Chapter 0159 – How Frogs Survive – Absolute Returns

Hearing the word “servant”, Cao Xin’s eyes changed.

Jian Wuji, at a glance, could see, the contempt in his eyes. It was a kind of, sickening arrogance, as if saying, “What are you? How dare you drink with my woman, together?”

“So, you’ve enjoyed posturing since then.”

No, maybe it’s because, he’s still young and that’s why he can’t control, his nature. When he gets older, he’ll become even more hypocritical and better at pretending.

“You can even drink with servants, at the same table… It’s really better to be known than to be seen… Your heart, it’s really wide open!”

Cao Xin, thought he was praising Qin Xia Ling, but Qin Xia Ling, asked back:

“Does it take a big heart to eat with servants?”

Recently, she had been thinking about the issue of “eating at the same table with servants”. In the past few days, what had been on her mind the most was not “Little Dragon Warrior”, but “servants”.

“I just think that servants, who are also human beings, should be treated equally.”

“I see, you are truly homely and admirable. Since tomorrow, we still have to attend the banquet, why don’t we, today, have a small banquet here.”

Cao Xin, hypocritically invited, but Qin Xia Ling, without hesitation, refused.

“Sorry, I have things to do.”

To be honest, Cao Xin, was indeed handsome, and she would love to have a drink with him, too.

But she’s more worried about me.

If she agrees to Cao Xin’s invitation, I’ll have no choice but to leave. If I stay, I’m sure I’ll offend Cao Xin.

Neither of which she wanted to see, and she didn’t want to say to me, “We’re going to have a drink, go away.”

“The first time I was ever, by a woman, refused a drink.”

“We will meet again, tomorrow.”

Qin Xia Ling, although I didn’t see it, I saw that Cao Xin, when he heard her refusal, his eyes changed. In his eyes, there was a flash of anger, as if to say, “How dare you reject me?”

Just as Qin Xia Ling, turned to leave, Cao Xin, sat down across from me.

“I would like to have a drink with this servant, a drink.”

Qin Xia Ling, froze, Cao Xin, explained:

“I can’t drink with you, but I’m curious as to what charms this servant, has, to make you make an exception.”

Qin Xia Ling, was instantly enraged, Cao Xin, was clearly making things difficult for me on purpose. Just because she rejected his invitation, he wants to get back at me? Her good feelings towards Cao Xin instantly disappeared.

“Don’t you, uh, want to please me?”

She didn’t understand, Cao Xin’s grandfather, had already proposed to her, Cao Xin, should also know about this matter, why, he still want to do this?

She sat down again.

She stayed for my sake, but it angered Cao Xin even more.

“What a charismatic servant, to make Miss Qin, come around.”

Cao Xin, looking at me, asked:

“What’s your name?”

“My name is Swordsmoke.”

“You’re a pretty good name for a servant.”

“Thanks.”

“Do you know, who I am?”

“You are Duke Cao of the True Dragon Villa.”

“Your memory, it is good. Where did you, uh, find this servant?”

Hearing the word “servant”, Qin Xia Ling frowned. Cao Xin saw her expression change, while I saw Cao Xin’s expression change.

“Ms. Qin, pretty, isn’t she?”

“Beautiful.”

“Pretty enough, to keep you up at night? What do you think, she ……”

Qin Xia Ling, knowing that Cao Xin, wanted to say something, she interrupted him.

“Watch what you say! You’re too loose!”

“For you to be able to drink with servants, together, I thought, you have a big heart, but I didn’t realize, you are also a snob.”

Two people, four eyes.

Qin Xia Ling, suddenly saw, a black poisonous snake, spitting out its letters and holding its head high, which made her feel uneasy, she had never, ever felt this way about a person.

Cao Xin, suddenly changed his face and said with a smile:

“I was just, just kidding.”

He wanted to muddle through, but Qin Xia Ling, had already been disappointed in him, completely.

“Are you trying to flaunt your superiority in front of me?”

Cao Xin, looking at me again, asked:

“I really can’t figure out what kind of person, Miss Qin, is?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“I am a servant, but not her servant.”

“No?”

Cao Xin, surprised, asked:

“And whose servant are you?”

“I’m the servant of Young Master Xu Long of the Western Blade Sect, who is also a contestant in this ‘Little Dragon Battle’.”

“Then why, would you be drinking with Ms. Qin, together? That’s too strange, isn’t it?”

I thought, too, it was strange.

“Why is he, like, so excited?”

Cao Xin, although he was still young, he had always been cautious, and his behavior today was too abnormal to be like mere jealousy.

“What is it, that makes you so out of sorts?”

He was like a schoolboy who was praised by his teacher, like a businessman who had made a lot of money, like a master who had achieved great success in martial arts, and he couldn’t control the excitement in his heart.

“Bang!”

Qin Xia Ling, heavily put down her wine glass, which was a warning to Cao Xin to stop in moderation.

Cao Xin, suddenly changed his attitude as he asked gently like an old friend:

“Ms. Qin, don’t you think, this is very strange?”

“Where’s the weirdness?”

“The granddaughter of the Evil Demon Dao Alliance’s Alliance Leader is actually drinking with a servant of a contestant, if this were to spread out, it would definitely cause an uproar. You, on the other hand, don’t find it strange at all.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“A frog, if placed in warm water and slowly heated, it will, without realizing it, be cooked.”

Qin Xia Ling, smiled, Cao Xin, continued:

“What if, he approached you with an agenda? What if, before the finals, he wants to poison your drink? By then, you’ll regret it, and it’ll be too late.”

Cao Xin, coming up to me, asked:

“What is your purpose?”

I didn t say anything, Cao Xin, aggressively, Qin Xia Ling, said in a hurry:

“Mr. Cao.”

Her tone, cold and stern.

“We’ll see you tomorrow, at the banquet, and right now, the water’s still on.”

The two of them, with their eyes facing each other, Qin Xia Ling, without fear, locked eyes with Cao Xin.

Cao Xin, smiling, said:

“It seems that I was rude, sorry Miss Qin, we’ll see you tomorrow.”

He stood up, looked at me, and then, left the inn. I felt that in his smile, he was hiding killing intent, and Qin Xia Ling, too.

After Cao Xin, left, Qin Xia Ling, without a word, sipped her mulled wine, she seemed to be thinking about, what Cao Xin, had just said.

I waited quietly for her, to speak.

After a moment, she sighed and said:

“It’s so hard, why, so hard?”