a liking to you?!"

  Xun Qing rubbed his temples with one hand, pretending to have a headache: "I really can't reach the height of being Zhang's son-in-law. Just Zhang Suoyan alone is already too much for me, and now you're adding Mao Xiaotou to the mix? Spare my life, I don't want to die young."

  The little house spirit didn't laugh, but instead her face tensed up. She gave Xun Qing a stern finger wag and said coldly: "You dare to die early without my permission?!"

  Xu Qing didn't notice anything unusual and joked, "Yes, yes, Mother."

  Fang Xiaoling was dissatisfied with his perfunctory response, and directly pressed her elbow onto his stomach, looking down at him from a superior position, making him break out in goosebumps all over.

  "Ah... " Xun Qing looked away with a hint of guilt, before reacting - what was he guilty about? If it were Zhang Suoyan that rascal, he would have already made his move and even... ah, whatever.

  Xun Qing's face changed colors constantly, from pale to gradually turning black, finally stopping at a scorching red. Fang Xiao Ling initially furrowed her brow, but later found it quite interesting and didn't disturb his train of thought, instead quietly watching him like that.

  Time is quiet and good, it's not bad to have such a rare opportunity to relax.

  If you just look at it simply, the couple under the tree can be considered a beautiful match. Unfortunately, in the eyes of normal people, they are indeed strange, especially after receiving the order from the old lady's servant and maid.

  Heaven bless him, he really only saw his own young master talking to himself... But when he keenly discovered a piece of clothing on his young master's robe was dented inwards, he really went mad. Could it be that he had truly gone crazy?!

  The prolonged feeling of oppression finally made him make a small mistake, the rustling sound of the broken leaves couldn't escape Fang Xiaoling's ears, she narrowed her eyes and looked in that direction, just catching a glimpse of a black shadow hastily retreating.

  Although I don't like being disturbed...

  Fang Xiaoling thought for a moment, then slapped her left hand and threw out a seal that just managed to envelop herself and Xun Qing. The person saw that in the blink of an eye, his own young master had disappeared, and he became even more flustered, hastily running out to report to Old Lady. He was afraid that if he was late, his own young master would be eaten by a monster, and his own life would really be imperiled, although at present his own life was still hanging in the balance... Thinking about it, cold sweat kept breaking out, and his footsteps became disorderly, making a lot of noise, but fortunately he was wise enough not to shout out, otherwise...

  Fang Xiaoling's eyes swept past, her fingertips already flickering with a purple glow, small sparks of electricity restlessly stirring, a killing intent that could be triggered at any moment.

  After a month of adaptation, Fang Xiaoling found some 'unorthodox methods', directly harming humans was not possible, but playing on the fringes was still okay. There are many ways to shut someone up, aren't there? Directly hurting their life is not allowed, so let's try something unexpected, making them half-disabled and amnesiac or something like that is no big deal...

  "Huh? Wasn't someone just here?" Xun Qing hadn't figured out the situation yet and curiously looked towards the source of the sound.

  Fang Xiaoling didn't even take a breath and calmly said: "Just a stray cat. You came here to find me, isn't there something you want? Why are you still hesitating?"

  Xun Qing suddenly remembered and reached into his waist, pulled out the jade ornament and handed it to Fang Xiaoling without any hesitation.

  "What's this for me?" Fang Xiaoling was somewhat perplexed, going to all the trouble of coming here just to deliver this thing? Wasn't that a bit too much fuss over something so small... "Huh?" She once again used her hand to explore the texture, carefully feeling it out, "This is..."

  She was unsure if she had an auditory hallucination, but the pounding of her heart was so real, one beat after another, as fast as a drumbeat. Not to mention that most monsters don't have a heartbeat, and most monsters don't even have a heart structure. The reason why monsters are formed is mostly because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has undergone a mutation, and they are formed by gathering wisdom from the spirit core. To put it simply, if there really was a heart, it would be nothing more than a hard stone.

  Fang Xiaoling's eyebrows furrowed slightly, her right hand gently touched her chest, that scorching feeling - seemed familiar.

  Xun Qing was a bit nervous and didn't know what to say. He looked at Fang Xiaoling with concern and asked dryly after a long time, "Do you recognize this thing?"

  Fang Xiaoling slowly shook her head, but the confusion and doubt in her eyes betrayed her.

  "If you don't find it convenient to hold onto this thing, then return it to me."

  Fang Xiaoling, adhering to the principle that it's better to understand these strange and peculiar things, immediately grasped the jade ornament in her palm. "Hey, hey, there's no reason to return something once you've taken it, are you really so petty?" She said with a smile, pretending to be calm, "Could it be, Mingting, that you're finally having a day where you feel ashamed?"

  Xun Qing really wanted to roll his eyes at her, but he refrained from doing so. Zhang Suo Yan's previous words were undoubtedly a huge stone for him, and the one he trusted most was Fang Xiao Ling. The Qing Yu token was safer in her hands than in those of other 'humans'. He wasn't without thoughts of crushing the Qing Yu token directly, but somehow, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.

  His ancestors had guarded this family heirloom for generations, and as a man of the Sun family, he couldn't let it be destroyed under his own hands. He comforted himself like that, even though deep down inside, he also had his own selfish motives.

  "Alright, I'll reluctantly accept it then." Fang Xiaoling rarely showed a proud and spoiled side, but this was actually the first time she had received a gift. If that annoying servant hadn't interrupted, she might have been able to drag things out for a bit longer and see Xun Qing's embarrassed expression (Xiaoling: I absolutely refuse to admit that Zhang Zuo has corrupted me to the point of being beyond salvation...). "It's getting late, if you don't head back, Cui Niang will start nagging at you again."

  She withdrew the seal with a flick of her wrist and pointed, clearly showing an attitude of wanting to drive people away.

  "Hmm." He responded naturally, but when he turned his head to look, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. It was still some time before the sun set behind the mountain, and Ling'er had already hurried herself, which was... He naturally thought it was "a woman's heart is as unpredictable as a needle at the bottom of the ocean", but he ignored the slightly sympathetic gaze beside him.

  At the moment of passing, he paused for a moment, as if thinking of something fun, his lips curled up and he whispered: "Ling'er, this is what my father passed down to me, take good care of it."

  After finishing speaking, he swaggered back.

  Fang Xiaoling felt like all the hair on her body was about to explode, if she had any hair... What kind of nonsense is this? Mingting, what kind of devilish thing did you learn from Zhang Zuoyan that hypocrite?!

  "Ahhh!!!"" Fang Xiaoling was clearly not cultivated enough, now she grabbed her hair and shouted wildly, but the temperature on her face was still high enough to boil water. "Zhang Zuoyan, I'm going to slaughter you, you hypocrite!!"

  Zhang Zuoyan, who was lying in the beauty's arms for no reason, suddenly felt a chill on his back and unconsciously leaned closer to the beauty's plump certain part.

  I am lovely divider line

  Xun Qing stroked his nose, laughing all the way like a mouse who had stolen something, and to put it bluntly, he looked quite sly. This behavior was far from his usual warm and refined image as a young master, but instead attracted the frequent sideways glances of the curious servants.

  Xun Qing didn't plan on holding back, having been suppressed for two days was enough, and it's rare to be reckless once in a while...

  Bang!!

  He looked down and saw that it was just a careless little maid, didn't pay much attention to her, and said gently: "Be more careful next time."

  A moment later, the coolness in his lower abdomen and the severe pain that followed made him scream and scold himself for being careless. He covered the bleeding spot with one hand and slowly squatted down, looking at the crimson red, dropping bit by bit, and then going up again...

  "There won't be a next time." The little maid still hung her head and said softly, supporting his somewhat clumsy body with one hand. Her other hand wasn't idle either, using the cover of her clothes to grope around as if searching for something.

  "You..."

  Consciousness crumbled as the blood flowed away, and his vision grew increasingly blurred. Xun Qing wanted to see her face clearly, but his body was no longer under his control. Was it going to end like this? Indeed, a single word became a maxim. He sneered, curling up the corner of his lips, then everything passed by in a flurry, and finally fell into silence.

  The little maid had been searching for half a day but couldn't find it, and her hands were covered in blood. She couldn't help but feel annoyed. "This guy has only been out for a few hours and hasn't even left the mansion's main gate, so where did this thing go?!"

  Seeing a large group of people rushing over with an ominous atmosphere, Xiao Yatou was somewhat flustered despite her experience. She had come to complete the task in secret without telling Mo Da, and hadn't arranged for anyone to meet her, nor did she know any light skills...

  It wasn't clear which link in the chain had gone wrong, but she gritted her teeth and brought the dagger down on her own arm with a thud. Because she hadn't dared to open her eyes, her hand was even more unsteady, and blood flowed out instantly.

  "Hmph..." This time, the task was really a big loss. The little servant muttered to herself, if Mo Da Ge didn't give himself a raise this time, she would... what else could she do...

  My eyelids grew heavy and I fell asleep like that... maybe Mo Da-ge will really come take a look at me after all...

  "Come quickly! Come quickly!! The young master has been stabbed!!!"

  I'm so annoyed, I'm so tired, I just want to sleep...

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