Chapter 35: A Mad Injustice p1
The three of them, Zong Sheng, Ling Yiyao, and Qingke, watched in varying degrees of shock as Ling Song carried Xie Bailu and walked over step by step.
Ling Yiyao finally came to her senses and asked with confusion and unease, “Song’er, what are you…”
Ling Song did not stop in front of Ling Yiyao and the others. When he looked at them, he did not have the good temper he had when he was talking to Xie Bailu. He glanced at them indifferently and just said, “It’s just as you see.”
Xie Bailu added with a cheerful smile, “Big Brother Ling Song only wanted to kill me because he was angry. He found that he couldn’t do it when it came down to it. You don’t have to worry about us!”
Xie Bailu secretly peeked at Ling Yiyao’s expression and found that her complexion had indeed improved a lot, as if she was relieved.
Ling Song really did carry Xie Bailu and walked away step by step. Ling Yiyao did not follow. After a long while, she asked Zong Sheng, “Who suggested going to the forbidden area?”
Zong Sheng’s expression was a little unnatural. “It was me.”
Ling Yiyao asked again, “What was Bailu’s reaction?”
Zong Sheng was confused. “What’s wrong, mother?”
Ling Yiyao frowned. “Answer me!”
Zong Sheng pouted. “Of course she didn’t want to. But I was holding her at that time, and she couldn’t do anything, so she had to follow me.”
Hearing this, Ling Yiyao finally let go of her suspicion. In fact, even if Ling Song had really seen the dungeon in the forbidden area, it didn’t matter. There was nothing in there anymore. It was just that he hadn’t gone in on purpose, which meant he hadn’t become suspicious, which made her more at ease.
As for the matter of him suddenly wanting to kill Xie Bailu and then stopping, she didn’t find it strange either.
This son of hers had been a little crazy since he was a child. The year she had just returned to the Ling family from the Zong family, she had seen him fight with someone. A ten-year-old child, not tall, but he fought like a madman. Even if his bones were broken, he would bite off a piece of the other person’s flesh. He was clearly at the Foundation Establishment stage, but he fought like an ordinary person, with every move drawing blood. At that time, she had been scared by his madness.
Today, he had suddenly flared up and wanted to kill Xie Bailu, just to go against her. He hated her, his mother, so when she told him to cherish a good girl like Xie Bailu, he insisted on killing her. He wanted her to regret it!
Fortunately, this Xie Bailu was indeed worthy of being with Ling Song. They were both a little evil. She was actually able to persuade Ling Song.
While Ling Yiyao was relieved that she hadn’t messed things up, Ling Song and Xie Bailu had already disappeared from their sight.
Xie Bailu unconsciously stared at Ling Song’s neck. His neck was long and slender, his jawline exquisite and beautiful, and his skin was very fair. Every time he swallowed, the movement of his Adam’s apple was very sexy, making her want to take a knife and measure it. But then she thought of the time in the Absolute Demon Domain when Zhenhui’s knife had only broken his skin, and she withdrew her gaze.
She said, “You can put me down now.”
Ling Song smiled. “Let me carry you for a while longer.”
At this moment, he seemed to have become the same Ling Song who had “flirted” with her before, but Xie Bailu was no longer swayed.
It was all an illusion. They only had a temporary peace. One of them had to die.
She thought of what had happened in the forbidden area after Ling Song had returned.
She didn’t know when Ling Yiyao had arrived, but they hadn’t had time to say much, only a simple exchange.
She acted as if she didn’t know that Ling Song had really wanted to kill her in the Ling family’s mansion and asked him if he had deliberately tried to kill her to verify something.
At that time, Ling Song had just stared at her for a few breaths before replying, “Yes. In their eyes, you are very important.”
This kind of importance made Ling Song almost think that Xie Bailu had been sent by them. But he had personally killed the “her” that was not her, had seen her come back to life with his own eyes, and had only survived his pursuit so far because of a series of coincidences. With their level of urgency, it was impossible for them to make such a arrangement that could be ruined by a single mistake.
Hearing Ling Song say this, Xie Bailu understood. It wasn’t that she was important, but in the eyes of the Ling family, she was very important to Ling Song, so she had to live. Ling Song had suddenly tried to kill her just to see how important she was in the eyes of the Ling family.
Of course, the “they” Ling Song was referring to did not necessarily mean the Ling family. It could be many people, including the Ling family, or it could be a small group within the Ling family.
Now, Ling Song had his answer.
As for the other things, such as what Ling Song had discovered in the forbidden area and what was wrong with his father’s background, Xie Bailu tactfully did not ask.
She was currently just a tool for Ling Song to stabilize the Ling family, so she had to have the self-awareness of a tool.
She, this tool, was not that important. Killing her might have an impact on what Ling Song wanted to do, but not that much. Therefore, her proposal to let her go after the matter in the Ling family’s mansion was settled was rejected.
In the end, she had managed to get three months for herself. Ling Song had promised her that after leaving the Ling family’s mansion, he would give her three months of freedom.
The matter of him carrying her was her suggestion. Because she was just in a bad mood, she could have used other methods, but she insisted on using this method to show the intimacy between the two of them after they had made up. She had already been mentally prepared to be rejected, but to her surprise, Ling Song had only glanced at her before squatting down with his back to her.
It was a pity that her cultivation was not good enough. Otherwise, with him showing such an unguarded posture with his back to her, he would have died several times already!
In the end, Ling Song really did carry Xie Bailu back to the Ling family’s mansion. But after all, the distance was too far, so in the end, Ling Song still flew back.
Ling Song’s pursuit of Xie Bailu had caused quite a stir. When he returned to the Ling family in such an intimate posture, it naturally attracted some subtle gazes.
Ling Song’s reputation was out there. He had not shown much mercy even to his own family members, at most leaving them alive. Therefore, the Ling family disciples’ fear of Ling Song was no less than that of outsiders. Seeing the infamous Ling Song carrying a female cultivator so intimately, they all had a sense of disbelief, as if the sky was falling.
Ling Song waited until he had returned to Ling Yiyao’s courtyard before putting Xie Bailu down and asking her, “Shall we take a walk?”
Xie Bailu naturally would not object and nodded in agreement.
The two of them walked side by side, but after a while, Xie Bailu felt that it was not working. Ling Song was just walking in silence, his gaze calm, and he didn’t seem to be very familiar with the Ling family’s mansion, nor did he introduce anything to Xie Bailu.
This caused the romantic atmosphere between the two of them to dissipate.
Xie Bailu hesitated for a moment, fully understanding Ling Song’s intention, and reached out to hold his hand, which was hanging by his side.
Ling Song turned to look at her.
Xie Bailu gave him a sweet smile. “If I hold your hand, I won’t get lost.”
Xie Bailu’s original body was a rogue cultivator, and her conditions were not very good. Even though she was a cultivator, her hands were not soft and tender, but they were firm and warm, the kind of warmth that Ling Song had once longed for the most as a child.
Ling Song smiled and let Xie Bailu be.
Xie Bailu was doing this for others to see. Besides cooperating with Ling Song, what if this kind of intimacy with Ling Song could help her in the future? For example, if she met a Ling family member after leaving the Ling family’s mansion, she might get some convenience.
As the two of them strolled along, the Ling family members who saw them from a distance would consciously avoid them, until a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance appeared.
The first time she saw the other party, Xie Bailu disliked him. The way this person looked at them was not like looking at people, but at some kind of useful object.
Ling Song smiled at Xie Bailu. “Lulu, this is my uncle.”
So this was the Ling family head, Ling Yizhu.
Xie Bailu heard the sarcasm in Ling Song’s tone, and he had emphasized the word “uncle.” She immediately said to Ling Yizhu obediently, “Uncle!”
It was most likely because of Ling Song’s background that Ling Yizhu disliked him and disliked him even more for calling him “uncle.” That was why Ling Song had deliberately called him that. Then of course she had to follow Ling Song. After all, they were an intimate couple!
Ling Yizhu’s expression was unreadable. He just asked faintly, “Did you go to the forbidden area?”
He was asking Ling Song, but Xie Bailu immediately replied coquettishly, “Yes, uncle. Big Brother Ling Song was chasing me. I told Zong Sheng not to go to the forbidden area, but he insisted that he had always wanted to go in and play, and he insisted on taking me. How could a Foundation Establishment cultivator like me stop him! Big Brother Ling Song had to go in to chase me. Uncle, you won’t blame Big Brother Ling Song, will you?”
Ling Yizhu’s face was cold as he said faintly, “I wasn’t asking you.”