Chapter 4050 — She Could Not Swallow This Grievance
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Touched that Kang Jingming should show such concern for her, Murong Zhen felt much of her earlier resentment melt away—the grudge she had borne him for forcing her to risk the Law Enforcement Hall and inform on Wei Zhao.
But Murong Zhen was, after all, a woman of deep calculation. One glance at Kang Jingming's expression of relief was enough for her to realize that this creature had not stationed himself here out of concern for her at all!
Kang Jingming was keeping watch here simply to learn Murong Zhen's fate at the earliest moment, and thereby judge whether he himself should stay or go.
Seeing her cold expression, Kang Jingming choked for a moment, then piled his smile back on. "I heard Miss Murong was thrown into the Law Enforcement Hall's dungeon—I was worried sick. Now that I see you safe and sound, I can finally set my mind at ease."
"To have put Steward Kang through such anxiety—this fair lady is quite overwhelmed. But my safe departure from the Law Enforcement Hall this time is all thanks to Hall Master Gongyang. If not for him speaking up on my behalf, we would truly have been taken down in one sweep this time." Murong Zhen suppressed the resentment in her heart and put on a mysterious, teasing air.
Sure enough, Kang Jingming's eyelid twitched at her words, and he pressed eagerly, "Thanks to Hall Master Gongyang? Gongyang Jun spoke up for you? What is your relationship with him?"
A formidable, overbearing figure like Gongyang Jun—even a great young master like Xu Lingchong had found it hard to get a word with him in the past. How could he possibly step forward for a mere Murong Zhen?
"Who knows? As the saying goes, even heroes cannot pass the gate of beauty. After all, the Sanjie Pavilion has always had more men than women. However mighty and domineering Hall Master Gongyang may be, he is still a hot-blooded man. What do you say, Steward Kang?" Murong Zhen said with deliberate vagueness, her eyes silken with flirtation.
She knew that with her modest looks alone, hoping to ensnare a man like Gongyang Jun was pure fantasy. But by borrowing the tiger's skin to raise her banner, by vaguely insinuating at a connection between herself and Gongyang Jun, she could avoid giving offense while at the same time overawing Kang Jingming—so that he would not, the next time trouble struck, push her out to take the blame again.
"Uh... I suppose so..." Kang Jingming was no longer quite certain. Men all lust after beauty—he himself was proof enough. If Gongyang Jun really had taken a fancy to Murong Zhen, then he would have to weigh very carefully how he treated her from now on.
"So what do we do now? The dust from the kidnapping hasn't settled yet. If we want to move against Wei Zhao again, it won't be easy..." Kang Jingming said, half in frustration, half probing.
Murong Zhen shot him a glance, shrugged, and drew back. "Don't look at me. This fair lady has no way out now either. If we keep committing crimes in the teeth of the storm, the risk is simply too great—I can't bear it."
"But if we just let Wei Zhao go on enjoying himself, can you swallow this grievance, Miss Murong?" Kang Jingming said, unwilling to let it go.
"Even if I can't swallow it, what can be done?" Murong Zhen was just as unwilling, but matters had come to this pass, and facing the ever-stronger Wei Zhao, she was at her wit's end.
Suddenly her eyes lit up, and she proposed, "Two heads are short, three heads are long—why don't we bring Meng Zhou in to put our heads together?"
"That works too." Kang Jingming thought it over and nodded at once. R1152