When Beauty Meets Beasts

688 Don’t Blame Me For Being Heartless

Just as they were about to part, Ah Gui tore his gaze away from Huanhuan for a moment. He looked at Xue Hui. “Don’t go back. Come with us.”

“No, if we both leave, what will happen to the rest of our people? I can’t neglect them.”

“But Shuang Yin isn’t easy to fool…”

“Don’t worry. Shuang Yin drank my knockout powder. She’s sleeping soundly. She doesn’t know who took Huanhuan away. When the time comes, I just have to say that Yun Hui took Huanhuan away. She’ll naturally chase after Yun Hui to ask about her.”

Xue Hui handed the hide bag to Ah Gui. “If Huanhuan doesn’t listen to you when she wakes up, threaten her with Eggy.”

Ah Gui took the hide bag. “Then take care of yourself.”

“I’m going to leave now.”

It was still raining, but it was much lighter than last night.

The fine raindrops fell on Huanhuan, drenching her hair.

When Ah Gui noticed this, he quickly and carefully wiped the water off her face. He looked like he was serving the most precious treasure in the world.

He put Huanhuan back in the box and closed the lid.

Ah Gui gestured, and the mighty caravan continued forward.

Xue Hui stood alone in her long beige cloak and watched them go.

‘Huanhuan, don’t blame me for being heartless.

‘You can only blame yourself for being too heartless.’

Xue Hui pulled her hood up, spread her wings behind her, and flew back into the drizzle.

As soon as she returned to Rock City, she bumped into Shuang Yin and Shen Yan standing at the city gate.

Xue Hui’s heart skipped a beat.

With the knockout medicine’s power, Shuang Yin should still be unconscious. Why was she awake?

Xue Hui had a bad feeling.

She wanted to pretend not to see Shuang Yin and fly straight back to the temple, but she was stopped by the feather guards.

“Lady Xue Hui, the princess invites you down.”

Xue Hui tried to find an excuse. “I have things to do. Can I see her later?”

“Sorry, you can’t.”

Helpless, Xue Hui could only lean down to the ground and retract the wings on her back.

She looked at Shuang Yin and Shen Yan. “Why are you here?”

Shuang Yin asked instead of answering, “I should be the one asking you that. Why aren’t you at home so early in the morning? Why did you come out?”

Xue Hui calmly gave the excuse she had prepared.

“Ah Gui is leading a team to deliver the goods. They left before dawn today. I was sending them off. The patrolling soldiers in the city saw it. They can testify.”

Shuang Yin had already asked the patrolling soldiers. What they said was basically the same as what Xue Hui had said.

However, Shuang Yin did not believe that things were as simple as she said.

Shuang Yin walked up to Xue Hui. “My mother is missing.”

Xue Hui looked stunned. “Huanhuan went missing? How is that possible? I clearly saw her last night. How did she suddenly disappear?!”

Her expression was quite natural, and there was no flaw.

Shuang Yin admired this female’s acting skills and schemes even more.

“Someone saw you work with Ah Gui to abduct my mother.”

Xue Hui was stunned for a moment, then she declared loudly, “Nonsense! Ah Gui and I would never do such a thing! That person must be framing us. Don’t believe them!”

“I’ll investigate if it’s true or not. Before the truth is known, I’ll have to trouble you for a while.”

“What do you want to do?”

Shuang Yin glanced at the beast soldiers behind her. “Send her to jail.”

Upon receiving the order, the beast soldiers immediately swarmed forward and reached for Xue Hui.

Xue Hui did not expect Shuang Yin to attack just like that. Her expression immediately changed. “What are you doing? You want to arrest me without any evidence? Is there any law here?!”

“The laws of this place were set by my mother. Now that my mother is gone, the laws of this place are gone too.”

Beside her, Shen Yan also said, “Since you have a clear conscience, it doesn’t matter if you stay in jail for a few days. In any case, we can release you after we learn the truth.”

Was Xue Hui really innocent?

Of course not!

She was the one who planned to kidnap Huanhuan. Her original plan was to push the blame on Yun Hui. She did not expect Shuang Yin to suddenly arrest her.

Her plan had been completely disrupted, and the current situation was very disadvantageous to her.

Xue Hui gritted her teeth. She probably couldn’t stay here any longer!

She raised her foot and kicked the beast soldier in front of her aside. She spread her wings and flew into the sky, quickly flying out of the city!

Almost at the same time she flew up, Shen Yan also flew up.

He was faster than Xue Hui.

Before Xue Hui could fly out of the city gate, he stopped her.

The two of them faced each other in the air.

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Xue Hui stared at Shen Yan warily. “This is between Shuang Yin and me. Why are you birds meddling?”

“I have no choice. Before Xue Ling left, he asked me to take care of Huanhuan. Now that Huanhuan is gone, he’ll definitely settle scores with me when he comes back. I don’t want him to pursue me for debts, so please return Huanhuan quickly.”

“Huanhuan’s disappearance has nothing to do with me.”

Shen Yan asked, “If it doesn’t, why are you trying to escape?”

“I didn’t do anything wrong, but I’m going to be arrested. Of course, I have to run.”

Shen Yan smiled faintly. “Don’t act upright in front of me. I know very well what you and Ah Gui did in private. Even if it’s not because of Huanhuan’s disappearance, nothing good will happen to the two of you when Shuang Yun and Bai Di return.”

Xue Hui’s expression changed. “What are you talking about?” she said stubbornly. “I don’t understand.”

“Let’s not talk about the old matters. I’ll bring up the most recent incident. Can you tell me the origin of the goods that Ah Gui transported out of the city today?”

Xue Hui stopped talking, and her gaze was very dark.

“You’ve already gotten a lot, but you’re still not satisfied. You want to earn more after earning a little. You don’t even mind getting your hands covered in blood. To be honest, I find you dirty now.”

“Stop pretending in front of me!” Xue Hui gritted her teeth and retorted. “You birds don’t have to do anything other than follow behind the Rock Wolf Tribe in order to gain benefits. That’s just because your elder is Huanhuan’s mate?! Our Divine Wood clan isn’t as lucky as you. If we want to live a good life, we can only fight for it ourselves. What’s wrong with that?!”

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“Everyone wants a good life. There’s nothing wrong with that, but your mistake is doing anything for benefits. You don’t even have a bottom line.”

“Bottom line?” Xue Hui sneered. “The reproduction problem of your feather tribe has been resolved. Now, you can talk to us righteously about those so-called bottom lines. Let me tell you, our only bottom line is to survive.”

Only by living could their bloodline not be severed and they could have everything they wanted!

Shen Yan sighed. “You’re too obsessed. You’re hopeless.”