Suotuo City's shopping street rang with noise, the cries of roadside vendors mingling with the chatter and laughter of passersby. Yet none of that clamor could drown out the furious roar erupting from Dai Mubai's chest.
Every accusation Zhu Zhuqing leveled at him was blunt and sharp, slicing open the past he had deliberately avoided, cut by cut.
Betraying their Marriage Pact, fleeing the world out of cowardice, indulging in reckless affairs—she had dragged all those shameful things out of the shadows and laid them bare before everyone.
Passersby stopped to watch. Their murmurs crowded into his ears, each one a fine needle that stabbed his face until it burned, sending his fury rushing to his head.
Dai Mubai clenched both fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white, the joints standing out pale beneath his skin. The soul power inside him churned wildly beyond his control, swelling his meridians. Faint ripples of White Tiger Soul Power rose around him, and he nearly unleashed Martial Soul Possession on the spot.
The female Soul Master with a Cat Martial Soul who nestled against his side had already lost every trace of her usual coquettish softness.
Her brows were drawn tightly together, helplessness lurking in her eyes along with a measure of apprehension. She had been with Dai Mubai for a long time, but she had never seen him lose control and composure like this.
She dared not delay any longer. Raising her hand, she seized Dai Mubai's arm, her fingers clamping hard around his sleeve. She soothed him softly while using every ounce of strength to drag his unruly body backward.
"Mubai, stop making a scene... Let's go, quickly. It really isn't worth wasting our time here."
Fury had already reduced Dai Mubai's mind to chaos, leaving him full of vicious