Long Aotian’s Beautiful Butler Has Run Away chapter 88

Chapter 88: The Eldest Miss

“Oh my, I didn’t mean to!” Linglong explained while struggling to rescue her hair from the little eagle-headed falcon’s claws.

Just as Linglong was struggling, Rong Xie also saw the intruder’s face clearly.

The young woman, dressed in a deep green, waist-cinched warrior outfit, turned around. Her heroic face faced Rong Xie directly; a high bridge of the nose connected to a prominent brow bone, and deep in her eye sockets, a pair of distinct black and white eyes swept over Rong Xie’s face with aggressive scrutiny, as if trying to discern every minute change in his expression and carve it into her memory.

Rong Xie was stunned. He hadn’t expected the “girl of his dreams,” whom he had passed on the street just moments ago, to appear right in front of him. Was he dreaming? How could something so absurd happen? Yes, that must be it—he was definitely dreaming.

And it was a nightmare.

“Shen Bingsi…!” Rong Xie leaned back involuntarily. “What… what the hell are you doing?”

That’s right. The woman in the deep green outfit before him wore a face Rong Xie knew all too well. When they passed each other on the street earlier, Rong Xie hadn’t seen “her” full face, so he hadn’t recognized her immediately. Now that “she” was within arm’s reach, with “her” face clearly displayed before him, Rong Xie would have to be blind not to recognize him.

This was clearly the face he had once drawn on paper—down to the last detail, even the hairstyle was identical!

“Who said I am Shen Bingsi? My name is Qu Huaiyan, the Eldest Miss of the Qu family in the capital,” Shen Bingsi said without batting an eyelid.

Rong Xie gritted his teeth, heat gradually rising in his cheeks, his voice turning much weaker. “You… you saw it all.”

Back when he was dealing with the Shen family, Rong Xie had claimed he was preparing to marry the eldest daughter of a wealthy family. To avoid being exposed, he had come up with a detailed backstory for this young lady, including her appearance, background, name… and a bunch of other messy settings that he had tried hard to forget.

He never expected that today, months later, on a day he was completely caught off guard, this fabricated young lady would suddenly appear in front of him, even announcing the name and background he had made up… Damn it, the paper Shen Bingsi found couldn’t have been the one with the most detailed settings, could it? He was sure he had burned it!

Cold sweat broke out on Rong Xie’s back. “What exactly… do you want to do?”

Clearly, Shen Bingsi was the one acting outrageously. But who asked Shen Bingsi to be born without a sense of shame? Turning into a woman was evidently no obstacle to his progress.

Rong Xie, on the other hand, had merely drawn a picture and written a few words, yet he was now suffering so much he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

“Come back with me.” Shen Bingsi took a step forward, forcing Rong Xie back against the tea table. He reached one hand past Rong Xie’s arm to prop himself against the edge of the table, trapping him in the small space, and stared at him with burning eyes. “Stop making a scene.”

Rong Xie had been feeling awkward, but hearing this, a burst of anger suddenly rose within him. He frowned slightly. “Making a scene?”

“Yes. Didn’t you run away just to show me? You can live very well renting a house outside, and you can find a way to make money without relying on me—I know that now.” Shen Bingsi’s tone carried a hint of impatience. “Can you come back with me now?”

“What are you talking about?” Rong Xie let out a short laugh. “I don’t understand. If you’re done speaking, please leave. Oh, and right—use the front door. Don’t step on my roof tiles.”

Shen Bingsi seemed not to have expected Rong Xie to reject him so bluntly. He dazed for a moment. Just as he was gathering his thoughts to launch a second charge at Rong Xie, Linglong and her little eagle-headed falcon finally made peace.

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“Uh…” Linglong turned her head, her gaze shifting back and forth between Rong Xie and the woman in green who had suddenly appeared. Some guesses floated into her mind. “Are you two… perhaps…”

Rong Xie suddenly remembered there was a third person in the room. It was all Shen Bingsi’s fault for being so infuriating; the moment he appeared, Rong Xie forgot everything else.

Great. The great Sword Saint Shen turned into a woman and ran into his room to cause a scene. If this got out, both his and Shen Bingsi’s reputations would be ruined.

He turned his head, wanting to explain to Linglong, but didn’t know where to start.

Shen Bingsi, meanwhile, stared at Rong Xie from beginning to end, his gaze never wavering.

“…Are you perhaps… fighting over me?” Linglong suddenly said something shocking.

Rong Xie and Shen Bingsi froze simultaneously.

Linglong clasped her hands in front of her and twisted her shoulders, looking very shy. “Don’t fight over me. Big Brother Rong, and this… is the older sister from your hometown, right?”

The two men clearly hadn’t kept up with Linglong’s train of thought. Shen Bingsi even lifted his chin at Rong Xie, mouthing silently: Older sister from hometown?

Rong Xie didn’t want to acknowledge Shen Bingsi, but he didn’t know what Linglong was talking about either. Fortunately, Linglong seemed not to have heard him call out Shen Bingsi’s full name earlier.

“Misunderstanding, it’s all a misunderstanding,” Linglong waved both hands vigorously. “Sister, don’t be angry. Big Brother Rong and I aren’t in that kind of relationship. We are just friends helping each other out.”

Rong Xie looked at Linglong in confusion, unsure why she was explaining so much to a stranger.

Shen Bingsi, however, gave Linglong a pleasant look for the first time and turned his head. “Oh? Just friends?”

“Yes!” Linglong was a bit embarrassed. “Actually, it was my idea. It had nothing to do with Big Brother Rong. Because my uncle and the others are always trying to set me up with someone, it’s very troublesome. Big Brother Rong happened to have the same trouble, so we just…”

“Lady Ling!” Rong Xie interrupted her. “You don’t need to explain so much to an irrelevant person.”

“Irrelevant person?” Linglong was surprised and asked cautiously, “Isn’t she the… child bride from your hometown?”

Although she tried to keep her voice down for the last few words, the other two in the room were cultivators and naturally heard it clearly.

Both of them choked simultaneously.

Rong Xie hadn’t expected Linglong’s brain to work so fast, instantly connecting the nonsense he had spun before. Even Rong Xie hadn’t thought of explaining it this way.

Shen Bingsi was surprised. He thought that since Rong Xie had left so heartlessly, not even mentioning him in letters back home, he certainly wouldn’t mention him to outsiders. Unexpectedly, Rong Xie not only mentioned him but did so in this manner.

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The… child bride from his hometown?

It did partially express the relationship between him and Rong Xie correctly, as well as Rong Xie’s fantasies based on that relationship.

“No!”

“So what if I am!”

Rong Xie and Shen Bingsi spoke at the same time, expressing opposite opinions.

Rong Xie looked at Shen Bingsi in confusion. Shen Bingsi actually admitted to it? Right, he had even transformed into the person in the painting. Could he have… suffered Qi Deviation?

Rong Xie suddenly felt a bit worried. After he left, did Shen Bingsi actually go to the Supreme Immortal Mountain to find his master?

“So… is she or isn’t she…” Linglong’s voice trailed off, her eyes darting between Rong Xie and Shen Bingsi.

In fact, she already had the answer in her heart. When she saw the big sister in green pinning Big Brother Rong against the tea table, she knew. In the Shield Alliance, she was actually the only one who really needed a shield.

“It doesn’t matter what I am,” Shen Bingsi ignored Linglong and moved his gaze back to Rong Xie’s face. “As long as you want it, I can be anyone for you. I admit, your influence on me is enormous. I can’t live without you.”

The air stagnated for a second.

Rong Xie stared at Shen Bingsi in astonishment, evidently dazed by his “confession.”

“Wow—” Linglong exclaimed softly, looking at the two with a dreamy expression. She had never seen such a couple before; the woman could be so dominant and proactive, even possessing a bit of domineering flair. Linglong had traveled the Jianghu for so many years and never met a man she liked because those men always wanted to control and lead her. No matter how much a man’s appearance suited her preferences, once they showed a hint of that tendency, she would instantly lose interest. For a long time, Linglong suspected she might stay single her whole life.

Until this moment, seeing how the big sister in green interacted with Big Brother Rong, Linglong realized—this was the kind of relationship she wanted!

Thinking this, Linglong tried to minimize her presence, not disturbing Big Brother Rong and the big sister in green. She just crouched to the side, secretly observing and learning.

“…” Rong Xie didn’t know how to answer Shen Bingsi.

“Well, have you thought it over?” Shen Bingsi looked at Rong Xie with a gaze that said he was determined to win. “Come back with me. I can give you anything. You don’t have to live this kind of hard life anymore.”

Rong Xie raised his eyes and scrutinized Shen Bingsi again.

Shen Bingsi’s current appearance was exactly identical to the beloved in his fantasy. Even if it was just a physical shell, it still caused a certain impact on him. Coupled with the cold expression unique to Shen Bingsi after using the Heaven-Severing Blade, this face and this scene were highly deceptive to Rong Xie.

If he had only left Shen Bingsi on impulse, hearing such a deceptive confession might have moved him.

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But he wasn’t.

He was the type of person who would hesitate and think for a long time before making a decision, but once the decision was made, he would never look back.

“Do you know what you look like when you look at me right now?” Rong Xie sighed softly.

“What?” Shen Bingsi was puzzled, unsure why Rong Xie suddenly brought this up.

“Like you’re looking at a stone. A stone that should have appeared in Huanxue Villa,” Rong Xie said indifferently, “but was placed somewhere else.”

Shen Bingsi narrowed his eyes.

“Not seeing that stone makes you uncomfortable all over, so you want to move it back—that is what your eyes are saying.”

Shen Bingsi fell silent.

Rong Xie pushed his arm away, stepped out of the confined space, and went to Linglong. He looked at the little eagle-headed falcon on her shoulder. “Is it okay now?”

“Ah…” Linglong hadn’t recovered from the quarrel just yet. So scary. Indeed, quiet calmness was scarier than loud shouting. On the surface, the big sister in green was dominating the scene, but in reality, it seemed to be the other way around.

“It looks like it’s fine,” Rong Xie observed. “Lady Ling, it might not be convenient for me to continue hosting you today. Why don’t you… go deliver the message to Captain Zhao first?”

“Eh?” Linglong suddenly remembered her main business. “Almost forgot! I’ll go deliver the message right now! Then—I’ll take my leave!”

Linglong cupped her hands at Rong Xie and bowed to Shen Bingsi. “Thank you, Sister, for healing Ah Ying.”

With that, Linglong quickly left the flower hall with the little eagle-headed falcon. Through the open glazed window, her figure could soon be seen running past the pond.

“You should leave too.” Rong Xie slid open the door of the flower hall and looked at the only person remaining by the tea table.

Shen Bingsi stood sideways, his arm still maintaining the posture of leaning against the table edge. He seemed to have fallen into some confusing predicament.

“He said if I did this, you would come back, because you like me… turning into this,” Shen Bingsi’s voice was low. He turned his head to look at the doorway, a look of forbearance in his eyes. “So, you don’t like it anymore? Your affection is indeed no different from those people; it only lasts for such a tiny amount of time. Ridiculous…”