After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

The horse's legs moved very fast, lifting Xie Mingzhu's dress and Luo Hanfeng, who was being protected in Xie Mingzhu's arms.

And Xie Tongchen...

Xie Tongchen stood there, watching as his beloved, his younger sister whom he had doted on since childhood, rode away on his horse with another man.

She ran away with other men...

The other men ran away...

Ran……

Up...

As if by perfect timing, a cold wind blew by, lifting Xie Tongchen's bangs. The empty street, the receding figure of Xie Mingzhu and his horse, finally disappeared without a trace, leaving only the empty street.

Xie Tongchen: "..."

silence.

It was a deathly silence.

"Oh ho!" After a long silence, Chao Le finally spoke up. He glanced towards the street, then looked in Xie Tongchen's direction. After a while, he blinked.

"It seems like she ran off on her own without you even having to say anything."

"But it doesn't matter, after all, the two of them combined are not as valuable as you alone."

Chao Le can finally put on an act now.

He straightened his body, which had been bent over for so long, and slowly straightened his sleeves. Then he saw his dirty robe with several footprints on it, and with a disgusted look, he took off his outer robe and threw it away.

He gritted his teeth and muttered under his breath, "I will remember this grudge."

Then he raised his head. Although his face was bruised and swollen from being beaten by Luo Hanfeng, it did not affect his handsome appearance at all. He smiled at Xie Tongchen and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Should we fight, or surrender obediently?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the swords of hundreds of elite soldiers behind him were all pointed at Xie Tongchen.

At this moment, they can neither run away nor fight back.

They couldn't hold out until the Chu army had cleared the area at the entrance before coming over.

It seems that Xie Tongchen is left with only one path: death.

Xie Tongchen: "..."

The dignity of a general would not allow him to surrender so easily. Xie Tongchen gripped his sword tightly, looked at Chao Le with unwavering eyes, and said coldly, "Come on."

Chao Le sighed: "If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences."

He waved.

The elite soldiers behind him rushed towards Xie Tongchen in unison.

……

After a while.

Half of the elite soldiers' corpses lay on the street, while Xie Tongchen was covered in blood, his sword broken, and his face stained with blood that was hard to tell whether it was from his own or his enemies.

He was already exhausted, and he was kneeling on the ground, supported only by a broken sword.

At this moment, Xie Tongchen was no longer a threat whatsoever.

With half of his elite troops lost at Xie Tongchen's hands, even in a seemingly insurmountable situation, Chao Le couldn't manage a smile.

With a cold face, he walked towards Xie Tongchen and kicked Xie Tongchen in the face.

This kick sent Xie Tongchen sprawling to the side, spitting out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

"Xie Tongchen, I must acknowledge your strength." Chao Le walked over, looking down at Xie Tongchen, and said coldly:

"Of course, what I acknowledge is the last time we fought."

"I just can't understand why you've acted like a fool this time, making my previous defeat at your hands seem incredibly shameful."

"How dare you come all alone to chase after a deserter?"

"Xie Tongchen, what are you thinking about?"

"You won the last battle, but what happened after you went back that turned you into a complete idiot?"

Xie Tongchen fell heavily to the ground, his eyes glazed over.

He felt a buzzing in his head and couldn't hear Chao Le's voice at all.

All I could think of were the voices of the Xie family members—

"Xie Mingzhu is not the same Xie Mingzhu as before; she has changed."

"You're such a stupid pig!"

"Even now, you still don't believe Xie Mingzhu would kill the Xie family? The whole family is in jail and you still don't believe it. What will it take for you to believe that Xie Mingzhu is determined to destroy the Xie family? Does she really have to kill them?"

"Xie Tongchen! Use your brain and think about it carefully, Xie Mingzhu is an ingrate!"

"Our Xie family can say we owe Xie Xing something, but what have we done to wrong Xie Mingzhu?"

"You'd kill your own sister, but cherish your adopted sister like a precious gem."

"Who's as stupid as you?!"

"When are you finally going to wake up?!"

……

"Hey." A tearing pain shot through my scalp instantly.

Xie Tongchen snapped out of his daze.

Chao Le grabbed his hair, forcibly pulled him up, and frowned as she stared at him, saying, "I'm talking to you, aren't I?"

"You're not thinking about Xie Mingzhu, are you?"

"Haha, that's hilarious. I heard Xie Mingzhu is the wrong daughter your Xie family gave you? Not your biological daughter, yet you dote on her like a precious gem?"

"You didn't expect this, did you? With your brother right here, she abandoned you without a second thought to save another man."

Xie Tongchen looked at Chao Le, whose gloating face was right in front of him.

Xie Tongchen never expected that even the royal family of the Southern Kingdom would see their Xie family make a fool of themselves.

It seems everyone knows that the Xie family dotes on their adopted daughter, while neglecting their biological daughter.

Do not…

wrong.

Xie Tongchen denied it in his heart.

There was no ignoring the situation.

Didn't they bring the person back and make sure they were well-fed and cared for?

How can you just ignore everything?

Compared to other common women, she had everything that many women could only envy.

How could they just ignore everything?

"Are you stupid?" Chao Le tilted her head and glanced at Xie Tongchen.

He said ten sentences, but this person didn't say a single word.

Could it be that he was stimulated?

Chao Le suddenly felt it was meaningless.

He released Xie Tongchen's head, stood up, and said coldly, "Just in case, kill him to avoid any unforeseen complications."

As soon as he finished speaking, the elite soldiers next to Xie Tongchen raised their swords high, aiming them at Xie Tongchen's neck.

Xie Tongchen looked up, his eyes wide open.

Even in death, he will not rest in peace!

Whether it was the blood blurring his vision or his consciousness becoming confused, after blocking out all sounds around him, he suddenly heard a beast's roar.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, many wild beasts appeared in their field of vision.

At the very front was a tiger, which was running the fastest and was carrying a young girl on its back.

In the blink of an eye, Xie Tongchen felt as if a gust of wind had blown past him, and then his collar was grabbed by the beast's teeth.

"Holy crap!" A sweet voice came from above.

"That was close! That was close! I almost missed it!"

"Moon! Run! Run!"

Xie Xing gripped the fur on the moon's back tightly, turned his head, and met Chao Le's eyes, which were filled with extreme anger.

Chao Le: "Thank you, Xing!"

He gritted his teeth and pronounced Xie Xing's name slowly and deliberately.

Xie Xing chuckled and raised his hand to greet Chao Le:

"Oh my, isn't this His Highness?"

"Long time no see, wow...why does your face have a bit more color now?"