A Woman's Story

Jun Jingyi was unhappy.

He was very unhappy.

The wonderful mood that had brought him cheerfully to see the restaurant after earning money was utterly gone.

The root cause might have been the little matter of leaving home without checking the almanac.

He had happened to run into two such incidents.

Beside him, Sikong Ye was even unhappier.

He had been silent for a long time...

In the restaurant.

In a room on the second floor.

After a long while...

Jun Jingyi finally sighed softly and said, "If you have so much time on your hands, go do me a favor."

Sikong Ye turned to look at him.

"Go find out exactly who the Li Family are."

Sikong Ye was startled. He gave Jun Jingyi a long look, nodded emphatically, and headed out.

Jun Jingyi sighed softly again.

To keep this guy from affecting his good mood any further, he had no choice, though he was reluctant.

He felt he must really have had a screw loose not to have driven this guy away by now.

All because he had coveted that little bit of martial protection, he had landed himself in trouble again, and he had not even finished dealing with his own mess.

Before long, the young man returned.

"The Li Family of Tianfu City is a prominent family of merchant origins. They latched onto a high-ranking official in the Capital, so now they throw their weight around!"

"The Li Family has three sons. The one we know about is the second son. He's a habitual wastrel and utterly lecherous."

"And his lechery isn't even the normal kind. He... only likes snatching women off the streets by force!"

"According to what I found out, he's only sixteen, but he's already driven no fewer than ten ordinary families with pretty young daughters to their deaths!"

Sikong Ye spoke in an icy voice.

If he had not become entangled with Jun Jingyi and wanted to avoid dragging him down, he would have gone to kill that guy right now.

And clearly, Jun Jingyi had seen that too.

He shook his head slightly. "Force is merely the lowest means of solving a problem."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Ah..."

Jun Jingyi shook his head helplessly. "Maybe I really shouldn't have saved you that night, but since I did, I can only see the Buddha all the way to the Western Paradise."

"What?"

Sikong Ye was thoroughly baffled.

"That's not important. Let's go help... those poor people get their revenge!"

Jun Jingyi strolled out.

The wind was gentle, the clouds light.

As if everything in the mortal world had nothing to do with him.

The Bai Clan.

Bai Ruoli paused in the middle of watering the flowers.

She had heard the name she did not want to hear again.

Jun Jingyi, that guy, had actually come to see her again?

Come on, she was an unmarried woman. Once was one thing, but was he treating this place like his own home?

And what had he come for this time?

A proposal?

Bai Ruoli's face darkened. She sighed softly and told a servant to show the two men in.

Soon after.

Looking at Jun Jingyi's handsome face, Bai Ruoli was speechless. After a long silence, she finally said, "Young Master Jun, are you aware that I, Ruoli, am still unmarried?"

"Uh... I know."

Jun Jingyi nodded. He had overlooked that.

In this era, an unmarried woman generally could not meet with a man often. It could easily give rise to gossip and ruin her reputation.

But he had a reason for coming here.

He was a villain.

So his luck went without saying.

He wanted to deal with the Li Family, and to make sure everything went smoothly, he wanted to borrow some of this female lead's luck.

After all, she was a protagonist.

Anyone she disliked would have bad luck.

His purpose in coming today was to pull Bai Ruoli into their camp, even if only briefly.

Either he would not act at all, or, if he did, he had to wipe out his enemies completely.

He did not want to die. He wanted to live, without any trouble.

"You know..."

Hearing his mild reply, Bai Ruoli felt a burst of anger she could not vent.

You know, and you keep coming anyway!

Are you doing it on purpose?

Wait.

Could this guy actually be trying to start rumors, then use them to force me to accept his proposal?

Bai Ruoli's face reddened slightly. She gritted her teeth, speechless for a moment, and looked at Jun Jingyi's face with complicated feelings.

All she wanted now was to send him away quickly.

She asked calmly, "Did you need something from me, young master?"

"Yes, I... I want to tell you a story, miss!"

Bai Ruoli stared at him in astonishment.

You, the distinguished Young Master Jun, a famous figure in Tianfu City, with who knows how many women watching your every move, came to see an unmarried woman just to tell her a story?

What kind of logic is that!

Bai Ruoli was speechless.

But considering that he had proposed to her, could it be that he really did like her?

Bai Ruoli did not know what to say. Suppressing her exasperation, she asked again, "What story?"

"The story of a woman!"

Bai Ruoli: "..."

"About me?"

"No!"

Jun Jingyi shook his head.

"Lian'er, show the guests out!"

Bai Ruoli gritted her teeth.

She had overestimated that bastard's thick skin. He had come to see an unmarried woman like her again and again, once to propose, and once just to tell her a story about another woman?

That was not thick-skinned.

That was utterly shameless!

"Uh..."

Jun Jingyi looked at the angry Bai Ruoli and her maid, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Wait... what happened?

Weren't they happy just now?

How did things suddenly-!

But the female lead... he could not afford to provoke her.

With that thought, he prepared to take his leave. At worst, he would let the Li Family live a few more days.

In any case, he had to be cautious. After all, he was a villain. To stay alive, he had to avoid trouble whenever he could.

But before he had taken two steps,

Bai Ruoli's calm, helpless voice sounded again. "Wait!"