Chapter 397: Chapter 397

"Good, I'll immediately let you all know that this dog slave has deceived you." Shang Lingjian picked up the books with an expression of "just wait and see," but soon he discovered a very serious problem and paused.

Sweat appeared on Shang Lingjian's forehead...

"What's wrong? Did you discover you can't understand them and don't know if they're real or fake?" Xiaoyao laughed mockingly. He understood Shang Lingjian's problem, and others knew too, but only he mocked Shang Lingjian .

That's right—Shang Lingjian had never read these books at all. How could he determine whether these books were genuine or not? The book manager had also thought of this situation. He had just wanted to see this result and was sneering on the side. But he hadn't expected Xiaoyao to directly mock him verbally, which made him secretly admire Xiaoyao's courage.

"Just because I can't understand them doesn't mean others can't. Um, Manager Lin, right? You take a look!" Shang Lingjian looked toward the steward beside him without changing expression, fortunately still remembering the man's surname was Lin.

"Well, I don't know either. Although I'm the steward here, I haven't read every book. I don't have that much energy." Manager Lin shook his head in reply. It wasn't that he was deliberately refusing—he truly didn't know about these.

The books Xiaoyao had repaired this time were all very obscure ones, sitting in boxes for who knows how long. Some were incomplete, some damaged, some moldy—in short, these were books that hadn't been examined by anyone for a long time.

"Then how do you determine these books all have their original content? These books clearly look like they've been recopied." Shang Lingjian pointed to some of the books—those that had been too severely damaged and had been completely rewritten by Xiaoyao.

"We still have copies. All books in the academy have copies to prevent emergencies. Yesterday Xiaoyao also took some of these copies, saying some damage was too severe and he needed to cross-reference them." The book manager said.

"..." Shang Lingjian was immediately speechless.

Damn, why wasn't this mentioned earlier!!

So this boy just needed to take copies and transcribe them—he didn't need to piece together those books at all. His thinking had been wrong from the very beginning!!

Shang Lingjian felt a piercing gaze looking at him, eyes that seemed to say: "You were an idiot to begin with, stirring up trouble over something —how embarrassing!!"

This gaze obviously came from Xiaoyao, who completely didn't hide his view of Shang Lingjian—a contemptuous view!

"Alright, so now my matter is finished, right?" Xiaoyao said again.

"Yes, it's finished! Young Master Lingjian, do you have any other business?" Manager Lin nodded, then looked toward Shang Lingjian. This seemed somewhat mocking, but not very obviously.

"I... have no other business!" Shang Lingjian was very depressed at this moment. He wanted to explode but had no target, leaving him with nowhere to vent.

"I have no business, but your business isn't finished!" Xiaoyao looked at Shang Lingjian and said coldly. This sudden statement surprised everyone.

What do you mean "your business isn't finished"? Was this boy actually trying to provoke Young Master Lingjian?

"What do you mean?" Shang Lingjian also asked coldly.

Xiaoyao looked at Shang Lingjian and said flatly, "Although I'm a servant, I still don't allow others to insult me. I hope you'll take back those three words 'dog slave' and apologize to me."

Everyone doubted whether they had heard correctly. This Xiaoyao was actually confronting a young master face to face.

"What do you think you are? Wanting me to take it back and apologize to you—pure fantasy! Don't you see your own status and position? What a joke!!" Shang Lingjian laughed loudly, as if he'd heard the funniest joke.

"This isn't a joke. I'm a servant—that's a profession, it doesn't mean I'm inferior to others. If you don't take back those three words and apologize, then this matter won't end here." Xiaoyao remained as calm as before, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking. People only knew he seemed serious.

"I won't take it back, won't apologize. What can you do about it? Also, this matter indeed won't end, but it won't be me waiting for you—it'll be you waiting for me!!" Shang Lingjian sneered, then left laughing loudly, completely dismissing Xiaoyao while also warning him.

Xiaoyao watched Shang Lingjian leave without pursuing, just turned and left to continue his work.

"Xiaoyao, don't be so proud. He's still a young master after all—don't antagonize him anymore. There's no benefit in it." Manager Lin and others advised Xiaoyao a few times.

At this moment, they thought although Xiaoyao was impressive, they felt he was just arguing verbally and wouldn't take any actual action. From Xiaoyao's reaction of continuing to work, this proved their thinking.

"I understand. I know my limits. I'll go work first!" Xiaoyao acknowledged them briefly, then went to work.

At this moment, everyone seemed to forget to think about one thing—even with copies to transcribe from, being able to rewrite so many books in such a short time wasn't easy either.

On the other side, Shang Lingjian remained furious...

"I'm so angry! A little servant dared speak to me like that—doesn't he see what his status is? Fine, originally I didn't want to be too excessive, but now you've forced me!! I'll definitely make you pay!!!"

Shang Lingjian spent the whole day planning how to deal with Xiaoyao. He wanted to devise a series of plans to slowly torment Xiaoyao to death. Otherwise, if it ended too quickly, how could he vent his anger?

"Today somehow feels particularly peaceful, my mood is very refreshed. I wonder why?" Xuanwu Lingxiao looked at the sky, smiled, then continued practicing swordwork.

"Xiaoyao, what are you doing?"

Wang Yanyu looked at Xiaoyao. She discovered that tonight Xiaoyao seemed to be tinkering with something. Although he wasn't doing it continuously—checking on it periodically—this still made her feel very strange.

"I'm making some medicine. I want to make someone experience ecstasy, very joyfully!" Xiaoyao replied with a smile.

"What? Is someone unhappy?" After hearing Xiaoyao's words, Wang Yanyu thought he wanted to cheer someone up, not realizing he was planning to teach someone a lesson.

"Yes, indeed someone is unhappy—me!" Xiaoyao nodded in reply.

"What? You're unhappy? Who made you unhappy? Tell this queen—this queen will help you kill them!!" Wang Yanyu immediately said. She seemed very protective of Xiaoyao.

"No need for your help. I can handle it myself. I'll make him very happy—so happy he won't know himself..." Xiaoyao said with a smile that was somewhat chilling.

"I don't know why, but I feel that person will definitely be very miserable..." Wang Yanyu said with a smile. "So shall we proceed as usual tonight?"

"As usual. He's just garbage—no need to let him affect us. We don't need to pay attention to him." Xiaoyao immediately replied. Teaching someone a lesson was just incidental—it wouldn't affect his main business.

As Xiaoyao said, he was just garbage. How could he possibly be influenced by garbage? That would be too exhausting.

Another night passed, and the two were about to part again. But this time Xiaoyao spoke first—usually it was Wang Yanyu who said when to end.

What Xiaoyao said was, "Your Majesty the Queen, this humble one has completed the preparation. Let's end today's morning court here—I need to go mess with someone..."

"Alright, then court is dismissed! Actually I want to go too, but that's the Xuanwu Family—I'd be discovered if I went!" Wang Yanyu was somewhat disappointed. She really wanted to go mess with someone together with Xiaoyao, but Xiaoyao belonged to the Xuanwu Family, so she couldn't infiltrate.

"No need. Why would such a small matter require your personal expedition? That would think too highly of him!" Xiaoyao replied, then jumped down from the wall to go about his business.

In the morning, Shang Lingjian woke up. He was excited because he had figured out how to deal with Xiaoyao and was about to implement this plan.

Wash his face, brush his teeth, eat breakfast, then go mess with someone!

Shang Lingjian implemented his plan. He became more and more convinced his plan was perfect. He saw Xiaoyao being tormented to death—so miserable it made his mood very pleasant.

He was also very happy that he had finally won the beauty, pressing Xuanwu Lingxiao beneath him, freely kneading her... Everything felt so satisfying, somewhat unnatural. Never mind, whatever—this feeling was really great!!

"He's gone mad! Gone mad! Young Master Lingjian has gone mad!!"

Gone mad? How could I possibly be mad?!

Shang Lingjian seemed to hear someone shouting this. He was very displeased and shouted, "Who's talking nonsense? Drag them out and beat them severely!!"

"Haha, Xuanwu Lingxiao, you ultimately can't escape from my grasp! Haha..."

Shang Lingjian suddenly felt burning pain on his face, as if someone had slapped him hard. He shook his head and looked ahead—there seemed to be a woman with a cold face in a posture like she had just slapped someone.

That's right—this woman had slapped me. But why couldn't he see her face clearly?

"Who? Who dares hit me?" Shang Lingjian roared. Fresh chapters posted on noveⅼfire.net

"Me, your mother. What about it? Do you want to rebel?" The woman said coldly.

Shang Lingjian shook his head again and looked at the woman. Finally his vision gradually became clear—indeed, that woman was his mother.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that his surroundings seemed to have changed too. Just now he had clearly been in Xuanwu Lingxiao's boudoir—how was he back in his own room? Could it be that he had been intimate with Xuanwu Lingxiao here?

No, why was his mother here too? Was she observing the ceremony? This was impossible!