The remaining guards of the Yu family swallowed hard, thinking to themselves, "Did we just curse this guy?"
Dead! Dead!
Zu An ignored them and instead went to search the bodies of Bao Gang and the others.
Ji Xiaoxi leaned closer with some curiosity: "Brother Zu, are you looking for something that can prove their identities?"
Zuan shook his head: "No, I was just checking if they had anything valuable on them... Damn it, they didn't have a single copper coin!"
Ji Xiaoxi: "..."
The Yu family members: "..."
Ji Xiaoxi said weakly, "These people who come out to rob probably don't bring any money with them, right?"
Zuan thought about it and agreed, but he still felt a pang of regret. He had worked for half a day for nothing and even lost a bottle of paralyzing poison.
Wait, you mean anger level?
Can anger points be eaten? Nobody in this world recognizes this thing.
Suddenly he noticed the trembling guards of the Yu family and put on what he thought was a kind smile: "Why don't you answer my question? I saved you, how are you going to repay me?"
The Yu family members were terrified. They had witnessed firsthand how horribly the people from Black Wind Stronghold had died, and now, just hearing the word "problem" sent chills down their spines.
"Thank you for your help, young hero. I am willing to offer ten thousand taels of gold as a token of my gratitude. I wonder if you are satisfied?" A delicate and charming voice rang out.
The carriage, which had been silent until now, finally moved. A slender hand lifted the curtain, and a stunningly beautiful woman slowly stepped out.
Zuan originally thought he had a high resistance to beautiful women, after all, what kind of beautiful women hadn't he seen on the internet, in movies and on TV in his previous life?
People from China, Europe and America, island nations, and even anime and manga, as well as those who spend all their time scrolling through Douyin (TikTok) like they're choosing a concubine, don't really care about titles like "the most beautiful woman in XX world." They just think these bumpkins are ignorant.
But it wasn't until this moment that he realized he was wrong, terribly wrong. The beautiful woman he saw through the computer or phone screen didn't have the same impact as the one he saw in real life.
The lady who stepped down from the carriage had skin so delicate that even a young girl could not compare. Her skin was as smooth and delicate as milk, and her eyes were as deep and beautiful as the stars in the night sky.
Her flawless face, with its long neck and hair piled high on her head, exudes a noble and mature aura.
My gaze involuntarily drifted downwards, past her perfectly proportioned, full breasts, where the fitted white dress cinched at her waist, making her slender waist appear even more delicate, and then outlining a breathtakingly perfect curve between her waist and hips.
Ji Xiaoxi, standing to the side, suddenly felt a sense of inferiority. Although everyone around her praised her beauty, compared to the lady in front of her, the mature and elegant temperament that she exuded naturally was something she could never learn.
"Is it beautiful?" Noticing Zu An's somewhat presumptuous gaze, Madam Yu showed no anger whatsoever, but instead revealed a gentle smile.
“Beautiful.” Zuan nodded. “I originally thought I was the most beautiful person in the world, but I didn’t expect you to be only a little bit less beautiful than me.”
Pfft~
Ji Xiaoxi couldn't help but chuckle, and her previously somewhat depressed mood vanished instantly.
Yu Yanluo was also taken aback. Over the years, she had become accustomed to the amazed looks that many men gave her, but no one had ever been as...natural as him.
“You’re quite interesting,” Yu Yanluo smiled, her smile as radiant as if the snow had just melted and a hundred flowers were in bloom. “What is your real name? You call yourself Shouping, and this young lady just called you Brother Zu, so that must be your real name. What is your real name?”
"I never leave my name when I do good deeds." Zu An shook his head. He had mentioned Cheng Shouping's name before to take the blame. Now that he was in danger in the Chu family, he didn't want others to know his background before he figured things out.
Yu Yanluo glanced at the corpses of the Black Wind Stronghold bandits that he had rummaged through on the ground, and a beautiful smile curved her lips slightly: "But I don't have that much money on me right now. If I don't know your real name, how can I give it to you later?"
Zuan scratched his head, clearly conflicted, but in the end he decided to succumb to money, grabbing her hand and pulling her aside: "Come with me!"
Yu Yanluo's gaze fell on the hand gripping her arm, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, but in the end she said nothing.
The guards of the Yu family standing nearby stared wide-eyed. Their mistress had always hated any physical contact with men, yet she let him grab her without stopping her.
He wanted to reprimand him, but remembering how he had just tortured the Black Wind Stronghold members, he was still terrified and dared not utter a word.
Zu An pulled Yu Yanluo to a secluded spot some distance away before saying, "Let me make this clear beforehand, I'm not saying this for the ten thousand taels of gold..."
He was interrupted before he could finish speaking. Yu Yanluo's gaze fell on his hand: "Could you let go of my hand first?"
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