Chapter 119
Uncle Shan saw Wang Jin frowning. He rummaged through the wardrobe and pulled out a pile of old animal pelts, spreading them on the bed. "Young master, will this do?"
Wang Jin felt the bed and found it much softer. He sighed and said, "Let's make do for one night."
He turned to look at the man, only to find that Yuan Heng had already conscientiously walked over and sat down on the couch.
"......" Wang Jin looked at Yuan Heng with a bitter face.
"......" Yuan Heng looked back at him, his heart stirred. Afraid he might uncontrollably walk over, he quickly turned his face away.
Wang Jin snorted angrily, puffed up with rage, and climbed onto the bed.
Uncle Shan, seeing this, smiled and walked over to Yuan Heng. "Young Master Yuan, please make do for tonight. Tomorrow I will clean out the room next door for you."
"Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Shan."
Uncle Shan respectfully withdrew.
The next day, when Wang Jin woke up, the sky was already bright. The bedding on the couch was folded neatly, and the man was already gone.
He hurriedly got up, put on his clothes, and went out. As soon as he left the room, he saw many weapons like wooden clubs and whips scattered messily on the ground outside the door. He tiptoed around these things and walked outside. In the courtyard, he saw Yuan Heng standing with his back to him. In front of Yuan Heng was a row of beastmen standing neatly in a row, showing him great respect.
To the side, Xiao Xiao, Xiao He, and some other gers he hadn't seen before were kneeling trembling beside the men, their faces deathly pale...
Wang Jin blinked in astonishment, feeling like he had missed something.
Uncle Shan, who was nearby, saw Wang Jin and came forward with a happy expression. "Young master."
Wang Jin collected himself, pointed at the things on the ground, then looked at Xiao Xiao and the others, and glanced questioningly at Uncle Shan. "This..."
Uncle Shan understood. A look of deep satisfaction showed in his eyes as he glanced at Xiao Xiao and the others. When he turned back to Wang Jin, his expression was full of delight. "These people tried to force their way into your room early this morning intending harm. Young Master Yuan gave them a severe lesson."
Though the term "lesson" was used, Wang Jin's sharp eyes noticed that the gers showed no visible injuries. They had likely been frightened into retreat by Yuan Heng's presence alone, without him even laying a hand on them. Given the man's capabilities, they wouldn't have emerged so unscathed otherwise.
"Then..." Wang Jin's eyes searched through the row of beastmen in the courtyard, pointing at them, he asked, "What about these people?"
"This is Young Master Yuan selecting guards."
Yuan Heng approached. His distant and chilly demeanor melted away the moment his light, glass-like eyes caught sight of Wang Jin's form, replaced by a warmth reminiscent of winter's first thaw.
"These... are they acceptable?" Yuan Heng asked Wang Jin, pointing at those beastmen.
Wang Jin looked past the man and carefully examined those beastmen...
He hadn't noticed earlier because Yuan Heng was blocking the view. Looking now, Wang Jin realized these beastmen were all strong and robust, looking very powerful at first glance, quite suitable as guards. But... their appearances...
Wang Jin's gaze swept from the one on the far left all the way to the one on the far right... his eyes twitched involuntarily.
The guards he had in his previous life were carefully selected by him. Not only were they exceptionally skilled in martial arts, but their looks also had to be above average to match his aesthetic taste...
But these men... either had scars on their faces, or were full of beard stubble, or had severe flaws in their facial features. They were so ugly he didn't even want to look at them more than once.
Looking further, behind this row of beastmen was another group of rejected beastmen who hadn't left yet. Among those beastmen, there were actually quite a few who were good-looking and strong...
Wang Jin couldn't help but look at them a few more times, somewhat puzzled, and then glanced at the man.
He saw that the man's light-colored pupils were filled with thick hostility as he looked at those beastmen Wang Jin had just glanced at. His knuckles were clenched tightly, as if if Wang Jin said he wanted to keep them, he would immediately go forward and challenge them to a duel.
"......" Wang Jin silently closed his mouth, vaguely understanding why the selected guards were so unattractive...
The longer he spent with the man, the more he discovered the little thoughts hidden under his indifferent expression... These little thoughts often made Wang Jin feel delighted.
The confusion in his eyes gradually turned into happiness. His calm heart felt like a pebble had been thrown into it, stirring up layers of ripples.
Actually, the man's hostile expression was sharp, fierce, and carried a trace of wildness, appearing fierce and terrifying. It was because of this that he could intimidate fierce beasts and beastmen and ger with ill intentions. But in Wang Jin's eyes, he felt such a man was the most handsome, thousands of times more handsome than the retainers he had in his previous life.
It felt as if a rabbit had been let loose in his heart. The creature scurried about wildly without any restraint, leaving tiny pawprint impressions all over. These impressions were then completely filled by an indescribable emotion...
"These... these will do just fine. I'll defer to Brother Heng's judgment..." Wang Jin said cheerfully. Had the onlookers not witnessed the clear disdain and confusion in his eyes moments before, they would have truly believed he was entirely pleased with the chosen guards...
Everyone looked at Wang Jin and the man beside him in surprise.
They observed that the moment the ger spoke, the man's intimidating presence completely vanished, replaced by a warmth reminiscent of a gentle spring breeze. The expression in his eyes, now filled with warmth and a soft smile, was strikingly different from before...
The two gazed at each other as if the world around them had faded away, naturally excluding everyone else from their awareness, creating the illusion that the entire universe consisted solely of the two of them... The atmosphere instantly grew intimate and tender...
Wang Jin could not calm his racing heart. His fingertips trembled slightly as he unconsciously began to reach for the man's hand. The longing in his gesture suggested he wasn't merely seeking to hold hands, but to offer his entire being to the man, surrendering himself completely without reservation.
Uncle Shan, witnessing this, felt his heart drop. Gathering his courage, he stepped forward and inserted himself between the two. Speaking with determination to Wang Jin, whose expression had darkened, he said, "Young master, how should we deal with Xiao Xiao and the others?"
"......" Wang Jin's fingertips hung trembling in the air for a moment before he slowly withdrew his hand. He shot Uncle Shan a displeased look and walked toward Xiao Xiao and the others.
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