"Second Mistress, please try to be quiet and don't make any noise. Follow me," Jiang Shangyun whispered to Xu Yuqing after they left.
Xu Yuqing nodded, tiptoed, and carefully followed Jiang Shangyun as he walked lightly.
Jiang Shangyun led Xu Yuqing towards the window at the end of the second-floor corridor. He found their luck was good; just as when he had arrived, the corridor was empty. They smoothly reached the window at the end of the corridor.
"Second Mistress, please forgive my rudeness," Jiang Shangyun's gaze shifted from the window to Xu Yuqing, and a look of apology suddenly appeared on his face. In the next second, he reached out to cover Xu Yuqing's mouth, then his other hand went under Xu Yuqing's buttocks, lifting her up.
Xu Yuqing's eyes widened in shock, and she let out a muffled cry. However, Jiang Shangyun had already covered her mouth, preventing her from making any sound.
Jiang Shangyun ignored Xu Yuqing's panicked and terrified eyes and her fierce struggles. He jumped out of the window with Xu Yuqing in his arms, then landed silently on the tiles of the first-floor eave outside the window. With a push of his feet, he flew onto the roof of the second floor.
Upon reaching the second-floor roof, Jiang Shangyun carried Xu Yuqing, leaping from eaves to eaves, and rushed towards the back door of the inn. His Qinggong was truly excellent. After more than ten leaps, he successfully reached the back door and exited the inn through it.
He did not exit through the window of Xu Yuqing's room because her window faced the street. Exiting from her room's window would surely have been seen by pedestrians on the street, leading to shouts, which would immediately alert others in the inn, and his act of sneaking Xu Yuqing out would be discovered.
Outside the inn's back door was a narrow alley. Upon reaching the alley, Jiang Shangyun immediately put Xu Yuqing down and released her mouth.
"Slap—" Xu Yuqing immediately raised her hand and slapped him. "How dare you… take advantage of me!"
Her face flushed red, filled with anger and shame. He had dared to touch her, not only covering her mouth but also her buttocks, holding her. He had taken every advantage of her. If anyone found out, how could she possibly live on!
He was the first man to touch her, touch her mouth, touch her buttocks, and hold her since she had grown up, other than her husband.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuqing's face turned even redder, her shame and anger intensified, and she wished she could kill Jiang Shangyun on the spot.
"Second Mistress, please calm your anger. Please let me explain. I was truly forced to be disrespectful and carry you out…
Without carrying you, I had no way to take you out without anyone noticing… If I held your hand, I couldn't use my Qinggong, as you don't know martial arts at all, let alone Qinggong…
Reaching out to cover your mouth was to prevent you from screaming and being heard, thus exposing us," Jiang Shangyun explained, bowing apologetically.
Hearing this, Xu Yuqing's anger subsided slightly, but she still felt ashamed and annoyed.
"But you still shouldn't have touched me, taken advantage of me, or defiled my purity. What would you have me do if people found out!"
As she scolded him, Xu Yuqing slapped him again.
"Your servant deserves to die! But Second Mistress, you need not worry, no one knows about this matter… Moreover, when I touched you, my mind was clear, I harbored no lust for you, and I had no ill intentions whatsoever, never thinking of defiling your purity." Jiang Shangyun showed an even more remorseful expression, bowed again, his waist bent lower.
Hearing Jiang Shangyun's words, Xu Yuqing's anger diminished a bit more.
But when she thought of him saying his mind was clear when he touched her and he had no lust for her, Xu Yuqing became angry again. However, the reason for her anger this time was different from before; this time, she felt insulted and unwilling.
She thought that she was a renowned beauty in Bazhou, and even after marrying into the capital, her fame for beauty remained, with countless men infatuated with her looks and admiring her.
For Jiang Shangyun to touch her so intimately just now, not only covering her mouth, touching her lips, but also holding her buttocks, touching her private parts, and holding her entire body, yet he had no desire for her, no ill intentions towards her, was truly insulting.
Thinking this, Xu Yuqing slapped him again. "Slap—"
"You scoundrel, tell me, with my beauty and figure, why do you have no desire for me? You took such great advantage of me, and you're not even moved? Are you… inadequate?" Xu Yuqing questioned him angrily.
Jiang Shangyun looked at her, somewhat stunned, his face etched with surprise, as if he had never expected her to ask him such a question.
But a fleeting, uncatchable glint of amusement quickly flashed in Jiang Shangyun's eyes. This woman was actually angry for such a reason; this was a good thing.
He suddenly felt fully confident of winning her over!
"Please, Second Mistress, calm your anger! As you said, you are so beautiful, with such a good figure, how could I not be moved? But in my heart, you are like a fairy, a goddess, sacred and inviolable. How could I dare harbor lust for you!
Towards you, I only dare to approach with reverence, to kneel at your feet and worship you, to sing praises of your beauty, how could I dare have ill intentions towards you!"
Jiang Shangyun suddenly bent his knees and knelt before Xu Yuqing. He kowtowed to her, then straightened up, his face filled with the worship and admiration one shows to a deity, and said with piety.
Xu Yuqing looked at him in utter shock, extremely surprised. Before her marriage, she had many admirers and suitors who had said all sorts of sweet words to her, but none had ever spoken to her like this, treating her like a deity, kneeling to kowtow and worship her.
Xu Yuqing felt deeply shaken, and a strong sense of satisfaction arose in her heart. It was a feeling of immense satisfaction for her vanity, a feeling so wonderful, so captivating, that she couldn't help but be intoxicated. Her entire heart was filled with joyous excitement, so much so that she trembled slightly.
Looking at Jiang Shangyun before her, Xu Yuqing suddenly found him extremely pleasing to her eyes. Everywhere she looked, she found him likable.
She curved her lips and smiled at Jiang Shangyun, "Get up! Seeing your sincerity, treating me like a god and worshiping me, I shall spare you this time and not hold you accountable!"
"Thank you, Second Mistress, thank you, Second Mistress!" Jiang Shangyun expressed immense gratitude, repeatedly thanking her. Another fleeting, uncatchable glint of amusement flashed in his eyes.
It seemed that winning this woman over would be an easy task!