Chapter 11 Xiu Gift Linglong
In a flash!
She struck out so fast that no one could even see her movements!
There was only a slight "clang" sound!
She actually arrived first and grabbed Xiao Jingren's wrist which was holding the hairpin!
The nails dug deep into his flesh!
Her eyes turned blood red, and she used all her strength to grab it!
The hairpin changed hands in an instant!
Next second!
She grabbed the hairpin stained with the blood of Xiao Jingchi and her brother with her backhand, and without hesitation, stabbed it fiercely into the palm of Xiao Jingren's right hand!
The hand that broke her wrist in the previous life and tried to hurt her "amulet" in this life!
The cold tip of the hairpin fell down rapidly with hatred that could destroy the world!
Xiao Jingren's pupils suddenly shrank, and for the first time, real fear appeared on his face!
He wanted to hide, but Shen He held his wrist tightly and he couldn't move!
It seemed that the hairpin was about to pierce his palm!
However--
Just when the tip of the hairpin was about to touch the flesh!
Chen He's hand suddenly stopped!
The tip of the hairpin hovered above Xiao Jingren's palm, just a hair's breadth away!
One can even feel the cold sharpness that carries the breath of death!
Her hands were shaking violently, her chest was heaving violently, and the bloodshot in her eyes had not yet faded, but a trace of clarity was struggling to return.
Deathly silence.
There was only the sound of Chen He's heavy breathing and Xiao Jingren's heartbeat gripped by fear.
The tip of the hairpin was hovering, emitting a cold light that reflected Xiao Jingren's pale and frightened face.
A cold smile filled with a desire for destruction slowly crept up the corners of Shen He's lips.
She released her grip on Xiao Jingren's wrist.
The force was so great that it left a deep red mark on his wrist.
"Clang—"
Xiao Jingren seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He staggered back suddenly, gasping for breath, and cold sweat soaked his back.
He looked at his unharmed palm in shock, then suddenly raised his head and stared at Chen He.
The woman in front of him was clearly the familiar face that he once thought was within his reach.
But at this moment, those bloodshot eyes, burning with crazy hatred, made him feel unprecedented strangeness and fear.
Xiao Jingchi stood there blankly, his big eyes filled with confusion and a trace of lingering fear.
He looked at the hairpin on the ground, then at his third brother with a gloomy and terrifying expression, and finally cast his gaze on Chen He, who exuded a cold aura.
He called out softly and aggrievedly, "Sister He..."
Chen He took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress the surging blood. The blood red in his eyes faded slightly, but the icy hatred settled even deeper.
She did not respond to Xiao Jingchi immediately, but turned her gaze to the frightened Xiao Jingren.
When Xiao Jingren met her eyes, his heart suddenly sank!
That look was no longer the infatuated love of the previous life, nor was it the madness and violence just now.
It was a kind of... coldness and indifference, as if looking at a dead object.
This was more unbearable for him than killing him!
"Chen He!"
Xiao Jingren called out the name word by word, his teeth almost breaking, trying to regain his dignity and momentum in this tense atmosphere.
He suppressed the fear in his heart, like a wild beast lurking in the dark, and forced a cold smile on his face. There was a bit of viciousness in that smile, as if he wanted to devour Chen He completely.
"I really underestimated you."
"but……"
He changed the subject and his eyes swept over Xiao Jingchi, who was still standing there in a daze, like a venomous snake, his tone full of harsh mockery and malicious ridicule.
"Look at Sixth Brother, he can't leave you for even a moment. It's obvious that he's deeply in love with you."
"How about..."
He deliberately dragged out his tone, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying with it an undisguised insult and provocation, making the air around them seem to freeze.
"...I will ask the Emperor to allow you to consummate your marriage as soon as possible and achieve happiness?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the air around them seemed to be tightly grasped by invisible hands, becoming so solidified that it was suffocating.
Xiao Jingchi looked confused, not quite understanding the adult term "consummating the marriage", and instinctively moved a little closer to Chen He.
Chen He's face remained calm, like a deep and tranquil pool of autumn water.
Even the barely perceptible sneer on his face on normal days had quietly vanished without a trace.
She just looked at Xiao Jingren quietly, as if she was looking at a clown.
After a while.
She spoke softly, in an almost calm tone.
The voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone present.
"Your Highness, you seem to be so worried about others..."
She tilted her head slightly, and a very faint yet cold arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"...He really does look like the old groom in the royal stables, busy breeding horses."
“…”
Dead silence!
Complete and dead silence!
The sneer on Xiao Jingren's face froze instantly!
His face turned from white to blue, and then from blue to purple!
Breeding...slave?!
This bitch!
How dare she! How dare she humiliate him like this!!!
"You are courting your own destruction!" Xiao Jingren's rage was boiling over, and the chains of rationality were completely broken at this moment.
He took a big step forward, his arms stretched out like eagle claws, pointing directly at Chen He's collar, intending to grab it tightly.
"Sister He, be careful!" Xiao Jingchi called out with a hint of panic. He instinctively opened his tender arms and stood in front of Chen He without hesitation.
"Get out of the way! You idiot!" Xiao Jingren's roar was deafening. He pushed Xiao Jingchi away without mercy. The force was so great that Xiao Jingchi almost stumbled and fell.
Xiao Jingchi was pushed hard by him, staggering and stumbling backwards involuntarily, just bumping into Chen He behind him.
Chen He instinctively stretched out his arms to steady his shaking body.
In this moment of pushing and leaning——
"jingle--"
A series of clear and pleasant jade sounds drifted away leisurely.
Something warm quietly slid down from Chen He's waist and lay quietly on the cold floor tiles, emitting a soft luster.
It was a pure, watery white jade pendant, and the craftsman had carved it into a lifelike shape like a delicate and exquisite leaf.
And in the delicate outline of the leaf veins, four neatly engraved small characters can be vaguely seen:
Xiu gave Linglong.
Xiao Jingren's movements suddenly froze, as if time had suddenly stopped at that moment. His eyes, sharp as an eagle's, were fixed on the jade pendant that had been lost in the dust, without a flicker.
His pupils constricted in an instant, as if a raging storm was surging beneath his eyes.
"Xiu... give Linglong?" He murmured in a low voice, each word as heavy as a thousand-pound stone, hitting his heart.
build?
Yan Qingxiu?
That famous and talented dean of Qingshan Academy, Yan Qingxiu, who even his father had to treat with courtesy?
Linglong... Chen He's maiden name, that gentle name hidden in the deepest part of his heart, was actually closely connected with the message on the jade pendant.
The jade pendant that Yan Qingxiu gave to Chen He?
An indescribable flame of absurdity and betrayal suddenly ignited in his chest, soaring into the sky, burning his sanity to the point of collapse.
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes like poisoned knives, shooting towards Chen He!
"Oh……"
He let out a low, sinister laugh.
"OK……"
"What a Shen He!"
He bent down, picked up the jade pendant, and played with it between his fingertips, his tone full of sarcasm and contempt.
"I really misjudged you!"
"You pretend to be deeply in love with me and you want to get close to me!"
"On the other hand, you were secretly communicating with your aloof and arrogant master, teaching him privately!"
He shook the jade pendant in his hand, and the four words "Qing Zeng Linglong" on it were extremely dazzling!
"Now, not even a fool will be spared!"
He pointed at Xiao Jingchi who was standing in front of Shen He, and the mockery on his face became even more intense!
"Chen He, ah Chen He, how many faces do you have?!"
"Your methods really open my eyes!"
Xiao Jingren's voice was filled with malice and a twisted sense of pleasure.
It was as if he had caught a huge handle on Shen He!
Chen He's heart sank suddenly!
This jade pendant... was given to her by Yan Qingxiu in her previous life when she reached the age of 15, and she has been wearing it close to her body ever since.
I was in such a hurry after my rebirth that I forgot to take it off!
Unexpectedly, it would fall at this moment and be caught by Xiao Jingren!
Xiao Jingchi looked at the jade pendant in Xiao Jingren's hand, then looked at Chen He, whose expression changed slightly. A barely perceptible sharp light flashed in his ignorant big eyes.
But that light was fleeting.
He is still the mentally handicapped Sixth Prince who needs protection.
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