Borrowing Wealth to Raise the Cauldron, the Cauldron Body Corrupts, the Flower Cage's Qi Disperses? Collapse Looms

Chapter 357: Borrowing Wealth to Raise the Cauldron, the Cauldron Body Corrupts, the Flower Cage's Qi Disperses? Collapse Looms

Li Xian went to find Han Zisha, while Ye Cheng borrowed silver. He paid her a visit and found Han Zisha first. Han Zisha wore revealing clothes, seductive and captivating, carrying the worldly charm of someone who had rolled through the mortal dust. Smiling sweetly, she shaped her brows and painted her lips. Plump and sensual, her beautiful legs were wrapped in semi-transparent silk stockings, glossy and smooth, faintly revealing her skin. She was a rare beauty—and thoroughly troublesome.

After Li Xian explained his purpose, she pretended weakness and offered every kind of excuse, saying that as a woman, managing the household was exceedingly difficult. She had only managed to save a little money after great hardship, yet she had suffered countless grievances and constantly faced the danger of losing her fortune and home. Lending it out now was naturally possible, but she demanded much in return. She had her eyes on the apiary, the orchard, Golden Embryo Jade Nectar, and even Li Xian himself.

She had always possessed enough petty cleverness but lacked great plans. She knew that Li Xian's reputation was formidable, that he was flourishing like the sun at noon, and that Shi valued him highly.

Though he was very young, his abilities and methods were both formidable. If they became husband and wife—or lingering lovers, lovebirds flying wing to wing—then she could rely upon him in the future and slowly scheme for countless benefits.

But Li Xian knew Han Zisha was a rouge-colored parasite that sucked marrow from bones, clinging to flesh and drinking its nourishment. Li Xian thought, *"In this vast floating world, everyone has their difficulties. This is the way of survival, and there is