"Black Queen, you won't escape this time."
An icy female voice rang out above Empress Village, chilling everyone to the core.
Tang Guo, who had been planting trees with Tang Yichen, looked up in horror. A figure in a pure-white general's uniform stood high in the sky, her clothes whipping in the fierce wind, her long black hair streaming behind her.
Those icy eyes gazed down at her from above.
"Luo Zhiwei!!" Tang Guo's pupils abruptly contracted as a sense of mortal danger engulfed her.
She hadn't panicked when Grand General Black Tortoise hunted her down, but now, she truly did.
Not because she feared Luo Zhiwei, a Titled General, but because this was Empress Village, and there were villagers here she needed to protect.
"That's impossible. How did you find this place? Who told you the password!?"
A mocking smile curled Luo Zhiwei's lips. "Who do you think?"
Tang Guo froze. As though she had suddenly realized something, the color visibly drained from her cheeks.
Only three people knew the password: herself, Tang Xin, and Little White.
She and Tang Xin had stayed in Empress Village all this time, but Little White had left without saying goodbye...
"It was..." Tang Guo parted her lips, her voice as faint as a candle flickering in the wind, so broken she couldn't even utter a complete name.
It felt as though someone had ripped open her chest and torn out every trace of warmth, leaving nothing but a cold, empty hollow. The pain made it hard to breathe.
Luo Zhiwei sneered. "Looks like you've already guessed. That's right. It was Mr. Bai, the man you're so fond of."
Her words drove into Tang Guo's heart like steel needles.
"Sis, I told you that Bai guy was no good!" Beside her, Tang Yichen's