Chapter 83: Is It Only a Bit of a Scoundrel? (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"Master, Xiao Mei, my dear, I have already secured fifty thousand catties of Coarse Grain. Tomorrow, you can take people to haul it, and then head out of the city to provide disaster relief~"

"Hiss... how did you manage that!"

Liu Qingmei, who was pinned down on the couch, was startled and asked in disbelief.

That pair of eyes, originally filled with charm and tenderness, instantly became clearer, filled with shock.

Feeling the little rascal's hands causing trouble, Liu Qingmei's Dai Eyebrow furrowed slightly.

But at this moment, she had no time to stop it.

The curiosity and shock regarding the fifty thousand catties of Coarse Grain left her unable to react in time.

Or perhaps... a woman in love is always slow-witted.

Even a Grandmaster is no exception!

Or perhaps, her bottom line had been breached once again, and she did not want to, nor was she willing to, stop her beloved disciple, who was also her Master.

Finally.

Under Ning Mu's explanation, Liu Qingmei understood the source of these fifty thousand catties of Coarse Grain.

But after this conversation.

She discovered that, at some unknown point, this little fellow Ning Mu had actually straddled her waist.

"... You, you, you, you are a bit of a scoundrel!"

Liu Qingmei could not help but frown immediately, her hands also being coiled into a circle by him, stacked beneath her legs and held against her abdomen.

In this position, it seemed even more prominent!

Liu Qingmei's face flushed red, and an intense sense of shame flooded her mind, making her feel as if she were placed in a sea of fire, scorching hot.

With a coquettish rebuke, she could no longer contain the shame in her heart and simply closed her eyes.

Is it only a bit of a scoundrel? Looking down at that incomparably beautiful face and those alluring lips, Ning Mu could not help but raise a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth.

Then let's be even more of a scoundrel!

This night seemed filled with lingering, enchanting charm, peaceful and serene, with a few intoxicating notes swirling about.

The moonlight outside the window seemed unable to bear the shyness, gradually fading away and hiding behind layers of clouds.

However.

Just at the moment when even the moonlight hid out of shyness and the breeze felt bashful and coy.

Suddenly.

Dong, dong, dong! A rapid knocking sound suddenly rang out at the outer courtyard gate.

"Who is it!"

"At this late hour."

Ye Xiaoqiu, who had already gone to sleep in his clothes, picked up a lantern, shouted once, and then grumbled to himself in a low voice as he walked to the door to lift the wooden bolt that was holding it shut.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you looking for?"

Opening the door and seeing a woman standing outside with a refined and ethereal face, wearing a plain long dress, with an extremely hot figure, but whose expression revealed deep anxiety and urgency, Ye Xiaoqiu's eyes flashed with amazement as he asked.

"May I ask, is this the residence of Young Master Ning?"

Outside the threshold, Jiang Fuling asked nervously, her tone containing a hint of caution.

"Yes... my Young Master's surname is indeed Ning. Who might you be, noble lady?" Ye Xiaoqiu was startled upon hearing this and hurriedly put away the eagerness in his eyes.

He knew his place well.

A guest of his master, especially such a beautiful woman, would be desecrated if he looked at her for even one moment too long.

"I am from Hua Man Ge. Please report that Jiang Fuling has an urgent matter to discuss!"

Jiang Fuling felt relieved and spoke hurriedly.

Yet, she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Young Master Ning is so wealthy, why would he live in such a dilapidated little courtyard? Though the location of this courtyard is quite quiet and pleasant.

"Please wait a moment, noble lady!"

Ye Xiaoqiu nodded, then immediately turned around. After arriving at the entrance to the inner courtyard, he did not rashly go directly to the main hall's bedroom to call for them.

Instead, he went to the West Wing where Chunzhi, Xia Chan, and the others lived and knocked on the door.

"Sister Chunzhi, there is a woman outside calling herself Jiang Fuling. She says she is from Hua Man Ge and has an urgent matter to report to the Young Master."

Through the door, Ye Xiaoqiu reported.

"Understood, coming right away!"

Inside the room, Chunzhi responded, and immediately there was a rustling sound; she must have been getting dressed.

Ye Xiaoqiu left the inner courtyard to wait at the outer courtyard gate...

"Young Master, there is a woman outside named Jiang Fuling who says she has an urgent matter to see you!"

Chunzhi knocked lightly on the bedroom door from the outside.

Then, she tilted her head to listen, quietly waiting for the Young Master's response.

But suddenly.

Chunzhi's Dai Eyebrow furrowed slightly, and a flash of confusion crossed her eyes.

"Hiss... huff, Mei'er, catch!"

Faintly, she heard the Young Master's suppressed and muffled voice from inside.

Immediately following that, a woman's voice came, but it was very light and faint, and she could not hear it clearly.

"You brat... my face has been... ugh... the smell!"

Chunzhi knitted her slender willow-leaf eyebrows, her round eyes filled with confusion.

She pressed her ear tightly against the door, wanting to listen, but she could hear nothing at all.

But one thing was certain.

In the Young Master's room, there was definitely more than just him!

There should be someone else, most likely a woman! Who could it be?

Just as she was wondering.

Creak.

The door was opened from the inside, emitting a teeth-grinding friction sound.

Immediately after, she saw the Young Master yawning, buttoning his pajamas, looking at Chunzhi with sleepy eyes, and saying with some impatience: "What time is it, who is looking for me?"

"Replying to Young Master, it is three quarters past midnight."

"It is a woman named Jiang Fuling, she looks quite anxious."

Chunzhi answered honestly; seeing that the Young Master truly seemed to have just woken up, she couldn't help but steal a glance into the room, and after finding nothing unusual, she assumed she had just been groggy from sleep and misheard, so she didn't take it to heart.

"Let her in!"

Hearing it was Jiang Fuling, Ning Mu raised an eyebrow.

This woman, could it be that after her self-recommendation to share his bed failed this evening, seeing that he didn't agree, she is now taking the initiative to deliver herself to his door in the middle of the night? Tsk tsk...

It's not that it wouldn't work.

It's just that...

Ning Mu turned his head, glanced at the bedroom, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

But Liu Qingmei was still in the room.

Tonight, it might not be very convenient.

If he were to devour Jiang Fuling, a woman from a brothel, right in front of her again, she would probably fly into a rage on the spot! After thinking about it, Ning Mu decided to stabilize Jiang Fuling first.

Just as he was thinking this.

In the courtyard outside the door.

Jiang Fuling, in a long dress that swept the floor, had already hurried in, her beautiful face covered in fine beads of sweat, her eyes revealing deep urgency.

The moment she saw Ning Mu, she visibly relaxed quite a bit.

"This concubine greets Young Master Ning."

After entering the door, Jiang Fuling first knelt on one knee and performed a salute.

Then she looked up at Ning Mu and said: "Young Master, something has happened at Hua Man Ge!"

"Hm? What happened?"

Ning Mu was stunned; he had thought that Jiang Fuling coming to his door in the middle of the night was to actively seek the "whip" to ask about the Dao.

Now it seemed that was not the case at all.

As Jiang Fuling spoke urgently, Ning Mu's expression changed slightly.

"It is the Blood Lotus Sect!"

According to Jiang Fuling's account, Ning Xiaoxiu, Pusa Tuo, and the others should have returned to the Blood Lotus Sect headquarters on Xiao Mountain long ago.

But they had not returned, and people in the Blood Lotus Sect sensed something was wrong.

Therefore, they sent a carrier pigeon and dispatched a group of sect members closest to Yonghang to come to Yonghang City to investigate what was going on.

And at this very moment.

The people from the Blood Lotus Sect had already taken control of the entire Hua Man Ge, interrogating them and asking about the whereabouts of Ning Xiaoxiu and the others.

(End of this chapter)