Chapter 395: Chapter 395
Not at all, not in the slightest!
Just as expected, this young master absolutely wouldn't explain anything to Xiaoyao. He just wanted to teach Xiaoyao a lesson, make him suffer a bit. This was merely the beginning—he would have follow-up actions.
Originally, this young master had resented Xiaoyao since before, but Xiaoyao had always been well-behaved and worked here at the academy, leaving very late every night, giving this young master no opportunity for revenge.
Later, he discovered that Xuanwu Lingxiao no longer paid any attention to Xiaoyao, so he gradually let go of this anger. But today, Xuanwu Lingxiao had greeted and spoken with Xiaoyao again, which made him angry once more.
That's right, just because of a greeting. If Xiaoyao knew this, he would definitely be even more depressed. Come on, it was just a greeting—did you really need to knock over this vinegar jar?
"You still dare to pick them up!!" The young master said coldly.
"Well, young master, my job is to take good care of these books." Xiaoyao said.
"Is that so? Then if something happens to these books, that would be your responsibility, right?" The young master sneered, looking at Xiaoyao with a somewhat sinister smile.
"Yes, it's my responsibility, but..." Xiaoyao wanted to say that if it was deliberate damage by others, then it wouldn't be his concern.
"No 'but' needed. Just prepare to be kicked out of the Xuanwu Family!!" The young master continued sneering, then struck out with his palm toward those books. This time, his palm wind didn't just blow up the books—it actually shattered them.
"Young master, you can't do this—these books are all very precious!" Xiaoyao immediately collected the nearby fragments, thinking to himself: I haven't read these yet—couldn't you wait until after I've read them?
Also, what are you getting angry about? Getting angry at books—how unprofessional!
Xiaoyao directly filtered out the fact that this person was angry because of him, not at the books. He was just using the books to create a work mistake so Xiaoyao would be kicked out.
"You don't need to bother anymore. These books are ruined—you can't restore them. Pack up your things and get out of the Xuanwu Family. This is already being lenient with you." The young master said coldly.
"Why should I get out of the Xuanwu Family? I didn't do anything wrong." Xiaoyao wouldn't comply with the young master's wishes. He continued cleaning up the scattered book pages on the ground. Fortunately, there was no wind now, so they wouldn't blow away.
Come to think of it, it was precisely because there was no wind that they were drying books. If there had been wind, it would be hard to turn pages.
"You still want to struggle? Fine, then I'll play slowly." The young master sneered disdainfully. He thought Xiaoyao wanted to desperately stay for the benefits here. Since that was the case, he wouldn't be so kind as to let Xiaoyao off —he would make Xiaoyao die miserably.
Today's incident would naturally be blamed on Xiaoyao. He would tell the steward that Xiaoyao had damaged books here!
However, right now he needed to catch up with Xuanwu Lingxiao, so telling the steward would have to wait. Finding stewards was always troublesome—he'd have a subordinate mention it later. Thıs content belongs to novel-fire.ɴet
He was certain that even if Xiaoyao wasn't immediately kicked out this time, he would receive punishment. This would naturally depend on how important these books were. If they were important, then there'd be no more fun later. He now hoped they weren't very important—giving Xiaoyao some punishment would be enough.
What he could access probably wouldn't be very important books!
A day passed. This young master was once again rejected by Xuanwu Lingxiao. In fact, Xuanwu Lingxiao completely ignored him now—she was even too lazy to say words of rejection. He just shamelessly followed behind her, and she had no other way to deal with it, so she could only let him be.
Anyway, this happened every day. Every day this young master would be displeased and have a foul temper. Before, he had vented on various servants. Now he had found a target.
He came to the academy, wanting to see if Xiaoyao was still there and whether he had been punished. He wanted to watch the show from the sidelines and add some fuel to the fire.
Just when he was full of anticipation, he saw something he didn't want to see—Xiaoyao was still doing the same things as yesterday, working as usual without receiving any punishment.
Could it be they still didn't know about this incident?
"Boy, you really have guts, daring to cover up such a big incident. But this is actually good—the consequences will only be more severe. What a stupid servant."
He appeared before Xiaoyao, sneering as he said this, then went to find the steward. He wanted to give Xiaoyao a sense of fear—the fear of imminent punishment. He wanted Xiaoyao to regret his decision to conceal this.
This was why he deliberately appeared before Xiaoyao first!
"Xiaoyao, what was that young master talking about just now?" At this moment, Xiaoyao was working with another servant, who found the young master's words very puzzling.
"Don't know. I feel his brain isn't quite normal." Xiaoyao replied directly—this was his heartfelt sentiment.
"Shh, you're really bold. Talking about these young masters will be very troublesome for us. Although some of them are detestable, not all of them are. Young Master Lingfeng is a good person." The servant hushed him and complained a little.
"He came to cause trouble in the first place. Whatever I say will have the same result—no need to worry too much. Let's continue working. As long as we haven't done anything wrong, they can't do anything to us." Xiaoyao continued with his work, completely unconcerned.
"That's what you say, but they're still the masters. It's better to avoid trouble." The servant said.
"I never cause trouble, but when trouble comes looking for me, I can only solve it. There's no helping it." Xiaoyao said while working.
"Mm!" The servant nodded and continued working.
On the other side, after searching for a while, the young master finally found the academy steward—Xiaoyao's direct supervisor, the steward in charge of Xiaoyao. He got straight to the point:
"Why didn't you punish that servant Xiaoyao?"
"Punish Xiaoyao? Young Master Lingjian, what do you mean by this?" The steward was completely confused, not knowing what this Young Master Lingjian was asking about.
"It seems that dog slave really had such audacity—he didn't tell you about the incident, trying to cover it up. Yesterday, the books he was responsible for were destroyed quite a bit by him. This is a serious crime. You know the value of your academy's existence, how important these books are. Even ordinary books must be treated with utmost care—there can't be any damage. That dog slave actually destroyed so many and even covered it up. He's really got some nerve!" Young Master Lingjian said angrily, speaking so much in one breath that the steward couldn't even ask questions and could only wait for him to finish.
"This shouldn't be possible. Xiaoyao is very careful in his work. Up until now, he hasn't made any mistakes." The steward didn't believe this because Xiaoyao had been under him for quite some time, and he was very satisfied with Xiaoyao's performance.
"He hasn't made mistakes because he's covered up all his wrongdoings. This time is just one of them!" Young Master Lingjian said coldly. He felt Xiaoyao must be —if there's one, there's another.
"I'll go ask about the situation. Thank you for the reminder, Young Master Lingjian!" The steward said, wanting to ask Xiaoyao about it privately. He felt that after this, Young Master Lingjian probably wouldn't inquire further.
Therefore, his words also carried a hint of "you go tend to your business—I'll handle what comes next."
However, the steward discovered that Young Master Lingjian didn't seem to have any intention of leaving but was following him. This made him feel somewhat strange. Were they going the same way?
No, even if they were going the same way, that was only at the beginning. They had already turned several corners, and he was still following. It seemed he wanted to see how he would deal with Xiaoyao.
How had this Xiaoyao offended Young Master Lingjian?
Although Young Master Lingjian didn't have the Xuanwu surname but was surnamed Shang, his mother was the family head's sister. The relationship went without saying, and her strength seemed quite formidable too. It was said that even ordinary elders weren't her match, so she had even more prestige in the Xuanwu Family.
This Young Master Shang Lingjian was himself a martial arts genius. Although he couldn't compare to Xuanwu Lingxiao, he still had advantages over ordinary geniuses. Therefore, his influence in the Xuanwu Family was naturally considerable.
Also, his father was a capable expert, though not as strong as his mother...
As for why their family was in the Xuanwu Family, it was because his father was a wandering martial artist without a family who had essentially married into the Xuanwu Family. But he couldn't use the Xuanwu surname—not because his father was unwilling, but because the Xuanwu Family was unwilling.
The Xuanwu Family, like other great families, only allowed male heirs the right to inherit the family name. Even if a woman was the family head's daughter, she couldn't let her children have the family surname!
Besides preventing unnecessary family conflicts, there was another very important reason—bloodline. They all wanted to maintain their family bloodline.
Generally speaking, a man's bloodline inheritance would continue indefinitely, while for women, the previous generation might still have it, but the next generation would become very diluted.
There were also some bloodlines that could only be inherited through women—these were quite rare and usually belonged to matriarchal families!
On this land, bloodline inheritance was very important!
The reason Shang Lingjian wanted to marry Xuanwu Lingxiao was also because he wanted to inherit the Xuanwu Family bloodline. In his current situation, having Xuanwu blood himself and marrying a woman with Xuanwu blood, their child would regain the ability to inherit the Xuanwu bloodline, just like people of the Xuanwu Family.