Chapter 21: Tormen (1/2)

Chapter 21: Torment

Inside of the quiet bathing room, Gu Qingluo gently raised her jade-like hand, running it across her entire body. Her movements had an indescribably elegant and attractive quality to them.

Although the young maiden was not old, she had developed quite nicely. What was supposed to protrude protruded, and what was supposed to be elevated was elevated. All the capital that she should have on her body was right there.

When this scene appeared before Su Chen’s eyes, he couldn’t even stand up straight.

He was well aware that sneaking peeks at someone was considered immoral, so Su Chen had to constantly force himself to turn away and not look. But every time he turned away, that beautiful, marvelous, jade-like figure would surface in front of his eyes, causing Su Chen to be unable to stop himself from turning around again. His morality and his instinct began to do fierce battle. Sometimes, morality won; other times, instinct had the advantage. Su Chen’s head turned back and forth in the midst of this conflict.

Gu Qingluo could not know that he was currently battling with the heavens. Upon seeing his head shake back and forth, she curiously asked: “Why are you shaking your head?”

“Oh…… my neck is slightly sore, so I’m just shaking it out,” Su Chen replied, beginning to shake his head like a pellet drum1.

Su Chen kept glancing at the beautiful, marvelous body hidden in the rippling water, which in turn caused great ripples in Su Chen’s heart. Finally, Su Chen could not suppress the pressure due to an intense reaction from a certain area of his body, and so he slowly sat down, his eyes eagerly and hungrily trained on Gu Qingluo.

If she were a maiden with lots of experience, perhaps Gu Qingluo would have noticed that Su Chen’s behavior was slightly strange. However, her heart was pure and the matter didn’t even cross her mind. Instead, she asked: “Right, how exactly did you offend Lin Xie to the point of killing each other on first sight? Is the hatred between your Su Clan and the Lin Clan so great?”

Gu Qingluo’s words shifted Su Chen’s attention, causing the pressure in his lower body to greatly cool down.

Su Chen concentrated for a moment before replying: “You misunderstand. Although the Lin and Su Clan do have animosity for each other, it’s not yet to the point of killing each other on sight. This actually happened for another reason……”

Su Chen told Gu Qingluo about how he had the idea to come and search for Gu Qingluo, but he had unwittingly overheard the pair’s conversation.

Upon hearing Su Chen tell the whole story, Gu Qingluo sat up straight. In the midst of the rising steam, a pair of breasts gently trembled, causing Su Chn to have another bout of “discomfort”, his neck once again pulled taut.

Gu Qingluo said: “So you mean that there’s someone else who knows you killed Lin Xie?”

“En, “ Su Chen nodded his head: “However, I’m not worried about this issue. That Elder Sang was clearly not someone from the Lin Clan. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so cautious about the Lin Clan’s guards. It was precisely because he was worried about being discovered by the guards that he left Lin Xie to chase and kill me instead of himself.”

“But he can still use other methods to let the Lin Clan know that it was you who did it.”

“He won’t. Don’t forget that I heard their secret. If they can publicize that, I can also reveal their secret. If he doesn’t want both sides to suffer, he won’t do so,” Su Chen indifferently responded.

Upon hearing these words, Gu Qingluo let out a breath of air, sitting back down into the water. The pair of beautiful breasts also sunk back into the water, now only faintly discernible. Su Chen’s heart relaxed, but at the same time he felt a sense of loss.

Gu Qingluo said: “Since it’s like this, you should be careful in case that old man comes to find you and personally silence you.”

“That’s why I have to tell this matter to you,” Su Chen gently laughed: “Even if he were to kill me now, he wouldn’t be able to silence me.”

“Hey!” Gu Qingluo opened her pretty eyes wide: “Aren’t you dragging me down with you? Isn’t that too unjust of you?”

“How could I? That old man doesn’t know that we’re familiar with each other. After all, you are not the only person who knows about this.”

Gu Qingluo started: “You mean……”

Su Chen slowly and deliberately responded: “It’s always a good idea to leave behind some backup plans.”

Su Chen had known to tell the laborer from the True Jade Pavilion to leave behind some backup plans. Naturally, he would not forget when it came to himself.

When Gu Qingluo heard this, she clapped her hands and laughed: “Good good good, I will be your backup plan. If you‘re killed by someone, I will spread this information everywhere and completely wreck their plans.”

Um…… You are still an esteemed guest of the Lin Clan, is it really good to undermine them so excitedly?

Su Chen said: “There’s one more thing I need your help with.”

“What is it?”

“Send me out of here.”