Translator: Paperplane, Zenobys
The crowd started to slowly disperse.
Gong Yifei leapt up on stage and grabbed Jin Yuyao’s arm.
“Senior Sister, you’re truly amazing!” He cried merrily.
Jin Yuyao tightly clutched onto the token with glowing affection all over her face. With this token, she could go wherever Nangong Ba went.
“Shuang’er, let’s leave too,” said Han Moze softly to Liu Rushuang.
“Mhm,” replied Liu Rushuang, as she pulled out her life or death contract and burned it with her inner breath.
Thereafter, Han Moze held her hand and flew down to the ground and walked over to the Drunken Cloud Pavilion.
Just like that, the beauty contest was over.
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In the afternoon, Jin Yuyao clutched the token and walked to the city manor on her own.
She passed through all different kinds of natural scenery before finally reached a luxurious building.
The building had dozens of flights of white jade stairs, and pleasant white peonies on either side.
Jin Yuyao let out a subtle sigh. How truly and remarkably extravagant!
She walked up the stairs and entered a lavishly large room made of red wood.
The room was wide and bright with furniture, colored lanterns and floors of what seemed like red glass. There wasn’t a single dim spot in sight.
Jin Yuyao’s eyes lit up. Could she really stay here?
Nangong Ba watched as the stunned Jin Yuyao entered, and slightly narrowed his pretty eyes.
“What would you like the Superior Slaying Shrine to help you with?” He flatly asked.
Jin Yuyao clenched her hands and help her composure. “Mayor, I’d like to be your maid,” she said with a smile.
“I have no need for a maid,” Nangong Ba flatly rejected.
Jin Yuyao slightly creased her elegant brows. Oh that’s right! The mayor didn’t seem to have a single maid by his side. She thought about it for a moment, then asked, “How about I dress up as a man and follow you?”
Nangong Ba couldn’t help but grin. “Why must you be so persistent?”
Jin Yuyao fearlessly replied, “The mayor must have never liked anyone before. If you did, then you would understand why. Since you currently don’t like anyone, I can go after you without any restraint. Who knows? Perhaps, one day, you’ll be emotionally touched by me. But, supposing that I cower now, when you fall for another woman, I’d regret never trying.”
Nangong Ba pulled a faint smile. She truly had a sharp-tongue. That shameless woman! However, he didn’t find her annoying. He just didn’t like her!
When he thought about Liu Rushuang, Nangong Ba felt a sharp pain in his heart. That was the feeling of a love he could not obtain.
With a blank face, he then told Jin Yuyao, “You look only about fourteen or fifteen. What do you know about love and admiration?”
Jin Yuyao took two steps towards Nangong Ba and lowered her serious gaze towards Nangong Ba’s extremely good looks. “I admire how you’ve gained so much power and wealth at such a young age. You have practically everything, but what I love about you is not what you possess. Rather, it is you, as a person.”
Nangong Ba softly chuckled. “You fell for my looks, right?”
With that, his face dropped. “Leave! No woman would fall in love with a crippled man like myself!”
“No, mayor. I truly like you,” retorted Jin Yuyao instantly.
Nangong Ba took a deep breath and softly said, “Did you know that I had dozens of maids? However, after I became crippled, they left one after the other. It’s quite funny actually. At first, they said that they would marry me or not at all. But in the end, they left on their own accord!”
“I’d never. As long as you’re willing, I’ll stay beside you forever and take care of you!”
Jin Yuyao looked at Nangong Ba with a determined glint in her eyes.