Chapter 240 (1/2)

Little Eight was a bit nervous. “How many days has it been ah, you still haven’t said anything face to face, and this big boss still won’t let you in ah?”

However, Nan Xun was quite calm and collected. “An ancient man that has encountered countless human affairs and great changes; you still hope that he can hit it off right from the start with an inexperienced young girl like me? Just take it easy la, haste will ruin everything. If I show impatience at the very beginning, it will be easy for him to dislike me instead. Just wait for a while until he’s used to my existence, then it can be counted as me taking the first step.”

Every day, Nan Xun would put tea in front of the door of the inner hall at a fixed time. She would also bring food consistently and put it on the carved purple wood table in the outer hall, but there were no movements whatsoever from inside in response.

It wasn’t until a week later that the pot of tea that Nan Xun brought to him finally showed signs of being touched!

Nan Xun was a little excited.

She thought that the big boss would drink the tea and eat the food she served now, but after that one time, things went back to the way they were before. He didn’t make any movements again.

Nan Xun’s emotions went up and down, and she felt unwell all over.

There were no soft beds at her place, no furry animal cushions, and this big boss also had a dead face like someone owed him millions. She felt that her days had gone moldy.

Nan Xun hit her hard makeshift bed in the outer hall, and after a long sigh, she finally went to sleep on it.

She always slept like a dead person, but even while deeply asleep, she felt a sudden coolness envelop her. She couldn’t help but shiver.

Nan Xun struggled for a while before finally succeeding in ungluing her eyelids, and sat up in a daze.

Immediately, all her sleepiness was scared away.

F*ck, a white shadow was standing just three steps away from her. The tall figure blocked the slivers of light seeping from outside the window, making the entire outer hall dim.

Her breathing suddenly became heavier from the shock, and the shadow standing with its back to her suddenly moved slightly as it turned to one side.

Moonlight spilled inside from the crevices of the window, outlining a man’s flawless profile: a tall nose, long eyelashes that were lazily drooping from half-closed eyes, and a pair of thin and especially-rosy lips.

He wore the pure white gown casually, with the front side wide open, exposing a large area of his chest. Under the glow of the moonlight, it seemed to be illuminated with a light brilliance.

That man turned his head and glanced at Nan Xun lightly.

Facing the full moon outside the window, he raised his face slightly, and his thin lips moved a bit, as if sighing. “The full moon is here.”

Nan Xun was dumbfounded seeing him talking to himself, guessing that he might be treating her like air, or rather a dead object?

Nan Xun felt that she had accidentally stumbled on the truth.

Should she continue to lie down, or wait until the big boss entered the inner hall before continuing her sleep?

Nan Xun yawned before she slowly laid back down on her make-shift bed.

After a while, she heard very light footsteps, seeming like the big boss had returned to the inner hall.

However, not long after, he came back again.

This time, he was standing in front of Nan Xun directly. His eyes fell quietly on the woman’s face, and his voice was as cold and flat as ever when he spoke to her. “Girl, come and try my poisonous gu.”

Nan Xun: !

Nan Xun suddenly opened her eyes and saw that he had come out from the inner hall with an exquisite silver goblet in his hand.

She was very well aware of what was in that goblet.

“Little Eight, remember what I told you?” Nan Xun hurriedly asked Little Eight.

“Yes! Only block 90% of the pain, lest it looks too fake and he catches on!”

The man standing by her was as tall as bamboo. He bent slightly, and there were no ripples inside his cold eyes that lingered on Nan Xun for a long time.

“Girl, stretch out your arms,” he said, as his rosy lips curved slightly.

The still night seemed to be wrapped in a layer of sweet icing from this one slight smile, giving people the illusion of gentleness.