The more the woman thought, the more her body trembled. She bit her lower lip, and after a long while, she asked, "Then… if I tell you, can you let me go?"
"No," Xue Xingyue refused without hesitation.
The woman's face crumpled in distress as she cried, "Why? I haven't offended you. You know what you want to know, so why won't you let me go?" Who had told her that the customs of Qi were simple and honest, the most virtuous among the various nations? Why did she only encounter oddballs?
"You killed someone and then expect me to let you go? Where do you get such confidence? Besides, you don't have to say anything. I'm not forcing you, but next…" Xue Xingyue's gaze deliberately swept over the woman's chest.
The woman's pretty little face displayed a mixture of emotions – sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy. She felt she was incredibly unlucky. It was her first mission, and she had encountered an unyielding oddball. What on earth was going on?
"You… you shut up, you lecher," the woman said indignantly.
"Do you think I'd be interested in you? You don't even have half a handful of flesh on your chest; it's like a flat plain. I wouldn't want you even if you were free," Xue Xingyue said, turning her eyes away in disdain.
"You…" The woman trembled with anger. After all, she had been praised since she was a child. How could she be worth nothing in this person's eyes? A plain? Was her "plain" like this? Wouldn't walking be exhausting?
Wu Hen couldn't hold back any longer. She looked at Xue Xingyue cautiously, swallowing hard. "Your Highness… when did your subordinate learn that you had such… preferences?" After speaking, she cautiously took a few steps back.
Xue Xingyue immediately felt she was being wronged. Wasn't she interrogating the woman? She liked men; she wasn't a sodomite.
The person on the bed was even more so. "Your Highness, your subordinate can…" Da Feng Novel Network
"Stop, I'm going to be angered to death by you two," Xue Xingyue said, sitting on a chair and fanning herself.
Suddenly, the woman's eyes widened in shock. She looked at Xue Xingyue as if she wanted to pierce her. Xue Xingyue looked at the woman and asked, "Why are you looking at me? Letting you go is impossible, unless you tell me everything."
"This jade pendant, how do you have it?" the woman asked.
Xue Xingyue was startled. She lowered her head and saw that the jade pendant, which had been well hidden inside, had now revealed a corner. Her gaze deepened. She took out the jade pendant and then asked the woman, "Do you recognize this jade pendant?"
The woman's gaze became cautious. "Who… are you?"
Xue Xingyue narrowed her eyes, recalling the expression on Qi Yuze's face when he had pressed this jade pendant into her hand all those years ago. It must have been very important.
She looked at the woman, who seemed to care deeply about the jade pendant. She slowly said, "I can't quite remember this. I have amnesia and have forgotten the most crucial part. Since you recognize the jade pendant, you must have some connection to me."
With that, she stepped forward and released the woman's acupoints.
"Wu Hen, find some clothes for her," Xue Xingyue said to Wu Hen.
Although Wu Hen didn't understand why Xue Xingyue was doing this, she did as her master commanded without question.
The woman was slightly stunned but still stared at the jade pendant in Xue Xingyue's hand. As if recalling something, she suddenly moved forward, intending to touch Xue Xingyue.
At the moment the woman made her move, Wu Hen, standing beside her, had already drawn her sword and blocked the woman. The woman was startled, and then said, "Don't misunderstand. I just want to look at this jade pendant."
"Wu Hen, sheathe your sword," Xue Xingyue said.
Wu Hen withdrew her sword and looked at the woman, afraid she might launch a surprise attack.
Xue Xingyue handed the jade pendant over. "Take a look!"
The woman was very surprised and asked, "Aren't you afraid I'll take the jade pendant and run?"
"Run?" Xue Xingyue sneered. "You'd have to be able to get out first."
The woman chuckled at this. "That's true. I must have overestimated myself." She had moved at a very high speed just now, but the subordinate by this young master's side had managed to block her. Her martial arts were indeed not inferior to hers, let alone the young master himself.
"Do you recognize this jade pendant?"
The woman was silent for a moment, then nodded. "I don't know how you got this jade pendant, but I kindly advise you to give it to me!"
Xue Xingyue sneered. "You're my defeated opponent, yet you still intend to demand something from my hand. Your nerve is rather thick!"
The woman's expression turned displeased. "I'm doing this for your own good. If you carry this jade pendant, it will bring about your death!"
Xue Xingyue was startled. For some reason, she thought of Qi Yuze. Perhaps those people back then were also after this jade pendant.
"Including the people around you," the woman added, looking at Wu Hen beside her and Feng Qing on the bed.
"Then, can you tell me the origin of this jade pendant?" Xue Xingyue asked.
The woman paused, then said, "No, this is our secret. I cannot tell you."
Xue Xingyue flashed forward, and the jade pendant was back in her hand. The woman was astonished. When did she make her move? Why didn't she know?
"Since you won't say, then I think I should still…"
Before Xue Xingyue could finish, the woman suddenly said, "If I tell you, can you let me stay by your side?"
Xue Xingyue was stunned and asked the woman, "You want to stay?"
The woman nodded. "Yes." "It's possible, but if I keep you by my side, I fear for my own life!" Xue Xingyue shook her head.
"You can rest assured, young master. As long as you have this jade pendant, I will never dare to disrespect you again," the woman said.
Xue Xingyue looked at the jade pendant in her hand and then asked, "Then, can you tell me its origin?"
The woman nodded. "You must recognize the patterns on my hand, so you should know that I am from the foremost assassin organization in the martial world."
"Assassin organization?" Not only was Xue Xingyue surprised, but even Wu Hen's expression changed.
"Wu Hen, do you recognize it?" Xue Xingyue asked, looking at Wu Hen's altered expression.