Chapter 1033: The Cicada Awaits Behind

Lu Zhangke’s eyes darted around, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace: “Yangzhou City isn’t safe lately, especially not in the middle of the night. I’ll see this through to the end and escort you home, young lady.”

“No need, thank you for your kindness, senior.” Cheng Yaojia shook her head slightly. She was actually quite tempted, but she knew that Han Dingxiao’s matter was of great importance and couldn’t be revealed to outsiders, so she could only refuse apologetically.

Cheng Yaojia thought to herself,

‘This senior may look a bit fierce, but he’s truly a very kind person.’

Seeing her refuse him repeatedly, Lu Zhangke grew impatient. He wasn’t exactly a gentleman; his previous sanctimonious act was just a passing fancy, and now he was gradually losing patience.

“Young lady, I just saved you. How do you plan to thank me?” Seeing her about to leave, Lu Zhangke stopped her and asked.

Cheng Yaojia was startled and quickly took off a jade bracelet from her wrist, handing it to him: “I was worried that mentioning a reward would be too abrupt, senior, so… this is a fine Buddha’s Hand jade. Although it’s not priceless, it’s still worth a considerable amount of silver. I hope you won’t find it offensive.”

Lu Zhangke shook his head, not taking it. Looking at the section of her snow-white wrist peeking out from her sleeve, he couldn’t help but swallow hard: “I’m not interested in gold or jewels.”

A woman’s innate sensitivity made Cheng Yaojia realize something, but seeing his age, she couldn’t bring herself to think that way. She could only ask sweetly, “What is senior interested in? I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. If I have anything, I will certainly offer it to you with both hands.”

“Really?” Lu Zhangke felt a surge of heat throughout his body.

Cheng Yaojia smiled and nodded, “I wonder what Senior likes?”

Lu Zhangke chuckled twice, “Little beauty, what if I said I like you?”

Cheng Yaojia’s face paled instantly, and she trembled with rage, “Shameless!”

Song Qingshu, not far away, secretly shook his head. He thought Lu Zhangke had changed his ways, but he was still hopeless. His behavior was simply too disgusting. (G: bro…)

Cheng Yaojia was about to run away when she suddenly felt a numbness in her waist, and she involuntarily collapsed to the ground.

Lu Zhangke hurriedly reached out and picked her up, taking a deep, intoxicating breath: “Ah, so fragrant, and this b0dy is so soft.”

“Let me go!” Cheng Yaojia was almost in tears, thinking about how unlucky she’d been these past two days. First, she’d been captured by that Jin general, then she’d encountered those hooligans from the Loyal Righteous Army, and now she’d fallen into the hands of this old lecher… Compared to them, the Jin general seemed like an angel.

Cheng Yaojia didn’t know why she suddenly thought of that Jin general. Wasn’t it him who caused the discord between her and her husband, leading to all this after she ran away?

However, she quickly dismissed the thought. After all, he had been quite the gentleman, not doing anything disrespectful to her, except…except in the carriage…

In the end, it was her husband’s distrust that led her to run away in the middle of the night, resulting in her falling into the hands of this old lecher.

A glimmer of hope quickly rose in Cheng Yaojia’s heart. Her husband, seeing she hadn’t returned for so long, should come looking for her…

However, remembering the martial arts skills Lu Zhangke had just displayed, Cheng Yaojia immediately deflated. His martial arts were so high; even if her husband came, it would be useless.

If only she had truly given herself to the Jin marshal from the beginning, she wouldn’t be in this situation, wronged by her husband and unable to protect her innocence…

In a flash, countless thoughts raced through Cheng Yaojia’s mind.

Seeing the beautiful young woman in his arms sometimes furrowing and sometimes relaxing her brows, Lu Zhangke’s bones almost melted: “Little lady, let me kiss you…”

“Nooo…!” Cheng Yaojia screamed in fright.

Song Qingshu was furious and about to attack when Lu Zhangke suddenly stopped, muttering to himself, “No, that brat might come back with his men to cause trouble. I’m not afraid of him, but with a beauty in my arms, I have no desire to fight him. I’d better take my lady back to He Garden and enjoy her slowly.”

With that, he silenced Cheng Yaojia by pressing her pressure point, then vanished in a flash, using his Qinggong to run away.

“He Garden?” Song Qingshu emerged from behind a large tree. He had originally planned to rescue Cheng Yaojia, but upon hearing that Lu Zhangke was returning to He Garden, he abandoned the idea.

According to Jiao Wan’er’s information, the Mongol envoy was staying at the home of a salt merchant surnamed He. Now that Lu Zhangke was returning to He Garden, he could lead the way, and he could take the opportunity to sneak in and see who this Mongol envoy was.

‘Could it be Zhao Min…?’

Zhao Min’s bright smile flashed through Song Qingshu’s mind, and his heart warmed. He quietly followed behind.

Lu Zhangke’s Qinggong was far inferior to Song Qingshu’s, especially now that he was carrying someone in his arms. Song Qingshu caught up with him almost effortlessly, and seeing him sneak into the back gate of the He residence, he also slipped in unnoticed.

Carrying Cheng Yaojia back to his room, Lu Zhangke kicked open the door and rushed towards the bed. Song Qingshu, taking advantage of the door’s lapse in closing, silently slipped into the room, and with a light touch of his toes, hid on the beam. The whole process was so fluid that even a master like Lu Zhangke was completely unaware.

After placing Cheng Yaojia on the bed, Lu Zhangke hurriedly ran back to close the door. Before closing it, he peeked out to check the surroundings, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he rubbed his hands together and walked towards the bed, saying in a very lewd and vulgar tone, “Little beauty, I’m here~”

Song Qingshu, watching from the rafters, secretly shook his head.

‘A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, a dog travels a thousand miles to eat excrement,

‘ he thought.

‘This old dog is truly uncouth.’

“Don’t come any closer!” Cheng Yaojia cried out inwardly, but unfortunately, Lu Zhangke had already silenced her by pressing her acupoints to prevent her from screaming.

Seeing the young woman’s full bre@sts heaving rapidly with nervousness, Lu Zhangke could no longer resist and reached out to unbutton her cl0thes.

Song Qingshu knew he couldn’t continue watching the show and was about to intervene when a knock sounded at the door: “Master Lu, Master Lu?”

Song Qingshu frowned, lowered his hand, and waited to see what would happen.

Lu Zhangke, his good time interrupted, couldn’t help but curse, “What are you all howling about in the middle of the night? Believe me or not, I’ll twist your head off!”

“Master Lu, the master has ordered you to come immediately,” the person outside replied emotionlessly.

“What!” Lu Zhangke was startled, but dared not disobey the order. He could only lower the curtain, completely covering Cheng Yaojia on the bed.

“My little beauty, I’ll go out for a bit, and come back to keep you company in a while.”