Volume 3, Chapter 38 – Mengxi’s Warning

“Please, I don’t like that damn stallion emperor at all. You absolutely must not misunderstand.”

After pulling Miss Yumo onto the balcony, Mengxi immediately met those beautiful, bewildered azure eyes and spoke up without hesitation to emphasize her point. Having long since understood Sister Yumo’s inner thoughts, Mengxi could roughly guess what the other was thinking after seeing Yumo’s furrowed brows, her peculiar gaze, her somewhat stiff body, and feeling the increasing strength in her small hand.

Therefore, the Chosen Maiden immediately revealed a speechless expression as she thought, ‘Sister Yumo, no… she doesn’t actually think… I pulled her out because I was jealous of Xue Tian’ao, does she?’

‘Damn it. Being jealous over that bastard is impossible in this lifetime! Sister Yumo, your head really is something! In some aspects, you really are too clever for your own good…’

‘Sigh. Forget it, if Sister Yumo weren’t like this, she wouldn’t have been fooled by me to such an extent.’

With a helpless sigh in her heart, Mengxi immediately began to emphasize to Yumo that she absolutely had no interest in Xue Tian’ao. No matter what, she didn’t want Sister Yumo to think she liked him, nor did she want her sister to misunderstand, so she hurriedly clarified the situation.

Upon hearing Mengxi’s declaration, Miss Yumo naturally froze in place, blinking her beautiful azure eyes in utter confusion until a moment later, she raised her hand to her mouth in great surprise.

“What you just said…”

“Hmm?”

Seeing a trace of unease and suspicion remaining in Yumo’s eyes, Mengxi sighed once more in exasperation. She then adopted a very serious and solemn expression as she looked earnestly at the black-haired girl before her.

“Fine, let me emphasize it again. I have absolutely no interest in that narcissist, pretender, pervert, stallion man Xue Tian’ao! Not only am I uninterested, I actually hate him!”

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“Hate… him?”

“Yes! I hate him! I hate him! I absolutely loathe him!!”

Mengxi emphasized sharply, but after this triple declaration, the unease and suspicion in Yumo’s eyes seemed to be successfully quelled by Mengxi’s words as the black-haired girl gradually regained her composure and stood there lost in thought. After this outburst, Mengxi also calmed down slightly.

She raised her hand to firmly press against her temple, a slight sense of confusion blooming in her heart. The other party had only misunderstood a little… why was she so desperate to clarify? Was it because she hated being thought of as having a thing with Xue Tian’ao? Or was it…

‘Sigh… Anyway.’

Suppressing the anxious look on her face, Mengxi restored her usual lovely and beautiful smile.

“So, stop thinking about unrealistic things. I didn’t pull you out because of some jealousy issue.”

‘Even if it were jealousy, it wouldn’t be over that beast Xue Tian’ao,’ Mengxi couldn’t help but add in her mind.

However, it wasn’t just about jealousy. Safety was also an issue, an even more serious one. Thinking of this, a trace of complex emotion unconsciously drifted into Mengxi’s gaze as she looked at Yumo.

Several dozen minutes ago, when Yumo entered the venue as the eldest miss of the Blackrose Family, Mengxi’s attention had hardly ever strayed from her. Mengxi had been constantly thinking about how to approach and communicate with Miss Yumo in her new identity.

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However, just as Mengxi was contemplating this, a very serious event suddenly occurred. That was when the stallion man, Xue Tian’ao, walked up to Sister Yumo. Mengxi had seen through the intense interest and greed in Xue Tian’ao’s wretched eyes almost at a glance.

‘That bastard wants to make a move on Sister Yumo!’

At that time, after reaching this conclusion in her heart, Mengxi had clenched her fists tightly, and the thought of rushing out to block him even crossed her mind. One had to know how pure and kind Sister Yumo was; if such a cute, rabbit-like existence encountered an old hand in the field of love like Xue Tian’ao, wouldn’t she be devoured whole?

The mere thought of her Sister Yumo potentially being wooed away by Xue Tian’ao, and the image of her leaning into his embrace, made Mengxi’s blood pressure soar. In a sense, to keep her heart from exploding, Mengxi had to find a way to separate Sister Yumo from Xue Tian’ao.

However, before she could think of a suitable method, Mengxi was shocked to discover a flash of killing intent appearing in Sister Yumo’s azure eyes. Although this killing intent was hidden deeply, it wasn’t hard to detect for Mengxi, who had been stuck to Yumo every day recently.

?!!

In that instant, Mengxi lost her cool. Although she wasn’t sure why Sister Yumo suddenly showed such a dangerous expression, the current situation was definitely bad! Mengxi wouldn’t care if Yumo showed killing intent toward Xue Tian’ao or even killed him—she might even cheer.

But right now, Sister Yumo clearly couldn’t do that. This wasn’t the Deepwinter Forest!

Leaving aside that Xue Tian’ao was currently powerful with many hidden trump cards, it was uncertain if Sister Yumo could kill him if she moved. Once she acted, her disguise would inevitably be torn away. At that time, she would have to face not just Xue Tian’ao, but many terrifyingly powerful experts within the imperial city.

The Great General of the Snownight Empire, the Sages of the Holy Tower, and even Sister Bai on her own side… Sister Yumo was strong, yes, but facing so many experts while fighting on someone else’s home turf would still likely lead to a grim fate.

Mengxi didn’t want anything to happen to her Sister Yumo.

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So, in her desperation, the moment Yumo clenched her fists, Mengxi stood out amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd and rushed forward without a word to pull Sister Yumo away. At that moment, Mengxi couldn’t care less about what the onlookers thought. At most, she could only cast apologetic glances at Sister Bai behind her and the Archbishop not far away.

Regardless, her actions seemed to have defused the crisis. Seeing that Sister Yumo’s eyes no longer held killing intent or impulsiveness, Mengxi couldn’t help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Just then, Miss Yumo’s faint voice slowly reached her ears.

“Um, Miss Mengxi, your hand?”

“Hmm?”

Hearing this, Mengxi looked down at their small hands tightly clasped together. After a moment of dazing, Mengxi revealed a slightly lonely smile.

That’s right. Currently, she and Miss Yu didn’t know each other. Holding the hand of someone she was meeting for the first time like this was indeed an impolite act.

‘Sigh… Really, Sister Yumo? Is she going to pretend we don’t know each other? Pretending it’s our first meeting?’

Looking at the black-haired girl before her who looked confused and filled with deep ‘wariness’, Mengxi sighed helplessly in her heart.

‘Fine, since Sister Yumo wants to pretend, I’ll cooperate. Who told me to be so understanding?’

Thinking of this, Mengxi feigned an expression of sudden realization as deep apology appeared in her pale purple eyes.

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“I… I’m sorry, I was impolite. Please forgive me, Miss Yum- Yu.”

As she spoke, Mengxi reluctantly let go of the small hand and clenched her own fist, feeling the lingering warmth in her palm. A slight curve couldn’t help but appear on Mengxi’s lips.

After being released by Mengxi, Yumo looked at the silver-haired girl with some confusion.

“It’s alright, Miss Mengxi. But what is wrong with you? Why did you suddenly grab my hand and bring me here? Won’t your actions be too disrespectful to the Snownight Empire…”

“Ah, that. Those are all trivial matters.” Mengxi waved her hand dismissively. “Besides, pulling you out was for your own good.”

“Eh? For… for my own good?”

“Yes.”

After taking a deep breath, Mengxi nodded very seriously. Then, the silver-haired girl adopted a very solemn expression and raised both hands, placing them formally on Yumo’s exposed shoulders.

“Yes, it’s for your own good. That emperor is not a good person! For your own safety, you must never, never, never get close to that fellow Xue Tian’ao!”

Yumo: “Huh??”