Chapter 1092: Your good guy” (2/2)

But soon enough, he asked, “Are you coming in or not?”

“I….” Mu Linger trailed off, then tossed back, “Who cares?!”

At this, Manager Jin lifted the curtains again and rudely pulled Mu Linger inside to sit on the seats! She began to struggled. “What do you want to do? Don’t forget, you’re in my big sister’s hands right now!”

Manager Jin didn’t care and demanded, “Did Gu Qishao bully you again?”

“He didn’t!” Mu Linger denied.

“Then why are you crying?” Manager Jin asked.

“Why should you care if I’m crying? Let go of me, or else I’ll call for help!” Mu Linger refused stubbornly.

Manager Jin glared at her before letting go. But before Mu Linger could get up, he suddenly pressed her down against the seat and kissed her on the lips. The kiss was full of his fury and domineering air. Rude and unreasonable, it gave her no chance to struggle as their tongues tangled together. Mu Linger couldn’t even bite him if she wanted to and furiously shook her head. In the end, Manager Jin ended up holding her head still with his hands.

In the end, Mu Linger could only hit him, viciously, and even began to scratch him. Finally, Manager Jin let her go and rest his forehead against hers while panting for breath. She shoved him aside and gave him a resounding slap that left his face with a red palm print.

“Miss Linger, are you alright? What’s wrong?” the driver asked.

Mu Linger sat dejectedly and said, “Nothing, we were just fooling around.”

At her words, Manager Jin laughed and helplessly shook his head. He murmured, “Mu Linger, you can just tell the truth. No need to yield to me.”

Mu Linger didn’t answer him.

After a while, Manager Jin asked, “Mu Linger, can I take that to mean...you care about me?”

“No!” Mu Linger rejected.

“Then why?” Manager Jin asked. “We only had an oral agreement at most, you can just go back on your words.”

Mu Linger glanced at him and retorted, “You knew I had a chance to go back on my word, so why did you agree to my request back then?”

Manager Jin brushed his bangs aside to reveal his handsome forehead. He laughed mockingly at himself and muttered, “Because my damned brain’s damaged.”

Of course Mu Linger understood what he meant, but her heart felt stifled at the sight of him as she wondered what to say.

Manager Jin only asked coldly, “And you? Is your brain damaged too?”

“Jin Zi, you’re a good guy. I can’t hurt you,” Mu Linger said seriously. Her big sister was already on guard against him. If she told her the truth, then how cold she ever spare him? She didn’t understand him at all, but she could tell---and feel---that he thirsted for his freedom, yearned for his homeland. Whenever he talked about the grasslands of Wintercrow Country, his sentimental expressions weren’t lies.

“Jin Zi, I promised you I’d get the indenture agreement, so I definitely will. I don’t like you, so stop causing me trouble, okay?” Mu Linger asked.

Manager Jin only laughed coldly. “Mu Linger, you want me to believe your promise even as you go back on your words. Do you really take me to be a fool?”

Mu Linger looked at him speechlessly.

Manager Jin averted his gaze from her small face and said icily, “Mu Linger, unless you go back on all your words, I won’t give up.”

He had given her two choices: 1) do as they planned and go back with him or 2) expose him and strip away his freedom forever. He was staking the freedom he so coveted to gamble for her heart.

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The next day, Han Yunxi had rested enough and summoned Mu Linger over. She used a mixture of both soft and hard tactics, but Mu Linger obstinately insisted that she and Manager Jin were truly in love with each other. Han Yunxi didn’t force her, but sent people to Wintercrow Country while waiting for Ning Cheng to regain consciousness. Manager Jin was bought by the Di Clan in the past. If there were really clues to his origins, they were probably in Ning Cheng’s hands.

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News of Jun Yixie’s death quickly spread throughout Northern Li, sending its southern regions into fear and panic. A few days later, Three-Way Pass delivered good news: the Ning Clan troops had broken through and led their 30,000 cavalrymen into Northern Li proper.

As soon as Long Feiye heard, he had the shadow guards make arrangements for everyone to settle down in a nearby courtyard and await the Ning Clan troops’ arrival! But they’d hardly moved in when Ning Cheng woke up. Currently, Gu Beiyue was the only person by his side.

Thrilled, he prepared to call the others when Ning Cheng caught his hand…