NOVEL WEB Jiang's leg froze in the air upon hearing a familiar beautiful voice that was filled with anger.
"Celia? I-I can explain," Jiang was taken aback by her sudden appearance since he wasn't expecting her to return so fast, especially after ordering one of his servants to delay her.
And since he wanted to maintain a good image before her, he tried to feign innocence, though Celia paid no attention to him as she ran towards an injured Lucas with misty eyes and quickly fed him a healing pill to ease his pain.
Jiang clenched his fists, seeing his dream girl running towards another man while showing such care and concern on her face. He had never seen her show any such emotions towards others, not even him.
This made him feel even angrier as he couldn't control himself and asked, "Celia, look at how pathetic he is. If you know any better, you should stay away from him. This filthy thing will only drag your name through the mud."
Celia bit her lip hearing such cruel words and looked at Jiang with red eyes, "Just get lost! You are the filth here who bullies people weaker than you for no reason. Don't you have any shame? Why don't you go and pick someone of your own size? Coward…"
Jiang's eyes were twitching uncontrollably, and even if he was feeling angry, he was unable to direct it towards someone as beautiful and lovely as Celia, whom he was very fond of.
But he also couldn't stomach what he was seeing or hearing any longer and left with a huff while Celia helped Lucas sat up and made his head rest on her soft chest.
Lucas felt like his head was being placed on a heavenly pillow the moment he felt those two big knockers cushion his head, and he was already starting to feel better.
He was feeling dizzy, but still, he looked at her beautiful face and said, "T-Thank you, Celia…I am sorry…you had to stand up for someone as pathetic as me…"
Lucas was feeling guilty and hated himself for being so weak. First, his mother gave up everything to save him, and now he was getting saved by his childhood friend, and who knows if her family won't give her an earful for defending him against the son of a powerful noble family?
He wondered if he was destined to live such a pathetic life forever and if he really deserved all this.
Celia wiped her delicate rosy cheeks as she shook her head and said in a chiding tone, "Stop talking like that, Lucas. I don't like how you are calling yourself that. To me, you are my hero. Do you remember when we were kids how you tried to save me from that wild dog who tried to bite me while I was in a state where I could not use any cultivation? From that day on, I knew that you were a strong person even if things are not good for you now. But I am sure that one day everything will turn out well for you. It has to, and I will help you as well even if you refuse."
Lucas softly smiled, feeling as if she was truly an angel and was thankful that he had someone like her in his life. With these thoughts, he slowly fell asleep.
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Meanwhile, in the royal palace, Nadia was being escorted by a servant toward Yiman. However, her flawless white skin was flushed red here and there, her flawless skin glistening and glowing due to so much sweat trickling down her skin, making the fabric of her sultry dress stick to her skin and highlight her seductive curves even more.
Even her nipples were clearly sticking out from underneath her fabric, and she was feeling quite angry since all this was Pito's fault.
He made her keep on working without even letting her take a break while assigning her physically tiring tasks and even some embarrassing ones to take advantage of such situations to take a glimpse at her nether regions.
One such situation was where Pito asked her to climb up a ladder to pick some things, and he used that opportunity to look up her mini-skirt and got a crystal clear look at her sexy black panties, which made her feel humiliated to the core since such a lowly person got a look at her private region.
Still, she couldn't do anything back since Pito wasn't touching her as Yiman instructed, and she had to do all the work to get paid. And so she could only swallow her anger and was now feeling relieved that a servant came to escort her to Yiman.
Otherwise, she would have surely been fully exhausted by night and barely even had the energy to talk to Lucas.
She even said to the servant that she wanted to take a bath first, but the servant said that Yiman had ordered him to not allow her to do anything else for now, making her feel even more irritated since she didn't like to remain sweaty, though she had no idea that her alluring factor had only increased, even more, making even the servant walking in front of her not dare to look at her lest he gets dazed by her alluring beauty.
Not long after, she soon arrived before Yiman, who was dressed lightly but in an elegant robe, making her wonder for what occasion he was dressing like this. But then she suddenly remembered that he had mentioned receiving an important guest and wondered if he summoned her to accompany him.
The servant left as Yiman gave her a certain look with a subtle smile.
Nadia felt a bad feeling as she crossed her arms and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? Why should I come with you to meet your guest? I doubt they would be anyone good."
Yiman shook his head as he shrugged, "Do you know who is sitting in the guest room right now? I did not summon you just because you are my maid but also because the person in there asked for you."
Nadia felt her chest becoming a bit heavy as she asked with her brows pulled together, "And who is this guest exactly?"
"The king of the Soulstar Kingdom, and right now, he is here to bring you back to his kingdom to punish you and your son as he deems fit!"