Chapter 426 (2/2)

“Oh, Taeya! You’re here too! You’re both early,” Ye Lang greeted them with a grin. He didn’t hate them, instead, he found himself liking Taeya too. He liked her- but not that much.

“Early…” Athena and Taeya were speechless. It was true they arrived at Tigress’ house early but it was no longer ‘early’ now!

“Master, why are you still so nice to them? Let’s not talk to them anymore, they’re not good people.” Tigress knew Ye Lang was a slow kid and never noticed when he was hoodwinked by scammers and liars.

“But they’re not bad people either!” he said.

Athena and Tigress both had very different understandings of this one sentence.

Athena came to the conclusion that Ye Lang was defending them by implying they were good people. He said they weren’t bad people, hence they were good people!

Of course, both parties soon realised it was neither an insult of a compliment.

Tigress nodded. “Well, you’re not wrong. They’re not bad people, but they’re not good people either.”

“...” Athena was speechless for a moment. She had no rebuttals to such a comment. Perhaps it was already a good thing Tigress said they weren’t bad, given their situation.

“Although that entire war was just a mock, and I knew you would never hurt him, I’m still very upset about the fact you used him to blackmail me. You’re both not welcomed in my home, you should leave!” Tigress was probably going to remember this for the rest of her life. It wasn’t going to be a crime easily forgiven.

Tigress wouldn’t have taken anything to heart if Athena had used the cruellest, dirtiest tricks against her as long as it didn’t involve Ye Lang.

However, Ye Lang was her limit. He was not to be touched!

“Since you know that, why did you give up so easily? Is he THAT important to you?” Athena asked once again. The more she thought about it, the less it made sense.

She was fully prepared to negotiate terms with Tigress that day. She assumed Tigress would not accept her initial conditions and would attempt negotiations. What she didn’t expect was for Tigress to accept defeat without hesitation.

“I refuse to answer your question. The bottom line is, I would never let anyone hurt or cause any inconvenience to him, not even a little bit!” Tigress said mildly. As she spoke, she had already prepared a tub of water and helped him wash up, even fussing over his clothes…

“...”

Athena fell silent, touched by Tigress’ words. She now understood how important he was to Tigress, which was a lot more important than she expected.

What she didn’t understand was why Tigress loved him so much despite being his slave for years. And she was still serving him now!

“Why aren’t you leaving?” Once she was done with Ye Lang, Tigress realised the two ladies were still standing there, speechless. Athena was deep in thought while Taeya was spacing out.

Tigress could care less. She thought Taeya might be admiring her life because they both had a similar history- though Tigress met Ye Lang and Taeya met a horrible master. Her master was at the other end of the spectrum compared to Ye Lang.

In reality, Taeya was indeed comparing between them both. However, not only was she thinking about their fate, she was also observing how Tigress helped Ye Lang with his washing up. She had been playing servant to him during the past few days and did the same thing.

Before meeting Tigress, Taeya thought she’d played the part perfectly but right now she realised she didn’t do a very good job at all compared to this.

It was no wonder he missed her so much and could recognise Tigress with one look. Although he did make a mistake, it did not affect their relationship at all...