Chapter 1082 — Disappointment and Tangled Feelings
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Fuming, Qiu Lingshan fixed Wei Zhao with a stare and argued her case. "Wei Zhao, I, Qiu Lingshan, am not a loose woman. If you won't believe me, then there is nothing I can do about it! But I will say this: before that time in the basement, no man had ever seen my body!"
"All right, I believe you. But not being loose and being a flirt have no necessary connection." Wei Zhao did not want Qiu Lingshan tempting him any further. If this went on, something was bound to happen sooner or later; better to draw a line under it now, once and for all!
By now Wei Zhao had finished helping Qiu Lingshan raise her strength, which meant she would not be coming to him again any time soon. That was precisely why Wei Zhao had agreed to boost her power in the first place!
Otherwise, knowing the way Qiu Lingshan's mind worked, heaven only knew how she imagined this so-called "raising of her strength" was to be carried out! Touching herself right in front of him? Once or twice he could stomach, but give it enough time and — it was not as though Wei Zhao's inclinations were abnormal — something was sure to go wrong!
"Then I... will only be a flirt with you..." Qiu Lingshan thought better of correcting herself. So long as Wei Zhao believed in her innocence, that was all that mattered. As for flirting with Wei Zhao — what of it? She had already been his brainless girl and his little silly girl; she did not mind being his flirty girl for a change. So Qiu Lingshan said, "If you like, you may call me your flirty girl too..."
"Pfft..." At Qiu Lingshan's words Wei Zhao froze on the spot, and nearly stumbled and fallen flat on his face!
Since when was that all right? There were actually people who volunteered to be called a flirty girl? You had got to be kidding!
"I have things to do. Let's keep in touch by phone." Wei Zhao realized that he was having rather a hard time holding out.
Qiu Lingshan was a rare beauty indeed — and the way she groveled before him, with that faintly masochistic streak of hers, stirred in Wei Zhao a urge to climb over her and ravage her at his pleasure!
Unquestionably, among the women at Wei Zhao's side, each had her own particular charm, yet Qiu Lingshan was in a class by herself. For all the iron authority she showed before outsiders, before Wei Zhao she was obedient to the point of absurdity — a peculiarity that gave him a singular thrill, an inexpressible sense of accomplishment!
This feeling struck Wei Zhao as dangerous — and it left him hooked, unable to pull away.
Wei Zhao said nothing more to Qiu Lingshan; he simply pushed open the door and walked out of her apartment.
Watching Wei Zhao's cold, indifferent back, Qiu Lingshan let out a disappointed sigh.
She simply could not fathom this man. Even as he set her heart stirring, he left her thoroughly bewildered. Did he like her or didn't he?
Qiu Lingshan gritted her teeth. Wei Zhao, you have seen every inch of me, Qiu Lingshan. In the eyes of a clan that prized a woman's chastity, that is unforgivable — unless Qiu Lingshan married Wei Zhao, were the story to get out, she would be mocked without fail!
That was how the great families worked. A man might keep three wives and four concubines; the young masters of the great clans could amuse themselves with as many women as they pleased before marriage, and no one would breathe a word of it. But a daughter of such a clan was absolutely forbidden any entanglement with a man before her wedding — unless he was her betrothed, for even having her hand held or her body looked upon was utterly out of the question!
That was why, earlier on, Qiu Lingshan had been ready to throw all caution to the winds. But as the days went by, she had genuinely fallen for this domineering man. In her heart she felt that only Wei Zhao was worthy of her!
All of these reasons combined to bring Qiu Lingshan to the decision she made today.