Terrified of Trouble, Used to Taking Whatever Came Her Way! (Please Subscribe and Vote with Monthly Tickets)

She was a beautiful Half-Elf woman who looked barely thirty, sitting sideways on an old chair beside the window. She wore only a thin, dark green silk slip that ended at the tops of her thighs, tracing her voluptuous, graceful curves.

A sheer robe was casually draped over it, offering no concealment at all and instead adding a hazy allure.

Her delicate features resembled Sylph's, but possessed a more mature charm. An indelible sorrow and weariness hung over her brow as she stared blankly into a blurry bronze mirror, seemingly lost in memories, or perhaps sighing over her present circumstances.

Sylph noticed Li Chen's gaze lingering on that window. She bit her lip, a trace of inner struggle flashing across her face.

But her desire to survive, coupled with an instinct to please this powerful being, somehow drove her to lower her voice and tell Li Chen, "My lord, that's my mother. She... she's very timid, terrified of trouble, and used to taking whatever comes her way. If you... if you want to do something to her, she... she would never dare tell anyone..."

Her voice grew quieter as she spoke, laden with shame she could barely bring herself to voice, yet carrying the resolve of someone forced to do this to protect herself.

Even Li Chen, worldly as he was, could not help pausing in surprise.

He had seen plenty of people betray their masters for glory or sell out their friends to survive.

But someone who pushed her own birth mother forward without hesitation as a "bargaining chip" and a "human shield" just to stay alive-this was truly a first for him.

The girl's ability to "read the times" and her "decisiveness" had reached a truly jaw-dropping level.

Li Chen could not help laughing inwardly. *She really is