Chapter 130: A Kiss for One Hundred Taels

"She came upstairs to see me."

Without waiting for Luo Zijun to ask, the young girl in front of the bookshelf spoke softly.

Luo Zijun's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "And then?"

A dazed expression appeared on Liu Chujian's face, as if she were recalling the scene from that day, and then she said softly, "Brother Zijun, it's so strange. The moment she came up and I saw her, I guessed her identity."

Luo Zijun was startled and said, "What identity?"

Liu Chujian smiled slightly and said, "Brother Zijun's childhood sweetheart, what else could it be?"

Luo Zijun was stunned for a moment and said, "How did you guess?"

Liu Chujian said, "Perhaps it's a woman's intuition."

The room went quiet for a moment.

Luo Zijun suddenly added, "By the way, Chujian, did she say anything to you? Did she... bully you?"

Liu Chujian looked at his expression and couldn't help but laugh, "Brother Zijun, is your senior sister very fierce? Does she like to bully people that much?"

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "Of course, you don't know, when we were little she..."

He suddenly stopped speaking.

A look that was half-smile and half-serious suddenly appeared in Liu Chujian's eyes, and she looked at him playfully, saying, "Brother Zijun, what about when you were little? Didn't Brother Zijun say that when you were little, she was bullied to tears by Brother Zijun every day? Brother Zijun also said that when you were little, you made her put on your shoes, made her kneel down to lick your shoes and socks, and made her wash your clothes. If she dared to resist, Brother Zijun would give her a sound beating, making her wail. So, from childhood to adulthood, she has been afraid of Brother Zijun. Is that how it is?"

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Yes... of course that's how it is. I was very fierce when I was little, so of course she was afraid of me..."

Liu Chujian held back her laughter and said, "Brother Zijun, the day she came, I said all these things to her."

"Ah???"

Seeing his expression change drastically, Liu Chujian couldn't help but burst into a laugh, saying, "Why does Brother Zijun look so terrified? Didn't you say that she is the one who is afraid of you?"

Luo Zijun: "..."

Liu Chujian covered her mouth and giggled for a while before saying, "Brother Zijun, don't be afraid. I was teasing you; I didn't actually tell her."

Luo Zijun breathed a sigh of relief, but feigned composure and said, "What would I be afraid of? I'm not afraid at all. I just thought that those were embarrassing things from her childhood, and it's better not to bring them up and make her lose face. If she starts crying, she's impossible to coax."

Liu Chujian smiled and said, "Really? But I really want to see her cry. Such a beautiful person, if she were to cry, I imagine even stones would shed tears."

Luo Zijun gave a "cough-cough" and asked about the real matter: "Chujian, what exactly did she say to you?"

Liu Chujian was silent for a moment, then said softly, "She didn't say a single word. She just looked at me for a while and then left."

Luo Zijun was stunned upon hearing this, his face full of suspicion: "Really?"

That shouldn't be right.

Since that girl had found her way here, how could she not have said a single word?

Liu Chujian pondered for a moment and said, "I think she probably wants Brother Zijun to confess to her in person."

The corner of Luo Zijun's mouth twitched.

He had already confessed just a moment ago, and the tooth marks on his arm were still aching faintly.

"Chujian, I have already told her, you don't need to worry."

Fearing that the young girl would be uneasy, he hurriedly comforted her.

Liu Chujian smiled lightly and said, "I am not worried. The one who should be worried is you, Brother Zijun. Brother Zijun needs to think carefully about how to coax her."

Luo Zijun gave a bitter smile and said nothing.

How to coax her? That girl had already given the answer.

Help her wash her socks, put on her socks.

And, have to kneel on the ground and put them on for her like a servant serving their master.

Liu Chujian stared at him for a while and asked softly, "Brother Zijun, what is her name?"

Luo Zijun said, "Su Qingling."

"Su Qingling..."

Liu Chujian murmured the name.

Luo Zijun looked at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Liu Chujian smiled slightly and said, "Nothing, I just wanted to remember it."

She paused.

She smiled again and said, "Brother Zijun, the reason I recognized her at first glance, besides a woman's intuition, is also perhaps because I feel that only a beauty like Sister Su could be worthy of Brother Zijun."

Luo Zijun was speechless: "Sister Su? How come you're already calling her 'Sister' the first time you meet?"

Liu Chujian smiled and said, "Then what does Brother Zijun think I should call her?"

Luo Zijun said, "Su Qingling, or like me, call her Senior Sister."

Liu Chujian was slightly startled, her expression dazed for a moment, and she looked at him with eyes as tender as water, saying softly, "That won't do, I want to call her Sister."

Luo Zijun was in no mood to chat about this anymore. He looked at the sky outside, didn't stay any longer, and said, "Suit yourself. I should head back; you get some rest early."

Liu Chujian watched him with lingering reluctance.

Two faint blushes suddenly surged onto her face, her eyes shimmering, and she said softly, "Brother Zijun, can you... give me a kiss before you go?"

Luo Zijun was slightly startled, stared at her for a few moments, then suddenly remembered something and hurriedly reached out his hand: "By the way, do you still have money? Lend me some money, I have no money left on me."

He only had one tael of silver left on him now, and he still needed to buy meat to eat, and might need to leave the city in a couple of days.

There were plenty of places to spend money.

Since the two of them were already in this kind of relationship, what was there to be embarrassed about? Let the "living off a woman" continue to the end!

Liu Chujian: "..."

"Hmph."

She gave a light huff, cast a lingering look at him, and turned to go into the room.

Very quickly, she came out holding a bag of silver, handed it to him, and said, "Two hundred taels in total, is that enough?"

"It's enough!"

Luo Zijun's eyes lit up, and he immediately reached out to take it.

Liu Chujian, however, suddenly pulled it back, then pursed her small lips, looked at him with shimmering eyes, suddenly used her slender jade finger to tap her own blushing, beautiful cheek, lifted her chin, and said with a smile, "One kiss, one hundred taels; two kisses, and you can have all this silver."

Luo Zijun: "..."

The young girl looked at him with a smile in her eyes, her pink face shy, looking charming and lovely, with a hint of playfulness in her gaze.

"Hmph!"

Luo Zijun suddenly let out a cold snort, grabbed her slender waist that could be spanned by a single hand, and said, "Little girl, do you believe that I, this Young Master, will make you go bankrupt today?"

The young girl leaned against his chest, tilted her pink, beautiful little face, and said with a smile, "This young lady doesn't believe it. If you have the ability, Young Master, just try it. At worst, this young lady will mortgage this small building to you, Young Master."

As she spoke, she actually stood on tiptoe of her own accord, closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling shyly, her soft, pink cheeks flushed with a rosy glow, as beautiful as a flower.

How could Luo Zijun still hold back? He immediately lowered his head and gave her soft, pink, slightly warm cheeks two "mwah" kisses.

"Alright, kissed twice, two hundred taels!"

After kissing, Luo Zijun immediately let her go and snatched the money bag from her hand.

The young girl was stunned, opened her eyes, her face flushed red, she pouted her little lips, looked at him with deep, lingering eyes, and suddenly said again, "Chujian was wrong, it's one kiss for one tael of silver. Brother Zijun... continue."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"A gentleman's word is as good as a bond!"

"I am not a gentleman, I am a young lady! Only women and small-minded people are difficult to deal with; I am going to go back on my word."

"..."

"Brother Zijun, kiss me one more time, just once, okay?"

"This... alright then, close your eyes."

Upon hearing this, the young girl immediately closed her eyes, tilted her little face up slightly, her cheeks as beautiful as a flower, her mouth full of happy smiles.

"Deng deng deng deng!"

The next second, the sound of running downstairs suddenly came.

She was startled and hurriedly opened her eyes.

Where was anyone to be seen before her?

That scoundrel had already run downstairs and escaped!

"Woo..."

She lifted her skirt, ran to the window, and looked outside.

Luo Zijun seemed to know she would run to the window to look, and without even turning his head, he waved his hand and said, "This Young Master is not a gentleman either, this Young Master is a small-minded person! Bye-bye!"

Having said that, he walked away quickly.

The young girl stood by the window, pouted her little lips, stomped her feet in anger, but after a moment, she let out a "puchi" laugh, then raised her hand to touch the spot on her cheek where he had just kissed her, her eyes filled with sweetness.

It was already dark outside.

Luo Zijun was walking on the street, thinking about the scene just now, and his heart couldn't help but ripple with tenderness and sweetness.

It wasn't that he didn't want to kiss more, it was mainly because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control himself and do something bad.

At this time, he must hold back.

In his current situation, he couldn't give the other party anything, and might even bring danger to her.

He had to become strong quickly.

Only by possessing his own strength could he protect her well.

"Cough, cough..."

Just as he was secretly vowing to go into closed-door cultivation upon returning, a cough suddenly came from in front of a shop nearby.

Then, his master's voice rang out: "Wicked disciple, why don't you hurry over here to me!"

Luo Zijun had no choice but to stop and walk over, speaking first: "Master, Senior Sister must have slandered me again, right?"

Su Dafang said with a dark face, "Ling'er said you cursed your master for having consumption, is that true or not?"

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Master, do you believe that girl's nonsense? It was clearly she who cursed you!"

Su Dafang did not dwell on this question and asked, "Did you fight with her again today?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Zijun immediately rolled up his sleeve to complain: "Master, look for yourself, what has your beloved disciple been bitten into by that girl? She was the one hitting me the whole time today, I didn't even dare to fight back."

Su Dafang took a look and immediately said angrily, "Preposterous! Preposterous! With me away, has that girl become so excessive now? She's trying to bite your arm off!"

Luo Zijun hurriedly said, "That's right, Senior Sister is so excessive! Master, hurry back and beat her, beat her hard."

Su Dafang grabbed him and said angrily, "Let's go, come upstairs with me, I will seek justice for you! Since that girl bit you, can't you bite her back? Go, go bite her back for me! Bite her hard! Bite her until she cries!"

Luo Zijun: "..."

Seeing him standing still, Su Dafang said angrily, "What? As a real man, are you afraid of a wet-behind-the-ears little girl? She has teeth, don't you have teeth too? Are you afraid that I will blame you? Don't be afraid! I have always been fair in my dealings, and I treat you and that girl the same! Since she bit you, you naturally have to bite her back. Go, go upstairs, bite her hard for me, bite her until she cries for her father and grandfather, and make that girl learn a lesson!"

"Master, forget it... I forgive Senior Sister..."

Seeing him like this, Luo Zijun didn't dare to go upstairs, and hurriedly struggled to retreat, wanting to go home.

Su Dafang immediately had an expression of being disappointed that his disciple could not live up to his expectations: "You idiot, with me here to back you up, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that girl will eat you?"

Luo Zijun said, "Master, it's precisely because you are backing me up that I'm afraid..."

Su Dafang glared and said, "What? Are you afraid that I am colluding with that girl to force you to stay here tonight?"

Luo Zijun: "???"

"Master, did you let something slip?"

Su Dafang was stunned upon hearing this: "No, I'm such a grown man, how could I let anything slip? Definitely not, don't try to trick me, you brat!"

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Ah, Senior Sister, why did you come out?"

Luo Zijun suddenly looked behind him and said.

Su Dafang immediately turned his head to look.

Luo Zijun took to his heels and ran.

Su Dafang was furious: "You little bastard, stop!" Luo Zijun had no choice but to stop a few meters away, turn his head, and say: "Master, it is getting late, I must go home to study."

"Study my ass!"

Su Dafang cursed directly: "You can lie to me, but don't lie to yourself! Are you studying all day long?"

Luo Zijun did not dare to make another sound.

Su Dafang glared at him a few more times and suddenly asked: "I heard from Ling'er that you have recovered your memory? How much of the past do you still remember? Tell me."

Luo Zijun was somewhat surprised that he suddenly asked about this, and said: "I remember some scenes, but they are not complete. Memories occasionally pop up in my mind; I estimate it is slowly recovering."

"You haven't remembered everything yet?"

Su Dafang frowned, looked at him, and his lips moved as if he wanted to ask something, but he held back. He waved his hand with a look of disgust and said: "Fine, go back. It gives me a headache just looking at you."

Luo Zijun looked puzzled: "Where does it hurt, Master? Is it a heartache? Is it because I lost my memory, and you pity me?"

"Get lost!"

!

Su Dafang left behind this one word, turned around, entered the shop, and quickly closed the door.

Luo Zijun was full of confusion.

Master's temper today seems a bit irritable; who provoked him?

Could it be that he encountered a patient who was difficult to deal with?

Or did Senior Sister anger him again?

Seeing that it was getting late, he did not dare to linger and immediately turned to leave.

Now, whenever the sky turned dark, he felt a bit of fear.

Besides his enemies, there was also the psychological shadow cast upon him by that female flower-thief.

It was impossible to shake off, like a nightmare.

"One day, when my cultivation is successful, I will definitely catch her and make her taste my sandbag-sized fist!"

He clenched his fists and swore secretly in his heart.

"Swish!"

Returning to the Bai Mansion, he could not help but go to the backyard again to practice the Kaishan Fist once.

After his whole body felt slightly warm, he immediately stopped, rested for a moment, and then continued to practice the Liehuo Finger.

When the night grew deep.

He washed up and returned to his room.

In the inner room, the two young maids were not yet asleep and were still whispering under the covers.

After Luo Zijun entered, they immediately quieted down.

"I am going to cultivate, you two go to sleep first."

Luo Zijun sat down directly on the bed in the outer room, preparing to cultivate the Inner Cultivation Method.

After thinking carefully, he must abstain from lust now, otherwise, he would never be able to cultivate successfully.

But with these two beautiful young maids sleeping nearby, how could he, a grown man, endure it?

He thought about it again.

He hardened his heart and said: "Xiaohuan, Zhiyuan, starting from tomorrow night, you will go sleep in another room."

Upon hearing this, Xiaohuan hurriedly got up from the bed and said: "Young Master, did this servant and Sister Zhiyuan do something wrong?"

Zhiyuan also looked anxious.

Luo Zijun said: "The Academy is about to have exams, I must focus on my studies and cannot be disturbed."

"Ah..."

Upon hearing this, Xiaohuan hurriedly said: "Is Young Master going to have exams? Then, how about this servant and Sister Zhiyuan go sleep in another room tonight?"

Luo Zijun said: "No need, tomorrow night."

"Oh."

The two Young Maids immediately quieted down and did not dare to speak again.

Luo Zijun sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and soon entered a state of cultivation.

At the third watch, he finished his practice and woke up.

In his Dantian Sea, that Inner Strength Seed seemed to have grown a bit larger.

His whole body felt warm and comfortable under the flow of Internal Energy; even though he had finished his practice, this heat lasted for a long time.

After savoring it for a moment, he closed his eyes again.

Calm his heart, focus his spirit.

His soul soon flew out from the top of his head, circled the room, passed through the wall, and returned to the living room.

Soon, he found a mouse and immediately pounced on it.

This time, he felt even more at ease with the possession.

"Whoosh—"

The mouse froze for a moment, then immediately turned its nimble little eyes, quickly burrowed into a hole, and arrived at the small courtyard.

Then, it left the small courtyard again and began to search for that white cat.

However, after searching nearby for a long time, he found nothing; instead, the "squeaking" sounds attracted quite a few female mice looking for a mate, all of which he swatted away with a single swipe of his paw.

He climbed onto the courtyard wall and cast his gaze toward the direction of Xue Yuan to the north.

He reckoned that after last night's torment, that little white cat would not dare to come out again tonight.

No matter, then he would just use the mouse's body to continue his cultivation.

He climbed up and down the courtyard wall, burrowed through holes, and scaled rooftops; his Soul Power was being consumed rapidly, and at the same time, it was being tempered.

Before even half an hour had passed, he felt exhausted, dizzy, and lightheaded.

Clearly, his Soul Power had been completely exhausted.

He immediately crawled into the room, exited the mouse's body, and flew toward his own physical body, his soul returning to its vessel.

Instantly, an extremely warm and comfortable sensation enveloped him.

His soul trembled and groaned in comfort.

The consumed Soul Power was also slowly recovering under the nourishment of his physical body.

Sleepiness washed over him.

He immediately lay down and closed his eyes.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt that the Copper Mirror had received a message.

He hesitated for a moment, but still took it out to take a look.

Fairy of Yaochi: 【Can't sleep】

Luo Zijun cursed inwardly and ignored her; just as he was about to put the Copper Mirror away, another message was sent over: 【Took a selfie of a fairy sleeping, does anyone want to see it?】

Luo Zijun replied: 【Get lost】

After cursing, he put away the Copper Mirror and closed his eyes.

He was now beginning to suspect his special constitution—was it some kind of peach blossom luck constitution?

Whether in reality or in the virtual world, women were constantly tempting him.

Even worse, there were those who forcibly toyed with him, and some even got addicted to it, coming back for more after the first time.

Did he really have such great charm?

Or was there some other reason?

Thinking wildly like this, his head felt heavy and dizzy, and he fell asleep without realizing it.

That night, he suddenly had a dream.

He dreamed that he had suddenly entered the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, and before entering, that Master of the Moon Palace had given him some tasks.

"Save Qin Keqing, save Yingchun, save Qingwen..."

People have joys and sorrows, the moon has its phases of waxing and waning.

Dream of the Red Chamber is full of tragedies.

And what he had to do was to save them to the best of his ability.

However, when he took the initiative to ask about the White Snake, the other party did not answer.

Soon, he woke from the dream.

He recalled it carefully, and actually found it hard to tell whether it was truly a dream.

It should be a dream.

Because that Master of the Moon Palace did not say what would happen if the tasks succeeded or failed, nor did she mention any rewards.

Outside the window, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

He thought about it carefully for a while, then closed his eyes again.

At the same time.

In the Jia Mansion, in a certain courtyard.

Lai Da had gotten up early, practiced his skills in the backyard for a while, and only after his whole body was slightly sweating did he finish his practice, go to the front yard, and wash up under the service of a servant.

After washing up, he sat down on a rocking chair in the small courtyard.

The servant immediately handed over a warm ceramic teapot and placed the spout to his lips.

Lai Da closed his eyes, took a sip, held it in his mouth, and savored it carefully.

At this moment, the servant whispered: "Master, Chai Jiu is still waiting outside, should I let him in?"

Lai Da did not speak, held the tea in his mouth for a while longer, then swallowed it slowly and said: "Let him in."

"Yes."

The servant bowed and left.

Soon, a man wearing a hat and a blue shirt walked in with his body hunched and his head lowered, then knelt directly in front of Lai Da and whispered: "Master, I have found out clearly. That woman opened a bookstore on Liuhua Street called Chujian Bookstore. Besides that woman, there are only two Young Maids in the shop usually. However..."

"However what?"

Lai Da lay on the chair, still with his eyes closed, and asked indifferently.

The man whispered: "In front of that bookstore hangs a plaque from the Lin'an Junwangfu; it is likely an enterprise of the Junwang Fu. As for that woman..."

Lai Da suddenly opened his eyes: "Lin'an Junwangfu..."

His expression changed, and he immediately said: "Do not plot against that woman anymore, withdraw everyone."

The man lowered his head and said: "Yes."

A cold glint flashed in Lai Da's eyes, and he suddenly sneered: "I really didn't expect that a tiny ant could suddenly climb onto a big tree one day. Sheltered by the Bai Family, knowing the Second Miss and Third Miss, and even the Great Master is preparing to accept him as a son-in-law. Now his sweetheart has actually gotten involved with the Junwang Fu... Hmph, what is he trying to do? Does he want to fly onto the branch and become a phoenix, then come to settle the accounts of those years?"

The man was silent for a moment, then whispered: "That brat hides in the Bai Mansion all day, it is very difficult for us to make a move."

Lai Da glanced at him, his gaze cold and stern: "How many times have I told you, do not think yourself clever and act on your own. This is the Inner City, under the eyes of the nobles; can you just act recklessly?"

The man hurriedly said: "Master, rest assured, the servants were only investigating secretly and did not intend to make a move in the Inner City."

Lai Da withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes, and the rocking chair swayed gently.

After another while, he finally opened his mouth and said, "I didn't take that brat seriously before, but now that won't do. I cannot let him continue to climb; if he keeps climbing, I fear he will truly end up above my head. Go, see when he leaves the city, or if there is anyone he is attached to. Do this job well. Once this is done, I will find a way to get you into the manor."

"Yes, this servant will certainly handle this matter well! I will never fail the master's grace!"

The man hurriedly kowtowed.

Lai Da opened his eyes, glanced at him, and said, "Remember, you have been to the manor, and others have seen you and know you are my man, Lai Da. Therefore, you must do this thing from the shadows. If by any chance you are caught, do you know what you should do?"

The man immediately said, "This servant will immediately die to atone for my crimes and will never implicate the master!"

Lai Da glanced at him again, then closed his eyes once more, said nothing further, and gently rocked his chair.

After a moment, he suddenly began to hum a little tune.

The man knelt and waited for a while longer before rising, bowing his head, and retreating.

(End of this chapter)