Chapter 710: No One Has Ever Dared to Refuse Me

"Little girl, what do you think of my proposal? Follow me and I guarantee you endless glory and wealth!"

The more he looked at the little girl before him, the more he liked her. It was hard to imagine that this exquisite face belonged to a mere maid, and there was not a hint of the servile temperament a maid should have about her.

If one didn't know better, they would think she was some fallen young lady from a noble house; the more one looked, the more it made one's heart itch.

It would be all the more flavorful to break her in like this. If one grew tired of her later, she would still be presentable enough to gift to someone else.

"Move aside, I still need to go back and deliver snacks to my young master!"

"You! A mere maid, and you dare to refuse me?"

He found it somewhat hard to believe that this little girl would actually refuse; he felt that anyone with a shred of brains would have eagerly agreed to his proposal. After all, this was a great opportunity for them to escape a life of poverty.

If this were in the past, as long as he opened his mouth, countless people would be willing to offer themselves up and crawl into his bed, just to escape their former life of hardship.

Now that the opportunity was right in front of her, no one should have refused, yet he hadn't expected this little maid to refuse him point-blank.

What he couldn't stand most was that there was actually a look of utter disdain on this little maid's face—she couldn't possibly be looking down on him, could she?

Who was he? Where had he ever suffered such a grievance? Fine, if you won't agree, then I am determined to have you.

You just wait for me. Once I find your master's house, I will use money to buy you. Once you enter my door, won't it be up to me how I deal with you?

"Xiaodie, don't pay them any mind, let's go home!"

Just then, a young gentleman walked out from the teahouse. Calling him a gentleman, in reality, his clothes were already worn and tattered. At a glance, he was either a man whose family had fallen on hard times or one who was destitute.

"Young Master, why have you come out? The doctor said you need to rest."

"What is there to rest for over such a trivial matter!" Shaking his head at the little maid, the young gentleman patted her head with some indulgence and whispered, "If I didn't come out, wouldn't you have been bullied?"

"Let's go, come home with me!"

"Hold it!" Blocking the path of this pair of master and servant, the young gentleman directly took out several ingots of silver and tossed them in front of them as if giving alms.

"This is fifty taels of silver; I want to buy your maid."

"Not for sale!" Without even looking, the two walked straight past him. As they left, a foot kicked the silver aside, and they turned to walk toward the outside.

But at this moment, the young gentleman blocked their path once again.

"If you think it's too little, I can add more. How about one hundred taels? With one hundred taels of silver, you could buy ten or eight maids; isn't that better than keeping her alone to serve you?"

"Not for sale. And remember this clearly: Xiaodie is my kin, not some maid."

"What kin or not kin? Isn't it just that you want to raise the price?" He glanced at the little girl; this lovely face made his heart stir restlessly.

From childhood to now, there was nothing he couldn't get. The more he couldn't get it, the more he wanted it. As for whether he would cherish it after obtaining it, that was another matter.

"Two hundred taels. How about I give you two hundred taels?"

"Not for sale, I already said not for sale!"

"Five hundred taels. I'll give you five hundred taels; this is my greatest sincerity!" Cold light flickered in his eyes; he didn't believe he couldn't break someone's spine by throwing money at them.

If you don't fight for the bun, you fight for your pride; he didn't believe this poverty-stricken person could resist the temptation. That was five hundred taels—enough to make you act like a dog, he reckoned.

As for this five hundred taels of his, I'll give it to you, but you have to be able to keep it.

"Young Master!" Hearing the price of five hundred taels, even the little maid felt her heart tremble. Honestly, she didn't think she was worth even one hundred taels.

Now that the other party had called out five hundred taels, she was extremely nervous, fearing that her young master might not be able to resist and would sell her off.

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"Not for sale. Please move aside, we are going back!"

"You won't sell? You dare not to sell? Do you know who I am?"

"I don't know who you are, but I know that this Dongming Prefecture is under the governance of Prefect Fan. Do you also dare to force a sale?"

"Using Prefect Fan to pressure me? Very good!" Perhaps because he had lost face, he felt very embarrassed, or perhaps because his intent had not been achieved, he was very dissatisfied.

In short, the young gentleman's eyes were burning with raging fire, as if he wanted to burn this poverty-stricken man to ashes.

However, the last bit of caution in his heart forced him to calm down. Leaning into the other's ear, the young gentleman whispered, "Kid, do you know that there are always places that Prefect Fan cannot reach!"

"If I want you dead, there are a hundred ways to make you die without anyone knowing!"

"Fine, I shall wait and see!"

Glancing at him, the other party took the little maid's hand and left swaggeringly, seemingly not putting him in their eyes at all.

Such an attitude made his anger burn even more. If not for his misgivings, he would have beaten the man to death long ago and snatched the little maid to their estate.

Unfortunately, in their Dongming Prefecture, there happened to be a Prefect who was impossibly fierce, making people feel constrained in their actions. There were some things this official would turn a blind eye to, but crossing the bottom line was not allowed.

But if he didn't vent this anger, he wouldn't be able to swallow it. No one has ever dared to refuse me; you just wait for me!

Just at this moment, the young gentleman who had come with him leaned in. "Brother Cen, I just found out. Do you know who this poverty-stricken man is?"

"Who is it?"

"Brother Cen would never imagine it; he is Tao Xi!"

"Tao Xi?" He couldn't help but look again in the direction Tao Xi had left, and then he suddenly realized, "So that's it. It turns out to be that fool who was almost kicked out by his family."

"Wasn't it said that this fellow had a mishap while practicing his arts and became both foolish and silly? How did he suddenly become enlightened today?"

"Come to think of it, he was once ranked alongside me as one of the Eight Gentlemen of Dongming Prefecture, but now this dignified eldest young master of the Tao Family is being ridden over by a branch lineage."

"The people of the branch lineage became the Family Head, and he, the dignified eldest young master of the main lineage, can only live under others. Does this incompetent person even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as me!"

"Brother Cen is absolutely right. Even if Tao Xi isn't foolish anymore, he is now nothing but a stray dog. Even if he has recovered, so what!"

Smiling as he leaned in, this person whispered to him, "Brother Cen, do you still want that little maid?"

"I do, of course I do. Precisely because she is unwilling, I want to obtain her even more!" Breathing out heavily, Cen Ji was full of unwillingness.

"It's just that Tao Xi won't loosen his grip, and I have no way for the moment. Besides, although he is being ridden over by the branch lineage, he is still a member of the Tao Family after all. If I were to rashly deal with him, that would also be a loss of face for the Tao Family."

"Do you believe me? Although the Tao Family Head wishes Tao Xi would hurry up and die, on the surface, he will certainly be shouting about wanting to seek justice for his good nephew!"

"I am certainly clear on that; how could I not know about these sordid affairs? However, Brother Cen, aren't you overthinking it? To take this little maid, we don't necessarily need to make Tao Xi loosen his grip."

"Don't need Tao Xi? You mean..."

Suddenly, Cen Ji seemed to understand something, and then he burst into loud laughter. Patting the person beside him hard on the shoulder, Cen Ji laughed extremely heartily.

"Tsk tsk, Brother Zeng, how did I not realize you were such a bad person!"

"Let's go, we're heading to the Tao Family; I'm sure the Tao Family Head wouldn't mind selling us the maid who serves Tao Xi closely!"

"If Tao Xi is dissatisfied and resists, and perhaps does something more, that would be even better; the Tao Family Head would then have the perfect excuse to expel this thorn in his side from the family."

"From childhood until now, no one has ever dared to refuse me. Tao Xi, oh Tao Xi, for a down-and-out young master like you to dare embarrass me, I will make you pay the price!"