Chapter 279 The Strange Boy
"Uh...well, I'll proceed as planned. You guys chat first!"
Zhiluo looked guilty, held her forehead with her hands, and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
Yun Qingqing coughed with her hand on her chin and looked away.
"I'm not wrong. If the rain keeps falling like this, it will indeed take another three days..."
But she didn't say that the rain would change.
"Yun Qingqing," Xiao Changheng narrowed his eyes, "You're not planning to abandon your husband and act alone, are you?"
“…” The woman was silent.
Xiao Changheng looked at her solemnly for a while, almost laughing out of anger.
"So how do you plan to arrange your marriage?"
Yun Qingqing pursed her lips and thought for a while, then took a deep breath, raised her head, looked at him seriously and said:
"Actually, this matter is not as serious as you think. My physical condition and spiritual power are no longer comparable to what they were before. This Heavenly Tribulation no longer poses a threat to me."
"I've set up defenses in this courtyard. You won't be in danger if you stay here. This way, I can go and solve the problem with more peace of mind."
"So," Xiao Changheng said calmly, "you mean to say that you want me to stay here and do nothing, waiting for you to solve everything?"
Yun Qingqing looked at his expression, nodded silently, and began to consider the possibility of making this man unconscious for two days.
Just when she thought that the prince would strongly object, the man opposite her spoke calmly:
"good."
"...Hmm?" Yun Qingqing blinked, "You agree?"
Xiao Changheng seemed to have figured something out in an instant. The low mood he had just felt completely disappeared, and he returned to his usual calm and composed state.
He poured a bowl of porridge from the pot and placed it in front of Yun Qingqing:
"What if you don't agree? If I insist on going with you, I'll just distract you and hold you back."
Yun Qingqing: "Ahem, that's true..."
Well that's what she meant.
Xiao Changheng glanced at her, as if he had guessed what she was thinking, but he didn't expose her.
"When are we leaving? Can you finish this meal properly?"
Yun Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and picked up the bowl:
"We'll be leaving soon. Be careful and don't leave this yard for the next few days."
In the following time, Xiao Changheng didn't say anything to make her feel uncomfortable, and the two of them ate breakfast in silence.
After dinner, Yun Qingqing gave him a few life-saving talismans, then took out the teleportation array talisman and gave a signal to Zhiluo.
The array talisman lit up, and the girl's figure gradually faded in the light, and finally disappeared on the spot.
Xiao Changheng watched her leave quietly, his face hidden in the shadows and his expression unclear.
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A hundred miles away from the tower city.
In an inconspicuous little inn room, the ground formation flashed with light, and Yun Qingqing appeared in front of Zhiluo.
Zhiluo curled her red lips and looked at her with a half-smile:
"You convinced him so quickly, you didn't knock him out and run away, did you?"
"No!" Yun Qingqing denied it.
Although she had that plan, she didn't actually do it.
"Time is running out, so stop talking about useless things." She took out an umbrella from the space with a serious expression and walked out.
Zhiluo chuckled, raised her hand to conjure up a mock umbrella, and followed.
The rain here was slightly lighter than in Ding County, but it was also extremely rare during the dry season. When the two passed by the lobby of the inn, they heard guests complaining that they couldn't go out.
The two of them walked onto the street with umbrellas open. There were almost no pedestrians, and only a few shops were open.
Dense raindrops fell on the ground, forming bubbles. The water on the road gathered into ditches, flowing like streams.
If someone on the street was paying attention at this moment, they would have noticed that the woman in red holding the umbrella looked a little strange.
The raindrops did not splash at all on her red umbrella, and there was no stream of water flowing down from the edge of the umbrella.
But her body did not look wet at all, and she seemed to be a piece of scenery outside the heavy rain.
Yun Qingqing walked quickly towards the location she had calculated yesterday. She turned to look at Zhiluo, smiled, and shook her head.
"Your trick is too easy."
"No one is watching anyway, so why bother?" Zhiluo curled her red lips and said indifferently.
As he was speaking, he suddenly heard faint shouting and cursing from the front.
The two men looked at each other, and instantly moved away to the other side of the street.
There was a thatched hut at the corner of the alley a few steps away, and the shouting and cursing became clearer, accompanied by punches, kicks and muffled groans.
"You little bastard, you're so stubborn! You even dared to stab me with a knife! If the official didn't like you, I would have broken all your hands and feet today!"
"Beat him! Beat him hard! Just don't leave any visible wounds, hit him wherever it hurts! I'm going to show him how powerful I am today!"
"Fuck, you dare to fight back? Hold him down. I'm going to teach this brat a lesson myself and see how long his stubbornness lasts..."
"Fuck, catch him! Don't let him stab anyone again...ah, what are you doing! Stop it~"
When Yun Qingqing and the others arrived at the straw hut, the shouting and cursing inside suddenly stopped, and turned into shocked and worried persuasion.
"You, don't mess around..."
I saw three or four burly men surrounding a young boy.
When Yun Qingqing saw him, a clear light suddenly appeared in her eyes, causing her to gasp slightly.
The boy looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his thin and frail figure showed that he was malnourished.
But he was born with a face that was almost demonic.
The boy's face was so white that it seemed transparent, and his facial features were so delicate that he looked like a person walking out of a painting. His phoenix eyes were a strange light gray color, as pure and clear as crystal, and his beauty was beyond words.
However, the fierceness in those crystal phoenix eyes was like a ghost crawling out of hell, which made people feel cold at first sight.
The young man held a sharp knife tightly in his hand, pointing it at his face, staring at the enemies who were surrounding him.
Several big men were obviously afraid that he would hurt their faces, so they stopped in panic.
"Don't move! We can talk things over!" the bearded leader said urgently. "Put down the knife! If you're willing to come back with us, we won't fight you!"
"Think carefully! This face is the only thing of your worth. If you learn to be obedient, not only will you have enough to eat, but if you can please the important people, you'll even be able to enjoy wealth and glory!"
"But if you really hurt this face and anger that master, you'll probably die!"
The young man stared at him intently, and suddenly his thin lips curled up, revealing an extremely beautiful yet extremely cruel smile.
When he spoke, his voice was as sweet as an icy spring on a snowy mountain, yet it carried a chilling tone as if it had been poisoned.
"As expected, you're really scared, aren't you? Hehehe..."
"What if I die?"
"Even if I die, I will drag you to hell with me!"
After saying that, he slashed his face with the knife without blinking!
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