The Birth Of A Villainess

"Are you now?" Lin Xiaofei narrowed her eyes infinitesimally as if she could pulverize Gu Yan with just a look

And honestly, Gu Yan wished he would too. If him being crushed to dust would mean getting away from what's about to come to him and his master later, he wouldn't mind it at all.

"Yes, madam." Gu Yan continued to dig his grave.

A quicker death would be better than suffering from the wroth of a lady capable of bending his master to smithereens and turn him into a bride-slave.

Gu Yan was no fool in irritating Lin Xiaofei. This was his tactic to get ahead of his master. The sooner he meets his doom, the lesser the pain. He can only hope that his master's ending would be painful enough to make his senses return and apologize to Lin Xiaofei for fooling her into signing a marriage contract with him.

But according to his master's personality, he'll probably jump and ride on his cloud nine while he was suffering under his bride.. A true bride-slave indeed.

Lin Xiaofei wasn't buying this steward's words and had a deadpanned look on her face. She suddenly wondered whether all the people inside the Qu residence lost their marbles because of Qu Xing Xu.

Thinking like that, Lin Xiaofei found a reasonable answer to how she was feeling yesterday. That's right. It must be because of that.

So she wasn't the only one who was being weird.

Narrowing her eyes at him again, Lin Xiaofei shuddered at the thought that she would also lose her marbles if she stayed with Qu Xing Xu for long.

Thank God and their contract was only temporary.

A smile tugged her lips. Extremely satisfied that she got an answer to her mental problem and internal troubles, Lin Xiaofei turned around with a bright smile on her face that could make the soldiers in war leave their swords, bows, and spears hanging in the air.

Gu Yan, who has been praying for his doom to come sooner than later, saw his madam turning around. He found her movement strange and wanted to ask. However, Lin Xiaofei was already a few meters away from him.

What in the world just happened?

Is she really leaving just like that?

But why? Did his lie work that well for her to leave just like that?

Some parts of Gu Yan told him to force her to be done with it and let him meet his maker ahead of his master. But the bigger part of him couldn't help but feel relieved that he passed the whirling storm unscathed.

But then, again. His fear for what's about to come when Lin Xiaofei finally found out the truth would be more frightening. Besides, his actions today were extremely suspicious. Stupid! Why did he have to act so suspiciously?! Now, he won't be able to escape and put all the blame on his master!

In despair, Gu Yan returned to his quarters with a forlorn look in his face. He plodded towards his wooden bed and brought his guisarme to his lap before starting to gently and tenderly cleaned it.

Still outside the garden, Shen Mo looked to his left and right but found no one. He scratched his head and frowned.

Where's his young miss?

He clearly told the maid named Lu Yi that he wishes to meet Lin Xiaofei for an urgent matter.

However, even after waiting for a bit longer, there was no sight of his young miss who drove him to work like a horse on a battlefield.

Did she forget about him? This thought wasn't unlikely but Shen Mo wanted to rest. He had been skulking in and out of the Imperial Palace, putting his life in stake under Lin Xiaofei's orders.

And not only that, he had to go back and forth from the palace of the Empress to the home of Prince Jing to get some information that could be useful to Lin Xiaofei. Unfortunately, he was held up several times as every time he would get closer to the people he was supposed to follow, he was almost found out by someone.

Unbeknownst to him, these 'someone' that he was talking about was employed under the man who will become his young miss' husband.

Anyway, what was happening here? Shen Mo couldn't stop his eyebrows being drawn together as he looked around him. He certainly heard Lin Xiaofei getting betrothed to someone when he came back to the Lin residence expecting that she would be there. However, when he came to report, her courtyard was empty and only some of the servants keeping the courtyard clean were there.

He had to ask one of the servants and found out that Lin Xiaofei has already left home and went to live in her fiance's residence. Saying he was shocked at this revelation would be the understatement of the century.

He was beyond that. He almost thought that the world was finally ending and everyone was doomed. First, he was in disbelief then, mortified. And lastly, he sympathizes with the groom and sends his regards, hoping he will survive.

However, the surprises didn't end there.

The man who happened to be his young miss' groom was the Duke of Xin, the God of War!

Suddenly, Shen Mo felt like he wanted to faint and wake up to see that this was all a lie.

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"Why is young miss back so soon?" Bai Lu asked with two innocent eyes staring at her young lady. "Did something happen?"

Pausing in her steps, Lin Xiaofei said, "Nothing. Don't disturb me while I am inside my room. As for the guard who came looking for me... Tell him to go to Bai Hua Lou and meet with Miss Chu Chu."

The other mids didn't understand what she was talking about and who was this 'Chu Chu' however, Bai Lu understood the orders instantly and stood up to leave. She was the maid who went to Bai Hua Lou with her young miss while disguising themselves as men, how can she easily forget that event in her life?

"I'll go and tell guard Shen Mo immediately."