Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 127: Interrogating the Hot Pot (3)

"What does that have to do with you anyway?" Feng Xuxu gave Panpan a sideways glance.

"How can it not be related, the elder of the Snake Clan is our Prince’s mentor. Hurry and dispel this agony for me." Panpan watched the small snake slithering under her skin, and she screamed out of control.

"Hmph, that’s not something you need to tell me, as if anyone from the Snake Clan doesn’t know about it."

"...You’re not from the Snake Clan!" Panpan’s eyes widened, knowing that only a few people were aware of this, and she had overheard it herself.

"Whether I am or not, it’s for you to say, but you better enjoy your last beautiful moments, don’t worry, you won’t die."

After a moment, "Ah... it hurts so much, Feng Xuxu you’re so cruel, you bastard, you’re not human." Panpan writhed in pain on the ground, rubbing her body against the floor as if that was the only way to ease her suffering.

Feng Xuxu watched coldly from the side, not bothering to waste words, and sat down to rest with her eyes closed.

"Ah... It’s killing me." She curled up, trying to dig into her arm with her hands, but the torment inside her seemed to know and surged even more frantically.

"Witch... I can’t take it anymore, I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything."

Feng Xuxu opened her eyes, a sarcastic smile curling her lips, "What was your purpose in coming here?"

"I came here under the Prince’s orders to investigate the properties of the Charm King."

"Why bring Feng Dongzhi along? And what does that have to do with me?"

"The Prince, finding out Feng Dongzhi was from this town, sent her under the guise of visiting family to secretly investigate the Charm King. Showing up at your house was purely accidental."

"How exactly was it accidental?" Feng Xuxu was a bit confused; accidental? It was obviously intentional, troubling her repeatedly.

"After we arrived in town and learned of your deeds, Feng Dongzhi said she was your aunt, and that’s why we came to your door."

"So what have you all discovered then?"

"Nothing much, just that the Xiao Residence might be connected to the Charm King, and that Zuiyun Pavilion belongs to him as well."

"Then what else did you tell your master?"

"Nothing, only mentioned our failed cooperation with you."

"What did your master say?"

"The order given was to kill without mercy."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xuxu’s lips curled up; such a narrow-minded person, seeking to kill simply because a cooperation didn’t happen, with such pettiness, even if he became Emperor one day, he would not be any good.

"Please, let me die a more comfortable death." Panpan, enduring the double torment of mind and body, finally collapsed, betraying her master. A more tragic death awaited her, better to be relieved sooner.

Feng Xuxu closed her eyes; this was the first time she ever killed someone. She watched the body on the ground slowly wither as the small snakes burst forth and writhed a few times before dying.

Back at the manor, later in the middle of the night, after visiting Uncle Ma and Yingsu, she returned to her room, tossed and turned in bed, doomed to a sleepless night.

Ding, ding, ding. "Xuxu, are you asleep?" Jueqing’s knock came from outside.

Feng Xuxu got up, put on her clothes, and opened the door, "Come in."

"So, what’s up so late?" Feng Xuxu sat on a chair, poured herself a cup of tea, and sipped it slowly.

"I know everything now, I’m sorry, I went out today." Jueqing appeared extremely remorseful as he looked at Feng Xuxu; at the most critical moment, he hadn’t been by her side.

"It’s okay, it’s all in the past, and I’m standing here before you, unharmed," she said, waving her hand, not wanting to hear Jueqing’s explanations.

"I’ve looked over those bodies, they were low-level assassins. I will find the mastermind behind this as soon as possible," he said, clutching his fist, veins popping, enraged at the thought that his cousin had nearly not returned.