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Qin Fang and Tang Xin's meeting was by considerable chance and filled with drama; nevertheless, it must be said, it indeed brought great shock to Tang Xin.

After they parted yesterday, Tang Xin lingered for a long time on the events before, admitting completely that she was unmoved would be somewhat deceiving herself.

"Are you still lying to me? If you didn't like him, would you protect him like this?"

Zhuoma was obviously not so easily fooled and immediately retorted sharply, obviously quite dissatisfied with Tang Xin's answer.

The two had known each other for over ten years, and their relationship had always been very good; they were extremely familiar with each other, and there were rarely secrets, but on this matter, Tang Xin seemed to have not told Zhuoma... which indicated a problem.

"Don't talk nonsense, there's really nothing between him and me, and you also know my background, even if I did have those thoughts, it would still be impossible..."

Tang Xin still shook her head denying this, perhaps she was a little moved, but when she thought about her identity and the rules of the Tang Sect, she had no choice but to quench that little spark that had just risen in her heart.

"That's true too..."

Zhuoma thought about it, and it did indeed seem to be the case.

The Tang Sect has kept a low profile for hundreds of years in order to preserve the inheritance of the sect, thus, disciples are not allowed to leave the mountains; given the vast distance from the authority of the emperor, it's easy for some of the Tang Sect's secret techniques to be spread out, which is not something the Tang Sect would like to see.

It's easier to deal with male disciples, even if they really intend to take disciples and pass on their art, at least it still counts as part of the Tang Sect's inheritance. However, female disciples are different; once they marry out, those Tang Sect secret techniques they carry might not necessarily belong to the Tang Sect anymore... Just like the saying goes, a married-off daughter is like water that's been poured away!

Perhaps it's also because of this reason that the Tang Sect imposes stricter restrictions on female disciples...

Especially Tang Xin, who is ranked among the top ten skilled young female disciples of the Tang Sect, carrying relatively more secret techniques, and also a strongly protected target. Even her future marital partner would necessarily be chosen from the Tang Family clansmen, those not of Tang bloodline have a hard time competing.

The Tang Sect's traditions have long evolved from a family to a sect, although those in charge are still selected from the orthodox disciples of the Tang family, the disciples not of Tang bloodline also increasingly hold more decision-making power.

However, the orthodox Tang Family would not possibly allow such a situation to continue worsening, so for exceptionally talented female disciples like this, they are generally married to Tang Family clansmen, ensuring the children born carry the Tang bloodline, inheriting superior genes and better martial arts talents. This ensures that the Tang family's disciples are always the most excellent.

Various restrictions can be said to leave Tang Xin with not much choice, and as for freedom of love, that's even more impossible.

The Tang Sect has been hidden for hundreds of years and their thinking hasn't aligned with the outside world. Although martial artists are less concerned with minor details and have some freedom in marriage, which is slightly better than the utterly arranged marriages of ancient times, compared with modern people from the outside world, that's a completely different level.

The more such restrictions exist, the more melancholic Tang Xin felt, and coincidentally, she had some troubles recently. Zhuoma sent her a signal, so she took the opportunity to get out for a walk.

One was to distract her heart, and the other was to avoid that trouble...

As close sisters who left nothing unsaid, Tang Xin naturally told Zhuoma about these matters. Zhuoma understood Tang Xin's difficulties; if it weren't for the current situation that had arisen by chance, Zhuoma definitely wouldn't have asked that way.

"Miss Tang, how about this, since you're also troubled, may leave my disagreement with Zhuoma for me to settle..."

Seeing Tang Xin and Zhuoma whispering there, and later noticing Zhuoma's face seemed a bit off, her eyebrows already knotted together, and her eyes also full of worry, Qin Fang thought Tang Xin was really troubled between him and Zhuoma, and thought about it and simply decided to take this matter upon himself.

"Then how do you want to settle it?"

Before Tang Xin could speak, Zhuoma immediately asked indignantly.

Zhuoma knew about Tang Xin's predicament; perhaps Tang Xin really had a bit of feeling for Qin Fang, but the harsh reality made her realize it was impossible.

Zhuoma didn't want her good sister to be troubled and was already planning other methods to deal with Qin Fang, but didn't expect Qin Fang to come to her himself, giving her no reason not to seize the opportunity.

Tang Xin opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent, agreeing by default to Qin Fang's proposal, hoping that these two would resolve their conflict themselves, to avoid putting her in a difficult position.

"How about this, I'm a man, I won't fuss over things with a little girl, I'll let you strike thrice without fighting back, how about that?"

It could be said that Qin Fang was being quite generous, directly proposing a face-saving way to resolve the issue, and of course, it was the same for him.

"No way, if you dodge, I can't hit you..."

Just hearing Qin Fang's proposal, Zhuoma was immediately displeased; she was aware of the gap between herself and Qin Fang.

Just like before, it was impossible for her to hurt Qin Fang even though he was giving her three chances to strike; but she really had no certainty of winning.

"Then what do you want?"

Upon seeing that Zhuoma, this little girl, didn't seem easily fooled, Qin Fang let out an annoyed snort.

"You stand there, don't move, not allowed to fight back… um, not even allowed to move your hands!"

Zhuoma clearly didn't know how to quit while she's ahead. Since she was the one proposing, she naturally set conditions favorable to herself. She was quite harsh this time.

Initially, Qin Fang was not allowed to fight back, but considering how Qin Fang had immediately grabbed her whip, she modified the condition to not allow him to use his hands at all, making her request even stricter than before.

Upon hearing this, Qin Fang frowned immediately. Zhuoma's condition was clearly a bit absurd, not allowing him to move was one thing, but not even allowing him to use his hands, then what was he to use to block Zhuoma's whip?

Just letting Qin Fang surrender to such a little girl was impossible. Suddenly, an idea sparked in Qin Fang's eyes, and he had a plan.

"I can agree to this, but I also have a condition…"

Then Qin Fang spoke cheerfully, as if the little girl's condition wasn't particularly outlandish, and he agreed right away.

"Let's hear it…"

Hearing that Qin Fang agreed, Zhuoma instantly felt a surge of joy, as if she had already seen victory, but then she heard Qin Fang propose a condition as well and instinctively felt annoyed, yet still forcefully suppressed her anger and asked.

"Very simple, I'll give you three moves. I won't fight back or move, and even if you hit me multiple times, it's no problem… However, for every move beyond the three, you will let me spank your bottom once. How about it? Do you dare to accept? If you don't dare, then all previous conditions are nullified, and we shall no longer mention any past grievances…"

To deal with such an unreasonable little girl, Qin Fang could only respond with a trick for a trick, and also used the Goading Strategy.

This low-level Goading Strategy might not work outside; probably even middle schoolers younger than little Zhuoma wouldn't fall for it.

But for Zhuoma, the moment she heard Qin Fang's "Do you dare?", she was immediately triggered, almost wanting to scream with eight mouths—"What? Do I dare not? Is there anything in this world that I don't dare to do?"

Of course, Zhuoma is a mountain girl, and although she has a stubborn temper, she is not so vulgar in her speech…

"Not dare? Why wouldn't I dare? Three lashes and I'll have you wailing in pain… Alright, I agree! Who is scared of whom!"

Indeed, Zhuoma immediately agreed to Qin Fang's condition, huffing with anger.

Of course, she had her calculations, Qin Fang had already said she could lash him as much as she wanted, she would just keep whipping non-stop, sooner or later she would hit him.

And she was best aware of her own whip; a single lash was enough to break Qin Fang's skin and flesh, it's probably unlikely he'd have the energy to spank her after that.

Thinking this way, Zhuoma definitely wasn't on the losing side, so what did she have to fear?

"You'd better not regret it…"

Qin Fang's face wore a casual smile, apparently not too worried, as if everything was already under control, which annoyed Zhuoma even more.

"I'm afraid the one who will regret it won't be me…"

Not to be outdone, Zhuoma, not being one to concede defeat willingly, retorted immediately.

"When do we start?"

Qin Fang didn't want to waste time bickering with the little girl, and went straight to the point.

"Let's start now…"

The little girl was already raring to go, excitedly speaking, not being able to wait to see Qin Fang's flesh ripped and in a bloody mess.

While speaking, Zhuoma shook her whip, seemingly warming up before the action, clearly she was indeed impatient.

"Wait…"

But just as the little girl was about to start, Qin Fang suddenly spoke up.

"What now?"

The little girl was angry, why so much nonsense? She had just built up her momentum, and now it was pressed down again, making her extremely frustrated, almost wishing she could tear Qin Fang apart to feel relieved.

"Are you sure right here? Don't you want to change to a less crowded place?"

Qin Fang asked with a weird expression, while glancing around at the hundreds of onlookers. Last time Zhuoma was already hugely embarrassed, and there seemed to be even more people this time. If Qin Fang was to spank her in public again, Zhuoma would truly be unable to show her face.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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