Inside the room stood a petite beauty dressed in a semi-transparent gauzy gown, her long silky hair cascading naturally down her back. She was staring at him wide-eyed in shock and fright! Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥 Lin Tian was utterly dumbfounded. What the hell—why was Xue Xue in this bedroom?! In the original story, Xue Xue was also one of the female leads. For Jiang Yifeng, she wasn’t the most important, but she was absolutely indispensable! She was like a loyal little maid, quietly devoting herself to Jiang Yifeng, enduring hardship without complaint, giving without asking for anything in return. From daily necessities to taking care of him whenever he went out—in short, as long as it concerned Jiang Yifeng’s food, clothing, shelter, and travel, Xue Xue practically handled everything on her own! So, even though in other areas she didn’t have any abilities that could really help Jiang Yifeng, to him, she was the one who most resembled a true wife among his entire harem. Her personality was gentle, virtuous, and obedient. In every sense, she was the kind of woman most suitable for marriage. And now, dressed in that semi-transparent gauzy gown, her delicate figure was fully highlighted. There was nothing excessively exposed, but her fair, smooth skin, those slender arms like polished lotus roots, and her pristine little feet—all of it spoke of her breathtaking beauty. Lin Tian and Xue Xue were both frozen in place. After her initial scream, she too was stunned, forgetting to cover herself, forgetting to run back into the room and slam the door shut. The two of them stared at each other for a full five seconds before Lin Tian finally snapped back to his senses, awkwardness all over his face. Mainly, this girl looked so harmless and innocent that he genuinely didn’t feel like he was offending her at all… “Uh, Miss Xue, my apologies… Miss Xuan Yuan asked me to place this box in her bedroom. I didn’t know you were inside.” Lin Tian coughed lightly, deliberately shifting his gaze away as he explained calmly. Only then did Xue Xue come back to her senses—and instantly let out another shriek! “Ahhh! Y-you… how can you be in Qingya’s bedroom??? Isn’t this place only for her to enter? You… what did you see? What’s your name?” In her panic, Xue Xue didn’t even move her body, just kept shouting nonstop. Lin Tian felt a bit helpless—was this woman so scared that she was frozen in place? What he didn’t know was that Xue Xue had actually been to the Xuan Yuan family’s castle many times. Each time, she rarely went outside to wander around and would instead stay quietly inside Xuan Yuan Qingya’s bedroom. She was a girl of the utmost traditional values. That was why she knew very clearly—normally, no man would ever enter Xuan Yuan Qingya’s room. Forget entering—ordinary men couldn’t even set foot on the second floor of this villa. The only exception was Uncle Zhong, the old butler. For this reason, Xue Xue never had any need to worry while in this bedroom. Earlier, Xuan Yuan Qingya had ordered several custom outfits for her, and Xue Xue had been trying them on one by one. Some were extremely conservative, while others—like the semi-transparent gauzy dress she was currently wearing—were much bolder. For a girl as conservative and traditional as Xue Xue, wearing something already felt unbearably shameful. Even when standing before Xuan Yuan Qingya, she felt it was far too revealing… So, when she heard voices outside the room and thought Qingya had returned, only to suddenly find it was a man—she was completely stunned! The impact on Xue Xue was naturally immense! Or rather, from childhood until now, she had never been this flustered before… At this moment, her entire body no longer obeyed her mind; she was frozen stiff. Of course, in her heart, the girl desperately wanted to escape from this embarrassing situation—even just retreating back into the room to change into a more conservative outfit would have been fine… But she couldn’t move! Her body simply refused to listen. All she could do was continue screaming while squeezing her eyes shut. In the next instant, a flush of crimson spread rapidly across her face, then down to her snow-white neck, her arms, and every bit of exposed skin. It wasn’t hard to imagine—her entire body must now be as red as a boiled shrimp… Lin Tian was exasperated. You’re shy, fine, but why won’t you just go back into the room? He had no choice but to turn his back to her, speaking awkwardly. “Miss Xue, um… how about you step aside for a moment? I’ll just put these things down and leave. I didn’t see anything just now, really!” No response for a long while. Lin Tian sighed and added, “I swear, if I so much as peek at anything I shouldn’t, may I die a miserable death, alright? Miss Xue, please just step aside—I’ll leave the moment I put this down… This stuff is pretty valuable, I can’t just leave it out here.” “How about I just hand this over to you? You can put it in Qingya’s room instead!” Lin Tian’s heart gave a lurch, and he tried calling out, “Miss Xue, can you hear me?” “I’m turning around now, alright?” The next second, he cautiously turned back—only to find that Xue Xue’s flushed complexion had faded into a pale shade! She was still standing where she was, but her body was swaying as if about to collapse. Her breathing had weakened into the faintest tremor at her nostrils! Lin Tian was instantly alarmed. [What the… Did I scare her into suffocating? Or is she so embarrassed she actually stopped breathing? Either way… she’s definitely suffocating!] He hurriedly stepped forward, bypassed her, and quickly set the box with the agarwood and jade carving inside Xuan Yuan Qingya’s bedroom. Then he rushed back to the door. At the doorway, Xue Xue weakly opened her eyes. Pain and confusion flickered in them for a brief moment. The very next instant, her eyes rolled back, and her whole body went limp as she collapsed. Lin Tian, reacting fast, couldn’t care about propriety between men and women anymore—he immediately caught her in his arms. He had always heard the saying, “people can be scared to death,” but he never thought he’d actually witness such a thing happening right in front of him… Seriously, how is this woman’s courage so ridiculously small??? What Lin Tian didn’t realize was that Xue Xue had grown up in an extremely traditional and conservative environment. From the moment she became aware of the world until now, she had spoken to fewer than ten men in total. In her life, men almost never appeared—aside from her grand-uncle, the elder she lived with. Because of this, whenever Xue Xue faced men, she had always been timid and fearful. Even during the auction, if not for Xuan Yuan Qingya’s encouragement and support, she probably wouldn’t have been able to string her words together properly. So when she suddenly saw Lin Tian—and found herself alone with him in such a closed-off space—she had already been on edge to the extreme! What made it worse was that, in her eyes, no man should ever appear inside Xuan Yuan Qingya’s bedroom. She had absolutely no mental preparation for such a scene. And on top of all that, she was wearing that thin, gauzy dress—an outfit she would never dare wear in front of anyone, let alone a man. Yet Lin Tian had seen her in it… All these factors stacked together, and finally drove Xue Xue’s qi and blood surging out of control, leaving her suffocated from fright. At this point, Lin Tian was completely dumbfounded! He had only come to drop off a box—how on earth did this turn into running into Xue Xue? Even if he did bump into her, it shouldn’t have been anything serious. But who could have guessed this woman would actually be frightened into suffocating? And suffocation was no trivial matter. If a person couldn’t breathe for just two minutes, their brain tissue and other organs would suffer irreversible damage. After five minutes, their life would be in grave danger! So, the moment Lin Tian confirmed that Xue Xue really had been frightened into suffocation, he immediately scooped her up in a princess carry and bolted out of the bedroom! Outside the door, Uncle Zhong had been waiting, only to suddenly see Lin Tian rushing out with Xue Xue in his arms. Caught off guard, he heard Lin Tian shout loudly: “Call a doctor—Xue Xue’s suffocating!!”