I Just Want to be a Throwaway Character - Chapter 93

Chapter 93

A sharp sword blade was just a thin mask’s distance from her.

Suddenly, the mask split down the middle, revealing a beautiful, exotic-looking woman’s face.

If Ji Wan were present, she would be surprised to recognize that this was none other than Sister Ruyan, whom she had seen not long ago.

Jiang Li’s expression was calm, her gaze unfazed as she looked at the woman before her, showing no signs of pity.

“I’ll give you a chance to live. Tell me about the Dragon’s Lair Treasure,” Jiang Li said coldly to Ruyan.

But instead of being intimidated by Jiang Li, Ruyan displayed a perfectly alluring smile.

“Want to know?” Ruyan laughed softly, curling her lips.

It was as if the person in front of her wasn’t about to take her life.

Jiang Li remained expressionless. She simply withdrew her sword slightly.

Her eyes gestured for Ruyan to continue.

“Help me up. My legs are weak. You can’t expect me to talk to you while I’m on the ground, can you?”

Ruyan deliberately extended her hand, wanting Jiang Li to help her up.

Jiang Li’s eyes were alert as she watched Ruyan, wondering what trick she was playing.

“Hey, you’ve beaten me up so badly. It hurts~” Ruyan’s voice carried an almost imperceptible hint of a whine.

Listening to Ruyan’s strange tone, Jiang Li furrowed her heroic eyebrows, weighing her options.

She decided to help the “weak” woman in front of her up.

As Jiang Li extended her slender fingers, a small, triumphant expression appeared in Ruyan’s eyes.

Touching Jiang Li’s long, calloused palm, Ruyan gently rose.

Then, taking advantage of Jiang Li’s lack of vigilance, she suddenly leaned into her embrace.

Smelling the faint, pleasant scent of soap on Jiang Li, Ruyan clung to her waist with a sense of attachment.

Everything happened so suddenly.

“You… let go.” Jiang Li’s eyelids twitched as she looked at the woman who had inexplicably hugged her, and her voice became cold.

“Hey, Big Ice Cube, I’m cold. You did break my clothes, you know.”

Not only did Ruyan not let go, but she leaned even closer to Jiang Li, just as she had said.

Jiang Li frowned at Ruyan, her hands temporarily at a loss for where to go.

Looking at Ruyan’s defenseless hug and the exposed, fair skin.

Jiang Li was conflicted.

She couldn’t push her away, but she couldn’t not push her away either.

This was the first time she had met a killer like this. It was as if this woman was taking advantage of her.

Meanwhile, Ruyan was satisfied, soaking in Jiang Li’s warmth.

She had missed her so, so much.

“Get out.” Feeling the soft, cotton-like woman in her arms, Jiang Li was a little flustered and could only speak coldly.

But her voice betrayed a hint of embarrassment.

“No, I’m cold,” Ruyan whined, hugging her even tighter.

“Don’t make me say it a second time.” Jiang Li’s hand moved to the hilt of the sword at her side.

“You want to kill me?” Tears welled up in Ruyan’s eyes as she looked at Jiang Li pitifully.

Looking at the tearful beauty, Jiang Li’s face remained impassive, but she still let out a soft sigh and moved her hand away from the hilt.

She let Ruyan bury her face in her arms.

What Jiang Li didn’t know was that there were no tears in Ruyan’s eyes, only a mischievous smile.

Ruyan didn’t know how long she had held Jiang Li, it felt like an eternity.

Jiang Li expressionlessly pulled the boneless Ruyan out of her arms.

“You should tell me about the Dragon’s Lair Treasure now,” Jiang Li said softly, looking into Ruyan’s beautiful, mismatched eyes.

“I’ll tell Huangfu Yue. I don’t want to tell you,” Ruyan said naughtily after she had her fill of hugs.

“You…” Jiang Li was momentarily speechless.

She had never met such a rogue woman.

Seeing half of Jiang Li’s face turn dark.

Ruyan felt inexplicably good.

This was a sign that Jiang Li was starting to care about her.

Ruyan was about to make this Big Ice Cube say something else.

Suddenly, a black cloak was thrown over her head.

It was accompanied by Jiang Li’s cold, monotone voice, “Put it on.”

A satisfied smile appeared on Ruyan’s face, which was now covered by the cloak.

But she still wanted to tease Jiang Li. “What should I do? I don’t know how to wear this outfit.”

“Don’t force me to use force,” a hint of helplessness flashed in Jiang Li’s eyes, and her tone intentionally became fierce.

But a blush appeared on her face, which didn’t match her demeanor at all.

Jiang Li’s forced tough tone had absolutely no effect on the alluring woman in front of her.

After figuring out Jiang Li’s personality, Ruyan became bolder.

“Oh? What are you going to do to me?”

She stood on her tiptoes, bringing her beautiful and captivating face close to Jiang Li, her voice full of seduction.

Ruyan continued to tease this Big Ice Cube.

She had originally intended to stop while she was ahead, but she wanted to tease Jiang Li a little more.

But it was too late.

Suddenly, Ruyan felt her body go soft, and her center of gravity became unstable.

She was about to fall to the ground.

In a flash of lightning.

Ruyan closed her eyes in fear, and then she felt her collar tighten at the back of her neck.

She had been lifted by the scruff of her neck by Jiang Li and couldn’t move.

With her body out of her control, a moment of panic appeared on Ruyan’s face.

Then she realized what had happened.

Jiang Li had actually acupointed her?

Seeing a trace of panic in Ruyan’s captivating, mismatched eyes, Jiang Li felt her mood inexplicably brighten.

This woman could be afraid, too?

“Nothing much. I’m just making it so you can’t move,” Jiang Li said lightly.

But the corners of her usually cold lips turned up in a smile.

…

Huangfu Yue used her Qinggong to fly back to the princess’s residence with Ji Wan in her arms.

“Go and report to Emperor Yuan that the princess has returned safely to her residence. Tell him the princess needs to rest and that any matters can be discussed tomorrow.”

Huangfu Yue said this to a eunuch in the princess’s residence and then walked straight to Ji Wan’s room.

She gently placed Ji Wan on the soft bed in her room and took off her shoes and socks.

Looking at the sleeping Ji Wan.

Looking at her charming face with makeup on.

She remembered hearing that Ji Wan was participating in that so-called matchmaking banquet.

The immense, mountainous wave of emotion that had swelled in her chest, and the constantly burning anger.

Especially when she thought of Ji Wan’s excessive attention to those people at the banquet.

The thought of Ji Wan being taken away by others in the future to become their wife.

Huangfu Yue’s self-control and calmness could no longer be maintained.

She had originally only needed to control the situation as an outsider.

But she had never expected Ji Wan to be a variable.

Although she knew her feelings for Ji Wan could not develop, she couldn’t help but fall for her.

Ji Wan was like a poison, little by little eroding the beliefs of her, whose heart had always been firm.

So much so that for Ji Wan.

She gave up the best opportunity to gather intelligence, gave up the truth of the Dragon’s Lair Treasure, gave up…

She gave up all her principles.

Huangfu Yue gently caressed Ji Wan’s cheek, and a deep possessiveness appeared in her eyes.

Huangfu Yue slowly bent down, looking at Ji Wan’s defenseless, adorable sleeping face.

She gently imprinted a kiss on her lips.

“Regardless of whether you know of my existence, I won’t let you go, Ji Wan.”

Huangfu Yue gently separated their lips, her face only a few centimeters from Ji Wan’s.

She looked at Ji Wan’s unaware, peaceful sleeping face with a complex expression.

She gently pulled the blanket over Ji Wan and left her room.

…

In a hidden room in the princess’s residence.

Jiang Li stood at the doorway.

And Ruyan, wrapped in Jiang Li’s cloak, was tied to a chair in the center of the room.

Jiang Li helplessly tried to ignore Ruyan, who even when acupointed, couldn’t stop her mouth from teasing her.

“Hey, Big Ice Cube, you tied me up too tightly.”

“Big Ice Cube, I’m cold. Can you give me a hug?”

“Big Ice Cube, stop being quiet. Sister will chat with you.”

…

Suddenly, the voice fell silent.

Jiang Li felt strange and turned to look at Ruyan.

She saw her with her head tilted, eyes closed, and motionless.

As if she had fallen asleep.

Jiang Li frowned slightly. She felt that Ruyan was up to something.

But she still walked forward, intending to bend down and check Ruyan’s breathing.

Jiang Li’s hand gently moved toward Ruyan’s nose.

“What? Are you afraid I’m dead, feeling bad for me~” Ruyan suddenly opened her bright, charming, mismatched eyes, with a smile in them.

“You…” Realizing she had been tricked, Jiang Li’s face was filled with annoyance.

Jiang Li gave Ruyan a cold look and got up to return to her original position.

But before she could, she felt her neck suddenly being embraced.

And then she felt a softness on her lips.

Jiang Li’s eyes widened.

She looked in disbelief at Ruyan, who had somehow broken free from her binds, stood on her tiptoes, hugged her neck, and kissed her.

Jiang Li was completely frozen. She couldn’t understand why Ruyan had kissed her.

They had only just met.

It wasn’t until she felt something soft trying to pry open her lips.

Jiang Li’s face turned red, and she hurriedly pushed Ruyan away.

“You… you… shameless.”

Jiang Li had not had any contact with anyone for so many years.

As one of Huangfu Yue’s shadow guards, she had always been raised in the shadows.

Aside from promising Huangfu Yue’s mother to temporarily manage the fortress left to her and protect Huangfu Yue.

She had not interacted with anyone else.

Let alone… such a brazen act.

It was simply shameless.

She pushed with too much force and Ruyan fell to the floor.

“Hiss~ Xiao Li Li, it hurts~”

Ruyan was satisfied, looking at the flushed Jiang Li, and felt that her wrist that had been scraped didn’t hurt much anymore.

Seeing Jiang Li acting like a pure maiden, Ruyan had a bold guess.

“Why are you so shy? Is this your first time?”

Ruyan said it casually, but she secretly focused, wanting to know Jiang Li’s answer.

This was actually her first kiss too… and she only gave it to the person she loved.

“Get lost,” Jiang Li’s voice was full of embarrassment and anger. She took a few steps back, keeping her distance from Ruyan.

It was as if she was a beast that had molested an innocent woman.

“But I can’t get up.”

Ruyan gently touched her own crimson lips, her eyes like hooks, looking directly at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li tried to calm her racing heart, so angry that she wanted to draw her sword and slash this woman.

But she held back. She didn’t say anything.

With this person, the more you respond, the more brazen she gets.

The best way to deal with her was to ignore her.

Jiang Li took out a new rope and expressionlessly tied the boneless woman up again, securely.

Ruyan watched the faking-it-cool Jiang Li with a smile. The playful smile on her lips hadn’t disappeared.

Until Huangfu Yue gently walked in.

Jiang Li quietly retreated outside the room.

And Ruyan’s expression also turned cold.

“What do you know?” Huangfu Yue asked directly.

“Is this how you ask for help?” Ruyan looked at how tightly Jiang Li had tied her up and glanced at Huangfu Yue with a smirk.

“You haven’t figured out your position yet. I’m not asking you to answer. It’s your leverage to survive.”

Huangfu Yue looked at her coldly, her aura as a superior person erupting.

“Then I won’t say anything. What can you do to me? Kill me?” Ruyan laughed disdainfully.

Hostility flashed in her eyes.