Chapter 841: Shameless

While the fact that Ming’er didn’t show any hostility to Max relieved him, her display of shyness and embarrassment baffled him.

He was a worldly man and understood all kinds of things. So, after observing her for just a few moments, he realized his sister was acting exactly the same most girls did when they faced someone they liked very much.

This realization was even more baffling.

This is the first time they are meeting and wasn’t she angry at him for ’extorting’ their ancestral tower out of him?

How come she suddenly started to like him?

’Wait! Don’t tell me he did something while removing the curse?’

He paused when he thought of this and turned his head around to look at him, his gaze turning hostile.

If this was true, then it didn’t matter that he was stronger than him or was his benefactor, he would go all out against him.

His younger sister was his everything, the apple of his eyes, he couldn’t let some bastard fool her away from him.

Max sighed upon noticing this. Then he sent him a mental message, ’Let’s talk outside.’

Ling Han nodded and stood up while gesturing toward Ellie, "Ming’er, this is Miss Ellie. You two are almost the same age and should get to know each other."

Saying this, he glanced at Max, "I have something to talk to Young Master Max, so we’ll be outside for a while."

Max ignored him and smiled at Ming’er, who seeing this felt her heart skip a beat and her cheeks reddened.

"Hello, Ming’er. I’m Max. It’s very nice to meet you."

Ling Han furrowed his brows at him and when he saw Ming’er’s reaction, fury surged in his heart.

’This... bastard.’

"I-It’s very nice to meet you too, Young Master Max. I’m Ling Ming. You can call me Ming’er." Ming’er shyly introduced herself.

"Sure." Max nodded, "Alright, while Ellie helps you, we’ll be outside."

After they left, Ellie looked at Ming’er strangely which made Ming’er conscious and she asked, "What is it, Miss Ellie?"

Ellie stared at her for a moment before shaking her head, "Nothing. Tell me, have you eaten anything after waking up?"

Ming’er sighed in her heart and nodded, "Yes, Big Brother brought some food..."

...

As the ladies began conversing in the room, outside, a fuming Ling Han was staring at Max with fury burning in his heart.

"What do you have to say, Young Master?" He asked, his voice cold. Even though he was angry at him for his possible deception, he hadn’t forgotten Max was still his benefactor.

Without him, Ming’er might have succumbed to the curse because even though the tower spirit had promised to remove it, Max had become its master and the one who could revitalize it to some extent at that. So, without his agreement, it most likely wouldn’t have helped him.

Max had a calm expression on his face as he met his gaze and said, "I hate to lie, so what I’m going to say is true. But it’s up to you whether you believe me or not."

Pausing for a moment he said, "The energy I used to remove the curse is special and it seems to make everyone, especially the females, I use it on... look favorably at me. In the cases where its recipient is a weak female, she develops affection for me. If I had known this before, I would have told you beforehand. Unfortunately, I realized it all just now when I saw Ming’er."

The moment he felt Ming’er emotions, it all clicked to him as to why almost every woman he gave the Nascent Energy to fell in love with him.

For example, Emily. She had an indifferent nature and normally, despite having feelings for him, she wouldn’t have let them affect her, not to mention do anything to reveal them. But after he gave her Nascent Energy to help awaken her bloodline, her feelings became stronger and she ended up becoming his woman.

Another example was Ella.

She was a woman who had just lost her husband and was pregnant with his child. She wouldn’t have developed any feelings for him even if she had sex with him. But after he broke her bloodline curse, she also slowly fell in love with him. Even though she didn’t show it like his other women, he knew she loved him.

’I had thought it was all thanks to my charm...’ He chuckled bitterly in his heart.

Ling Han stared at him for a few moments after he finished speaking. Then, he exhaled, his anger ebbing away but frustration lingered as he asked.

"So, is there any solution? Or is it permanent?"

Max shook his head, "I don’t have any way to resolve it, but I won’t say it is permanent either. Maybe if we don’t see each other for a few months or maybe years, the influence will vanish."

Ling Han nodded, determined to take his sister far away from him.

Just then, however, he heard Max say, "However... maybe it won’t wear off with time. If you want, you can take her away, but she is already an adult and would marry a man sooner or later."

"So, why don’t you... tell her the truth and let her decide what she wants. If she wants to stay with me, I give you my word that I’ll treat her the best I can and will take good care of her."

"Moreover, I can help her become a mage and reach higher realms, which you might not be able to do given she has already lost the golden years of her life and the curse has drained her vitality and talent."

Ling Han was stunned and looked at him in disbelief.

Did he hear him right? This guy really has the courage to say this right now.

Max looked back at him with a calm and collected look on his face but he could feel his cheek burn. He knew how shameless he must have sounded, but... he believed since she had feelings for him, even though they were due to Nascent Energy’s influence, she should have the right to decide things for herself.