C18 She Had Humiliated Him! She Had Humiliated Him! She Had Humiliated His Reputation!

Chu Jiuge didn't perform CPR on the Third Young Master Xie again. Instead, she leaned down, pressing her lips to his, breathing air into him...

Having witnessed Chu Jiuge administer medicine to the Third Young Master Xie before, the Xie family members were calm. Although Xiao Jing'an and Yuen Yunhua weren't pleased, they had no say in the matter and could only accept it.

One breath...

Two breaths...

Three breaths...

Chu Jiuge gave him three breaths in total, and then the Third Young Master Xie moved, opening his eyes...

"You..." Xie Xuan opened his eyes to see a beautiful woman kissing him, almost closing his eyes again in shock.

"You're awake!" Unlike the Third Young Master's shock, Chu Jiuge remained composed, not at all flustered.

Chu Jiuge didn't see this lip-to-lip contact as a big deal. Though she had no experience kissing a man, she understood from modern information that this was not the same as a kiss.

"Master!"

"Third Young Master!"

"He's really awake!"

"He's not dead; he's breathing."

Xie Xuan's servant and the attendants who came with him were overjoyed, shouting and jumping with excitement. They watched him intently, afraid to blink, fearing it was all a dream.

They couldn't express how happy they were. Although they had listened to Chu Jiuge and allowed her to help their master, they hadn't truly believed in her or held much hope. They had simply placed their last bit of hope in her, gambling on a miracle.

Now, seeing their master awake, they were so happy they could cry.

"Master, it's such a relief you're okay," a servant from the Xie family said, kneeling by the carriage, his voice choked with emotion, eyes red with tears. If the Third Young Master had died, they couldn't imagine how the family head would punish them, nor could they bear the thought themselves.

"What happened?" Xie Xuan sat up, glancing at his collar and then at Chu Jiuge, his mind a complete blank.

"Third Young Master, your illness just acted up. The pill got stuck in your throat, and you stopped breathing for a moment. It was this lady..." Xie Xuan's servant was undoubtedly the happiest to see him awake. He had been the one to give the pill to the Third Young Master, and if Xie Xuan had died because of it, no punishment would have been enough for him.

Now that the Third Young Master was out of danger, even if the servant had made a mistake, it wasn't a fatal one. He didn't dare hide anything and recounted to Xie Xuan how Chu Jiuge had gone against the crowd to save him, removing the pill and giving him air.

After listening, Xie Xuan's ears turned slightly red, but he calmly stepped down from the carriage and sincerely thanked Chu Jiuge, "Thank you, Miss Chu, for your help. You saved my life, and I, Xie Xuan, will remember it always. Miss Chu, you are beautiful and kind, and I admire you. Tomorrow, my parents will visit to propose marriage, if that's alright with you?"

Chu Jiuge had kissed him in front of everyone. As a man, he had nothing to lose, but it was different for Chu Jiuge. She was a young lady who had done something out of the ordinary to save him, so proposing marriage seemed only natural. However, he couldn't say that aloud; he needed to protect Chu Jiuge's reputation.

"Young Master..." The Xie family's servants heard his words and their faces changed dramatically. They never expected the Third Young Master to propose to Chu Jiuge.

"No need to say more; my mind is made up." Xie Xuan raised his hand to stop any further comments from his servants, looking earnestly at Chu Jiuge. "Miss Chu, my proposal is sincere."

His words were genuine... Chu Jiuge had saved his life, and Xie Xuan couldn't let her suffer because of it.