The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#477 - I will lead the charge!

"Grandmaster Lu, the thank-you gift is ready. When do you have time? I'll take you to see it," the maid said respectfully.

Lu Jing was a little surprised to hear this. Hadn't they agreed to send the gift list first? How did it go from delivery to self-pickup?

However, he didn't dwell on such details. Hearing the maid's words, he nodded. "Take me there."

So the maid led the way, taking Lu Jing to a small courtyard on the west side.

Lu Jing had been in this small courtyard before when searching for the murderer. He knew that this place, like where he was staying, was a guest room specifically for guests to rest in the manor.

However, this place was a bit out of the way, and the environment wasn't as good as where Lu Jing and the others were staying.

Now that there were no other guests in the Wen family manor, this place was naturally empty.

That being said, to be honest, Lu Jing didn't expect Madam Wen to put his thank-you gift here.

Because this place didn't look like it could hold much.

Moreover, the maid stopped at the entrance of the courtyard and said to Lu Jing, "Grandmaster Lu, I can only take you this far. You'll have to go inside yourself."

"What on earth is it that's so mysterious?" Lu Jing was stunned.

Although he was asking the maid, he knew that the latter probably wouldn't answer, so after asking, Lu Jing directly stepped inside.

Anyway, whatever it was, he would know once he saw it.

Besides, the dignified Grandmaster Lu had seen several strange objects, so what else could scare him?

While thinking this, Lu Jing had already crossed the courtyard and reached out to push open the door.

As a result, when he saw the red candles lit in the room, and the figure sitting on the bed wearing a phoenix coronet and a green wedding dress, he couldn't help but gasp.

Okay, he had really never seen a scene where helping to solve a case resulted in being given a wife as a thank-you gift!

Especially since the person sitting on the bed was half-covering her face with a light silk fan, but Lu Jing could still recognize from her figure and movements that the person was Wen Xiaochuan.

Lu Jing smiled wryly and said, "Miss Xiaochuan, why do you have to do this? You know I have a family... There's no possibility between us."

The person behind the painted fan bit her lip lightly, "Who says it's impossible? Since Grandmaster Lu already has a wife, then I'll marry you as a concubine."

Lu Jing was dumbfounded.

"Ah?"

"What? Could it be that Grandmaster Lu thinks Xiaochuan isn't worthy of being your concubine?" Wen Xiaochuan's voice trembled slightly as she said this, as if she had suffered a great grievance.

"Uh, that's not what I meant. I meant that with Miss Xiaochuan's status, this is... it's not possible to be someone's concubine, right? Madam Wen wouldn't allow it, would she?"

"That's something I need to resolve myself," Wen Xiaochuan said. "I only ask Grandmaster Lu one question. If I'm willing to be your concubine, are you willing to take me?"

Wen Xiaochuan was obviously nervous when she asked this question, and then quietly waited for Lu Jing's answer.

But Lu Jing was speechless for a moment.

As far as he himself was concerned, he really didn't want to follow in Brother Cheng's footsteps. Although he had seen many scumbag cases in his previous life, where a man dated many girlfriends at the same time, or even married many wives (without getting a marriage certificate), Lu Jing himself couldn't understand the fun in it at all.

A simple calculation can make it clear.

Fortunately, in the evil old society, women generally took care of the children, and there were maids and servants to help share the housework after getting married.

However, with many wives, there was also a big problem, which was that the infighting in the inner courtyard would also increase, and every day would be a battlefield.

What? You say, can't you think of a way to make them not quarrel and live together in harmony?

But have you ever thought about another question? When your wives no longer fight with each other, and achieve great unity and unification, who will be the next unlucky person?

So don't be fooled by those harems. Opening a harem is actually something that requires great courage and perseverance, and the input and output are completely disproportionate.

And this may be why Lu Jing has always resisted harems so much, and chose to jump back and forth.

In summary, Lu Jing wanted to reject Wen Xiaochuan at this time. He just hadn't thought of a suitable way to say it yet. After all, Wen Xiaochuan had even said the words 'being a concubine', putting herself in the lowest position.

Lu Jing also had to consider her dignity and couldn't say anything too harsh.

However, just as he was racking his brains, thinking about how to find a euphemistic and polite excuse, he inexplicably thought of what Madam Wen had said in the wine cellar earlier.

Some people, in love, choose to give everything, not because they don't know that it will be in vain in the end, but because they don't want to leave any regrets for their future selves.

Xiaochuan is like this now.

It's hard to imagine how much courage she mustered when she said she wanted to be Lu Jing's concubine.

On the contrary, Lu Jing was the timid and cowardly one. He listed a lot of disadvantages of opening a harem, and posed as a dedicated and good man, throwing out the righteous reason of having a family as a shield before Wen Xiaochuan even expressed her love.

It seemed full of courage, but in reality, he didn't even dare to face his true feelings for Wen Xiaochuan, and only wanted to escape.

But can he escape this time? Can he escape the next time?

Today he rejected Wen Xiaochuan, but what should he do when he needs to choose between Xia Huai, Gu Caiwei, and Yan Yun one day in the future?

Moreover, Lu Jing asked himself, if Wen Xiaochuan marries someone else in the future, will he really not regret it?

Many years later, when he wakes up in the middle of the night, will he still remember that there was a girl who wore a phoenix coronet and green clothes for him, and said nervously and expectantly, 'I am willing to be your concubine'?

Lu Jing didn't want such a nightmare to become a reality.

Forget it, let it be a battlefield. At worst, he will upgrade the Fire Scale Armor a few more realms to achieve true invulnerability, so that he won't follow in Brother Cheng's footsteps.

As for the other troubles that will follow after opening the harem line, Lu Jing can only choose to grit his teeth and face them.

Young Master Wei has already taken the lead, how can he shrink back?

How can someone who only drinks Coca-Cola know the taste of Pepsi-Cola?!

Thinking of this, Lu Jing no longer hesitated and strode towards Wen Xiaochuan.

So this time it was Wen Xiaochuan's turn to panic, especially when Lu Jing snatched the small fan covering her face, threw it aside, and then hooked her chin with his index finger.

Wen Xiaochuan couldn't help but stutter, "You... what exactly do you want to do?"

"Didn't you want to be my concubine? I will satisfy your request today," Lu Jing said in a deep voice.