241 Bad Intentions (1/2)

AGM 241 - Bad Intentions

During this period of time, Leng Ning’s life in the Leng Clan could be said to be miserable, even to the extent of being extremely agonising.

Ever since Yan Kong was defeated by Qin Wentian, he immediately reported this to his uncle. Naturally he wouldn’t say that he was the one in the wrong but rather, the ‘reserved’ bride of his uncle had an extremely close relationship with some other man.

Hence, Yan Kong’s uncle, Yan Tie, immediately sent people to the Leng Clan, ordering them to keep Leng Ning under house arrest. Not only that, the place of her imprisonment would not be the Leng Residence, but the Yan Residence instead.

Such an attitude caused the already unwilling Leng Ning to be even more afraid to accept the order. She knew that once she stepped into the Yan Clan, it would be akin to stepping into a nightmare. She didn’t know what that monster would do to her, and how could she, as a young lady, dare to venture into the dwelling of a monster?

What made Leng Ning even more depressed was that every day, her Clan pressured her to accept the order. Even her father tried persuading her every now and then. Her movements and freedom were tightly controlled, causing Leng Ning to despair. She had even contemplated suicide. In any case, since going to the Yan Clan meant death, rather than dying from the monster’s torture, she might as well end it all on her own terms.

Some of the Leng Clan servants emphasised with Leng Ning, sighing in their hearts. Such a beautiful young woman was to be wasted because of lust from a disgusting old freak. This was too unfair, and too cruel. Leng Ning deserved better than this.

At that moment, Leng Ning’s dad appeared again at her courtyard. Looking at his daughter, he said, “Leng Ning, the exchange is coming soon, why have you not gone over to the Yan Clan yet?”

Leng Ning’s countenance was ice-cold. Staring at her father, ‘Hehehe, the exchange? To gain a few slots granted by Yan Tie, the Clan has chosen to sacrifice me?”

“Leng Ning, what are you talking about? What do you mean sacrifice? Yan Tie is an esteemed third-ranked Divine Inscriptionist. There are many who want to marry him, but were rejected. If you truly become his concubine, your status would immediately skyrocket. This is such a rare opportunity. Why do you have to be so recalcitrant?” Leng Ning’s cousin, Leng Lin, smiled sarcastically from the side.

“Wow, a god-sent opportunity? Why don’t you go in my stead? Why did you push this onto me then?” Leng Ning coldly laughed.

“Well. I’ve already found my special someone.” Leng Lin leaned against the young man standing by her side. Her face was filled with superiority, tinged with arrogance and pride.

“Leng Ning, you should know how important this trial is to our Leng Clan. Not only that, our Leng Clan no longer has any Divine Inscriptionist experts to support us. If we want to obtain a decent ranking, we can only borrow Yan Tie’s power,” Leng Ning’s father continued persuading her.

“Ridiculous, since we don’t have any expert Inscriptionists, what can we do even if we obtain a decent ranking? We would still be relegated to supporting roles. When have the greatest benefits obtained from the trial not been taken away by the transcendent powers? When would it even be our Leng Clan’s turn? We wouldn’t even get any scraps from it. What’s laughable is that our Clan has ended up begging others for help and are even selling me off, all just to send a few people to enter the trial... You guys are all truly shameless.”

Leng Ning’s heart was completely dark, she no longer considered herself part of the Leng Clan. Fan Le was right, why stay in such a clan? The sooner she left, the better. There was no more hope here.

“Leng Ning.” At that very moment, the sound of a voice suddenly drifted over. Leng Ning trembled, she recognised this voice. The cold look in her eyes instantly vanished, replaced by a smile, as she turned and ran in the direction of the voice.

“What are you doing?” Leng Ning’s father shouted.

“It’s none of your concern.” Leng Ning ignored her father. Beside her, a snowy puppy was sprinting along as well, towards the entrance of the Leng Residence.

Qin Wentian actually felt somewhat depressed. After he arrived at the Leng Clan, the guards barred his way despite knowing that he was a friend of Leng Ning. This incident caused Qin Wentian to faintly sense that Leng Ning’s current situation wasn’t that good.

A white blur of shadow leapt into his chest. Qin Wentian ruffled the fur on Little Rascal’s head while smiling, “Did you miss me?”

“Yiyiyaya!” A voice echoed out in his mind, Little Rascal kept rubbing its head on Qin Wentian’s chest, looking extremely adorable.

A beautiful figure momentarily appeared before him. This person was none other than Leng Ning, traces of fatigue were apparent on her face as she regarded Qin Wentian with a smile. “How are you faring at the Institute? It must be great spending so much time with Teacher Bailu, right?”

“Still okay, I guess.” Qin Wentian lightly nodded his head, maintaining a nonchalant expression. This caused Leng Ning to roll her eyes at him, even spending so much time with a great beauty like Bailu Yi was ‘still okay’ to him?

“How about you?” Qin Wentian asked, gazing at her fatigued countenance, feeling some guilt in his heart. He had been too engrossed in researching and studying Divine Inscriptions during this period of time and had forgotten about Leng Ning’s situation.

“Not too bad, I guess, just that I’m not used to not hearing someone bragging around me.” Leng Ning smiled.

Qin Wentian shifted his gaze as he saw Leng Ning’s father, as well as the couple they met from before, appearing behind Leng Ning. Their countenances, especially Leng Ning’s father, were incredibly unsightly to behold. Qin Wentian understood then, that the smile on Leng Ning’s face was forced.

“Heh heh, I didn’t expect that you’d still dare to show your face.” Leng Ning’s father laughed coldly when he saw Qin Wentian. The source of Yan Tie’s rage was none other than this young man before him, as well as the fact that he was rumoured to have an extremely close relationship with Leng Ning.

Question marks appeared in Qin Wentian’s mind, why wouldn’t he dare to show his face here?

“Cousin, because of this fellow, you refused to marry into the Yan Clan?” Leng Lin walked up with a smile on her face. “As for you, after offending Yan Tie, you hid away for so long yet still dare to reveal yourself now?”