Break This Engagment

51st Break: Order

"Shut up!" the female practitioner hissed as she murderously glared at them.

Her wrists and ankles are already bleeding from her resistance and her fingers on both her hands and feet are already bent in strange angles as she violently moved. But, there is no pain that can be seen on her face. Instead, her face is livid in anger as she looked at them with her eyes filled with hate.

"SHUT UP!" the female practitioner snapped. "Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UPPP!!!" she shouted.

But, how can Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi shut up now that they have found something?

"An irrevocable order... this is a heavy matter." Qiu Shisi spoke. His face looked serious but his eyes are twinkling with mischief. Obviously, she wants to provoke the female practitioner more while discussing over her mission with Qiu Yi and Meng Xing with her hearing it.

Qiu Yi nodded in agreement. "Yes. This is rare... I only heard of irrevocable orders from..." he spoke when he suddenly stopped. He looked at Meng Xing.

Qiu Shisi also froze and looked at Meng Xing. Irrevocable orders can also come from the palace. But, this woman is a practitioner from jianghu. It is not that someone from the palace can't hire someone from jianghu. But, it is just that they would rarely use someone from jianghu since the jianghu and the palace have a delicate relationship. If someone would really use a practitioner, they would do it so secretly.

But, the palace is under the eyes of the emperor and the empress dowager. Even if the emperor and the empress dowager could close one eye to someone using a practitioner from jianghu, that person should still explain himself to the emperor for what would they use the practitioner. They could come up so many alibis, but they can't escape the emperor's eyes. Thus, no one would dare to do it, much less even play tricks. Not to mention, the palace is peaceful. Or else, Meng Xing should have heard something from Lin Hao.

However, to plot against Meng Xing? Qiu Yi and Qiu Shi worriedly looked at Meng Xing who is silent. The emperor would never let it! Their boss has a good relationship with the emperor, and even the empress dowager. Also, Lin Hao would have already told them if there was someone from the palace who wants to kill Meng Xing. Actually, the people of the palace all have a good relationship with the Huichen. For not only they would offend the emperor, they also won't be getting help from Huichen in case they have fallen into trouble.

So, who would dare want Meng Xing's life?

Meng Xing naturally think so, too. So, he calmly spoke. "Which sect are you from?" He looked at the female practitioner who is still hissing, about to lose her mind.

The female practitioner's laughter abruptly stopped. She stared at Meng Xing with an extremely cold gaze, cold enough to make Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi shiver.

But, Meng Xing who has already seen many kinds of cases, as well as many kinds of people in his past life, is still calm. "Is it Yinyue Sect?" he asked as he stared back at the female practitioner. But, seeing no reaction from her, he continued to name more sects. "Wuyu Sect?" he asked and spoke the names of more sects that he can remember.

The female practitioner still didn't answer and just continued to stare at Meng Xing.

Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi frowned. "Has she gone stupid?" Qiu Shisi asked as they watched the female practitioner who suddenly fell silent, which is very weird since just a minute ago she was very noisy.

Meng Xing didn't answer and stared back at the female practitioner. "Since you won't say, we will know it ourselves." He said. After all, Huichen is the best when it comes to gathering information.

It is just that, this time, this is a matter of jianghu. So, they needed to contact Jiang Xu again.

At this time, though, the female practitioner finally spoke. "Where is Meng Ruyan?" she asked.

Meng Xing didn't answer, neither Qiu Yi nor Qiu Shisi did.

"Let me see him." the female practitioner said. "I will then tell you not only why I wanted to kill him, not only who gave me the order – " she spoke and then looked at Meng Xing in the eyes. " – I will also tell you what was it the entire jianghu is looking for, for them to enter the capital." She said.

Qiu Yi's brows knitted. "Boss, don't." he said and pulled Meng Xing back. "She is tricking you." He told him.

Qiu Shisi nodded in agreement. "Yes, boss. She was so stubborn earlier." He spoke. "Why is she willing to speak now? She just wants to trick us!" he said.

Meng Xing didn't speak and just continued to look at the female practitioner, who is also looking at him, waiting for him to answer, waiting to see his reaction.

"Boss?" Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi called, feeling worried that Meng Xing would give in.

Meng Xing remained silent.

Suddenly, the female practitioner smiled. "So, is he actually dead?" she said.

Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi looked at her and frowned.

"Dead?" the female practitioner muttered and was in a daze.

Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi fell silent when they suddenly noticed that there is something wrong with the female practitioner.

"She..." Qiu Shisi muttered, looking very bewildered as he looked at the female practitioner with a complicated gaze.

"She has gone insane?" Qiu Yi spoke, voicing what Qiu Shisi is thinking after they saw that tears streamed down the female practitioner's cheeks while she just knelt there with her head hung low, staring at the ground with a blank gaze as if she didn't notice that she is actually silently crying.

Meng Xing pursed his lips. Then, he turned and waved his sleeves.

"Boss?!" Qiu Yi and Qiu Shisi exclaimed when they saw that Meng Xing suddenly left.

"Boss – " Qiu Yi called.

"It is useless." Meng Xing spoke as he walked away. "Before, she has no intention to tell us about the poison. Whether Meng Ruyan is dead or alive." He said.

"What?!" they exclaimed in shock.

"Now, she has gone stupid." Meng Xing's brows are knitted. He clenched his fists, feeling irritated. "So, we are bound to never know about anything since the beginning." He said.

In short, their efforts are useless.

The author has something to say:

A failed case.