Chapter 187 Listening to Opera
Chapter 187 Listening to Opera
Only after Shisui had done it did he realize what had happened. He secretly glanced at her face and was relieved to see that there was no change in her expression.
He noticed the residue left at the corner of Hua Ling's mouth, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped it away for her, his eyes filled with tenderness.
Miss Han, standing on the high platform, didn't find any of the men below attractive, and she never dropped the bouquet in her hand.
Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to notice something, and a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes. "When will a woman who is even prettier than her appear?"
Furthermore, who is the man beside her? The ugly men below are clearly not in the same league and cannot be compared at all. The tenderness overflowing in his eyes makes Miss Han even more jealous.
"Since that's the case..."
Miss Han clenched the flower ball and threw it at the spot where Hua Ling was standing.
Zhi Shui wouldn't let Hua Ling hit him, so he grabbed the flower ball with one hand and asked, "Brother, what happened?"
"It's nothing!" Zhishui tossed aside what he was holding and offered a reassuring word, "Let's go, there's nothing to see."
Before they had taken two steps, a group of people blocked their way. "Sir, you caught the bouquet. Miss Han's father requests your presence."
"What! How come she can't see this good show?" Hua Ling looked at Zhi Shui with a look of having caught someone red-handed, even though she didn't know if it was him in front of her.
Zhi Shui was charmed by Hua Ling's puffed-up cheeks and couldn't resist pinching them. Realizing it was inappropriate, he withdrew his hand and said to the leader of the group, "I apologize for the unintentional intrusion."
After he finished speaking, he pulled Hua Ling around and prepared to leave.
"Kid, now that you've caught the flower ball, you have no choice. You'd better go and do it properly, or the girl next to you will suffer a terrible fate." The ninja leader leered at the flower spirit, looking her up and down.
"what..."
The man lost one eye and was in great pain, clutching his eye.
"This is just to teach you a lesson. If you want your other eye, get out of here." Zhi Shui coldly said this and left with Hua Ling.
A hint of resentment flashed in the man's eyes. He endured the pain in his eyes and knelt down in front of them. "Please come with us. Otherwise, we'll all die if we go back. I had no choice but to say those words earlier."
Zhi Shui ignored him, not trusting such people at all, but Hua Ling wanted to watch the show, or rather, listen to the show. "Brother, why don't we go and talk things out before we leave?"
Hearing Hua Ling's plea, he stopped in his tracks. "Alright."
Zhi Shui seemed to have forgotten Hua Ling's personality and thought that she couldn't bear to let innocent people die.
The man lowered his head and gave a cold smile, then looked up with a look of relief on his face. "This way, please."
He will definitely avenge the loss of his eyes.
Zhi Shui led Hua Ling and followed this person to a mansion.
His expression remained unchanged, but his mind was filled with doubt. How could this mansion be so luxurious? Even the great families of Konoha didn't have anything like it; it was only slightly inferior to the Daimyo's mansion.
He subconsciously tightened his grip on Hua Ling's hand, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
Hua Ling seemed to sense Zhi Shui's unease and squeezed her hand back.
"No matter what happens, he will protect her," Shisui vowed silently in his heart.
As the man walked along, he naturally discovered that Hua Ling was blind, which made him even more confident that the plan would succeed, but he didn't show it on his face at all.
Although Hua Ling is blind, she is very familiar with this kind of tactic and is not worried at all.
The two entered the hall, and Miss Han blushed when she saw Uchiha Shisui up close. "I must have this man."
The middle-aged man in fine clothes, sitting in the main seat, couldn't hide his desire for Hua Ling when he saw her beside Zhi Shui. He picked up his wine glass, took a sip to cover his expression, and put the glass down, his face returning to normal.
"You're the one who caught my daughter's bouquet?" The middle-aged man in fine clothes scrutinized Zhishui with an appraising gaze.
"I'm sorry, that was unintentional. I came here to clarify things," Shisui explained frankly.
"I see. Then I, as the father, cannot force you."
"However, it's getting late. I suggest you stay overnight and leave tomorrow, and try the local cuisine while you're at it," the well-dressed middle-aged man kindly invited.
Shisui was about to get up and leave when a voice came from beside him.
"Brother, I'm hungry." Hua Ling blinked and said this on purpose, she really wanted to know what these people were up to.
Upon hearing this, Shisui replied, "Then thank you for the hospitality!"
However, he didn't eat much; he spent most of the time feeding Hua Ling, which made Miss Han almost unable to hide her jealousy. She secretly rubbed her clothes in the shadows.
At this moment, a servant brought up a bottle of wine.
“This is a local specialty called ‘Qingluo Wine,’ which you can’t buy anywhere else. It has beauty and skin-nourishing effects, and it’s especially suitable for your sister to drink.” Miss Han suddenly stood up, walked to their side, and poured a glass in front of them.
"Really? Then I must try it!" Hua Ling's face was full of joy.
"Sister..." Just as Zhi Shui was about to stop her, Miss Han interrupted from the side, "Don't worry, this wine has a very low alcohol content. Just a small cup won't make you drunk."
"Brother, I want to drink." Hua Ling tugged at Zhi Shui's sleeve and said softly.
Helpless, Zhi Shui picked up the glass of wine and brought it to Hua Ling's lips.
"Hmm, you drugged her?"
"Then why not give Zhishui the medicine? What's the point of giving this blind woman the medicine?"
Hua Ling was filled with doubts. Feeling a gaze fixed on her, she swallowed the contents of her mouth.
Seeing her drink it, Miss Han turned around and a cold smile appeared on her lips.
Zhi Shui took out a handkerchief to wipe her.
"Brother, I can do it myself." Hua Ling took the handkerchief from Zhi Shui's hand and used it to cover herself up as she vomited up all the wine she had just drunk. "It contains sleeping pills. I'll pretend to be unconscious in a bit."
Sure enough, just as Zhishui was about to say goodbye and leave, Hualing covered her head and said, "Brother, I'm so sleepy!"
After saying this, she collapsed into Zhishui's arms.
Seeing the two red blushes on Hua Ling's face, Zhi Shui assumed she was drunk.
The richly dressed middle-aged man immediately ordered his servants to arrange a room. Zhi Shui had to swallow her words about leaving and stayed the night.
"Sure enough, this man's lifeline is his sister."
"Fortunately, his sister is blind and naive, making her easy to manipulate; otherwise, it really wouldn't have worked," Miss Han thought to herself as she watched the two figures depart.
Hua Ling was held horizontally in front of Zhi Shui, and in a place where no one could see, Zhi Shui wrote a word on his body with his finger.
Zhi Shui looked down at the person in his arms with a helpless expression, "This idiot, does she even understand danger?"
To accommodate Hua Ling, the two slept in separate rooms, though they were right next to each other, which still worried Zhi Shui greatly.
Just as night was falling, Hua Ling's sleeping spot suddenly sank down, and in the blink of an eye, the room returned to normal, but Hua Ling was gone.
"Sure, she considered that possibility, but couldn't find the mechanism, so she thought it wasn't there. What a failure."
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