28 No Need To Act (1/2)
28 No Need To Act
Translator: YTJS_ | Editor: Perriemix
Ye Jiayao slowly regained consciousness to a dark surrounding and the sounds of gunfire and shouting. What happened? Is the army already attacking?
F*ck! This time, she was too careless. She actually fell into the trap of those two baboons and almost lost her life. Thankfully, Chunyu did not heed her warnings, otherwise, she would live the rest of her life wracked with guilt. He was still in danger, though. First-in-charge was such a villain that he was making use of Chunyu even till the end to save their own hide.
Ye Jiayao struggled mightily against her bonds. Fortunately, second-in-charge did not tie the rope too tightly and she managed to just scrape a layer off her skin before she broke free. She ignored the pain and looked out the crack in the locked door. There was not a single soul outside.
She has to get out of here. Ye Jiayao groped around in the darkness, feeling the window. She pushed with all her strength and blessedly, it opened. Ye Jiayao was exhilarated as she climbed out through the window.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!
Ye Jiayao looked back and saw her skirt caught on a nail. Impatient, she just tore the ripped hem off. Escaping was of the utmost importance and she could not be bothered with her image at that moment.
There were flames blazing everywhere and people were running in all directions. Ye Jiayao was at a loss, not knowing where to go.
”Brother, what is going on now? Where is first-in-charge, second-in-charge, and third-in-charge?” Ye Jiayao asked the man she grabbed.
”How would I know? It is all a complete mess right now.” The person shook off Ye Jiayao’s grip and ran off.
Ye Jiayao approached anyone she could talk to, and after several attempts, she finally got news of Chunyu.
”We are not sure of the specific details, but we heard that first-in-charge is going to abandon the brothers and escape on his own. Third-in-charge would not see to it and they fought,” a bandit answered, scratching his head in distress.
”F*ck! Now, I don’t even know who is fighting who! We should just try to escape,” another bandit added.
”Escape? Escape to where?” Ye Jiayao asked. Did they know where the secret passageway was?
”Up the mountains. Hei Feng Gang is huge, we should be able to hide for a while,” the bandit replied.
Ye Jiayao hesitated for a while before saying, ”You guys get to the meeting room. There's a secret passageway in there that leads to outside.”
”How do you know?” One bandit was suspicious.
Ye Jiayao replied, ”I overheard first-in-charge and second-in-charge’s conversation. They intend to escape from the secret passageway by themselves and abandon the brothers.”
Everyone felt indignant at the betrayal.
”So, the rumor is true! F*ck that! First-in-charge is too disloyal.”
”Everyone risked their lives for him and he's just going to run?”
”Let's curse him another time! Come on, let’s go!” Ye Jiayao urged.
”Third madam, I saw third-in-charge near the kitchen earlier,” one of the bandits informed her.
Ye Jiayao brightened up. She bid everyone farewell before heading for the kitchen.
Chunyu must be looking for her back at the courtyard.
”Everyone search carefully. Don’t let a single bandit off.” The voice of a soldier came from ahead.
Ye Jiayao quickly hid at a dark corner. What do I do? If she rushed out right now to plead with the soldier, he might not kill her. But what about Chunyu? He would be in danger if he was discovered by the army.
Ye Jiayao hesitated before deciding to look for Chunyu first.
Suddenly, she saw a familiar muscular figure a few steps away from her. It's Chunyu! Ye Jiayao’s heart almost jumped out of her mouth. She was just about to rush out to warn Chunyu that there were soldiers, when she heard him say, ”As long as they surrender, don’t kill them, just lock them up.”
That soldier in charge replied, ”Yes.”
Wait. What? Did the soldier actually listen to the orders of Chunyu? Could it be that Chunyu was really the spy sent by the imperial court? Ye Jiayao brain worked into overdrive as she tried to figure out what was going on.
Did everything he previously told her was all a lie?
She supposed she could understand his difficult position. As a spy, it was only normal for him to lie to her. In that case, she didn't need to run! Chunyu was there to protect her. She was safe.
Ye Jiayao was overjoyed, knowing that Chunyu was not really a bandit but a spy. She suddenly saw Chunyu in a different light, he became mightier in her eyes. Wow! This is the ancient reality version of Infernal Affairs!
Just when Ye Jiayao was moving out of her hiding spot to show herself, she saw Song Qi ran towards Chunyu.
”Master Crown Prince, there is no sign of sister-in-law.”
There was low light and Chunyu was facing the other side so she could not make out the expression on his face. She could only hear him say coldly, ”What sister-in-law? There is no need to act anymore. I warn you, don’t let me hear that term again.”
Ye Jiayao felt as if she was just thrown a bucket of cold water. She could actually feel her heart breaking inside.
Crown prince.
He was a crown prince. That wasn't just an ordinary respectable status.
No need to act. Huh. All that he did for her was just an act. Now that everything's over, he was not intending to acknowledge her.
Ye Jiayao stepped back, gazing at that tall silhouette. All the excitement, worries, and self-reproach she was feeling was now gone. Her heart that was about to burst from the seams just a second ago was now empty and cold.
She told herself not to be upset. She did not expect to have anything to do with him or to have any further development with him. It doesn't matter if he was a bandit or a crown prince, he had nothing to do with her anymore. Although she almost caused him danger due to her carelessness, he did not fall into the trap. She doesn't owe him anything, just like he doesn't owe her anything.
However, the feeling of being ditched and ditching someone was indeed very different!
”We found Shengwu. He was at the training grounds,” a soldier reported.