Chapter 24: Should I Cut Out Their Tongues?
Arriving at the buffet restaurant with Cang Jiu, Xie Qiang saw an unexpected figure.
“Sen Ji? Why is he eating here?”
Thinking of how he had coldly said they shouldn’t meet again, Xie Qiang couldn’t help but purse her lips.
Better pretend I didn’t see him.
Just as she thought this, she felt a weight on her shoulder, and her body was uncontrollably steered toward Sen Ji.
Xie Qiang: ! Cang Jiu!!!
“Hi, Commander Sen.” Cang Jiu wrapped his arm around Xie Qiang’s shoulder and walked up to Sen Ji. “Mind if we share a table?”
Sen Ji looked up, his gaze heavy as he looked at Xie Qiang, who was waving her hands frantically. The words of refusal that were on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back.
Since she didn’t want to sit with him so much, he wouldn’t grant her wish. He couldn’t be the only one suffering.
He said indifferently, “Sure.”
“Your Highness, sit~ I’ll go get food for you.” After saying that, Cang Jiu dumped Xie Qiang and ran off quickly.
Wait, don’t leave me!
Xie Qiang wanted to cry but had no tears. She turned her head stiffly. “I’ll go too…”
Seeing her flustered appearance, Sen Ji moved the chopsticks in his fingers slightly. “Sit.”
Xie Qiang hesitated, then sat down, placing her hands obediently on her thighs, her back as straight as an elementary school student listening attentively in class.
She secretly observed Sen Ji’s expression.
He didn’t seem very disgusted or angry. Could it be that her recent performance had changed his opinion of her?
While Xie Qiang was guessing, she suddenly heard Sen Ji speak. “You have been purifying B-class Sentinels recently?”
“Hmm?” Xie Qiang snapped back to reality and answered hurriedly, “Ah, yes.”
“I heard you purify at least 100 Sentinels every day.” Sen Ji lowered his eyes, making it impossible to see the emotion in them. “Hard work.”
Xie Qiang hurriedly said, “Not hard, not hard.”
Thinking that this God of War was worth six S-class Sentinels, Xie Qiang couldn’t help but think secretly that she must maintain a good relationship with Sen Ji. Even if they were just a nominal couple, she had to make this marriage secure.
Sen Ji didn’t speak again, silently chewing the tasteless food in his mouth.
When he first heard about this, he was shocked, but soon became dismissive, thinking she definitely wouldn’t last more than three days.
But unexpectedly, she persisted for a full half-month.
1,600 B-class Sentinels had received her thorough purification. Converting the workload, it was equivalent to a B-class Guide working exhaustively without rest for 213 days.
She really seemed to have changed.
Sen Ji observed her unobtrusively.
The girl sat in her seat, her creamy white hair tied up casually with a ribbon. Under those clear ice-blue cat eyes, faint fatigue and red veins were hidden by the spirit she forced herself to maintain; without careful observation, one couldn’t detect it at all.
She looked left and right, just refusing to look at him in front of her. When those eyes discovered a Sentinel stealing glances at her, she revealed a friendly, sweet smile. But when she saw the other person lower their head in fear, she couldn’t help touching the tip of her nose, lowering her head with slightly dimmed eyes.
Is she… feeling disappointed?
Sen Ji felt a trace of irritability rise in his heart for some reason. The usually noble and arrogant Princess never put A-class Sentinels in her eyes. Now, she felt so lost and wronged just because a mere Sentinel ignored her.
How can a person change so much so suddenly?
Unless she is planning something.
Sen Ji lowered his eyes, suppressing the abnormal emotions in his heart, and chewed the food in his mouth expressionlessly.
Cang Jiu came back with the food. The three of them chatted sporadically, mostly Cang Jiu and Xie Qiang talking.
“Your Highness, half a month has passed. Have you still not thought about the reform of Guide work?” Cang Jiu propped his cheek on his hand, unhappy. “Or have you already thought about it and are deliberately not telling me?”
Hearing this, Sen Ji looked up at the two. “What reform?”
Is her big change to promote reform, not for him?
Xie Qiang glared slightly at Cang Jiu. “Nothing like that, don’t listen to his nonsense.”
It’s not nonsense.
He had clearly seen Xie Qiang prepare a lot of application materials, and every time he appeared, she would hurriedly hide them.
So bad.
How should I get revenge on my Princess?
His beautiful fox eyes rolled. Looking at Xie Qiang sitting upright in front of Sen Ji, a plan came to mind.
“Oh my, I suddenly remembered I have something urgent, I have to go first.”
Ignoring Xie Qiang’s suddenly widened eyes, he pretended not to see and smiled at Sen Ji. “Commander Sen, after Her Highness finishes dining, please escort her back personally, okay?”
Xie Qiang looked at him indignantly.
Stinky fox, this is deliberate revenge!
“No need!” She refused immediately. “I’m not a child; I don’t need anyone to escort me!”
“That won’t do. Recently, Your Highness encountered assassination attempts twice in a row. If there is no one to protect you…” Cang Jiu shook his head with pity. “I’m afraid you won’t even know where you died.”
Sen Ji frowned.
He looked at Xie Qiang with a sharp gaze. “You encountered an assassination again?”
“No, what do you mean ‘again’… I only encountered an assassination that one night.” Xie Qiang explained hurriedly. “If you don’t believe me, ask Inspector Hong Que; he saved me.”
Sen Ji looked at Cang Jiu with a displeased expression. “You knew about this too? Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Oh, there were too many things, I forgot.” Cang Jiu sounded innocent. He waved his hand. “Enough talking, remember to send Her Highness back, okay!”
The fox youth quickly disappeared. Xie Qiang bit her chopsticks indignantly, stealing a glance at Sen Ji’s face. “Commander Sen doesn’t need to send me. No one will assassinate me.”
Leaving aside the fact that there was no second assassination in the novel recently, just the fact that she had purified so many Sentinels lately meant her reputation should have improved a lot. It shouldn’t be so bad that everyone wanted to kill her.
Besides, there was a stupid bird secretly escorting her.
Sen Ji remained silent, but the force with which he gripped his chopsticks increased significantly.
In the past, if she even scraped her skin, she would curse him, blaming his poor management for her injury.
Since when did she stop complaining and refuse to tell him even when she encountered an assassination?
He should be relieved, but Sen Ji just felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Before, she treated Cang Jiu and Hong Que differently. She pursued Cang Jiu fiercely, showing none of the disgust she had for Sentinels, and she was childhood friends with Hong Que; even if she liked to bully him, she never humiliated him.
Only toward him was she cynical and extremely disdainful.
Now, regarding her assassination, Cang Jiu knew, Hong Que knew, but only he didn’t know.
To put it bluntly, she still looked down on him, thinking he wasn’t worthy of protecting her.
Sen Ji sneered in his heart, but he wouldn’t grant her wish.
She should also taste what it feels like to be forced to suffer in silence.
“As an S-class Guide, Your Highness should prioritize your own safety and not be willful.” Sen Ji stood up, adjusted his saber hilt, and spoke coldly. “If you die, not only me, but the entire Third War Zone will suffer.”
Xie Qiang drooped her head. “Alright.”
Should I be glad my little life is worth quite a lot?
After eating, Sen Ji escorted Xie Qiang back to the office.
The two walked in silence until they reached the corner, almost at the office, when a burst of chatter suddenly reached their ears.
“Yo, you also booked the Princess’s purification?”
“Yeah, it wasn’t in vain that I camped out for five whole days to finally grab one!”
“Hehe, this is all thanks to Guide Jiang. If not for her, where would we get the chance to be thoroughly purified?”
Xie Qiang and Sen Ji’s footsteps paused.
Around the corner, the conversation continued.
“Hmm? Guide Jiang had something to do with this?”
“Yeah, didn’t you know? Before, Guide Jiang kept persuading the Princess in the testing hall to purify low-level Sentinels. The Princess’s face at that time was simply ugly to death.”
Xie Qiang couldn’t help touching her face in confusion.
Was it?
The person continued, “But under Guide Jiang’s impassioned persuasion, the Princess finally relented and said she would consider it.”
“Guide Jiang said she would go to her again. Look, the Princess must have been persuaded, which is why she opened appointments to purify us B-class Sentinels!”
“Hiss, putting it that way, it really is thanks to Guide Jiang.”
“Yeah, yeah. If not for her, why would the Princess purify Sentinels of our level!”
“I used to think she lacked judgment, but now it seems that although she lost her purification ability, she still has some capability. Looks like we should thank her properly.”
Xie Qiang touched the tip of her nose.
She looked at Sen Ji, who stood motionless. “Let’s go.”
Sen Ji looked at her, his gaze slightly darkening.
She must be angry.
She was the one who worked hard to purify the Sentinels, yet these Sentinels wanted to thank Jiang Qingwan, not mentioning a bit of her good.
Sen Ji pursed his lips. He knew Xie Qiang definitely couldn’t stand this grievance and would surely teach these Sentinels a lesson. Maybe she would even order him to cripple these Sentinels directly.
In the past, Sen Ji certainly wouldn’t have obeyed.
But now… Sen Ji gripped the saber at his waist, feeling that these Sentinels deserved a lesson.
He didn’t care if Jiang Qingwan had persuaded Xie Qiang or not; in the end, she had only moved her lips. The one who was truly willing to purify Sentinels and work hard was Xie Qiang.
If thanks were to be given, they shouldn’t thank Jiang Qingwan first no matter what.
“Should I cut out their tongues?” Sen Ji’s face was full of indifference. Cutting out their tongues, at least, wouldn’t affect their ability to go to the battlefield and kill Zerg later.
Xie Qiang looked at Sen Ji with slight horror.
Why is he so brutal?!
These Sentinels didn’t say anything wrong, just had a slight misunderstanding, and he wants to cut out their tongues?
Villainess’s Dad, what kind of man did you find for the villainess?
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