Chapter 1282: Third Time's the Charm
Jiang Du had more or less figured it out, but he still wore an innocent, confused expression, as though he did not care much about these matters.
Instead, he looked somewhat worriedly at Guan Zi, who was digging a pit in the distance. "This big guy looks kind of simple-minded. He wouldn't sell you out, would he?"
A cold sneer curled at the corner of Liu Zai Lai's mouth. He lowered his voice and said, "Little Du, there isn't a single decent person under Xie Chun. Don't be fooled by how dumb he looks. Whenever there are benefits to be had, I've never seen him turn them down."
"Th-Then what do we do?" Jiang Du's face paled again as she asked worriedly.
"I know what I'm doing." Liu Zai Lai spoke meaningfully. As he did, he reached out to put an arm around Jiang Du's waist.
Jiang Du let out a soft whimper. A blush swept across her face, and she shyly dodged away. "Don't. Someone's here."
That shyness and resistance only made Liu Zai Lai's heart itch unbearably. Though he was a bachelor who had never tasted pork, had he never seen a pig run?
When a woman said no, she did not really mean no. A woman's resistance was not necessarily genuine resistance.
To Liu Zai Lai's ears, Jiang Du's words clearly did not mean that she truly refused. She was only embarrassed because Guan Zi, that simpleton, was there.
If Jiang Du had been too casual, allowing him to succeed easily and welcoming his advances without the slightest resistance, Liu Zai Lai would instead have felt somewhat disappointed.
Wasn't that the reserve a goddess should have? Shyness and resistance were precisely what a goddess ought to display.
Liu Zai Lai's heart