Senior Green Tea Turned Into an Abused Heroine Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Choose Number One or Number Two
"Her" naturally referred to Lin Xiaocha behind him.
Feng Ziying laughed, "May I know where Xianjun is going to take her?"
Han Yu simply uttered, "Out of the city."
Feng Ziying touched the black panther next to him, "I won't hide it from Xianjun. The people in Dongling city like Lin Xiaocha quite a lot. This city lord also wants her to stay here with me and take care of the people in the city together."
"Are you willing?" Han Yu asked the girl.
Feng Ziying's cold eyes swept across Xiaocha's face, attempting to intimidate her into saying yes.
Lin Xiaocha's eyelashes trembled, and she pressed her pink lips together.
At this time, the system became tense, [Host! Why are you hesitating? The male protagonist is more important.]
Lin Xiaocha naturally knew that the male protagonist was more important.
But to choose one of the two?
It was too difficult...
She couldn’t give up on Feng Ziying just because his five hundred thousand was less than Han Yu’s one hundred million.
She also finds the situation thrilling; it’s like dancing near a cliff’s edge while keeping both individuals within her grasp.
Now she needed to come up with the perfect excuse to leave without decreasing Feng Ziying's favorability value or arousing suspicion or dislike from Han Yu.
Finally, she slowly raised her head.
"Great City Lord, I wish to find my family, and to do so I must leave Dongling City."
Feng Ziying, initially on the verge of rage, calmed down upon seeing genuine affection on Lin Xiaocha's face, and how she seemed to be apologizing for having to go.
"If you remain here with me, this City Lord will give you both the shark skin sweater and Zhanyan pill; I will make sure you stay youthful and enjoy endless glory and wealth. If you stay, I can give you everything you ever wanted." He tempted her.
She gave up his rewards to the refugees without hesitation, but it was probably because she hadn't really experienced the happiness brought by glory and wealth yet.
Once she was immersed in it, it would be difficult to extricate herself.
But Lin Xiaocha didn't seem to need to think about it, and answered, "Compared to riches, I would rather see the City Lord's appearance as he continues to look after the people." This sentence could be interpreted as she was thinking about the people.
But with the way she looked at him, Feng Ziying thought differently.
Those watery eyes gleamed, and they were still full of trust, expectation, and admiration for him.
Humorously, the reason why Lin Xiaocha hid behind Han Yu since the others came into the room was to give herself confidence and enhance her acting skills. And it worked marvelously as she was delivering a performance that could rival any other.
Feng Ziying's heart warmed up at the girl’s sweet appearance. Throughout his life, he had been viewed as a stubborn fool, simply lucky to be born into nobility. He always had a despicable character, so no one believed in his abilities. No one believed that he could become a good City Lord; and he didn’t prove them wrong.
Everyone shared the same perception, even his aunt who loved him dearly, and his favorite eunuch.
But this girl was different from the others.
She was also different from those like Tao Ji, who was only clinging to him for money.
Such a pure and kind person; it was for the first time in his life that he had met someone truly selfless.
She was like a beam of light, shooting into his dark heart.
At that moment, he yearned to be with her forever.
He wanted to let her be his little lady. Although her lineage was not noble enough for her to be his main wife, any women who belong to the City Lord automatically receive noble status.
He was about to speak, but stopped when he heard Lin Xiaocha continuing, "It's just that I really miss my father and have to leave Dongling City."
Feng Ziying's heart squashed, and he was taken away from his beautiful illusion.
He was getting angrier by the minute.
But Lin Xiaocha's eyes turned red as she spoke, and she looked very pitiful.
Making the enraged Feng Ziying reluctant to treat her aggressively.
At this time, the eunuch next to him leaned in Feng Ziying's ear, "City Lord, take that person down first." he said, pointing out Han Yu.
Feng Ziying thought for a while, and nodded. Yes, they needed to deal with him first.
So he waved his hand, and gave a command to his guards.
The black-armored guards held up the black spears in their hands and pointed them at Han Yu and Lin Xiaocha.
The black panther, which was the size of a lion, also walked out from behind the guards. Feng Ziying stared at the two people viciously while gritting his teeth.
Lin Xiaocha's face turned pale with fright.
On the other hand, her heart was still calm because she knew that no matter who wins, they wouldn't hurt her.
Han Yu's expression remained the same. He didn't even look at them and just poured tea into his cup elegantly.
But unexpectedly, he splashed the cup of tea towards the guards, and time seemed to slow down. The tea transformed into suspended droplets shimmering with a cold aura as they condensed into countless ice beads, reflecting the room’s light.The ice bullet flew towards the rushing guard with a "swish" sound.
And the moment they collided with their spears, it circled rapidly around the spearheads.
They were expecting the sharp spearhead to smash the ice beads, but then the beads pierced the spearhead. And the black iron material, known as the pride of Dongling City, was split in half, even the handles also broke into two.
But when the beads were about to hit the guards, they suddenly stopped and hovered in the air.
The unarmed guards looked at each other at a loss.
Until they saw a black shadow pounce like lightning towards Han Yu.
Before Lin Xiaocha had the chance to scream in terror, an ice wall rose out of thin air in front of her.
With a muffled sound, the black panther named Phantom Thor, which symbolized Feng Ziying's prestige, stuck to the ice wall like a stupid cat leaping on a glass.
The ice wall was still standing tall contrary to the beast, and divided the room into two sections.
Feng Ziying's pupils shook, and he looked at the man sitting on the other side of the transparent ice wall, who was still drinking his tea calmly.
Only an outstanding ice element cultivator with strong spiritual power could draw out the power of heaven and earth like this.
However, Shang Yuan was known to be a sword cultivator...
"You are..." Before he could finish his sentence, his words were trapped in his throat by a silencing spell, and he also became a victim of an immobilization curse. Now, he was completely unable to speak or move.
The city lord immediately realized something was wrong with Han Yu’s power but Lin Xiaocha, who had skipped all fighting scenes from the book, did not know the difference at all.
She just thought that the male protagonist was really awesome.
Of course, there was another person in the room who was even more clueless than Lin Xiaocha. It was the eunuch who was talking bullshit earlier and caused his lord to be in this unfortunate predicament.
He didn't know how to cultivate, so he didn't know exactly how powerful the person in front of him was. He only thought that the 800-years black panther that the Empress gave Feng Ziying was a first-class beast god.
He hid behind the stool and shouted, "City Lord, let the Phantom Thor teach them a lesson."
Feng Ziying scolded the idiot in his heart but sadly could not speak.
Next, they watched Han Yu put the teacup down, and after looking at Feng Ziying coldly, he turned his eyes to the eunuch hiding behind the stool and slowly waved his slender fingers.
The Phantom Thor, who slammed into the ice, tried to get up.
The pair of yellow vertical pupils turned red with rage. He stared at Han Yu fiercely, with low-pitched threatening growls.
With a flick of Han Yu's sleeves, the ice wall disappeared.
He then stared deep into the beast’s orbs with a pair of cold eyes..
Suddenly, the panther, who was initially ready to attack and tear him apart, inexplicably turned away.
In that very moment, the door let out a loud creak and shut on its own.
Feng Ziying watched in silence as the black panther approached him, each step filled with a creepy hush.
It was difficult to accept this reality, but his spirit beast was being controlled by someone else!
Other people could no longer control a spirit beast after it acknowledged its master, but this person...
Feng Ziying couldn't think about it rationally because his black panther was literally going to devour him.
Its vertical pupils filled with killing intent.
Just when he thought he was done for, the panther passed him by and walked to the eunuch, who desperately wanted to escape but couldn't open the door.
Then he saw the panther jump and threw the eunuch to the ground.
The smelly and sticky saliva dripped all over the eunuch's face.
The eunuch was so scared, he even wet his pants. He couldn’t even open his mouth because if he did, the panther's saliva would flow inside.
In the meantime, the white-clothed man standing not far away sat back on his chair and drank his tea.
He watched as the black panther bit down on the eunuch's head, and ripped it off in one bite.
Then, it spat the head aside and licked the bloody flesh of the broken neck with its barbed tongue.
Although such scenes were commonplace, Feng Ziying never expected it to happen to his dear eunuch.
He stayed immobile, staring at the mutilated body with an horrified look in his eyes.
A cold voice sounded in his head and brought him back to reality, "For the sake of Feng Nanfei, I will spare you this time."
Han Yu used the Tianyu Mountain heart’s sound technique, so only the targeted individual could hear his words.
Feng Nanfei is the name of the Empress and current monarch of the entire Zhu Yun Country, no one would usually dare to address her by her given name.
Feng Ziying remembered that his aunt, the current Empress, had told him there was only one person in the entire Tianyu Mountain who must never be provoked.
A masterful wizard who was proficient in swords techniques, musical instruments, and elemental magic!
Even his aunt had to avoid offending him. Now, it was clear to him that this master was none other than the man drinking tea in front of him.
——Han Yu Bo Yizhi
Feng Ziyin was soon relieved of the immobilization and silencing spell.
But he still couldn’t operate normally. He sat on the ground, unable to utter a word.
His tall crown was slanted to one side, making him look nothing like the esteemed Lord he claimed to be.
"Prepare the horse."
Han Yu commended, then turned around to find Lin Xiaocha behind him with her small face as white as paper.
Although Lin Xiaocha was not a good person, she was still a young modern girl who grew up in a modern society where this kind of violent acts were prohibited. This was the first time she had seen such a bloody scene.
The smell of blood and urine mixed together in the air made her stomach churn.
She grabbed the head of a chair with one hand and kept retching while covering her mouth with the other hand.
The only thing she could do now was make herself look more pitiful, so she wouldn’t get the same treatment as Feng Ziying.
At this time, Han Yu realized how scared she was.
"Let's go." he said.
Lin Xiaocha's whole body trembled, and she nodded subconsciously.
But her legs seemed to have no strength. She staggered and fell to the ground as soon as she took a step.
This was nothing more than enacting 'weak as a swaying willow[1]'.
Han Yu grabbed her arm and led her to the door, while the petrified Feng Ziying and guards could only watch.
When Lin Xiaocha passed Feng Ziying, her little face was blank and helpless. She was obviously frightened, and still in shock.
It very much looked like Han Yu coerced her to leave, and she could only agree to it.
Feng Ziying's pupils trembled, and his heart ached.
He felt like he just lost something very precious.
The system hurriedly said: [Congratulations to the Host. Feng Ziying's progress has reached 90%. ]
Lin Xiaocha glanced back at Feng Ziying; she still looked like she was on the verge of vomiting, yet in her heart, she was laughing.
***
Lin Xiaocha looked at the little red horse in front of her. Its dewy Carslan Big Eyes [2] and Barbie-like lashes left her baffled and at a loss for words. This is the horse she was supposed to ride on?
At last, she turned her head and looked at Han Yu riding on a white horse in his white robe, beautifully fluttering in the wind.
"Xianjun, I don't know how to ride a horse."
Han Yu was indeed seriously injured like the City Lord suspected. He was unable to use his magic sword.
And as far as Lin Xiaocha was concerned, riding a separate horse was not desirable for her strategy. Instead, riding a horse together will naturally heat up the relationship between the two.
It's just that the other party didn't mean to ride the horse with her at all.
And to make matters worse, the person who brought the horses was none other than General Zuo. Great...
"Xiaocha! I'll teach you!" The General volunteered without hesitation.
"Thank you, Brother General." Lin Xiaocha looked like she saw a divine savior but truthfully she was displeased to have missed such a big opportunity.
Han Yu glanced at the pair, there was a faint frost in his indifferent gaze.
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Footnotes:
[1] weak as a swaying willow (弱柳扶风) - is a quote from the famous novel 'Dream of the Red Chamber', it literally translates to as weak as a swaying willow and is used to describe a weak woman with gentle and elegant poise. It's similar to the English term 'weak damsel'.
[2] ‘Carslan Big Eyes’ - internet buzzword made famous from Jolin Tsai's "Carslan's Big Eyes Mascara" commercial. Carslan is a makeup brand. It's usually used to compliment big round eyes, like those cute cats with large round eyes.
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