mtl008 Chapter 599 Coward
Chapter 599 Coward
Sheng Yunjiao reached out and slapped Yan Yue.
Yan Yue hurriedly raised his hand, dodging while begging for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? Lady Sheng, have mercy!"
Sheng Yunjiao withdrew her hand and curled the corners of her lips: "That's more like it!"
Lu Yangyang watched the two bickering and shook her head helplessly: "You two, how can you still be so childish!"
Sheng Yunjiao glared at Yan Yue: "He's the one who's childish!"
Yan Yue pointed at Sheng Yunjiao: "Sheng Xiaosi, you!"
Lu Yangyang felt a buzzing sensation more intense than hundreds of bees buzzing around her ears.
She couldn't help but look up at the sky. Could it be that the blue crystal bees from earlier hadn't all run away yet?
Lu Yangyang saw stars and quickly stopped the two, otherwise they might argue until tomorrow morning without any resolution.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Lu Yangyang looked at the two helplessly. "I'm starving. Can we go somewhere else and eat and talk?"
Anyway, it's hard to explain in just a few words, so let's take it slow.
The two then realized that they had just started arguing again, and they were both a little embarrassed, their hearts beating much faster than usual.
Lu Yangyang stood up and reached out her hand to Sheng Yunjiao: "Get up quickly, your clothes are still wet! Don't catch a cold."
Sheng Yunjiao quickly grabbed Lu Yangyang's hand. Just as Lu Yangyang was about to pull her up, Yan Yue, with great perceptiveness, helped Sheng Yunjiao up instead.
Looking at Yan Yue in front of her, Sheng Yunjiao noticed that he had grown taller and darker than when they parted ways in the capital. However, he seemed to have shed much of his former naivety and appeared much more reliable. Recalling the scene in the water just now, her face flushed, and she whispered, "Thank you!"
Yan Yue placed the back of his hand on her forehead: "You don't have a fever!"
Sheng Yunjiao exclaimed in annoyance, "Yan Yue!"
Yan Yue quickly withdrew his hand, touched his nose, and chuckled awkwardly, "It's good that you're alright."
Lu Yangyang suddenly remembered something and asked Yan Yue, "You're here because you have a mission. Is it alright for you to come with us like this?"
"It's alright, it's alright, but I can't go far. I still have to keep an eye on the Gu God Temple. This is a long story," Yan Yue quickly replied.
“That’s perfect, we’re also at the Gu God Temple.” Lu Yangyang had countless questions to ask, but she first briefly explained to Yan Yue why they had come here.
After hearing what she said, Yan Yue's mouth dropped open in disbelief: "Sheng Yunzhu is too abnormal! She actually let her escape from the capital, and she even got involved with the Crown Prince! This, this..."
Yan Yue couldn't quite put his finger on it; it was both surprising and yet somehow unsurprising.
Those are indeed things they are capable of doing.
only……
Yan Yue couldn't help but glance at Sheng Yunjiao: "Sheng Xiaosi, I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."
Sheng Yunjiao raised her foot and stomped hard on the back of his foot.
Yan Yue jumped up on one leg in pain: "What are you doing!"
Sheng Yunjiao rolled her eyes at him and grabbed Lu Yangyang's arm: "Look at you, you've lost your mind, let me bring you to your senses! I've never gotten along with Sheng Yunzhu since we were kids. Whenever she gets the chance to catch me, she won't be able to sleep without kicking me twice! I fell for her trick because I'm not as cunning as her, what does it have to do with you!"
Yan Yue was slightly taken aback.
Lu Yangyang chuckled, "Jiaojiao is right. With Sheng Yunzhu's petty mind, what wouldn't she do if she got the chance? Do you really expect her to have any good intentions and not involve innocent people?"
Yan Yue scratched his head: "I'm sorry, I..."
Lu Yangyang and Sheng Yunjiao shook their heads in unison: "Shut up!"
Yan Yue had no choice but to shut up, feeling embarrassed.
He just felt sorry for the two girls. He should have been the one protecting them, but instead, they came to him.
Lu Yangyang changed the subject: "What about you? Didn't you disappear in Huoyin Mountain? What happened?"
Speaking of this, Yan Yue's expression turned serious: "The reason I disappeared in Huoyin Mountain was because someone kidnapped a village and took them into Huoyin Mountain. They didn't even spare the elderly and children. In order to save those people, we had no choice but to follow them, even though we knew it was a trap! Fortunately, that place is really evil. Although we lost a lot of people, we managed to save some of them. I was seriously injured and almost died! Fortunately, my cousin's men arrived in time and found me, which saved my life!"
"Shameless!" Even though she knew that the Crown Prince was ruthless, she was still shocked every time she heard it. She had always thought that Yan Yue would not be so easily fooled, there must be a reason. She just did not expect that the reason would be like this.
Even now, when Yan Yue thinks about it, he still feels a chill run down his spine. The village had nearly two hundred people, including twenty or thirty children under the age of ten, some of whom were still infants. To lure them into the mountains, they threw the babies directly to wild wolves to devour. It was the first time in Yan Yue's life that he had witnessed such a scene, and it chilled him to the bone even more than when he was on the battlefield.
Only then did he realize that the human heart is stronger than all evil spirits.
Seeing that his expression was off, Sheng Yunjiao subconsciously reached out and grabbed his wrist, shaking it: "Yan Yue?"
Yan Yue suddenly woke up and looked at Sheng Yunjiao's concerned eyes. His heart skipped a beat and his face turned red. He hurriedly explained, "I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just that when I think about what happened back then, it's still a little hard to accept."
"So, is His Highness also in Yuechuan Kingdom?" Lu Yangyang suddenly asked.
If Your Highness's men rescue Yan Yue in time, Your Highness will surely know who was behind it. Now that Yan Yue is in Yuechuan Kingdom, Zong Que must be there as well.
Of course, he couldn't tell others, but since Lu Yangyang and Sheng Yunjiao were his own people, Yan Yue had no reservations. However, he lowered his voice and said, "After my cousin sensed something was wrong, he suspected that the Crown Prince was after Yuechuan Kingdom. We spent some time finding Yuechuan Kingdom, but it was difficult to enter the royal palace. I don't know what method he used, but he only managed to enter the royal city and go to the royal palace a couple of days ago."
Yan Yue looked at Lu Yangyang and said with great regret, "If we had met two days earlier, we probably would have bumped into each other."
Lu Yangyang wasn't surprised. She could guess what was going on. As long as His Highness found the opportunity, he would definitely know what was going on. She just didn't know how accurate her guess was. If she could meet Zong Que, she would definitely be able to guess most of His Highness's purpose.
"We've only just arrived in the Holy City. Even if we had arrived a couple of days earlier, it wouldn't have been so easy for us to run into each other."
As they were talking, they saw Li Shisan and Wen Qingqing looking for them, and Lu Yangyang quickly called out, "Qingqing! Brother Li, over here!"
"Yangyang, Jiaojiao, are you alright?" Wen Qingqing ran over and asked worriedly, seeing their slightly disheveled appearance.
Then his gaze fell on Yan Yue beside him: "Huh? Aren't you that... coward?"