Chapter 511 511: Crow Mouth
"Huian."
Xiao Bai tentatively called out to Luo Huian, who simply sighed and said to her, "I want to be alone." She didn't throw a tantrum nor did she make a fuss, which only made the two familiars feel even more sorry for her. However, they had no idea how to make Luo Huian feel better; they were familiars, with skills and power strong enough to protect Luo Huian, but they didn't have rights to stand up for Luo Huian.
They could protect her from her foes, but they could never protect her from the elders of the immortal realm, as familiars were born to submit to the elders of the immortal realm.
"Leave me alone for a while; I will be fine," Luo Huian said to the two of them.
Seeing that she was repeating her request, the two familiars had no other choice but to take their leave even if they didn't want to.
Once they were gone, Luo Huian brought her knees closer to her chest and buried her face in her knees. A few seconds later, the sound of sobbing echoed in the small room.
"What happened to you?" When Luo Huian woke up the next day and went to look for Luo Qingling, the latter was struck speechless when she saw her little sister standing in front of her with walnut-sized eyes. As far as she knew, Luo Huian was way too confident and arrogant to cry alone in her room, but after seeing her eyes that were swollen and red, Luo Qingling wondered if there was something wrong with her.
Like seriously wrong.
"It's nothing; I just watched a sappy movie," Luo Huian answered with a light-hearted chuckle as she took the boiled egg from Luo Qingling and rubbed it against her eyes. "It was quite an odd movie, which made me feel a bit upset."
Though Luo Qingling knew that Luo Huian was lying, she didn't ask her to tell her the truth. Nor did she push her into a corner.
"Is that so?" Instead of pushing her, Luo Qingling handed her a bowl of vegetable porridge and said to her, "Then you should eat something sweet," she remarked while adding another rice cake in her bowl. "I heard this from Kang Jing; he told me that if I feel upset, I should eat something sweet. You should try it as well; maybe you will feel better."
Luo Huian hummed and didn't refuse the kindness of her elder sister. She picked up her chopsticks and brought the tender rice cake to her lips and took a bite. As soon as she finished eating the sweet cake, a refreshing taste filled her mouth and heart.
She lowered her head and recalled the last time she felt such concern.
And as Luo Huian thought about it, she realised that the one person who showed her such concern was her dad. Other than him, no one had cared about her.
"Are you feeling alright?"
"Is everything okay?"
"An An?"
As soon as Luo Huian turned quiet, three concerned faces looked at her.
Luo Huian raised her head and looked at the three people in front of her. When she saw their expressions, she pursed her lips and chuckled softly. "I am fine. There is no need to frown like that."
She was indeed alright. Though no one cared about her in the immortal realm, there were enough people who cared about her.
Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei looked at one another. They had a feeling that the immortal realm was about to lose its highly skilled cultivator. But who could be blamed for this? If anything, it was their fault for causing trouble.
Luo Qingling studied her expression, and when she was sure that Luo Huian was feeling alright, she nodded and said to her, "I have seen the evidence that you have collected. It seems like it's enough for the arrest of Madam Qiao."
Though Luo Qingling had a feeling that Madam Qiao was more or less in the front, she had no proof because that foolish woman had no idea herself! She didn't even know that she was being used like a fool.
However, since there was not even a shred of evidence, there was nothing that Luo Qingling could do to the one behind the scene.
For now, she could only think of getting Madam Qiao arrested. At least that would make the person behind the scenes calm down for a while.
"Is that alright?" Luo Huian frowned and asked.
"It's fine." Luo Qingling picked up the chopsticks on the table and started eating calmly. She said to Luo Huian, "Madam Qiao is not a high-ranking hunter; she only awakened some skills that allowed her to do some jade gambling but her skills were not high to begin with and she only made a little fortune. Thus, her position in the city is neither too high nor too low."
"Though she has some connections, I don't think she will cause any trouble for us."
Luo Huian pursed her lips and then she said, "I wasn't talking about her causing trouble for us. I wanted to ask if it's alright to have her arrested when we don't know the person behind the schemes?"
"I don't mean anything by these words; it's just that the woman is too foolish to even plan such a deadly and intricate plan." Luo Huian thought about the good things that Madam Qiao did in the village and shook her head. That woman seemed way too idioctic to even think of such a scheme. If that woman was really the person behind the scheme, she was willing to eat her game console.
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Qingling raised her head and looked at Luo Huian in surprise. She didn't think that Luo Huian could actually see things more clearly than others. But at the same time, she was quite proud, as she thought that there was nothing shocking about it.
Luo Huian was her sister and was certainly smart, just like her.
She said to her, "It's alright. Even if we try to trace the links left, I am sure that the trail has already been cleaned the second the person found out that there was something wrong with the project that they were governing. Since that is the case, it's alright for us to arrest Madam Qiao."
She paused and then sneered in a cold voice, "In fact, I am quite sure that the person will sit still for a few months. That will give us enough relief for the time being."
When Luo Huian heard her response, she pursed her lips in a thin line. She knew that it was impossible for them to catch the person behind the scenes; thus, they could only make do with the next best option.
She sighed and said, "Then when are we going to arrest that woman?"
"Right now." Luo Qingling curled her lips and stated with a cold smile. That Madam Qiao was quite daring; she had investigated the matter and found out that Madam Qiao wanted to target the Luo family as well but failed when her mother refused to participate in such illegal activities.
Fortunately, her mother was not a greedy woman who wanted to take control of the entire city. If not, then their Luo family would have been caught in a trap, not to mention someone did try to install fake evidence in the company. If she hadn't sent her people to keep an eye on things, there was a chance that the Luo family would have found it hard to extricate themselves.
It was a good thing that Luo Qingling stopped it from happening or else!
She sneered when she thought about how that person was trying to cause trouble for the Luo family but then again, their family had been getting popular in the past few months ever since Luo Huian awakened the powers to purify the glooms and hollows. It was not a surprise that person was getting antsy.
Seeing Luo Huian frown, Luo Qingling smoothed her frown and said to her, "There is no need to worry about anything; we will take one thing at a time."
"No…" Luo Huian shook her head and said, "I just think that since Madam Qiao was suddenly arrested, she might try to resort to some really harsh means."
ROAR!
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a loud roar followed by the shake of the entire ground.
Luo Qingling: "..."
You Ruojin and Duan Jia Xu: ".."
Luo Huian: "..." I never realized that I had the talent of becoming a crow beak.
The four of them looked at one another before rushing out of the inn to see what was going on.
As soon as they came to a stop, they saw a gigantic figure not far from where they were standing.
Luo Huia stared at the monster and pursed her lips. She and her big mouth.
A few minutes ago,
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