Chapter 266: Cross at the sight of her (1/2)

Chapter 266: Cross at the sight of her

As the crowd parted, Han Yunxi saw the tall and lofty figure up front and gave a start.

It was actually him, Long Feiye!

Her mind turned blank from disbelief. She stared at him for a long time before her lips curved into a mocking grin. She had to still be unconscious in a dream. Otherwise, why would that familiar figure suddenly show up in a public place like this? He would rather avoid all that trouble! Was it because her heart hadn’t really given him up? That’s why she was dreaming about him? Han Yunxi didn’t dare to follow that train of thought. She simply looked at him from a distance, not moving a muscle. A part of her wanted to wake up from this dream and keep hurrying forward, while the other part feared waking up and seeing this all disappear.

Long Feiye, how about you don’t move, either? Just stand there until the end of the world, won’t you?

As soon as Long Feiye had spotted Han Yunxi, he’d taken a large step forward, a joyful look on his usually expressionless face. But very quickly, he forced himself to stop. He had been this close to rushing over and pulling that woman into his arms, but he still managed to notice the white robes draped over her shoulders. At a glance, he recognized them as the white-robed man’s outer robes. Although Jun Yixie had been injured, it would’ve been impossible for Han Yunxi to overwhelm him alone. If she had been rescued by any of his men or the medical academy’s forces, they would have come to report the news much earlier.

How did this woman get back? Did that white-robed man save him? Why did the white-robed man lead them to the Xuan gold door, and how did he find the switch to open it when the flesh-eating rats were attacking them? He had the skills to escape against these rats, but why did he overuse his inner energy to save Han Yunxi? If he was really here for the poison beast, why had he disappeared as soon as they entered the chamber?

There were too many suspicions in Long Feiye’s mind, but the most important one dealt with Han Yunxi’s identity. Was she the orphan of West Qin? The person that the Shadow Clan had to protect? He had already found clues to Lady Tianxin’s identity by searching within Medical City, but he never thought that woman might have connections to the West Qin imperial family. That was the last thing he wanted.

Amidst the crowd of hundreds, the two of them stood at a distance and stared at each other.

“Qin Wangfei, you’ve finally come back! So you weren’t kidnapped after all!” Lady Lianxin suddenly broke the silence. Her words were giving Han Yunxi a death sentence, because if she was late without being kidnapped, then she had lost for sure. Only then did Long Feiye recover from his chaotic thoughts. He buried all his feelings in his heart as his face resumed its usual frigid expression.

“Han Yunxi, what are you spacing out for? Still not coming over?” he asked, his tone impatient. This fellow was always saying the same things with the same cold expression to shatter her beautiful dreams.

So what!

Han Yunxi calmed herself and peered at him carefully to make sure he wasn’t hurt from the Sky Pit. Then she took large strides forward. She had no idea what the situation was here, nor why he had shown up.

“Your Highness, why did you come?” she said after bowing in greeting. Since this was a public setting, she had to cooperate with him to act out this play. But unlike before, her gaze didn’t move to meet his eyes. A complicated look flashed past Long Feiye’s eyes when he noticed, but he didn’t reveal his feelings. He looked at her loftily from above, inspecting her from head to toe. Besides the blood on the white robes draped across her shoulders, there was no sign of any other injuries.

“Rise. What’s happened to you? Why is there blood on your lordship’s clothes?” In the silence, his lowered voice had no emotion whatsoever, but it was very clear and distinct. Everyone could hear his words.

Perhaps Han Yunxi’s arrival had been too sudden, but it was only after Long Feiye’s words did everyone notice that Han Yunxi was covered in a set of men’s robes. Han Yunxi herself only realized it now as well. She had come in too much of a hurry to realize that these outer robes had found their way to her again. They had given her a sense of safety when she was feeling most afraid. If not for the white-robed man, she trusted that her entire life would be over.

If a woman showed up with a man’s clothing under such wretched conditions, anyone would think negative thoughts, right? Everyone was still sorting their thoughts, but Long Feiye had been meticulous enough to use a single line to shield her from any rumors and slanders from here on. Still, how was Han Yunxi supposed to explain why “Long Feiye’s robes” ended up on her body? Her eyes drooped as she thought it over.

“As things stand, Your Highness Duke of Qin ran into Qin Wangfei beforehand?” Lady Lianxin immediately found a weak point.

At this moment, Tang Li walked out from the crowd with a sneer on his face. “Fifth Elder, it was precisely my household’s lordship that rescued Qin Wangfei during her previous kidnapping. If we really relied on the medical academy to save her, we’d probably still be looking by now, wouldn’t we?” He gave a meanginful glance at Han Yunxi as he spoke, before turning to bow respectfully towards Long Feiye.

“To report to Your Highness, this subordinate discovered esteemed wangfei in the west side of the city, but the bandit who captured her escaped. May Your Highness mete punishment!”

If anyone from the Tang Clan saw their young clan head Tang Li being so servile now, would they disdain him?

Hidden in the crowd, Duanmu Yao’s face had turned green from anger. She only knew that Tang Li was Long Feiye’s good friend, but nothing about his origins. She mused that she had to find a way to get rid of such an annoying guy!