Book 16: Chapter 55
Although the dispute between Li Shoulin and Lu Jianqiu remained unsettled, the target of their animosity had been transferred from Tang Ye to Ming Feizhen.
He Xiang called Tang Ye back into the manor before he could make heads and tails of the situation and outcome. Equally as puzzling was Song Yanluo’s drastic attitude adjustment towards him. She could not care less about the dispute between the two, yet she suddenly stopped them to help him. Of course, had he run away, then it was uncertain who would have to pay the price for her aid.
“Please take a seat, Mr. Tang.”
Tang Ye snapped out of his thoughts. For whatever reason, Song Yanluo no longer sported her sweet smile. Instead, there was a hint of deviousness and proudness. It was his first time seeing the look of hers, but it fit her like a glove.
Song Yanluo did not mind the gaze on her red robe and the thin golden belt she wore no matter if it implied adoration or any negative thoughts, which was not to suggest that she enjoyed it. She simply did not care enough about any man.
“I believe you have identified me without me saying anything else.”
Tang Ye, though surprised, held his hands up in a propitious salute. “This one has heard the Miss Song and Miss Ling take up 70% of the Seven Jade Goddesses.”
The contents he verbalised and his thoughts kept to himself contradicted each other. He did not mean to, but he had already compared Bronze Mask with Song Yanluo. Without even getting to compare their appearances, the mere memory of Bronze Mask’s cold glance was enough to send him on a trip down memory lane.
Song Yanluo pursed her lips into a smile. “Rumours are exaggerations. Please do not let them mislead you.”