Clear the room...
True to his usual domineering style, there was only an order for others to leave. Why would he himself ever need a reason to go?
Major He, who had always been by Bo Siyan's side, stepped forward. He made a polite yet imposing gesture for them to leave, "General Ning, please take your family and leave for a moment."
It was phrased as a 'please', but it was said in a tone that brooked no argument.
Mr. Ning and the matriarch looked at each other, bewildered. This was their home, after all. However, seeing Major He's solid stature, and the line of soldiers standing guard at the door, they had no choice but to rise silently and walk away.
Before Ning Wei left, she threw an unwilling glare at her, but Ning Xia just rolled her eyes and pretended she didn't see it.
A minute later, only Bo Siyan and Ning Xia were left in the grand hall. The silence was so deep it felt eerie, as though one could hear a pin drop.
Bo Siyan was seated while Ning Xia stood. Even though she was looking down on him, she still felt insignificant under his powerful aura, as if she was the one looking up to him.
After all, he was THE Bo Siyan.
Perhaps the heavens were jealous of the talent, for the Bo Family had very few heirs. The old Mr. Bo had his only son at nearly forty, whom he cherished like the apple of his eye. Consequently, Bo Siyan had been pampered into bullying and using his power to oppress others since birth.
However, due to his lawlessness, at the age of eighteen, after having supposedly caused some massive trouble, he was sent by old Mr. Bo to the military.
Unexpectedly, Bo Siyan's edge remained sharp even in the military. In a few short years, he had become a colonel— and not just any colonel, but the notorious Iron-blooded Colonel, under whom all soldiers became a source of fear for everyone.
Rumors had it he was particularly twisted. Over the years, all the women by his side either ended up dead or harmed; not a single one had a good ending. Even if her brain was flooded with water, she would firmly refuse to do such a suicidal thing! Moreover, she had absolutely no interest in men!
Ning Xia weighed her words and started in a low voice, "Ahem... er, Young Master Bo, I don't know why you've chosen me, but I'm not pretty, my figure is lanky, I haven't even graduated from university, I have nothing to offer, and I am utterly worthless. My elder sister is different, though. She is beautiful, has a great figure, a high education level, and most importantly, she's the one who saved your life! A life-saving grace should be repaid with one's person, right?"
She emphasized the last few words on purpose!
Bo Siyan laughed and nodded, "You're right."
Ning Xia's eyes immediately brightened. Did he agree with what she said?
Bo Siyan's dark eyes unabashedly scanned Ning Xia, without a hint of subtlety or disguise, and said, "Indeed, you're not pretty, your figure is lanky, you have nothing to offer, and you are utterly worthless."
"..." Who the hell asked you to confirm that?
"As for the life-saving grace..." Bo Siyan feigned a pause, stretching out the tone, leaving Ning Xia's heart to hang in her throat, before he slowly continued, "Do you think I don't know that it was you who saved me?"
"..." You knew that, too?
"In this world, there's something called surveillance cameras."
She had calculated everything but forgot the surveillance cameras... Ning Xia was inwardly devastated.
Since she could no longer deny it, Ning Xia promptly changed her stance, "Young Master Bo, one shouldn't expect a reward for being kind, you don't have to repay me by sacrificing yourself."
Bo Siyan laughed again, his black pupils harboring a cruel coldness, and he retorted without answering, "Who told you I'm here to repay a debt of gratitude?"