Slap! We're Even

Lin Xiaotian watched the fire in Qin Yueyao's eyes fade, only for an icy chill to surge up again from the depths of her beautiful gaze.

She had truly set her heart on it—once the danger passed, she would kill him.

Lin Xiaotian forcefully suppressed the urge to make a huge commotion and draw the attention of whoever was probing down from above the roof. Gritting his teeth, he decided that since he had started, he might as well see it through, and directly pressed himself over her.

Qin Yueyao froze. In an instant, a misty sheen covered her beautiful eyes again. Even her ears turned crimson like branding irons, the heat making her whole body shudder with a strange softness.

She shoved him away with all her strength, putting some distance between them before she panted, "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you right now?"

Lin Xiaotian looked at her faintly angry expression, felt the dampness lingering on his lips, and said calmly, "You'll definitely kill me afterward anyway. Why not take a little more advantage first..."

Qin Yueyao gritted her teeth in hatred, secretly blaming herself for revealing her killing intent too early. Even if she restrained it now, it would be meaningless.

She had underestimated this boy!

But the boy was like a fierce tiger released from an iron cage. His claws and fangs suddenly reached out, with none of his earlier restraint remaining.

He lowered himself toward her again, drawing close.

Qin Yueyao's beautiful eyes reddened. She knew that the boy might truly turn this act into reality now.

Unfortunately, though she had taken a healing pill, she was still weak in the end. Trying to subdue him and protect herself would likely be exceedingly difficult.

Her exquisite eyes were wide open, moisture glimmering within them, yet she refused to let her tears fall.

Lin Xiaotian found it funny. You nasty woman, you probably usually pride yourself on being a Martial Dao genius, arrogant beyond measure. But once you lose the ability to protect yourself, how are you any different from an ordinary woman?

He did not truly intend to do anything to her. He was simply unable to swallow his anger. Seeing her like this now, he was no longer in such a hurry.

He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Don't forget, this medicine isn't ordinary. I never expected you to be so ungrateful."

Qin Yueyao stopped struggling and suddenly became numb.

Lin Xiaotian lowered his head in confusion. She lay completely still, as though she had accepted her fate. Her eyes rested on him, neither joyful nor sorrowful.

Lin Xiaotian stopped moving. He no longer took advantage of her either. The two of them became strangely quiet.

Time slipped away in silence. At some unknown point, the probing above them had ended without a trace of news.

After waiting a while longer and confirming that no one remained above, Lin Xiaotian abruptly sat up from the bed and put some distance between himself and her.

The anger in Qin Yueyao's eyes had already faded. She gently smoothed her disheveled clothes, her gaze boring into him.

"What? Not continuing? Or are you simply incapable..."

The veins on Lin Xiaotian's forehead began to bulge, but he forcibly suppressed his rage again.

This woman's way of doing things was somewhat different from when she had come last time. Could it be... that she truly had some unspeakable difficulty?

Provoking him like this—was she really not afraid of setting fire to herself?

"You really want to provoke me into actually doing something to you?"

Qin Mengyao looked at him for a long while before finally letting out a faint sigh. "Although it was only an act at first, I still allowed you to get close to me. No matter what man it is, even if it is fake, I must kill him. This concerns my chastity."

Lin Xiaotian's eyelids twitched.

Qin Mengyao continued, "Still, you are a gentleman. But you are also foolish. Given my current condition, you could have touched me completely."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaotian relaxed all over. He simply could not understand what this woman was trying to do.

"You can touch me now. I will not resist, and I will even cooperate. Afterward, I will kill you. That will be your reward for saving me."

Lin Xiaotian was speechless. What kind of logic was that? She had some strength and looked fairly good, but there was truly something wrong with her mind.

He let out a breath. "You're sick!"

Qin Mengyao's eyes sharpened, but she did not flare up.

"Tell me, then. Why were you suddenly being hunted by the Ouyang Household? Didn't they say you were extremely difficult to kill?"

Lin Xiaotian could not be bothered to keep tangling with her over useless matters. He could not possibly truly do anything to her, and listening to such nonsense did him no good.

"It should still be related to your sister." Qin Yueyao answered directly, not mentioning what had just been said again.

"Ever since your sister disappeared, some people in this town seem to have discovered certain things that had never made sense before."

Lin Xiaotian did not interrupt. He merely listened quietly.

She sighed again.

"They fear my potential. They are afraid that after destroying the Qin Household, they will one day face my revenge."

"But now, they want to kill me with all their strength, swallow up the Qin Household, and strengthen themselves."

As she spoke, Qin Yueyao's chest rose and fell continuously. She was clearly somewhat agitated.

"In truth, the one they really fear is your sister..."

Lin Xiaotian suddenly asked, "You think my sister is powerful too?"

"Mystery is power," Qin Yueyao said.

"Before, anyone who posed danger to the Qin Household would die... Yet everyone's memories of this matter had somehow become blurred, while now they have recalled some of it."

"That so-called claim that I could not be killed has therefore become a rootless assertion. If a Lineage truly feared someone with only a little potential like me so much that they bound their feet and dared not advance, that would be a joke."

"Look at my injuries this time. Even after taking top-grade healing medicine, there is no way I could recover so quickly. Being able to crawl out of a mountain of corpses would already count as luck."

"But after taking the medicinal pill you gave me, I came back to life. Though I have not fully recovered, I have recovered a small portion. Otherwise, how would I have had the energy to put on this act with you?"

She had really attributed the pill to his sister. Her imagination was truly excellent—it saved him the trouble of fabricating another story.

"I must live now. As long as I live, although the Qin Household will still face suppression, they will at least fear me a little, allowing my relatives to survive."

"I have already told my father and younger brother to take their silver and live in the county town. As long as I survive this time, those people will not pursue them too relentlessly."

"So..." Lin Xiaotian began, but before he could finish, Qin Yueyao gritted her teeth and said,

"So, acting this out with you is something I would never have done in the past."

Lin Xiaotian fell silent again and listened without a word. Through her account, he gradually came to understand some of the situation.

"Fine. Then what do you intend to do? At the final moment, you fled here because you thought I might save you."

"Yet this is how you treated me. You even intended to kill me."

Lin Xiaotian's Blood Qi grew heavy, and that force of his seeped out invisibly.

Qin Yueyao remained silent, unmoved by the force he released.

"I was unfair in this matter. I will repay you in the future. I could even accompany you once."

"Haha." Lin Xiaotian laughed, a trace of mockery in his expression. "Forget it. I can't afford that. I only have one life."

Qin Yueyao opened her mouth. It seemed that she had something to say, but in the end, she did not say it.

Slap!

Lin Xiaotian directly took out a medicinal pill. Rings of golden mist radiated from its surface.

Qin Yueyao's eyes went wide. "A supreme-grade healing medicine!"

"Take it. My sister did not leave me many of these." Lin Xiaotian continued to pin it on his sister. "If you stay here with me too long, you will inevitably reveal flaws. The Ouyang Household is not foolish."

"I'm a boy my sister only took in recently. If I sleep holding a woman every day, one time can barely be explained. But for a long time? Anyone would grow suspicious."

Qin Yueyao put away the pill, her expression becoming complicated. "Thank you. With this pill, the sooner I recover, the more my father and younger brother's safety can be secured."

Lin Xiaotian snorted disdainfully. It was better to keep some distance from this beautiful and dangerous woman.

Last time, she had not killed him on the spot. She had merely taught him a lesson and even given him silver, which showed that she was not bad by nature.

This time, she wanted to kill him because she valued her chastity too heavily. From the perspective of a respectable woman, he could not blame her entirely.

Forget it. He would take it as repaying the kindness of the silver she had given him last time... and Young Master Qin as well. If not for his silver, Lin Xiaotian's path in Martial Dao might have gone out like a lamp in the wind.

Still, he could not let her off so cheaply. That would make him seem like some absurdly saintly fool.

Slap!

A heavy slap landed across Qin Yueyao's face.

Lin Xiaotian withdrew his hand, and his gaze turned a little colder.

"This slap is repayment for your attempt to kill me just now. We're even."