Chapter 1558 - 1380: A Stormy Night in Jianghu
Chapter 1558: Chapter 1380: A Stormy Night in Jianghu
She had to stay alert.
At the same time, a surge of anger rose from her toes to the top of her head; she hated Bei Shan, yet she was completely helpless against him.
She cautiously approached the eucalyptus tree, glancing up again, and sure enough, there was Bei Shan posed like a beauty in the tree. He lay on a branch, his head resting on one hand, while the other toyed with a pearl flower.
“You see, what did I tell you? You were bound to come, claiming to retrieve the pearl flower, but really, you wanted to see me, didn’t you?” Bei Shan said quite smugly.
“Give me back the pearl flower, and I will not dwell on the past. But if you refuse, don’t blame me for being impolite!” Hong Yan said coldly.
She wanted to get angry, yet she felt that getting angry over such a person wasn’t worth it; she’d rather wait quietly for him to come down.
She did not believe he wouldn’t come down.
And indeed, after Hong Yan fell silent, Bei Shan couldn’t wait any longer and came down. He stood beside the tree trunk, waving at Hong Yan, “Don’t you want the pearl flower? Here, take it.”
Hong Yan suddenly thought: Could it be this easy?
Could he really be giving it back this easily?
Could there be a catch?
“Or don’t you want it anymore?” Bei Shan asked.
“Of course I do,” Hong Yan moved forward to take it, but Bei Shan suddenly withdrew his hand, “What you said this morning, was it true?”
“What are you talking about?” Hong Yan pretended not to understand.
“What else could I be talking about? You said… Let’s talk slowly, tell me, what did you want to say?” Bei Shan’s face showed an unexpectedly shy look, which disgusted Hong Yan immensely.
“You believe that kind of talk? It was just to make you leave quicker!” Hong Yan said, and ran out of patience, “Bei Shan, if you don’t give it back to me now, I will take it by force!”
“Take it by force? But, you will regret it…” Bei Shan hadn’t finished speaking when Hong Yan immediately rushed to grab it.
But just as she exerted force, a net suddenly sprung up from the ground. She didn’t have time to dodge, and was firmly caught in it.
“You…” Hong Yan struggled furiously inside, “Bei Shan, what are you playing at? Let me down right now!”
No wonder he had stood there motionless just then; he was waiting for her to attempt grabbing it, so he could trap her in the net.
“Let you down?” Bei Shan looked genuinely regretful, holding the tightly netted Hong Yan, “I had just told you not to resort to force. We could have talked nicely, but you insisted on snatching, so I had to wrap you in this net. Now, you can properly talk to me.”
Hong Yan wanted to tear the net apart, but she quickly realized that it was specially made by the Chi Xia clan, not something her strength could tear apart. She tried to take out her knife, but the wind was too strong, rendering her unable to move her hands.
“Stop wasting your efforts. I said, as long as you speak nicely, I would certainly not harm you,” Bei Shan said as he poked the pearl flower through a gap in the net and put it back in its place.
“…” Seeing the pearl flower returned, Hong Yan finally stopped struggling, but she was still furious, “Bei Shan, what exactly do you want to talk about?”
“About your opinion of me,” Bei Shan this time didn’t physically intervene but simply sat on the ground, looking with interest at Hong Yan wrapped in the net.
“My opinion of you? Sleazy, narcissistic, cunning, idle, exceedingly lustful, and incredibly petty…”