hotmtlnovel Chapter 372 The Kitten Zhu Zhuqing
Chapter 372 The Kitten Zhu Zhuqing
Chapter 372 The Kitten Zhu Zhuqing
"Hand him over to me, I'm taking him away!"
After a cold snort, Zhu Zhuyun pointed at her younger sister Zhu Zhuqing on the thin blanket and spoke to Ye Qifeng in a commanding tone.
The voice remained as cold as ever, devoid of any emotion.
"Give it to you? And then what? Kill her?"
Ye Qifeng remained unmoved by Zhu Zhuyun's request, looking at her with a half-smile:
"You must have caused her injuries, right?"
"None of your business"
Zhu Zhuyun was about to reprimand someone, but stopped halfway through her sentence and changed her words:
"So what if it is?!"
A hint of anger seemed to have crept into his cold voice.
Ignoring her cold indifference, Ye Qifeng continued speaking to her with a gentle smile:
"I have seen your sister's injuries. There are many wounds, and they look serious, but none of them are vital. As long as she receives timely treatment, she will not be in any danger."
"So you were holding back in secret, weren't you?"
"Otherwise, with your strength, killing her quickly wouldn't be difficult at all."
"Am I right, Miss Zhu Zhuyun?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuyun's icy expression froze, and she seemed dumbfounded, unsure of what to say for a moment.
Just as I thought!
Zhu Zhuyun's expression froze for a moment.
Ye Qifeng was certain that the injuries on Zhu Zhuqing's body were indeed inflicted by her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
This also confirmed something else.
That is, Zhu Zhuyun did not actually want Zhu Zhuqing dead.
Ye Qifeng slightly suppressed his smile, looked at Zhu Zhuyun, and said in a serious tone:
"We are born of the same root, why are you so eager to harm each other? You two are sisters, why must you kill each other like this?"
"But you clearly don't want to kill her, yet you pretend to be filled with deep hatred, deliberately pushing her towards a dead end and into a path of hatred. Is that fun?"
Zhu Zhuyun was quite surprised and somewhat dumbfounded when Ye Qifeng saw through her thoughts.
Suddenly realizing he seemed to be lecturing her, she became furious and shouted sharply:
"What do you know?!"
Although she knew there was some truth to what Ye Qifeng said, she had no choice but to do so.
This is the rule of the Zhu family of the Xingluo Grand Duke's Mansion, and it is the destiny of the two sisters: only the winner has the right to live.
If the two sisters, who are candidates for the family heir, do not compete or fight for the position, it means that they are voluntarily giving up their right to be heirs, which means that they are voluntarily giving up their right to live.
If they lose their eligibility as heirs, they will have no place in the Zhu family, and all that awaits them is death or confinement.
The competition among the Zhu family of Xingluo is just that brutal.
Seeing Zhu Zhuyun suddenly become angry and embarrassed, Ye Qifeng wisely refrained from saying anything more.
Some things are best left unsaid; it's better to leave them unsaid.
Without knowing more about the facts, it is indeed inappropriate to express too many opinions and views.
Besides, he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Xingluo Zhu family.
As for the matter between the two sisters, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, let them resolve it themselves; it's none of his business.
So Ye Qifeng wisely kept his mouth shut.
"You wretched brat, how dare you lecture me? Go ahead and say something, why are you shut up? Are you mute?"
Seeing Ye Qifeng suddenly shut up and stop talking, Zhu Zhuyun was furious and gritted her teeth inwardly.
It took her a long while to suppress the surging anger in her heart. She pointed her jade-like finger at Ye Qifeng and said bluntly:
"Hey kid, hand him over to me right now."
"That won't do."
Ye Qifeng shook his head, indicating his refusal. "Whether I go with you or not depends on her waking up. We'll have to ask her opinion first."
"you"
Zhu Zhuyun paused for a moment.
After Ye Qifeng finished speaking, he ignored her and picked up the dry firewood next to him, adding it to the campfire.
Zhu Zhuyun was helpless against Ye Qifeng.
Although I really wanted to rush forward and scratch him to death with my claws, I was also afraid that I would be knocked unconscious by his hand chop like before.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, he could only stand there and stomp his foot in frustration.
There was nothing she could do; she couldn't beat Ye Qifeng.
The situation became awkward.
"Hmm~~~"
Just then, Zhu Zhuqing, who was lying on the thin blanket, suddenly let out a soft moan.
She seemed to be disturbed by the sound of the two talking and was about to wake up.
"Oh no, Zhu Qing is about to wake up."
Upon hearing Zhu Zhuqing's soft moans, Zhu Zhuyun instinctively felt flustered and tense, her emotions becoming somewhat complicated.
"With this kid around, it looks like it'll be difficult to bring Zhuqing back today. Forget it, let's retreat first, lest that girl wakes up and sees me, and another fight breaks out."
In an instant, Zhu Zhuyun had the idea of retreating, and at the same time, she thought to herself:
"Although this kid in front of us is a lecher, he seems alright. If Zhu Qing is willing to go with him, it would be a good choice."
"Anyway, that coward Dai Mubai from the Dai family has already abandoned Zhu Qing and run away. Zhu Qing is doomed to die if she stays in the Zhu family."
"Why not just let her go with this kid, and preferably never come back? That way, I won't have to fight her to the death, and everyone can live a good life."
With thoughts racing through her mind, Zhu Zhuyun quickly devised a way out for her younger sister, Zhu Zhuqing.
They then prepared to retreat.
However, before retreating, she shouted coldly at Ye Qifeng, who was sitting in front of the campfire:
"Kid, if you've got the guts, give me your name."
"Want my name?"
Ye Qifeng looked at her, smiled slightly, and said, "What? You want to get revenge on me?"
"What, you're afraid to say it?"
Zhu Zhuyun raised her beautiful eyebrows slightly, tilted her snow-white chin, and looked at Ye Qifeng provocatively.
"It won't hurt to tell you."
Ye Qifeng smiled slightly. "Then remember this well, my name is Ye Qifeng."
"Night Seven Wind?"
Zhu Zhuyun murmured to herself.
She felt like she'd heard the name somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it.
Seeing Zhu Zhuyun's slightly dazed expression, Ye Qifeng guessed that she should have heard of his name, but didn't seem to have thought of him as the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall.
His identity information has been well protected by the Spirit Hall until recently, when it gradually began to be revealed to the outside world.
Some major powers on the Douluo Continent have already obtained some information about him.
After briefly stating his name, Ye Qifeng didn't say anything more.
Zhu Zhuyun pondered for a while, then stopped thinking about it.
"Night Seven Wind, is it? Very well, I'll remember you. Just you wait, next time, I'll make you pay!"
After coldly uttering a few harsh words, Zhu Zhuyun immediately turned around and prepared to retreat.
Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught sight of the black coat that had been overturned and fallen to the ground when she quickly got up after waking up earlier.
After thinking for a moment, she twisted her waist, quickly turned around, flashed to the edge of the thin blanket, picked up her coat from the ground, and then jumped back, retreating swiftly in the direction she had come from.
"Hey, you're just leaving, what's with taking my coat? Leave it here!"
Seeing the coat on the ground disappear, Ye Qifeng's expression froze for a moment, and he hurriedly called out to Zhu Zhuyun's rapidly departing figure.
"Hmph, I'll collect some interest first, this coat is mine now."
In the cool night air, Zhu Zhuyun's cold snort drifted from afar.
You want to take back what I've touched?
Don't even think about it.
This coat covered my body and carried my scent. If I left it to you, who knows what you would do with it?
You lecherous scoundrel.
In the deep, dark forest, Zhu Zhuyun's cold voice drifted, seemingly carrying some of her resentment, as she walked further and further away with her graceful and fiery figure.
Zhu Zhuyun left with her coat.
The unsuspecting Ye Qifeng was left sitting in front of the campfire, bewildered and dumbfounded.
After a while.
Zhu Zhuqing, who was in a coma, woke up.
She yanked off the coat covering her, quickly stood up, and leaped backward, somersaulting more than a meter away.
Upon landing, it had already summoned its martial soul, the Netherworld Cat, and completed the martial soul possession. It took a lunge stance, bent over, and posed with its hands in a claw-like shape, adopting an offensive and defensive posture.
His movements were fluid and natural, as if ingrained in his very being, and incredibly skillful, almost identical to Zhu Zhuyun's previous performance.
The difference is that she is facing not the direction of Ye Qifeng, but the direction where Zhu Zhuyun stood not long ago.
"Hmm? Where's my sister?"
Zhu Zhuqing's cool and aloof face was filled with vigilance.
His originally black eyes have changed color; his left eye is dark green, and his right eye is clear blue.
With a fierce killing intent in his eyes, he scanned his surroundings with the keen and swift movements of a cat, searching for his sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
In the hazy state of just waking up, she thought she heard her sister's voice.
But when he woke up, he didn't see his sister, which made him feel confused and puzzled.
"You're awake."
Just as Zhu Zhuqing was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a warm, gentle, and magnetic male voice entered her ears.
Zhu Zhuqing felt a chill and quickly turned around.
Soon they saw a handsome young man sitting by the campfire.
It was the night of the seventh wind.
"Who are you?"
Zhu Zhuqing asked in a cold voice.
"you guess."
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's aloof expression, Ye Qifeng didn't answer her question. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his lips as he couldn't resist teasing her.
Not getting the answer she wanted, Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful, delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. Her vigilance did not diminish in the slightest, and she did not retract her offensive or defensive stance.
However, the murderous intent in her eyes gradually subsided.
As a speed-attack type Soul Master, and frequently facing assassination attempts and challenges from her older sister Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing has long since developed a keen sense of her five senses, and even her sixth sense is far more acute and powerful than that of ordinary Soul Masters.
She was extremely sensitive to hostility and murderous intent.
She didn't sense any hostility or murderous intent from Ye Qifeng. Instead, she felt a kindness she hadn't felt in a long time, and it even seemed to be mixed with a trace of pity.
This made Zhu Zhuqing's expression soften slightly, and her impression of Ye Qifeng improved a little.
"Huh? My injury is healed?"
Lowering her guard slightly, Zhu Zhuqing finally had time to examine herself. To her surprise, she discovered that all her injuries had completely healed.
"Did you save me?"
After a moment of shock, she came to her senses.
What do you think?
Ye Qifeng smiled slightly and asked a question in return.
"Is there something wrong with this person? Why do they always give irrelevant answers?"
Zhu Zhuqing fell silent upon hearing this, unable to suppress her inner grumbling.
However, after a moment of silence, out of politeness, she still gently thanked Ye Qifeng:
"Thanks."
"You're welcome, it was nothing."
Ye Qifeng waved his hand. Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing still looked wary, he slightly suppressed his smile, became serious, and said softly:
"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm."
Receiving an affirmative answer, Zhu Zhuqing felt grateful, and her gaze towards Ye Qifeng finally softened, no longer so cold.
"By the way, your sister has left, so you can relax a bit."
At this moment, Ye Qifeng added another sentence.
"My sister came by?"
Zhu Zhuqing immediately tensed up again.
"I've been here before."
Ye Qifeng nodded slightly, then changed the subject:
"But she's already gone."
"Do you know my sister?"
Zhu Zhuqing, whose gaze had been fixed on Ye Qifeng, suddenly narrowed her eyes, her clear, cold voice carrying a hint of surprise.
"We didn't know each other before, but we just met."
Ye Qifeng answered her calmly, speaking the truth, and then added:
"Your sister wanted to take you with her, but I didn't agree. I told her to ask you after you woke up, but she didn't seem willing to wait and left first."
"You won't blame me, will you?"
After saying that, Ye Qifeng raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhuqing with gentle eyes.
"Won't."
Zhu Zhuqing gently shook her head, her expression remaining aloof, but inwardly she was secretly grateful to Ye Qifeng:
"Not only will I not blame you, but I will also thank you. Thank you for not handing me over to my sister, otherwise I would have been doomed."
"So, this handsome older brother in front of me has saved me twice."
"Logically speaking, one should repay a life-saving debt tenfold, but I am currently being hunted down by my sister, and it is uncertain whether I will survive. I am afraid I will be unable to repay this kindness."
"I wonder how this older brother managed to drive my sister away. Maybe he's even stronger than her."
"But my sister will definitely not let me go. She even brought a lot of powerful subordinates to kill me. She might come back again soon."
"Let's leave here first, lest we harm this older brother."
As her thoughts raced, Zhu Zhuqing made up her mind.
She then lowered her guard, dispelled her martial spirit possession, and bowed respectfully to Ye Qifeng.
"Thank you so much for saving my life. I have no way to repay you, so I can only keep it in my heart for now."
After saying that, she turned and left without any hesitation.
"Are you leaving?"
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing turn to walk into the dark forest, Ye Qifeng frowned and immediately asked.
"Um."
Zhu Zhuqing paused, but did not turn around. She simply bit her lip and responded with a soft "hmm".
"I think it would be better if you stayed for now."
Ye Qifeng advised in a gentle yet serious tone, "This is the Star Dou Great Forest, teeming with soul beasts. With your current cultivation level, you simply cannot survive alone in the forest."
"Even though this place isn't far from the edge of the forest, it's still not something a Soul Master who has just entered the Great Soul Master realm can cross."
"Moreover, the Starry Sky Forest at night is even more dangerous. You might not get very far before you are devoured by a soul beast and lose your life in vain."
"So you'd better not wander off."
Thank you [Kefei] for the 100 Qidian Coins!
(End of this chapter)