The future Dragon Lord of Dragon Ruins, the women by his side, couldn't just be beautiful.
They had to possess a certain IQ and ability.
If the master's beautiful slaves only had a pretty face but average intelligence and no capabilities, Li Qianfan would never touch them.
Jiao Yin was well aware of this.
Therefore.
When Li Qianfan brought up the matter of the Blackwater Forest to test her, it was precisely what Jiao Yin desired.
"Oh?"
Li Qianfan looked at the woman, "Tell me, why should I go to the Blackwater Forest?"
"In fact, I've been paying attention to everything online these days. Especially any news related to you, Master."
It had only been two hours, but Jiao Yin's tone when addressing Li Qianfan as "Master" had already become very smooth.
Li Qianfan nodded, pinching her cheek with his left hand, looking quite pleased.
Jiao Yin, like a cat, tilted her head slightly, cooperating.
She spoke slowly and eloquently—
"Undoubtedly, someone is guiding the narrative from behind the scenes."
"The mastermind is highly likely to be one of the 13 prominent families who are opposed to you, Master."
"They are doing this to cover up the embarrassment of their disciples going to the Blackwater Forest to scavenge but becoming well-fed pigs."
"Especially since their foolishness led to the White-Bellied Birds rampaging overseas, completely reversing the advantage, which has caused widespread dissatisfaction."
"For the 13 prominent families to resolve the current unfavorable public opinion, directing the narrative towards you, Master, and forcing you to go to the Blackwater Forest is undoubtedly the best course of action."
"This Beauty Slave dares to say that once you, Master, march west, those people will use methods of excessive praise to spread word of your bravery."
"In reality, this is just passing information to the enemy, letting them know you're going there."
"They are even more eager for you, Master, to be captured alive by the enemy."
"Only then will no one mock their past foolish actions."
"More importantly—"
Jiao Yin paused here, looked down, and then at the hand her master was using to examine her wound.
Her legs involuntarily trembled.
That damned left hand seemed to possess some sort of magic!
With just a simple pinch, it drained 90% of Jiao Yin's strength.
Making her only want to tremble and let out little meows.
"More importantly, what?"
Li Qianfan listened intently. When Jiao Yin suddenly fell silent, he looked at her.
He realized his left hand was causing trouble, making her eyes glisten and rendering her unable to speak.
Cough—
Li Qianfan coughed and withdrew his hand.
His admiration for Jiao Yin, this beautiful slave, flowed like the Yellow River.
This woman, originally pure jade, not only lied about having undergone reconstructive surgery to make Li Qianfan believe she was a mother of two but also used some sort of medication to alter the color of her nipples.
After the disturbance subsided.
Jiao Yin quickly regained her composure and continued, "More importantly, once you, Master, are captured alive, Dragon Ruins will definitely put pressure on the negotiation team currently dealing with the enemy to rescue you. Forcing the negotiation team to agree to the enemy's harsh terms."
Li Qianfan nodded.
"In summary."
Jiao Yin made her final conclusion: "The 13 prominent families want to sacrifice the overall interests of the Eastern Land to rescue those fat pigs they sent out! They can only achieve this by making you, Master, also a prisoner of the enemy. And after their pigs are released, they will definitely stir up public opinion, saying that you, Master, have brought great losses to the Eastern Land! After all, their original intention was to sacrifice their disciples rather than harm the Eastern Land's interests." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
A genius.
Although Li Qianfan remained silent, his face was full of admiration.
He couldn't help but continue to examine her injuries.
Jiao Yin endured the sensation of ants crawling on her skin—
And said with a tremor, "Even more so, the 13 prominent families will use this incident to guide public opinion against the Li family. Spreading rumors externally that it was the Li family who forced the Eastern Land to sacrifice major interests to save you, Master! This way, they can both rescue their disciples and attack the Li family. It's truly killing two birds with one stone."
Makes sense.
This beautiful slave truly had beauty proportional to her intelligence.
Li Qianfan nodded, "Since your analysis is so thorough, why do you still support me going to the Blackwater Forest?"
"Only if you, Master, go there will those people have no excuse to attack you."
Jiao Yin's tone shifted, "But your going there, Master, doesn't mean you have to be captured alive by the enemy."
Li Qianfan pondered, "You mean?"
"Go there in a grand fashion. Just like those pigs sent by the 13 prominent families, let the whole world know that you, Master, have gone."
Jiao Yin offered her strategy: "But once you, Master, arrive there, you should only stay in safe zones. Just linger there for a few days, and then quickly return home. After all, many heroes who go there do the same. As long as you make the trip, those people won't be able to fault you."
Li Qianfan's eyes flickered, "Acting?"
"Yes, it's all about acting."
Jiao Yin nodded, "After all, even a fool knows that when the enemy sets up a deadly trap using favorable timing, terrain, and people, even an immortal cannot break through the enemy's defenses on the snowfield and rescue those pigs."
"Makes sense."
Li Qianfan pondered, his gaze fixed on the ceiling.
Jiao Yin knew that this lecherous fellow had been swayed.
She couldn't instigate further.
Otherwise, it might backfire.
All she could do now was serve her master, like a servant, by helping him bathe.
In the bedroom.
On the large and comfortable Simmons mattress.
Li Qianfan was still contemplating the suggestion Jiao Yin had made.
The woman, with her glowing snow-white skin, lay curled beside him like a cat, occasionally extending her scarlet tongue to lick her master.
Li Qianfan finally made up his mind.
He looked down at Jiao Yin, "If I go, I'll definitely have to bring beautiful women with me. After all, those fat pigs did it, and if I don't, I'll lose face."
"Yes, Master."
Jiao Yin looked up, her charming eyes full of desire, "And you should at least bring two or more beautiful women to showcase your status."
"Heh heh."
Li Qianfan chuckled smugly and said, "That's what I was thinking. The problem is, who should I bring?"
Take me!
Jiao Yin silently cried out.
She certainly wouldn't say it aloud.
If she did, Li Qianfan might become suspicious of her.
"The beautiful women I bring certainly can't be those boring internet celebrities like those fat pigs."
Li Qianfan mused, "My wife and Mo Hongti are both out on business. Dai Paipai, alas. Let's sleep."
Upon mentioning Dai Paipai, Li Qianfan let out a sigh, and his interest in talking vanished.
He abruptly ended the conversation, leaving Jiao Yin greatly disappointed.
However, she also knew that she couldn't say anything more casually.
In fact.
She was well aware that she had gained a great deal tonight!
At the very least, Li Qianfan had initially accepted her.
And gaining his acceptance was the hardest step.
To avoid revealing any fatal flaws, Jiao Yin adopted a steady and cautious strategy.
She curled up in Li Qianfan's arms like a cat, silently contemplating how to make "Master" realize that she could accompany him to the Blackwater Forest.
As she thought, waves of sleepiness washed over her.
Jiao Yin slowly fell asleep.
This was the first time since she had become aware of herself that she had slept in the same bed with a man.
It was strange.
She slept more soundly than she ever had.
After all, before this, she used to sleep by crouching in a corner, with her head against the wall.
She had forced herself countless times to adopt a normal human sleeping posture, but she could never fall asleep.
But she absolutely couldn't let Li Qianfan know that she slept by crouching.
For this reason.
Before Li Qianfan turned off the lights, Jiao Yin had prepared herself for insomnia.
But when she woke up—
It was already eight in the morning!
The sleet outside had turned into light snow, drifting and dancing in the wind.
The outdoor temperature, with this sleet, had dropped to minus five or six degrees Celsius.
However, the bedroom was warm and free of any chill.
Li Qianfan was no longer by her side.
Had he left?
Jiao Yin hurriedly sat up, subconsciously raising her hand to lift the curtain.
Then she saw Li Qianfan.
Li Qianfan was in the small pavilion in the courtyard, doing leg stretches while playing on his phone.
Jiao Yin finally breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to herself, "How could I have slept for so long like a normal person?"
Before her self-muttering faded, her phone rang.
She glanced at the caller ID, and her eyebrows immediately furrowed.
It was the Chief President!
Her instinct was to reject the call, as Li Qianfan was currently at her house.
But after thinking for a moment, she still answered and whispered into the phone, "Madam, he is currently at my home."
"Who is he?"
As soon as the Chief President asked this question, she suddenly realized, "Li Qianfan?"
"Yes."
Jiao Yin was a little proud, her voice even lower, "He arrived last night."
The Chief President quickly asked, "Did you succeed?"
"No."
Jiao Yin answered truthfully, "He still harbors some reservations about me. But he has clearly indicated that he is willing to accept me. He is in the courtyard right now."
"Good, good!"
The Chief President said "good" twice in succession and then reminded her, "Then when you sleep tonight, be very careful. Absolutely do not let him see that you sleep by crouching."
"Madam."
Jiao Yin slowly lifted the curtain again, looking outside and chuckling softly, "You might not know. Last night, by his side, I slept for more than eight hours like a normal person. The quality of my sleep was sweeter than ever before."
Ah?
The Chief President exclaimed in surprise, "Impossible!"