Chapter 415: Chapter 415
"Understood. I feel this condition is better the later it's used—it'll be worth more then," Xiaoyao smiled.
"You little schemer!" Xuanwu Lingxiao said irritably. She naturally understood Xiaoyao's meaning—the stronger her power became in the future, the greater the effect this condition could achieve.
Xuanwu Lingxiao didn't mind this point. It was all the same anyway. She wouldn't feel she had given Xiaoyao a bargain just because her strength changed. This was a promise that would remain the same no matter when.
Soon, Xiaoyao and Xuanwu Lingxiao returned to the Xuanwu family's main gate. However, Xiaoyao had to take another entrance and part ways with Xuanwu Lingxiao. Besides, even if he entered from here, he couldn't go through the same gate as Xuanwu Lingxiao—he could only enter through the side gate.
The Xuanwu family's main gate could only be used by the master's family and guests. Servants could only enter through side gates. Many noble families had such rules—this wasn't unusual.
Just at this moment, a voice came over—
"Lingxiao, are you alright? I was worried sick!"
If these words came from someone else's mouth, Xuanwu Lingxiao would definitely say thank you. But from this person, she wouldn't even acknowledge him and walked straight in.
This person, needless to say, was that Shang Lingjian!!
After failing to find Xuanwu Lingxiao, Shang Lingjian made a decision—to wait here for Xuanwu Lingxiao's return. He had many things to say and some matters to tell Xuanwu Lingxiao about, matters that couldn't be delayed or their effect would diminish.
"Lingxiao, to stand up for you, I was injured by that woman Baihu Yingqiong. My ribs are broken—look at this blood on my body, it's what I coughed up then..." Shang Lingjian followed beside Xuanwu Lingxiao, talking to her.
Was this asking for credit?
This base young master was truly shameless beyond measure. Even knowing he'd been tricked, even though everyone knew he'd been tricked, he could still present this incident as his own heroic performance, treating these injuries as glorious wounds from rescuing a beauty.
Such a person, such an offensive—if Xuanwu Lingxiao wasn't so thoroughly disgusted by him, he might actually break through her defenses. When someone has no shame, they're invincible under heaven!!
Xiaoyao shook his head and continued forward, walking toward the gate by the monster beast pens. He wasn't very interested in Xuanwu Lingxiao's affairs. Earlier was only because Xuanwu Lingxiao had brought him out, and Shang Lingjian was so annoying that he'd casually played with him while it was convenient.
The current situation was that he had to go back to work, while Xuanwu Lingxiao had her own things to do. They were going separate ways. If he followed now, it would be deliberately doing this thing rather than being convenient! Clearly, he wouldn't deliberately do this!!
As Xiaoyao approached the monster beast pens, he heard a sound. This voice was somewhat familiar. He looked toward the wall—the neighboring Wei family's wall.
He saw a woman sitting on top of the Wei family wall, wearing a floral dress, her hair in a spirit snake bun, smiling at Xiaoyao with her feet swinging back and forth.
"..." Xiaoyao was speechless. This woman was the only person he knew in the Wei family—Wang Yanyu. Naturally, she was the one who'd made the sound at him.
Let's pretend not to recognize her!
Xiaoyao turned back to look at the road and continued walking forward!
Xiaoyao had only taken one step when something hit his head. It seemed to be an embroidered shoe. Needless to say, Her Majesty the Queen was randomly throwing things at people again.
"Your Majesty the Queen, what are you doing now?" Xiaoyao picked up the embroidered shoe, saying irritably. Turning around, he saw one of Wang Yanyu's fair, delicate feet suspended in the air.
"Who told you to pretend you couldn't see me!" Wang Yanyu tilted her head slightly upward, showing Xiaoyao one side of her face—just one side.
"You're the one who said it—you told this lowly one that when I see Your Majesty the Queen during the day, I must pretend not to know you!" Xiaoyao said irritably. He felt quite innocent in this, but also understood he might have been hit for nothing again.
"Did I? When did I ever say that?" Wang Yanyu suddenly blushed, then pretended to forget about this matter.
Xiaoyao waved his hand helplessly and said, "Stop pretending. Your memory wouldn't forget anything." Read complete versıon only at novel·fire.net
"Cough cough, fine, I did say that. But that was when there were people around. There's no one now, so you don't need to pretend not to know me!" Wang Yanyu blushed again, like a child whose lie had been exposed.
"How would I know if you have people around... But I say, Your Majesty the Queen, don't you think sitting on a wall wearing a dress is somewhat improper?" Xiaoyao looked at Wang Yanyu, frowning slightly.
"What's proper or improper about it? If I like it, that's enough!" Wang Yanyu said completely unconcernedly.
"That's true—if you like it, that's fine. But sitting , your view under the dress is about to be exposed," Xiaoyao said. Though his mouth said this, he showed no intention of turning away.
"Ah... and you're still looking!!" Wang Yanyu shrieked, then seeing Xiaoyao still watching her, got angry again and threw her other embroidered shoe at him.
Xiaoyao gently reached out and caught it, saying, "I've already seen what I shouldn't have seen. Since I'm not the one at a loss, why not look!"
"You..." Wang Yanyu pointed at Xiaoyao, somewhat speechless. "Fortunately, I'm wearing something underneath today, or you would have seen everything!!"
Actually, there wasn't much to Wang Yanyu's view under the dress—just a little bit of calf showing. She dressed very conservatively, wearing long pants underneath, not just undergarments.
"Eh, your words suggest you usually don't wear anything underneath?" Xiaoyao followed this line of conversation.
"Get lost!!" Wang Yanyu roared, wanting to find something to throw at him.
"Cough cough, Your Majesty the Queen, you should put your shoes on first. Looking at you makes my heart flutter," Xiaoyao pointed at Wang Yanyu's jade-like feet. Though he could only see this small part, he could be certain these were a pair of enticing beautiful legs.
"Then quickly present my shoes!" Wang Yanyu said coquettishly.
"Right away, right away!" Xiaoyao threw the shoes in his hands over. He knew Wang Yanyu could catch them—this throwing back and forth wasn't their first time.
"I say, Your Majesty the Queen, what are you doing sitting up there in broad daylight?" Xiaoyao asked while Wang Yanyu was putting on her shoes.
"I was bored, so I was waiting here for you to come tonight. Then, you know what happened. Where did you come from anyway? You look like you fell in water," Wang Yanyu looked at Xiaoyao strangely.
Xiaoyao looked at Wang Yanyu somewhat oddly. Sometimes Wang Yanyu was just this strange—she could notice magical things that had seemingly disappeared from the surface. His clothes had long since dried. Using internal energy, they'd dried in moments. Someone who didn't know wouldn't think he'd previously "fallen" into the lake.
Forget it. Asking her would be useless—she'd just say it was intuition, women's intuition!!
"I was just at Listening Rain Lake and met someone who kicked me into the lake..." Xiaoyao replied casually. He didn't mention the Monster Salamander—he planned to tell her tonight. Now wasn't the time to explain.
"Who's so bold as to dare touch my person!" Wang Yanyu looked domineering, wanting to stand up for Xiaoyao.
"...First, I'm not your person—get that straight. Second, you'd better not provoke this person. You're completely not on the same level," Xiaoyao said.
"What? Don't underestimate me—I'm very powerful!" Wang Yanyu felt Xiaoyao was looking down on her.
Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "I'm not underestimating you. It's just that this person is too powerful. She's probably already at God Level. Do you think you're still a match?"
"This... I'm not a match, but I have people! Don't worry, tell me and I'll help you get revenge later," Wang Yanyu patted her chest as if taking on this matter.
Xiaoyao was somewhat speechless. He wasn't speechless about Wang Yanyu's attitude—he'd experienced this attitude many times and clearly understood her personality.
He was just speechless about Wang Yanyu's background. Even God Level people she had connections to, and from her tone, she could actually get them to help. This seemed extraordinarily powerful. But thinking about it, she'd stayed with so many forces—the power that could make these forces welcome her naturally wasn't ordinary.
"No need. She didn't really do anything to me. She even gave me quite a lot of things. I'll tell you about it tonight," Xiaoyao shook his head, rejecting Wang Yanyu's idea. He didn't want Wang Yanyu to clash with Heart Moon Fox—that might cause Wang Yanyu great trouble.
"Why wait until tonight? Can't you tell me now?" Wang Yanyu asked.
"I say, Your Majesty the Queen, don't you know I still have to work? And although there's no one here now, people do occasionally pass by during the day. If someone sees me talking to you, I'll be in trouble," Xiaoyao said.
"Hmph, I'm not even saying it's trouble, yet you're calling it trouble. Fine then, come pay your respects to me tonight!" Wang Yanyu pouted, then didn't say anything more, just told Xiaoyao to come in the evening.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen!" Xiaoyao responded, then walked toward the monster beast pen gate.
After entering the gate, Xiaoyao greeted some people at the beast pens and casually tended to the monster beasts he was responsible for, then headed for the Inner Courtyard Library to finish reading the books inside as quickly as possible and make time for new ones.
In the evening, Xiaoyao's reading was interrupted because someone was looking for him—Xuanwu Lingxiao!
Why was Xuanwu Lingxiao looking for Xiaoyao again? This was actually simple—she was just delivering a message, Zhuque Leiting's "message." Zhuque Leiting didn't know where Xiaoyao was; she only knew Xuanwu Lingxiao.
Her message was the catalog Xiaoyao wanted—the catalog of the Zhuque family's book collection!
At the same time, when Xuanwu Lingxiao came over, an annoying fly followed along. He was now looking at Xiaoyao with resentful eyes. Xiaoyao could feel that resentment growing stronger, but he chose to ignore it.