Mo Rubai was shaken to the core, and his first reaction was to try and stand up. However, he suddenly felt as though his knees weighed a thousand catties, making it utterly impossible for him to pull them out!
This sensation lasted for a full half-hour. Mo Rubai’s temples were drenched in sweat, and his entire body looked as though he had just been fished out of a pool of water.
“Who is there?” After he finally relaxed his entire body, Mo Rubai realized that someone had been following him not far away.
Why is there someone else again?!
“Junior Brother Mo,” a woman walked out, dressed in a green gauze skirt with a cyan jade hairpin slanted in her hair. “I heard what they said. You rest assured, I absolutely believe you! There is clearly some misunderstanding in all of this!”
“Senior Sister Ming,” Mo Rubai raised his head slightly, a look of confusion on his face. “Did something happen?”
Meeting Mo Rubai’s pure eyes, Ming Xiangchu felt even more distressed in her heart. “Junior Brother, they framed you for stealing Master Lingzhi’s immortal grass, and they even said that you were meeting privately with Miss Yun.”
“Let them say whatever they want,” Mo Rubai’s tone remained gentle. “Senior Sister Ming, given my current state, it is better if you do not get too close to me.”
To say that Mo Rubai wasn’t moved that Ming Xiangchu was willing to come see him would be a lie. Senior Sister had been very caring toward him from the very beginning, but precisely because he knew her intentions, he had to refuse. What if Senior Sister got implicated because of him?
“How could I ever be that kind of person?” Ming Xiangchu shook her head. “You will be fine, I promise. Are you willing to trust me?”
“What are the two of you doing!”
Before Mo Rubai could reply, he heard Shen Zhiwei’s voice, and his expression instantly darkened.
Master Lingzhi really does have quite the enthusiasm. Are the elders of the Lingxiao Sect really this idle? Normally, they rarely even return to this place, and sometimes they don’t show up at this residence for months at a time, yet today, he has been coming back and forth over and over again.
Upon seeing Shen Zhiwei, Ming Xiangchu’s expression also shifted slightly. “Greetings, Master Lingzhi.”
“If you two like this place so much, why don’t you ask the Sect Master to bestow this land upon you? That way, you can play here to your heart’s content.” Shen Zhiwei was truly furious this time.
How is it that wave after wave of people keep coming to such a small place of his?
“Elder Lingzhi, it is my fault! If you want to punish someone, punish me!” Ming Xiangchu dropped to her knees with a loud thud.
Looking at the pair of peerless lovers kneeling before him, Shen Zhiwei felt as though he resembled a villainous couple-breaker, and he couldn’t help letting out a cold laugh. “What? Are you unconvinced just from hearing a few words?”
“I…” Ming Xiangchu’s eyes instantly turned red. She had already admitted her mistake; why was Master Lingzhi still treating her this way?
“If you love kneeling so much, then stay down there and kneel!”
Upon hearing this, Ming Xiangchu’s face instantly flushed crimson. She had only said that off the top of her head just then; she hadn’t genuinely wanted to kneel. Furthermore, by doing this, she also wanted to let Junior Brother Mo see her determination, and she had assumed Master Lingzhi wouldn’t actually make her kneel.
As an inner-disciple, how could she possibly kneel in a place like this?
She had originally thought that Master Lingzhi was rather fond of women, and as long as she made a small sacrifice, she would definitely be able to spare Rubai from punishment. But seeing how things stood now, that was completely out of the question.
“Elder Lingzhi, the task my master assigned me is not yet finished. I…”
“Hmph,” Shen Zhiwei let out a cold laugh. “Such earth-shattering affection. Forget it, you may leave.”
Ming Xiangchu’s face alternated between red and white, and she clenched her teeth. In the end, she left anyway.
However, this time, she had undoubtedly marked Master Lingzhi on her blacklist.
Meanwhile, Mo Rubai remained kneeling without a word, keeping his head raised the entire time to stare directly at Shen Zhiwei.
Shen Zhiwei did not look at him; instead, he turned around and walked away, as if his sole purpose in coming over had simply been to chase Ming Xiangchu away.
Mo Rubai clenched his fists, his expression chilling. Shen Zhiwei, just what on earth are you trying to get out of me!
After walking some distance away, Shen Zhiwei finally suppressed the anger boiling inside him. The moment he laid eyes on Ming Xiangchu just now, he had known who she was.
She was the first woman to be brought into the male protagonist’s harem, a woman who would do absolutely anything for Mo Rubai, even going so far as to use herself as bait to seduce Shen Zhiwei.
And that very Ming Xiangchu was precisely the fuse that ultimately led to Shen Zhiwei’s complete ruin and disgrace!