âYou⦠Youâreâ Stumbling backwards, her face told everyone that she didnât expect this encounter and in such a surprising manner.
âAre you my parentâs subordinate? Why havenât I seen you before?â Stepping forward, Bai Xiachen asks with a much heavier tone that conveyed heâs suspicious and on guard.
Nearly losing her wits due to the panic swelling inside: âHighness, the king has so many demons working under him, how can you know all of us? Itâs normal for you to not recognize me.â
Thatâs a logical excuse, which the steambun didnât refute with a nod. âSo you wanted to take my brother to eat, is that right? What kind of food did you have in mind, and where?â
The womanâs face grew even paler than mere seconds ago over the obvious interrogation. Trying hard to suppress her inner horror: âI⦠I only heard His Highness likes to eat, thatâs why I offered to make him a couple of dishes I learned recently. I shouldnât have gotten the idea to get close to His Highness, please forgive me.â
Plop!
Taking to the knee, she began to kowtow repeatedly with her forehead making a banging sound upon impact.
Looking down with narrowed eyes now, Bai Xiachen doesnât look moved in the slightest at the plea: âIf you really only wanted to get close to my brother then why donât you follow me back to the palace. Iâm sure my mother will like to meet you in person, how about it?â
The woman visibly froze in that moment. She couldnât even bring herself to look up anymore due to how scared she felt inside.
To see the queen at the palace?
Iâm not going to come back out alive if I go!n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
If that happens, Mu Xue will definitely kill my younger brother!
âYouâre still going to keep lying?â Encroaching in a menacing manner now, Bai Xiachen tosses his smiling fa?ade aside to take on a threatening form that dominated the close proximity.
âDo you know what happens to those who betray my mother? Not only do you get punished, your family and relatives will also be charged in the same way!â
That comment finally made the woman fluster up, which was promptly caught by the kid.
This woman is from the leopard tribe so she must be related to that Mu Xue in some way if sheâs trying to abduct Jin Tian. Bai Xiachen thought.
âIâll ask you one last time, where is Mu Xue. How is she able to avoid being tracked by the palace guards?â
Gulping in a difficult way, the maid backtracked again into a corner: âHighness, I donât know what youâre talking about, Iâve never seen Mu Xue ever since she fledâ¦.â
Not buying that excuse in the slightest, Bai Xiachen starts getting angry in his voice: âIt seems this conversation is going nowhere. Wonât matter though, once I give you to Mother and have her deal with you then Iâm sure you will spill everything. Just so you know, my mother has a lot of way to make one talk. For example, going after your loved ones is one of the ways we can go about this issue, donât you agree?â
The last bit of the threat was a deliberate shot at the maidâs side. Heâs never been one to involve parties that hasnât done anything, but if these demons are going to keep aiming for his younger siblings then all bets are off!
âNo!â The maid finally broke down, allowing the tears to flow like a waterfall, âI donât know, I really donât know anything. Mu Xue kidnapped my younger brother when she left the tribe. Iâm only doing this because she threatened to kill him if I donât do as she saysâ¦.â