- Chapter 144 1 (2/2)
It was rare for Ning Fan to ask a favor from me…
When she heard that Ning Fan was willing to assist her in acting as her fiance and solve her troublesome marriage arrangement, Little Dugu was relieved yet also had a shred of disappointment which she did not realize.
It would’ve been great if Ning Fan were to marry me because he liked me, and not just for the sake of helping… No… Father would definitely not approve of this.
Her wisp of soul gently fluttered out of the grave and stood below the apricot tree. Her cold eyes showed a faint smiling expression.
“I will help you since you’ve helped me. Even if I do not like Han Yuanji, but he was passionately devoted to my sister. She wouldn’t be willing to see him get hurt if she were to wake up in the future. No small fries would dare to hurt Han Yuanji in my presence. His status as the Deacon of the Four Oceans is enough to keep the Divine Emperor experts at bay… The only thing that we need to be wary of is the assassins from the Demon World. I will request father to pay attention on this matter…”
Little Dugu did not explain what the ‘Deacon of Four Ocean’ was, but it did not stop Ning Fan in understanding it. It looked like the Old Devil had another status in the Four Heavens. Other than the sect leader of the Black Demon Sect, his other status was enough to make the Rain World’s Divine Emperors treat him courteously…
The status of deacon may not be high in the Four Heavens but it was enough for the Old Devil not to be plotted against in the lower realms.
Ning Fan’s gaze of gratitude fell upon the face of Little Dugu. He then carefully looked at the cold and lonely girl that stood in front of him.
No matter if it was fake or genuine, or to deceive others, this girl had already become his wife.
She was just like a fairy in a painting, yet this fairy had mingled with a barbaric fellow like him.
But now that he was faced with such a beautiful fairy, he did not blush and panic like he before.
He still remembered when he was still a young boy in Hai Ning. He once accidentally saw a young lady from the main family bathing in the lake. He panicked and shouted because the lady was too beautiful… yet the young lady did not blame him. However, the fact that he peeped made a few young masters from the main family quietly made things difficult for him.
Everything had changed… Ning Fan’s fate had changed, his heart too had changed. The feelings of an immature youngster had disappeared. The experience of those bloody battles, killings and the fifty-year dream of the Ming Luo fruit had made Ning Fan’s heart become mature, calm and collected.
His spying gaze made Little Dugu’s cold expression become both ashamed and angered. She then averted her gaze and secretly blamed Ning Fan’s gaze to be frivolous.
He clasped his fist and saluted towards Little Dugu.
“Thank you so much. Your sword qi had saved me on many occasions… And now you even promised to protect my master. Hence, I owe you two favors!”
“Is it…” Little Dugu turned her back and lightly pressed her pale lips together as if she was in a dilemma.
She took out an ancient scroll from her clothes then turned around again.
“For you…” she said, but her eyes showed a faint nervousness. Then she immediately added on,
“I am only loaning it to you to have a look. It is not a gift… Do not think too much…”
The ancient scroll had a lingering human warmth and a peck of virgin fragrance when Ning Fan received it.
However, Ning Fan only cared about the content of the scroll and not the fragrance.
He had a shocked expression right after flipping a few pages of the ancient scroll. He then immediately closed the ancient scroll and returned it to Little Dugu.
“I could not accept such an expensive gift!”