She still remembered when they had watched Lightning Shadow together. Ling Xiaoyu had cried her eyes out, while neither Arabella nor even Quintina had been moved in the slightest.
Now it seemed that both Quintina and Arabella had long understood what their future lives would hold—and what they would have to give up.
To gain something, you had to lose something!
No one could escape that.
At the thought, Ling Xiaoyu sighed softly and remembered her own situation. She really was nothing like Arabella!
Tang Changsheng smiled faintly. He knew Arabella's words were meant for him.
He could tell she had already developed feelings for him. The fact that she had come this time meant she had long since prepared herself.
She was only drawing a line now. I can sleep with you, but in the end, I still have to marry another man. Is that what you mean?
Tang Changsheng didn't mind. In Buddhist terms, this world was impermanent. You could never predict how things would change.
Perhaps before long, Arabella's Lester Lineage would see Tang Changsheng as an invaluable asset and be willing to pay any price to win him over and please him.
Then Arabella stood up bravely. "Tang, as long as you help us this time, I'm sure any girl in the Rose Society would be willing to repay you however you want—whether it's me or Quintina!"
She could hardly have been more direct. If Tang Changsheng still refused to make his position clear, he would truly be a fool.
Under Ling Xiaoyu's "fierce" glare, Tang Changsheng laughed. "It's not that I won't help, Arabella. I didn't come to Lufadan just to see Ling Xiaoyu. I also have something important to do.
"Something very important was stolen from our cultivation organization and brought to Lufadan. I