Chapter 951 - 722: Benefactor (2)
Shen Tang knew Lu Xiao’s temperament too well. If he didn’t want to talk about something, no matter how much she pressed him, she would never get any sensible answer.
But Wu Wei was different. She was the daughter of the City Lord of Sky City, and Lu Xiao now seemed entangled with that Big Boss. She must know the inside story!
What made Shen Tang even more suspicious was that although Wu Wei was arrogant, the more arrogant people are, the more they care about their reputation. If she said something and didn’t do it, she would definitely feel embarrassed.
If she wasn’t completely sure, there was absolutely no way she would have casually said that Lu Xiao was her fiancé. That tone sounded as if Lu Xiao had already nodded in agreement, just short of formalities.
Shen Tang pressed her lips together, a trace of panic actually swept through her heart, but she was still willing to trust Lu Xiao.
He wouldn’t do this.
There must be some hidden truth within.
Shen Tang originally intended to use her spiritual power to probe into Wu Wei’s memories directly, but Wu Wei’s strength wasn’t weak, being at the Peak of the Primordial Beast Tier just like her.
Forcibly searching her mind not only had a high risk of failure but could also lead to backlash.
It seemed she could only try to trick information out of her first.
If that didn’t work, even at the risk of backlash, she would have to dig out the truth!
Wu Wei, upon hearing this, suddenly realized, "So... you really don’t know what’s happened to him?"
She regained her arrogant demeanor, as if she had caught hold of some leverage, and smirked coldly, "I thought you two were so in love, turns out Xiao didn’t even tell you about his current predicament! You don’t even know what’s going on with him."
The smile on Shen Tang’s face disappeared instantly, and the blade in her hand pressed in further, more blood immediately seeping from Wu Wei’s neck.
Her voice was colder than ice, "I don’t have time to waste words with you. Spill everything you know."
Wu Wei, being the Young City Lord, cherished her life despite her arrogance. She absolutely couldn’t die at the hands of an outsider; that would be a colossal joke.
Feeling the pain and wetness on her neck, she panicked, gritting her teeth, "Fine, I’ll tell you... Lu Xiao has already been controlled by my father. He can’t leave Sky City at all! He couldn’t possibly be with you; he can only marry me, or else my father won’t let him live!"
Saying this, she became rather smug, "Don’t rely on him having such deep feelings for you. When faced with life and death, people are selfish. Why do you think he wanted you to leave?
"I guess, didn’t he also tell you not to find him again? That’s because... he doesn’t want to entangle with you anymore; he wants to be with me!
"If you don’t believe it, just wait for a month. By then, even if I don’t want to marry him, he will beg me on his knees to marry him."
Wu Wei looked at Shen Tang provocatively, "So, are you daring enough to make a bet with me?"
Shen Tang’s expression became colder and colder. Although Wu Wei’s expression was playful, she wasn’t joking.
And most of what she said was probably true. Lu Xiao indeed had been stopping her from coming over.
"Are you saying your father controls him?" Shen Tang forced down her emotions, keeping calm, "What exactly is going on?"
However, Wu Wei refused to say anything more and instead negotiated, "Want to know? Fine, release me first, and I’ll consider telling you."
Shen Tang stared coldly at her, not budging, "Talk or die."
Wu Wei’s face stiffened, but relying on the chips in her hand, she remained defiant, "I’m the daughter of the City Lord of Sky City! Kill me, and Sky City will never let you go. You’ll never get the truth either!"
Shen Tang squinted her eyes, but she didn’t react as angry or compromised as Wu Wei expected. She slowly put away the Ice Blade and instead let out a light laugh, "Do you really think I have no other way of finding out? I just wanted to discuss it with the young lady. Since you’re not cooperating, I can only use some extreme measures."
With that, an invisible spiritual power blade began to condense slowly in her palm.
Wu Wei’s expression changed dramatically, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes.
Damn it, she almost forgot this bitch still had spiritual power!
Spiritual power could directly attack the soul and search memories. Once her mind was searched, even if she didn’t die, she would become an idiot.
She, the dignified Young City Lord of Sky City, if she became an idiot, spreading that news would be an enormous joke.
"You—you bitch! You dare..."
As the spiritual power was about to pierce into her brow, Wu Wei got scared and hurriedly changed her tone mid-curse, "Fine, I’ll talk! Back when Xiao joined Sky City, my father, in order to control him, forced him to take our clan’s secret medicine ’Return Nest.’ This thing makes Beastmen addicted, requiring lifelong consumption. Once the medicine is stopped, it’s unbearable, worse than death!
"Xiao’s body can no longer do without ’Return Nest,’ and he will never be able to leave Sky City in this lifetime!
"I promised him that as long as he married me, I would supply him with ’Return Nest’ indefinitely, so he wouldn’t have to suffer anymore."
Wu Wei, driven to this point, had no choice but to spill the truth entirely.