Chapter 4741 — What If I Am Not Polite?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Nothing much. I merely heard from my men that you were still here, miss, so I came over specially to have a look—to see if there was anything I could help with." Scarface smiled a lecherous smile. Held back by that last shred of wariness, he did not want to resort to brute force right away; if he could make the little wench lower her head and see reason, so much the better.
"That won't be necessary. I advise you to take your men and leave at once—otherwise, if you disturb my peace and quiet, don't blame me for being rude to you." Huo Yudie gave a cold humph, feigning a show of strength.
"Is that so? So the young lady wants peace and quiet? Splendid, splendid. But this place is truly wretched—it keeps out neither wind nor rain. By any measure it seems to have nothing at all to do with peace and quiet, wouldn't you say?" Scarface pinched his chin and chuckled.
Huo Yudie gave him a cold glance and said nothing. She had no idea what this wretch was brewing in his gourd; the gap in strength between them was far too vast, and unless it was absolutely unavoidable, she could not afford to tear off all pretense and fight him head-on. She could only play along and stall.
"Looking over the whole trial ground, I'd say the only place that could be called quiet is my own. If the young lady doesn't mind, why not come and stay at my place for a while?" Scarface proposed with ill intent.
"No need. I'm quite comfortable staying here. You people leave." Huo Yudie refused on the spot.
"Miss, as the saying goes: at home one relies on one's parents, abroad one relies on friends. Our meeting here was a chance encounter, and that is what we call fate. I am extending the invitation in all sincerity—isn't it rather ungracious of you to say that?" Scarface's expression shifted.
"Then what exactly do you want?" Huo Yudie's heart gave a start. If the man turned hostile on the spot, things today would truly be dire.
"Nothing at all. I just want the young lady to come and stay at my place for a spell, and to keep me company while she's at it. I reckon the two of us could cultivate our feelings nicely." Only now did Scarface reveal his fox's tail. His face dripping with greed, he chuckled: "After all, we're all stuck in this godforsaken place with no way out. Life has to go on. A great beauty like you can't spend all her days keeping vigil over a half-dead thing like that, now can she? What do you say, miss?"
"In your dreams!" Huo Yudie's face turned cold as frost in an instant. Playing along was one thing, but now that the man had said it so plainly, she could not bear it.
"Hey, hey. Little wench, let me give you a piece of advice: you'd best not speak so absolutely. Just keep me company for a few days, and I guarantee not a single person here will dare touch a hair on your head. That's good for you and good for me. But if you refuse the toast only to drink the forfeit, then don't blame me for not being gentle with the fairer sex!" A fierce look flashed across Scarface's face.
"You!" Huo Yudie was so furious her silver teeth clenched. Had she not been worried about Wei Zhao behind her, she would have struck long ago. Even if it killed her, she would never let this man have his way.
"Heh heh, I'm still being polite to you right now, so you'd best accept. Otherwise, when I stop being polite, then—" As Scarface spoke, he reached out a lewd hand toward Huo Yudie.
"And what if you stop being polite?" Along with the indifferent words, a hand suddenly seized Scarface's lecherous claw, and no matter how desperately he struggled, it did not budge in the slightest.
At the sight of the owner of that hand, everyone else drew a sharp breath in unison and scattered like birds and beasts without another word. As for Huo Yudie, an incredulous light flickered in her eyes, and she covered her small mouth with both hands, so overcome that for a long while she could not utter a single word.