His heart suddenly leaped, then seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand. When he saw the scene before him, Bai Lingfeng felt his heart clench with a thud, as if in a wild frenzy.
“How, how can this be?”
Bai Lingfeng’s face was full of disbelief. He had intentionally slowed down and not pursued quickly, simply because he wanted to let You Yuelan go, even willing to risk punishment from the sect. But when he caught up to this place and saw You Yuelan severely wounded, barely alive or dead, and Lin Huanhuan collapsed unconscious on the ground, along with the incomplete corpse nearby and the wooden puppet still emitting a terrifying aura, how could he not guess that a bloody battle had just occurred here?
Obviously, Lin Huanhuan and You Yuelan had exhausted all their strength and barely managed to escape.
At this moment, his heart was filled with regret and remorse. He only hated that he didn’t have the ability to foresee the future, otherwise this wouldn’t have happened.
He rushed forward at the fastest speed in his life, quickly checked Lin Huanhuan’s injuries, and saw that she was not seriously hurt—just unconscious from exhaustion—then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he checked You Yuelan as well, and found that she was temporarily out of life-threatening danger, at least able to hold on for a while, so he finally relaxed completely.
As long as she could be saved, that was fine. That way, there would definitely be a way when they returned to the sect.
As for taking You Yuelan away alone for treatment, that wasn’t realistic either. After all, he had no background and couldn’t afford a good physician to treat her. Even if he could, there was still someone else with him—he couldn’t just kill her to silence her, could he?
At that moment, Huang Qingqing also realized that the two of them were still alive, and couldn’t help saying:
“Senior Brother Bai, I don’t know what happened, but this senior sister is together with this demonic witch. Although they just went through a fierce battle, who knows the exact circumstances? For safety, I think it’s best to bring them back to the sect and let the sect handle it.”
Although Lin Huanhuan was famous in the Lingyun Sect, and most people had heard of her, not everyone recognized her—Huang Qingqing was one of them.
Huang Qingqing had just seen Bai Lingfeng look extremely concerned about Lin Huanhuan, so how could she not see that there might be some private feelings between them? She couldn’t help but feel jealous.
But since this matter was serious, and she was afraid it would affect her image in Bai Lingfeng’s eyes, she didn’t dare speak recklessly. She could only offer a relatively normal suggestion without personal bias.
Bai Lingfeng nodded, then shook his head.
“Of course we’ll hand them over to the sect. But the sect probably won’t hold a trial quickly. She’s Lin Huanhuan, the youngest daughter of the Lin family head. The sect should still consider that. I’ll report all the specifics to the sect when the time comes.”
“Mm.”
“You just need to tell the sect the truth, no need to favor either side.”
Upon hearing this, Huang Qingqing’s pupils dilated, and she couldn’t help exclaiming:
“She’s actually Lin Huanhuan? Then that kind of handling is indeed appropriate.”
Then, Huang Qingqing couldn’t stop the ecstasy in her heart.
After all, in the sect, everyone knew Lin Huanhuan was a lesbian, and it was obvious that Bai Lingfeng was an extremely handsome man.
So, Huang Qingqing quickly judged that Bai Lingfeng’s feelings for Lin Huanhuan were just unrequited love, and Bai Lingfeng and Lin Huanhuan could never be together.
This meant that she still had a great chance.
—
Lin Huanhuan shot up from the bed like a spring.
“W-What happened to me?!”
She looked around, still shaken.
Dong Yuner, who was tending to her nearby, immediately called out:
“Miss~”
Only then did Lin Huanhuan notice Dong Yuner standing in front of her, hesitating to speak. She could roughly guess what was going on, but still couldn’t help asking:
“Where’s You Yuelan? How is she? Is she okay?”
Dong Yuner let out a coquettish snort first, then answered honestly:
“She’s fine. Although she was seriously injured, fortunately her life was saved. She’s sleeping next door right now. Don’t worry, I went to check on her just now.”
When Bai Lingfeng carried the unconscious Lin Huanhuan to her, Dong Yuner felt like the world was about to collapse. She almost thought Lin Huanhuan had already…
But luckily she was calm enough to quickly check Lin Huanhuan, and found that she only had some minor scratches and nothing serious.
Then, after Bai Lingfeng’s explanation, she understood some of the background, feeling both distressed and angry.
“Miss is still so reckless. Why couldn’t you take me with you in that situation? We can face things together! What’s the point of this!”
But regardless, she had returned safely.
Plus, Lin Huanhuan was still unconscious, so she couldn’t really say much and could only take care of her carefully.
As for You Yuelan, although she was jealous and even wanted to kill her, she thought that You Yuelan had just fought alongside Lin Huanhuan and suffered terrible injuries. Attacking her now would be dishonorable.
And most importantly, she had promised Lin Huanhuan that she wouldn’t do those extreme things anymore. If she did that now, she didn’t know what would happen…
It seemed she had to face these things directly, and couldn’t use excuses like “to hide something”—which was actually fear of Lin Huanhuan’s blame—to escape anymore.
Hearing this, Lin Huanhuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she understood that the reason You Yuelan wasn’t immediately sent to the Punishment Hall’s dungeon was certainly because her own identity played a role.
She had barely taken a breath for two seconds when Dong Yuner, having confirmed she was fine, calmly issued a death question:
“Miss, I’ve actually always wanted to ask, what exactly is your purpose in actively approaching You Yuelan? Is it really just for her beauty, to tease her for pleasure?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Huanhuan’s body stiffened. She turned her head with a creaking sound, looking at Dong Yuner with disbelief, only to see the other’s face written with “I know everything.”
“That reason, last time you seemed to say it just to brush me off, right? Didn’t you already change before? Could it be that you’ve changed back now?”
Lin Huanhuan forced a smile and asked:
“When did you start suspecting?”
“Quite early. Miss secretly went to find You Yuelan behind my back, did you really think I wouldn’t notice? Or is it that your wishful thinking made you believe your disguise was strong enough?”
Hearing this, Lin Huanhuan couldn’t help but sigh deeply. Only then did she understand that all the disguises she had put up before were specially cooperated with by Dong Yuner, making her feel she hadn’t been discovered.
So she had been acting like a clown.
‘What method should I use to escape this crisis now?’
Lin Huanhuan raised an eyebrow and looked over, only to see Dong Yuner staring at her with unprecedented seriousness.