This mission, which involved the mobilization of different elite forces from Flightless Bird as well as a salted fish, finally came to an end after two months.
The confrontation between the two great powers came to a close, and the ones who truly suffered hardship were the innocent people living on the disputed territory that they were fighting over.
When Aipulier heard they could leave, she pulled Shen Yue and broke into a run. She had an instinctive aversion to battlefields, just like her instinctive aversion to death.
Aipulier had previously feared Shen Yue due to being brainwashed by her. But after a heart-to-heart chat by candlelight one night, she now considered herself to be Shen Yue’s confidante.
According to Aipulier herself, her affection for Shen Yue actually stemmed more from the halo effect of Si Chengyou.
Anyone looked upon favorably by Si Chengyou can't be a bad person! This! Is her moral compass!
On the helicopter ride back, Aipulier dozed off leaning against Shen Yue.
Shen Yue stared out the window the entire time, watching the wreckage of war get further and further away. Although those were people completely unrelated to her, she felt an emotion in her heart that she had never experienced before.
This was the stench of corpses piled among the grass and trees, the crimson of blood flowing through the valleys.
The group was not unshackled until they were brought back to the prison.
Aipulier rotated her neck and was about to complain when she suddenly noticed something. She silently poked Shen Yue and whispered, "It looks like you've got a whole bunch of people waiting for you over there."
Shen Yue looked in the direction Aipulier had indicated. There was Li Feng and his diehard subordinates, Number 14, Mor Amon, Ace, Daniela, and Si Chengyou.
Si Chengyou stood alone, but even alone, he was more conspicuous than the group beside him.
Shen Yue glanced at Aipulier, then the other group. A plan slowly took shape in her mind.
She patted Aipulier. "Come with me, watch me."
Aipulier looked at Shen Yue in confusion, before she could ask, Shen Yue had already pulled her towards the other group.
The group with Shen Yue's self-appointed protectors.
Aipulier struggled, resisted, tried to escape, but all attempts failed. In the end, she could only allow herself to be pulled by Shen Yue to stand between the three major factions, bathing in their stares.
Aipulier was utterly convinced! What was this ancestor trying to do? And to think she had said she would give Shen Yue a free earbud makeover next time. Now she was just...ripped off...
Aipulier’s train of thought stopped abruptly when she turned her head and saw the tears in Shen Yue's eyes.
The tears pooled in Shen Yue's eyes for a moment before slowly spilling down her face like a strand of pearls dropping down heavily, smashing into everyone's hearts.
Even so, Shen Yue's expression barely changed. Her exquisite, pure face retained its nonchalance and poise. Yet at the instant when the teardrops fell, it seemed to take on an indescribable allure.
A beauty's tears are like stars in the sky.
As the tears flowed, Shen Yue practiced crying techniques Daniela had taught her. The tears must fall drop by drop, facial expressions and movements should not be exaggerated, only then can it beguile.
After working up her tears, the instant Shen Yue looked at Si Chengyou, she controlled their fall, one on the left, two on the right.
Then she saw Si Chengyou's change in expression.
This was Si Chengyou's first time revealing such lively emotions in public before so many people.
Before Shen Yue could think further, Number 14 had already charged at Si Chengyou. "Just where exactly did you send her?!"
Li Feng followed right after. "Protecting the princess is a knight's duty, Si Chengyou. Based on your answer, I will judge whether to eliminate you."
Yet as they took action, prison guards suddenly appeared around them for some reason. Their guns were pointed at Number 14 and Li Feng as if they would be executed on the spot for taking a step closer to Si Chengyou.
Even so, they did not retreat a single step, ready to desperately stake their lives at any moment.
Even with his fatal weakness seized like this, Si Chengyou still calmly walked up to Shen Yue under immense pressure. In front of everyone present, he took out a handkerchief scented with sandalwood.
"Why are you crying?"
Shen Yue remained motionless, allowing Si Chengyou to gently and carefully wipe her tears. His actions made one feel cherished.
Shen Yue had only wanted to try out the "fun" scene Aipulier described, which was why she attempted Daniela’s beautiful crying technique.
But hearing Si Chengyou’s gentle voice whispering by her ear and meeting his eyes that seemed capable of accepting any sin, her eyes truly turned red.
Why was she crying?
Was it really just for fun?
It didn't seem that way.
"I don't know, I'm just...a little sad."
After that day, Si Chengyou and his Building 5 were chased and battered by Building 7 and Building 2 for half a year. The casualties on all sides were extremely heavy.
This would be known as the Three Wolves Rampage in Flightless Bird, two against one.
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Tsk tsk, just said today that the prison arc won't end in 100 chapters and you all are scolding me again. My sister didn't say anything wrong!
In that case.
I'll directly slam chicken blood and finish the prison arc tomorrow just for the sake of my rich wife! Just you watch!
My rich wife clearly favors me hahahahahahaha, I'll madly update more for my rich wife!
