At those words, the short young man's smile instantly froze, and his originally gentle, honest gaze gradually turned cold and sinister.
"Xiao Mo, don't talk nonsense! Those people were all killed by the Soul Clan. What did that have to do with your senior brother Ruan?"
"They were already walking corpses. Your senior brother Ruan helped release them, so naturally, they could only be grateful!"
"As for destroying their bodies, that was merely a stopgap measure! Besides, they were already dead. What did they need bodies for?"
Unexpectedly, the beautiful woman spoke coldly, absolving the short young man of all responsibility.
The round-faced girl thought it over, only to find herself tongue-tied, completely unable to refute her.
She was just a little girl fresh out of the thatched cottage. How could she possibly outargue the widely experienced senior sister Zhang?
"I was wrong! Senior brother Ruan, please don't hold it against me!"
A sense of grievance welled up in the girl's heart, but under the beautiful woman's piercing gaze, she lowered her head and held back her tears as she quietly apologized.
"We're all on the same side. Don't say that!"
The short young man smiled gently, seemingly not minding at all.
The beautiful woman, however, glared at the girl, feeling utterly helpless.
This foolish girl still thinks I'm bullying her! She has no idea she's already tested the gates of death several times!
She sighed helplessly inwardly. A girl as guileless as this would probably have been devoured without even a bone left long ago if she had not been secretly protecting her.
Did she really think this seemingly honest short young man was a good person?
"Kill!"
Meanwhile, a chaotic battle had already erupted over there.
The bedraggled members of the Soul Clan suddenly caught sight of a