Feng Guang asked slowly, "So... that Chen Yu saved you, took a liking to you, and now wants to take you by force?"
“Hmm…” Nan Xiaoxiao’s face turned very ugly when she mentioned this. “He locked Yan Yu up, and after he found out I was a woman, he reported it to the Empire and asked the Emperor to give me to him. Tonight is the day he’s going to mark me. I was only able to get out by using the excuse that I wanted to relax. But you saw Feng Guang. He sent so many people to follow me. If it weren’t for you, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to escape!”
"I'm curious, how did he find out your identity?" It's not surprising that Feng Guang asked this question, because Nan Xiaoxiao was wearing a bracelet that suppressed pheromones, and Yan Yu couldn't possibly reveal her identity, so how did Chen Yu know Nan Xiaoxiao's identity?
Nan Xiaoxiao's expression was conflicted for a moment. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "I was soaking in the hot spring at his residence when he saw me."
"...I guess Chen Yu must be quite good-looking too?"
Nan Xiaoxiao answered quickly this time, "Although he likes to force people to do things against their will, he is indeed very handsome, and is said to be the most handsome man in the empire."
Fengguang: "..."
Her prediction was correct. A man who gets the privilege of witnessing the female lead taking a bath is usually not bad-looking; he's likely to be an important supporting male character.
Just as she was thinking, as I expected, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the hand she was being held. She instinctively looked at the man beside her, who was smiling gently. A chill ran down her spine, and she quickly declared her loyalty, "Of course, even if Chen Yu is handsome, I won't be interested in him!"
Xu Wang's expression softened slightly.
Nan Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Wang, then at Feng Guang, and pleaded, "Feng Guang, can you help me rescue Yan Yu?"
Feng Guang knew that Nan Xiaoxiao's real request wasn't for her, but for the man beside her. She didn't rush to agree, but instead asked, "Yan Yu is, after all, the Alliance's Grand General. Does Chen Yu dare to touch him?"
"You don't know, Chen Yu used the excuse of recuperating Yan Yu's injuries to keep Yan Yu at his residence. Yan Yu's injuries are really serious. In other words... if Chen Yu reported that Yan Yu died from his injuries, no one would doubt it!" Nan Xiaoxiao was very anxious, showing that she was indeed very worried about Yan Yu.
Feng Guang, however, was not in a hurry at all. "You can go find Yan Yu's men and have them rush into Chen Yu's mansion and rescue Yan Yu."
"Yan Yu's subordinates... have been either killed or wounded since the battle with the Zerg some time ago. There is no way they can rescue Yan Yu."
Mentioning the last insectoid attack, Feng Guang suddenly remembered that she had met Xiao Xiao during that incident. In other words, Xiao Xiao was actually Xu Wang. She squinted at Xu Wang, her eyes asking if he was the one who did what happened that day.
Xu Wang shook his head innocently. He hadn't done what happened that time; he had just seen the insectoid riots and gone to take a look.
Feng Guang reluctantly believed him and then asked Nan Xiaoxiao, "You said you want us to rescue Yan Yu, how should we do it?"
"I...I don't know either..."
"You're not suggesting we just storm in and snatch them away, are you?" Feng Guang sighed. "That's where the Minister of the Interior lives. There are countless security personnel inside, and they're definitely not easy to deal with. Wouldn't just rushing in be suicide?"
Even with the female lead's halo, this isn't how you use it.
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