Chapter 75 Hurt by Schemes (1/2)

Xiao Bing quietly enjoyed the night sky while hugging Yezi. Meanwhile, over in the Peony Pavilion, the Peony Fairy and Zhu Mingyu were sitting and facing each other. He couldn't see her but he could feel her looking at him through the veil. Her dazzling eyes seemed to be penetrating his heart directly. Even if he was blind, he could still feel it strongly.

Finally, the Peony Fairy's voice was somewhat complicated. ”Do you have the confidence to kill him?”

”No,” Zhu Mingyu said in a light tone. ”He's very strong. I can't see through him. But if I fight him with my life, I have a 50% chance to kill him. The other 50% is my death.”

The Peony Fairy repressed her anger and said coldly, ”Then have you ever thought about what would happen if you're the one who dies? Who gave you permission to make your own decisions?”

Zhu Mingyu said calmly, ”Fairy, doesn't my existence mean that I'll do things like this for you? I'm the only one in the Northern Manor who can kill Xiao Bing in a fair fight. So I'm the only one who can go.”

Zhu Mingyu said with a little self-mockery, ”As the Northern Heaven Queen's subordinate, isn't it natural to die for the Peony Fairy?”

”But your life is mine!” The Peony Fairy erupted like a volcano. She slammed her hand on the table and growling angrily, ”Who allowed you to gamble with your own life? No one but me can decide whether you live or die, not even you! Zhu Mingyu, remember this. You can't die if I disallow it! Your life, no matter how cheap it is, isn't something you can decide on so casually. Do you understand?!”

Sadness crossed Zhu Mingyu's face but a smile soon appeared. Finally, he heaved a deep sigh and said, ”But I have already agreed. What else can I do?”

”Don't worry.” The Peony Fairy was almost gnashing her teeth. ”No matter how strong Xiao Bing is, he will die this time. I have already made arrangements... You can leave now.”

Zhu Mingyu answered in acknowledgment before turning around and silently walking to the door. As he walked out of the door, he heard the Peony Fairy shouting, ”Don't think I will be grateful to you! I will never be!”

Zhu Mingyu closed the door with a sigh. He muttered to himself silently, ”Do I need to be grateful for liking a woman...”

Xiao Bing and Yezi sat by the river until it was the middle of the night. She had fallen asleep on his shoulder. Looking at the Yezi's pink, tender face and long eyelashes under the moonlight, he felt a twinge of excitement. It seemed that no matter how long they had been in contact, his heart would throb every time he faced her. It felt like he was a young teenager whose love was just budding.

Xiao Bing quietly lowered his head, placed his lips on the hair covering her forehead, and kissed her gently. When he took a deep breath, he got a whiff of a faint fragrance.

He was unwilling to ever let such a feeling stop. He was almost drunk off her intoxicating fragrance.

The night wind was slightly cool and refreshing. Leaves fell one by one, adding some charming romance to Xiao Bing and Yezi. Yet, amid all this romance, there were dangers hidden in it.

Xiao Bing was immersed in the fragrance. For a moment, he nearly lost his mind lost for this woman. When he calmed down, he felt the unease that came before danger. The feeling was so strong that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He quickly opened his eyes. Thanks to the moonlight, he clearly saw that countless fine needles shotting toward this way through the falling leaves. None of these fine needles was aimed at himself but Yezi who was in his arms.

Today, he was enjoying such bliss with Yezi that a constantly alert person like him became distracted. It was too late for him to dodge the needles and the only thing he could do roll aside with Yezi in his arms. They managed to avoid most of the fine needles but a row of those needles neatly pierced his right arm. He broke out in cold sweat because of pain but did not make any noise. Yezi, who was pinned under him, woke up and asked, ”What happened?”

Xiao Bing's expression was somewhat unnatural. ”There's some... trouble.”

”Are these people here for me or Yezi?” Xiao Bing himself was a little confused. But after remembering that he had just offended the North Heaven Queen, he thought that perhaps she wanted to solve this privately.

Instantly, many thoughts crossed his mind. He slowly stood up and leaned against the tree with Yezi's help.

Xiao Bing said in a quiet voice, ”Lean against this big tree... no, you'd better stay with me.”

Yezi noticed that he didn't look very well. When her gaze fell on Xiao Bing's right arm, she said in a trembling voice, ”Brother Bing, you don't have to protect me... Are you hurt?”

Xiao Bing shook his head and gave her a comforting look. Then, he began to look around with a sharp gaze. He was more worried about protecting Yezi than about his injury. There was a fighting chance for him before his injury but now, especially with his enemy hiding in the dark, he didn't have much of a winning chance.

Xiao Bing endured the pain, pretending that he wasn't hurting. He shouted, ”Who secretly hurt me and didn't dare to come out to see me?”