She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 152 How Could It Be You!

Suddenly.

From the darkness, Jie Chen, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his sharp, thin eyes.

He swiftly grabbed the wrist of the shadowy figure and pressed a pre-prepared sword against the opponent’s neck with great speed.

Jie Chen barked, "Who are you, really!"

The nearby guarding soldiers heard the noise and came in to light the candles.

However, when Jie Chen saw the person’s face, he slightly faltered.

"How could it be you?"

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Xiang Ying slept until dawn.

She was yet again awakened by the faint crying outside the door.

Ever since they found out she was "not long for this world," the Seventh Princess and the others took turns bringing people to cry.

The three children performed so vigorously that they moved the Seventh Princess to tears, her eyes swollen like walnuts.

Now, the Seventh Princess was kneeling outside Xiang Ying’s room, making a solemn vow.

"Big sister, I know you can hear me, rest assured and recover, no matter what happens after this, I will take care of Yuanxiao and the others as if they were my own."

"As long as I have a sip of soup to drink, they will surely have some meat to eat, big sister... sob."

"Seventh Aunt!" The three youngsters also cried loudly, embracing with the Seventh Princess.

Inside the room, Xiang Ying chewed on a soup dumpling with an expressionless face.

Not to say anything, but weren’t the three children acting a bit too proficient?

If it weren’t for Xiang Ying knowing this was her own plan, she might even suspect that she was really about to die.

Qianqian walked over with a pale face: "Have you seen my mother?"

Seventh Princess, Rongrong, was crying miserably, but upon hearing this, she looked up with cold eyes as sharp as knives.

"You came here looking for Lady? You’re in the wrong place!"

Yuanxiao, with a baby voice tinged with displeasure, chased her off: "Exactly! Right now, my evil mother needs to rest and heal, and if we see anyone annoying, we will kick them out immediately!"

Qianqian’s eyes reddened: "What should I do, my mother said she went out in the middle of the night to relieve herself but she did not return."

Hearing this, the nearby prisoners began discussing among themselves—

"In the morning when they were distributing porridge, I heard the soldiers say that they found wild animal footprints near the village, each footprint as big as a human head."

"What kind of large beast could that be? It couldn’t be a snow leopard or tiger, right? If that’s true, Lady might have been carried off!"

Mention of wild beasts made Qianqian’s face even paler, and everyone else grew fearful.

"Will the beast eat all of us? When can we leave? We need to get out of here!"

"With the heavy snow falling now, even if we set off, we wouldn’t know the direction, it’s impossible to leave."

Inside the room, Xiang Ying coughed a few times.

Three short and two long, this was their secret signal to the children.

The children exchanged glances; Xiang Xiuxiu was responsible for holding back the Seventh Princess, while Yuanxiao and Yuan Lang came into the room side by side.

After the door closed, the matches inside the room burnt warmly, completely isolating the cold outside.

Xiang Ying was no longer in pain, she stood up and went over to the fire, using a knife to turn a few roasted sweet potatoes.

The potatoes were so hot she couldn’t hold onto them properly; she blew on them while peeling the skin.

Yuan Lang, seeing her red fingertips, couldn’t help reaching out his little hand, pretending to be indifferent: "You’re so clumsy, let me help you."

However, Xiang Ying placed the peeled sweet potato in his hand.

She also gently ruffled his hair smilingly: "What if you burn your little hands? Mom has peeled it for you, eat up."

Yuan Lang stared at her gentle smile and was momentarily stunned.

He had fantasized countless times about what it would feel like to have a gentle and considerate mother.

Although Xiang Ying could not be described as gentle and considerate, on the road to exile, she had fully lived up to her responsibilities.

So much so that in Yuan Lang’s mind, she gradually began to merge with the mother he had imagined.

Yuan Lang’s face turned slightly red, and he awkwardly turned away: "Don’t treat me like a child."

Xiang Ying laughed: "Three and a half years old, if not a child then what is it?"

Xiang Yuanshuo stretched out his chubby little hand, showing four fingers.

"Four years old, we are four years old! You unreliable bad mom!" He glared with his big black eyes, a tone of accusation.

Xiang Ying lightly coughed: "Half a year doesn’t count."

Saying so, she dragged a sack from under the wooden bunk bed, clanging loudly.

The two children puzzled: "What is this?"

Upon opening the sack, it turned out to be all animal traps.

Xiang Ying gave each a pack of powder and placed it in their tiny palms.

"Animal traps and beast-repelling powder, for unexpected needs."

"Give the animal traps to Jie Chen, he knows how to use them. As for the powder, you have a sister, also distribute some to Tao Xue and her, make sure everyone carries a little."

"If you encounter a fierce beast, grab this and scatter it behind you, or throw it in its eyes."

Just now, lying in the room, Xiang Ying heard it.

In the mountain records, that bear-like, unidentified Snow Beast appeared.

In such cold weather, if it really were a bear, it would have already been hibernating.

And the fierce animals that can still come out to hunt now are mostly snow leopards and tigers.

Whichever kind it is, they are dangerous to life.

Yet, Xiang Yuanlang said: "These days I’ve been looking for opportunities to practice my abilities, but, I haven’t found a single animal, not even a bird."

It was too cold here, the mountains deserted by people, not even wild animals were seen.

Xiang Ying smiled: "Whether there are any or not, always be prepared with the powder. I can’t go out, so I leave sister to your care."

Xiang Yuanshuo and Xiang Yuanlang nodded solemnly.

When it came to Jie Chen, Xiang Ying was puzzled: "He didn’t come to see me this morning, what is he doing?"

Xiang Yuanshuo, biting into a sweet potato, his mouth chewy: "Hmm, I heard he caught a traitor and is interrogating him."

Meanwhile, outside the village, in the icy snowy pine forest.

Jie Chen led Skinny Monkey and others, tying a man battered and dying to a tree.

The person he caught was last night’s dark shadow.

Also the newly arrived Military Supervisor of the entire Exile Team, known as the brother Bai Wuchang, Li Fenghai.

"Who exactly instructed you to steal, are you going to talk or not?" Jie Chen pressed the sword hilt against Li Fenghai’s lower jaw.

Yet, he remained silent, only smirking mockingly and desolately, with a resigned yet fearless arrogance.

"Deputy General, I’ve said it many times, but you just don’t believe me. I was worried about the legitimacy of the items Xiang Ying gave you, so I wanted to verify, yet you insist on treating me as a thief." freewebnøvel.coɱ

"I am your subordinate, how could I harm you?"

Jie Chen sternly said: "I thought of others, but never you. Since you won’t talk, then just stay here."

He waved his hand, leading Skinny Monkey and the others to leave.

Li Fenghai struggled and roared: "Jie Chen! You know the Emperor is searching everywhere for the Imperial Jade Seal, and yet you keep it without promptly handing it over, holding it yourself. Once the Emperor finds out, what crime will you face?"

But Jie Chen didn’t turn back, already far away.

Acid Scholar had already searched Li Fenghai’s belongings.

He found short arrows used by West Zhou for sending messages that Jie Chen had previously discovered.

"Deputy General, could it really be that he betrayed us, leaving messages for West Zhou people along the way?"

"Whether it is or not, his nocturnal exploration of my room surely had other motives."

Jie Chen was speaking, preparing to head towards Xiang Ying’s house, but unexpectedly saw Lady shivering in her clothes, coming out of a team leader’s house.

Seeing him, the Lady got startled and quickly ran off with her head down.

Skinny Monkey frowned: "Deputy General, it seems like the Lady’s cheek is swollen, as if she was hit. It’s Pang Niu’s house, could it be he coveted her beauty and just..."

The residing team leader, nearly forty, nicknamed Pang Niu, was simple-minded with focused small eyes.

He had just come out from the house, touching his belt, when he was pushed by Jie Chen’s men into the snow, squealing like a pig.

Jie Chen pressed his sword hilt directly above his eyes: "Didn’t I say that in this team, forcing female prisoners is not allowed?"