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Chapter 201: 194: Jiang Cheng was rejected by the snake
Chapter 201: 194: Jiang Cheng was rejected by the snake
Chapter 201: Chapter 194: Jiang Cheng was rejected by the snake
“Cheng, what should we do now?”
On the way back to school, Ding Guangming asked.
According to Jiang Cheng’s original plan, they were supposed to obtain information on the disciples of the Hehuan Sect through Lu Ran. Then, they would use that information to find the entire branch of the Hehuan Sect in the Capital.
Unexpectedly, the Hehuan Sect disciple who provided the cultivation technique to Lu Ran mysteriously disappeared!
Her disappearance occurred over a month ago, which didn’t seem to be related to the case of Prince Liang Chu.
With this lead stalled, Jiang Cheng’s plan could not advance any further.
“Let’s take a day off, I’ll go back and think of some other way,” Jiang Cheng said.
“Eh? Cheng, where are you going? Aren’t you coming back to the dormitory?” Ding Guangming asked.
“It’s Saturday today, I’m going back to stay there. You all go back to the dormitory.”
Ding Guangming’s eyes lit up: “Cheng, you’re renting a place outside, do you have a girlfriend? Do you go back every Saturday and Sunday to be with your girlfriend?”
Jiang Cheng dared not joke about this with Ding Guangming.
“Don’t talk nonsense, just an ordinary roommate. No other relationship.”
Jade Lake Ming’an.
Jiang Cheng stood at the door of his home, took out his keys, thought for a moment, then put the keys back.
He gently knocked on the door.
Soon, the door opened.
Jiang Cheng moved forward to enter the house smoothly and naturally, as he was used to doing.
According to past habits, Liu Qing would step aside to let him in, wait for him to change his shoes, then help arrange them, and finally close the door.
But today was different. Liu Qing unusually stood at the door, blocking the way and not giving way.
“Liu Qing?”
Jiang Cheng looked at her in surprise.
Liu Qing’s expression was wary; one foot inside, one foot outside the door, her hand gripping the door frame, she leaned toward Jiang Cheng and sniffed him lightly.
On Jiang Cheng, she detected a tremendous amount of scents belonging to other females. Many of them were in heat, their pheromones designed to attract males were extremely strong.
Liu Qing stood inside the door, staring at Jiang Cheng with an unfriendly gaze.
Explain yourself immediately!
She didn’t speak, but the message in her eyes seemed to say so.
Jiang Cheng nervously swallowed.
He ventured, “This is a bit complicated, let’s go inside and talk about it.”
Liu Qing still didn’t move aside, and her stance was firm; Jiang Cheng wasn’t getting through the door without a clear explanation.
“I went to the Jiaofang Division,” Jiang Cheng blurted out a bombshell.
Liu Qing indifferently closed the door.
“Wait a minute!”
Jiang Cheng caught the closing anti-theft door.
“It’s not what you think, I had legitimate business. The court fined our family more than ten million! I discovered some doubts in the case, and I was looking for evidence to appeal to the court for a retrial! That way, our family wouldn’t have to pay the fine!”
Liu Qing’s grip tightened.
She wasn’t an unreasonable snake, but Jiang Cheng’s scent told her that he wasn’t telling the truth.
She knew Jiang Cheng; he liked money, but he didn’t like it that much.
Jiang Cheng braced against the anti-theft door and continued, “I haven’t finished. There’s a suspect in the case; she’s not guilty of a capital offense. If I don’t handle this case, she will be sentenced to death! Knowing there are so many doubts, I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing, could I?”
Liu Qing continued to push.
How could Jiang Cheng compete in strength with a Mahayana Realm Snake Snake?
The door was gradually being closed by Liu Qing, and Jiang Cheng was still outside.
“My hand! It’s about to get caught!”
Liu Qing instantly stopped applying force when she heard this.
But when she looked up, she was met with Jiang Cheng’s smile that wasn’t quite a smile—the distance between Jiang Cheng’s hand and the door was still quite significant.
Jiang Cheng took this opportunity to sidle through the crack in the door.
In the small entryway, a man and a woman stood facing each other.
“Phew, I almost had to sleep on the streets today.”
“Hmph.”
Liu Qing closed the door forcefully and ran to the balcony to open all the windows, sitting cross-legged on her lounge chair.
Jiang Cheng let out a sigh, silently changed his shoes for himself, grabbed a stool, and also headed to sit on Liu Qing’s balcony.
Liu Qing just looked out over the lake, fixated.
Looking at her profile, Jiang Cheng spoke in a doting tone, “Alright, I’ll only tell you this reason.”
Seeing Liu Qing still unresponsive, Jiang Cheng said with great disappointment, “Well, if you don’t want to hear it, that’s fine.”
He pretended to get up but then immediately sat back down.
At that moment, he happened to see a certain Snake quickly turning her face towards him.
They looked into each other’s eyes.
Silence.
Liu Qing blinked, thought for a moment, and finally realized that Jiang Cheng was teasing her again!
It was like this when they ate the stir-fried pork, like this when he closed the door just now, and still like this now!
She got up from the lounge chair, planning to go back to her room to sleep, and to ignore Jiang Cheng ruthlessly for the entire next day.
But Jiang Cheng grabbed her hand, saying, “Wrong. You’re too cute, I always can’t help myself.”
After saying this, Jiang Cheng felt embarrassed himself, “Cough, about that reason… would it be convenient for you to sit down and listen?”
Liu Qing’s silhouette paused, then she shook off Jiang Cheng’s hand and ran back to her bedroom in the blink of an eye.
“She’s mad, I really did go too far today.”
Jiang Cheng slapped his head, “I should be more careful in the future, I can’t always joke with her. I must remember she’s a Mahayana Realm Cultivator, and not always think about teasing her.”
The next morning, Jiang Cheng came out of his room.
He hadn’t slept well last night, mainly because he’d joked with Liu Qing and felt guilty.
Seeing that the balcony was snake-less, Jiang Cheng subconsciously thought that Liu Qing was still not up.
But once he reached the living room, he found that Liu Qing had actually been sitting silently on the couch the whole time.
“The reason, say it.” Her face was expressionless.
This time, Jiang Cheng didn’t dare to joke.
He sat down honestly on the couch beside Liu Qing and told her his reason, word for word.
“I’ve always respected the law because it represents fairness and justice. It’s always been impartial, not bullying the weak, not worshipping the strong. It protects those who abide by the law and punishes those who don’t. But in today’s Liang Kingdom, things are completely reversed.”
“The law in Liang Kingdom is punishing those who obey it. Meanwhile, those who don’t are protected by the law.”
“I think this is wrong.”
“This is not the law I should obey.”
“I want to restore justice to the law.”
“The Lu family, they don’t need to die. But the person who colluded with the Demonic Tao, who killed the witness after Prince Liang Chu’s death and destroyed the body to eliminate traces, cannot live.”
Liu Qing said quietly, “There are many villains.”
“I know, but when I see it, I can’t just pretend I didn’t. Doing that makes me feel like someone who pays lip service to respecting the law but chooses to turn a blind eye to injustice, and I find that really disgusting.”
Having finished speaking, Jiang Cheng scratched his head awkwardly, “Haha, it does sound a bit naive, so I was embarrassed to say it. I was just thinking and doing things casually; if it’s too much trouble, I’ll let it be. Because I’ve always disliked trouble.”
“You’re very weak,” Liu Qing said.
Jiang Cheng: …
“Just wait! Today I’m going to break through to the fifth level of Qi cultivation! I’ll become a not-to-be-ignored, fifth-level Qi strength cultivator!”
Watching Jiang Cheng hastily begin to cultivate, Liu Qing on the sofa hesitated before speaking.
She said softly, “But I am strong.”
Jiang Cheng didn’t hear her, but it didn’t matter.
She would always be there for him.