"What... Zhao Yunzhu?"
"This is impossible!"
Zhao Ziyue could not help letting out a cry of alarm.
At the same time.
A window beside them abruptly flew open, and an incomparably swift figure shot into the room.
When the man's figure and face came clearly into view before Zhao Ziyue, her face drained of color. As though she had seen a ghost, she staggered back again and again.
Li Yun, on the other hand, remained exceptionally calm. With a sweep of his arm, he caught the staggering Zhao Ziyue and pulled her into his embrace.
The newcomer was none other than Zhao Yunzhu!
"Li Yun!"
"So you are Young Lord of Dongyang, Li Yun!"
"I was so focused on that brat Ye Tianxie that I underestimated you. I never expected you to guess the entire truth in one go."
Zhao Yunzhu gritted his teeth, his fury toward Li Yun surging to its peak.
The corner of Li Yun's mouth curled up as he sneered. "As a Heavenly Human Supreme, Your Highness the Crown Prince would only care about pawns like Ye Tianxie, whose schemes were useful to you. Why would you care about a nobody like me?"
"You are indeed a nobody. In my eyes, you are not worth mentioning. But you are also a nobody with the audacity to defy heaven!"
"That night in the woods, it was you spying on me, wasn't it?"
"Speak! What method did you use to evade my detection? Explain yourself, and I will leave you an intact corpse. Otherwise, today I will make you taste the agony of being unable to live or die, then tear you to pieces and reduce you to ashes!"
Listening to their exchange.
Zhao Ziyue finally came to her senses. Staring fixedly at Zhao Yunzhu, she cried out