Tina stared dumbfoundedly at the arrogantly talking Feng Xiao and Suo Ying before her. She could not help but feel that the two of them had gone mad. "Wipe out the Xiao Clan? Just the two of you?"
The next second, Tina seemed to think of something and turned her gaze toward Feng Yu beside them. She remembered him saying that the uncle was a Title Douluo. Thinking about it that way, their confidence suddenly made sense. Before a Title Douluo, what the hell was a mere Soul Saint?
For a moment, countless thoughts filled Tina's mind. She decided...
"Um, c-can you let me go? I swear, I absolutely won't run."
Hearing Tina's words, Feng Xiao chuckled. "You look pretty good like this. I don't think there's any need to untie you."
"Please, I definitely won't run this time, really! Truer than gold!" Tina's eyes were filled with sincerity at that moment.
Seeing this, Feng Xiao fell silent for two seconds before saying, "Fine. I already know everything I need to know. To me, you're just an irrelevant passerby. Once I untie you, you can leave."
As he spoke, Feng Xiao untied the ropes binding Tina. However, in the process, he occasionally touched her body, especially when loosening the ropes around her chest and inner thighs.
Honestly, Feng Xiao had not intended to take advantage of her. The main problem was that Feng Yu's knots were far too technically sophisticated. Without a bit of skill, there was no way to undo those artistically intricate knots.
After freeing her, Feng Xiao let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "All right, you can go now."
Yet Tina, now freed from the ropes, merely looked at Feng Xiao with teary, resentful eyes. The meaning was roughly—after taking all those liberties, you're just going to tell me to leave?
"What kind of look is that?"
"You took advantage of me."
At Tina's words, Feng Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. Although she did feel quite nice—ptui—although the process had indeed been complicated, he truly had not meant to take advantage of her.
"You're overthinking it. Those were unavoidable touches while untying the ropes. Besides, with that figure of yours, I don't even want to look at you. Your skin isn't as smooth as my senior sister's, and your figure isn't even half as good as my master's. Take advantage of you? You're thinking too much. So hurry up and leave."
The moment he said that, Tina, who had already harbored ulterior motives and did not want to leave, pouted and puffed out her cheeks. She was not leaving!
"I'm not leaving!"
Feng Xiao smiled at the sight. What Tina did not know was that her refusal to leave had long been part of Feng Xiao's plan.
"You really aren't leaving?"
"Not leaving!"
Suo Ying, standing to the side, was deeply puzzled. He could not understand what Tina was thinking. She had clearly wanted to escape before, yet now that they were letting her go, she refused to leave? He simply could not make sense of it.
"Since you won't leave, then soon enough, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Judging from your earlier expression, you should know the Xiao Clan, and not merely in passing. If I'm not mistaken, your family or the place where you live should be within the Xiao Clan's sphere of dominance, right?"
As Feng Xiao spoke with a smile, a flash of shock passed through Tina's eyes before quickly disappearing. Yet Feng Xiao continued speaking.
"Logically speaking, with the speed at which you ran earlier, you should have been able to escape. As long as you got away, no one would have known your identity. But you just had to use us. You only intended to use us to hold back your pursuers so you could escape more smoothly, but you never expected our strength to exceed your expectations."
"We directly killed the people chasing you. Since we killed members of the Xiao Clan, after we leave, given the Xiao Clan's nature, they will definitely dig three feet into the ground to investigate. Once they uncover your identity and fail to find you, the Xiao Clan will vent its anger on your family."
"And now that you've heard we intend to make a move against the Xiao Clan, you naturally began entertaining certain thoughts. Before the strength of a Title Douluo, a small clan like the Xiao Clan has no ability to resist. So you planned to follow us.
"First, to avoid danger. If we truly have the strength to wipe out the Xiao Clan, then you and your family will be safe. Second, if we're merely bragging, you can escape amid the chaos. Right?"
"However, you seem to have forgotten something. You don't know anything about us at all! What kind of people do you think we are?"
With every word Feng Xiao spoke, Tina's little face turned a shade paler. By the end, her face was utterly bloodless, and beads of sweat had appeared on her forehead. It could not be helped—Feng Xiao had been too accurate. She felt as though she were standing naked before him, completely seen through, with even her thoughts firmly in his grasp.
Seeing Tina's pale face, Suo Ying's eyes widened even further. "He guessed all that just from her expression? I seriously suspect my brain is just decoration..."
"Judging by that expression, I was right about everything, wasn't I?"
Faced with Feng Xiao's smiling words, fear rose uncontrollably in Tina's heart. At that moment, Feng Xiao's handsome smiling face seemed as terrifying as a demon to her. This was the first time she had felt fear toward someone whose name she did not even know.
Powerful people were not frightening. What was frightening were people who could see through others' hearts and thoughts!
"Y-you... who exactly are you?"
Looking at Tina before him, Feng Xiao's lips curled upward slightly as he declared confidently, "The second disciple of the current Pope of Spirit Hall, Feng Xiao!"
The instant she heard Spirit Hall and the current Pope's second disciple, Tina covered her little mouth in disbelief, her eyes filled with shock and awe. This truly stunned her—she had never imagined that she had encountered someone with such a terrifying identity and background!
"Earlier, I told you to leave, but you insisted on staying. Now that you know my identity, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to~"
Looking at Feng Xiao's slightly narrowed eyes, Tina asked uneasily, "Then... are you going to kill me?"
Suddenly, Feng Xiao burst into laughter, leaving Tina unable to understand what he was thinking.
"Right now, you have only two paths before you. Either become my maid. Although your looks and figure are somewhat lacking, you're still a fairly interesting person. If you refuse to become my maid, then to avoid exposing my identity, I can only reluctantly send you out of this world."
Feng Xiao's words were rather tactful, yet they filled Tina with terror. At that moment, she regretted it deeply. Had she known, she would have left immediately earlier. But now, she had no choice.
"If I become your maid, can you guarantee my safety?"
Seeing that Tina had accepted her fate, Feng Xiao smiled. "Aren't you curious why I want to wipe out the Xiao Clan? You can ask Suo Ying."
With that, Feng Xiao ignored Tina and walked straight over to Feng Yu's side, where he began eating the Fire Phoenix Chicken.
Still somewhat dazed, Tina went over to Suo Ying and began asking questions. As they talked, the two discovered that not only were they acquainted, but they were also from neighboring villages. That was right—Tina's village was right next to Suo Village.
Furthermore, they had even played together as children. It was simply that they had changed so much that neither recognized the other. In addition, Tina had believed that no one from Suo Village had survived back then, which was why she had not recognized Suo Ying.
However, Feng Xiao had known all of this long ago. Ask why? The answer was that the system daddy had told him. And just like that, Feng Xiao's team gained another member—one who also worked part-time as a maid.
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