As dusk settled.
In the Song Manor, located in the south of Changle County.
Gu Cheng, as usual, walked along the bluestone path to the backyard of the Song Manor.
Ignoring Madam Song's scorching gaze, he walked directly into the adjacent side room and gently closed the door.
This was the room where Gu Cheng had been staying these past few days.
If the flower thief were to attack, he could react immediately.
The several maids in the backyard had long grown accustomed to the arrival of this Banner Chief.
While sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard, they gathered together and whispered:
"Hey! What do you think... this officer looks so fair and tender, like a weak scholar. If that flower thief really comes, can he catch him?"
"Of course! Otherwise, why would our master specially invite him?"
"He's a master who can go up the mountain and kill two tiger demons. How could a mere young girl like you understand the skills of such a martial arts expert?"
"Exactly, exactly..."
"Alright, stop talking about him and worry more about yourselves.
Did you hear? That flower thief is indiscriminate, he doesn't spare even maids and servant girls.
Moreover, every woman who has been defiled by that flower thief has died without exception!"
"Hiss—"
The maids couldn't help but gasp, their faces instantly turning as pale as paper.
Just as they were about to ask for details, they saw Steward Li pass by with a stern face.
Frightened, they quickly shut their mouths and got back to work.
Steward Li completely ignored the lazy maids and hurried to Madam Song's residence.
"Madam..."
"Hmm, is everything handled?"
"It's handled."
Steward Li nodded with a strange expression and lowered his voice:
"The wolfberry, ginseng, and venison soup has been arranged for the kitchen to simmer.
Also, as per your instructions, I've added some 'excitement-enhancing' powder to Master Gu's late-night snack.
No matter how much of a martial arts master he is, he won't be able to resist after eating it."
"Very good, you may go now."
"Yes."
Steward Li bowed slightly and turned to leave.
In the vast room, only Madam Song remained alone.
The bright candlelight illuminated her fair and charming face, revealing a hint of unsatisfied longing.
"You little brat, I don't believe you can still hold back after tasting my 'special recipe' late-night snack!"
Madam Song clenched her fist and murmured softly.
In her eyes, how could a person change their nature so easily?
The reason Gu Cheng had been indifferent to her charm these past few days must be that he had found a new love and forgotten the old.
He must have kept other vixen at his home!
(Meanwhile, in the small courtyard of the Gu family, Miss Xu, who was diligently writing, sneezed inexplicably.)
Since that was the case, in order to win back her dear brother's heart.
She could only resort to this method, using the aid of medicine to make Gu Cheng realize his charm again.
Time slowly passed.
Madam Song estimated the time and felt that it was about right.
She then bathed and tidied herself, painted her eyebrows, and applied powder, dressing herself up to be stunningly beautiful.
She also changed into an extremely alluring pink sheer gauze dress, with a red bellyband embroidered with "twin carps playing in water" underneath.
As her body swayed from side to side, the two carps seemed to "swim" amidst the surging waves, exuding a unique charm.
In addition, Madam Song placed a pot of good wine on the table, into which she had also sprinkled some "excitement-enhancing" powder, and lit the incense in the room.
Amidst the curling smoke, the atmosphere in the room instantly became extremely ambiguous.
After completing all these preparations.
Madam Song lay on the bed, quietly waiting for her dear brother to be "burning with desire" after eating the "special recipe" late-night snack, and be forced to come to her to vent his frustration...
For some reason, tonight was exceptionally quiet.
Madam Song lay alone on the bed, able to clearly hear her own slightly rapid heartbeat.
However, she waited and waited, but the person she longed for never came.
Another incense stick's worth of time passed.
Madam Song grew impatient, and couldn't help but wonder if Gu Cheng hadn't come for supper tonight at all.
Just as she was about to go investigate the adjacent room herself.
Creak—
The window of the room was opened!
He's here!
Madam Song's spirits immediately lifted, and she almost cried out in excitement, her heart pounding like a drum.
What a coward!
The door was left open for you, why are you coming through the window?
Just like a sneaky little thief...
Madam Song covered her mouth and chuckled, silently complaining in her heart.
Then, she sat up and turned onto her side on the bed, leaving him a charming and alluring back.
After calming her restless emotions, she playfully teased in a delicate voice:
"Little brother, you finally decided to come over?"
"Do you know how hard I've endured these past few days?"
"???"
The breathing of the person who arrived suddenly faltered.
Clearly, he hadn't expected this graceful and beautiful madam to play such a trick.
After a long pause, he asked in a hesitant tone:
"Madam... have you been waiting for me?"
"..."
The charming smile on Madam Song's face instantly froze.
This wasn't her good brother's voice at all!
Who was this person?
She hurriedly sat up on the bed and, by the flickering candlelight, took a good look.
She saw a strange man standing in her room.
He was of average build, dressed in black, with an unremarkable appearance and a pale, bloodless face, looking like he'd indulged too much.
At that moment, he was scanning her from head to toe with greedy, possessive eyes.
Clearly, the "attack speed gear" she had specially prepared for her good brother only made this uninvited guest more excited.
"You... you're that flower thief?!"
Madam Song screamed in terror, her originally rosy cheeks turning as pale as paper.
She had meticulously planned and arranged everything.
In the end, she hadn't waited for her lover, but had instead waited for this flower thief?
Madam Song had long heard that this flower thief was ruthless.
Every woman he had defiled had died after suffering terrible humiliation; not a single one had lived to see the sun the next day!
"Help! Help! The flower thief is here!!!"
Madam Song screamed at the top of her lungs with all her might.
Although she was empty and lonely, she didn't want to die!
"Madam, don't waste your energy."
The flower thief unhurriedly picked at his ear and said dismissively:
"I've already set up a barrier in your room. Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will come to save you!"
With that, he waved his sleeve, and a rope shot out like a poisonous snake from its den, quickly binding Madam Song tightly and gagging her mouth.
"Madam, do you have other guests today? It's a pity, he seems to have stood you up."
"Hmph, to let a beauty like you guard an empty nest alone, he is truly a sinful person."
The flower thief reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Madam Song's alluring figure and turned his attention to the wine pot on the table.
He snatched the wine pot, tilted his head back, and drank.
The medicinal powder mixed into the wine immediately took effect, and a burning sensation spread through his lower abdomen.
"Hahaha, good wine!"
The flower thief laughed maniacally, wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and once again turned his gaze to Madam Song.
His pair of ink-black eyes, stimulated by the medicinal wine, had reverted to beast-like vertical pupils, emitting a terrifying glow!
"Mmph mmph—"
Madam Song's mouth was gagged with rope, and she could only let out muffled whimpers.
Upon seeing the other party's eyes, her body instantly felt as if it had plunged into an ice cave, and she lost even the strength to struggle.
She never would have imagined that
this flower thief, who had been wreaking havoc in the city for days, was actually a demon who had transformed into human form!
"But it doesn't matter. Since the person you were waiting for tonight has stood you up, let me take his place and cherish you properly!"
The flower thief grinned and slowly approached the beautiful woman on the bed.
Just as this R-rated scene was about to unfold, Bang—
With a dull, heavy thud.
The wooden door of the room, as if made of paper, was instantly blasted into fragments by a surge of immense power.
Even the defensive barrier set up by the demon crumbled before this force.
"I say, have you ever heard this saying?"
Gu Cheng stepped over the scattered wooden door fragments and walked slowly into the room.
He looked up at the flower thief, his gaze sharp, and said coldly:
"Minotaurs must die!"
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