Magistrate Li’s official title was not significant, he was only the minor magistrate of Yushu County, but his family was very affluent, and the Garden in the Back House was large and vast, splendid and exceptional.
Huo Yuan followed the housekeeper’s daughter-in-law through pavilion buildings, the waterside pavilion, twists and turns, and eventually arrived at a clean and elegant living quarters.
The daughter-in-law stopped, turned to Huo Yuan and said with a laugh: "Miss just had too much to drink, and was sent here by Madam to rest, this servant has errands to run, so she will not accompany Young Master inside."
Having said that, she bowed and quietly withdrew.
Huo Yuan carried doubts in his heart, but this matter concerned Caiwei, thus he still pushed the door and went in. The room was incredibly refined and exquisite, a charcoal basin containing silvered frost charcoal was placed on the floor, radiating warmth. The room was furnished with things typical of a maiden’s boudoir, excessively luxurious, the intricately carved jade-inlaid bed with its hanging gauze curtain gave a glimpse of a maiden’s graceful curvature, creating a dim and hazy atmosphere.
Huo Yuan, carefully stepping closer to the embroidered couch, beneath the gauze curtain was a brocade quilt. A small fragrance pouch hung off the hook of the curtain, dispersing a faint and enchanting aroma.
He softly called out, lifted the curtain, and was immediately embraced by the warm and enthralling fragrance.
The person on the couch moved upon hearing the sound, letting the brocade quilt slide off a bit, revealing a lovely, snow-white arm.
Huo Yuan saw it, his heart stuttered, and suddenly felt an expanding heat.
Not good, this scent is peculiar, he realized this suddenly, his face darkened abruptly.
The person on the couch slowly turned, sat upright, shockingly, unclothed.
Li Jinzhi shyly half-concealed herself, glancing at him with a mixture of joy and reproach, her voice soft, "Come!"
Even though she was naked, her makeup was carefully applied, she might not be exceedingly beautiful, but this situation and scene carried a unique charm.
Huo Yuan abruptly averted his eyes and began to walk out. He had only taken a few steps when lean and powerful waist was tightly embraced.
"Don’t go, Young Master Huo, I beg you not to go, stay here with Golden Branch, will you..."
Li Jinzhi spoke in a seductive tone, murmuring in his ear, reaching for his waistband.
"Get out of the way——"
Huo Yuan gritted his teeth and growled, the crimson-flushed face displaying an extremity of endurance, his forehead veins bulged out.
"No, people won’t leave, people want to be with you..."
Seeing his face turning purple with exertion, knowing that he was straining with discomfort, Li Jinzhi swayed her body coquettishly.
Suddenly, with a roar, Huo Yuan shook himself free, pushing her several steps away, and strode towards the exit.
Li Jinzhi was coyly shaking her alluring body when the man forcefully pushed her away. Caught off guard, she staggered backward a few steps, tripped over the charcoal basin, fell down to the ground with a thud. The flying embers splashing onto her...
A piercing scream shattered the tranquility of the small house. Li Jinzhi frantically brushed off the coals on her body, instinctively rolled around on the ground, but the scattering coals on her body inflicted more burns. By the time she managed to stagger to safety, her body was horribly burnt, the air filled with the scent of charred flesh.