latelenovela Chapter 424
Chapter 424
As soon as she said that, her tightly furrowed brows relaxed, as if it were really feasible.
"Then...you want me..." She hardened her heart, "Fine, you can have whatever you want, even in bed. I can use illusion magic to make you feel like you're in heaven. Believe me, I've always done this, and no one has ever noticed."
Beneath the mask, Zhong Ming almost burst out laughing. "You really believe me? This is a spiritual artifact. Once you put on the scale armor, won't you be under my control? You won't even be able to beg for death then, won't you be completely at my mercy?"
Her emotions soared from the depths of despair to the peak, only to plummet into an endless abyss.
"You're flirting with me."
"Yes, unless you tell me what exactly happened."
Zhong Ming sat back in his wheelchair, crossed his legs, and took out some food from his storage stone dentures to chew on, looking quite content.
She gave a bitter laugh and put down the hairpin. "You're right. From the very beginning, I had no chance of success. It was just wishful thinking on my part."
"No, you do. Now, produce something to impress me, because I'm interested."
He sat there, high above.
She stood there, like a lackey.
She hesitated for a moment, and Zhong Ming repeated what she had just said, "I will consider whether this is my only chance to escape in this life, and I have to try."
She knew it was a joke, but she also understood that the other party wouldn't help unless she offered some benefits.
Did you participate in the previous lockdown?
"Of course, I almost died there."
"They were the elites of the Guo and Zhou families. Their families were destroyed for a complicated reason, just a family feud. You should know that few high-ranking military officers are clean. If you investigate thoroughly, you will definitely find something. As for the Zhou and Guo families... they are the families over at my inn. One is the owner of the building on the left, and the other has almost gained control of the Yan family building on the right. They fought like the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman benefited."
"So, what does this have to do with you?"
"I know the locations of some treasure troves, hidden in the wild, which are like...secret stashes of money."
Zhong Ming sneered, 'Hidden stash of money? They'd come after you for hidden stashes of money? Your income and expenses are disproportionate.'
Hearing Zhong Ming's disdainful voice, a surge of anger welled up inside her. "Do you even know where you are?"
"Hmm, a brothel, huh? Now you can tell me why you came here."
"This is the Jiaofangsi (a brothel) of Jueya City. The Feiyunfang (another brothel) has strong connections here. Do you know what Jiaofangsi is? It's a brothel where the female relatives of high-ranking officials who have been punished, as well as the princesses and concubines of destroyed enemy countries, are exiled."
"So logically you should be here, and in fact, you are here."
"Except for one thing, I sneaked in, and people outside are still looking for me all over the world. Just like you said, the most dangerous place is the safest place."
“I didn’t say that, but it makes a lot of sense. I’ll tell others about it later.” Zhong Ming chuckled. What the woman said was too vague.
She made up her mind: "I would rather be someone's concubine and be kept in a gilded cage forever than be caught by them."
"So, you plan to keep some secrets for the rest of your life? Someone like you isn't cut out to be an innkeeper. Tell me, what is your true identity?"
"Dong Dong Dong~"
Just as Zhong Ming finished asking his question, there was a knock on the door.
"Looks like fate won't let me know, so I won't get involved..." Before Zhong Ming could finish speaking, she immediately pounced on him, mimicking her earlier actions, throwing herself into the cold, scaled man's arms, wrapping her arms around his neck, and whispering in his ear.
He stretched out his hind leg and hooked it onto the door lock, unlocking the door.
When the girls came in and saw this, they exclaimed, "Oh dear, this is promising!" and immediately smiled, inviting Zhong Ming to come inside and help with the work. "Oh my, young man, you're so lucky! We've been here so long, and we've never seen Jin Yuan so proactive before. It seems you've met your soulmate."
"Exactly, Jin Yuan is usually so aloof. She'll play the zither or pipa for a bit and then hide away. What's wrong with her today?"
The girls seemed to be teasing Miss Yao, but their joy was genuine.
In their eyes, it meant that the price of the gold iris had been negotiated well and a big deal had been made, hence their enthusiasm. As the introducers who "attracted customers," they would receive a considerable share of the profits.
Zhong Ming tried to pull her away, but her arms were wrapped around his head, the hairpin she held pressed against his temple, and she was holding him so tightly that no matter how he twisted, he couldn't push her away.
"Quick, they're already clinging to each other and won't let go? Push them both inside."
The girls became very attentive, completely forgetting Zhong Ming's request to find someone, and together they pushed him towards a room.
.....
A few minutes later, the two were enveloped in a mesmerizing pale pink mist.
This wasn't a sleeping gas. The two of them were on a floating bed right in the middle of a bathtub. The water had been mixed with something, and the color of the water mist was quite exaggerated.
"Miss Yao, can you let go of me now?"
She did as she was told, gesturing anxiously and patting Zhong Ming's helmet.
"What's wrong? Talk?"
She pursed her lips, shook her head, and pointed to the water below, her face turning bright red.
"Oh, there's something wrong with the moisture here. Well then... I won't be polite."
Seeing Zhong Ming's attitude of not wanting to suffer any loss, she immediately became anxious. Those damned prostitutes, how dare they push her here! She had emphasized countless times that she would never come here.
"I have oxygen stones, do you want them?"
Zhong Ming tried to stand up, but her body swayed, causing the entire waterbed to shake, making her unsteady and almost fall off. She then grabbed him tightly.
She absolutely cannot fall; if she falls, everything will be over.
And the bell tolls...
"Want it? Sorry, the oxygen stone is in my mouth and I can't get it out for a while."
She stared intently into Zhong Ming's eyes. She knew that the two scales were one-way transparent, and she knew he was looking at her.
She nodded.
Her face turned even redder, whether from holding back or from embarrassment, she didn't know.
But the bell remained still as it tolled.
Time ticked by, and she grew anxious, patting his back forcefully with a pleading look on her face, her eyes sparkling with a unique charm.
Now it is Zhong Ming who has mustered up the courage.
He made up his mind.
Three, two, one.
Take off your mask, dear!
One bite, and the texture was soft and moist... He retreated as if electrocuted, while she greedily inhaled the fresh air from the oxygen stone, launching a relentless assault.
Zhong Ming felt like he was suffocating.