Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Qin Xin’s palms clenched.

She squatted down, cautiously collecting Young Master Hai’s belongings—the ancient jade and folding fan.

She couldn’t take his body out, so she would ensure his favorite belongings were properly buried.

Qin Xin continued forward, passing through a narrow, lengthy tunnel.

Then she saw the largest blood pool that Young Master Hai had discovered.

The blood, overwhelming and endless… like an entire lake, it stretched as far as the eye could see.

Qin Xin’s heart tightened.

Who would have thought that the seemingly noble elder hid such a deep, terrifying secret underground?

Might there be blood from her identity as Qin Xin in there too?

She raised her phone, scanning across the entire lake.

Suddenly, the phone paused.

She saw in the center of the lake a man bound on a coiled dragon stone monument by chains!

His flowing white robe was stained with blood, his knees submerged in the pool!

Qin Xin’s breath caught, her eyes instantly reddening.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Master Tuantuan!

She took off at a run, sprinting to the edge of the blood pool as Little Jiang Snake shrieked a warning: “Careful, Master, this blood is corrosive and melted Ding Yu’s legs in just two hours. Don’t touch it…”

Qin Xin couldn’t care less.

Her heart and eyes were fixated solely on that man, the one deeply trapped in the blood pool to resolve her woes.

Little Dongju silently and swiftly laid a petal walkway on the blood pool for her.

Seeing this, Little Jiang Snake finally relaxed, his admiration genuine for the first time: “Ju Baby, you’re amazing!”

Qin Xin tread upon the blossoms, racing to Nalan Ye Jue’s side.

She knelt on a cluster of densely floating petals, holding the man’s face with both concern and care: “Are you… alright?”

The man’s adam’s apple moved, his eyes fixed on her through the mask, and he sighed: “Why so disobedient, not listening to Master?”

The term ‘Master’ made Qin Xin both anxious and angry. She reached out, directly removing the man’s mask!

Nalan Ye Jue’s calm and mysterious face instantly appeared before her eyes.

Indeed!

Just as she suspected.

This man had concealed his identity with the mask for so long!

It made sense why Master Tuantuan was so shocked to see her true face in the countryside, why he hugged her so tightly when she left, why his embrace felt familiar, why his cooking tasted as good as Mr. Nalan’s!

Master Tuantuan was actually Mr. Nalan.

This disguise was truly impressive, easily overshadowing hers.

Qin Xin’s blood boiled as she glared at him: “Should I call you Master, brother, or husband?”

Nalan Ye Jue’s lips twitched slightly, and a hint of red appeared on his pale face.

“Little wife, I’m fine… my time… is short. You must leave quickly.”

At a time like this?

He still wants her to leave alone.

Qin Xin was tempted to slap him.

But she didn’t have much time either.

Her beautiful eyes gave him a cold look as her hand carefully probed around his waist.

Until she touched his knees and confirmed they were intact, only then did she finally breathe a little easier.

No damage from the immersion.

But, they must leave immediately, or the consequences would be dire.

She pulled out a surgical blade, attempting to cut the chains that bound the man.

Yet the chains, made of unknown material, broke a notch off her top-quality blade while remaining unmoved.