Evil of all ages

Chapter 261 Going to sea
The two maids who were guarding the bed saw Huang Taihong wake up.

One left to find her master, while the other tried to help Huang Taihong sit up.

Huang Taihong was not used to being served by others, so he refused the help of the maid and wanted to sit up by himself.

Then he realized he had been overconfident.

My injuries are so bad that even the slightest movement causes excruciating pain all over my body; I have no strength to sit up.

Finally, with the help of the maid, he sat up.

Before he could even speak, the maid brought him water.

Through the maid, Huang Taihong learned that this was the Ming family's residence.

The Ming family, the most powerful family in Jiangnan, saved him.

As for the Ming family, everyone who comes to Jiangnan knows about them.

The Ming family is the only dominant force in Jiangnan, without exception.

Not to mention the Jiang family, which ranks second, even if we add up all the families ranked second to tenth.

They may not necessarily pose a financial threat to the Ming family.

It's absolutely true that his family is incredibly wealthy, comparable to a nation.

This is merely the superficial perception of the Ming family held by the people of Jiangnan. In reality, only the Ming family knows how powerful they truly are.

But anyone with a brain knows that the Ming family is terrifyingly strong in terms of military power, which is why they can hold onto such a large amount of wealth.

Even though Huang Taihong didn't specifically inquire about it when he arrived in Jiangnan, he knew that the Ming family was headed by a young brother and sister.

My brother's nickname is God of Wealth, and those who know him well can also call him Master Cai. He has never lost money in business; he makes a fortune on every deal.

I heard that he has regular business dealings with the ghost market in the capital.

The younger sister's business acumen is no less than her brother's, and more importantly, she is stunningly beautiful; she was recently featured on the beauty rankings.

She made the list.

Eighth place: Fairy Baiwei - Ming Xiaoyu
With her beauty and wealth, she was destined to have countless suitors.

Huang Taihong wanted to learn more from the maid, but she couldn't answer many of his questions.

"tread"

"tread"

"tread"

Light footsteps approached, and Huang Taihong recognized them as those of a young woman. He turned to look at the doorway.

A beautiful figure walked in.

Upon seeing it, Huang Taihong's eyes were immediately drawn to it.

The newcomer was wearing a cheongsam, which Huang Taihong had seen at the Ghost Market.

The only problem was that the newcomer's figure was too perfect.

The cheongsam accentuated her curvaceous figure.

With a slender waist, long legs, and such a perfect figure, her light and graceful steps exude allure.

Her black hair was styled in a bun, her eyes held a spring-like quality, and her delicate nose was fair and rosy...

Such a beautiful and charming fairy immediately made Huang Taihong realize that she was Bai Wei Fairy, ranked eighth on the beauty list—Ming Xiaoyu.

Knowing it was impolite to stare at a girl like that, he quickly looked away.

Ming Xiaoyu noticed that Huang Taihong's gaze shifted away from her so quickly, unlike other men who seemed eager to "devour" her.

This gave her a pretty good first impression of Huang Taihong.

The maid had already placed the stool two meters away from the bed, but Ming Xiaoyu did not sit down. Instead, she walked around the stool and came to the bedside.

A stunningly beautiful woman suddenly appeared so close to him, her fragrance filling his nostrils, and he could see her curvaceous figure so closely that his breathing became erratic.

Ming Xiaoyu put her hands behind her back and sat down on the edge of the bed.

As we all know, when a woman in a cheongsam sits down, her upright posture can perfectly showcase her figure.

Especially for beauties with great figures, the allure they exude is irresistible.

Ming Xiaoyu did it on purpose; she wanted to get close to Huang Taihong and see how he would react.

Huang Taihong felt this was inappropriate. The other woman was a well-bred young lady who should know how to keep her distance from men. Why was she sitting on his bedside?

He simply didn't have time to think about that; Ming Xiaoyu's allure was just too great.

This made him avert his gaze, not daring to linger on Ming Xiaoyu for even a moment.

He even shrank back to avoid bumping into Ming Xiaoyu. Even though the system had given him a mission to seduce the beauties on the beauty list, he had no such thoughts at the moment.

"You seem afraid of me?"

Ming Xiaoyu chuckled.

"You are my savior, I am so grateful to you, how could I be afraid of you?"

"It's just that men and women are different, and it's not appropriate for us to be in such close proximity."

"If, by some accident, rumors that are detrimental to the girl spread, it will damage her reputation..."

Huang Taihong wanted Ming Xiaoyu to sit on a stool two meters away from the bed, instead of sitting on the bed so close to him.

"You're quite an interesting person."

Ming Xiaoyu covered her mouth and smiled, but she still got up and sat on the stool.

After all, she was a lady from a respectable family, and being so close to a man, her inner turmoil was no less than Huang Taihong's.

"Why did you save me?"

Huang Taihong realized that he had no connection with the Ming family, so even if he wanted to help them out of kindness, Ming Xiaoyu didn't need to come to see him in person.

She sat down on his bedside as soon as she arrived.

That's not the right attitude towards him.

"Three years ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable disease. It was my brother who took me to the capital to find the Ghost King, who cured my incurable disease."

"Now you know why our Ming family saved your life, right?"

Ming Xiaoyu did not reveal the most important part, such as how the Ghost King helped her and her brother take control of the Ming family.

The entire Ming family belongs to the Ghost King, including the lives of the siblings.

Upon hearing this, Huang Taihong nodded. No wonder Ming Xiaoyu came to visit him as soon as he woke up.

“Besides me, my personal guards…”

Huang Taihong remembered that he had led many of his personal guards to jump into the river to escape, and he wanted to know how many of his personal guards survived.

"I'm sorry, our Ming family only managed to save thirty."

"That's what Ming Xiaoyu replied."

Upon hearing this, Huang Taihong clenched his fists. His personal guards were all his brothers who had risked their lives for him.

As a result, seventy out of a hundred guards died at the hands of the Jiang family.

I will not be a human being if I don’t avenge this.

"If you want to deal with the Jiang family, our Ming family can help you."

"Ming Xiaoyu said."

"What does the Ming family want?"

Huang Taihong was taken aback when he heard this. The other party had gone to the capital to seek medical treatment from his elder brother three years ago, and should have already paid the fee.

Now they're saving his life and even planning to help him deal with the Jiang family.

He doesn't believe anything unless there's a request for it.

"You've never had an incurable disease, so you don't know the pain of not being able to cure it even with money."

"I don't want to have that experience again, and I don't want anyone around me to have that experience."

"But the Ghost King's favor is too precious to behold."

"We can only get it from you, when you owe us a lot of favors."

"Please help us, or please ask the Ghost King for help. Can you really refuse us?"

Ming Xiaoyu gave an excuse.

Huang Taihong thought it made sense.

Since he already owed them a favor, he didn't mind owing them a little more, so he asked the Ming family to help him find a stronghold for the Shadow Pavilion.

After Ming Xiaoyu agreed, she chatted with Huang Taihong for a while longer before leaving.

In Ming Xiaoyu's boudoir, her eldest brother came looking for her.

“If you don’t like being arranged this way, your older brother can give up everything and take you out to sea.”

Ming Anlou didn't want his sister to suffer, and he was willing to give up everything for her.

(End of this chapter)