Chapter 104: Slander and Trus (2/2)
Liu Mu had an angry expression on his face, “You’re slandering, absolute slander! I have followed Miss more than a decade and there is no doubt about my loyalty and devotion to Miss. You are retaliating because I exposed your trick, that’s why you turn around and slander me!” He quickly turned towards Chen Li, protesting: “Miss, you must not believe them!”
Chen Li shook her head at Huang Xiaolong, “Young Master Huang, Liu Mu has been by my side since I was little, and these past dozen years, he has loyally protected my safety. It cannot be Uncle Liu.”
To her, Liu Mu was even less a culprit compared to Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou.
Liu Mu’s cold stare fell on Huang Xiaolong, “As a stranger and outsider, do you think we will believe your nonsense?”
Huang Xiaolong turned towards Chen Li: “You really trust him?”
Chen Li nodded, “Others I dare not say, but Liu Mu, I absolutely trust him.”
Although Chen Li did not say it out loud, the dissatisfaction towards Huang Xiaolong was obvious in her voice.
Evidently, she agreed with what Liu Mu said, Huang Xiaolong slandered Liu Mu because Liu Mu first pointed the finger at them.
Liu Mu was someone who watched over her since she was little, and the feelings between them were very deep. Huang Xiaolong’s accusation made her heart uncomfortable.
Huang Xiaolong turned back, to Fei Hou he said: “We’re leaving.”
Since Chen Li stated her firmly position, there was no need to say anymore.
“Yes, Young Lord!” Fei Hou replied respectfully.
Chen Li blanked for a moment, and she called out to Fei Hou anxiously, “Senior Fei Hou, this isn’t what I meant.”
Fei Hou shook his head, saying nothing. He quietly followed behind Huang Xiaolong and left.
But before Huang Xiaolong left, suddenly, his palm struck the one-armed Bandit Head’s chest as he was passing by. The Bandit Head let out a scream as he flew out, crashing into countless trees. When he hit the soil, there was no breath left.
Chen Li and everyone in her party were shocked.
And before their shocked eyes, Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou mounted on their horses and sped away.
Watching the two silhouettes grew further away, Liu Mu’s shock turned into great relief. His eyes furtively swept passed the Bandit Head’s corpse and the rest of the bandits, and a frown appeared on his forehead that lasted less than a second.
A bunch of garbage!
“Miss, should we also leave this place?” Liu Mu asked Chen Li.
Chen Li nodded in agreement.
Thus, not long after Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou departed, Chen Li, Liu Mu, and the rest of her party also journeyed out from the mountain area.
“Obviously that Liu Mu is in cahoots with that group of bandits.” After leaving the area, Fei Hou spoke: “Pity that Chen Li trusts that Liu Mu too much.” Fei Hou tilted his head up to the sky and sighed.
Huang Xiaolong nodded silently.
Continuing on, Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou weren’t in a rush, allowing the horse to run comfortably.
On the other side, one day after Chen Li and her party separated from Huang Xiaolong, they crossed a mountain pass when they suddenly ran into a group of black-clothed men. The way these black-clothed dressed were similar to the bandits from last night, and it was clear as day, they belonged to the same group.
Watching the retreat path around her being blocked off, panic rose in Chen Li’s heart.
These black-clothed men besieged Chen Li and her party in the middle, without wasting a word, and they started slaughtering with the weapons in their hands. In just a short while, all of Chen Li’s guards and servants were killed, but what surprised Chen Li was that these people ‘spared’ Liu Mu. They did not attack him at all.
While Chen Li was still surprised, one of the bandits stepped forward towards Liu Mu, and in a polite manner, he greeted him: “Steward Liu.”
Liu Mu nodded.
Chen Li’s eyes were wide with disbelief.
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