Chapter 3966 — Telling the Truth
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"I see." Kang Jingming looked at her with mingled belief and doubt, but did not press further. This answer was already enough to give Xu Lingchong an accounting. What came next was his own business.
It remained to be seen whether Murong Zhen knew what was good for her. If she did and pledged herself to him obediently, then there was nothing more to say. If not, Kang Jingming would naturally embellish his report, placing Murong Zhen at the scene as well—and then let her see how she died.
It must be said that Kang Jingming was a thoroughly vicious man; in a single instant he had already devised his means of threatening Murong Zhen.
Yet before Kang Jingming could open his mouth, Murong Zhen had already obligingly taken the initiative. "The sky has gone dark. If Steward Kang does not disdain it, why not rest here in this humble girl's wooden dwelling for the night?"
Kang Jingming's eyes lit up at once. He rubbed his hands eagerly, though on the surface he still feigned propriety. "Miss Murong, here we are—a lone man and a lone woman. Is that... quite proper?"
"What is there to be proper or improper about? If Steward Kang is willing to do this humble girl the honor, it is a favor she would never dare hope for!" Murong Zhen breathed out fragrant words, her eyes silken with allure, and reached both hands to her waist, slowly untying her sash.
Murong Zhen knew very well that with her strength at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, she could overawe only ordinary newcomers; her body was her greatest asset. Just as she had once ensnared Meng Jueming, if she meant to land Kang Jingming on her hook, going to bed with him was not merely unavoidable—it was the crucial first step.
Only in bed was a man most easily off his guard, most easily stripped of his defenses. With a whisper of pillow talk, any request became simple enough. That was the sense of the saying that lust clouds the mind.
Leaving aside how Kang Jingming and Murong Zhen colluded in their villainy, after a night of pleasure a written note at last found its way into Xu Lingchong's hands.
"So that's how it is." Xu Lingchong read it through carefully, and only then did understanding dawn in his heart.
Young Master Xu had pursued Shangguan Lan'er for so many years that he knew this eldest miss's temperament like the back of his hand. She had something of a young lady's temper, true, but she was one who never failed to repay a kindness.
If Wei Zhao truly had saved her life, then no matter how much she disliked the man, should the crucial moment come and he sought her help, she would certainly step forward for him. That explained why she had gone to the Law Enforcement Hall to get Wei Zhao out of his predicament.
Yet think it though he might, Young Master Xu was still not quite easy in his heart. He would have to ask her to her face just what Shangguan Lan'er's attitude toward Wei Zhao really was.
After all, the trope of a hero rescuing a beauty was far too common. Even if the eldest miss had found the poor wretch utterly distasteful at first, once he saved her life, it was not impossible for her to veer madly in the opposite direction and fall for him. Xu Lingchong had to be on his guard.
"That, well..." Faced with Xu Lingchong's pressing question to her face, Shangguan Lan'er tilted her head, then suddenly curved her lips and said: "Just as you said—this young lady doesn't want to owe him a favor, so naturally she had to do him this one good turn."
"And there's nothing else beyond that?" Xu Lingchong pressed relentlessly.
At that, Shangguan Lan'er's delicate brows knit at once. She eyed him sidelong, her tone unfathomable: "What do you mean by that? Since when did this young lady sink so low as to have to report her thoughts to you?" R1152