Chapter 13.1 - Cheating (1/2)

Wei Liang wanted to expel Liu Qing Yin?!

Once again, Lin Jiu had the urge to grab Wei Liang’s collar and ruthlessly shake this ice-statue male lead awake.

Wake up, male lead! That unworthy disciple you’re talking about is your female lead! The heroine!

But at the sight of Wei Liang’s shallow smiling eyes, Lin Jiu withdrew her hands that were frantically at the edge of seeking death.

“Don’t!” Lin Jiu shouted. “This was all planned by Xiong Yu Lian herself. Liu Qing Yin did not instruct her. At most, Liu Qing Yin has committed the offense of not educating her properly. If you expel her just like that, people will surely scold me.”

The corner of Wei Liang’s lips quirked up as he turned towards her. “Scold you? For what?”

“Naturally, for confusing the monarch with my devilishness and prying apart you and your disciple.” Lin Jiu shrugged.

Her desire to live was strong, and she knew that any abuse inflicted onto the female lead now would surely be paid back many hundreds and thousands of times in the future onto her. Abusing the female lead was better left to the male lead’s own amusement. Outsiders should never interfere.

What’s more, Liu Qing Yin never set foot in any of this whole business. If anyone really had to find fault with her, then at most, it was that she had allowed Xiong Yu Lian to plot against Lin Jiu, in which she could say she was innocent by simply pleading ignorance. If Liu Qing Yin was expelled, then it wouldn’t take even a day to guarantee more than ten thousand people coming to plead her case. If that were to occur, Wei Liang would be the one in trouble and receive the scolding of thousands just like the villainess Lin Jiu suffered in the book.

If the situation were to unfold that way, everyone would sympathize with Liu Qing Yin, and no one would be willing to delve into whether she really was at fault in this matter or not. Instead, they would just muddle through the case.

If you can’t kill the snake in one go, it was not advisable to make any rash moves. You would only alert the snake.

Thinking this way, Lin Jiu gave a gentle smile. “This matter has nothing to do with Liu Qing Yin. You must not blame her.”

Wei Liang’s mouth twitched. “Hah! Such naivety. You would not live long if I were not here to protect you,” he scoffed.

A mocking laugh almost burst out of Lin Jiu’s mouth. Male lead! Did you take the wrong script?! Shouldn’t you say to the villainess, “You are so vicious that even if you got lucky, you would be damned sooner or later!”?

“Whatever you say,” Lin Jiu said. She endured the urge to laugh and deliberately looked at him with pitiful eyes. “Then you have to protect me properly.”

Wei Liang laughed and circled his arm around her waist before bringing her up with him on his sword. Turns out this little wife of his really was getting more and more interesting, especially when she was putting on such an act to cheat people.

They shot forward on the sword. “Wha—?!” Lin Jiu was blown backwards by the wind and she automatically clutched onto Wei Liang’s clothes.

Wei Liang gave her slender waist a naughty little squeeze. “That will depend on how you, this little demoness, is going to confuse this monarch.”

“…”

This male lead had been sent by the heavens to provoke her into committing sins, right?!

She was just a plain, unattractive villainess who wanted to turn over a new leaf and walk on the righteous path!