Chapter 20

Chapter 20

I didn’t know if Lu Jin’an could actually save me.

All I knew was that every gift in this world comes with a price.

Intuition told me that if I begged Lu Jin’an to save me here and now, the price he would demand in return would be more than I could ever afford to pay.

“Thank you, Lord Lu.

“But on the day I left Jiangling, Ah Fei told herself that from that moment on, the only person who could save me was myself.”

…

When I pushed the door open, Zhan Mingyue had already returned.

She was lying on the bed, glaring at me through gritted teeth.

“You told me not to go near Lord Lu, yet here you are, trying to seduce him yourself?”

She had seen me meeting Lu Jin’an in the courtyard in the middle of the night.

“I admit my skills aren’t up to par. You’re the true femme fatale here. Compared to you, the rest of us are nothing but useless snacks!”

Li Jiuniang had been dozing off against Xie Rushu, but upon hearing this, she bolted upright like a dying woman suddenly revived.

“Snacks? Are they handing out snacks?”

“No, go back to sleep,” Xie Rushu said, patting Li Jiuniang’s head. She looked at me, appearing as if she wanted to say something, but ultimately remained cautious and kept her mouth shut.

And so, Xie Rushu and Zhan Mingyue gradually stopped speaking to me altogether.

Only the oblivious Li Jiuniang continued to seek me out, often snatching my snacks to eat.

Sometimes she would repay me. For instance, when our carriage was passing through the mountains, she suddenly shoved a bloody wild rabbit into my hands.

“Roast it,” she said seriously. “It’s delicious.”

However, before I had the chance to roast the rabbit, a eunuch’s panicked voice rang out from up ahead:

“Wolves!!”