Chapter 699: Risking Everything
Taking advantage of others’ misfortune wasn’t something Song Qingshu had never done before. In the past, when Luo Bing’s husband had been thrown into the dungeon inside the Forbidden City, he had seized the opportunity to make a real sport of her. But now, with his bearing far surpassing that of old, Song Qingshu no longer deigned to employ such methods—and besides, Huang Rong was no fool like Luo Bing, who would use her b0dy as a bargaining chip to save her husband.
As for Song Qingshu himself, he had no deYoung Mastere to leave Huang Rong with the impression of a despicable opportunist; in the long run, that would only backfire on him.
Yet as he looked upon the dazzling woman before him, he couldn’t help but feel a stirring deYoung Mastere. Although he had agreed to help her rescue her husband, there would be plenty of chances along the way to arrange an “accident” for Guo Jing… (G: This marks the start.)
Quickly, Song Qingshu dismissed that newly arisen thought. Even if it weren’t for Huang Rong, he would do everything in his power to save Guo Jing. Though he didn’t approve of all of Guo Jing’s methods, he greatly admired his perseverance.
‘Doing such a thing is impossible!’
Song Qingshu always felt deep admiration for those capable of what he himself could not achieve. Thus he soon banished that tempting notion from his mind. After all, what sets humans apart from beasts is our moral code and values. Even though Guo Jing’s plight would have given him an even better opportunity to savor Huang Rong’s charms, he resolved to rescue Guo Jing whole and unharmed.
Huang Rong had no idea that her husband’s very life now teetered on the whim of another. Her mind was in disarray as she seethed, ‘Is that b*stard truly oblivious or merely pretending? Always using coarse words to make advances on me…’
Realizing that things couldn’t continue as they were, Huang Rong quickly changed the subject. “I wonder, Young Master, have you thought of any way to rescue my husband?”
‘So all she can think about is her husband,’ he mused silently.