Ruyue informed Jiang Xia of Liu Bao's hidden belongings tonight, and she really had no intention of seducing him at all.
From her expression, you can tell that she is very satisfied with her current life and has no intention of taking the opportunity to cling to Jiang Xia.
Just like my mother taught me, he became successful by pleasing people with his beauty and his skills in bed.
But a person's destiny, in addition to his or her own efforts, does also have to take into account the course of life and luck.
Without a doubt.
Tonight, good luck favored Miss Ruyue, who had a very rough life for more than 20 years.
"Do you know that you have a trace of demon ?"
In Liu Bao's room, the light was very dim.
The lantern that Ruyue had carried before was now placed on the candlestick beside the table, and the flickering flame seemed to have a life of its own.
The night outside the window was very peaceful. The flowers and plants in the courtyard swayed in the wind without making any sound. Ruyue remembered that when she was a child, she was very afraid of such nights.
At that time, she was still wandering around with her biological mother, like a real little beggar.
Every time I was startled awake in the night, I would hide in my mother's arms in fear. With her gentle comforting voice, I would fall asleep again, still hungry and afraid.
There is smoke in the room.
Lao Jiang's cigarettes all come from the wasteland. The people there are very free and wild, and even the post-apocalyptic enjoyment has a rough feel to it.
The smoke was very spicy.
For an old smoker, it is the most wonderful enjoyment, but for Ruyue, it is not pleasant.
In her confusion, she heard Jiang Xia's low question.
The boss's voice is actually quite nice.
Especially the hoarseness brought out by enjoying tobacco, which always expresses a maturity and sophistication that does not match his age. It is like the soul of a hipster uncle with a story is stuffed into a young body.
"Um."
Facing Jiang Xia's question, Ruyue lowered her head and looked at her tangled hands. Her slender fingers were tangled together, even leaving white marks.
Obviously.
She knows her own background.
And not proud of it.
Under Jiang Xia's gaze, Ruyue did not raise her head. She spoke in her own gentle, seductive, but emotionless tone:
“My mother told me this before she died.
She said she was a bad woman who could not keep her husband's chastity after marriage.
As a result, he not only hurt himself, but also implicated me.
She said that I could have lived a carefree life in Gyeonggi, but because of her fault, I fell into prostitution since childhood. "
"Do you hate her then? Do you hate your mother?"
Jiang Xia leaned back in the armchair, crossed his legs, and asked.
The pupil of his left eye glowed slightly as he observed every detail of Ruyue's lowered cheek, and the chip detector's vital signs detection was also activated.
Ruyue's heartbeat, breathing rate, pupils, irises and other characteristics were all monitored at this moment.
If Kisaragi answers 'hate'.
If she chooses to lie about this.
Then no matter how talented she is, Jiang Xia will not accept her.
How can we expect a person who hates her own biological mother to be loyal to others?
Judging a person by such standards may be too idealistic.
But based on Lao Jiang’s past experience, such a standard is actually very useful, and it is very effective in judging the character of others.
It's just simple psychology.
Maybe there really are crappy parents in this world.
But rather than trusting others without any reason, Jiang Xia is willing to take a chance on the probability.
"I don't hate it."
Ruyue seemed to sense Lao Jiang's scrutiny. She was very smart and she knew that the boss was not talking to her about this tonight on a whim.
The boss said she had to make a choice regarding her life planning.
Then every question from the boss must be answered carefully. From her point of view, it would be stupid to try to be cunning during tonight's secret conversation.
So, she chose to give a frank response.
After a moment's hesitation, she said to Jiang Xia:
"My mother is just an ordinary person with some looks, how could she resist the temptation of a monster?
And even though my mother was unfaithful and did wrong, after my mother and I were kicked out of the house, it was still my mother who did everything she could to keep me alive.
I was still young at that time, and my mother's face was disfigured by my "father".
She could only beg all the way to take me with her and escape from Gyeonggi to Fengyang County. I don’t remember much about what happened at that time, but I still remember it, even when she was the hungriest.
She would still do everything she could to make sure I had enough to eat. Later, we met my mother in the county town.
My mother was once a famous courtesan in Fengming Country. She saw me begging on the street with my mother and decided that I had talent, so she took me to the courtyard.
When talking about these unbearable memories, Ruyue's tone did not fluctuate much.
When she talked about how she was brought into the brothel to be a prostitute, there was suddenly a strange sense of pride in her tone.
Even his body straightened up a little.
She wiped her tears and said to Jiang Xia:
“My mother asked me if I wanted to go with her.
When I was told that I could have enough food to eat and wouldn't have to worry about starving to death, I did not hesitate. Boss, I won't hide it from you, I still feel that it was the best thing I have ever done in my life.
I promised my mother, signed a death contract, and used myself in exchange for my mother's worry-free food and clothing for the last five years of her life.
Of course, a mother doesn't want her daughter to become a prostitute, but I... don't care.
It was not until my mother fell ill and was about to die in the small courtyard prepared for her and me that she told me about the thief who had ruined her life!
That monster."
Ruyue took a deep breath and then let out a long breath. She tried hard to smile at Jiang Xia, but Old Jiang looked at her expressionlessly .
Waiting for the final ending of Ru Yue's story.
"My mother told me that even though she was harmed to such an extent, she still didn't blame the monster, because the monster gave her a child.
That's me.
It's ridiculous.
Boss, my 'biological father' is the chief eunuch of our old king. My mother would never have had children in her life.
My mother told me that it was the best blessing God gave her.
I think she is so stupid.
I would rather not have been born than have to see her suffer like that."
"All right."
Jiang Xia nodded, took a puff of cigarette, and after a few breaths, asked again:
"Such a good story, and you told it so dryly, you are really talented. Then let me ask you again, do you hate the monster who seduced your mother?"
"No."
Kisaragi said softly:
“I haven’t even seen it, why should I hate it.
In fact, I hated her before, but when my mother died, the satisfied and happy smile on her disfigured face made it impossible for me to hate her.
If my mother has forgiven it, why should I be obsessed with it?
After all, I will never have any contact with it in my life."
"Not necessarily, Xiao Ruyue, don't be so sure."
Jiang Xia raised his head and blew out a smoke ring.
He did not even look at Ruyue, but turned his head to look at the quiet night outside the window. After a few breaths, amid the burning light of the cigarette and the rising smoke, Lao Jiang said softly:
“I have a very powerful friend who met you once before. He told me that your fate is very unique and you have the appearance of being a prosperous master. What happened tonight proves this.
I decided to keep you by my side. It would be a waste for you to be an accountant.
I have decided to hire you as my secretary.
certainly.
That’s not the point.”
Lao Jiang raised his head, looked into Ruyue's astonished eyes, and said:
“My powerful friend also said that you have a talent for cultivation. Perhaps it’s the demon blood in your body that’s causing the problem. Your talent is even better than that of an average cultivator.
I trust his judgment.
Since I am about to become a monk, my future business will probably not involve much contact with the mortal world, and I am in urgent need of talents in this area.
So, tonight, I want to ask you a question.
Like the moon.
Are you willing to practice with me?"
"this……"
Ruyue couldn't hide the surprise on her pretty face at all.
She thought that the boss was discussing the most important things in her life with her tonight, and at most he wanted to use her and make her a big manager like the fourth brother in the future.
But the boss is worthy of being the boss.
Every decision is so unpredictable.
Ruyue has met all kinds of people since she was a child, but her concept of cultivators is still very similar to that of ordinary people.
This is also natural.
In Fengming Country, anyone who has practiced cultivation at all would not lower themselves to hang out in brothels, to put it in a less appropriate way.
With his cultivation, what kind of woman can they not want?
Naturally, no one told Ruyue that she actually had the talent to become a cultivator, until tonight, when Lao Jiang revealed the answer.
But the truth came too suddenly.
It was like a sledgehammer hitting Ruyue in the face, making her a little confused. Faced with Jiang Xia's questions, she was at a loss for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Seeing Ruyue's expression as if she had seen a ghost, Lao Jiang immediately curled his lips.
All right.
He had anticipated this situation.
"Go back and think about it carefully."
Lao Jiang waved his hand somewhat disinterestedly, stood up, and walked out the door. As he walked, he said:
“After all, this is a choice related to life planning. It’s not realistic to ask you to give me an answer immediately. I don’t like to force others to make choices.
Especially to our own people.
If you don't want to, then you can be a big shopkeeper in Kunlunfang in the future. It will be free and you can also make profits for me.
It’s not a bad thing.
But if you can make up your mind..."
Jiang Xia walked to the door, turned back and shrugged at Ruyue, and said:
"I can't guarantee anything else."
“But perhaps, you can meet your father while traveling and practicing, then beat him to the ground, chain him up with an iron chain, and take him to your mother’s grave.
Let it say sorry to your poor mother...
Your acting skills are so bad.
When you said you didn't hate it, you couldn't hide the murderous intent in your heart. Ruyue, let me, as an elder with experience, give you some advice.
Being magnanimous due to incompetence and forgiving under power are two different things.
The choice is yours.
I am very busy.
So I will only wait for you for three days."
After saying that, Lao Jiang strode into the quiet night outside the door with big strides, feeling happy about getting rich overnight. Tonight, he still had other things to do.
Like the moon.
Just stay in the house stupidly.
Ten breaths later, she slowly picked up the lantern again, walked out of the courtyard, lowered her head, and walked towards where she lived. But she had not walked far before she heard a call.
"Hey, little Ruyue."
A familiar voice, with a hint of magnetism and an unconcealed sense , rang out in the grove on the other side of Ruyue, startling her.
She lifted the lantern in her hand and could barely see.
Ms. Julie, with dishevelled clothes and a bruised face, as if she had been crying, was walking out of the woods while adjusting her half-wet skirt.
As a prostitute who grew up in a brothel, when Julie approached, the "unique" scent of heather on her body made Ruyue blush.
She didn't even have to guess what this bold gentleman had just been doing in the woods.
"You look very worried."
Julie didn't care.
She had never concealed her extreme attitude towards life. She came over, frivolously touched Ruyue's delicate chin with her hand, and asked:
"Is there something on your mind? I can't sleep tonight either. That young man just now was very energetic, but he had no skills. He was too rough and killed all my sleepiness.
How about going for a drink with me?"
Ruyue seldom drank alcohol in the past, but she was very good at tricking men into drinking.
Faced with Mr. Julie's invitation, she was a little hesitant, but Julie was not the kind of person who would wait for her answer. She dragged Ruyue to her own yard.
Although she didn't say it, it was obvious that this woman from the wasteland was facing a choice tonight that would affect her future life.
Two women facing the same situation came together miraculously.
This was not something Jiang deliberately arranged.
But fate.
Sometimes it's just so unreasonable.