Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 284 - 165: Pursuit_3

Chapter 284: Chapter 165: Pursuit_3

In the small cave, three distinctly different people, three distinctly different fates.

Jiang Shouzhong’s mind was flooded with thoughts, and he couldn’t help but think of Ye and his ex-wife, Hong’er, again.

Soon, the silence was broken by the sound of hooves.

The man who had been feigning sleep felt as if he had been struck by electricity, his pupils suddenly contracting. He instinctively sprang up and tightly gripped the knife handle at his waist, the veins on the back of his hand bulging with tension.

The woman, startled awake, first appeared confused; but upon seeing the people outside the cave, her face turned deathly pale and her delicate body couldn’t stop trembling violently.

Er Liang and Yelü Miaomiao were also awakened by the noise.

When Yelü Miaomiao realized she had unexpectedly been lying in the man’s arms asleep, she instantly straightened up as if shocked by electricity.

The young girl’s heart pounded like a drum, the heat rushing to her cheeks quickly spreading to her ears, and she hastily asked in an effort to conceal her inner awkwardness, "What’s happening outside?"

"It’s nothing, it doesn’t concern us," he replied.

Jiang Shouzhong patted Er Liang on the shoulder, signaling that the girl need not be nervous.

"Are they after them?"

Yelü Miaomiao, looking towards the tensely poised pair at the entrance, used the motion of straightening her clothes to quietly calm her erratic heartbeat, trying to regain her composure.

"It seems so," Jiang Shouzhong nodded.

Jin Ao had already stood up by then, verifying that the newcomers outside were not there for him, he gestured to the woman with the conical hat not to panic.

"Su Junwen, damn, you made it hard for me to find you," a robust voice followed by the sound of eight galloping horses echoed from outside, standing boldly at the entrance.

Those on horseback were all clad in rain capes, braving the wind and rain.

The leader was a one-armed man with a sinister, fierce look in his eyes. He gripped a mace tightly in his hand, his chilling gaze locked on the man and woman inside the cave like a hawk, a cruel smile playing on his lips.

He turned his head and ordered an agile subordinate beside him, "Send a signal to the young master."

The subordinate nodded, pulled out a bamboo tube, expertly untied the cord at the end, and gently pulled it. A dazzling flare shot from the top of the tube, slicing through the dark night sky, and exploded in the air.

The couple being hunted were none other than the third son of the Su Family, Su Junwen, and Tan Shuangshuang.

"Zhao Ying, you are a master of the Lesser Mystical Sect after all, yet you willingly degrade yourself to be a dog for the Su Family, aren’t you ashamed?" Su Junwen said through gritted teeth, sneering at the Su Family retainer on horseback.

Zhao Ying scoffed, "Since I’ve eaten the Su Family’s rice, there’s no reason for me to break my bowl. Besides, the young master has promised that if I capture you and bring you back, this little Tan girl will be mine," he declared.

The woman’s face flushed red with anger, "Even if I die, I will not be with you."

Zhao Ying looked over Tan Shuangshuang’s attractive figure with a sinister expression, "Whether you follow me or not is not up to you. I personally took the dowry to visit your mother hiding in the countryside and conveniently delivered a couple of slaps as a greeting gift. Hmm, did you think hiding would keep me from finding you?"

At these words, Tan Shuangshuang almost fainted, her face turning pale and her lips trembling.

Zhao Ying slowly advanced on horseback, looking at Su Junwen’s shaky, weak appearance, the knife in his hand trembling violently, barely able to grip it steadily. His voice mixed with a hint of mockery, he coldly said, "With you looking so frail and unable to even hold your knife, why bother struggling in vain here? Come back with me obediently, and maybe the young master, being kind-hearted, will spare your life. After all, you are the son of Mr. Su, the world’s second fastest swordsman, though illegitimate," he taunted.

Su Junwen gave a wretched laugh, "Son? That’s really the joke of the century. I’ve never considered myself a part of the Su Family, and if not for my mother also bearing the Su surname, I wouldn’t even want that!"

"The young master is so eager to kill me, isn’t he just afraid of me disclosing the Su Family’s scandal?"

"When Su Shanke and his sworn brothers sought refuge with the court to wipe out the Sect Master Qu Hongling of Sky Demon Sect in exchange for rewards, he turned into a great hero, quite the grandeur indeed!"

"But when he was trapped in Jade Gorge, how did he survive? Why was he the only one to live? And why did he go mad?"

"I may not know the whole story, but I know some of the inside story; Su Shanke, to save his own life, was so hungry he even dared to use his sworn brothers’ bodies as food! Such trash, and he dares to call himself a hero?"

"Shut up!"

Zhao Ying’s voice was sinister, "That was Mr. Su driven mad, spouting nonsense. With Mr. Su’s integrity, he would never do such a thing," he defended.

"Hmm, whether it’s true or not, why not confront Qu Hongling?"

Su Junwen sneered, "When Su Shanke heard that Qu Hongling was still alive, he was so frightened that he even cried out for mercy in his sleep."

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