Minglu guessed why Zhao Qing had come.

You signed a contract with her and now you want to break it without getting hurt? You must be dreaming.

She ignored him and walked gracefully inside.

Zhao Qing looked anxious as she watched Ming Luo walk in; if she didn't call out soon, it would be too late.

He was anxious and hurriedly said, "Master!"

Mingluo turned around, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

Zhao Qing has already given his first shout, so giving his second shout won't be so difficult.

He rolled over and knelt on the ground with difficulty.

"Master, your disciple Zhao Qing greets you."

Minglu chuckled softly and said calmly, "I will not accept you as my disciple. If you had readily fulfilled your promise at the auction that day, I would have thought more highly of you and accepted you as my disciple. You are not qualified now."

Zhao Qing's face flushed red with shame; he had indeed made a mistake.

I regret it terribly now.

At the time, he did have a fluke mentality, thinking it was ridiculous to make an agreement on the talisman and press his fingerprint. But now he is reaping the consequences and knows the pain and regret.

“Master, I was wrong. Please punish me.”

Minglu scoffed and ignored him, then quickly went inside, enjoying the air conditioning and drinking plain water.

Nie Yuchen walked past Zhao Qing with a disdainful expression.

Having undergone the grueling training of the man in the dream, his standards have now risen, and he can naturally see that Zhao Qing's body is covered in burn marks from lightning.

This means that the lightning that struck him by the lightning talisman after Zhao Qing publicly broke the contract at the auction is still causing trouble in Zhao Qing's body, making him suffer unbearable pain. That's why he came to Ming Luo, begging Ming Luo to have mercy.

How despicable!

You won't know to repent until you feel pain.

Indeed, that is the case.

After Zhao Qing was struck unconscious by lightning, she was rushed to Nie Yuchen's hospital for emergency treatment. She survived, but her wallet was empty.

Not only that, the lightning seemed to linger inside his body, causing chaos and turmoil. Every now and then, lightning would strike him, charring his entire body and causing him unbearable pain.

But to say that those Lei wanted him dead is not entirely true.

His current situation is that he is caught between wanting to live and wanting to die.

His master and fellow disciples tried to find a way to remove the lightning talisman from him, but to no avail.

In the end, they could only beg Mingluo, hoping that she would show mercy.

But Mingluo is so shrewd, how could she possibly be fooled?

Zhao Qing thought desperately that he might really have no choice but to leave the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master Sect. At that time, he hoped that Mingluo would still recognize him and take him in.

He knelt quietly, waiting for Mingluo to soften her heart.

Minglu didn't even glance at him, showing no disdain even when the lightning talisman on his body activated.

Seeing her unwavering determination, Nie Yuchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that Mingluo wouldn't soften her heart; some people just had to suffer.

Zhao Qing knelt at the door for a whole day.

By evening, he couldn't take it anymore and fainted.

The next day, when he woke up, he found himself still at the door, as if Mingluo hadn't even left the house.

Zhao Qing was panicking. Was Ming Luo really so heartless?

He saw that the doorway was piled with fallen leaves, thought for a moment, then picked up a broom and began to sweep...

When Minglu woke up, she saw Zhao Qing cleaning the house, then looked at Nie Yuchen and asked, "Why is he still here? Why are you here too?"

"..." Nie Yuchen's eyes narrowed slightly, but he said without changing his expression, "You didn't say that when you ate the food I cooked yesterday."

Mingluo: "..."

That damned good-for-nothing.

Nie Yuchen continued, "I was worried that you, a girl, might be ambushed at home alone yesterday, so I stayed here for a while."

Bai Xiaobai pouted in boredom.

That's a lame excuse.

Mingluo alone could take on a hundred Zhao Qings.

It jumped down and circled around Mingluo until Mingluo gave it a little spiritual power. Only then did it run to the other side contentedly and carefully digest the spiritual power.

Their careful and cherished demeanor was truly pitiful and timid.

Minglu frowned: "..."

Oops!

She herself is a freeloader, and she also has a freeloader fox.

She said to Nie Yuchen indifferently, "Here's a key to the house. You can stay here as you like. But if you stay at my house, you'll have to provide the meals. I don't cook."

“Okay!” Nie Yuchen’s eyes darkened slightly, a triumphant smile appearing on his face.

A mysterious smile appeared on Mingluo's lips.

Great, we have a chef.

We even have a floor cleaner now.

She continued to browse the news online, hoping to use this opportunity to completely ruin Ming Jiaojiao so that she could focus on her own career.

Yesterday's revelations have led countless people to direct their anger at Ming Jiaojiao.

This morning, a man named Zhao Quan posted a Weibo post and tagged him.

The Weibo post read: "Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Quan, a prisoner who has just been released from prison. What I want to say is that the dead child that was thrown on Mingluo was born to me and a woman. Do you want to know who that woman is? Follow my Weibo, and I will tell you tonight at 8 PM."

Mingluo felt a mix of emotions after reading this Weibo post.

"Is this the person you found in prison? Is everything alright?"

Nie Yuchen said, "There shouldn't be any problem. My people have investigated many people and conducted tests, so it can be confirmed that he is indeed the father of the stillborn baby."

“Zhao Quan!” Minglu pondered. She couldn’t find this person in the original owner’s memories, but she did remember that there were a few non-mainstream young men who were very close to Ming Jiaojiao back then, and one of them was Zhao Quan.

She took a closer look at the photo.

Zhao Quan, who has just been released from prison, has very short hair, revealing his face. He is not different from the non-mainstream man whose face was covered by hair back then; in fact, he is completely unrelated.

"Prison really is a melting pot; it's completely unrecognizable from its former self. However, this comment is really despicable. Is the person desperate for fame?"

Mingluo's words were not without sarcasm.

He caused the death of a child back then, and now that he's out, he's trying to use that child as a publicity stunt to gain attention and traffic.

This is the behavior of a complete scumbag. No wonder he and Ming Jiaojiao are so deeply in love and inseparable.

It seems that using scum to deal with the worst kind of person is the only way.

Mingluo didn't really want to deal with this scumbag, but the scumbag wanted to get back at Ming Jiaojiao.

In this regard, she casually replied to that Weibo post, saying only one sentence: What was the truth back then?

This simple sentence seemed to have given Zhao Quan a business opportunity.

Zhao Quan began to broadcast the events of that year online, one by one.

He posted more than twenty Weibo posts in a row, which, when strung together, formed a melodramatic love story.

Minglu read through the stories one by one, and after sorting them out, she pieced them together to form the whole narrative.