Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 3.1

Chapter 3.1

Shen Tingwen and others went down the mountain, while Cao Xiong, Shen Qingqing, and Li Zhi were left in the temple.

Shen Qingqing had stopped crying and was quietly waiting for the result while trying to match Cao Xiong’s pace to avoid cutting her neck with the dagger.

“You can let her go.” Li Zhi threw down the umbrella in his hand, ready to fight Cao Xiong at any time, but his eyes never fell on Shen Qingqing.

He had no good impression of so-called noble ladies. He believed that they were just showing off based on their background. If their family collapsed, those noble ladies would have fallen into a place worse than peasant women.

Cao Xiong sneered, held Shen Qingqing tightly, and said, “Master, don’t worry; let’s find a good place to compete first.”

After that, Cao Xiong dragged Shen Qingqing to the east of Xiaoquan Temple as a wounded beast.

However, Li Zhi smiled without a worry and followed the two of them as if he were taking a leisurely stroll.

Not far from the east of Xiaoquan Temple, there was a pond that was dug out by the monks. The main purpose of creating such a pond was to use it for daily use. However, as many years had passed, the small pond had become a lake, with the deepest part being three feet deep.

Cao Xiong had been hiding in Koquan Temple for half a year and was very familiar with the surrounding area.

With the lake shore in front of him, Cao Xiong glanced at Li Zhi, who was approaching him step by step, and suddenly asked the girl in his arms in a low voice, “Can you swim?”

Shen Qingqing’s body stiffened, and she realised what Cao Xiong was going to do, and she cried, begging. “I can’t; please let me go…”

Hearing that miserable cry, Cao Xiong was very satisfied. He stopped his step and looked at Li Zhi sarcastically. “Just now, Mr. Shen entrusted his beloved daughter to the Marquis, and the Marquis also agreed. If Miss Shen falls into the water, the Marquis will not leave her alone, right?”

As soon as his voice fell, and before Li Zhi could react, Cao Xiong suddenly threw Shen Qingqing into the lake!

With an ear-pinching scream, Shen Qingqing fell into the water with a loud splashing sound.

Ice-cold lake water embraced the poor girl, making her whole body ridged. Shen Qingqing instinctively waved her arms to splash the water, and her head came out of the water. She saw Cao Xiong running quickly towards the back hill of Xiaoquan Temple, and the Marquis named Li Zhi also chased after him without even looking at her.

“Help!” Shen Qingqing shouted desperately; however, her desperate words floated into the air without having any results.

Cao Xiong certainly ignored it, and Li Zhi also seemed not to have heard it.

The frightened Shen Qingqing continued to shout for help.

Seeing Li Zhi’s footsteps getting closer and closer, Cao Xiong became very panicked.

“Li Zhi, you don’t care about her life or death; aren’t you afraid that the Shen family will settle the score with you?”

Li Zhi still ignored those words and continued to chase the culprit. “If she dies, it is because of you. What does it have to do with me?”

“But you have already agreed to Master Shen!”

Li Zhi smiled lightly. “You are a thief. Who could believe a thief? You are the one who killed Miss Shen, not me. I’ll tell Master Shen that you are cunning, so I couldn’t do anything. I am not a saint, and Master Shen is reasonable. He will never blame me.”

Cao Xiong wanted to curse again, but suddenly there was a sharp sound of breaking wind behind him, and the next moment, something pierced deeply into the back of his heart.

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