Chapter 255 - Spy? (2/2)
She looked as if she had just taken a bath upstairs and was coming down. Although we did not know for how long she had been there and how much she had heard. Perplexed and speechless, Lin Feng was rooted to the spot and Lu Shengnan, too, was the same.
“Wait a second,” Lin Feng’s voice was suddenly near my ear, whispering hushedly, “We were drunk last night and so was she. But it took us more than six hours in the magical dimension before we finally become sober. How can she be up after not even three?! It was she who brought us to the pub and we fell for the trap only because we were tipsy. Do you think she’s a spy?” Feeling an involuntary shudder, my gaze slowly moved with Lin Feng’s up the stairs and rested on Lu Shengnan, who was embarrassed to be stared at. “Wh-what are you two…”
In a split-second, Lin Feng and I exchanged an imperceptible nod and we pounced, springing up the couch and darting up the stairs. We restrained each of Lu Shengnan’s arm and lifted her and tossed her to the couch where I kept her pinned down. Lin Feng removed the sharp ends of his whip and used it to tie her hands behind her back.
“WHAT IS THIS!? LET ME GO!” Lu Shengnan struggled, screaming loudly. As she writhed and flailed, the thin, white sheet of my shirt failed to hide the lovely curves of her body that made me swallowed hard…
Maybe I should focus on the task at hand…
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SHIYAN?! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS! LET ME GO!” A confused Lu Shengnan howled and contorted wildly like a trapped beast. But I ignored her; we could take no chances now. I muttered a litany of incantations, releasing all my spirit minions. Within seconds, all my spirit wolves, spirit eagle, and Forest Sprite appeared from thin air. They huddled around the couch, glowering menacingly at the defenseless Lu Shengnan who began whimpering with fear.
“You’ve been like a brother to me, Shengnan,” I said to her, “Please answer my questions truthfully. Or else…” The wolves let out a snarling growl as if on cue, attesting to my demand with tremendous effect. “All right, all right!” Lu Shengnan squeaked, her head bobbing profusely. “Ask away! I’ll tell you everything you want to know!”
“Was this a ploy between you and Huang Li to abduct me?” “Huang Li wants to abduct you?!” she stammered incredulously. That made Lin Feng and I shared a quick look before I asked another question, “Was bringing us to the bar part of your and Huang Li’s plan to dull our senses?”
“NONSENSE!” Lu Shengnan burst into a fit of rage suddenly. But that elicited angry snarls from my wolves with their furs standing on ends and that did just the job to pacify and silence Lu Shengnan. The Forest Sprite swung its claws over her head intimidatingly and bend itself down, its hideous face drew threateningly closer to Lu Shengnan’s ear.
Lu Shengnan swallowed hard. The rest of what she wanted to scream seemed lost in her throat. With a soft voice teetering on the edge of another scream, she said, “No. I only wanted you to buy us a drink. I don’t even know what’s going on.”
“Is she speaking the truth?” Lin Feng whispered. “How can I tell?” “Maybe we just need to see if she could be a member of Tribe Nine Li?” “How?” “We read about it at Yellow Soil Ridge. The members of Tribe Nine Li are said to have nine toes…”
And our gazes immediately shot to Lu Shengnan’s feet now wearing a pair of fluffy slippers.