Chapter 201: Kill Without Mercy If She Dares To Leave
At this moment, Mo Ziyuan only felt that his eyes were full of blooming fireworks, extremely brilliant.
He pulled Lin Xin into his arms and held her tightly, wanting to say something but finding his words so lacking that nothing could express his current mood, so he simply said nothing, lowered his head, and kissed those long-desired red lips······
Lin Xin was a bit dumbfounded, her only thought in her heart being—my first kiss from two lifetimes is gone!
But why was there a secret thrill in her heart? And even a bit of wanting to respond?
Thinking and then acting was the life creed Lin Xin had begun to follow after the apocalypse, because she suddenly realized that a person’s life was really very short, no one knew what kind of things tomorrow would bring, and all she could do at that time was not leave any regrets for herself.
Thus, she awkwardly but very firmly hugged Mo Ziyuan’s lean waist, her two small hands tightly grasping the clothes on his back due to nervousness.
No one paid attention to the passage of time. When the kiss ended, both their faces were flushed, and their gazes carried a bit of daze.
“Xin’er······” Mo Ziyuan contentedly hugged the person in his arms tighter and called out softly.
“Mmm~” Lin Xin only felt her body very soft, like melting ice cream. She leaned weakly against Mo Ziyuan’s embrace and lazily responded.
Both of them were rational people. After the aftertaste of this kiss passed, they embraced for a moment longer and then talked about serious matters.
“Xin’er, I’m very happy you’re willing to accompany me to the Western Frontier, but I can’t be so selfish. On the battlefield, blades and spears have no eyes. I don’t want you to suffer any harm, and the conditions in the Western Frontier are harsh, you······” Mo Ziyuan said with difficulty.
Lin Xin didn’t care about the harsh environment. No matter how harsh could it be compared to the apocalypse? After all, what they faced were people, not zombies without pain sensation, tireless, and only knowing to attack.
“I’m also very happy you have the heart to protect me, but I also want to protect you, help you.” Lin Xin said with her head lowered, her fingers unconsciously drawing circles on Mo Ziyuan’s chest.
“······Alright.” What else could he say besides alright? Moreover, most of his attention had already been captured by those circles, and being able to barely free up his mouth to respond was already due to his firm resolve.
Since it was decided they would go together, after being intimate for a while longer, they separated. Three days later they would set out, and there were many things to handle, such as sending Lin Nan to Cui Shi, and also how to arrange for the Duke’s Wife whom the Dingguo Duke had been cuckolded by.
“Master, this concubine really knows her mistake. Begging Master not to send this concubine away, this concubine will definitely change. Can’t Master forgive this concubine this once for the sake of our many years of affection? I beg you, Master······” As soon as Mo Qilan stepped into the gate of the Dingguo Duke’s Mansion, he saw Mo Qilan standing beside a simple horse carriage, and Qi Shi hugging his leg and crying piteously.
“Tch! Bad luck!” Mo Ziyuan’s face darkened, and he turned around and quickly walked toward his own courtyard. He didn’t want to stay here to watch Qi Shi and Mo Qilan put on a tearful parting drama.
“Zi Yuan······” Seeing that his son didn’t even give him a glance, Mo Qilan couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart. After making a fuss for over a dozen years, it turned out he was the biggest fool, mistaking wild grass for treasure and cherishing it in his palm, while ignoring the real treasure!
No wonder back then his own father had not hesitated to break with him to firmly establish Mo Ziyuan as the heir. Had his old man already noticed something wrong with Qi Shi at that time? And the Late Emperor too. Thinking of what the Late Emperor had said to him before passing, Mo Qilan felt a chill run down his back.
Probably in their eyes, he was just a complete muddlehead!
Qi Shi nearly bit her silver teeth to pieces. Over these many years, she naturally knew how soft Mo Qilan’s heart was. She believed that as long as she made herself miserable enough and cried a few more sentences, it was very likely she wouldn’t be the one sent away. As long as she could stay, would she still worry about her two children not coming back?
That’s right, Qi Shi was scheming exactly this. Over these dozen years, she had treated the Dingguo Duke’s Mansion as her own possession—how could she give it up easily!
Moreover, if she hadn’t felt wrong, Mo Qilan’s heart had already softened, but at this critical moment, Mo Ziyuan had returned. With his appearance, all her previous performances had been for nothing.
“This scourge, why can’t he just go die!” Qi Shi lowered her head, her face ferocious as she cursed Mo Ziyuan in her heart.
“Send them away! Don’t make me say it a second time!” Mo Qilan took a deep breath and looked toward the several servants from the side rooms waiting by the horse carriage, as well as the coachman.
“Master! Spare this concubine! Master······” Qi Shi quickly restrained the expression on her face, calculated the angle, and gazed piteously at Mo Qilan while tears streamed down.
The several servants from the side rooms also looked at him expectantly.
Mo Qilan: “······”
He snapped his fingers with one hand, and three men in black descended from the sky, kneeling on one knee before him. “Duke!”
“Mm,” Mo Qilan nodded slightly, “Send them away. Have people watch them closely. If any of these people take half a step out of the manor, kill without mercy! Including Mo Zichen and Lan Zhi!”
“Yes!” The three men in black responded in unison, then stood up with hands on the swords at their waists, staring unblinkingly at the people beside the horse carriage, and at Qi Shi who had widened her eyes in shock with teardrops hanging on her eyelashes.
Everyone shivered in their hearts—these three people’s gazes at them didn’t look like they were looking at living beings!
And thinking of the four words “kill without mercy” that the Duke had just said, no one dared delay any longer. They scrambled onto the horse carriage, and among them, two matrons didn’t forget to pull up Qi Shi who was whimpering on the ground and stuff her into the carriage.
“Master, I beg you······” Qi Shi’s crying became muffled, then abruptly stopped. Clearly, someone had stuffed something in her mouth to stop her from making any more sounds.
“Ah~ Let go of me, you dog slaves! Quickly let go of this young lady, or else I’ll tell my mother and have her sell all of you to the brothel, and you all, sell to the male prostitute house to serve men. Do you hear me? Quickly let go of me!” A shrill, piercing voice came from afar, the content extremely vulgar.
Mo Qilan frowned and looked over. Several sturdy matrons were shoving Lan Zhi along, followed by several tall and burly guards with Mo Zichen sandwiched in the middle.
“Dad, quickly tell them to let go of me!” Spotting Mo Qilan’s figure from afar, Lan Zhi immediately shrieked.
Mo Zichen lagged a few steps behind them and also looked hopefully at Mo Qilan, but when he saw the expression on his face, his heart sank. Then looking at the horse carriage beside him that was clearly the one used by servants for shopping, his ominous feeling grew stronger.
He wasn’t Lan Zhi; he could guess a bit about his mother’s secret. Precisely because he had guessed some, he had been so supportive when his mother suggested making him the heir—after all, the heir of the Dingguo Duke’s Mansion was far better than the status of an illegitimate child.
