CHAPTER 181: HEARTBREAK

Shao Xia was furious. She had a feeling that Ruan Chanchan was pulling her leg. Why did she need to kiss Yuan Ni to feed the medicine? No matter how she looked at it, Ruan Chanchan was just taking advantage of Yuan Ni and slapping her in the face. She raised her arm to slap Ruan Chanchan, but Ruan Chanchan was quicker. She picked up a handful of sand and then flicked it at the woman.

It was true that Shao Xia was stronger than her, but she was sneakier and smarter. Did this woman think that she would give her another chance to hit her? Ruan Chanchan waited for the woman to stumble before scrambling to her feet and slamming the base of her foot against Shao Xia’s abdomen. She had had enough of this woman causing trouble for her. It was bad enough that Shao Xia hated her, but what she hated the most was that she actually used the life of an innocent mer to gamble.

No matter what, this woman really crossed the red line. What did she think she was playing at by making a poor mer putting his life in jeopardy? The more she thought about it, the angrier Ruan Chanchan became. She raised her hand and slapped Shao Xia harshly. "I am done with you. Do you think it’s fun to target me all the time?" She knew that Shao Xia would never accept that she had poisoned Yuan Ni, and there was no such thing as surveillance cameras in this world. And given how stubborn Yuan Ni was, he would definitely not tell anyone that he was manipulated into eating this poisonous mushroom.

Since that was the case, she might take off her steam like this.

Shao Xia was stunned. She never thought that Ruan Chanchan would one day dare to slap her, and that too this hard. What was more, for a few seconds, she couldn’t believe that Ruan Chanchan actually managed to land some blows on her! There was a clear distinction between their strength, and yet this woman was still sly enough to use such a sneaky move to hit her?

"Ruan Chanchan! If you have the guts, then why don’t you challenge me to a fight?" Shao Xia rubbed her eyes as she tried to clean the sand from them. However, no matter how much she tried to clear the sand out of her eyes, she couldn’t do it. Her eyes started to water, and her vision turned blurred, which made it even more difficult for Shao Xia to fight back with Ruan Chanchan.

"Humph, that’s all you have? Now that you have reaped the consequences of your actions, you are trying to fight with me? A woman with a broken totem? Why don’t you fight with a child and show off your strength? That would work just fine as well." Ruan Chanchan snorted as she turned to look at Yuan Ni, whose complexion had gotten a bit better.

She then said to Yuan Ni, "The grace of saving one’s life is greatest. You’d better tell the truth to everyone. I checked all the mushrooms that you brought to my cave, and there was nothing poisonous inside the basket that you brought with you. Tell me, did you put something on later on without knowing what it was?" Ruan Chanchan didn’t say outright that the mer had worked together with Shao Xia to harm her. That was the last bit of mercy that she could show to Yuan Ni, as someone who had harmed her, or tried to harm her.

Humph, you are way too nice, darling. This mer deserves to die. To think that he actually tried to harm you in such a manner. Xiao Xi was not happy with how Yuan Ni had tried to blame his precious host. He was so angry that he was even willing to ignore the balancing energy that surrounded Yuan Ni. This mer’s energy was just like Xie Daiyu’s. But he was unwilling to let this mer get close to Ruan Chanchan. Someone who could harm his host was not worth her.

Alright, calm down. We are doing this for the goodwill points. Ruan Chanchan also felt upset when she thought about all the points that she had wasted for no reason, but her ache eased a little when she realised that soon she would get more points.

Xiao Xi scoffed. He did like the idea of getting goodwill points, but what he didn’t like was the idea of saving the life of this idiotic mer.

Yuan Ni knew that he could no longer pretend that he was asleep. He opened his eyes while feeling like his internal organs were roasting on fire. Even though he was no longer in pain as he was earlier, the antidote was slow to work, and he felt really uncomfortable. He looked at Ruan Chanchan, who was looking at him as if she were looking at a dead person, and swallowed hard.

He really had no answer to this question.

Before Yuan Ni could say anything, Shao Xia rushed over to his side and said to him, "Yuan Ni, are you alright? You cannot die. What will I do if you die? Think about your grandmother at least. What will she do without you? " Shao Xia was worried that the mer would speak nonsense and immediately rushed to his side. She held his hand, gripped it tightly, hoping for the mer to understand her actions.

Of course, Yuan Ni understood what Shao Xia was trying to tell him, but that didn’t make him happy. If anything, he felt heartbroken.

He clearly came out of the mouth of death, and instead of worrying about him, Shao Xia was worried about her own self.

Yuan Ni couldn’t help but shed a few more tears as he realised that he had acted like a fool for a woman who didn’t even care about him and was too eager to save her own skin!