Chapter Ninety-Three: Underground Palace, Part Twelve
Luo Xia gave him a sidelong look. “Don’t tell me you’re not greedy.”
Situ Tengyi spread his hands. “I’ve never been greedy.”
“All right then. Once we’re out, all the treasures belong to me?”
“All right.”
He agreed without the slightest hesitation.
Now it was Luo Xia’s turn to stare blankly. Was she hearing things?
“Shadowless, you really don’t want these treasures?”
She felt she had to ask again.
Situ Tengyi looked at her with indulgent tenderness. “I really don’t.”
“Why?”
“Are you silly? I’m already yours. Your treasures are my treasures.”
Luo Xia: “...”
After passing through two mountain hollows, they saw Pang Qingyu standing there with a sword in hand, furious, the blade pressed to the Snake King’s throat.
“Then tell me,” she snapped, “where on earth did all the treasures go?”
The Snake King was pitiable indeed. All the treasures along the way had already been divided up by them, so where was it supposed to find any more?
“Say something! Say something!”
Pang Qingyu was nearly mad with anger. She had thought the fourth stop would surely be full of rare and priceless treasures, never imagining that this would be the end of the road.
“Xiao Yu, forget it.” Pang Xiaoyu tugged at his sister.
“This local serpent is vicious and vengeful. If you don’t cut the weeds down to the root, this Snake King and Snake Queen will surely come after you and your brother someday. I have to kill them!”
With that, she raised her sword and moved to strike.
But the Snake King reacted with astonishing speed. It instantly shed its skin, then took the Snake Queen with it and flew into the deep pool.
At the cavern’s exit lay a deep pool whose bottom could not be seen. The Snake King and Snake Queen plunged into it.
The pool was too small for a person to follow them down.
All along, the Snake King had been waiting for a final chance. It had not expected that it would truly be fortunate enough to slip through the net at the last moment.
“Damn it!”
Watching the Snake King and Snake Queen escape, Pang Qingyu burned with rage.
“Xiao Yu, let it go. At the very least, your brother is an eighth-tier expert, isn’t he? Would he really be afraid of two mere local serpents?” Pang Xiaoyu tried to calm her.
Just then, Pang Qingyu saw Luo Xia and Situ Tengyi walking side by side, and her anger flared even higher.
On this journey, she had not gotten a single treasure. Every last one of them had ended up in Luo Xia’s pocket.
That alone would have been bad enough. The most important thing was that Luo Xia had stolen the man she loved so deeply.
Luo Xia sensed the hostility in Pang Qingyu’s gaze, but she did not get angry. Instead, she smiled at her. “Miss Pang, are there no treasures left ahead?”
Luo Xia still felt rather regretful. With Fortune around, no matter how many treasures this cavern held, none could escape its notice. And yet now, the treasures were gone.
Pang Qingyu said angrily, “You really are greedy!”
Luo Xia blinked and looked at her innocently. “If you’re this angry just because there are no treasures left, then doesn’t that make you greedy too, Miss Pang?”
Ah, if only someone would give her a piece of tofu so she could smash herself to death with it.
Pang Qingyu turned on her heel in a fury and stormed toward the cavern exit.
Pang Xiaoyu quickly explained, “My younger sister has always had a sharp temper. I hope Miss Luo will be understanding.”
Luo Xia smiled. “You flatter her too much, Brother Pang. In truth, Miss Pang is quite straightforward. I rather like her.”
She meant every word. She had seen all kinds of people and knew that Pang Qingyu was merely lashing out at her because of heartbreak; she did not truly want to harm her.
Compared with the people of her own family, Pang Qingyu was practically a saint. More importantly, after coming to this other world, she still had not made a single female friend. Deep down, she still longed for one.
Of course, in her previous life, she had been terribly betrayed by a friend.
But people still needed friends. She was, after all, the cheerful sort.