Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 153: Chapter 151: Why Should This Young Master Protect You?

A Cheng showed her no mercy.

His rough handling caused Jie Ying’s broken hand to brush against him, making her howl in pain.

A Cheng turned a deaf ear, flying onward until he finally stopped after a good while.

By the time they landed on an empty hillside, Jie Ying was pale from the pain.

When A Qi caught up, he saw Jie Ying in tears from the pain.

"Miss Jie Ying, are you alright?"

"A Cheng, what’s gotten into you? Miss Jie Ying is injured. Couldn’t you have been a little more gentle?"

A Cheng’s expression darkened. Ignoring A Qi, he looked toward Bai Chaosi, who stood with his back to them.

"I was merely following the Young Master’s orders!"

It was strictly business.

Jie Ying clutched her wrist, trembling in pain.

"You damn slave! I think you did that on purpose. Are you in league with that Shen Yue?"

A Cheng’s expression turned grim as he pursed his lips and stared at her.

"Miss Jie Ying, how can you accuse me so wrongly?"

"How am I wrongly accusing you? I can see you did it with ill intent."

Jie Ying’s face was contorted with rage.

A Cheng didn’t want to engage with her. He found her completely unreasonable.

’So this is what it feels like to be wrongly accused.’

’Miss Shen Yue must have felt the same way just now.’

Bai Chaosi had been standing there with his back to the three of them, waiting for some time.

His white robes were immaculate, and his tall, straight figure, like a tree of jade, cast a long, slender shadow in the moonlight.

His usual cool, lotus-like disposition seemed to exude a dim, desolate aura under the moonlight, making the scene feel exceptionally somber.

Suddenly, he turned. His gaze was as deep and cold as water as it swept over Jie Ying and A Qi.

It was as if he hadn’t heard their argument at all.

He spoke.

"A Qi, how long have you followed me?"

His voice was devoid of warmth, as if he were speaking to a stranger.

A Qi froze, not understanding why Bai Chaosi had suddenly asked such a question.

He answered honestly, "To answer the Young Master, over ten years."

The look Bai Chaosi gave him was utterly devoid of warmth.

"When we return, you are to go and guard Snow Cliff. Without my permission, you are not to take a single step away from it."

A Qi’s eyes shot open, and he froze in place.

"Young Master, you... you’re sending me to guard Snow Cliff?"

He couldn’t seem to believe what he was hearing.

The look Bai Chaosi shot him was filled with an endless chill.

"Do you have an objection? Or perhaps you’d prefer I kill you myself to vent my frustrations?"

His tone was unhurried, yet his words were bone-chillingly cold.

A Qi was horrified. His face turned sheet-white as he realized he had not misheard.

He knew instantly that he had committed a crime punishable by death.

He dropped to his knees in an instant.

"I wouldn’t dare! I know I was wrong. I beg the Young Master’s forgiveness."

Jie Ying watched, frightened, as A Qi knelt and repeatedly knocked his head against the ground.

She opened her mouth, wanting to plead on A Qi’s behalf.

But when she saw the icy aura emanating from Bai Chaosi—so different from the gentle, jade-like Young Master she remembered—she immediately shrank back, not daring to utter a sound.

"Young Master, I was truly wrong! I overstepped my authority. I should not have gotten involved in the Young Master’s private affairs. I spoke out of turn."

A Qi remained on his knees, knocking his forehead against the ground again and again as if disaster had struck.

At that moment, he was truly afraid.

’I was too presumptuous,’ he realized. ’I crossed the Young Master’s line and forgot my place as a subordinate.’

’The Young Master has always been a cold, indifferent, and unfathomable person.’

’He was never an easy person to be around. He is harsh on himself and shows no emotion toward those close to him.’

’What I did today was so stupid.’

His heart filled with terror, he clung to the vain hope of receiving a shred of pity from Bai Chaosi.

"I’m begging you, Young Master, please spare me! Give me one more chance."

"For the sake of the more than ten years I’ve been by your side, please don’t punish me by sending me to that place! Sending me to Snow Cliff is a death sentence!"

A Cheng, standing to the side, also looked shocked.

’Snow Cliff is where they imprison the Frenzied Beastmen and Fox Clan criminals from the Snow Ridge area.’

’Down there, it’s pitch-black. There’s no day or night, only a bone-chilling cold.’

’No one who goes in there comes out alive. It’s no different from a Human Purgatory.’

Bai Chaosi lowered his gaze to A Qi on the ground.

"And how do you know I don’t mean for you to die?"

The words were utterly devoid of warmth.

A Qi shuddered.

His eyes were wide with horror as he stared at Bai Chaosi.

’The Young Master wants me to die?’

"Guards!"

Bai Chaosi barked the command.

Several Hidden Guards with chilling presences dropped from thin air, kneeling on one knee before Bai Chaosi.

"Young Master!"

Bai Chaosi glanced at the stunned and terrified A Qi, his eyes empty of all emotion.

"Take him back to Snow Ridge. Pull out his tongue and throw him into Snow Cliff."

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