Chapter 8

The next day - early in the morning, there was a loud fighting sound in the highest-level room of the inn.

    "Until you lose your breath, right?! I made you breathless now and unable breath!"

    "Ding Xiang, it hurts!"

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Her little hand clenched into fist and then hit ShangDe's chest like heavy rain drops. But other party was tall, physically strong, and wouldn't feel hurt at all.

But he couldn't say no pain, otherwise she would definitely be more mad ....

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    "Even I hit you like this you're screaming for pain. Then how about me? What shall I do? ... Ugh! I'm so pissed now!"

The thought of him entering the wrong hole, which hurt her so much and made her unable to get out of bed. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she was, and continue hit his chest harder..

But his skin was thick and that hurts her hands.

    "Ding Xiang, don't be mad. I will definitely enter the right hole next time.."

    "Who said you could touch me again?" She said fiercely, blushing.

He took her to his lap, and poured a glass of water, held to her mouth, like feeding his baby.

    "Don't treat me like a child." She said angrily, but still opened her mouth to let him serve.

You can be a princess, why still so polite? And this man made a big mistake, he should have been punished.

    He carefully peeled the chestnuts for her and fed her bite by bite. Then he said in a good voice, "Ding Xiang, don't be angry, okay?"

    "No."

When he heard her answer, he looked so pitiful and funny.

She didn't expect this man would care so much about her! She considers herself not a beauty and has no special charm that will make a man's head overturned.

But this ancient man let her taste the vanity of women.

He's rich, caring, obedient, and looking more and more pleasing to the eye. She just can't find any reason to hate him.

    "Do you like me very much?" She asked.

Yo! So straightforward. This big landowner will be shy.

    "Um!" He answered shyly like a little girl, she was really defeated by him, but it was cute too!

    "Want to *soak me?"

- - [T/N: *Soak – referring to bubble. 'Want to bubble me?'; but in Chinese- same word has multiple meanings.]

    "Soak? No, I don't want soak you in the water. You will catch cold in this kind of weather."

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    "Stop!"

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He shut his mouth immediately.

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Next time in future, I should pay attention not to use too modern words, otherwise I will surely have black smoke on top of my head and the crows will fly all over the sky. Ding Xiang secretly chanted in her heart.

    "Ding Xiang, can you .... let me take care of you?"

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    "Take care of me?"

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    "Yeah!"

    "I can take care of myself ..."

    " I .... " I mean I want to take care of you for the rest of your life and two of us can have a happy life together.

But with her innocent big eyes looking at him, made his face blush and heartbeat faster. He could usually speak calmly, but now he couldn't figure out what to say to her.

Is it only when he touches her, then he will only able to speak normally? Otherwise why is he gagging every time?

    "If you don't want to say it, then you can leave first. I want to sleep a bit more." She was having sleepless night because was tossed by him for the whole night, and now she's dying for a good rest.

    "Ding Xiang, move in with me!"

    "Living together?"

    "Well ... hmm ... you can use these two words though."  Living together? The two words really mean something but made him feel a sense of expectation.

    Seeing her biting chopsticks in a daze, he asked pleasantly, "Is that okay?"

    Ding Xiang thought for a moment, "No."

    "Why?"

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    "Because I have to wait for Xiao ─ ... no, wait for Wen Xiong to come back, what if he couldn't see me when he returns?"

    "What about me?"

    "You can go back to your house!"

    "But didn't you say you like me and want to marry me?!"

    She froze, then looked at him as if she were looking at some strange person, "No..!"

    "But yesterday we already ... "

    "Oh!"

    "Don't worry, I'll take responsibility on the things that I've done and I will definitely convince my mother to let you in ... "

    "Wait, hold on.. do you mean you want to marry me?"

    He nodded firmly, "I must marry you."

    "Because we had one night stand, no... I mean we had sex yesterday?"

    "Yes Of course! Not only for this reason, but also because I like you. "

    "I won't marry you because we had sex last night."

    "What?"

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    "If I want to get married, it's definitely because I love that man, then only I will agree."

    "Then.... do you love me?"

    She thought about it seriously for a moment, then said, "not love"

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He has been abandoned again! And this time it can be really call as broken hearted!

He thought he got her, and they two had an unspeakable relationship. He thought she would ask him to take responsibility, and he was ready to be responsible so to ensure that she had nothing to worry about in her rest of the life, and would able to live like a princess.

Why doesn't she seem to care at all? She also said loudly that she doesn't love him.

Doesn't she love glory and wealth? Why still don't like him?

No woman does not love gold and silver, silk and satin.... She must be not loving his appearance.

Ugh! If he was a little fairer, little thinner, and little gentler; he will be fine, just like Wen Xiong- handsome, like a scholar and noble son. And now Ding Xiang would definitely not talk to him again.

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He looked at the door reluctantly, but in fact he still wanted to go in and try to make up for his mistakes. This time he will definitely find the right place, but worry that she will be angry again.

And she had just dozed off in his arms while eating, and she looked really tired.

Let her sleep a bit longer, he thought. Maybe after she had enough rest, her mood would be better..

Sigh!

ShangDe sighed like a lost man, turned around and walked a few steps. Then he heard the door opened behind him.

    "Big Landowner!"

He quickly turned back and saw her smiling so beautifully.

    "I'll go to your house."

    "What?"

    "I can't?" She tooted her lips.

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    "Okay." As long as she is willing to talk to him and stay with him. No matter what kind of obstacles he has, he will try to face them bravely..

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    "No!"

    "Why?" ShangDe has never been so loud talking to his mother. He has always been a family man. When he grew up to take over the entire Sima family, he still obediently obeyed his mother.

    "You yelled at your mother for other women?"

    "I did not."

    "You just did."

He bowed his head and said nothing, but the expression on his face showed that he was patient.

Yan Hong has never seen her son care about any woman like this. Even before, there was some unsophisticated Miss Wang who said hurtful things, laughed at ShangDe's rough appearance and mocked about his indecent talk, and that did not even bother him so much.

Now Yan Hong was sulking because she opposed the woman entering to the family, although ShangDe did not protest on the surface, but she could see that there was smoke on his head.

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    "There are so many other princesses, beautiful girls - you do not like them, but instead why must you like someone else's wife? You've must really become a bad man now, it must be that a woman that keep seducing and tempt you, am I right?"

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy Yan Hong became.

Previously, she called Xiao Li to ask what exactly happened, and only to find out that the woman named Ding Xiang was not only a simple poor woman but also a wife of her tenant farmer.

How unpleasant it is to hear that the Landowner has an affair with one of his tenant's wife!

    "No, she didn't seduce me."

    "She didn't? Then did you pester her?"

ShangDe face blushed, bowing his head and not saying a word. It was like a default movement.

    "Is there no other woman in this world? And you just want a married woman. She is the wife of other man; how do you want to marry her?"

    "I'll find Wen Xiong and give him the money to ask him to write a divorce letter."

    "What if Wen Xiong doesn't agree? What if they are very loving couple? Do you still want to win over her heart?"

    "If necessarily."

    "How to win?"

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    "I will send someone to kill Wen Xiong, and then take the opportunity to comfort Ding Xiang."

    Yan Hong almost fainted when she heard that, "Such ridiculous things as murdering and stealing people's wife, you would dare to do so?!"

    "Yes, if this is the only way to get Ding Xiang. Anyway, we have money and can bribe the county magistrate as well.."

    "In short, I oppose her entry."

    "Mother ..."

    "No need to say anything."

    "Mother ..."

    "If you are not obedient, I will become a nun."

All of a sudden, the mother and the son stared at each other in the room.

    "Still not leaving?" Yan Hong finally spoke.

ShangDe froze with a cold face, unwillingly to leave.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he encountered Hong ZhengTian.

    "Why? Scolded by your mother?"

    "Uncle Hong ..."

    "Come and have a cup of tea with Uncle Hong."

    "Uncle Hong, I'm not in the mood."

    "It would be better to drink a good cup of tea. It will not only eliminate the greasiness and thirst, but it can also eliminate troubles and depression."

ShangDe thought for a moment, then dragged his footsteps to the stone table of the pavilion and sat down. He was immediately placed by a cup of fragrant good tea.

    "Thank you Uncle Hong."

    "You're welcome."

ShangDe picked up his teacup and sipped it with one mouth at a time. It looked like he had lost his soul.

    "It seems like you really like that girl." Hong ZhengTian looked at his lonely face.

    "She is my life savior. Without her, I might have been bitten by the poisonous snakes, and I would not be here to talk to Uncle Hong."

    "That girl is the life-saving benefactor you have been looking for a long time?"

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ShangDe nodded. "And she was very poor. She was abandoned by Wen Xiong's heartless man and left her alone without knowing where she was supposed to go. It was really irresponsible!"

    "Oh ... So angry?" Hong Zhengtian asked with a smile.

    "Of course, if she were my wife, I would definitely ..."

    "Definitely what?"

ShangDe found that Hong ZhengTian was smiling sheepishly. Only then he realized that he talked too much. Suddenly, a black angry face became extremely red.

    Hong ZhengTian's smile was even bigger. He poured another cup of hot tea for ShangDe, and then slowly said, "I have asked someone to invite her over, but in order not to let your mother know, you must let her stay by your side as a maid. After all, she is someone's wife. Whether she is an abandoned wife or not, you should first observe for a while. Can you do it?"

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    "Yes." ShangDe said firmly, but he did not probe further.

    "She should be in the main hall now. Would you like to see her?"

    "Okay." ShangDe stood up immediately and was about to rush to the hall, but he quickly stopped as if he thought of something.

    "Uncle Hong, I'll take a leave first." He held his hands to each other, politely saluted to Hong ZhengTian, and waited until Hong ZhengTian nodded before he dared to rush to meet his sweetheart.

There are big differences between this boy's inner and outer appearances. If we didn't know that his manners and rules were strictly taught from childhood, we would mistakenly think that he was a big swagger man.

And from an early age, he only knew how to listen to his mother's words, and he was very obedient. Over time, he rarely had his own opinions, which had worried Hong ZhengTian for a long time.

Man, it's time to think about yourself.

The existence of this special woman is not necessarily a bad thing, at least she aroused the desire of ShangDe.

And for human being, in order to grow and think wiser, they must first to change and expand in the beginning.

Besides, if ShangDe really wanted to marry her, Hong ZhengTian would also encourage ShangDe to fight for it.

Just thinking about the ShangDe – a stone man that was so suffocated and petrified by worldly etiquettes. But for the sake of love, he would break all the rules and fight till the end, even she is other people's wife.

It must be super worth watching.

Hong ZhengTian is waiting for a good show.

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ShangDe hurriedly ran to the hall. Sure enough he saw Ding Xiang and his mother.

    "Mother."

    "Didn't I object her to come in? You even actually let her show up here. Have you been bewitched by this woman? Even you disobey your mother's word?" Yan Hong was so angry that her head was almost burning with flames.

    "No." ShangDe lowered his head and didn't dare to make trouble.

    "I think could be possible. What's so good about this woman? How can she serve other people when she herself look so clumsy?"

    "Mother ..."

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Ding Xiang looked at the hostile woman in front of her.

Whatever it was for, she just doesn't want to see anyone scolding ShangDe, not even his mother.

    So before she had time to react, she heard herself saying, "Who said I do not know how to serve? I can guarantee that he would be served like a king and he will be very happy."

At first, she just wanted to come here to work because the people on the outside discriminated against her gender as a woman and did not even give her a chance to work at all. 

Plus, she did not want ShangDe to misunderstand that she approached him for money and let him think that he needs to be responsible for her.

    "You don't look like a ladylike at all. You can't even make it for yourself and you still want to serve Master. I think you serve better in bed!"

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Ding Xiang had a little regret when she was rushing out for herself earlier, but Yan Hong's word stimulated her. She got so irritated and if she's not able to serve ShangDe as a Master at this moment, she would be ashamed and will be treated like a clown.

    "If I am able to serve him on the bed, this is also consider as my capability."

    "You..!" Yan Hong was so angry.

    "If you're afraid, you can just say sorry to me."

    "Huh! Okay. I'll see how you- stinky girl can serve the Master. If you can't stand it, you can surrender now and apologize to me." Yan Hong said unwillingly..

    "Ding Xiang ..." ShangDe looked at her worriedly.

    Ding Xiang patted his shoulder and smile sweetly, "Just relax. Isn't it to serve you, Young Master?"  and she winked her right eye to ShangDe ...

What so difficult about that?

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