"No...it was me! I didn't...I didn't ambush you! Ah—" Gu Liyan screamed in pain.
"Beat him! Beat him hard!"
Gu Liyan was beaten so badly by several little demons that his skin was torn and bleeding. After the beating, they poured basins of water on him, which turned out to be salt water!
Gu Liyan was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, and looked at them with a look of fear on her face.
Seeing Gu Liyan's pale face, one of the little demons couldn't bear it and spoke up, "Um, weren't we going too far? The strategist only asked us to help him clean up. It wouldn't be good to kill him..."
"Don't worry, he won't die! Look, he's perfectly fine!"
Gu Liyan trembled as she listened to their words, her fear growing stronger.
The little demon brandished a whip across Gu Liyan's face, saying, "I was quite startled when I saw that he looked exactly like the White Emperor! I'm really curious, how has a villain like you survived until now?"
After saying that, the whip fell on Gu Liyan's body again.
"Alright, Xiong Qi, too many wounds will arouse the strategist's suspicion."
"Xiong Ran, you're such a coward. What are you afraid of?" Xiong Qi said irritably.
“But…” Xiong Ran hesitated when she saw that Gu Liyan was about to collapse. “He looks so pitiful…”
"Pitiful? If it weren't for him, would we be homeless and wandering the streets?" Xiong Qi said with a resentful look, and then called on the little demons around her to punch and kick Gu Liyan.
"Stop!" Mo Chen's voice rang out, and everyone stopped.
Mo Chen approached Gu Liyan and, seeing Gu Liyan covered in injuries, angrily pointed at Xiong Qi and shouted, "Xiong Qi, what do you want to do!"
"Hmph, what's wrong with teaching a criminal a lesson?" Xiong Qi sneered.
"You..." Mo Chen wanted to say something but didn't finish, instead coldly saying, "The strategist wants to see him now, and I'm taking him there!"
"Just untie yourself and take him over!" Xiong Qi said, pursing her lips.
Mo Chen snorted coldly and didn't say anything more. He came up to Gu Liyan and, looking at her with a heavy heart, asked, "Are you... alright?"
Gu Liyan smiled and said, "It's... nothing."
Mo Chen carefully untied Gu Liyan, carried her on his back, and gently comforted her, "It's alright, Mo Li, I will protect you... I swear!"
Gu Liyan spoke softly, "Please walk slowly! I want to... rest a bit before seeing him..."
Mo Chen naturally knew who Gu Liyan was referring to, and nodded, saying, "Okay!"
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