I Got Involved with a Spoiled Young Master

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A famous wastrel has arrived in Xunyang City: the third son of Lu Changshi of Jiangzhou. The young master is as lovely as jade, graceful and peerless.

The young man in red and jade galloped through the streets. Jiang Ling was lost in the crowd, just the most inconspicuous flower girl.

They hadn't seen each other in ten years, and sure enough, Lu Tingchen didn't recognize her.

Right in front of her, Master Lu complained that an old friend had left without a word, breaking a promise they'd made ten years ago.

Jiang Ling asked, "What promise did she break?"

Lu Tingchen replied, "A marriage promise."

Jiang Ling: "Nonsense! How come I don't remember that?"

She concluded that he was out of his mind and decided to stay away from him.

When he ran into bandits, Jiang Ling took another route. When he wanted to buy flowers, she quoted him an outrageous price. When he kept bothering her, she closed up shop and went home...

Later, Lu Tingchen found her more and more familiar. "The person who fed me poisonous fruit as a child, took my golden cicada, promised to marry me when we grew up, and then disappeared without a word... That was you, wasn't it?"

Jiang Ling answered without batting an eye, "You've got the wrong person."

To investigate the truth behind her older brother's disappearance, Jiang Ling planned to sneak into the county magistrate's residence.

Who knew a wastrel bent on stealing a bride would appear out of nowhere and snatch her wedding fan? "What's the point of becoming an old man's concubine? If you really want to get married, why not marry me?"

Jiang Ling asked, "What's the catch?"

He looked as nonchalant and frivolous as ever. "It's obvious you don't really want to get married, and I don't actually want a wife. How are we not a perfect match?"

Jiang Ling believed him. She thought it was a simple cash-for-goods transaction, until one night, when she tried to run off with the money, he blocked her way.

Lu Tingchen: "Wife, aren't you taking your money pouch with you?"

Jiang Ling: "Where's my money pouch?"

Lu Tingchen: "I'm right here."

[Preorder Blurb: May You Pluck Many Blossoms] A notorious flower thief x a sickly beauty ready to be plucked

Li Yao Cen, the greatest thief in the martial world, heard that there was a peerless beauty in Hidden Azure Pavilion. She happily went there in the dead of night to see for herself. But she couldn't even touch the beauty's sleeve. Left with no choice, she stole the pavilion's most precious treasure, the Exquisite Jade, and went home disappointed.

It was the first time in her life she'd failed. The jade she wanted to steal was the pavilion's beauty, beautiful as jade, not some worthless Exquisite Jade!

Fuming, Li Yao Cen wrote a note to provoke the master of Hidden Azure Pavilion: "Please present your beauty to me. Don't let me leave disappointed."

At five in the morning on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the female thief arrived as promised and saw the beauty from the rumors: a sickly young master. Li Yao Cen was furious. How could Hidden Azure Pavilion treat such a treasure so carelessly, without the slightest regard for the delicate beauty?

She reached out to the beauty on the sickbed. "I'll take you to find a doctor. Will you come with me and live as a fugitive?"

The beauty smiled gently and went with her.

In just ten days, the pavilion's precious treasure was stolen, and its master went missing.

Wanted posters for the jade thief were everywhere. Hidden Azure Pavilion swore to capture Li Yao Cen and make her hand over both the Exquisite Jade and their master.

Li Yao Cen tore down a poster and cursed, "Have these people lost their minds? I've got the jade. If they want it, they can come take it themselves. And what does it have to do with me if their master is missing?"

The beautiful young master in her arms gave a soft cough and smiled gently. "I don't know either."

Theme: Evil deeds bring calamity, while virtue brings blessings.