Chapter 406: The duke’s rage dashes to the skies (1/2)

Chapter 406: The duke’s rage dashes to the skies

Swim back to Nothern Li?

Fishery Island was located in the central region of the seas bordering Tianning. The fastest ships would need three to four days to reach a Tianning harbor from here, let alone a Northern Li port. Even a fish needed multiple days to cover the same distance! Long Feiye was clearly giving Jun Yixie…a dead end!

But Jun Yixie had no choice but to stay on the island. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing, yet reality showed the truth. The entire island was already surrounded by warships with their archers aiming at his form. No matter how much skill he had, there was no way he’d be able to fight past them. His well-laid plans ended up screwing himself over. This was no better than burying himself in his own snare!

He glared at Ouyang Ningruo, who immediately averted his eyes to look at Long Feiye instead. With a light and airy smile as if nothing had happened, he said, “Your Highness Duke of Qin, Cloud Realm’s Trade Consortium is willing to donate 300,000 dan of grain to assist with the relief efforts!”

Long Feiye didn’t have any grain reserves left, but the Trade Consortium would definitely have some in stock. Otherwise, they couldn’t be called a trade consortium at all. Ouyang Ningruo had originally planned to offer his stores to Long Feiye after all the grain in Tianning had ran out. Unfortunately, Man proposed and God disposed. He had no choice but to use the grain as his ship ticket now. With the Northern Li’s imperial ship in ruins, his only way back to shore was to rely on Long Feiye.

Long Feiye ignored him in favor of shooting Han Yunxi a cold glance before he headed for the warship. Ouyang Ningruo wanted to chase after him, but General Baili blocked his way. Most likely, His Highness wouldn’t pay anyone attention at a time like this. Now that they’d taken care of Jun Yixie, His Highness and esteemed wangfei needed to sort things out between themselves. Even though esteemed wangfei’s gecko cinnabar mark had surprised him, General Baili could still tell that His Highness genuinely doted on his wangfei.

Whatever the case, esteemed wangfei should have told His Highness that she suffered such a slight. What kind of man could tolerate his woman hiding such a thing? Meanwhile, Ouyang Ningruo was quite happy to approach General Baili instead. Compared to a wily fox like Long Feiye, it should be much easier to talk business with this old lout, yes?

Long Feiye had already gone quite a ways off while Han Yunxi was still rooted to the spot. She stared after his cold retreating form and felt her heart turn to ice. Even though she’d stopped caring, she still felt herself ache. By now, she’d forgotten when Long Feiye had started to take her hand whenever they walked together. Even if she didn’t move, he’d stop walking within 10 steps to turn back and asked, “Han Yunxi, you’re still not leaving?”

But this time he hadn’t looked back, and he’d walked much farther than just 10 steps.

So this is it? Long Feiye, you’re walking away just like that?

In the end, pain overtook her heart. Han Yunxi grit her teeth and prepared to walk away when Long Feiye suddenly turned back, strode over, and grabbed her by the wrist before pulling her away. There was nothing but fury in his eyes, a testament to his self-control in getting rid of Jun Yixie without blowing his top. His grip was vise-tight, his steps quick; Han Yunxi was caught off-guard from the start and nearly stumbled as she went with him. It wasn’t until they were both on the warship that Long Feiye released her to order, “Someone come, set sail!”

All of the people on deck scattered in fright. They’d followed His Highness Duke of Qin for years, but they’d never seen him so enraged.

Han Yunxi stood in place as she heaved for breath. She didn’t understand why this man was mad at her. Is he blaming me for what happened? Her head sunk as her eyes drooped, before she grew very still. Long Feiye narrowed his eyes to stare are her, his icy eyes filled with the same burning questions he had before. The starkness of his stare burned in its frozen intensity. The two of them were less than five paces apart, but they could’ve been in completely separate worlds instead.

The decks around them were both empty and silent but for the sound of their breathing. Han Yunxi seemed rather calm, but Long Feiye was extremely restless, and his rapid breaths gave away his fury.

Abruptly, he ordered her sternly, “Raise your head!”

Han Yunxi remained as still as a statue.

Long Feiye clenched his fists and repeated again, “Raise your head!”

Finally, Han Yunxi looked up. She was about to ask him why when he beat her to the punch. “Han Yunxi, you had the gall to hide something like that from me? Who gave you the guts?” Each and every syllable seemed laced with flames from his fiery temper. The duke’s rage dashed to the skies!

When Jun Yixie had first made those claims, he thought the man was merely making things up to force his hand. But as it turned out, Han Yunxi had really been taken advantage of! He finally recalled how she’d returned to Medical City after the incident at the Sky Pit with a white robe draped over her shoulders. That piece of clothing had belonged to the man from the Shadow Clan, the very one who rescued her.

Why didn’t she tell me then?

Something so big had happened, but would she have kept it a secret for the rest of her life if Jun Yixie hadn’t brought it out today? Was she planning to silently let things go at that? She was only willing to speak up after she was publically humiliated? Did she take her husband to be someone who didn’t exist?

Han Yunxi, ah, Han Yunxi! You’ve always been the one making advances on your lordship! Day by day, you circle around me and call for ‘Your Highness,’ but what I am to you in your heart?

You hid away something this monstrous for so long!

Long Feiye’s icy, violent stare only made Han Yunxi’s heart quiver. She had no idea how to answer his question.

“Answer your lordship’s question!” Long Feiye demanded.

Startled, Han Yunxi finally realized what he was so angry about. She unconsciously backed up a step and lowered her head again. She hadn’t meant to hide it from him on purpose, but because the incident had happened at the same time he rescued Duanmu Yao, she’d been thinking of nothing but his rescue instead. Immediately after that, she had up and ran away. How was she supposed to tell him under those circumstances?

Later on, he found her at the Mu Estate and cleared things up to up regarding Duanmu Yao. After that, she didn’t want to bring up this topic again. In the end, Jun Yixie hadn’t gotten his way, after all–and it wasn’t a pleasant subject. She wasn’t the type of woman to get all teary-eyed as she poured her grievances to her man. Naturally, these were all reasons she could offer him, but she knew he wouldn’t believe them. Right now, this man was furious enough to murder someone.

When Long Feiye saw that Han Yunxi kept staring at the ground without speaking, his fists clenched again, the joints cracking with the effort. The sound made Han Yunxi’s heart lurch. Her heart had been like ice before, but now it felt like a guilty child. Her head hung so low that it was nearly buried in her chest.