Chapter 488: A Clown! (1/2)

Crunch——

The thick wooden door of the firewood room was pushed open from the outside, letting a gush of cold wind blow in. Li s.h.i.+nian couldn't help but shrink back, wrapping her tattered clothes more tightly around her body.

Wind City was located in the northern frontier of the kingdom, thus the wind was colder and the snow was heavier than in Tiandu. Every time the cold wind blew, it was as though a fragmented knife was sc.r.a.ping across a person's face.

Li s.h.i.+nian, who was new to the area, was not accustomed to the harsh environment at this side of the country. Her face was dry, and lips and skin were cracked. It was only when she smeared some golden-eyed snake ointment that she felt a little better.

Li s.h.i.+nian hated the weather in Wind City.

And hated everything about this Wind City.

Lu Lin stood at the door of the firewood room, looking at Li s.h.i.+nian on the cold floor, and drew back the corners of his mouth in a smile.

Before the smile could bloom on his face, he heard his 'hissing' inhaling sound.

Lu Lin covered his red and swollen cheeks, and snapped: “Li s.h.i.+nian, you really want to do it the hard way. I didn't want to hurt you, if you hadn't suddenly gone mad at me, you wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state.”

“I hate myself for not killing you with that punch.” Li s.h.i.+nian fumed, glowering coldly at Lu Lin.

“Kill me? If you hit me with that punch, you most likely would have been dead now.”

“What's the difference between now and death?”

“There is obviously a difference.” Lu Lin went over to Li s.h.i.+nian, glancing around at the harsh environment of the firewood room, and then gently sighed, “There is still time to regret your decision now. I'll give you another chance, as long as you are willing to be my woman——”

“Pah.” Li s.h.i.+nian very rudely interrupted Lu Lin: “You think you're good enough?”

“You——” Lu Lin's face went pale. “Who do you think you are? You're just the daughter of a servant. I am the future Lord of Wind city, the rising star of the Kingdom. We are greatly valued by the imperial family——I am not good enough for you?”

“You are not worthy of me from head to toe, every hair on your head, every thread of your clothes. Lu Lin, you and father had betrayed your family, you have let down the ancestors of the Lu clan. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?”

“Struck by lightning?” Lu Lin burst into wild laughter. Pointing to the sky, he said, “If G.o.d really thinks we're wrong, then strike me with a bolt of lightning——strike me with lightning——”

Rumble———

In the sky there were bursts of rumbling, like some unknown objects were exploding.

Unfortunately, it was just a thunderclap, which soon disappeared.

Lu Lin went blank for a moment, before bursting into laughter again, “Did you hear that? Thunder flew over my head, why did it not descend and strike me? That proves it also feels that we made the right choice.”

“You think we wanted to do something like this? You think we wanted to betray Lu Xingkong? Would our Lu clan fall into such a state had it not been for the old man doing things his own ways? Had it not been for Father's timely contact with them, even the Lu clan's Wind City would have been destroyed. If the entire Lu clan is wiped out and all of them died———it is also brought about by Lu Xingkong.”

“That Lu Xingkong is loyal to the Emperor and Kingdom, that Lu Xingkong wanted to be an important minister throughout all ages. We are not willing to give up our lives for that——You saw the result, didn't you? Lu Xingkong had died, the Lu family and all people under them had been rooted out by the Song family. They are like stray dogs, being hunted, and then beheaded one after another——this is the bad luck and disaster that the old guy brought to the Lu family.”

Lu Lin's expression was arrogant, laughing wildly. “Why should we follow them to die?”

“The evil people are able to find hundreds of high-sounding excuses for the evil they have done.” Li s.h.i.+nian stated with a contemptuous face. “The lightning didn't strike you, because it was afraid of dirtying itself——yell louder, see if the lightning will strike you this time.”

“Come lightning, come strike me——come lightning, come strike me——” Lu Lin raised his voice, shouting at the sky.

The guards at the door also stifled a laugh when they heard these words.

The servants outside quickly lowered their head to stare at their toes when they heard it.

The dog in the courtyard also howled along with him.

“Idiot.” Li s.h.i.+nian spat out this word from her dried mouth.

“Li s.h.i.+nian——” Lu Lin's expression suddenly became crazy and terrifying, even his eyes had turned blood red. “Young Master, I, is willing to stand here for you to make fun of, because I care about you. If I turn away now, do you know what your destiny will be? You'll be locked up in this firewood room, with no food, no water, until you freeze to death———”

“Then let me freeze to death.” Li s.h.i.+nian said in a deep voice.

Thinking of all the rumours that she had heard, the little girl's eyes welled up with tears.

“Grandpa Lu had died in battle and the Lu family had disappeared. The whereabouts of Uncle Lu and my brother are unknown——Father and Mother are imprisoned, Uncle Xu and the others has been killed by you——what's the point of living?”

“You don't have to die.”