Chapter 76: Does your younger uncle hold a grudge against you?

Chapter 76: Does your younger uncle hold a grudge against you?

Ling Xiaoxuan furrowed her brows tightly, her gaze passing over Qin Ruan and landing on Du Changheng, who stood at the other end of the room.

He looked terrified, his eyes fixed on the temple door, his fear apparent.

His eyes were wandering, and he looked guilty.

Ling Xiaoxuan withdrew her gaze and spoke in a calm tone, "I have no strong feelings for Du Changheng, but he is the fiancé my younger uncle picked for me. If something were to happen to him, I would be held responsible. That's why I joined the paranormal exploration team, and I want to take him away from Qishan."

She didn't say that she had to take Du Changheng away.

Qin Ruan frowned, his cold expression revealing a faint sense of disgust.

The purpose of the evil spirit outside the door was clear, and from beginning to end, Du Changheng was the target.

It was not that Qin Ruan couldn't snatch him from the opponent, but he didn't want to do so.

"Let's wait and see."

Qin Ruan's tone was calm as she turned and walked toward the temple door.

If they could solve the problem today, they could return to City at dawn.

"Young miss, wait a minute."

Qin Ruan was stopped by Qiao Nanyuan.

She had an indifferent attitude, "What's the matter?"

Qiao Nanyuan's face was serious, "The puppet outside the door has been cultivating for at least several hundred years. If you open the door now and let it in, all the fellow Taoists inside may be able to resist it for a while, but they won't be able to destroy it. Moreover, there are many ordinary people here who have no ability to protect themselves."

"What's that got to do with me?"

Qin Ruan's lips curled into a beautiful curve, and her pitch-black eyes revealed a cold and ruthless light.

She stepped past Qiao Nanyuan and walked toward the temple door again.

Standing in front of the now-calm temple door, she picked up a light-colored handkerchief that had been hanging on it.

Qiao Nanyuan, who thought she was going to open the door and let the puppet in, slowly closed his slightly opened mouth.

he misunderstood her.

Qin Ruan held the handkerchief in her hand and walked toward Du Changheng.

"Master Du, are you familiar with this handkerchief?"

When Du Changheng saw Qin Ruan approaching him, he kept retreating in fear, his eyes wide and his pupils shrinking.

"Get away from me! You...don't come near me!" he exclaimed.

Qin Ruan held out a handkerchief towards him, saying, "Mr. Du hasn't answered my question yet."

"I'm not familiar with it, I don't know, just leave me alone!" Du Changheng stared at Qin Ruan with hatred, as if he wanted to tear her apart.

They had just met, and he didn't understand why there was so much animosity between them.

Qin Ruan didn't take his bad attitude to heart. She felt that as a dying person, she should be a bit more accommodating.

She let out a soft sigh, loosened her jade hand, and the light-colored handkerchief drifted down to the dusty ground.

The clean handkerchief fluttered down lightly onto the dust covered ground.

Ling Xiaoxuan walked over to Qin Ruan and, without saying a word, pulled her towards the bodyguards and the gathering of celestial masters.

In her eyes, Du Changheng was too ignorant of the rules.

Qin Ruan sat on the ground that the Ling family's bodyguards had cleaned up. Ling Xiaoxuan looked like she wanted to say something but was holding back. "Senior sister, what does the Ling family think, finding such a man for you?"

This Du Changheng had a narrow forehead, protruding eyes, messy eyebrows, a thin face with high cheekbones, and white around his pupils, his facial features alone indicated that he was not a good person.

Ling Xiaoxuan smiled bitterly, "It was my younger uncle who carefully selected and decided to engage with the Du family, even though they don't have a high social status."

"Does your younger uncle have a grudge against you?" Qin Ruan raised an eyebrow, with a hint of a smile in her eyes.

"Of course not!" Ling Xiaoxuan quickly denied, "If it weren't for the engagement with the Du family, I would still be pushed out by the Ling family for political marriage. Despite my family background, I couldn't avoid being used by the family for their benefit."

Qin Ruan blinked, looking surprised.

She didn't expect that even a noble family member like Ling Xiaoxuan was also not in control of her own fate.

If that was the case, it was clear that Ling Xiaoxuan's younger uncle had chosen to engage with the Du family, even though they had a low social status, to benefit her.

(End of this chapter.)