Chapter 322

Chapter 322: I’ll Pay You Double

Marquis Wu’an’s heir was startled: “What?”

Li Rou forced down the urge to look up at him, keeping her eyes dim and lowered.

The heir shot Li Rou a quick glance. Seeing the quiet young miss remain still, a trace of disappointment crossed his gaze as he said, helplessly: “Please don’t joke, Miss. I already have someone in my heart; there’s no room for anyone else.”

Yu Zhi Yi gave Li Rou a meaningful look: “I see.”

Li Rou kept playing the quail, not daring to lift her head. She naturally didn’t see how, when the heir said “someone in my heart,” his eyes had fixed firmly on her.

The heir looked at Li Rou again and, seeing her head still bowed, lowered his own gaze with a sigh: “Miss, I’ll get to work now.”

Yu Zhi Yi waved her hand: “Go on, and remember: wear the protective talisman.”

The heir replied: “Don’t worry, Miss. I keep the protective talisman on me at all times.”

He went back to gather his men and prepare to leave.

Yu Zhi Yi followed Jiang Yu Wei and his wife toward the carriage waiting at the front gate.

Miss Wei’s eyes had been chasing the heir the whole time. On a sudden impulse, she followed after him: “Hey!”

The heir frowned slightly at the unfamiliar young lady: “Miss, are you calling me?”

“Obviously you.”

Miss Wei tilted her chin proudly: “How much is that woman paying you? I’ll pay you double. Come be my bodyguard-how about it?”

The heir: “?”

Before he could speak, Miss Wei rushed on: “I know Second Master Jiang personally hired you to guard her, and the Martial Alliance’s standards are high. But I’m not a nobody either.”

“You know the Wei family of Jiangnan, right? I’m the Wei family’s eldest miss.”

“Be my bodyguard. I’ll pay you twice as much. And if you do well, I’ll reward you even more. Well?”

The heir, speechless, said flatly: “Not interested.”

[With my status, even ten or twenty times the price means nothing.] As for those “richer rewards,” [how could they compare to inheriting Marquis Wu’an Manor?]

Too lazy to humor this clueless miss, he turned on his heel to go.

“Hey!”

Watching his cold back leave without a second thought, Miss Wei stomped, fuming: “Why are you so ungrateful!”

“You stick to that woman and what do you get besides a tiny monthly stipend? Follow me, and I can find you secret manuals of the martial world, sharp divine weapons! I can even get miracle pills to boost your power!”

The heir walked even faster.

Miss Wei: “!!”

She was livid: “This ungrateful man!”

Chen Xin Yue stepped out from around the corner, gloom in her eyes.

She hadn’t expected the bodyguards that Second Master Jiang found to be this loyal.

Yes, even though the heir and the others had already said they belonged to Yu Zhi Yi and had nothing to do with Second Master Jiang, Chen Xin Yue still didn’t believe it. That young master wasn’t only handsome; his bearing was extraordinary. Even across the martial world, few could match him.

Would someone like that willingly serve as a woman’s bodyguard? [Impossible!]

Smoothing down her anger, she patted Miss Wei’s shoulder: “Forget it. Maybe Second Sister gave him a reason he couldn’t refuse. Everyone has their own goals; don’t force it.”

A cold light flashed in Miss Wei’s eyes: “A reason he couldn’t refuse, huh?” [If fame and fortune can’t tempt him, then the only reason left is…]

…

At the villa gate, the Jiang couple and Yu Zhi Yi stood before the carriage.

Jiang Yu Wei had prepared only one carriage-not because he didn’t care about his little niece’s reputation, but because he planned to ride a horse.

All the way, the couple kept reminding her to mind her words once they arrived and to settle the matter of the missed appointment in one go.

Yu Zhi Yi said twice, “Madam Song won’t be angry,” but the couple wouldn’t listen. With no other choice, she shut her mouth.

Jiang Yu Chuan had already climbed into the carriage, and Lin Jing Xuan was about to let Yu Zhi Yi go up first.

Just then, someone came running from the foot of the mountain to report: “Alliance Leader, Commandery Governor Song and Madam Song have arrived!”

Jiang Yu Wei froze: “The governor came in person?” [No way.]

It was only a missed appointment. [Is he really angry enough to come here to demand justice?] If Commandery Governor Song was truly that angry…

He calculated quickly, then suddenly turned to Yu Zhi Yi: “Jin’er, step behind the gate. If I don’t call you out, don’t come out.”

If Madam Song was here to demand an explanation face-to-face, it was better for Jin’er not to show herself.

Yu Zhi Yi sighed: “Eldest Uncle, it’s really fine. They’re not here to scold us.”

Jiang Yu Wei frowned: “Jin’er, I’m still young and don’t understand many things. It sounds absurd, but there really are petty people in this world who, over a small slight, want to ruin others completely.”

He exhaled: “All right, go back for now. I’ll call you at the right time.”

Yu Zhi Yi: “…”

Seeing he truly meant well, Yu Zhi Yi didn’t argue. Once the Song couple arrived, they would know. She stepped back behind the gate. It wouldn’t be long anyway, and she didn’t want to run back and forth. After all, Li Rou was just an ordinary person; such rushing around wasn’t good for her.

Chen Xin Yue asked, puzzled: “Second Sister, why did you come back again?”

Yu Zhi Yi gave her a lazy glance: “No reason.”

Chen Xin Yue: “…” [Heh.]

If that little tramp wouldn’t say, she would just ask someone else.

With a frosty face, she walked to the Jiang couple and asked with concern: “Eldest Uncle, Aunt, weren’t you taking Sister to apologize to Madam Song? Why did Sister go back?”

Lin Jing Xuan disliked Chen Ruo Lan and her daughter, and couldn’t be bothered to explain.

When Chen Xin Yue didn’t get an answer, she pouted, putting on a wronged look.

Jiang Yu Wei couldn’t stand it and said: “Commandery Governor Song and Madam Song came in person.”

Chen Xin Yue blinked: “They came in person? Are they that angry?”

Jiang Yu Wei sighed.

Sure enough, everyone’s first reaction was that the governor and his wife were furious.

He shook his head: “I don’t know what’s going on.”

Though he had told Yu Zhi Yi those odd extreme cases, he didn’t think Commandery Governor Song was that kind of man.

Chen Xin Yue also felt that the governor she saw that night wasn’t small-minded. [Wait…]

Maybe the governor wasn’t petty-but what about Madam Song?

Commandery Governor Song had openly held a welcome banquet for a nameless young miss. A pretty miss at that.

Her eyes turned as if she’d figured it out: “Eldest Uncle, Aunt, forgive me for being blunt, but they might not be here because of the missed appointment.”