I'm competing with the male lead for a woman (GL) - Chapter 17

Chu Shao raised the jade product in her hand high, already poised to drop it.

Seeing the scene outside, her movements paused slightly, but she suddenly stopped smashing. Not only that, but she also smiled and stared at the crowd outside, her expression very unpredictable.

Xiao Jin was confused, so she turned the wheelchair around and looked up.

This look inevitably had a meaning of eternity.

The night rain drifted into the long corridor, making Steward Zhang and the servants’ faces even more frightened. The lantern rolled and turned on the wooden planks, the candlelight flickering, a scene of desolation.

Xiao Jin looked at all this with a blank expression, with only one thought in her heart.

Thank goodness.

Steward Zhang and the servants stood there dumbfounded, looking at the shallow and deep red marks on Xiao Jin’s neck, not only could they not close their jaws, but even their eyeballs were about to fall out.

This was really a narrow escape.

Seeing Xiao Jin’s visibly ugly face, Steward Zhang, as the head of the mansion’s servants and the source of the jade products, was the first to kneel on the ground, kowtowing and shouting.

“Your Highness, spare me! This old servant… this old servant heard a sound outside the courtyard just now, fearing that evildoers would harm Your Highness, so I rashly broke in…”

The saying goes, “It’s not that you fear god-like opponents, but pig-like teammates.”

Xiao Jin knew that everything she had encountered tonight was thanks to Old Zhang, and she sneered: “Whether others will harm me, I don’t know. However, Old Zhang, you are really getting better at handling things now. How come I feel that you are the biggest evildoer?”

Hearing this, Steward Zhang’s face was ashen, his legs were so weak that he was terrified, he didn’t understand what he had done wrong, he only dared to beg for mercy: “Your Highness, spare me, this old servant deserves to die!”

She didn’t know what kind of persona the original owner had set up on weekdays. Xiao Jin just said a sentence in a cold voice, and the servants followed Steward Zhang and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy in fear.

“Your Highness, calm down, we deserve to die…”

Xiao Jin’s head hurt from these noises, and she wondered how violent the original owner’s temperament was. Why did these people want to die ten thousand times at every turn?

Unable to bear it any longer, she glanced at Old Zhang and waved her hand to stop them: “You really deserve to die. You only have ‘a little knowledge’ of antiques, but you dare to bring any jade ware to play with.”

Steward Zhang always knew Xiao Jin’s temper.

At this time, he knew that disaster was imminent, and he was trembling on the ground. He could already foresee which way Xiao Jin would let him choose to die.

He said he deserved to die, but he was disheartened and almost bleeding from his forehead, only hoping to leave a complete corpse.

He trembled and lay on the ground, already giving up any hope of survival, but Xiao Jin’s voice reached his ears:

“What should you die for? I only plan to punish you to sweep up the broken jade on the ground and deduct one month’s salary.”

“In addition, you are not allowed to bring such filthy things into the mansion in the future. If there is a next time, you will be expelled from the mansion directly.”

In an instant, Steward Zhang was stunned.

Before the tears in the corners of his eyes could be held back, he suddenly heard that he only needed to sweep up the broken jade and deduct one month’s salary, and the matter would be over.

Steward Zhang couldn’t believe it. He raised his head, met Xiao Jin’s calm eyes, and realized that he hadn’t hallucinated just now.

He had broken in on something like this, but he wasn’t silenced by the prince?

He… was still alive.

Xiao Jin looked at the bruise on Old Zhang’s forehead and didn’t know what to say.

He really hit his head.

Helpless, she had to frown and leave a sentence: “Old Zhang, go back and treat the wound on your forehead. You are still the steward of Yan’s Mansion. What kind of etiquette is it to have a bruise on your forehead?”

After hearing Xiao Jin’s words, Old Zhang was completely stunned.

If it weren’t for the fact that he was still kneeling outside the long corridor, he would have rushed forward to hug Xiao Jin’s legs and shouted, “Long live the prince!”

Xiao Jin’s eyebrows were locked tightly. She really didn’t know that Old Zhang was hiding Stockholm Syndrome.

She only knew that she had taken the lead in the first shot of online purification.

Seeing Old Zhang and the servants pick up the broken jade on the ground, the view in front of her was finally a little clearer.

She didn’t know how a bold and colorful servant like Old Zhang appeared in Jinjiang web novels.

In order to purify the atmosphere of the mansion, before the servants and Old Zhang left dejectedly, Xiao Jin coughed twice, wiping the lipstick on her neck while telling them: “You must remember that these ‘props’ are not allowed to be brought in again in the future. I… don’t need them.”

When she said this word, Xiao Jin paused for a moment before uttering the word “don’t need.”

She felt that apart from being a little ashamed, there was basically nothing wrong.

But Chu Shao beside her chuckled.

The laughter was very pleasant and quite ironic.

Xiao Jin wiped the rouge marks on her neck, frowned and looked at Chu Shao, only to see the other person’s eyes curved like silver hooks.

“Why are you laughing, Princess?”

Chu Shao reached out and buckled the edge of the wheelchair, a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth: “I think Your Highness is really wise, so I’m laughing happily.”

Xiao Jin couldn’t see happiness on Chu Shao’s face, only insincerity.

But even if she maintained this state, it was better than getting sick.

Although she had experienced this kind of thing, Xiao Jin had always been good at self-comfort, always believing that as long as she wasn’t embarrassed, others would be embarrassed.

Similarly, as long as she didn’t feel embarrassed, then others must be embarrassed.

But Xiao Jin didn’t expect that even if she pinched the brocade handkerchief and tried to wipe it hard, even rubbing her skin red, she couldn’t seem to wipe off the kiss marks on her neck.

Her mentality collapsed.

When Chu Shao leaned over just now, Xiao Jin’s brain was almost as blank as goose feathers.

She could feel Chu Shao’s slightly open lips, and she could also feel the wetness against her skin. But her nerves malfunctioned, making it difficult to receive all the information clearly.

Xiao Jin knew Chu Shao was dangerous.

So when Chu Shao leaned over, she felt the other person’s warm and fragmented breath, and the pressure of deliberately closing the distance.

Xiao Jin silently recited that Chu Shao was a dangerous person and killed without blinking.

But when Chu Shao really touched her, and the little mole that looked like a falling tear appeared in front of her eyes, her body couldn’t help but stiffen for a moment.

Then, she felt a chill.

The chill came from Chu Shao’s fingers. A few knuckles were restless, rubbing against her collar. With a slight twist, the buttons could be unbuttoned.

Xiao Jin instantly woke up.

Even if this kiss was deliberately deepened by Chu Shao, gently kissing and pecking, licking between her lips and teeth, the ultimate goal was impure.

The reason why Chu Shao did this was to explore something.

Although the system gave her a shielding plug-in, Chu Shao was obviously a smart person. The IQ reduction attack was aimed at IQ, but Chu Shao’s exploration of her was entirely based on intuition.

Chu Shao’s sixth sense was so terrifying that even the system couldn’t interfere successfully.

Suddenly, Xiao Jin’s understanding of Chu Shao rose to a new level, and she decided to win over Chu Shao, this uncertain factor.

After all, if she followed the original plot, if Chu Shao became the male lead’s helper, then she would have no hope of completing the mission and would never be able to go home.

Xiao Jin planned to test how much Chu Shao knew.

Thinking of this, she responded to Chu Shao’s words: “It’s not about being wise. However, I’m very curious about one thing. Since the Princess’s swordsmanship is so superb, why didn’t you take the opportunity to escape when the Yao Country was destroyed, but were willing to be captured by my army and placed in a position to be slaughtered?”

A smile appeared on Chu Shao’s lips: “This question, Your Highness, is not very wise.”

“Why?”

“Because… you were the commander who destroyed the Yao Country, and you also captured me. This question, Your Highness, should actually ask yourself.”

Xiao Jin met Chu Shao’s smiling eyes and almost froze.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and pretended to cough twice, so she didn’t show too much of a clue.

Chu Shao meant that after the Yao Country was destroyed, the original owner actually captured and recruited her? But she wasn’t the original owner, so how could how could she know what happened at that time.

It wasn’t possible for her to ask, “Tell me why I captured you.”

Her head hurt.

Xiao Jin was actually a little nervous inside, but on the surface she still had to pretend to be in control, asking meaningfully: “Even if I captured the Princess, with your martial arts skills, you would have been fully capable of escaping.”

“You’re joking. The Yao Country is gone. Where could I escape to?”

Chu Shao smiled gently, her tone very soft: “Besides, I don’t love the Yao Country. There’s nowhere in the nine provinces and four seas that I want to go. I’ve never had a hometown, so it doesn’t make any difference where I stay.”

After hearing these words, for a moment, Xiao Jin couldn’t find a logical flaw.

It seemed that it was indeed the case. Because there was nowhere she wanted to go, it was the same wherever she went, which made quite a bit of sense.

Once she accepted Chu Shao’s logic, everything seemed to become easier to understand.

…But that wasn’t the reason why Chu Shao, with her unparalleled martial arts skills, was willing to be a prisoner, was it?

No one would believe this. Even the author of the original book probably couldn’t make it logically consistent.

Unfortunately, the original owner was already gone, and Xiao Jin couldn’t pull her out to ask how she captured the female lead at that time.

So Xiao Jin could only settle for second best, hoping to get some useful information from Chu Shao.

For example, the crape myrtle flower on the token.

Xiao Jin took out the token she had hidden in her sleeve and placed it in her palm, revealing the side engraved with the crape myrtle flower.

“Although the Princess believes that it doesn’t make any difference where you stay, you and I have formed an alliance a few days ago.”

“Between allies, we must naturally treat each other with sincerity to be considered sharing life and death, and connecting our fates.”

These words were extremely reasonable.

Even Xiao Jin herself felt that if Chu Shao didn’t reveal some information, she would be letting down her deliberately disguised serious expression.

Sure enough, Chu Shao, listening to Xiao Jin’s words, turned to observe the token in her hand carefully.

Now Xiao Jin was even more certain that Chu Shao must know something.

Xiao Jin watched Chu Shao’s lips move slightly, intuitively feeling that the other person was about to reveal some big secret she didn’t know.

Chu Shao certainly wouldn’t disappoint Xiao Jin. Looking at Xiao Jin’s hand, she smiled slightly: “Treat each other with sincerity? I have to say, Your Highness’s fingers are indeed very slender. I’ve thought so before. Now it seems that my idea should be correct.”

“…”

Xiao Jin controlled her facial expressions, pondered for a moment, and tried to speak as calmly as possible: “Princess, perhaps you should look at the token in my hand. After all, it’s related to my assassination.”

She knew that Chu Shao didn’t care about the lives of others.

But she didn’t expect that this person’s shielding ability was so superb that she could ignore such a big token in her hand.

Through Xiao Jin’s special emphasis, Chu Shao suddenly realized and apologized: “Indeed, I should have thought that since Your Highness took out the Fourth Prince’s token, there must be some purpose.”

…So she knew she was doing it on purpose. Her reaction time was too long.

Xiao Jin’s heart was numb. Recalling Chu Shao’s words, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Wait.

Chu Shao just said, “took out the Fourth Prince’s token”?

Looking at the still gentle smile on Chu Shao’s face, Xiao Jin almost dropped the token in her hand.

She repeatedly told herself to calm down. Maybe Chu Shao wasn’t deliberately hiding anything before. After all, the thinking of a yandere was different from everyone else’s. Just get used to it.

Suppressing the shock in her heart, Xiao Jin took a deep breath and slowly opened her mouth: “Then, how does the Princess know?”