Chapter 347 - The One That Loved More Would Lose 2 (1/2)
Chapter 347 - The one that loved more would lose (2)
Was this simply evil that he had brought onto himself? He had once taken for granted Nie Sangyu's love for him. No matter how he treated her, he felt that she would always continue to love him. But now, he couldn't stop himself from surrendering. He had automatically put down all of his defenses and trustingly put himself up for slaughter.
Was this just karma?
Sure enough, when it came to love, the one that loved more would lose.
He resisted for a while, but eventually succ.u.mbed to the woozy feeling. Ning Yuxuan closed his eyes as he leaned against Ji Man's shoulder and fell into a deep slumber.
Ji Man grabbed his slumping body. It took a bit of effort to carry him to the bed. Then, she sighed in relief and started rummaging around the room for that item.
It was one thing for the study to not have a secret s.p.a.ce, but even after Ji Man searched the entire room, she couldn't find one in Ning Yuxuan's bedroom either. Sure enough, she shouldn't have believed in stuff that was shown on TV shows. She had even wasted time by knocking on every single floor tile. As she was feeling a bit discouraged, she turned her head and saw a redwood nightstand.
Jade ornaments and other like items had been placed on it. When she opened a brocade box that was on the nightstand, the l.u.s.trous sight of several exquisite bluish-green gems and green jade greeted her. Surprisingly, there was also a very ordinary concentric knot waist accessory as well as a cheap ring.
Ji Man quickly averted her gaze and resumed looking around the room. She also patted Ning Yuxaun down in her search and opened the brocaded bag that he had on him. She should have guessed this spot earlier. The signature seal was inside the bag.
After arranging Ning Yuxuan so that he was lying comfortably on the bed and covering him with a quilt, Ji Man stuffed the signature seal into her sleeve and put the veiled hat back on. When she exited the room, she told Guibao, who had been standing guard outside, ”The marquis said to send Mistress Wan over to serve him. It wouldn't be appropriate for this one to remain, so this one will be leaving first.”
Guibai glanced at her before nodding. ”This servant will have to bother Teacher Ji to stay here for a bit longer.”
”En,” Ji Man agreed and blankly stood by the doorway for a while. Fortunately, Wen Wan quickly arrived, so she was able to quickly get away herself. That very night, she left the estate and delivered the item to Zhangjun Prince's dwelling place. After that, she went back to her room to sleep and pretended that nothing had happened.
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When Ning Yuxuan woke up the next morning and saw the woman lying next to him, there were dark, billowing clouds in his eyes. Wen Wan was almost scared to death.
”My lord?”
Ning Yuxuan slowly sat up and blankly remained in that position for a while. He suddenly coldly laughed and asked, ”Wan-er, am I really stupid?”
Tugging the quilt to cover her body as she sat up, she somewhat shyly looked at him. ”My lord, what's wrong?”
”It's nothing.” Ning Yuxuan turned his head and saw the pile of discarded clothes. His personal brocade bag had obviously been emptied.
Who had lied to whom? Who had taken advantage of whom?
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For the next three days, Ji Man didn't see Marquis Moyu, but Zhangjun Prince had given her a lot of rewards. Zhao Zhe also looked at her with an obviously much more trusting gaze.