He had been minding his own business, only for blame to fall out of the blue.
Shen Yangge felt so wronged that even his tail stopped swishing. With both hands braced on the stone slab, he craned his neck the moment Chu Xuanzhen stepped before him and stared straight into those deep eyes.
Why did something like this automatically make him a suspect? He would rise from his deathbed before admitting to something he had never done!
One looked down, the other looked up, and neither looked away first. Meanwhile, Xia Zao, the servant who had been abruptly flung out of the pond, felt as though the fall had ruptured every organ in his body. He slowly climbed to his feet.
He cautiously watched Lord Shen in the pond while stealing glances at Lord Chu on the bank. For some reason, a certain image sprang unbidden into his mind.
That image nearly scared him to death.
He shook his head, and his soaking hair slapped him mercilessly across the face. The pain made Xia Zao hastily tie it back up, then carefully kneel where he stood to await his punishment.
Shortly after being thrown out, Xia Zao finally realized that Lord Shen in the pond did not eat people. To think he had jumped in and offered himself as food-hadn't he been forcing Lord Shen's hand?
He was done for. His wild imagination had turned a perfectly good, cushy job into this mess. He deserved it!
Shen Yangge's hands were pale and slender against the stone slab. With his fingertips and palms pressed against it, they looked like a piece of warm white jade set against a rough black boulder, forming a stark contrast.
His fingers shifted. In the end, he looked away first, brows drawing together slightly as he