Chapter 338 He's Here
Perhaps the force was a little too great, and the fetus in the belly was startled. Manluo only felt her palm on her lower abdomen, and suddenly there was a slight touch - as if a small fist gently moved the uterine wall, followed by a series of wriggling sensations, and even her belly began to tremble like ripples.
Manluo's eyes instantly widened in shock.
This was the first time she felt the fetal movement through her belly. The leap of life was so real, as if responding to her anger through flesh and blood.
The skin beneath her palm was still slightly undulating. She was inexplicably stroking that throbbing skin. Her tone was filled with resentment, but she softened her voice.
"You little bastard, you're just like your father, impulsive."
Xiyan watched Manluo grumble with a pout, her tone soft as melted honey. The glass lamp on the underground palace ceiling reflected in her eyes, shimmering with tiny shimmers of light, adding a touch of gentleness. She also felt a surge of emotion in her heart, but she couldn't help but tease Manluo with a smile:
"You're still talking about the baby's father, but the mother isn't much better. You and Chu Jin are a perfect match made in heaven, it's a pity for my innocent Second Brother."
"Oh, you're teasing me again! Aren't you the same? That idiot Helian Feng is still waiting to take over!"
As Manluo spoke, her white hands moved into the dark stream, scooped up a handful of clear spring water, and splashed the silver-like water over Xiyan's head.
Although Xiyan was six months pregnant, she was still agile. She spun around to avoid the attack, and the water line flew past her moon-white skirt.
The sadness that had previously been caused by Xiao Nanyan's sudden appearance was also dissipated a lot by the playfulness in front of him.
She discovered that Manluo was her pistachio. At all times, she was like a stone thrown into a deep pool, creating circles of fresh ripples in her days of silence like stagnant water.
The two laughed and joked, then suddenly leaned against each other and sat by the stream, neither of them speaking anymore.
The figures of the two were reflected in the dark stream. Xiyan touched her bulging belly. Perhaps the fetus in her belly sensed her mother's smile and kicked gently, causing her to lower her head and smile.
Manluo, who was standing next to her, stole a glimpse of her gentle expression, and her eyes flickered with mischief:
"What's wrong? Does this kid miss his dad again?"
When Xiyan heard her mention Xiao Nanyan again, the smile on her face suddenly faded, and she said softly:
"A child is a child, and Xiao Nanyan is Xiao Nanyan. How can they be confused? Right now, I just hope he leaves Nanzhao as soon as possible, so that everyone can live in peace and not provoke a war between the two countries."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the crackling sound of metal falling to the ground outside the underground palace.
Xiyan and Manluo looked at each other, stood up at the same time in shock, quickly passed through the three palace gates, went to the cat's eye hole at the entrance of the underground palace, and looked out.
This hole is embedded in the cracks of stalactites and is covered with colored glaze sheets as thin as cicada wings. It looks like the texture of a stone wall from the outside, but one can see clearly what is happening outside from the inside.
But at this moment, dark shadows were flying outside the cave, and a long sword was dancing so hard that water could not penetrate it, blocking the hidden arrows shot from the corner of the eaves of the underground palace.
But just as the man's toes touched the carved bricks under the door lintel, hundreds of hidden arrows shot out like a swarm of locusts in an instant, but were knocked to the ground by his sword, and sparks splashed on the blue bricks, creating strings of golden light.
When the rain of arrows stopped for a while, the man turned around and faced the palace gate. Xiyan saw the face of the person clearly - his black hair was loosely tied with a cold jade hairpin, and his brows were frozen with a thousand-year-old ice. It was Xiao Nanyue!
Her heart suddenly sank, and her fingertips dug into the cracks in the stone wall:
Sure enough, he came!
It seems that Xiao Nanyue's secret agent in Nanzhao is very powerful and has found out that she is hiding here.
However, this man is really bold and cunning. He doesn't even think that his father's five hundred Youhuang Guards are scattered around this underground palace, waiting for him to fall into the trap?
At this moment, the Youhuang Guards have not appeared yet. That's because her father is very familiar with the mechanisms of the Shuyu Underground Palace and knows that it will be difficult for Xiao Nanyue to break into the underground palace.
"Is Xiao Nanyan crazy?"
Manluo grabbed her sleeve and whispered:
"Yesterday, I heard from Xie Zhan that there are twelve heavy checkpoints here, with seventy-two traps alone. He alone..."
Xiyan looked at the lonely figure outside the cave who was picking up arrow feathers, and her heart suddenly tightened.
This man, once he sets his mind to something, will risk everything, even if it means going through fire and water. But is he really crazy? Why doesn't he consider that this is the Nanzhao Palace?
She stared intently at the outside of the palace, watching Xiao Nanyue reach out to pull the animal-head ring beside the stone gate - attached to it was the Rolling Dragon Sword that could grind a person into pulp.
Once the mechanism is triggered, thirty-six poison-tempered steel blades will fly out in a fan shape. If they poke into your body, even the strongest wall will be crushed into dust!
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