Chapter 1090: We pledged to marry without our parents’ approval (2/2)

“We’ll talk after we get back,” Han Yunxi said icily.

“Impossible,” Manager Jin refused.

Han Yunxi was patient to begin with, but now flared up. Rudely she reorted, “Then you can forget about it.”

Unexpectedly, Mu Linger piped up. “Big sis, just give him the indenture agreement! I promised him.”

“Why should I give it to him?” Han Yunxi demanded coldly.

Mu Linger was frightened, but only said, “Big sis, he saved us.”

Actually, if Manager Jin hadn’t brought them out of Tiger’s Prison, they would never have saved Ning Cheng so quickly from Jun Yixie’s clutches today, much less kill him so soon. But wasn’t this all because of Manager Jin in the first place?

“He saved you all because he should have! If he and that surnamed Cheng hadn’t teamed up in the first place, the East and West Qin armies would’ve flattened Northern Li already! At most, all he did was save you and the baby. Ning Jing’s whereabouts are still unknown, so why should he ask me for his indenture agreement back?” Han Yunxi fumed as she glared at Manager Jin in warning. “Jin Zi, I’m telling you now, if anything happens to Ning Jing, don’t even think about that indenture agreenment. I’ll even make you pay with your life!”

Tang Li stood on the sidelines saying nothing, but his eyes were filled with hostility. Manager Jin only ignored them all in favor of Mu Linger. His cold eyes gradually narrowed into dangerous slits as he stared at her. Mu Linger bit her lips, uncertain of what to do. She promised Manager Jin to convince her big sister to return the indenture agreement, but Han Yunxi’s words seemed impossible to refuse.

Abruptly, Gu Qishao appeared to pull Mu Linger to his side. With a cold smirk, he scrutinized Manager Jin from head to toe. “What now, are you bullying our Linger because she’s young and easy to fool?”

Manager Jin said nothing beyond staring at Mu Linger. She didn’t know what to do. She would rather hate him, but somehow she’d lost that ability some time ago.

“Gu Qishao, take him away!” Han Yunxi said coldly.

Finally, Mu Linger couldn’t stand it anymore. She shook herself free from Gu Qishao and ran to pull at Han Yunxi’s hand. “Big sis, if it wasn’t for Jin Zi, I wouldn’t have survived this long. And little Tang Tang too--she would’ve starved to death ages ago. Big sis, just have him pay back his wrongs with merits and forget about it!”

Han Yunxi’s heart filled with doubts. Mu Linger was a young girl who always avenged her debts as a person who dared to love and hate. Why was she being so lax with Manager Jin? A complicated look flickered past her eyes before she asked, “Mu Linger, you can forget about it, but what about Ning Jing?”

“Even if Ning Jing comes back, this isn’t over!” Tang Li finally spoke.

Now Mu Linger was even more panicked. She finally realized that what Jin Zi said was right. If he brought her back, he would only meet a dead end. But for the sake of her promise, he’d done it anyways. Mu Linger didn’t want to haggle over who was more right or more wrong. She didn’t want to go back on her promise or owe anyone anything else anymore. Steeling her heart, she grabbed Manager Jin’s hand and squeezed it tight.

She said, “Big sis, Linger has already pledged to marry Jin Zi in private without our parents’ approval. I’m his partner when I live and his ghost when I die. If you guys won’t spare him, then it’s not sparing me, either.”

Han Yunxi could only gape. “You...you two…”

Mu Linger didn’t dare meet her eyes, afraid to blow her cover. She looked towads Tang Li instead and pled, “Big Brother Tang Li, can you spare Jin Zi this time on account of Linger throwing away her reputation to protect Big Sister Ning Jing’s baby?”

Tang Li was most indebted to Mu Linger. Seeing her so teary, he didn’t know what to say and looked to his sister-in-law instead. Han Yunxi had quite a fright after Mu Linger’s words. She refused to believe that the girl would give up on her feelings for Gu Qishao so easily and began to speculate. Did Jin Zi threaten Mu Linger somehow? Or trick her?

Seeing Mu Linger so agitated, Han Yunxi decided very rationally not to push. She said, “Linger, Tang Li can’t decided for Ning Jing! Moreover, I don’t even have the indenture agreement with me right now. Also, what does a private pledge count for? You’re still a daughter of the Mu Clan and my little sister! Is it that easy to marry you? Go back to Three-Way Black Market and wait for now. Linger can come with us. I’ll give this matter some consideration!”

Han Yunxi was trying to gain time while probing them. She wanted to test Manager Jin’s sincerity to see whether he’d refuse. It was all too easy for him to summon wild beasts to attack them in this wilderness, but much harder to escape from Three-Way Black Market.

“Fine! Marrying her means I’ll get what’s due to me. I’ll wait!” Manager Jin agreed, then added, “I trust that the West Qin princess will not go back on her words.”

“Of course!” Han Yunxi agreed easily. Even if I don’t go back on my words, Mu Linger can go back on hers and not marry him! She’d have to thoroughly question the girl on the way back to figure out what was going on!

Gu Qishao remained silent the entire time, rubbing his chin in thought. Mu Linger had already sent him multiple looks, as well as Manager Jin, but he refused to utter a word. Mu Linger’s heart felt like it was breaking into pieces.

She took a gamble and said, “Big sis, don’t make Jin Zi go back to Three-Way Black Market. Have him come along with us. Linger doesn’t want to part from him.”

Whether or not Manager Jin really was a direct bloodline descendant of the Black Clan merited investigation. Currently, Ning Cheng’s cohorts had yet to be uprooted, so it would be much safer keeping Manager Jin by their sides then leaving him in Three-Way Black Market.

Han Yunxi glanced at Manager Jin, but he only said, “Mu Linger can do whatever she wants.”