Chapter 22 - Hallway Incident

Tang Lingling and Yao Meixiang continued to spend the next few minutes discussing the ancient ruin.

They were immersed in their conversation and the noises awakened a person.

"Ughnn, what's with all the noises early in the morning?" Lee Tao muttered as he rubbed his eyes softly.

"What are you doing here?" Lee Tao asked when he caught a glimpse of Yao Meixiang, forgetting the plan they had made yesterday.

Yao Meixiang was in disbelief as she glanced at Lee Tao. She tilted her head slightly and asked Tang Lingling, "Is he really my fiance?"

"Unfortunately, that's indeed the case." Tang Lingling replied. "Madam Liu and your father knew each other well so they had planned for your engagement between you and Lee Tao since the beginning."

"And the one who should be distraught is me yet Lee Tao has the guts to try and nullify the engagement." Yao Meixiang said bitterly, almost like she wanted to strangle Lee Tao for the humiliation he created.

In this current era, it was considered a disgrace and shame for a woman to have their engagement canceled from the man's side.

Thus, Yao Meixiang was thoroughly embarrassed when her father said that Lee Tao tried to cancel their engagement.

Though of course, the engagement wasn't canceled since Madam Liu didn't acknowledge Lee Tao's words.

However, it had become clear to everyone that Lee Tao didn't wish to marry a lovely woman like Yao Meixiang, which caused people to believe there could be a problem with her.

Such is the way of their insignificant thinking and the one who caused all of this didn't even care at all.

"You can stop glaring at me like a sinner, Yao Meixiang." Lee Tao said.

"Hmph, until you make a public announcement that you made a mistake in trying to cancel the engagement. I will never ever forgive you." Yao Meixiang snorted as she crossed her arms.

Lee Tao snickered at her words. "Yet here you are, in my dorm." He then walked toward her as he leered at her body.

Yao Meixiang began to blush when she felt his intense glare. It took her a few moments before she stood up and walked outside.

"You have 5 minutes before I'm leaving by myself. You can forget about joining the ancient ruin if the timer passes." Yao Meixiang said before slamming the door shut.

"Aiyah, what's the temperament with every woman? Just because they are a jade beauty, doesn't mean they can be unruly." Lee Tao sighed softly as he walked toward his closet.

3 minutes later, Lee Tao opened the door and saw Yao Meixiang standing gracefully in the hallway.

There were other men purposely walking nearby the hallway to stare at Yao Meixiang.

"What took you so long?" Yao Meixiang pouted when she saw Lee Tao. "If only I didn't promise to bring you along. That way, I wouldn't have to be outside and have those disgusting men staring at me."

"I didn't kick you out of the room though." Lee Tao replied as he gave a cold glare at the men.

"You people better get the hell out of my sight within 3 seconds otherwise, bear the consequences yourself." Lee Tao warned.

"Hmph, the hallway isn't owned by you. Why should we listen to you?" One of the brave men snorted as he ignored Lee Tao's warning. His eyesight remained still on Yao Meixiang.

Right when Yao Meixiang was ready to thrash these men, Lee Tao patted her shoulders.

"Since you said I'm heartless then watch me beat them up for you." Lee Tao whispered softly as he narrowed his eyes.

With a whoosh, Lee Tao's pace increased and reappeared at the courageous man that spoke up against him.

"Hope you have insurance in your love life." Lee Tao sneered as a bone-cracking sound echoed in the hallway.

The other men quickly scrammed far away when they witnessed what Lee Tao had done.

Meanwhile, the courageous man was no longer as brave as he was before. He was crouching on the ground, rolling back and forth as he screamed in agony.

"MY BALLS!"

The man continued to scream as his hand clutched onto his non-existence ball that was shattered by Lee Tao.

"Shut the hell up! It's goddamn morning." Lee Tao shouted as he kicked the man in the face.

The man was flung back to a wall as he fainted with foam popping out of his mouth. His status remained unknown when Lee Tao wrapped his arms around Yao Meixaing's shoulder as they left the hallway.

Sometime later, Yao Meixiang looked at Lee Tao in curiosity.

"W-Why did you crack his balls?" Yao Meixiang asked in a soft and low tone.

"Hmm, I wonder why…" Lee Tao muttered as he grinned evilly. "Maybe it was because he looked disgusting in my eyes so I decided he should turn into a woman."

Yao Meixiang twitched her mouth as she shook her head, wondering why she even asked in the first place.

"Can you release your arm on my shoulder already?" She mumbled. It was like she didn't want Lee Tao to release his arm by purposely speaking in a low audible tone.

Lee Tao smirked as he released his arms since he wasn't deaf.

Yao Meixiang felt somewhat disappointed when he really released his arms around her shoulder.

'Stupid, how can he be such a dense?' Yao Meixiang cursed inwardly as she increased her pace.

"Young Master is foolish." Tang Lingling suddenly said from behind. "Yao Meixiang clearly didn't mind your intimate act yet you still released your arm."

Lee Tao shrugged his shoulders.

"Why are you even following us in the first place?" Lee Tao asked, changing the topic.

"It's my duty to protect the Young Master." Tang Lingling replied.

"And it's also your duty to listen to your Young Master." Lee Tao added as he glared at her. "I order you to stay put in the Tianyun Academy until I return."

Tang Lingling twitched her brows as she was now in a dilemma.