Are You Questioning Me?

"You two."

He frowned.

The pressure emanating from Shen Yi exploded in an instant.

At once.

Both Wen Ke'er and Shimada Yukimi, whose words had only just fallen, underwent drastic changes in expression.

"Did you not understand what I said?"

"Or are you questioning me?"

His voice was low, his words light as the wind. Yet the moment Shen Yi spoke, even the roaring sandstorm around them seemed to freeze.

It was as if Ice Seal had suddenly descended upon the endless desolation of yellow sand. Shen Yi's expression had not changed in the slightest from beginning to end, nor did his words carry any obvious imposing force.

It was merely an ordinary sentence, yet it seemed to solidify the surrounding space, making both Wen Ke'er and Shimada Yukimi shudder with cold.

Shimada Yukimi's expression turned solemn, and she immediately prostrated herself behind Shen Yi. "Yukimi spoke out of turn. Please punish me, Lord Shen."

Seeing Shimada Yukimi's reaction, Wen Ke'er also realized just how presumptuous her earlier words and actions had been. She knelt before Shen Yi as well, quietly awaiting his judgment.

Without Shen Yi saying a word.

Wen Ke'er did not even dare speak.

Fei Mi stood coldly at Shen Yi's side, lightly clutching the hem of his robe that fluttered without wind. She knew that Shen Yi could not possibly have been unaware of that information.

Even Wen Ke'er's little schemes had been fully within Shen Yi's sight.

He simply had not been bothered to hold them against her earlier.

But just now.

Wen Ke'er's words, along with what Shimada Yukimi had said, had undoubtedly touched Shen Yi's bottom line.

These two women seemed to have gone too far in trying to guess Shen Yi's thoughts.

"If I find out that either of you makes any