"Heaven truly frowns upon you. Sima Min, why aren't you healing quickly? If you keep bleeding, you'll die." She deliberately exaggerated.
Most people wouldn't believe it, but Sima Min did. She frantically grabbed the puppet, "Quick, quick, take me away from here. I must heal immediately. I cannot die, I absolutely cannot die."
As she said this, her eyes, filled with venom, fixed on Sheng Lengshuang. "Bitch, don't get smug. If I can't deal with you this time, I can make you suffer for a lifetime. Did you think I only captured these commoners?"
Sheng Lengshuang smiled faintly. "I already anticipated your moves. Then guess, have Ming Ru and I made arrangements, and will you get your wish?"
Sima Min had a bad premonition. She roared sinisterly, "Sheng Lengshuang, you dog, what have you done?"
Sheng Lengshuang raised her hand to stop Mo Lingxi, her smile deepening. "Aren't you very smart? Then why don't you guess what I've done?"
Just as Sima Min was about to curse Sheng Lengshuang, she suddenly saw over a dozen dark guards appear around her. Without a word, they moved to seize her, causing her to scream repeatedly, "Take me away! Take me away!"
She couldn't be captured.
The puppet, riddled with arrows, no longer paid attention to the captured commoners. It hoisted Sima Min onto its back and fled, while other puppets blocked the dark guards.
These few puppets could not possibly stop all the dark guards.
Seeing Sima Min being taken away by the puppets, Sheng Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi did not stay to clean up the mess. Instead, they got into a carriage and headed towards the Sheng family.
"Just as we predicted, once Sima Min made a move again, the mastermind would take other actions," Sheng Lengshuang gritted her teeth.
Mo Lingxi gently patted her back and said softly, "We've already made all the arrangements, so don't worry too much. Besides, your father is highly skilled in martial arts; few can match him."
"What father? Don't call him that!" Sheng Lengshuang rolled her eyes at him.
Mo Lingxi really wanted to say, "He is my father-in-law," but at this juncture, he dared not. "You're right, everything I said was wrong."
Sheng Lengshuang's pretty face turned cold, clearly displeased with his attitude. "Mo Lingxi, are you placating me?"
Mo Lingxi repeatedly denied it, a bead of cold sweat trickling down the back of his head. "Heaven and earth as my witness, I am truly not placating you, nor would I dare to. Everything I said is from the bottom of my heart."
Hearing this, Sheng Lengshuang snorted coldly. "Everything you said is from the bottom of your heart? Then does that mean what you said that night was also from the bottom of your heart?"
At this moment, she needed to distract herself with other matters, otherwise, she would keep thinking about family issues and couldn't help but overthink.
Mo Lingxi's mouth twitched. "...That night was my fault. I spoke carelessly, I didn't understand you, which is why I said those foolish things. Can you forgive me?"
He thought this matter had passed, but who knew...
Indeed, women liked to bring up old grievances.
Sheng Lengshuang narrowed her eyes and stared at him. "Are you cursing me in your heart?"
Mo Lingxi sat up straight, waving his hands. "No, no, how would I dare to curse you in my heart? If you don't believe me, you can listen."
Sheng Lengshuang didn't quite believe him. "I warn you, don't do anything you shouldn't, don't think anything you shouldn't. Otherwise, you know the consequences."
Mo Lingxi readily agreed, then changed the subject. "It's unlikely we'll catch Sima Min this time. For the mastermind, Sima Min still has great utility."
Sheng Lengshuang pressed her temples, forcing herself not to bother Mo Lingxi. "If it were me, I would continue to use Sima Min. Look how obedient Sima Min is; she basically does as she's told."
"I initially thought Sima Min would make a fuss after learning she was being used. Now it seems she hasn't, which sufficiently demonstrates the mastermind's methods and capabilities."
Mo Lingxi had just hummed in agreement when he heard the voice of a dark guard.
"Your Highness, someone has rescued Zhou Wenxing."
Mo Lingxi lifted half the carriage curtain, his face ashen. "What happened?"
The dark guard lowered his head slightly and reported, "The other party used a lot of medicine, and we were all basically incapacitated. However, those masked individuals did not kill us. They directly rescued Zhou Wenxing."
Mo Lingxi pondered for a moment, then waved for the dark guard to withdraw. He said to Sheng Lengshuang, "What do you think the mastermind is trying to achieve with all this? The mastermind could have rescued Zhou Wenxing with this method before."
Sheng Lengshuang was also thinking about it. "It's hard to say. Zhou Wenxing has been tortured for so long that he's basically a cripple. Even if Zhou Wenxing is rescued, someone will have to attend to his basic needs, and crucially, he cannot do anything on his own."
Back then, Mo Lingxi had crippled Zhou Wenxing's hands and feet. So even if Zhou Wenxing was rescued, he would still be a cripple requiring constant care.
Mo Lingxi's sense of danger was escalating. "Let's be careful. This matter is not that simple. The mastermind went to great lengths to rescue a crippled Zhou Wenxing, likely plotting something."
Sheng Lengshuang, however, thought of something. "You think Zhou Wenxing might do something extreme to get revenge on us? Is that what the mastermind wants to exploit?"
The more she thought about it, the more it seemed so. The question was, what kind of extreme act would Zhou Wenxing commit?
Upon hearing this, Mo Lingxi connected all the pieces and immediately made a series of arrangements. No matter what the mastermind intended to do with Zhou Wenxing, it was always wise to take precautions.
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A courtyard.
The cloaked woman looked at Zhou Wenxing, who was so thin he was just skin and bones, appearing as terrifying as a ghost. She was quite disdainful. "Zhou Wenxing, if you weren't still useful to my master, my master wouldn't have gone to such lengths to rescue you."
She didn't know what her master was thinking, insisting on rescuing Zhou Wenxing and saying he had great utility.
What great use could a person with crippled limbs have?
Zhou Wenxing, with his sinister appearance like an evil spirit, laughed hoarsely, "Sheng Lengshuang, Prince Ming Rui, I will not let you go. I will absolutely not let you go! Even if it costs me my life, I will make you die!"
Hearing this, the cloaked woman roughly understood her master's intention. "Are you truly willing to use your life to exchange for the demise of Sheng Lengshuang and Prince Ming Rui?"
Zhou Wenxing said without hesitation, "I am willing! As long as I can kill these two... no, and die with the Qi family! I want to kill Sheng Lengshuang and Prince Ming Rui, and die with the Qi family."
"Qi Shi and I once swore to die together, we want to die together!"
At this point, the cloaked woman completely understood her master's intention and was greatly impressed. Truly worthy of being her master.
"Zhou Wenxing, I can help you achieve your wish. But now, you need to do one thing. Are you willing?"
Zhou Wenxing agreed without even asking what it was. "As long as you help me achieve my wish, you can take my life."