novel bin Chapter 51 Others sell their bodies, I sell my soul.
Chapter 51 Others sell their bodies, I sell my soul.
After being stopped by the two female attendants, Xiao Jin was left with a bruised and swollen face... Fortunately, he managed to control his defense during the incident, otherwise he might have lost his life. It's clear that Bei Mu Wanyan was truly desperate under Xiao Jin's wrath.
Only after she stopped and looked at Xiao Jin, who was in a terrible state, did Bei Mu Wan Yan realize that she had gone too far. She saw Xiao Jin slumped on the ground, staring blankly ahead, and even laughing foolishly. In Bei Mu Wan Yan's eyes, this laugh was despicable!
"..."
He felt guilty, but that smirk made Bei Muwanyan leave in anger.
Ye Bufan recalled Xiali Village, then Wang Suiyue... Regardless of the injuries suffered by the young master Xiao Jin, he turned around and chased after Bei Muwanyan, probably wanting to find out the truth and explain things to Xiao Jin.
After everyone left, the bruises around Xiao Jin's eyes gradually faded, the swelling on his face subsided, and his body was healing to varying degrees...
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Xiao Jin's injuries were basically healed, and his defense value was finally locked at 5, which made Xiao Jin feel painless but also a bit of aches.
"..."
"Others sell their bodies, but I sell my soul... You... You... You immoral system!" Xiao Jin's heart trembled and was almost a sob.
Besides being covered in wounds and suffering the humiliation of being treated like dirt, Xiao Jin was ultimately no match for even the ninth-rank Iron Slaughter Guard. Only after cursing the system's ancestors for eight generations did Xiao Jin finally calm down.
In reality, the number of points returned by the system will vary depending on the situation, but compared to Wang Suiyue's cheating 1 point, these 5 defense points are already a blessing for Xiao Jin at the moment.
After his emotions had completely calmed down, Xiao Jin, still not satisfied, sat on the ground and began to fantasize again. "I wonder what Lin Miao... No, with that girl's gentle nature, she could never be like Bei Mu Wanyan... Qin Huang?"
The moment Xiao Jin thought of Qin Huang, he shuddered and dismissed the idea.
Putting aside his ninth rank, his tough and domineering nature meant that even if he didn't kill Xiao Jin with a single blow, he would probably still curse Xiao Jin's brother.
He got up, sat down on the bed, and unconsciously looked at his hands: "I must say, that tiger girl's hands actually feel pretty good!"
"Pah! What are you thinking!"
In his past life, Xiao Jin had slept with countless women; in this life, he didn't want to be such a beast again...
He didn't want to, but women, those strange creatures, might just make him think about it...
Just like Bei Muwanyan at this moment.
Ye Bufan actually chased after Bei Muwanyan and gave a nonsensical and seemingly irrelevant explanation.
In conclusion, according to Ye Bufan, Xiao Jin's actions were due to a "difficult reason" that he had no choice but to do so.
"Difficulties?" The word "difficulties" left Bei Mu Wanyan speechless—such shameless teasing could be called difficulties?
Ye Bufan realized the awkwardness of his choice of words, so he simply stopped explaining: "In short, the young master is not that kind of person!" After saying that, Ye Bufan slunk away.
Ye Bufan didn't know whether Xiao Jin was that kind of person or not. He just guessed that the young master Xiao Jin was deliberately trying to provoke Bei Mu Wanyan so that she would "hurt" him.
Even so, Ye Bufan was still completely baffled, not knowing what kind of strange cultivation technique Xiao Jin, the young master, was practicing...
After Ye Bufan slipped away, Bei Muwanyan sat there in a daze.
"Isn't he that kind of person?"
Recalling the scenes from before... Bei Muwanyan's face gradually flushed red...
Although Xiao Jin's despicable behavior was truly disgusting and made one want to kill him, the sensation he evoked in Bei Mu Wanyan was unlike anything she had ever experienced before. Coupled with Xiao Jin's unique handsomeness, Bei Mu Wanyan gradually began to believe Ye Bufan's explanation.
She was even no longer angry at Xiao Jin's teasing... What a strange creature!
Xiao Jin was pondering how to acquire defense points when suddenly a system notification appeared:
He instantly straightened up and leaned forward, staring straight ahead—Wonnema!
The system notification indicated that Xiao Jin's agility points had increased by 5, which Xiao Jin found hard to believe, and he rubbed his eyes several times.
After finally confirming, Xiao Jin unconsciously scratched his head, wondering, "Where do these agility points come from?"
From the canyon all the way to Huizhou City, he couldn't figure out a reason at all, and the system wouldn't give any explanation, so he had no choice but to give up.
In any case, the increase in this value is ultimately a good thing, and Xiao Jin would not object to it.
City Lord's Mansion.
Inside the Ninth Princess's bedchamber, wisps of sandalwood incense rose from the burner, mingling with the scent of ink to create a tranquil mist.
Princess Chu Wan, sitting alone before the sandalwood desk, lightly held a wolf-hair brush in her slender fingers, and wrote a few lines of elegant small regular script on the Xuan paper.
Sometimes she furrowed her brows, sometimes she gazed out the window, sometimes she lowered her eyelashes... as if whispering to the subtle emotions in her heart. With nothing else to do, the Ninth Princess Chu Wan was composing what she considered to be beautiful little poems.
Before anyone knew it, a maidservant walked in.
"Your Highness, we are running low on food in the palace. Where should we buy porridge for the distribution outside the city tomorrow?" The maid was respectful but not timid, suggesting she was familiar and close to the princess.
The Ninth Princess did not respond immediately. Instead, she gracefully finished writing before turning to her maid and asking, "Has there been any unusual activity at the grain stores in the city recently?"
Princess Chu Wan never used official grain for distributing porridge; she mostly purchased it with her own money, a fact known to everyone in her household.
"Although the grain tax has increased, Yamada still has a surplus. Other grain shops are operating as usual, but Tongzhou grain shops are buying grain on a large scale today," the maid replied cautiously.
"Oh?" Upon hearing about the Tongzhou Grain Store, the Ninth Princess immediately showed displeasure. "What is the Tongzhou Grain Store trying to do?"
The maid frowned, as if puzzled: "Although the Tongzhou grain store buys grain on a large scale, it charges much higher prices than the market rate, and the people are grateful for this."
"Much higher than the market price?" The Ninth Princess frowned, equally puzzled. "Could it be that the Tongzhou grain merchants are trying to use the increased grain tax revenue to inflate grain prices?"
"This..." The maid was somewhat apprehensive. "This servant has no way of knowing." In the maid's memory, informing the grain store should not be done in this way, but she was afraid of the princess and dared not speak out.
Seeing the maid's response, the Ninth Princess pondered for a moment and then said angrily, "Tomorrow's porridge distribution will be purchased from this Tongzhou grain store. I want to see what price they're charging!"
"This servant obeys!"
The maid was about to leave.
"Wait!" The Ninth Princess, seemingly preoccupied, walked around the sandalwood table and approached the maid. "I think it best if I go myself!"
After saying that, Ninth Princess Chu Wan stepped out of the room, making the maid shake her head helplessly.
In the maid's opinion, the Ninth Prince was in charge of some trivial matters, such as the Eighth Prince's massacre of a village and the killing of innocent civilians in the street, which the Ninth Princess was powerless to stop.
Furthermore, the porridge distribution only provided sustenance for some vagrants, and in the long run, it seemed to have no real significance.
Despite having her own ideas, the maid not only obeyed the Ninth Princess's every word, but also remembered all the good things the Ninth Princess had done for her... Human strength has its limits!