Free Web NovelChapter 47: Chapter 45: Domineeringly Protecting Her Husband
Mo Xiao frowned at Su Mo. "Wife, do you believe me?"
Su Mo didn’t hesitate in the slightest. "Of course I do!"
Mo Xiao smiled weakly. "As long as you believe me, that’s all that matters."
"This isn’t the time for that. Let me see your injuries first."
Su Mo reached out to feel his pulse. "They fed you a Beast Binding Pill?!"
"What?!" A flash of worry crossed Fei Yan’s face. "Wife, do you have a way to counteract the effects of the Beast Binding Pill?"
The Beast Binding Pill was harmless if consumed by a Female like Su Mo, as she had no Combat Power in her body whatsoever.
But if a Beastman with a Level like them took it, it would seal their power in the short term. If the effects weren’t nullified over a long period, it would cause their Level to regress, and they could even devolve into a Half-beastman state.
Su Mo checked her system. There was nothing that could directly counteract the Beast Binding Pill, but she did find the recipe for an antidote.
Su Mo had Fei Yan find a brush and paper. She wrote down the names of some herbs, and for the rarer ones, she casually drew a picture.
Then she handed it to Yue Ying. "Go find Long Yan and have him get these herbs for me as soon as possible."
Yue Ying frowned. "Find him? Wife, have you forgotten who’s responsible for Mo Xiao ending up like this?"
Su Mo frowned back at him. "This is not the time for that. These herbs are hard to find. Going to him is the fastest way to get them. Don’t waste any time!" freewёbnoνel.com
Fei Yan urged Yue Ying with a serious expression, "Go quickly!"
Yue Ying pressed his lips together, took the paper, and left quickly.
Su Mo had Fei Yan fetch some clean water to help her clean Mo Xiao’s wounds.
Yue Ying, holding the paper Su Mo had written on, rushed to Long Yan’s study.
At this moment, Long Yan had already learned that the people in the prison had tortured Mo Xiao without authorization, and he was furious.
He drew the longsword at his side and pointed it at the attendant before him. "Who gave you permission to carry out your own punishment! Such audacity! Are you ignoring my orders as a Lieutenant General now?!"
Long Yan rarely lost his temper and was usually quite lenient with his subordinates, but this time, they had completely ignored his command!
The man stammered, "It... It was Commander Lan Ling himself who did it. Lord Major General, you should know that the Female the Young Master Snake tried to assault is Commander Lan Ling’s beloved. He..."
"The matter hasn’t even been investigated yet, how could he be so impulsive! Tell him to come see me!"
Just as Long Yan’s voice fell, a BANG was heard from outside as the door was kicked open.
Yue Ying stormed in and slapped a prescription list onto Long Yan’s desk.
His voice was heavy. "Your men fed Mo Xiao a Beast Binding Pill. This is the antidote recipe our wife needs. I want to see all of these items within one hour at the latest."
Long Yan frowned, glanced at the list, and immediately ordered his subordinates to find the medicinal herbs on it.
Yue Ying added, "Three of the herbs are quite rare. There’s no time to waste. Call over the person in charge of your black market. I need him to run an errand for me."
Although he and that damned snake fought constantly to win favor, Yue Ying didn’t want anything to happen to Mo Xiao at a time like this.
They could fight all they wanted at home, but once they were outside, they were family.
The Think Tank standing to the side frowned in displeasure. ’This fox is far too discourteous. How dare he speak to the Lord Major General like that!’
’Does he really think this is their North Wing Tribe, where they can do as they please?!’
Long Yan didn’t mind. He turned his head to an attendant at his side. "Go get him, quickly!"
When the person arrived, Yue Ying gave them his token, along with the names of the herbs.
When he returned to the prison, Long Yan and the Think Tank followed him.
The Think Tank was a bit suspicious. ’Their Witch Doctors here don’t have an antidote for the Beast Binding Pill. Can that Su Mo really cure this poison?’
Back inside the prison, Su Mo was cleaning Mo Xiao’s wounds.
He had mostly suffered whip-inflicted injuries, but they weren’t deep.
If not for the effects of the Beast Binding Pill, these wounds would have been no problem for him.
As Su Mo treated his wounds, she asked, "With your abilities, there’s no way you would have been captured so easily last night."
She’d had this doubt in her heart from the moment Fei Yan and Yue Ying found her.
Even if the other party had set a trap in advance, it shouldn’t have been enough to take him down, given Mo Xiao’s Combat Power. Moreover, faced with such a blatant slander, he had even less reason to be captured so calmly.
"Long Yan was previously injured in our tribe’s territory and was poisoned by our clan’s snake venom, but the wounds on his body were not caused by our tribe’s weapons."
"Among the people who fought me last night, one of them used techniques very similar to the person Fei Yan encountered when you returned from town. He knows all of my weaknesses."
Su Mo frowned. "So you decided to use yourself as bait to lure him out? That’s far too dangerous!"
’It’s a good thing the System Space has the antidote recipe for the Beast Binding Pill. If it didn’t, this would be a huge pain.’
Mo Xiao frowned. "I was indeed careless on that point."
Mo Xiao looked at Su Mo and said, "I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you, wife, to put on a show with the Dragon Race’s Young General to drag this person out."
Su Mo’s eyes suddenly widened. ’Are you kidding me? I’m just cannon fodder! You want me to get involved in you villains’ struggles?!’
Mo Xiao continued, "I really shouldn’t involve you in these conflicts, wife. But now the enemy already knows that you are our weak spot. We’re all in the same boat; there’s no escaping it. Only by finding the danger as soon as possible can we be at peace."
Su Mo was speechless.
’Since when did I become their weak spot? This damned snake is so good at threatening people! Heavens, I knew this snake was my bane! I told him to call off the engagement ages ago, but he refused. Now look, he’s put me in a bind I can’t get out of...’
Fei Yan’s brow furrowed. "We will do everything in our power to protect you, wife."
Su Mo: "..."
’Who needs you to protect me? If you all just stayed away from me, I’d be perfectly safe, okay!’
’Great, now your arch-nemesis knows I’m your future wife. They can’t kill you OP villains, but they have plenty of ways to deal with a piece of powerless cannon fodder like me!’
’SOB SOB SOB... forget it. I’ll just have to figure out how to find that damn enemy first!’
After a moment of internal conflict, Su Mo said, "We’ll discuss this matter at length later."
Mo Xiao nodded. "Mm."
Su Mo continued to treat his wounds.
After a short while, Yue Ying, Long Yan, the Think Tank, and two Little Dragons arrived as well.
Seeing the wounds on Mo Xiao’s body, Long Yan frowned. "My apologies, Miss Su. I failed in my oversight on this matter, allowing them to torture the Young Master Snake."
Just as he finished speaking, a guard at the door announced, "Commander Lan Ling has arrived."
The man who appeared was burly and barrel-chested, striding toward Long Yan with large steps.
"Lord Major General, there’s no need to apologize to them. I was the one who did this! I, Lan Ling, take full responsibility for my actions!"
"Besides, he’s the one who seduced Ah Yun first! I only punished him a little, what’s wrong with that! A Beastman with no manners like him doesn’t even deserve to take human form!"
Su Mo stood up, her sharp gaze fixed on the newcomer.
A Female figure flashed past the doorway. Su Mo recognized her; they had seen each other briefly at the bonfire party last night.
’She must be Lan Ling’s beloved.’
Su Mo sneered. "And how do you know for sure, Commander, that it was my fiancé who seduced your beloved, and not her who seduced my fiancé? The way I see it, it’s more likely your beloved coveted my fiancé’s good looks, failed to throw herself into his arms, and therefore staged this grand show of slander and false accusation!"
Hearing this, Ah Yun stumbled inside and threw herself into Lan Ling’s arms.
She spoke in a delicate and wronged voice, "Commander, I didn’t! She’s spouting nonsense! I have you, Ah Yun, why would I desire anyone else?"
Lan Ling stared at Su Mo, his fury boiling over. "I think you’re the one who’s full of nonsense! You—you dare spout such lies with no evidence? You’re courting death!"
As he spoke, he angrily drew the long whip from his waist.
At Su Mo’s side, Fei Yan’s and Yue Ying’s gazes both turned cold as they prepared for battle.
Su Mo glanced at them calmly, then turned her razor-sharp gaze on Ah Yun.
She advanced on her and asked sharply, "And what evidence do you have that my fiancé seduced you? Why don’t you tell us the details? How did he seduce you? How did it happen, and how did you resist the temptation and not give in to him?"
A flash of panic crossed Ah Yun’s eyes, and her embarrassment turned to anger. "You! You... you’re shameless! How... how could I possibly speak of such a thing!"
"And why can’t you? As long as what you say is reasonable and backed by evidence, you won’t have to lift a finger. I’ll cripple him for you myself!" freewebnovёl.ƈom
Suddenly, Su Mo’s tone shifted, each word landing with force. "But if someone is deliberately slandering him... then I’m sorry, but I’m the type who always gets my revenge!"
With that, Su Mo snatched the longsword from a nearby attendant’s hand with a SWISH and pointed it at Ah Yun in Lan Ling’s arms. "What he has suffered today, that person will suffer tomorrow!"
Although she had always wanted to call off the engagement, as long as it wasn’t officially broken, she was still Mo Xiao’s fiancée for one more day.
’How dare someone pull such a dirty trick right under my nose! Do they really think I, Su Mo, am a pushover?!’
’I may be fond of my life, but I’m not afraid of trouble!’
The delicate beauty in Lan Ling’s arms was already crying so hard she could barely breathe.
He glared at Su Mo, grinding his teeth. "If you spout any more nonsense, I’ll tear you to pieces!"
"Lan Ling!"
"You dare!"
Long Yan, Yue Ying, and Fei Yan all shouted at the same time.
"What big talk from the Commander!" Su Mo sneered, looking at the person in his arms. Her eyes narrowed in a cunning smile. "Why don’t we make a bet? Let’s see who’s really lying."
