nucmednet Chapter 349 Shadow
Chapter 349 Shadow
Liu Xueying smoothed her hair: "Have you checked it? Is that thing still alive?"
"This servant doesn't know either. The snake's body is naturally cold, and this servant doesn't know how to check its breathing, so I really don't know if it's dead or alive."
Liu Xueying's gaze fell on the small door of the woodshed. She pursed her lips and pondered for a moment: "If we don't know whether it's dead or alive, then we should just kill it."
"Killed it?" Granny Li seemed somewhat surprised. "You just killed the snake directly? Didn't Madam intend to use it as bait to lure out its owner?"
Liu Xueying shook her head: "I did think that way before, but..."
"I just suddenly remembered something." Liu Xueying turned to look at Granny Li: "Granny, do you remember that after Ye Qing'an returned to the manor, Consort Lan sent her quite a few things..."
"I remember." Granny Li nodded. "It hasn't been long since this happened, and I still remember it clearly. The person who delivered the gifts said that the eldest young lady saved Consort Lan's life, so they sent gifts of thanks and rewards."
Liu Xueying responded, "I remember, it was said that Consort Lan was kidnapped by a large silver-white python, and Ye Qing'an rescued her just as the python was about to devour her."
Liu Xueying's gaze remained fixed on the door of the woodshed: "A large, silvery-white python... is quite rare."
Granny Li immediately realized: "Does Madam think that the path in the woodshed is the one where Consort Lan was abducted?"
Liu Xueying nodded and chuckled, "I never believe that such coincidences exist in the world. I not only suspect that the snake that kidnapped Consort Lan is the same one that was kept in the woodshed, but I also suspect that this snake is Ye Qing'an's spirit beast."
"The young lady's?" Granny Li was taken aback. "How could Madam think that way? Although Ye Qing'an can cultivate now, her spiritual power is weak. Not everyone can tame a python to make it a spirit beast."
"That's what I thought before, so I underestimated my enemy time and time again, and let Ye Qing'an outmaneuver me."
A cold glint flashed across Liu Xueying's face: "From now on, I would rather kill three thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free. As for Ye Qing'an, I will always make the worst-case scenario plan."
Upon hearing Liu Xueying's words, Ye Qing'an couldn't help but raise her eyes and glance at Liu Xueying.
Liu Xueying wasn't entirely brainless. Indeed, as Liu Xueying herself said, the main reason she was able to outmaneuver Liu Xueying time and time again was because Liu Xueying underestimated her.
That's quite interesting; she actually managed to guess that Jiuxiao was her spirit beast.
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips. Liu Xueying was indeed not stupid.
No wonder, she had found it a bit strange before.
If Liu Xueying were truly foolish, Gu Duo wouldn't have gone to such lengths to give her to Ye Qinghao. Nor would Ye Qinghao have so inexplicably favored her for so many years, even going so far as to disregard her background and elevate her to the status of mistress of the Ye household.
"So what does Madam intend to do?" Granny Li asked in a low voice.
A flash of bloodlust crossed Liu Xueying's eyes: "Kill him."
"Killed him?" Granny Li was taken aback.
Liu Xueying nodded without hesitation: "Kill it. If it really is Ye Qing'an's spirit beast, after a spirit beast forms a spirit beast contract with its master, although the master will not die when the spirit beast dies, it will still be greatly affected."
"The higher the rank of the spirit beast, the greater the influence on its master."
Liu Xueying curled her lips: "Killing this spirit beast will firstly eliminate future troubles, and secondly allow Ye Qing to suffer. It's a win-win situation, a worthwhile deal."
After pondering for a moment, Granny Li realized that what Liu Xueying said seemed to make some sense.
"Shall I go get the knife now?"
Liu Xueying chuckled and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Granny Li hurriedly took the lantern and went to the small kitchen. Liu Xueying stood in the courtyard for a moment, then walked towards the woodshed.
Ye Qing'an lay prone on the roof, his gaze growing increasingly somber.
Liu Xueying wants to kill Jiu Xiao, so she has no choice but to take action.
Fortunately, Liu Xueying doesn't seem to know any mystical arts, so it seems not impossible for her to save Jiuxiao without alerting Liu Xueying.
With a creak, Liu Xueying entered the woodshed.
Ye Qing'an quietly moved the roof tiles slightly and looked down into the house.
Liu Xueying walked up to Jiuxiao, holding a lantern. She shook the lantern slightly, looking at Jiuxiao casually, her voice cold: "You can't blame me. You barged in first, trying to bribe the maids in my courtyard. Although I don't know what you want to do, it's definitely not something good."
"If you are Ye Qing'an's spirit beast, then you can only blame your master. Your master and I are irreconcilable enemies. You becoming her spirit beast is just bad luck."
"Madam, the knife, I've brought the knife." Granny Li hurried in from outside the door, holding a gleaming knife in her hand.
The knife was about twenty inches long, long and sharp.
"Madam, the knife." Granny Li said again, bowing her head, and then glanced at the large silver python on the hay: "Madam, are you going to do it now? I'll do it, I can't dirty your hands."
Ye Qing'an gripped the tile slightly, while her other hand, which had been hanging behind her, reached out and swiftly conjured a long whip – her Wildfire Whip.
"Let's do it."
Liu Xueying's voice rang out, and Granny Li responded, raising the long knife as she walked towards the giant python...
Ye Qing'an stared intently at the movements of the two people in the woodshed, preparing to seize the opportunity to strike. However, as he watched, Ye Qing'an's gaze suddenly sharpened.
There is no shadow.
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. In the woodshed were Liu Xueying, Granny Li, and Jiu Xiao...
Apart from Liu Xueying, none of them were mentioned.
Ye Qing'an broke out in a cold sweat, carefully recalling everything from when she first appeared in Liu Xueying's courtyard until now.
Earlier in that bedroom, Ye Qing'an seemed to have only seen Liu Xueying's shadow, but not Li Mama's.
So... what exactly happened?
Ye Qing'an's fingers twitched slightly, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
A vague suspicion began to form in my mind.
Suddenly, countless ice arrows condensed in Ye Qing'an's hand, and with a wave of her hand, all of them shot towards the house.
"what……"
A scream rang out from inside the house: "Who? Who is it?"
Ye Qing'an jumped off the roof and ran right into Liu Xueying, who was running out of the woodshed.
Liu Xueying narrowed her eyes: "Ye Qing'an, it really is you."