“Wuwu, don’t root around me anymore, please stop, stop…”
“It hurts, it hurts so much…”
In a side chamber with windows and doors tightly shut, the gauze curtains by the bed fluttered despite the lack of wind.
Jiang Qingning buried her head in a soft pillow, tears clinging to the corners of her eyes, her face showing the unease of someone about to be startled awake.
[Wow, red curtains fluttering, soft moans… is it really this intense right from the start?!]
[I don’t want to see the outside of the curtains; I want to see the inside!!]
[Does the female supporting character think she’s being rooted by a pig in her dream?]
[Requesting a close-up of the rooting!]
[Same request +1]
[I’ll bet a dime that the big villain’s face is pitch black hearing this, because the bed seems to be shaking even harder now.]
Jiang Qingning let out a sob and finally opened her misty eyes.
What met her sight was not just an unfamiliar bed, but also strings of golden text constantly floating across her vision.
But she had no heart to look at them right now.
Because the scorching body pressed tightly behind her and the heavy sound of a man’s breathing in her ear instantly cleared her groggy mind.
How could she be pinned to the bed by a man?
Wasn’t she attending a banquet with her second brother and sister? She had drunk a cup of fruit wine, and being unable to handle her liquor, she had been helped to this side chamber by a maid to rest.
“Wuwu, let me go! Who are you? Who are you!”
Jiang Qingning’s face turned pale as she struggled to get up, but the back of her neck was suddenly gripped by a searing palm, pinning her firmly to the bed with absolute dominance.
“Wuwu, let go of me, let me go!”
“You beast, you rogue, you scum.”
She was terrified, but her body was incredibly limp. Her cursing voice carried a trembling, tearful sob.
[Why does this female supporting character’s scolding have zero lethality?]
[Because she’s a soft Cannon Fodder character. Her scolding sounds more like flirting.]
[Who understands? I came here specifically for this soft Cannon Fodder and the big villain!]
[Don’t stop, don’t stop. Female supporting character, if you keep scolding him like that, I think the big villain is going to enjoy it to death.]
“Shut up. Bite down on the handkerchief. Don’t make a sound!”
The man’s arrogant demand caused Jiang Qingning to widen her teary eyes in disbelief.
How could there be such a shameless person in this world!
Seeing that he was truly going to stuff a handkerchief in her mouth, Jiang Qingning cried out in desperation, “How dare you! Do you know who this young lady is?!”
“Then do you know who I am?”
The man’s low, rebuking voice carried a terrifying authority.
Before Jiang Qingning could react, she was flipped over.
[High-energy warning ahead! High-energy warning ahead!]
[Ahhh, the most exciting moment is finally here!]
[Wow, wow, wow, this cold-faced powerful official villain is way too authoritative-looking!]
[Get up, girl, it’s my turn to lie under the villain for two episodes.]
The man before her had extraordinarily handsome features, but his expression was as dark as ink.
Especially those narrow phoenix eyes; his downcast gaze revealed a habitual cold severity and murderous intent that made one shiver.
He… he was…
“Master Pei…”
Jiang Qingning’s lips trembled in complete disbelief.
It was her!
A flash of astonishment crossed Pei Ji’s eyes, and he involuntarily let go of her.
The deep purple robes he wore were still perfectly intact. Only Jiang Qingning, with her snow-white skin half-hidden amidst her disarrayed clothes, had several red marks sucked onto her shoulders. They looked like the marks of someone who had tried to be restrained yet couldn’t help but leave them behind—truly erotic.
Those upturned apricot eyes were still brimming with tears, making her look both obedient and soft.
Especially hearing that call just now, Pei Ji felt the restless fire he had finally managed to suppress beginning to boil over again.
[What, what! What did the female character call the big villain? Master Pei?]
[Let me fill you in. A few years ago, when she was sent to a private school to learn to read and write, the big villain stood in for his mentor to teach her a few classes. So calling him ‘Master’ is correct.]
[Oh my god, I thought this was just a mediocre, cliché one-night-stand opening, but it’s actually teacher-student too!]
[Does no one think the way she called him ‘Master Pei’ on the bed was a bit spicy?]
[Ahhh, I ship it so much.]
[Since things have come to this, I can only say: how exciting!!]
Heavens, how did I end up with this ‘Ruler Yama’?!
The moment Jiang Qingning thought of those few days Pei Ji had substituted for her classes, and how her palms would be beaten red and numb every day because she couldn’t finish her lessons properly, her heart filled with dread.
Now, she didn’t even dare to let her tears fall. This also allowed her to clearly see the floating golden words.
What is written on these?
What ‘female supporting character’? What ‘big villain’?
Strings of text flew by, and Jiang Qingning’s eyes could hardly keep up. Her brain turned into a mess of mush. She thought to herself that this Ruler Yama was indeed formidable—now he could even scare her into seeing things.
She raised her hand to sweep away the ethereal words, but who would have expected that she would end up slapping Pei Ji across the face.
“What are you doing!”
Jiang Qingning trembled violently, unable to stop her tears from falling again.
Pei Ji grabbed her wrist, his sharp eyes filled with a terrifyingly dark hue.
What audacity!
In all his life, and now as the Left Chancellor of the imperial court with immense power in the capital, who had ever dared to strike his face?
[Holy crap, girl, you actually dared to hit the big villain? That’s so ballsy!]
[But why did that slap look so weak?]
[The big villain doesn’t look truly angry either. Why do I feel like he’s enjoying it again?!]
[Sisters, before the slap landed, it was a gust of fragrant wind.]
“I… I…”
The pain in her wrist left Jiang Qingning with no time to look at the text. Her heart screamed that she was doomed.
“Master Pei, I didn’t mean it. My hand hurts so much.”
Even though the culprit was right before her eyes, Jiang Qingning’s plea was so dainty and provocative that Pei Ji could only try his best to steady his breathing as he looked at her.
Jiang Qingning’s sleeve fell back, revealing a slender arm. There were indeed finger marks on her fair, tender wrist.
Did he use that much force?
Pei Ji furrowed his brows, thinking to himself that this person was as delicate as ever.
He loosened his grip slightly, his thumb even gently rubbing a circle over that jade-like skin.
Jiang Qingning bit her lower lip, startled and annoyed by this action.
Wuwu, why did she have to provoke this living Yama?
Wait, no!
What was she afraid of? Right now, she was the victim!
Pei Ji was her former teacher. For him to pin his student down now—where was the logic in that?
“Master Pei, you beast in scholar’s clothing! Did you read all those books of the sages into a dog’s stomach?”
She summoned her courage, her apricot eyes wide and glaring, but the voice she used to scold him was light and crisp.
“Hmm?”
Pei Ji, who had been scolded, immediately pulled a stern face. As he swept a gaze toward her, Jiang Qingning shrunk back, intimidated.
Pei Ji sneered, “Wasn’t it you who seduced this Minister?”
[Wait, that’s not right. The female character was drugged with Sujin Powder and was lying obediently in bed.]
[Big villain, don’t lie to her just because our girl isn’t very smart!]
[Who was the one drugged with Aphrodisiac Incense and couldn’t control himself the moment he saw the girl on the bed? So hard to guess.]
What!
I was actually drugged with Sujin Powder?
Jiang Qingning paused. Realizing she had fallen into such a deep sleep for no reason, she chose to believe the text.
Instantly emboldened, she looked accusingly at the bastard who had turned around and bitten her.
“I didn’t! It was clearly you, Master, who was drugged with Aphrodisiac Incense and forced yourself on me! I’m going to have people arrest you!”
How did she know I was drugged with Aphrodisiac Incense?
Hearing this, Pei Ji’s face instantly darkened. He gripped Jiang Qingning’s hand with enough force to pull her up for interrogation.
“Ah, it hurts…”
Jiang Qingning cried out, but this time it didn’t stir a hint of softness in Pei Ji.
But before he could speak, a sudden commotion of a crowd came from outside the side chamber.
They seemed to be heading in their direction.
The two of them instinctively looked over. Jiang Qingning saw one more line of text than Pei Ji:
[Good news: No need to call for help, people are coming. Bad news: They’re coming to catch the female supporting character and drown her in a pig cage.]
Wait, who are they catching to drown in a pig cage?
Jiang Qingning’s eyes widened.
Female supporting character?
Is that me?!