Noble Marriage

26: Chapter 26 No More Tricks 26: Chapter 26 No More Tricks She didn’t dare stay away too long, worrying they would discover she was gone.

She decided to return the same way she came, pulling herself up the rope.

Though it would be strenuous, she could at least try.

Lin Xinlan tied the rope around her waist, then tugged at it, feeling it was very sturdy, and began her arduous climb upward.

Her shoulder bore the weight of dry food, increasing the gravity, making the climb even more challenging.

However, she had already reached the halfway point, almost there,

She strained to climb another half meter, just one meter shy of reaching the window ledge.

Lin Xinlan couldn’t help but reveal a trace of a smile, suddenly, her smile vanished, her hand nearly released the rope, and she almost fell.

Rong Shaoze’s head popped out from the window, he lay on the window sill, smiling faintly at her.

In his hand was a pair of scissors, and the scissors were aimed at the rope.

If he cut the rope, she would certainly fall, and if not death, she would be disabled.

“Lin Xinlan, I’ve been waiting for you for two hours.

Why did you only come back now?” he asked with a smile.

Lin Xinlan felt his smile was very dangerous, his eyes devoid of any warmth.

She tried to remain calm and asked, “How did you know I went out?”

When she left, the door was locked from the outside; unless the lock was dismantled, no one could get in.

Moreover, no one noticed her fleeing, so how did he know she wasn’t in the house?

Rong Shaoze smiled faintly, “You didn’t think that with a villa this big, there wouldn’t be a security system, did you?

No matter who it is, even a mouse, it would trigger the alarm system.

My people knew as soon as you left.”

So that was it.

She indeed hadn’t been aware that such a thing existed.

She could only blame her lack of knowledge, otherwise, she wouldn’t have naively slipped out.

“Could you step aside and let me up first?

My arms are so sore, I don’t think I can hold on much longer,” Lin Xinlan said indifferently.

Rong Shaoze deliberately snipped a break in the rope, speaking in an even tone as if discussing the weather, “Do you think this cut will get bigger and bigger until the rope breaks?”

Lin Xinlan sweated nervously all over, staring at the cut, infuriated beyond belief.

“Nonsense, of course it will break!

Rong Shaoze, just say it, what do you really want?”

“I don’t want anything,” he shrugged indifferently.

“If you don’t want anything, then move aside, I want to come up!”

“You climb up, and I’ll do my cutting,” he said, snipping a bit more along the cut.

His eyes gleamed with a malevolent light.

Lin Xinlan could hear the ripping sound at the break in the rope.

She looked down, it was so high.

If she fell, she would indeed be crippled.

Lin Xinlan tried to move, intending to climb down.

But she had exhausted all her strength, only able to hang there tightly.

Any slight movement would surely leave her drained, and she’d fall.

Her hands wouldn’t last much longer, either.

“Rong Shaoze, pull me up, I have no strength left!

Do whatever you want with me!” She no longer had the strength to resist him.

The man looked at her, his thin lips slightly raised, his demeanor calm and composed, his elegance tinged with a hint of viciousness.

How could there be such a man in this world?

With the appearance of an angel, yet the heart of a devil.

He blended both angel and devil so harmoniously that just one glance made him seem dangerous, yet fatally attractive.

Lin Xinlan shifted her gaze away and continued, “I’m serious this time, I won’t play any tricks.

If I do, I’d rather you sold me to someone else.”

Rong Shaoze believed her words, because he knew how afraid Lin Xinlan was of being sold to some perverted men.

He extended his hand toward her, fingers long and clean, veins distinct.