The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1757 - 1756: Pleading

"Lady Zhou Zhou, why have you come?"The Inspection Chief noticed the familiar face among a crowd of strangers and suddenly became anxious.

Just as Zhou Zhou had mentioned earlier, whenever the Inspection Chief saw Zhou Zhou, he would certainly be surprised and feel anxious!

"I'm here to find someone!"

Zhou Zhou remained expressionless, her tone a bit harsh. The Inspection Chief noticed this and immediately became solemn.

"Lady Zhou Zhou, who are you looking for? Do you need me to help you find them? All these people are from North Island; the person you're looking for probably isn't here!"

The Inspection Chief hurriedly asked Zhou Zhou, trying to manage her emotions before things escalated further.

"No need, the person I'm looking for is as far away as the horizon but right in front of me!"

Zhou Zhou's gaze flickered back and forth over Tang Rao, and the Inspection Chief immediately understood Zhou Zhou's intent.

His first thought was that Tang Rao had offended Zhou Zhou, and she had come to settle matters with him.

"Family Head Liu, who is this person? Did you bring him?"

The Inspection Chief, who had previously been cordial with Family Head Liu, immediately shifted sides once serious matters arose and Zhou Zhou was offended. He chose to address someone he could afford to offend.

"I brought him. His name is Tang Rao, and he's a good friend of mine. Inspection Chief, you see, Tang Rao just arrived and is unfamiliar with this place. He doesn't seem like someone looking for trouble. Maybe we should investigate before jumping to conclusions, right?"

Family Head Liu formally introduced Tang Rao to the Inspection Chief, hoping for an investigation, as the issue might be nothing but a misunderstanding.

"Lady Zhou Zhou, could you explain what happened? If Tang Rao has offended you somehow, I'll ensure justice is served and won't let you suffer."

The Inspection Chief didn't even glance at Tang Rao, making it obvious that he was taking Zhou Zhou's word at face value—as if Zhou Zhou could say a crow was flying around in the sky, and the Inspection Chief would believe her.

"It's not really a big deal. This guy just watched my sister Ling Er bathing in the forest hot spring earlier. I'm here to make him take responsibility for my sister Ling Er!"

Make Tang Rao take responsibility for Ling Er?

The Inspection Chief took out an ear-cleaning tool to clear his ears and asked again, "Lady Zhou Zhou, is what you said true?"

No matter if it's true, Tang Rao certainly wouldn't believe it. Being part of the event, he knew perfectly well whether or not he saw anything.

"Of course, it's true. I saw him with my own eyes peeping at my sister bathing, yet he stubbornly refuses to admit it. We haven't hurt him; demanding an apology and responsibility is hardly excessive, right? Not excessive at all, right?"

Not excessive at all?

Zhou Zhou's words, but Tang Rao mentally disagreed.

"Since the incident has occurred and the party involved says it concerns you, do you have anything to say?"

The Inspection Chief didn't wait for Tang Rao's reply and immediately continued, "The evidence is clear, and I don't think you have much to say. Since that's the case, do whatever Lady Zhou Zhou demands. I don't think you'll need to attend this afternoon's academic exchange—Lady Zhou Zhou, does this resolution satisfy you?"

This is the resolution? This is clearly a tyrannical policy, where the Inspection Chief and Zhou Zhou's group dictates without letting him interject a word in self-defense.

"Satisfy with what? I didn't see anything, and besides, who knew there were people in the forest. No one mentioned the forest was off-limits or had women bathing. What you've done here is putting me in a troubled spot."

Talking about feeling wronged, Tang Rao was more aggrieved than anyone.

"I'm putting you in a troubled spot; what will you do about it? Bite me?"

Zhou Zhou spoke in a voice only she and Tang Rao could hear.

"Dare I bite you? What if I haven't finished taking responsibility for your sister Ling Er and suddenly have to take responsibility for you too? I won't carry that burden!"

Tang Rao's words made Zhou Zhou blush furiously, as if the two women wanted to be with Tang Rao.

"You! You, man, don't be ungrateful!"

Zhou Zhou was furious, and if Ling Er hadn't insisted that Tang Rao was handsome, she would've taught him a lesson.

"How am I being ungrateful? I'm always upright and straightforward. There's nothing in this world that Tang Rao fears. So what do you want? Go ahead, tell me all at once?"

Isn't this just Central Island? Tang Rao refuses to believe that if the women of Central Island fancy a man, he has to take responsibility for them. Is there really such a rule?

"What I want is for you to apologize to my sister Ling Er and then take responsibility for her, serving as her slave until she's happy and lets you leave!"

Serve until she's happy enough to let him leave?

Why don't these two aim higher?

"Then what if she's never happy or never agrees to let me go? Would I have to stay by her side forever?"

Tang Rao had never met anyone so shameless, let alone a woman.

"That's usually how it goes. But there are special circumstances, like when she gets bored of you and lets you go, or one day decides not to have you as a slave but as a husband, then you'd live with her forever. Understand?"

First, Tang Rao serves as her slave, and if Ling Er accidentally falls in love with him, then she wants to be with Tang Rao forever?

"I understand what you're saying, but is there any reason behind your words?"

Anyone listening to Zhou Zhou would feel she was being utterly unreasonable.

"I'm here for an explanation, and if the Inspection Chief thinks my words are reasonable, then they are, aren't they?"

Zhou Zhou shifted her gaze to the Inspection Chief. Although he knew Zhou Zhou was deliberately putting Tang Rao in a difficult position, considering the powerful force backing her, he became submissive.

"Right, whatever Lady Zhou Zhou says is correct. Since you've spoken, why not get moving. Tang Rao, follow Lady Zhou Zhou and Miss Ling Er; they haven't made things hard for you today, so count your blessings!"

Count Tang Rao's blessings?

Tang Rao was beyond grief; how is he supposed to think he benefited from all this?

"Inspection Chief, although Tang Rao is at fault, he's willing to correct it, and maybe apologize, but no need to make things so severe, right?"

"Inspection Chief, Tang Rao has family responsibilities. There's a big family on North Island relying on him. If you easily reach a verdict, what will happen to his family?"

All family people, Family Head Liu tried to appeal to the Inspection Chief's emotions and logic hoping for some leniency. Unfortunately, under absolute power, the years of friendship between the Inspection Chief and Family Head Liu were disregarded.