Chapter 813: Sorry, I donst sell on credi (2/2)

Tang Li avoided her. For some reason, he was afraid to meet her gaze. Circling around the woman, he prepared to leave. Ning Jing suddenly grabbed his hand. “Tang Li, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have hit you or suspected you. I was wrong.”

Tang Li, neither Medical City nor Cloud Realm Continent will be very peaceful. We should go back to the Tang Clan, the further the better, alright?

Ning Jing kept those words in her heart. Unfortunately, Tang Li wasn’t planning on leaving the city. He didn’t want to continue their cold war, so he said, “If you want to go back, I’ll send someone to send you back.”

So saying, he left without a second look, leaving Ning Jing to stand alone in the darkness. Once Tang Li’s form disappeared at the end of the lane, Ning Jing recovered her senses. Her shrewd eyes had dimmed and even showed signs of hurt.

What else could she do now that Tang Li was gone? All she could try was to seize her time to check on Ning Cheng. All of Medical City was looking for the kidnapping victim. Ning Cheng naturally had a hiding spot, so Han Yunxi was currently concealed deep within a secret residence. By the time she groggily woke up, it was already noon of the next day. She discovered that she was lying in bed beneath a silk quilt. Surprised, she gave a murmur and sat straight up, only to discovered that she was still wearing Ning Cheng’s outer robes from last night. No one had touched her inner robes.

“Princess, you’re awake!”

“Princess, drink some water first. Breakfast’s long been prepared.”

The two servant girls waiting on the side quickly came to serve her, but Han Yunxi simply knocked the cup of water aside and demanded, “Where’s Ning Cheng?”

At her words, the sound of Ning Cheng kneeling beyond a folding screen reached her ears. “Your subordinate, the Di Clan leader Ning Cheng, sends my greetings to princess. May the princess live thousands of thousands of years!”

He had kept watch outside the folding screen overnight after bringing her back. Han Yunxi almost didn’t realize that Ning Cheng was kneeling to her. She hastily got off the bed, wrapped her clothes around her, and rushed out to see him in the most formal of bows with his head against the floor.

Recalling the events from last night made Han Yunxi even more furious. “Lift your head,” she said coldly.

Ning Cheng immediately looked up, his eyes and strong features looking heroic and handsome. Han Yunxi studied him carefully before raising her hand to slap him across the face.

Pah! Her slap rang out in the empty rooms!

Ning Cheng gave a start as his respectful gaze turned cold. His face was burning with pain as the skin grew red, a clear sign of Han Yunxi’s strength. Han Yunxi had no fear in the face of Ning Cheng’s cold stare. She not only wanted to hit him, but kill him outright.

“Shameless!” she cursed him.

Ning Cheng finally realized that she was slapping him for last night and lowered his gaze. “What happened last night was this subordinate’s affront. May princess please mete punishment.”

Han Yunxi raised her hand for another slap, but Ning Cheng didn’t dodge. She wasn’t joking with him either--she really wanted to hit him. But since he was acting so respectful, she’d play with him until the end. She’d like to see how long he could take it. As she built up her strength for another strike, her eyes happened to brush past Ning Cheng’s left foot. She remembered the Blaze poison she’d gave him last night. By now, Ning Cheng’s skin should be covered in blisters, yet he was still wearing his boots. Wasn’t he in any pain?

Han Yunxi dropped her hand and walked behind him with interest.

“May princess mete punishment,” Ning Cheng said again.

“Take off your boot and let me see,” Han Yunxi said as she slowly sank into a seat.

With hooded eyes, Ning Cheng sat down and took off his boot without any expression. His movements were quick and smooth. Although the needle from last night was gone, his entire foot was swollen up like something had burned the skin. Multiple blisters graced the surface, some broken into a mess of blood and flesh. Because he’d taken off his boot so quickly, he burst through more blisters that oozed pus onto the ground.

The two servant girls felt their hearts ache at the sight, but Han Yunxi only enjoyed it with interest. “Alright,” she said. “Then I’ll punish you by crippling this foot. By tomorrow morning, poison would have seeped into the bones and crushed them.”

Ning Cheng’s eyes flickered with a complicated expression, but he remained silent with his head bowed.

“Ning Cheng, what do you think of this punishment?” Han Yunxi kept pretending. She wanted to force Ning Cheng to show his true colors!

How much nobler could the Di Clan’s Ning family be, compared to the Nether Clan’s Chu family?

“This subordinate deserves death for affronting the princess, but…” Ning Cheng finally looked up. “But can this subordinate pay back this debt in the future? Once this subordinate finishes assisting the princess in wiping out the humiliation dealt to our West Qin and recover everything, it won’t be late to punish me then! Even if the princess wants this subordinate’s life then, this subordinate will offer it willingly.”

Han Yunxi laughed coldly in her heart. If she wanted until West Qin revived, she’d be nothing more than a pupper in their hands. It’d be the same situation as Tianning’s child emperor and Empress Dowager Chu, who were ordered about by the Prince Regent Ning Cheng!

She slowly sipped her tea as she waved a hand. “This wangfei doesn’t sell on credit.”