In the dark alley, a sudden chill wind swept through.
Under the cover of night, two people stood in a tense standoff.
Xie Yanqing suddenly felt that things were taking an unexpected turn.
Why was Yuehua here?
The key point was… what was with that fleeting murderous intent in Yuehua’s eyes?
“Yuehua, let me try to explain… I mean, explain!”
Xie Yanqing almost slapped himself. This slip of the tongue felt strangely familiar.
“Yuehua, I… I just felt that Yao Yao looked a bit off during dinner, so I… Where’s Yao Yao?”
Xie Yanqing glanced toward the corner of the wall.
Where was his Jiang Yueyao?!
How could she disappear in the blink of an eye?!!!
At this point, Jiang Yuehua lost all interest in contemplating husband-murder.
“What are you standing around for? Let’s find her!”
Immediately, Jiang Yuehua and Xie Yanqing rushed to the base of the wall, searching for any trace of Jiang Yueyao.
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Meanwhile, Jiang Yueyao felt slightly dizzy.
One moment she had been looking for a way to climb the wall, and the next… she was lifted effortlessly and deposited onto a large tree.
[This… this must be the legendary Light Body Skill!]
[Wow, you can really jump this high in one go?]
[Wouldn’t that make picking peaches much easier in the future?]
[No, no, no, Jiang Yueyao, what are you thinking?!!! The real issue right now is who this guy next to you is?!]
[Could there still be Northern Liang spies lurking around who haven’t left yet?]
[If he sees my face, is he going to silence me?]
With that thought, Jiang Yueyao immediately covered her eyes with her hands.
“Sir, I’m just an innocent passerby who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“What ill intentions could a mere passerby have? Especially a delicate young girl like me who can barely take care of herself… I definitely mean no harm.”
“Sir, I can tell you’re someone who handles important matters. Having a young woman like me tagging along would only slow you down. How about you let me go?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t make any noise to cause you trouble. I haven’t seen your face, so I can’t identify you later, and I don’t have any powerful background to come after you.”
“Heh.”
A soft chuckle sounded by her ear.
“Delicate young girl who can barely take care of herself?”
“If you haven’t seen me, how can you tell I’m someone who handles important matters?”
Jiang Yueyao: …
[The master of logic is you]
[You’re picking apart my words at a time like this? Your PE classes must have all been taken over by language teachers!]
[Wah, I’m so pitiful. I came here looking for little money, but instead of finding any, I’ve landed myself in trouble]
[I wonder if something like a stun gun or pepper spray would work against him]
[Maybe… a brick? They say no matter how skilled you are in martial arts, a brick can take you down]
[Someone as wise yet simple, skillful yet unpretentious as me is perfectly suited for a weapon as plain yet powerful as a brick]
Jiang Yueyao summoned the System Shop panel and quickly browsed for weapons.
Fortunately, she had earned a commission of eighteen hundred taels today and had directly deposited one thousand taels into the System Shop, giving her enough to buy some decent items.
While rapidly searching for weapons in the System Shop, Jiang Yueyao kept chattering away, trying to buy herself more time.
“Sir, I was just trying to lighten the mood since the atmosphere was so tense.”
“Let’s talk this through properly. You must be tired working so late at night… How about… how about I prepare some compensation for your troubles?””Service fee?”
The owner of the voice spoke with a light tone, and then…
Jiang Yueyao suddenly felt the hand covering her eyes being removed.
[What does this mean? Does he want me to see the kidnapper’s face so he can kill me afterwards?!]
[Let me tell you, I’ve got a temper too!]
[I absolutely refuse to open my eyes!]
Though no longer covered by her hand, Jiang Yueyao still kept her eyes tightly shut, stubbornly refusing to open them.
“Open your eyes.”
[Hmph, you think I’ll open them just because you say so? That would be so humiliating!]
[Most importantly, I must protect my life at all costs!]
“If you don’t open them now, then…”
Jiang Yueyao felt something cold press against her neck.
A knife?!
Whoosh!
Jiang Yueyao instantly opened her wise, large eyes.
“Big brother, whatever you need, just… say it.”
When she opened her eyes, what greeted her wasn’t some fierce Northern Liang spy, but… an extremely young and handsome face.
The other person appeared very young, probably around eighteen to twenty years old, with a slight smile in his eyes.
But… when Jiang Yueyao saw him, she instinctively shivered.
This feeling…
Jiang Yueyao suddenly froze.
Back in modern times, her uncle was a retired veteran who had been on the battlefield. When he was hospitalized for a leg injury, Jiang Yueyao often visited him with her father.
Once, she accidentally bumped into an elderly man in the hospital… though he seemed like a smiling old man, when she met his gaze, Jiang Yueyao burst into tears.
The kind that couldn’t be soothed no matter what.
Later, her uncle said… that old man was a general who had just returned from the battlefield, his killing intent hadn’t yet dissipated, which was why he frightened the young Jiang Yueyao.
Though she was very young at the time, that brief encounter became one of her most unforgettable childhood memories.
And now…
The young man’s gaze before her was remarkably similar to that old man’s from back then.
Who exactly is this person?
It’s worth noting that even her own father, two brothers, and even Young Marquis Xie hadn’t triggered her animal-like intuition to scream so wildly.
[It’s over, it’s over, I’m definitely going to die]
[Could this person be a god of slaughter who just emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood?]
[If Northern Liang has someone like this, how could they have been defeated?]
[Could he be a victim of political struggles?]
[No, no, that’s not important. What matters is my life! How can I save myself?]
[Would using feminine wiles work?]
Chu Wujin listened to the young girl’s inner voice.
When he heard her describe him as a god of slaughter from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, his eyes flickered slightly.
But when he heard the words ‘feminine wiles’… he suddenly felt both amused and exasperated.
He glanced up and down at Jiang Yueyao’s thin, small frame.
Chu Wujin didn’t speak, just shook his head with a strange look in his eyes.
Though the girl’s features were delicate as a painting…
She was still quite far from being able to employ ‘feminine wiles.’
Jiang Yueyao: ……???
Jiang Yueyao: ……!!!
Jiang Yueyao instantly exploded.
[What does that mean? I understand that look! How dare you look down on me?!]
[So what if I don’t have curves and 36D? I possess millennia of wisdom that no one can match!]”The most sophisticated honey traps never rely on physical beauty! What I wield is intellect!!!”
“Big brother, please believe me—I’m absolutely cost-effective, low-maintenance, and discreet. It’d be such a waste to die now. Take me on as your subordinate!”