"What are you doing?" Xie Yuhua was caught off guard and pushed hard, losing his balance. He used his hands to brace himself on the ground to regain his footing. His brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but more so, anxiety and worry.

He knew Cheng Yu would never lose control of his emotions like this. The fact that he was now filled with hostility and resentment towards him meant something must have happened to Ling Xiao to make Cheng Yu so agitated.

He tried to calm Cheng Yu's anger, but also wanted to check on Ling Xiao's condition, so he could only ask softly, "What happened? What's wrong with the child?"

However, Cheng Yu completely ignored Xie Yuhua's question. He gritted his teeth and said in a somewhat venomous tone, "What am I doing? I'm helping you! Didn't you want to stay there, Master Hua? I'll help you go back!"

Completely disregarding the gentleman's safety, she was only thinking about whether the gentleman had truly misjudged her in the illusion. Was such a person worthy of the gentleman's trust?

Cheng Yu glanced at Ling Xiao again. This might be a good opportunity. If he made a move against Xie Yuhua, he didn't believe that the master would remain unmoved. As long as he was sure that the master was alright, he was willing to accept any punishment.

Thinking of this, he took out a dagger from his pocket and slashed at Xie Yuhua. Xie Yuhua was already on guard after being pushed back. She dodged Cheng Yu's stab with a quick movement and struck Cheng Yu's wrist with her palm, knocking the dagger away.

The dagger fell to the ground. Cheng Yu paused for a moment, then turned to look at Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao still didn't react, his eyes vacant and seemingly looking nowhere.

Cheng Yu thought that perhaps the timing wasn't right, so he turned around and started fighting with Xie Yuhua again.

Unfortunately, he overestimated himself. Despite his rigorous training, he proved no match for Xie Yuhua. After just a few rounds, he was knocked to the ground.

He lay on the cold, hard ground, feeling excruciating pain and helplessness throughout his body. He looked in Ling Xiao's direction one last time, and this time Ling Xiao finally looked at him.

Contrary to his expectations, Ling Xiao's eyes were filled with fear, and his body was slowly moving backward, as if he wanted to hide in some corner.

The master would never show such an expression. Cheng Yu hurriedly got up and tried to comfort Ling Xiao in a flustered manner. However, Ling Xiao was like a frightened bird, trembling and tears fell instantly. He carefully wiped away the tears, but only more tears flowed.

"Little one," Xie Yuhua said softly, then slowly knelt down and reached out her fingers to try and wipe away the tears on Ling Xiao's cheeks. However, just as Xie Yuhua's fingertips were about to touch Ling Xiao's face, Ling Xiao suddenly cried out!

His hands were flailing wildly in the air, as if trying to build an insurmountable barrier between himself and the two of them, preventing them from getting close.

This scene evokes images of brothel madams in ancient times forcing respectable women into prostitution; it also resembles the appalling sight of human traffickers abducting innocent children, with the children struggling desperately.

Anyway, this was the general situation that Hei Xiazi saw when he came out.

"Hey! What's going on here? This is outrageous! There's a child involved! Watch your manners! Three people... this is not a good look." Black Bear's voice broke the farce.

“Blind man, you’re a medical student, please help me examine the child. He looks... not quite like a fake one.” Xie Yuhua recounted what had just happened to Hei Xiazi.

"I only saw Mr. Cheng's shoes. When I came out, he was lying on the ground. There was blood all around. I don't know if he was injured or what he saw. In short, he was acting strangely when he woke up," Cheng Yu sighed.

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