The skin on the neck that had been pinched before was covered with a layer of coolness, and the pain was instantly relieved.
Yu Jiao opened her eyes in disbelief and met Cheng Ying's teasing eyes. He took a small porcelain bottle in his hand, dipped his fingertips in the ointment, and wiped the bruises on Yu Jiao's cheeks.
"Do you really think I want to kill you?"
Although Cheng Ying's movements were rough, her fingertips were extremely gentle as she applied the ointment carefully on the bruises. She couldn't help feeling annoyed in her heart, as the little girl's skin was delicate and she shouldn't have been so forceful just now.
Yu Jiao stared at Cheng Ying suspiciously. She had just called him a twisted eunuch. Cheng Ying should have been furious and killed him! Why did he suddenly change his attitude?
Cheng Ying's thoughts were strange and unpredictable, and Yu Jiao remained silent and let him apply medicine to her, but her expression remained cold.
After Cheng Ying applied the medicine, he slowly touched Yu Jiao's slender waist, pulled out a handkerchief from her waist and lazily wiped his fingers with it. "It's just a rat that doesn't like to see the light. You let it go. How can I bother with you? I just wanted to scare you. But you are so cruel that you want to poke out my eyes!"
As he spoke, he seemed to be still angry. He pulled up Yu Jiao's right hand and slapped her palm, "You little heartless girl!"
The slap didn't hurt, but Yu Jiao wasn't sure whether what he said was true or false, and whether he would suddenly turn hostile and become ruthless.
"Adoptive father..." Yu Jiao seemed to have given in. She lowered her head slightly, and said with an unnatural expression, "I'm sorry... I thought my adoptive father thought that I let the thief go, and he was really angry and wanted to kill me."
Cheng Ying sighed and glared at her, "Adoptive father? In your heart, I am nothing but a twisted eunuch. When it comes to hypocrisy, you are no less heartless than me! You call me nice, but I don't know how you curse me in your heart."
He stretched out a finger to lift Yu Jiao's chin and looked straight at her. "Why should I be false and hypocritical to anyone? There are many people in Shengjing who are eager to become my adopted daughter."
"Godfather, I know I was wrong. I just spoke without thinking. Please don't bear grudges." With Cheng Ying's power, there are indeed many people who want to get close to him. As long as he spreads the word, those high-ranking officials will probably send girls to Cheng Ying for him to choose, just like selecting girls for the prince. Even if Cheng Ying treats them as toys to entertain them, they will probably be happy to do so.
Yu Jiao was worried about the safety of Yun Xiao and the others, so she admitted her mistake completely, "If you're still not satisfied, just hit me."
She took the initiative to open her palms.
Cheng Ying sneered, gently slapped Yu Jiao's palm again, and then said, "This won't happen again."
"Godfather, are you not angry anymore?" Yu Jiao raised her eyes, tilted her little face, and racked her brains to say something nice, "Godfather, you are magnanimous and have a heart as vast as the sea. Since you don't care about Yuning anymore, can you let those people who dragged Xia Shaocheng away go?"
"You want to kill me, but I won't bother with you because I love you." Cheng Ying snorted coldly, "Any other bastard who dares to attack me will be punished by death!"
"Godfather, they were disrespectful to you because of me. If you want to punish someone, just punish me. Can you forgive them this time?" Yu Jiao begged.
Cheng Ying ignored her and saw that her cloak was hanging on her back. It must have been torn off when they started fighting. He raised his hand to help Yu Jiao gather her cloak and said, "It's getting late. You should go back home."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Yu Jiao hurriedly grabbed Cheng Ying's sleeve and said, "Foster father, those people were sent by my eldest brother to protect me. They are also eager to protect their master. Please let them go."
Cheng Ying paused for a moment and rescued her sleeve from her hand, "I'll have someone take you back home."
Yu Jiao had no choice but to follow him out of the peach forest and called him softly, "Foster father, I will bear the blame for you, can you please spare their lives?"
"Shut up." Cheng Ying walked forward with her hands behind her back, the corners of her lips slowly curling up.
Yu Jiao followed behind him. When she thought about how Yun Xiao and others died at the hands of the ferocious beast because of her, she felt guilty even though she had saved her life at the hands of Cheng Ying.
After returning to the gate of the house, Cheng Ying gave an order to the servant, and someone brought a carriage over, put out a low stool, and waited for Yu Jiao to get on the carriage.
Yu Jiao looked at Cheng Ying with her almond-shaped eyes and was reluctant to get in the car for a long time.
"If you don't want to go back home, stay here tonight." Cheng Ying could tell what she was thinking, but she just ignored it.
Yu Jiao bit her lip, still refusing to lift her foot, "Godfather..."
"Now you're calling me godfather affectionately!" Cheng Ying approached and patted her on the head. "I have to go back to the palace to take up my duties. If you don't leave, I'll put you in the carriage."
Yu Jiao had no choice but to get on the carriage. As soon as she entered the carriage, she turned around and grabbed Cheng Ying's sleeve again. Her fingertips accidentally touched the Buddhist beads on Cheng Ying's wrist. Her dark pupils turned, "Godfather, didn't you say that if you kill too many people, you will be afraid of ghosts and gods? Today's incident was all caused by Yu Ning. If you increase your killing sins, Yu Ning will feel uneasy. Those lives are small to you, but they are all living people. Judge others by yourself. No one's life and death should be easily slaughtered like an ant. Besides, life in the world is already full of difficulties. They are not evil people who have done all kinds of bad things. Godfather, please show mercy and let them go, okay?"
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