Quick Transmigration: Saving The Crazy Villainess

Chapter 107: Jiang Ying Yue (14)

"Did I spend this much effort on Feng Ru and Xie Na before?"

This was the thought lingering in his mind as he exited his study and marched out of his courtyard. He couldn't help doing the comparison. He just felt like he had been constantly moving around ever since he arrived in this world. In fact, even though it was already past nine, because he couldn't take his mind off the conversation he had with that minister, he felt like he couldn't retire to bed yet. This was why he decided to visit Jiang Ying Yue and asked her a few questions.

'... I still can't take my rest tonight. I need to know what happened on and before that day and why she's accused of witchcraft even though she's yet to learn it.'

The building where she currently stayed had a gate of its own. It was already closed, so he could only trespass by jumping over the wall.

The reason for this was that Jiang Ying Yue was not actually settled in the Chen Wang estate. It was not because Jiang Li cared for Lady Lu's opinion, but because he heard it would be bad for a girl's reputation to be at a house not owned by her or her family before marriage.

The customs were just hard to disregard. There was also a problem with her current reputation. Because of this, he just decided not to give himself any more headaches and bought the house next to the Chen Wang estate.

"... Why are you here?"

It was after his feet landed on the ground that the question came out of Jiang Li's lips. His left eyebrow went up The voice which he just let out was quite sharp, scaring the heck out of Jiang Ying Yue who was currently positioning a ladder against the wall and testing out its first step. She was in a maid's attire but her hair was arranged in a bun, like that of a new eunuch in the palace.

Jiang Li looked at the quiet house five meters away and then at the direction of the gate which should have a few guards stationed on it.

If this girl who obviously wanted to escape manually carry that ladder, how come those guards or the maids in the house did not notice her? Or even hear her footsteps?

'... Lu Ling has such high post, could easily get good soldiers as his underlings and obtain skilled personnel. I can't believe he let incompetent and irresponsible guards and maids stay in his own residence.'

The man strode at her and after sighing, he grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and dragged her back to the house. Maybe because she knew her protests would simply prove futile, the girl didn't make things difficult for him and allow herself to be dragged inside. However, of course, in her heart, she was crying.

'Why is heaven so unfair to me? Just when I thought I can safely escape because the people around are quite lax and negligent, this devil suddenly popped out of nowhere to cage me inside the house again. Why? Why did he choose to appear at this exact moment?'

The girl wanted to curse the heavens, but she doesn't know any profanities.

Her hatred against the world grew since she couldn't even vent her frustrations and misgivings that way.

"Let's now have a good talk, Miss Jiang." After entering, he looked around for a chair. He found one near the hall's window and had her sit there.

The spot was quite a good one since moonlight was spilling over it. Now that Jiang Ying Yue took over there, the soft light touching her skin made her appear so beautiful. When compared again to the current female lead, even if this girl was just in a maid attire, she would still appear more radiant and eye-catching than Sheng Lingxin.

Jiang Li looked away to search for a chair for himself. The nearest one was in the adjacent hall. He carried that one to where she was and then sat in front of her. 

He looked at her who looked like a kid about to cry. 

"First of all, I want to clarify something." When he moved his chair closer to her, she flinched and backed away. The sound her haphazard movement caused was loud and painful to the ears.

Jiang Li looked offended but chose to ignore that action and continued, "I know that you are a noble lady kidnapped and brought to a mountain. Now, you have to know that I am a soldier who happened to save you together with an old lady living in that part of the mountain."

Hearing him say those things, the woman looked stunned. "You are not a nobleman who bought me from a mountain bandit or a group of traffickers?"

The man almost facepalmed. 'As expected this is what she thought of me.'

While furrowing his brows and shaking his head, he answered, "Miss, you're making me speechless. I already said that I am a soldier. As for whether I am a noble or not, how about I just tell you three facts so you can take a guess?"

She nodded and he started, "First, you are currently in a house next to the Chen Wang estate. Second, I saved you. Third, because I saved you, the Emperor shortened my month-long vacation into a week." With a serious look on, he then asked, "So who do you think am I?"

The clues he gave would not really be easily pieced out by others. After all, he could be a guard or a random member of the army who happened to be a part of the Lu Household. If the clues were not analyzed closely or even if a detail was missed out, it would be easy to come up with the above assumptions.

But if it was 'her', he had faith she wouldn't make a mistake. 

His expectation was not betrayed.

"Chen... Wang." She uttered with a pale look on her face.

Jiang Ying Yue made this guess due to hearing that this man's one month vacation was shortened into one week by the Emperor. She thought, if he could meet with the son of heaven, then he could not be a random soldier.

She looked at the man dressed in red combat attire seated in front of her. He was actually quite familiar. At least the built, if he was standing. Wasn't he the person who, according to her younger sister, she had repeatedly tackled when she wanted to commit the unthinkable?

That time, she did not see his face clearly due to her clouded vision.

So he was actually that prince whose name always resounded from young ladies whenever they talked about men they wanted to marry. He's the one whose name got linked to hers in some rumors three days ago. He also saved her and even brought her to a safe place.

'Why would someone like him do all of those for a worthless girl like me?'

Her eyes glazed in confusion and doubts. Her heart, too, was drowning in those emotions.