Ten Months On

Chapter 15: Playing with Fire

Shen Yi grinned at the dirty, ragged looking girl that was crumpled on the floor, still grabbing her maid in a protective embrace.

He saw as her eyes stared at him with fear. Then, recognition at his voice. And now, deep red anger. How amusing. A fiesty little one.

Su Chen grabbed Yuan behind her and smiled amicably at him.

"Pervert. Finally, we meet."

Yuan floundered at her words and she looked around her for the pervert.

"Pervert? Where? Where? We knew that toady old cook was a pervert but is there more?? Miss! Hide behind me! I will protect your body with my life--!" Yuan frantically said as she placed Su Chen behind her.

"Yuan." Su Chen frowned as she tugged her oblivious maid's sleeves. They both heard the pervert's voice that night. Did she get it wrong? Did her maid lose her marbles and self to a handsome face?

No, she had dreamt about that voice so constantly. She knew this man's voice was the same as that pervert's.

Su Chen glared at the ruddy man angrily.

She had to admit. The pervert had a fine manly face with a strong jaw. Muscular lean long torso, black hair cropped short, charismatic black eyes and a sly grin. Scars criss crossed parts of his face and body. He stood as if he owned the world and that he was accountable to nobody.

But Su Chen detested him greatly at first sight due to one thing. The man towered at 196cm or so, easily looking down on her. Even when she stood up to tiptoe, she would be somewhere at his probably fat, hairy chest.

Damn tall people. What's the point of growing so tall?

She had done her research. Tall people tend to die earlier because of all the effort the heart makes to pump the blood everywhere. So tall men were the worst husbands to have.

Who would want to marry a gangly giraffe who would soon meet his end sooner than hers? Pointless investment in a relationship! Being tall is simply simply overrated. Even Sun Rui at 180 cm was a decent height compared to this giant freak!

She did not think her dislike for him was unwarranted, considering the pervert had ogled her beautiful fine body for free and had the gall to steal her items. No matter how handsome nor good looking it pretended to be, shit was still shit.

(A/N: Apologies for the crude language)

But that man simply ignored her glare as he smiled, amused at her. She felt like bristling her fur (if she had fur) in anger at how he seemed to be looking down on her. Only because she was on the ground. NOT because she was short. Period.

Yet, even when she stared at him angrily, she could not help but admit how magnetic he was.

He exuded danger yet seemed too sly and lazy to actually kill anyone. But simply standing there, it felt like he could defeat anybody.

Or to be honest, maybe he seemed so dangerous because the closest man around the pervert was the toady cook, and anyone could look all-powerful next to that man.

Yet the man did not move despite her glares and her previous insult to him. Instead, he had that stupid grin on his face.

Su Chen flipped her head away from him

She could not be bothered with a pervert. Now that she found him, she will get her medallion back.

But, before that, she quickly checked Yuan's body for injuries. No matter how safe and secure the house was, the bandits could have raided the place easily with only old uncles and aunties to guard the place.

She felt a pang of guilt at the scrapes on Yuan's palms and knees. She shouldn't have allowed Yuan to follow her. Even when Yuan had begged her, she should have said no. This was her matter. And that was not worth losing Yuan's life for.

"Miss, Yuan is fine! All the scrapes were from me searching for you! You! You really scared this servant to dea- AAAhhh! What are you doing to my miss??"

Shen Yi easily scooped the porridge-smeared kitten up who bared her fangs and tried to scratch him. He flung her on his right shoulder to keep her hands from scratching the wounds on the left side of his shoulder by accident.

"You!! You!! What are you doing?? Unhand me, you brute!! You tall freak!! You monster!!" Su Chen roared angrily.

She wouldn't call herself frail. But this monster had grabbed her with no regards to propriety and now is manhandling her at his whim. She could barely move under his tight grip.

This! This PERVERT!! What about consent and gentlemanly manners among men?? The good men are gone!! Gone!!

At her constant effort to trash around, Shen Yi smacked her pert bum. Su Chen stiffened.

"Yuan, right? Really. Your miss is truly muddle-headed. It is not my fault that she was born a pipsqueak and that everyone is taller than her." Shen Yi spoke and sighed mockingly as he ridiculed Su Chen.

The roaring kitten in his arms grew silent.

"You.. "

Manhandled you? Coped a feel? Yes.

"You!!!"

Are taller than you? Definite yes.

"You!!!!! DAMN PERVERT!!!!"

Shen Yi grinned again. That, he really can't deny.