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Chap 697

Chapter 697

Chapter 697: Reward, One Night Like One YearOriginal and most updated translations are from volare. If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen. Please stop supporting theft.

The needles ripped away the veil, revealing the young woman to be none other than Duanmu Yao. Actually, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi had long guessed her identity. Long Feiye had suspected as early as receiving the ransom note, while Han Yunxi realized it after Duanmu Yao questioned him about missing the Profound Frost Sword. Both of them had assumed it was Tianan Country’s empress dowager who masterminded the kidnapping, but here was their real culprit.

Duanmu Yao certainly had enough status to request Lady Leng Yue for help. Did this mean they could breathe a sigh of relief? Duanmu Yao had no idea about Long Feiye’s birth origins. But did she really kidnap Grand Concubine Yi just for the sake of bribing over Profound Frost Sword? Wasn’t that too suspicious?

“Where is she?” Long Feiye asked coldly.

“Senior brother…”

“Your lordship has no junior sister like you!” Long Feiye cut her off coldly.

Duanmu Yao’s eyes glimmered red with tears. “Master’s still waiting for us to return to the mountain together!”

“Where is she? Don’t make me ask thrice!” Long Feiye’s patience was limited. Even without guessing Duanmu Yao’s true motives, he knew that killing Han Yunxi had to top her list. In the past, he’d let her go multiple times for master’s sake, but he had given up on the idea before coming over this time. Even if master came to investigate, he’d admit to his crimes. Women like her were seriously annoying!

“Agree to my terms and I’ll send Grand Concubine Yi back to the Duke of Qin’s estate personally. Otherwise...I could die here today!” Duanmu Yao resolved.

“The Profound Frost Sword?” Long Feiye laughed coldly. “Did Cang Qiuzi want it?”

“You don’t have to hand it over, as long as you...as long as you help me treat my wounds,” Duanmu Yao looked pathetically at Long Feiye, every inch the wronged and innocent party. Actually, this was nothing more than a deal between her and Lady Leng Yue.

Lady Leng Yue was to hand Grand Concubine Yi to her hands so she could personally negotiate with Long Feiye and get his Profound Frost Sword. She agreed without a second thought, stating that her only terms was to seize the chance and kill Han Yunxi. Although her ransom letter had told Long Feiye to come alone, she knew Han Yunxi would definitely tag along. Now that Lady Leng Yue had fled, she didn’t want the Profound Frost Sword anymore. She only wanted senior brother to treat her injuries.

It didn’t seem like an outlandish request in her eyes.

Before Long Feiye could reply, Han Yunxi spoke up instead. “This wangfei refuses!”

“Han Yunxi, what right do you have to decide on matters between us martial siblings? Who do think you are?” Duanmu Yao fumed. She still insisted on treating Long Feiye as her martial brother.

“Not treating one’s junior sister is a case of injustice, but not saving one’s imperial mother is a case of unfilial piety! Han Yunxi, do you want to smear my senior brother as an unfilial hypocrite?” Duanmu Yao challenged.

Han Yunxi was about to die from disgust at the woman’s words. If Long Feiye didn’t kill her today, she didn’t mind doing the deed herself! Her eyes flashed with frost before she said, “Long Feiye is my man. His everything belongs to me. That’s my prerogative!”

“Han Yunxi, you’re shameless!” Duanmu Yao raised a hand to slap her. Long Feiye moved to stop the motion, but Han Yunxi beat him to it. She grabbed Duanmu Yao by the wrist and kept her trapped. Before Duanmu Yao could raise her other hand, Han Yunxi soundly slapped her across the cheek!