Volume 3, Chapter 237 – The Fox Clan’s Methods Are Just Like This

As Bu Lianshuang’s feigned cries for help gradually faded into the distance.

Lu Zhuxin lay on the ground, unable to help twitching the corners of her mouth.

“Hiss…”

“That hurts…”

“I miscalculated…”

Lu Zhuxin realized she had overlooked something very serious.

How could a Fifth Realm wolf demon possibly knock out an Eighth Realm fox demon?

Lu Zhuxin wasn’t in heat right now, and her vast Eighth Realm demonic power was contained within her body, protecting her internal organs and vital centers.

When she fell, her body would only sustain superficial wounds because she had forcibly withdrawn her demonic power back into her body.

Without the protection of demonic power, this demon body of Lu Zhuxin’s would become incomparably delicate.

But it still wasn’t something Fifth Realm Bu Lianshuang could knock out.

“Forget it… might as well treat it as taking a little nap.”

Lu Zhuxin lay on the ground and slowly closed her eyes.

…

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Chi Xiyan and Wei Qingyu, who were arguing with the white-robed sword cultivator, soon received the news.

“What did you say? The person has already been found? And right by the West City Gate?” Wei Qingyu furrowed her brows. She felt the development of this matter seemed somewhat strange.

“Yes, my lord!” the constable reporting the intelligence said. “The garrison troops at the West City Gate discovered an injured woman in a small alley near the gate.”

“When verifying her identity, they found she closely resembled the missing Miss Yu Lizhi, so they reported the situation to the Demon Suppression Bureau.”

“After verification, it was confirmed to be Miss Yu Lizhi who was abducted by the wolf demon!”

“The wound on her neck has seriously worsened, and she’s already been sent to the nearest medical clinic for treatment.”

After listening to the report, Wei Qingyu’s brows furrowed even tighter.

The wolf demon voluntarily released the person?

Was it because they felt they were already safe?

But this didn’t make sense.

As long as that mark still existed on the wolf demon’s body, when they approached the city gate, it would definitely trigger the city protection formation array.

They shouldn’t be able to escape from the commandery city.

What was going on here?

Although the rescue of the hostage was good news, and Wei Qingyu also had a good impression of the girl called Yu Lizhi,

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This matter was simply too strange, completely beyond Wei Qingyu’s expectations.

“Xiyan,” Wei Qingyu looked toward Chi Xiyan.

“Inspector Wei,” Chi Xiyan’s brows carried a trace of urgency. “Right now I want to go see my sister first. I’ll thank you another day for today’s matter.”

“You may go,” Wei Qingyu said.

Wei Qingyu understood the feelings of family members. Now wasn’t the time to say those inappropriate things.

Chi Xiyan quickly left. The expression on white-robed swordsman Tai Mingzhi’s face wasn’t looking so pleasant.

“Inspector Wei,” Tai Mingzhi said. “The Empress granted authority to the Demon Suppression Bureau not so that the Bureau could abuse its power and act tyrannically.”

“Or is it that this is simply how the Demon Suppression Bureau operates? Relying on Her Majesty the Empress’s imperial decree, investigating whoever you want, controlling whoever you want?”

“Anyone you find displeasing, you can pin with the crime of treason and dispose of at your will?”

Wei Qingyu said, “Sir misunderstands. Wei Qingyu has always handled affairs impartially, never with selfish motives.”

“Today’s matter was also Wei Qingyu’s own decision.”

“Any accusations from you, sir, Qingyu can accept.”

“Ha! Accusations?” Tai Mingzhi let out a cold laugh and said, “Inspector Wei speaks in such an amusing manner.”

“With one light, flippant phrase, you want to gloss over everything?”

“In Inspector Wei’s view, are all the various instruments and materials in this house, all the items you damaged, only worth one light, flippant phrase from Inspector Wei?”

The Demon Suppression Bureau’s search of the residence had been extremely thorough. They hadn’t spared any place that might hide secret doors or mechanisms.

Such careful and strict searching naturally couldn’t avoid causing certain damage to the residence.

For Tai Mingzhi to be so angry was naturally understandable.

Wei Qingyu then said, “Any losses caused by the search within this residence will naturally be compensated by the Demon Suppression Bureau.”

“This is also a small token of apology from the Demon Suppression Bureau to you, sir.”

Upon hearing this, Tai Mingzhi’s expression improved slightly.

“Hmph!” He flicked his sleeve and walked toward the interior of the house. “This matter isn’t over. When my master returns, I will definitely report to him and have him petition the Empress.”

“I wonder if Her Majesty the Empress knows about the Demon Suppression Bureau’s tyrannical methods?”

Wei Qingyu watched Tai Mingzhi’s retreating figure and smiled helplessly.

Another troublesome matter added to the pile. What bad luck this year.

She’d discovered that ever since coming to Beihe Commandery, nothing had gone smoothly for her.

Troublesome matters came one after another.

Was this place fundamentally incompatible with her?

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Escape techniques couldn’t be used within the commandery city.

Chi Xiyan could only walk quickly through the main street.

She felt something wasn’t right with herself.

An indescribable emotion kept circling in her heart.

Restless anxiety.

This wasn’t an emotion she should have.

Chi Xiyan clenched her fist, forcibly suppressing this feeling.

Right now, she only wanted to see Yu Lizhi safe.

She didn’t want to think about all those messy things.

Fortunately, the West City Gate wasn’t too far away.

Chi Xiyan didn’t spend much time before reaching the medical clinic where Yu Lizhi was.

Outside the medical clinic stood several constables from the Demon Suppression Bureau.

When they saw Chi Xiyan, they cupped their hands toward her.

“Miss Xiyan, you’ve arrived.”

Chi Xiyan nodded at them. Right now, she wasn’t in the mood for pleasantries.

She quickly walked into the medical clinic.

As soon as she entered, she saw an elderly physician earnestly and patiently trying to persuade Yu Lizhi.

“Miss… the wound on your neck is very serious.”

“Although the bleeding has stopped, if it’s not treated promptly, it could easily cause inflammation…”

Yu Lizhi, wearing a gray cloth robe, was currently shrinking by the window, shaking her head with a face full of resistance.

“No… I’m fine…”

Her lips were pale, her eyes dim, looking at everything around her with vigilance.

“There’s no need… Sister Xiyan will come… Sister Xiyan will help treat my wound!”

The old physician looked helpless. He was about to speak in persuasion.

Chi Xiyan stepped forward and said, “Doctor, it’s alright. Let me handle it from here.”

The old physician turned to look at Chi Xiyan. “This young lady, are you also a physician?”

“I wouldn’t call myself a physician, but I understand medical arts somewhat,” Chi Xiyan said.

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Lu Zhuxin raised her head, looking at Chi Xiyan before her.

“Sister Xiyan.” The ragged, pale-faced young woman’s eyes gradually filled with moisture.

She stood up, stepped past that old physician, and threw herself into Chi Xiyan’s embrace.

“Sister… Zhizhi thought… she would never see you again!”

“ Wu wu… “

“I was so scared…”

“I was really so scared!”

Lu Zhuxin tightly hugged Chi Xiyan, burying her face in her embrace and sobbing quietly.

Chi Xiyan was stunned by this young woman’s sudden action.

No one had ever dared to boldly throw themselves into her embrace like this.

Chi Xiyan almost instinctively pushed the young woman in her arms away.

But when that familiar fragrance entered her nose, she stopped her action.

Chi Xiyan, this is your sister. Why would you want to push her away?

Taking care of your sister, doting on your sister—that’s a big sister’s responsibility, isn’t it?

Chi Xiyan pressed her lips slightly. She reached out and embraced the young woman’s shoulders.

The young woman’s body was slender and fragile.

When Chi Xiyan drew this delicate, fragile girl into her embrace, she discovered that her heart actually felt a sense of calm.

The previous restlessness and tension seemed to be released in this moment.

Holding the young woman in her arms, she could clearly feel the warmth and softness of her body.

This feeling was very unfamiliar to Chi Xiyan, but she didn’t dislike it.

Chi Xiyan gently patted the young woman’s shoulder in her embrace, softly comforting her. “It’s alright now, it’s alright.”

“Zhizhi, you’re already safe.”

“Everything has already passed. It’s good that you’re back.”

“This was just a nightmare. Once you wake up, everything will be fine.”

“Mm mm…” Lu Zhuxin buried her head in Chi Xiyan’s chest, whimpering incoherently. “Sister…”

She gently nuzzled Chi Xiyan’s soft chest with her cheek.

The Heaven-Mandated Female Lead’s breasts really were both fragrant and soft.

Until the Pure Yang mark on her neck suddenly surged with a wave of coldness, completely dispersing this trace of wicked thoughts.

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“Tsk…”

No feeling again. Lu Zhuxin smacked her lips in displeasure.

Chi Xiyan didn’t notice anything abnormal. She continued to gently hold the young woman in her embrace.

Like a kind and affectionate big sister, carefully comforting her, allowing this young woman who had narrowly escaped disaster to intimately nestle against her chest and act spoiled.

“Good girl, everything’s fine now.”

Chi Xiyan rubbed the young woman’s disheveled hair, but thought to herself, ‘Is this how older sisters from ordinary families comfort their younger sisters?’

Chi Xiyan had never had any close sisterly relationships, so she didn’t really understand how sisters should interact with each other.

However, seeing Yu Lizhi’s pitiful appearance, Chi Xiyan couldn’t help but soften her heart again.

“Forget it… she just escaped from the wolf demon’s grasp and was frightened.”

“Today I’ll let her be willful once.”

“Tomorrow I’ll remind her that sisters from prestigious families should also pay attention to propriety and distance.”

Thinking this way, the expression on Chi Xiyan’s face became much gentler.

However, Chi Xiyan didn’t notice that on the building directly facing the medical clinic’s window, someone was standing there.

Bu Lianshuang wore a cloak, using secret techniques to hide herself in the shadows of the structure, silently watching the people in the medical clinic across the way.

Through the medical clinic’s window, she took in all the interactions between Lu Zhuxin and Chi Xiyan.

The fists beneath her cloak unconsciously clenched tight.

“So those fox clan ladies… infiltrate human prestigious families using these methods?”

“This kind of practice is really…”

Bu Lianshuang lightly bit her silver teeth.

“Distasteful.”

There was a reason the wolf clan disliked the fox clan.

Some of the fox clan’s methods and conduct were very difficult for wolf clan people to like.

Bu Lianshuang watched the fox lady being held in that human woman’s embrace.

She saw that human woman’s face reveal a gentle, shallow smile.

Bu Lianshuang felt rage burning in her heart.

Even more furious than when the Demon Suppression Bureau had tricked them into that trap.

“Your Highness, there’s no need to keep watching. The fox clan’s methods have always been like this,” a wolf clan elder appeared at her side. “We should go.”