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Chapter 13: The Only Daughter of the Lin Family
Chapter 13: The Only Daughter of the Lin Family
In his past life, Shen Yi might have started to fantasize about ghosts and spirits.
But now, he sat up, looking under the bed.
He had felt something amiss earlier; who would use wooden boards to seal the underside of the bed?
Without searching for any mechanisms, Shen Yi slightly exerted force and broke the wooden boards. He reached under and grabbed the dagger that was placed by the bed.
"Swish!"
In the instant the creature below poked its head up, the blade was already pressed against its neck.
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes.
Under the coercion of the blade, the woman's long black hair was in disarray, her features delicate and exuding a sense of heroism. Her dirty face was filled with anger, and her mouth, gagged with a cloth, made unintelligible sounds that didn't seem pleasant.
Her once snow-white long robe was now barely cleaner than a rag.
Her hands were bound behind her back with hemp rope.
From her slightly reddened forehead, it seemed she had been banging her head against the bedboard earlier.
As Shen Yi recognized the beautiful face of this young woman, his expression gradually changed from confusion to annoyance, and finally, he had to take a deep breath to calm himself.
You damn... just how much trouble have you left me with?!
It was pointless to be angry at a dead man, and Shen Yi helplessly lowered his head. He casually pulled the cloth off the woman's mouth.
"You bastard, colluding with demons! You won't have a good death!"
"Let me go now! Otherwise, I'll report this to my sect, and they'll flay you alive, you dog thief! You..."
A flash of silver.
Shen Yi sheathed his dagger, and the woman stared at the severed hemp rope, opening and closing her mouth as if she wanted to say more but didn't know how to continue her tirade.
So, she was being set free just like that?
Things weren't unfolding as she had expected.
She licked her dry lips and pondered for a moment before asking, "I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"
Shen Yi glanced at her and shook his head. "Get out."
While he desired female companionship, he wouldn't let his lust cloud his judgment.
Her identity was too unique; just thinking about it would keep Shen Yi up all night.
Baiyun County wasn't particularly prosperous, but it was home to several wealthy merchants, and the Lin family was one of them, having made their fortune through silk trading.
That in itself wasn't unusual.
While the only daughter of the Lin family was cherished, she didn't hold much influence in front of the government officials.
What made her special was the fact that she was the only child.
Old Man Lin, for reasons unknown, had multiple wives but not many children, and those he had died one after another, leaving only this daughter.
Out of desperation, he adopted a male heir to carry on the family lineage.
As for this daughter, a large sum of money was spent to send her away to learn martial arts.
Unexpectedly, she actually succeeded in her training... and the first thing she did upon returning was to go demon-slaying with her sword.
This was where Shen Yi got involved.
She had left the city alone and attracted a group of fox demons outside the city gates. It was a miracle that she managed to escape with her life.
The reason for this incident was that a curious fox demon wanted to experience the bustling human world and decided to pull a prince-and-the-pauper switch.
It brought this young woman to Shen Yi's house, imitated her speech and behavior, and even completely transformed itself to look exactly like her. Eventually, through Shen Yi's help, the "severely injured" fox demon was sent back to the Lin mansion, solving the issue of memory loss.
Shen Yi handled the matter discreetly, and the fox demon was very satisfied, so it gave the young woman to him as a reward.
As long as she didn't show her face in Baiyun County, he could do whatever he wanted with her, and to ensure this, the fox demon had even sealed her acupoints.
"In the past few days, I at least had rice porridge to eat, but now you don't even give me water. Do you know how I've survived these past two days?" Lin Baiwei asked weakly as she sat on the edge of the bed.
The creature had entered the Lin mansion but hadn't harmed anyone yet, and Shen Yi didn't want to make the situation worse.
"I just wanted to curse at you a little, do you think I'm stupid?"
Lin Baiwei rubbed her abdomen, her voice weak. "That beast left a restriction on me. If I take a step out of this room, it can show up and take my life within half an hour."
At this, Shen Yi's lips curled into a cold smile. "So, to you, I'm a safe option?"
"If you touch me, I'll fight you to the death." Lin Baiwei shot him a glance, her teeth clenched. "But if you don't, I need to eat!"
From the resolute look in this young lady's eyes, Shen Yi sensed that she truly loved to eat.
He didn't want to continue arguing about this issue. "Listen, I'm going to rest now. As for you, just don't make any noise, and do whatever else you want."
With that, Shen Yi lay back down, placing his official dagger under his arm.
"..."
"..."
After a moment, Shen Yi turned his head to look at her.
He admitted that Lin Baiwei was extremely beautiful, even in her current disheveled state. She was the most stunning person he had seen since his arrival in this world.
However, he couldn't stand her sitting next to him like a female ghost, with her hair all over the place and a blank expression on her face, staring at him with those eerie eyes.
"Are you crazy?"
"I didn't make any noise." Lin Baiwei continued to stare at him.
"I'm starting to want to stuff you back under the bed." Shen Yi slowly sat up.
"Suit yourself. Do you want to tie me up again?" Lin Baiwei held out her hands.
Her attitude made Shen Yi suspect that he was the hooligan in this situation, not her. "Are you trying to stick with me?"
"I just don't want to die. I need to eat to stay alive," Lin Baiwei said calmly.
"If you don't want to die, why did you go and provoke that group of foxes?" Shen Yi found this a bit absurd. He had expected her to be a reckless and impulsive young lady, but she seemed to be quite adaptable.
Upon hearing this, the young lady looked at him in confusion. "How did I provoke them by going after them for preying on the people of Baiyun County?"
As she spoke, Lin Baiwei suddenly leaned closer, her fingers gently stroking the area on Shen Yi's robe that was stained with demon blood.
Like a young beast, she sniffed the pungent scent and looked up. "Besides, aren't you provoking them too?"
"I'm not as stupid as you."
Shen Yi pushed her small face away and said indifferently, "Do you really have a sect?"
Being able to distinguish the smell of demon blood suggested that she had some real skills.
"The Peach Blossom Axe of Mount Pishan, the Peerless Demon-Slaying Sword, the Eighteen Styles of the Breaking Waves Palm..."
"I just want two buns. How many moves do you want to learn?"
Watching Lin Baiwei hold up her fingers like she was ordering food, Shen Yi's mouth twitched. "Go wash up and sleep..."
Indeed, it was enough to encounter someone like Chen Ji, who casually took out a martial arts manual, just once.
His own interface was much more reliable.
Seeing that he had lain back down, Lin Baiwei reluctantly lowered her hand.
The names she had made up on the spot didn't seem to be working to get her any food.
She stared at Shen Yi's back and fell into deep thought.
Could it be that she had been away from the world for too long? How could a small prison guard have come into contact with the threshold of the Initial Realm?
Hmm, should she come up with a more believable story?
(End of Chapter)
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