Transmigrating to a Female-Dominated World: Handsome Men Keep Chasing After Me

Chapter 18

Once she opened her mouth, all sorts of foul language came out, causing the onlookers to frown frequently, but none of them dared to say anything.

An old woman standing nearby couldn't stand it any longer and pointed at Wang Hua, saying, "How could you do this, ruining a man's reputation!"

Wang Hua slapped away the hand she was pointing at, "I'd ruin his reputation? He refused to come with me before, but then he hooked up with someone else. Do I need to ruin it for him?!"

The humiliation of a harlot is indeed timeless.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Jing's brows furrowed even more fiercely. She could sense the change in Liu Qishan's aura behind her, his grip on her hand tightening, and even his palms sweating.

She really didn't want Liu Qishan to hear such filthy words, so this person had to die.

Wang Hua looked at Nalan Jingwen with a provocative expression.

"How about this? I'll pay you five hundred taels, you sell him to me, and I'll return him to you when I'm done with him, how about that?"

She spoke as if no one cared about the feelings of others, as if Liu Qishan were merely an object to be bought and sold at will.

Furthermore, five hundred taels is an astronomical figure in this place, more than many people could earn in several lifetimes. An ordinary person might be tempted by it, but he is just a man.

Men here have a low social status and can indeed be bought and sold, for a few taels of silver. However, this is not allowed by the laws of Fengtian. It can only be traded privately, and no one dares to buy and sell people so boldly.

But Wang Hua dared to openly offer five hundred taels of silver to buy a man, and was so arrogant. It seems that the local government offices are corrupted by parasites.

Nalan Jingwen remained silent, and everyone assumed she was hesitating, tempted by the offer, since anyone would be tempted.

Only she knew how much effort she had to suppress the urge to kill Wang Hua, but she couldn't do it in public, she couldn't give anyone leverage against her.

Liu Qishan knew this too, and remained silent, holding her hand even tighter, as if afraid she would act impulsively.

But how could she? If she were that impulsive and foolish, she would have died countless times in modern times.

Wang Hua's face was lewd, and he was determined to win.

"Well, that's five hundred taels of silver, enough to feed an ordinary person for several lifetimes, all for the sake of exchanging it for a man. You know which one to choose, right?"

Her cronies chimed in, "I advise you not to be ungrateful. If it weren't for Miss Wang's kind heart and the fact that she can't bear to see blood these days, why would she waste her breath on you?"

Wang Hua was displeased and kicked the man.

"Who told you to say that!"

The men, however, fawned over her and apologized repeatedly.

Some of the people around couldn't stand it anymore and stood up, saying, "How can you be like this? Just because you have money doesn't mean you can do anything. That's someone else's husband. You're so heartless that you'd even steal someone else's husband."

"So what? If I like it, so what if I take it? What can you do to me? Only poor people say that having money is nothing special, but I'm special because I have money!"

After saying that, she gave a look to the people around her, and the group of lackeys immediately understood and walked towards the few who had stood up. The latter retreated in panic and said, "What do you want to do?!"

"Is there no law anymore?!"

Wang Hua declared arrogantly, "Here, I am the law!"

She said to the group, "Drag him away. You know I can't stand seeing blood these days."

As those people were about to be dragged away, Nalan Jingwen, who had been silent all along, spoke up, looking directly at Wang Hua.

"Wait."

Wang Hua raised an eyebrow and gave a lewd smile.

"What, you've figured it out? That's good. Only a fool wouldn't make money when it's available."

Everyone around Nalan Jingwen stared in shock, unable to believe that she had given in, including the old woman.

"Young lady, are you really going to sell Doctor Liu for five hundred taels of silver?"

Everyone looked at her with shock and disappointment, except for the people behind her.

Liu Qishan didn't utter a single word from beginning to end, as if he unconditionally trusted her. He wouldn't object to any decision she made, and he didn't loosen his grip on her hand even slightly, just like his trust in her.

Nalan Jingwen raised his eyes.

"Release them first."

Wang Hua gave a look, and those people were immediately released.

"Okay?"

Nalan Jingwen did not reply to her. Instead, she turned around and squatted down to look Liu Qishan in the eye, staring into his lifeless eyes.

"Do you believe me?"

Liu Qishan smiled gently at her and nodded.

"letter."

He has always been like this, as gentle as a spring breeze and as resilient as bamboo, gentle yet proud, captivating people with every smile and frown. How could anyone not like him?

Nalan Jingwen stood up again and smiled at Wang Hua.

"Miss Wang, may I speak to you in private?"

Wang Hua glanced at her suspiciously, feeling that she was up to something. But seeing her sincere expression, he couldn't find anything wrong with her. Then he thought again, this was his territory, and he figured she wouldn't dare to do anything to him here.

She turned to her lackeys and said, "Keep an eye on this person right here!"

"Ms. Wang, please don't worry."

Wang Hua then followed Nalan Jing to smell the area.

The old woman stood beside Liu Qishan, watching the two figures as they walked away, looking somewhat anxious.

"Dr. Liu..."

Liu Qishan knew what she wanted to say, but simply shook her head.

"I believe her."

Seeing this, the old woman sighed, realizing that others had already said so much, and as an outsider, she couldn't say anything more.

It is unknown what Nalan Jingwen and Wang Hua said, but they returned after a long time. Nalan Jingwen came to Liu Qishan and picked him up.

"let's go."

Liu Qishan nestled obediently in her arms, wrapping his arms around her neck.

Everyone looked bewildered, especially the lackeys, who had no idea what was going on.

"Just let them go?"

Wang Hua didn't answer; instead, she smiled in a lewd and nauseating way, and waved at Nalan Jingwen.

"Remember our promise, see you tomorrow."

Nalan Jingwen didn't reply to her. She lowered her eyes to look at the obedient Liu Qishan and hugged him even tighter.

Throughout the journey, Liu Qishan remained unusually quiet, neither asking what deal she had made with Wang Hua, nor fearing that she would sell him out. As he said, he trusted her.

Back at the dilapidated temple, we laid him down and straightened his somewhat disheveled clothes.

"Qishan, we shouldn't stay here any longer."

Liu Qishan looked up, asked nothing, and simply said, "Okay."

With his keen insight and intelligence, how could he not know what Nalan Jingwen was planning?

Upon hearing this, Nalan Jing affectionately patted his head and asked, "Aren't you going to ask me what I said to Wang Hua?"

He shook his head. "I know you won't hurt me, that's good enough."

Upon hearing this, Nalan Jing chuckled, his clear voice lightening the somewhat somber atmosphere.

"I'm going out to take care of something in a bit. You stay here and wait for me."

"it is good."