Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 364 - 363: That Is, Responsibility

Chapter 364: Chapter 363: That Is, Responsibility

Han Zhan really couldn’t figure this woman out.

Just now, she was wildly aggressive, yet now, this smile, those eyes... Had she calmed down?

"You..." What kind of trick are you playing?

The act is over? What does that mean?

"You trust her so much that anything I say is useless. If I told you she was a Dead Soldier assassin, you wouldn’t believe it, would you?"

"Chu Qianli, you really are too much..."

"That’s why I say, you won’t believe it."

If you believed, would the play have been so splendid?

Chu Qianli put away her short knife and stepped forward, "Time’s almost up, let’s go, I’ll show you the truth."

But Han Zhan just stood there, watching her retreating figure, motionless.

Suddenly, he felt a twinge of unease.

What was this so-called truth she mentioned? It could only be about the face behind Chu Huaiyu.

But should he really follow her?

If he went with her, wouldn’t that mean he believed her, and suspected Chu Huaiyu, too?

But what if Huaiyu was innocent?

How would he face an innocent Huaiyu who had entrusted everything to him afterward?

"What’s the matter? Don’t dare to go?"

Chu Qianli, who had already reached the back door of the Duke Residence, turned around, looking at his tall figure, her thin lips curved up in a cold smile.

"That’s why I say, people like you deserve to be deceived by women all your life!"

"What are you talking about?" Han Zhan clenched his fist, feeling very conflicted.

"Don’t you even dare to look? Maybe after seeing it, many things will start to make sense."

Chu Qianli estimated the time and didn’t want to continue entangled with him here.

"If you don’t want to see, it’s your loss. Later, don’t say I never gave you a chance."

She started walking away.

After a while, the man behind her finally followed.

"Chu Qianli, if I find out that you’ve not only hurt her but also want to frame her, I will never let you off."

Han Zhan’s heart was still in turmoil, wanting to go yet not wanting to.

His emotions were a mess.

Chu Qianli sneered, "If it weren’t for your father’s sake, do you think I would bother to persuade you to come with me?"

Han Zhan didn’t speak.

He knew that he never mattered to her—

No, in the past, she really did like him.

But back then, he wouldn’t even give Chu Qianli a second glance.

Later, when she became the wise, calm, and disturbingly clever Chu Qianli, he found his gaze involuntarily falling on her more often than not.

But from that point on, she really had no affection left for him.

She treated his father better than she treated him.

The two no longer spoke, heading toward the back door of the Duke Residence.

Exiting through the back door, Han Zhan immediately spotted a group of people not far away.

"Miss, big brother has gone in after her," Fu Ning approached.

"Alone?"

"Yes, big brother said that Chu Huaiyu’s martial arts are very good, and if there are too many people, she will notice."

Fu Ning was still a bit worried.

Even though she knew that Chu Huaiyu was injured, still, Huaiyu was said to be a top-tier Dead Soldier, and she feared that big brother wouldn’t be able to handle her on his own.

"It’s okay, I injured both her arms, it has greatly affected her fighting ability, tonight, she is definitely no match for Fu Long."

Despite saying that, Fu Long was noble and righteous, and if Chu Huaiyu were to resort to any tricks, it wasn’t entirely impossible for Fu Long to get hurt.

"Let’s go, we’ll follow and see."

"They have gone far, how can we catch up?" Fu Ning was most concerned about this.

"I shouldn’t have let big brother go in there alone, what if something happens?"

"No worries, I sprinkled some luminescent powder on her, and quite a bit at that..."

"Is this it?" Han Zhan quickly noticed something twinkling on the grass at the entrance of the forest.

"That’s right, quick! Let’s follow it and see! Maybe we’ll find Ziyue."

Chu Qianli immediately followed the twinkling luminescent powder and chased down the trail.

Han Zhan’s heart tightened.

This powder, he had indeed seen some on Chu Huaiyu in Chu Qianli’s courtyard earlier.

But at the time, because Chu Qianli had gone mad threatening to harm Huaiyu, he didn’t get a chance to take a closer look.

Unexpectedly, it was Chu Qianli who had spread it on Huaiyu.

Could it be that Huaiyu really entered the dense forest?

Heavily injured, why would he not go back to tend to his wounds, but instead go into the dense forest?

"Stop thinking, if you follow, maybe you’ll find the answers you seek."

Fu Ning saw his hesitation and said, "It’s hard to know a person’s true nature just by their appearance, many things can’t just be judged superficially, let’s go!"

Han Zhan took a deep breath, and seeing that Chu Qianli and Fu Ning had already entered the dense forest, he had no choice but to quickly follow.

In truth, his heart carried a complex and indescribable mix of feelings.

Although he didn’t wish for Chu Huaiyu to really be up to no good, yet... there was a feeling, as if he might breathe a sigh of relief if it were true.

Emotions complex, a flood of unpleasant feelings, completely impossible to articulate clearly.

He could only chase after them to find out.

Along the way, there wasn’t much luminescent powder; Chu Qianli had used it sparingly. If there had been too much, Huaiyu could have easily noticed.

However, she had also mixed a special kind of medicinal powder with it.

The scent wasn’t strong, and outdoors ordinary people might not get a chance to smell it.

But she, she was absolutely proficient with scents.

She followed, and very swiftly at that.

Soon, she caught up with Fu Long.

"How is it?" Chu Qianli had Fu Ning and Han Zhan stop, and she slowly moved beside Fu Long.

Fu Long lifted his chin, "She went into the wooden hut."

Han Zhan narrowed his eyes, and upon closer inspection, he recognized it as the hut they had played in as children.

Due to a fire, it had become quite dilapidated now.

Can people still stay inside it?

"No waiting, let’s go in!"

Chu Qianli suddenly stood up, leapt, and flew towards the wooden hut.

In her heart, she kept thinking about what Chu Huaiyu had said: "Tomorrow, I’ll bring Long Ziyue’s hand to her."

Chu Huaiyu had been inside for so long; Long Ziyue must be held here, no mistake.

The longer the time, the more worried she became that Huaiyu might do something detrimental to Long Ziyue.

Seeing her rise, Han Zhan immediately followed.

Before Chu Qianli could enter the wooden hut, he stepped ahead of her and kicked open the door of the hut, which was already tottering on the verge of collapse.

Chu Huaiyu was indeed inside the hut.

However, she too seemed to be caught in astonishment.

It was only after they arrived that she suddenly came to her senses.

The hut was so small, there was no sign of Long Ziyue.

"Where is the Commandery Princess?" Fu Long swung his broadsword, striking towards Chu Huaiyu.

In his heart, Han Zhan was still somewhat uneasy. As the broadsword was about to fall upon Chu Huaiyu, he instinctively wanted to protect her.

That was a responsibility!

Huaiyu was already his person!

With a flick of a longsword, he parried the sound, deflecting Fu Long’s broadsword back.

Chu Huaiyu glanced at everyone, and although reluctant, she still seized the moment Han Zhan parried the sword for her to leap up and swiftly leave.