Free Web NovelChapter 390: Chapter 390: Unable to Fit In
In the corner of his eye, Shen Yanchuan saw Ye Chutang, her expression just as composed, a smile playing on her lips and a glimmer of gratitude in her eyes.
Her look seemed to say—’Exactly.’
Shen Yanchuan was silent for a moment before saying, "Not entirely."
Chutang’s eyebrow arched slightly.
Shen Yanchuan pointed behind him. "Ye Yunfeng took care of that one."
Chutang’s eyes curved with a smile.
’It must be said, the Young Master is always so cooperative.’
"Really!?"
Princess Qingyang took a few steps forward, her amazement growing. "This assassin looks sturdy. He must have been hard to deal with, right?"
As she spoke, she lifted the mask of one of the assassins. "I’d like to see just who this assassin is—"
Her expression changed slightly upon seeing the man’s face. "Is this... a Southern Hu person?"
Shen Yanchuan nodded.
Princess Qingyang had once followed her father to guard the border, so it wasn’t surprising she could recognize one at a glance.
Princess Qingyang’s brows furrowed. "These people managed to sneak into the Royal Hunting Ground undetected?"
’This means the capital has likely been infiltrated for some time!’
’Today’s assassination attempt is probably far more serious than I imagined...’
Thinking this, Princess Qingyang looked at Ye Yunfeng again, a hint of admiration in her eyes.
"To be able to handle these Nanhu assassins, you’ve got some real skill!"
The Southern Hu people were naturally skilled at riding and fighting, so the ones sent here must have been their elites. It went without saying that their skills would be extraordinary.
Ye Yunfeng was only thirteen, yet he had managed to take one on by himself.
Ye Yunfeng didn’t think he had done anything particularly amazing. After all, his older sister had just taken someone down in a single move, while he had traded several blows before finding his opponent’s weakness and defeating him.
’Just as my third brother always said—he still had a lot to learn from my older sister!’
"We were heading back to the campsite when we ran into a stray old Wolf King. On top of that, several assassins were lying in ambush."
Ye Yunfeng kicked one of the unconscious assassins on the ground.
"If the Young Master hadn’t acted so quickly, my third brother would have definitely been injured."
In just a few sentences, he recounted what had happened, omitting all the key details. He made it sound as though the group had simply run into a dangerous situation that was ultimately resolved with Shen Yanchuan’s help.
He didn’t mention Ye Chutang at all, as if she had had nothing to do with it.
Princess Qingyang also saw the old Wolf King lying on the ground nearby. It looked as if it had died only recently.
She realized something. "The Wolf King? Shouldn’t it be in the Beast Circle...?"
"There was an incident at the Beast Circle," Shen Yanchuan explained. "Lian Zhou and his men have already gone to handle it."
Although she didn’t know the full story, she could guess some of it from the scene before her.
Princess Qingyang breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness you’re all okay. Especially you, Chutang. You vanished in the blink of an eye!"
Chutang smiled. "I’m perfectly fine, see? Besides, Yan and A Feng are unharmed too."
Princess Qingyang nodded. She had been about to tell Chutang not to risk going off on her own again next time there was danger, but when she caught sight of Ye Jingyan and Ye Yunfeng, she swallowed her words.
’Asking Chutang not to protect them would be an even taller order, wouldn’t it?’
Xu Rongqing stood off to the side. Seeing that Chutang and her companions were all safe and sound, the worry that had been plaguing him finally subsided.
But when his gaze shifted to Shen Yanchuan, it grew complicated.
Although he had been far away, he could still see that the two of them were standing very close.
’Chutang was clearly different with him than she was with everyone else—she trusted him implicitly.’
For some reason, when the two of them stood together, even without saying a word, a subtle aura seemed to separate them from everyone else.
It was like a transparent bubble, enclosing just the two of them, that no one else could penetrate.
A sour pang of jealousy pricked at Xu Rongqing’s heart.
Princess Qingyang failed to notice any of this. After ordering her guards to bind the assassins one by one, she asked, "Brother, wasn’t the Third Prince with you?"
