CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: THE TEST

In the video, it was the sinister smile of Yale, his lips curling high, "Considering Miss Ruan’s rest time, I specially called now. Let me see, Miss Ruan, where are you? Heading towards the manor?"

Yale chuckled twice, "Major Zhe Ye, long time no see."

Zhe Ye’s jaw was tight, his voice icy, "Prince Yale."

"Major Zhe Ye is really generous, sending the Female Head to find another Beast Husband like this," he sneered sarcastically several times, pulling over the beastman tied beside him with one hand.

Xu Mo stumbled into the camera frame, his wine-red hair messily stuck to his forehead, and dried blood marked his pale face. His voice was extremely hoarse, "Ruan Li..."

Yale grabbed his hair and pressed him to the ground, forcing Xu Mo to raise his head.

"Come on, look at the camera, your Female Head is still very worried about you."

The man’s mocking voice came through the phone, the lens smudged, but it was just clear enough to see the bloodied wound that pierced Xu Mo’s shoulder, the black-red blood spreading across the screen like thick syrup.

Ruan Li gasped, "Xu Mo..."

"This is merely the punishment for Miss Ruan not keeping her word, but I really am a soft-hearted person willing to give Miss Ruan another chance."

"Major Zhe Ye, rest assured, I won’t harm Miss Ruan in the slightest.

However, only Miss Ruan can enter the manor alone."

The screen cut off, and Yale hung up the phone.

Zhe Ye noticed Ruan Li’s emotions about to get out of control, her eyes brimmed with tears, reddened like a frightened rabbit, but the next sentence immediately shattered the fragile veneer, "This Yale, I don’t care who he is or what prince he might be, how dare he threaten me like this."

Ruan Li gritted her molars, angrily swearing, "Once I rescue Xu Mo, I’ll burn down his manor!"

After all, doesn’t she have the Lu Family backing her up? She refuses to accept not gaining the upper hand.

Zhe Ye silently stood beside her, quietly ruffling Ruan Li’s hair.

Upon arriving at the estate, Ruan Li asked Zhe Ye to wait at the door while she went inside alone.

The butler led her to the reception hall, whose decor was as ostentatious and extravagant as Yale himself, walls covered in broken diamonds that dazzled under sunlight, all chosen in the most luxurious fashion, clearly the taste of a nouveau riche with no substance.

"Tap tap tap—"

The crisp sound of leather shoes hitting the floor echoed.

Yale appeared clad in loose satin sleepwear, shaking a wine glass in hand as he looked down from on high at Ruan Li, "Miss Ruan, coming here alone, aren’t you afraid of what I might do to you?"

"Where is Xu Mo? I’m here, so you can release him now, or let me treat him here first."

Yale wagged his finger, "Miss Ruan, my place is not a shelter. First, you must heal me, then I can let you see him."

Ruan Li recalled how the healing process for Beast Husbands before didn’t take too long, so she agreed without a second thought.

Yale was surprised; did this little female agree so easily? Was it because he proposed something too simple?

Ruan Li scanned Yale’s flamboyant attire, "You don’t have any injuries."

Yale smirked, downed his glass, and the spilled wine slipped from his lips to his neck, slowly soaking into the loose collar, staining the white satin with deep wine-red.

"I can have some."

With that, vines suddenly grew behind the man, if Ruan Li’s eyes weren’t mistaken, it was what Yale referred to last night as "Heggs."

Under his control, Heggs directly pierced into his left chest.

Ruan Li barely had time to react.

This madman!

The man managed to control his own fall, leaning on the armrest, face turning pale, "How is it? If the healing fails, Xu Mo will die too, as he’s also poisoned."

Yale’s gloomy face slowly blossomed with a seductive smile like a poisonous fruit.

Ruan Li stepped close to him, kicked his stomach, "Really poisoned? Will it kill?"

Initially expecting him to get angry or upset at her actions, instead seeing the smile that curled his lips, Ruan Li thought: Damn, did that kick just make him pleased?

After all, a man capable of self-harm might as well perform crazier acts justifiably.

Yale’s chest began to gush with black-red viscous blood, he raised his pale face, smiling wildly, "Miss Ruan, your kick was too light, anyone might have thought you were flirting with me."

At this moment, Ruan Li looked down at him from above, "Aren’t you worried I won’t heal you? After all, my relationship with Xu Mo is just so-so."

She clamped Yale’s jaw with one hand, forcing him to extend his neck, facing upwards with pale face and crimson lips, "If I give you another kick, would you be overjoyed?"

Yale half-closed his eyes, languidly looking at Ruan Li, he licked his lip’s edge, "If you like it this way, I don’t mind."

When he nearly licked her fingers, Ruan Li quickly pulled her hand back.

Too lazy to speak more with this madman, she pointed a fingertip at his forehead, the pink gleam slowly dispersing from her finger, flowing into Yale’s body, his horrendous wound rapidly healing, leaving only a pink and white scar.

Once Ruan Li healed Yale, she immediately retreated two steps, keeping a safe distance from the lunatic.

Seeing her avoid him like a plague, Yale chuckled twice, finding her demeanor rather amusing.

Seated on the stairs, he leaned against the handrail, his chin held high. His smooth jawline and unabashed gaze lent his face a dangerously appealing beauty.

Ruan Li merely glanced at him once more, uninterested in madmen like him.

Yale adjusted his collar, exposing much of his muscular upper body. Observing the little female’s unchanged expression, untouched by temptation, his interest in her grew.

With a snap of his fingers.

An adjoining secret door in the lounge opened, Xu Mo was thrust out, barely maintaining his balance with his own ability, he looked at Ruan Li with complex expressions, seemingly unable to believe why a Female Head would risk such danger to save a Beast Husband.

"I heard your relationship is just so-so. I wonder if Ruannuan spoke sincerely or deceived me.

If true, perhaps divorce him, I would marry you, sharing all my wealth and status."

Ruan Li paid no heed to the tiresome peacock behind her, she approached to support Xu Mo, concentrating wholeheartedly to heal him, only remembering Yale afterwards, "Prince Yale, I’d like a piece of clothing for my Beast Husband."

Yale showed no reluctance, instructing servants to fetch clothes, allowing Ruan Li to leave unharmed.

"Actually passed the test... unbelievable."

Yale watched the little female support the Beast Husband from the doorway, his lips curled, murmuring.