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Chương 46: Discussion about the Future

"Why do you ask that?" She replied.

"I doubt Lavender Palace would just randomly treat a new recruit so generously. Besides, they let you go so easily."

"You're only asking this now? It's already been a little more than a month since we left the capital."

"Are you going to answer my question?"

"Who knows? How much are you willing to give?" This was already a big clue. Lavender Palace, which also served as an information broker, had one division for information trading, and that is the Inner Palace. This included the Inner Guards and Maids, excluding anyone from Yaodu. The Head Maid of the Inner Palace was not in charge of information trading, rather the Vice Head Maid was, as she was a part of Yaodu. The ones who would ask someone for something in exchange for information from Lavender Palace were usually a part of the Inner Palace.

"My future." Rong Jian acknowledged her clue and gave this answer.

Black lines appeared on Shen Tianyu's forehead. "You're quite the womanizer, huh?"

Rong Jian put his hands on his hips, standing proudly with an indomitable look on his face. "This Young Master's future is quite the hefty price. If Miss Feng can not give an answer worth the price this young master will have to punish you."

"And, how, exactly are you planning to punish me?" Shen Tianyu replied in a bored tone as she ignored him to look on the ground for any edible plants.

"Of course, by having you marry this prince."

Shen Tianyu straightened her back with an exasperated expression and looked at him. "See here, with your wealth, marrying you would only be a benefit to normal women not a punishment. Do you even know what punishment means? In the first place, we're dating right now with that intention right? Why are you so urgent, casually proposing like this at every opportunity."

"If it's so beneficial, why did wifey reject me? And besides, you said dating is more informal than an engagement, and as someone who still has a status of a suitor, it makes me feel uneasy." Rong Jian came clean.

"I said it would be for normal people. Since you've known me for almost half a year now, would you call me normal?"

"Nope." Rong Jian responded without hesitation. Then again, a daughter who would ruthlessly disable and sell her family members in addition to ransacking and burning down their estate would never be called normal even if you went to ask the demons in Hell, so, any hesitation would just be an overly obvious act.

"Exactly. As for your unease..." At this, Shen Tianyu scratched the back of her head as she looked at the ground and hesitated before looking up again with determination. "We can't really say we've known each other for long so if this doesn't work out later, the one on the losing end would be me, as a woman. Being a man, you could just abandon me in some remote courtyard or even divorce me, both of which would deliver a big blow to my reputation. And with our current difference in status, it would be very difficult for me to retaliate. And even if I could, with the societal view on women, a vengeful woman like me, on top of being abandoned by my husband, would be utter undesirable filth. With that being the case, any future prospects of pursuing marital or romantic happiness would be looked down on by others. In the event that there WILL be a man that would stay with me, he would be the ridicule of the world and I would never want such a man, who disregards society's scorn to stay with his love, to ever go through that. More dramatically speaking, he may lose his job or have difficulties finding a job because of this issue alone. Such people are usually taken advantage of and met with a tragic end. Of course, all of this is only the worst case scenario." She explained her stance on the situation. "However, a good scenario for me might not be the best for you. With the many wives and concubines that are at the service of the rich and powerful, their harems are always teeming with schemes. I never want to experience that as that is not only dangerous but also tiring. I've resolved that if I ever marry, my husband can only have me in his entire lifetime and no other woman. Because of this, I've already resigned myself to forever be alone. The notion of 'cheating', or as you people call it 'making the spouse wear a green hat' basically does not apply to men after all so they can have as many women as they like but women can not have more than one man. However, if you are willing and able to promise that you will not have another woman then..." A faint blush surfaced on Shen Tianyu's initially determined and serious face. She coughed into her fist before continuing in a shyer and more reserved tone as she stared at him with wavering eyes. "We could... get engaged... to... comfort some of your unease..." Her voice grew smaller the more she talked but she was unwilling to look away from the man in front of her, for fear she would miss any signs from him.

'Since he was willing to lay bare his unease in this masculine, emotionless men society, I should also be honest with him,' was what she thought.

Rong Jian felt as if his heart had been hit with an arrow as he gazed at Shen Tianyu's lovable appearance in a daze.

After not seeing any sign or hearing anything from the man, Shen Tianyu became anxious. "W-what is it now? You're the one that came on to me so strongly. Can you not promise? Then that's just as well, things are still early so we can end this early. You can leave and Shue'er and I can travel the rest of the way..." She started rambling to try to break the tension in the atmosphere she felt.

Hearing her anxious voice and seeing her fidgeting hands, Rong Jian snapped out of his daze and put a hand on her shoulder. Shen Tianyu started and looked at him.


Chương 47: Such a Casual Engagment?!

"I promise." Before, Shen Tianyu could continue rambling at him, Rong Jian opened his mouth first.

".... Ah?" Shen Tianyu uttered in surprise.

"I said I promise not to have any other woman in my eyes and heart aside from you."

Shen Tianyu was relieved but didn't want to show it so she started complaining at him instead. "You finally said something. Geez. You scared me. What were you doing this whole time? So slow. Anyways, I never said anything about your heart or eyes, I only meant your harem idiot. But I wouldn't want you visiting a brothel frequently either, even if I technically work at one." Shen Tianyu mumbled as she broke his grip and went to look for more food, not noticing the relieved flush on her cheeks, the slight smile on her lips, the happy light in her eyes or the joyful relief in her voice.

Rong Jian smiled at her retreating back as he asked her. "So, we are engaged now?"

"Yes! Yes, you idiot!" She turned around to answer him and out her hands on her hips. "Since you can accept such a condition that most men in this world will shy away from, I will recognize you as my fiancé. However, words and actions are not the same, whether I will actually marry you depends on your actions. I only half-trust your words on this, just so you know. Men tend to think with their lower self after all." She then turned around again to continue what she was doing.

Rong Jian, not minding that she didn't fully trust him at all, also went to scavenge for edibles. The two who could be considered teenagers in modern day were too happy or relieved to realize that they had completely gotten off the original topic.

When they got back to Luo Shue, who was tending to their simple camp and fire, with tree roots and edible mushrooms, there was a somewhat one-sided awkward tension between them.

Noticing this, Luo Shue asked Shen Tianyu, "Miss, did you accept Young Master Rong?" They were all the way out in the middle of a forest and looking at their faces, it was obvious what the cause was.

"Wha- Shue'er why do you ask that?" Shen Tianyu asked as she cautiously put down her portion that she was carrying in her arms down without looking at either of them.

"She did. She said we were engaged now." Rong Jian answered with an unbridled smile on his face.

Luo Shue put a fist in front of her and raised her thumb. "Good job."

"Wha- You two! We need to cook food, stop messing around!" Shen Tianyu complained upon seeing this exchange. "So mean, how dare you bully me." She complained under her breath.

"Miss, we aren't bullying you, we are teasing you." Luo Shue replied. It was quite and besides, no matter how low her cultivation was, she was still a cultivator. Cultivators naturally had better senses than normal people.

"Ah? We are?" Rong Jian questioned from his side as he put his portion in the small wooden tub filled with river water.

Shen Tianyu ignored them and ordered Rong Jian. "Go catch some animal or beast. We need meat to replenish our energy."

"Don't we have these plants and edible mushrooms?" He asked in reply.

"Do you think we can get full with these?" She retorted.

Rong Jian got up from his squatting position with an "oof". "Alright, alright. What wifey says, goes. I'll be back in a little bit. In the meantime, stay safe alright?" He turned to go out fo their little camp made of a ring of rocks and a campfire. "If you do run into danger and need help, just yell 'Darling~ come save me!~' and I'll come."

Shen Tianyu picked up a nearby rock and threw it at his retreating back but deliberately missed, resulting in it whooshing past his ear. "Who needs you to help?!"

Rong Jian laughed as he ran away.

"You two are already getting along so well. I'm happy for you, Miss." Luo Shue said from her position near the fire.

"Shue'er, stop bullying me!" Shen Tianyu complained as she washed the edible plants and mushrooms.

"Like I said, I'm teasing you, not bullying."

"Either way, stop it!" Shen Tianyu made a mad expression even though Luo Shue couldn't see it as her back was facing her.

"You don't like him?" Luo Shue suddenly asked.

"That's not it." Shen Tianyu's face took on a calm expression. "It's just men aren't very good to women you know?" 'Especially in this kind of era.' she thought. "I am interested in him but I don't trust him enough to spend the rest of my life with him. I already told you guys before, I will not have a man that takes in other women aside from me and that I was prepared for the consequence of it. We've only gotten engaged now, not married. Besides, it's not exactly completely formal since it was just an agreement between the two of us without his parents' input. It'll be easy to break off if things don't work out. One must love themselves before they can love others and I love myself the most. I will not allow myself to suffer injustices."

The two women stayed quiet and seeing her Miss's conviction, Luo Shue decided that she would follow in her footsteps concerning romantic relationships. Of course, no matter what, she will always support her Miss, because Miss is the most important person to her.


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Why did she suddenly become a tsundere? I don't know either.

Sorry for not updating yesterday, I was studying for y most troublesome final. Also, I woke up late.

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