Chapter 4191: Self-Awareness
To Qiao Mu, Duanmu Qing's statements of "severing a limb" and "I'm fine" were probably all just nonsense!
Mo Lian looked slightly helpless. He stepped forward and pulled his impassive wife back. "Alright, alright, you don't need to do it yourself. If you can't stand her, just let Aoye and the others beat her up."
Aoye nodded in agreement. They'd long found this bossy, peacock-like woman annoying. What kind of person dares yell at the Crown Prince, truly thinking she's someone important? Wasn't she just a minor disciple from Medicine King Island? How dare she be so disrespectful to His Highness, and with such an inflated sense of self-importance?
Ni Hanzhi's face was filled with terror. She swayed unsteadily, barely managing to stand upright. Her hair was disheveled, strands plastered to her chest, her face smeared with blood, and one eye was swollen shut, making everything blurry.
"What are you doing?" Two attendants quickly pushed through the crowd and rushed over, yelling at Qiao Mu and her group. These two were from the Lin family of Rongcheng, specifically accompanying Miss Ni to Jialan City for the competition and leisure. They were considered mid to high-level experts within the Lin family, accustomed to preferential treatment and arrogant in their speech.
Earlier, when the little stoic was beating Ni Hanzhi, the maid saw things going south and quietly slipped out to fetch these two. Thus, when they arrived, they only saw Ni Hanzhi looking battered and ravaged by the rain and wind, unaware of what exactly had happened.
Qiao Mu coldly glanced at the two. "And who are you?"
The two attendants were quite perceptive. Seeing that Qiao Mu, though dressed in a simple academy white robe, possessed an icy demeanor and jade-like bones that were far beyond ordinary people, they didn't dare to be presumptuous. They slightly cupped their hands and bowed. "We are from the Lin family of Rongcheng."
Seeing that their attitude was acceptable, Qiao Mu didn't want to waste time with them. She turned and walked towards Mo Lian and Duanmu Qing. "Let's go back."
Everyone nodded. The zombie puppets in this area were mostly cleared, and those who needed saving had been rescued. The group decided to return to the City Lord's Mansion first to discuss further matters.
Ni Hanzhi was held by her maid, her body trembling with rage. She swayed and furiously ordered, "Stop her for me!"
The two Lin family attendants exchanged glances, a slight hesitation in their eyes. "Miss Ni, we are outnumbered, we should..."
Before the words "give up" could escape their lips, Ni Hanzhi's distorted face became even more twisted and hideous. "Lin Jun! Lin Xiang! You two dare disobey my orders?" Ni Hanzhi shrieked furiously, acting like a madwoman. "When we left, what did the Lin family master instruct you two? Everything must listen to me! To me!"
"I now order you two, kill this woman at all costs!" Ni Hanzhi shrieked, "Otherwise, you two don't need to return to the Lin family!"
Lin Jun and Lin Xiang both had a faint hint of anger flash in their eyes. Ni Hanzhi's temper was truly unbearable for anyone. Although they were ordered to protect her, they weren't slaves, were they? Ni Hanzhi's entitled attitude was truly exhausting, even mentally.
Lin Jun suppressed his anger and cupped his hands to her. "Miss Ni, it's always good to have some self-awareness."
What a joke. The row of people standing next to the little stoic across from them all had unfathomable cultivation levels.