"You brat, get down here right now! You dare to sneak into a brothel, I'll spank you until your bottom is bruised!"

A monk dressed in a patchwork robe, with a gleaming crown on his head, brandished a stick and threatened the boy in the tree. His words showed no semblance of a teacher's demeanor.

"No, flower wine is such a delicious thing. Master, you should try some too." With that, the boy threw down a bottle of wine.

In no time, the master and apprentice were completely drunk.

"Master, why can't monks drink alcohol?" the child asked blankly, his cheeks flushed from the alcohol.

"The Buddha taught the Five Precepts: abstaining from alcohol, abstaining from killing, abstaining from stealing, abstaining from sexual misconduct, and abstaining from lying..."

"Why are there so many restrictions on becoming a monk... then I don't want to be a monk anymore."

The child's innocent words made the old monk laugh out loud, "Then tell me, if you don't want to be a monk, what will you do in the future?"

"I want to be a chivalrous thief, drink the finest wine, and marry the most beautiful woman... I'll bring her back for you to see!"

Years later, the childhood joke has come true...

...

The garden was usually quiet on a summer night, with only the occasional chirping of cicadas carried by the summer breeze. But today seemed a little different.

"Bang!" It sounded like a window being smashed open. The sound was especially jarring in the quiet summer night.

Luo Jiu got up to check, but unexpectedly, she heard the maid's voice coming from the doorway.

"Miss, the manor was robbed tonight. Are you alright?"

Luo Jiu pondered for a moment, then smiled gently and said, "I'm fine. Have you caught the thief? Be careful."

The maid responded and then left, and the room returned to silence.

A pair of white embroidered shoes appeared under the bed. The owner of the shoes slowly squatted down and asked with some curiosity, "Were you hiding here?"

Luo Jiu has been in this world for three days. Just now, she received a notification from the system that the person who broke in through the window was the male protagonist of this world.

Her mission was to take in this womanizing playboy and protect world peace.

A hand reached out from the darkness and seized the woman's neck with perfect accuracy. The force of the impact caused the man to fall onto Luo Jiu, whispering with a mocking laugh:

"Just pretend you didn't hear that, Miss. Aren't you afraid I'll rob you of your money and your virtue?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Jiu chuckled softly, "But I saved you."

Previously, Xiao Zhuo was concentrating on sensing the outside world, but now he looked at the woman beneath him with some surprise. His tone was not flustered at all, showing considerable courage.

The eldest daughter of the Luo family, an unmarried young woman, was pinned down by a man, her life in his hands, yet she showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, she calmly conversed with a bandit, which was truly fascinating.

Rumors circulated that Miss Luo possessed extraordinary beauty, but unfortunately, she was blind, her eyes were always covered with a white silk cloth, she lived a secluded life, was illiterate, and was frail and weak.

It seems that rumors are just rumors and shouldn't be taken too seriously.

The woman beneath him wore a white gauze dress, her lips curving into a smile. The white veil concealed her eyes, but it couldn't hide her radiant beauty; instead, it shrouded her in an air of mystery, both alluring and elusive.

"So what? You thief, you didn't manage to steal your father's treasures today, but if you can get a kiss from Miss Luo, then your trip won't have been in vain."

He loosened his grip on Luo Jiu's neck and instead used his hand to lift her chin, examining her closely.

"Miss Luo Jiu truly deserves to be called the most beautiful woman in Southern Liang. She's so beautiful even with her eyes covered; I wonder what kind of captivating beauty she'll possess when she lifts the veil..."

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Zhuo took advantage of Luo Jiu's inattention and ripped off her mysterious eye veil.

The eyes that should have been black and translucent, sparkling with tiny glimmers of light, were replaced by a pair of white pupils, a dull white without any color, as if their souls had been stolen.

Such eyes were placed on Luo Jiu, whose appearance was stunning and worldly, making one marvel at the fairness of the Creator.

Having been given a face rarely seen in the world, it is bound to take away your means of seeing the world. From then on, your world will only consist of blurry shadows and constant distrust of the outside world.

Xiao Zhuo held the white silk he had taken off, unusually silent. The air was deathly still.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Luo Jiu pushed him away and stood up. Although she couldn't see him, Luo Jiu seemed to sense where he was, and her white eyes were suddenly exposed to him.

"Do you think my eyes are scary?"

Xiao Zhuo frowned and subconsciously wanted to explain.

"It's okay, everyone who looks into my eyes gives me the same expression."

Luo Jiu said, feigning indifference. Having experienced two worlds, Luo Jiu already knew how to use her appearance and vulnerability to evoke men's sympathy.

A naive young lady, raised in seclusion, disliked by others, and blind, is the best tool to make a man lower his guard.

She smiled and slowly made her way towards Xiao Zhuo. She grabbed his clothes and looked up at him with her white eyes.

So, you're afraid of my eyes too?

Luo Jiu was slightly shorter than Xiao Zhuo, so when she looked up, her chin touched Xiao Zhuo's. The atmosphere instantly became ambiguous.

Xiao Zhuo raised his hand and lightly tapped her forehead, then smiled wickedly and said, "Want to know? I'll tell you next time."

After saying that, he didn't care about Luo Jiu, who was still standing there in a daze. He quickly darted to the window and disappeared in an instant.

The moment Xiao Zhuo disappeared, the door to the house was pushed open from the outside.

The newcomer was a beautiful woman dressed in gorgeous clothes. Her originally bright face was somewhat diminished by the lingering mockery in her heart.

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