This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 350 Childhood Sweethearts, True Love

In the woodshed in the backyard of the inn.

When Akin woke up, he found a little light beside him, and then a candle was lit.

The pitch-black space suddenly became bright.

Near the doorway stood a tall, slender figure.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the human boy he was going to kill that night.

He immediately tried to get up, but found that his hands and feet were tightly bound by ropes, and a sharp pain shot through his head.

"I have some questions for you."

The boy at the door, holding a lit candle, came up to him.

The candle flame illuminated his long blue hair, his deep blue eyes like the ocean, and his handsome, almost human-like face.

The scales on its neck shimmered with a deep blue luster under the light.

"Humph!"

Ah Jin snorted coldly, his face full of sarcasm: "You think you can trap me with mere ropes?"

Having said that, he suddenly exerted all his strength, his arm muscles bulged, and the ropes binding him began to groan in pain.

"boom!"

Luo Zijun punched him in the stomach.

The sudden pain caused his strength to dissipate instantly, and his taut muscles immediately went limp.

"you……"

"boom!"

Ah Jingang was about to curse when he was hit hard in the stomach again. The pain made him open his mouth wide, and the words in his throat were swallowed back down.

"I ask, you answer."

The boy in front of him spoke calmly.

Ajin glared at him angrily, gritting her teeth, and remained silent.

"Are you a siren?"

Luo Zijun asked.

Ajin sneered and remained silent.

Luo Zijun pulled out a gleaming dagger and held it towards his crotch: "I don't know if my dagger is harder, or..."

"puff!"

Before he could finish speaking, the dagger in his hand had already plunged down hard.

"what--"

Ajin screamed in terror, his whole body trembled, and his eyes widened in horror.

Luo Zijun pulled out the dagger, and blood gushed from the wound.

"It missed. This time it was the thigh, but next time it shouldn't miss again."

Luo Zijun pointed the dagger at his crotch again.

Ah Jin's face turned deathly pale, and he could only grit his teeth and say, "Yes, I am a siren."

Luo Zijun asked again, "Why did you come to kill me?"

Ah Jin's eyes flashed with a fierce light. Before he could answer, Luo Zijun suddenly said, "After thinking about it, there's only one reason. It's because of Xiaoman, isn't it? I discovered Xiaoman's identity, so you want to kill her to silence her, right?"

Ah Jin gritted his teeth and glared at him with a sinister look.

Luo Zijun looked at him and said, "When we entered the courtyard during the day, you should have been hiding in that water vat, right? When we came out, there were some water stains on the ground. That's when you left. You must be the sea monster who harmed Xiaoman's mother, right?"

Suddenly, Ajin struggled and angrily shouted, "I didn't! I didn't! I didn't harm her!"

"That is how the matter?"

Luo Zijun asked.

Akin's blue eyes were filled with anger, but he remained silent.

Luo Zijun said, "If you don't tell me, I'll ask Xiaoman's mother tomorrow. If she still doesn't tell me, I'll tell everyone else about them. If the townspeople find out, I'm afraid they'll..."

"You beast!"

Ajin suddenly jumped up, his face contorted, screaming as he tried to pounce on him, his sharp teeth bared as if he wanted to tear him apart, but he fell headfirst to the ground.

"You're the animal."

Luo Zijun looked down at him and said, "You've harmed an innocent woman and her child."

Upon hearing this, Ajin immediately lay down on the ground and stopped struggling.

"died?"

Luo Zijun kicked him with her foot.

Ah Jin cursed, "You're the one who's dead!"

"Tsk tsk, the siren's body is indeed amazing."

Luo Zijun looked at his thigh, where the wound from the dagger had just been inflicted had stopped bleeding and was even beginning to heal.

"I did not harm A-Lian."

Ah Jin lay on the ground in silence for a long time, then suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice.

"I love her, and she loves me... We've known each other since we were little..."

"Tsk tsk, they're childhood sweethearts."

Luo Zijun clicked her tongue, then stopped talking, seemingly lost in thought, and gestured for him to continue.

“She was only five years old when she accidentally fell into the sea while playing on the beach. I saved her… When she saw me, she wasn’t afraid. She invited me to come ashore and play with her…”

"But I was afraid of humans, so I didn't go up."

"The next day, she came to the beach again and called me, saying she would take me to a place where there was no one..."

"I swam in the sea and followed her to a beach outside the town..."

“We secretly played together and grew up together until she was twelve, when her family started arranging a marriage for her…”

"We continued to meet secretly, confessing our love to each other. Just when we were completely united and decided to be together forever, my father found out and threatened to kill her and her family. I had no choice but to leave..."

"And she, after waiting for me for three long years, had no choice but to marry someone else..."

"That year, I finally had the chance to come here again... I thought she had forgotten me, I thought she would hate me, but when she saw me, she was only surprised and happy..."

"So, we secretly got together again..."

At this point, his face was covered in tears: "It's my fault... She's pregnant with my child, but I'm powerless... I can't take her away, nor can I take my child away. I can only watch helplessly as they suffer here..."

Luo Zijun couldn't help but say, "How do you know they're suffering here? Da Chun treats them, mother and daughter, very well."

"Yes, that's why I didn't kill him."

Ah Jin said with a pained expression, "But Ah Lian is my woman, and Xiao Man is my daughter."

Luo Zijun said, "You can only blame yourself for being cowardly and spineless. If I were you, I would rather drown myself."

Ah Jin wiped away his tears and said, "I am a sea monster, I won't die if I jump into the river."

Luo Zijun said, "Look at you, you have no skills at all, yet you like to argue. You deserve to have your woman slept with and your daughter beaten."

Ajin immediately shouted angrily, "Who hit my daughter?"

Luo Zijun said, "It's none of your business who hits her. You live by the sea, and she lives in a small town. You can't watch over her every day." A Jin looked up and said, "Then tell me, what should I do to avoid being cowardly and spineless? How can I stay with them, mother and daughter, forever?"

Luo Zijun said, "If we truly love each other, then we'll kill gods and Buddhas if they stand in our way!"

Ajin's expression changed: "But that's my father..."

"So what if he's your father? If you think you're right, if you're a man, you should be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions. Even if he's your father, you can still beat him into submission with one punch!"

"I...I can't beat him."

"If you can't beat them, you can poison them. You're their son, so if you poison your own father, he definitely won't suspect anything. Once he's dead, you can do whatever you want, and the family fortune will be yours too."

"..."

Akin stared at him with wide eyes and a look of horror on his face.

"If... if you were in that situation, would you really poison... poison your father?"

After a long pause, he asked in a trembling voice.

He suddenly felt that this human boy was terrifying.

Luo Zijun said, "How is that possible? I am human, and I prioritize filial piety and righteousness. You are an animal, cold-blooded and ruthless. How can you compare to me?"

"Your mother..."

"You dare to swear at me?"

Luo Zijun slapped him, then solemnly told him how she would handle such situations.

"First, tell the truth, plead earnestly, reason with them, and appeal to their emotions. If that doesn't work, then use harsh words and threats, even threatening with your own life, and then ask other relatives to speak on your behalf..."

"If all else fails, I'll take them, mother and daughter, and run away together."

"Instead of struggling and suffering like this your whole life, you might as well live life to the fullest as a real man. Even if you die, it will be worth it."

After listening, Ajin looked up at him and said, "You are human, why don't you help Dachun, why do you help me? I am a monster, aren't humans the ones who hate monsters the most?"

Luo Zijun paused for a moment, then said, "I don't hate monsters, because my wife is a monster too."

Ajin looked utterly astonished.

Luo Zijun said, "I'm helping those who are right, not those who are close to me. There are good and bad people, and there are good and bad monsters too. Since you two truly love each other, you should be together."

Ah Jin said, "You...you can let me go?"

Luo Zijun said, "Of course, but I need to confirm first whether what you said is true. And I also need you to promise that you will not go ashore and hurt anyone again."

Just then, a voice, trembling with sobs, came from outside the door: "What he said is all true..."

"Squeak..."

The wooden door opened, and the woman named A-Lian walked in, her face covered in tears.

Outside the door, a red dress fluttered in the wind, and a slender, graceful figure stood there.

After dragging the sea monster into the woodshed, Luo Zijun called Xu Ziyin down to bring the woman over.

The two had been standing outside the door for a while.

"Ah Lian!"

"Akin!"

Inside the woodshed, a human and a demon clung tightly to each other, tears streaming down their faces.

Luo Zijun untied the ropes binding the sea monster and said, "Since what you said is true, I will spare its life. Go back and think carefully about how to resolve this matter. But remember, you cannot hurt anyone. If you really want to take the mother and daughter away, remember to compensate Da Chun."

After saying that, he went out of the woodshed and saw the girl at the door staring intently at him. He said, "What's wrong? Want to complain? Complain that I released a sea monster?"

Xu Ziyin said coldly, "Yes, I'm going to complain."

Luo Zijun said, "It seems you want me to gag you with something."

Xu Ziyin stared at him coldly without saying a word.

Luo Zijun stared at her pink lips and examined them: "Such a small mouth, I'm afraid it could be plugged up with just a little something, right?"

"However, I won't let you succeed!"

Luo Zijun said nonchalantly, "Go ahead and sue me. You have no evidence, and I won't admit it anyway."

After saying that, he prepared to leave.

Xu Ziyin suddenly said, "You just asked me to come downstairs to help, saying you would give me a reward I liked."

After taking a few steps, Luo Zijun turned around and said, "Did I say that?"

"said."

"I'm sorry, I forgot."

Luo Zijun waved and left.

"You owe me so much money, and you still want me to pay you back? Dream on!"

He silently complained to himself.

To his surprise, when he went upstairs and arrived at the room door, he found that the girl had followed him up without saying a word.

Luo Zijun turned to look at her and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Xu Ziyin said expressionlessly, "Take the payment."

"I told you, I forgot."

"I didn't forget."

"up to you."

Luo Zijun shrugged: "Whatever, you can just stand here then."

He opened the door and went inside.

Just as they were about to close the door, Xu Ziyin suddenly squeezed in and stood in the room.

Luo Zijun paused for a moment, closed the door, raised an eyebrow and said, "Miss Xu, are you sure you want to stay in the same room with me in the middle of the night?"

Xu Ziyin met his gaze with unwavering confidence, her dark eyes meeting his without flinching: "I'm sure."

"Ok."

Luo Zijun nodded, then deliberately grabbed her sleeve and threatened, "Since Miss Xu really wants it, let's go to bed, and I'll give it to you. This reward will be something Miss Xu will never forget."

To his surprise, the girl not only did not resist, but actually walked towards the bed behind the screen.

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Let's go?"

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Xu Ziyin turned around and urged him on.

Luo Zijun's lips twitched a few times. "Are you sure? You want to come to bed with me?"

Xu Ziyin's dark eyes appeared calm: "What, you don't dare?"

"Heh, what wouldn't this young master dare to do?"

Luo Zijun walked towards the bedside, then suddenly remembered that there was still someone lying on the bed.

"Wait, there's more on the bed..."

Before she could finish speaking, the curtains were lifted, and Liu Sisi got out of bed and walked towards the door, saying, "I'm going to sleep with Lu Yao. You two can do as you please."

With that, he opened the door and quickly left.

(End of this chapter)