Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

"Miss Mary, there are no outsiders here, you don't have to pretend. You wanted to keep me here by mentioning Miss Juey, didn't you?" Rocky casually said, exposing Mary's ulterior motive.

"Then why did you follow me? Why didn't you just leave? You have an ulterior motive about my sister. I'm not wrong." Mary didn't bother pretending anymore and her face immediately turned into a sneer as she looked at Rocky, as if she had seen through all his layers into his true colors.

"Even if I do have an ulterior motive, what about it? From what I can see, Miss Juey is much more likable than a scheming woman like you. Although you're sisters, you're very different from each other. If you were even half as kind-hearted as Miss Juey is, you might be a little bit more adorable," Rocky replied indifferently. He'd seen all kinds of women and most of them were obedient to him. If he got serious and flirted with her, Mary would be no match for him and would be easily manipulated.

"Why would I want to be more adorable? I don't want you to like me," Mary retorted, thinking that Rocky was deliberately making fun of her.

"I'm not talking about me. To put it bluntly, I don't have any interest in you, Miss Mary. Please don't think that I do." Rocky looked down at her as if to say, "Don't flatter yourself."

An embarrassed flush climbed on Mary's cheeks and her face twisted in anger. There was no way that she could beat him in words, so she just glared at him and snorted without saying anything more.

Both of them continued walking in silence together for a while until they reached a quiet courtyard full of peach blossoms.

"That's my sister's room. Go inside yourself." Mary pointed at a room within the yard and glanced at Rocky.

A twitch pulled at the corner of Rocky's lips when he saw the angry look on Mary's delicate face. He went straight to Juey's room, but half way there, he suddenly paused to turn to Mary and said, "Go back and tell your father, don't w

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

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"I'm honored," Rocky joked and gave her a smile.

Juey smiled sweetly back at him and her smile was very like Sue's. Rocky could only stare at her, stunned. A hint of sadness flashed through his eyes.

Juey also noticed the way Rocky looked at her and asked in confusion, "Is there something on my face?"

"Nothing. I just felt a little sad." Rocky barely managed to whisper out the words.

"Shouldn't you be out of the Barren City already? Why did you suddenly come back?" Juey's face was full of confusion.

"I did leave Barren City to do something. After I was done, I came back and found that your Xiao Clan offered a high price on me. I had to come back to see what was going on," Rocky replied with a faint smile.

"What's wrong with my father? Isn't it just the Beast Master Contest? To prevent the Xiao Clan from being disqualified from attending the contest, he even offered a reward on you. I can't believe it!" Juey knew that the Xiao Clan offered a reward on Rocky. It was all because of her father's selfish motive to make the Xiao Clan stand out. He'd do anything to make that happen.

What Juey didn't expect, however, was that Lucas would recommend Rocky to the chief of the Cao Clan and the latter ordered Rocky to participate in the Beast Master Contest on behalf of the Xiao Clan.