This man Ye Li is as tall as a big black bear. Eyes bloodshot, he stares at people with a bloodthirsty look. At a glance, such a person would immediately give people the idea he has killed numerous people—not the kind who fights for the country or common people, but rather, a plain murderer. Just now, she almost couldn’t help instinctively fighting back.
She was, fortunately, able to hold herself back. After all, she was not a match for him with her small size.
Ever since she came in, she had been wondering what she could do to get out of the foreseen danger. The fact from the novel suddenly came to her mind, that the Emperor of the great Yue country was dying of illness. There were absolute signs of illness at the beginning, only, it was well concealed therefore people were unknowledgeable of it. So, she made a gamble and dared to declare this piece of information.
If her hunch was right, everything will be fine afterward. However, if her memory was actually wrong, then she won’t be able to escape. To get through the present situation first and escape unscathed was her first priority.
“Young…Young lady…I’ve been following you…There was—I’ve never seen anyone in black…”
Xiaoqiu whispered nervously in Ye Mu’s ear. She was her personal servant girl, the person who waits on her most of the time. She was still scared out of her wits just a while ago, as to why she wouldn’t dare expose Ye Mu’s lie on the spot. Ye Mu swept her a glimpse telling her to keep her mouth shut.
“I said there was—you didn’t see it, but if you dare to talk nonsense, I will definitely cut your tongue!”
She deliberately shouted this forcefully, and sure enough, Xiaoqiu meekly bowed her head as soon as she finished, not daring to say a word.
Ye Mu took a deep breath and walked towards the slaves on the corner.
The butler and all the other people of the residence were at a distance keeping themselves away, as they saw Ye Mu steadily approach the little slaves. Ye Li had a vicious temperament, therefore, when the concubines of his harem gave birth, they raise up their children to be especially cruel in order to please and gain Ye Li’s favor. And so, Ye Mu, who was known to be the most brutal among them, was particularly favored by Ye Li.
However, for her to continue being favored, such a provocation to his authority like today won’t be tolerated a second time. If it weren’t for the important news provided by Ye Mu, she would have been really thrown out like a rag doll!
But this does not mean that Ye Mu is weak. On the contrary, the other person everyone is most afraid of in this house besides Ye Li, is this little girl. Even at an early age, she already knew many ways to harm people. For servants like them, it was better to see her far away.
As for those little slaves—they can only ask the heavens now for a stroke of luck!
After witnessing a disturbing scene, several of the little slaves began to cry in a subdued voice.
Ye Mu walked over and looked at the youth who was almost molested by Official Liu just now. She found that he was thin and bony; he did not have meat on the places a healthy child should have.
The boy, knowing that he had been saved in time, sat on the ground with the little strength he had left. When she was gazing at him, he had also looked back at her in alert. Just like how the book specified, there was indeed a tear mole in the corner of his eye. With a graceful posture, his eyes became particularly vivid and sharp.
Thinking how the present expression nailed the descriptions in the book, plus this bright tear mole, he is truly the male protagonist without a doubt.
Ye Mu’s eyes held a complex look in them. Everything in front of her was the same as was stated in the book. If the plot followed faithfully to every word, then she would face another dilemma in the future. It would be too difficult!
At first, she wanted to kill him because she thought it would be the fastest way for her to go home. She had also considered the worst possible probability that she wouldn’t be able to go back if she killed him.
Another thought was that if she wouldn’t be able to kill him. The male protagonist will become the emperor in the future. Moreover, it is the emperor who can unite the lands and become emperor for all eternity! His hatred for the original host is deep and would not lessen one bit as time passes.
Sometime in the future when the male protagonist gains power, he would absolutely not let this person slip away!
When she thought of the original host’s end, which was to be thrown and devoured cruelly by the tiger, her delicate steamed bun face crumpled up.
Apparently, although she saved the male protagonist, still… killing him is the best choice for her sake.
Actually, there is another way… that is, according to the voice who would whisper in her ear: find the map of the ‘city boundary’ in order to go back. After reading the book, it was crystal clear to her that this city boundary map is a rare treasure map which can only be obtained by the male protagonist.
However, this other choice was too time-consuming and laborious—she was in a hurry to go back. She really didn’t want to find any ghost map. Therefore, she had to apologize to him.
After repeatedly strengthening her belief, she still felt a little hesitant. At this point, she really didn’t know which of the two options she was considering doing.
At this moment when Mo Linyuan saw her bulging face frown, he suddenly wanted to laugh scornfully…
He did not know how to describe the feeling of narrowly escaping from death. Before, when he was held down by Official Liu, he had the thought of ways to dismember Ye Mu’s body for a thousand of times to keep him sane. But after seeing Ye Mu rush in, these kinds of thoughts suddenly disappeared from his mind.
Because the moment she stepped foot inside, the first thing she looked for—was him.
It was obvious to him that she came for him.
But why? Why would she take a huge risk to save him when in the first place she sent him here herself?
Ye Mu took out the rag filled with his blood from his mouth and frowned, “Hey, this Young lady asks you, do you hate me for having treated you like this?”
Ye Mu decided to simplify matters. She decided that if he said that he hated her, then she would go with the first option and kill him. On the other hand, if he didn’t say the word hate, then she’ll put off this discussion until later.
Mo Linyuan coughed and bled as soon as he tried to speak. Official Liu had been very fierce, digging a knife on his shoulder just to subdue him. He was injured internally, and his body ached all over. Ye Mu couldn’t help frowning at this. She wanted to reach for a handkerchief but thought against it. Unbeknownst to her, the maidservants behind her secretly looked at her back with a strange look.
Did the Young lady just ask a slave if he hated her? Is there even a slave in this residence who doesn’t hate her? Moreover, the young slave Aji was brought into the mansion by the young lady, who had tortured him numerous times before. Isn’t it a little too late for her to ask him whether he hates her or not?
It was only after a while when Mo Linyuan stopped coughing, that he asked in a hoarse voice, “To hate or not hate… what’s it to you?”
Ye Mu pursed her lips. It just so happened that there was an imperial bodyguard to her side helping with the cleanup—she tiptoed as she passed and swiftly pulled out the bodyguard’s sword.
Shiing goes the sound of the blade being drawn out of its sheath. For the surrounding people, it made the hair on one’s skin rise.
Everyone thought this little devil was unhappy again, so they all promptly knelt and shouted, “Young lady, spare this life! Young lady, please forgive!”
At this moment because of her, the busy people in the hall were all prostrating on the ground. Only she, a small bean with a sword, stood. She seriously stared at Mo Linyuan, the tip of the sword also pointed at him.
“If you hate me, I will kill you! If you are willing to let this be, then… I will not kill you for the time being!”
The servant girls all bowed down because of her words. If she threatened others with a sword, the other party in question should immediately say “I don’t hate you”, isn’t that right?
But what is really on this boy’s mind? Does she know?
Mo Linyuan sat up slowly and straightened up. The unblinking, dark, inky eyes instantaneously looked at her. In a firm voice, he said only one word:
“Hate.”
If it weren’t for Ye Mu, the people who protected him wouldn’t have died, he wouldn’t have been reduced to a slave, he wouldn’t have been almost humiliated by that animal—how could he not hate her for the things she has done?
But in fact, he knew that his feelings for her were not only hate but something more complex and contradicting, which started the moment she had entered that door.
Hearing this, Ye Mu frowned. If this was the case, then she thought, he shouldn’t blame her for what she was about to do!
Her eyes flashed with decisive murder. She took a deep breath, and in the next second, the blade thrust forward with killing intent! All the people subconsciously closed their eyes; they didn’t want to see the next blood splattered three feet in front of them.
The little slaves around them were crying and screaming in fear once again.
But the imagined tragedy did not happen.
Ye Mu held the sword in her hands, her eyebrows knitted in a tight frown.