âThank you for gracing me with this opportunity Your Majesty!â Kneeling there, Red Leaf felt genuinely thankful for this chance to exact her suffering on the one responsible.
So what if the king doesnât intend to forgive me? I only wanted my brother back when I made the deal with the prince, now that the goal is gone, this is the best I can ask for! I donât want to live anyways without my younger brother with me!
âFive days, Iâll give you five days to torture her as you please. Afterwards, you are to do the deed on your own. I wonât send my subordinates to check on you.â After dropping this sentence, Di Cang didnât turn back and brushed past the lady.
Standing up to show a look of pure hatred, Red Leaf didnât get sway by the implication of that sentence. Di Cang was saying she could flee afterwards if she liked, but thatâs a pointless gesture of mercy on his part really because she had no intention to continue living. âMu Xue, you killed my brother! Why did you kill him?â
A flash of panic flickered in Mu Xueâs eyes. Making a whimpering sound, the witch attempts to crawl backwards as fear takes hold along that face. To be clear, this vile being wasnât afraid of dying at this point, thatâs the least of her concern. What sheâs afraid of was not being able to die for the next five days! She doesnât even want to begin to imagine the sort of torture thatâs coming.
âGraggghhhh!â She tries to speak out and beg for mercy, but all that came out was an indistinguishable garble of nonsense from Mu Xueâs mouth.
But then again, Red Leaf wouldnât have cared either way regardless of what she said. Coming closer and closer, this lady looked dreadfully dark and scary as her expression becomes twisted and evil at the thought of what she could do.
âIt doesnât matter if you canât talk, I still have five days. In these five days, I will make sure you understand what it means to suffer a horror thatâs worse than death! I know you will like what I have in store for you....â
......
Somewhere else in the palace that much quieter and less rowdy.
âSister... is there something else you need to say to me?â Bai Xiao eventually couldnât hold back his impatience and asked.
Stalling there, Bai Yan slowly turns around: âXiaoâer, do you have anything to tell me?â
âI...â lowering his eyes in a contemplative manner, the boy appears hesitant, âSister, I want to protect you like back when we were in the Liu Huo Kingdom. I want to be your shield like before.â
Even if I have to pay a much higher price, I donât care, I will protect her...
âI donât know what youâve been through after we separated, but you need to understand, Iâm no longer the weak and frail girl from back then. If anyone should be protecting anyone, it should be me protecting you as the older sister.â Taking a step forward, Bai Yan grasps onto the young manâs shoulder to reveal a firm look along the face.
âSister, I will protect myself, I wonât.... make you sad.â
For you, I will protect myself and not let you endure that kind of suffering like today.
Bai Yan knew her persuasion likely wouldnât work knowing how stubborn this brother of hers could be. Even so, she couldnât just say nothing and not try after what she witnessed. No matter how much this lad grows, he would always be the same kind and warm person that he was back then, Bai Yanâs opinion of that would never change.