After the initial shock, Tian Shan had a look of utter disappointment in his eyes while Tian Lan and the other two were fuming with rage and indignation.
This was an outright betrayal!
If it wasn't a betrayal then what it was?
Those six persons who stood opposite them were the brothers who accompanied them throughout these years.
Training hard together to reach the peak of this continent.
....Yet, those brothers just turned and betrayed them.
It would have been fine if those followed someone else but they had to follow this one even after knowing their history with him.
If it wasn't backstabbing then what was?
Facing Tian Shan and others, those people turned their heads to avoid their gazes.
Jiang Ying Yue had an interesting look pasted on her face.
Look! Her hunch was right!
Sure enough.....her body was a big magnet that attracted all sorts of trouble.
Jiang Ying Yue pouted as a feeling of grievance rose in her heart.
The cold and handsome man noticed her change in mood and subconsciously held her wrist only to realize he had made a mistake, however, he couldn't bear to let it go and still held on.
Jiang Ying Yue who was busy sulking froze at this and turned her gaze to meet his eyes.
The pair of eyes were dark and deep just like the night sky. However, this night sky was without any stars and moon, very dull and soulless.
....And for some reason whenever Jiang Ying Yue looked into them she felt a deep sense of pity for him. She didn't know why but she felt very sad just by glimpsing into those eyes.
Maybe this was also the reason that Jiang Ying Yue didn't shake away the hand that was cautiously holding onto her's and ignored him to watch the show that was unfolding.
The man recognized it as her affirmation and that cautious touch enveloped Jiang Ying Yue's whole hand.
Jiang Ying Yue felt it but just snorted inwardly and let him be. There was an interesting show to see. It was a pity there wasn't any popcorn...Sigh!
" Hahaha. What?.... Are you surprised?" Xiao Tingfei had a triumphant look on his face, " Look... your dogs all left you once tossed a big bone at them. Haha...Tian Shan, you understand that?.... You're a loser!.. Haha..."
Jiang Ying Yue felt disgusted at his smug laughter and wanted to wipe that off his mean face with a smack.
This bastard was cheap through and through. No wonder even previous Jiang Ying Yue didn't even bother looking at him. With her straightforward temper, it must have been hard to resist killing this guy.
The last time she accepted the bet and fought this Bai Ya was also because she wanted to win a chance to cancel the damn engagement of her own volition. She had had enough of that narcissistic idiot.
Though even when she lost to Bai Ya the engagement was annulled, it held a completely different meaning.
After all, being dumped and dumping were clearly two different matters.
If she was dumped then she and her family would be disgraced while when it came to her dumping the other party, it was the exact opposite. The one who would be disgraced was the royal family and not Jiang Residence.
So all of Jiang Ying Yue's efforts were to save her dignity as well as the dignity of their Jiang Residence.
However, these two idiots were born narcissists and kept thinking of her as a leech who stuck to Xiao Tingfei and refused to leave him. She was so infatuated with him that she was even willing to risk her life and fought with Bai Ya, who had higher cultivation than her.
"Oh...What? Too shocked to speak?...Haha.I knew you'd like it." Xiao Tingfei was like an annoying bug that kept humming beside your ears.
Jiang Ying Yue side glanced at her fellow companion and realized that they were really too angry to speak and seemed to be trembling slightly.
Seeing this her bright and clear eyes spun and tugged at the warm, large hand that was holding onto hers.
" Here...here..lower your head." Jiang Ying Yue signaled him with her other hand.
The man also obediently followed her command and bowed his head so that it could reach her level.
" Say...if I fight someone stronger than me and cannot defeat them will you save me or leave me to fend for myself?" Jiang Ying Yue whispered into his ear sending him a tickle that flowed through his body reaching to his dead and cold heart making him shiver slightly.
However, that tickle only lasted for a moment and disappeared like an illusion, and his heart returned to its frigid state, calm and serene without any ripples.
The man paused slightly before responding, " As long as I live I will never let any harm come to you." It was an oath that he swore on the day she saved him.
Jiang Ying Yue nodded in affirmation, looking pleased by his answer, and continued asking, " Then...what about my companions?"
The man looked into her eyes and said slowly, " I will listen to you. As long as you want it, I'll give it to you."
As long as you want it, I'll give it to you...
...give it to you!!
This..this...why did it sound so ambiguous?
Ahhhh!....When did her mind become so dirty and twisted?!
Jiang Ying Yue only felt that this line was quite ambiguous, however, beyond her knowledge even their posture was filled with ambiguity for anyone who paid them attention.
And there sure were some people who were paying them attention.
Jiang Ying Yue keen senses felt many eyes staring at them as if with the intent to burn holes into their bodies. The man also noticed this but he simply choose to ignore it, he was always indifferent.
Jiang Ying Yue turned her head to see who these people were and stumbled into Bai Ya who was staring at her dead patient with an infatuated gaze... oh, and there was also that girl who came with that bear guy to provoke Tian Lan on their way out of the market that day.
Lou Cuifen was glaring at Jiang Ying Yue with deep hatred.
This was the boy who humiliated her in front of everyone that day.
Jiang Ying Yue, however, was indifferent towards her glaring.
What displeased Jiang Ying Yue was the way Bai Ya was staring at her patient, almost drooling.
No way.....this was her man!
No..no...not that kind of 'man' but person kind of man.
Yes, no one was allowed to covet her belonging....she wouldn't allow it even if it was just a glance! Hmph!
" You look so smug just gaining some cheap scraps you collected from us.....we are not that poor, you can take them all you want." Jiang Ying Yue sneered, "....also, keep your cheap, crappy belonging to yourself, don't try to force it on us." With that, she eyed Bai Ya who was still staring at the handsome man.
Xiao Tingfei's face was dark as if understanding something he turned and caught Bai Ya red-handed.
Bai Ya being caught in the act felt guilty and flustered for a moment before she came to her senses.
Yes, so what she was staring at the other man?
With her noble status even if she kept other men beside him, Xiao Tingfei shouldn't have any problem.
She was Bai Ya, Bai Family's youngest daughter.
The Bai family, who ruled over the Bai Domain, one of the four powerful domains.
She was treated as the treasured pearl of their family, dotted by everyone. So, by marrying into a small nation like Burning Phoenix kingdom wasn't she doing them a great favour?
They should be just satisfied with that and try to not control the matter of her harem.