She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 170: You’re Taking Advantage of Someone’s Misfortune!

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: You’re Taking Advantage of Someone’s Misfortune!

Xiang Ying immediately lost any desire to swim.

She walked up, dripping wet, and Jie Chen cast a glance her way.

His expression held no surprise; clearly, he knew Xiang Ying was nearby.

However, Xiang Ying treated him like he was thin air.

She nonchalantly pulled out a cloak and wrapped it tightly around her body.

With her jet-black wet hair dripping, Xiang Ying was about to leave when Jie Chen couldn’t help but speak first.

"Do you understand Lu Feiyi well? You feel safe entrusting the child to him?"

Before going to bed tonight, the three children still wanted to hear about Lu Feiyi’s past encounters, treating his stories as if they were fairy tales.

Therefore, Xiang Yuanshuo and Xiang Yuanlang ended up falling asleep next to Lu Feiyi, while Xiang Xiuxiu also wanted to stay, but, being a girl, she still had some reserve, and so Tao Xue carried her back.

Xiang Ying hadn’t expected Jie Chen to have noticed even this.

She halted mid-step and turned her head back, her phoenix eyes shimmering with flickering lights of water.

"What is my relationship with the Deputy General? I naturally worry about my children and do not need the Deputy General to trouble himself."

Jie Chen slightly frowned, his handsome and upright features now frosted with chill.

The colder he got, the colder Xiang Ying was!

Just as Xiang Ying was about to leave, she suddenly caught the rustling sound coming from the nearby forest.

Jie Chen heard it too and, before Xiang Ying could react, he pulled her into the water.

Xiang Ying intended to push him away, but Jie Chen held her tightly.

"Shh." He put his index finger to his lips and pulled Xiang Ying behind a large boulder.

Using the boulder to conceal themselves, they were perfectly placed to see a group of people sneaking down the hillside in front of them.

It seems they had climbed over from the opposite hill. If they continue straight ahead, they would come upon the Exile Team’s campsite.

Xiang Ying knitted her brows.

Who were these people? Their clothing did not resemble bandits but rather ordinary folk.

Could it really be as Aren said, that a group of desperate refugees had learned that they were a team carrying supplies and thus came to steal?

There were quite a few of them, judging by the number.

Xiang Ying wanted to take a closer look, but unexpectedly, those people, while descending the hill, saw the secluded pond here.

Delighted, they quickly made their way towards it.

If Jie Chen and Xiang Ying were to go out now, they would be surrounded by these people.

Their group was substantial, at least seventy or eighty people!

If they truly were disaster-stricken refugees, they must have come prepared today.

Just as a ruthless light flashed in Xiang Ying’s eyes, Jie Chen pressed her down, and they dived into the water.

Jie Chen wrapped one arm around Xiang Ying’s waist and grabbed onto a stone in the pond with the other hand.

Underwater, Xiang Ying’s complexion was even paler, like a piece of exquisitely carved jade.

Her raven hair floated like seaweed beside her delicate face, her fine brows and eyes, her lips that were soft to the touch...

At this sight, Jie Chen suddenly snapped back to reality.

What was he thinking about?

By now, the refugees by the pond had become excited.

"There hasn’t been a drop of water ahead; to think there’s such a large pond in these mountains."

They buried their faces in the water, drinking deeply in large gulps.

Since the onset of famine, water sources had become increasingly scarce, and food even scarcer!

Someone, thrilled, suggested, "There must be fish in this pond; how about we jump in and catch a few?"

In Jie Chen’s arms, Xiang Ying and he looked up at the silhouettes reflected on the shore.

It seemed as though they were about to jump in.

Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes swirled with a cold light as she slowly drew out a dagger.

If these people dare to jump down, she would slaughter them like fish.

Trained in the apocalypse, Xiang Ying understood one principle very well, strike first or suffer the consequences.

However, those refugees about to leap into the water were stopped.

The others said, "Let’s check the camp over there first for any food. Our people have already scouted and followed them during the day; their supplies are at the back of the convoy. It would be quick if we strike."

After some discussion, they decided to first go and plunder the Exile Team.

Now, with the famine raging and the officials indifferent to their survival, they had to fight for themselves!

Everyone took out their water bottles, filled them up, and then quietly left.

Restricted by their limited vision, Xiang Ying and her companions couldn’t be certain whether these people had indeed gone far enough.

But holding their breath for too long was proving difficult even for Xiang Ying, who was an exceptionally strong swimmer.

She patted Jie Chen on the shoulder, gesturing first to herself and then to the water surface.

Meaning, she had to go up first.

However, Jie Chen’s shallow eyes deeply surged with pitch-black frost.

He reached out to cup Xiang Ying’s face and kissed her directly.

Xiang Ying was stunned, and before she could react, Jie Chen was passing her air.

Their kiss evolved from a simple touch to a deep entanglement.

Finally, Xiang Ying pulled him up to the surface, confirming those people had left.

She breathed lightly, "Taking advantage of someone’s peril?"

Water droplets slid down Jie Chen’s distinguished brow bone. With high arching eyebrows and under the moonlight, his features were stunning and unparalleled.

"I am clearly giving you air, not recognizing goodwill. There’s no need for slander," he feigned indifference.

Xiang Ying secretly cursed him.

"Vice General really talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk, treating me so coldly before, but underwater you care about my life and death. Men’s minds are as unfathomable as the ocean’s bottom, incomprehensible."

Jie Chen glanced at her, his stern face showing a hint of complicated emotions.

Was it he who was cold first?

Wasn’t it her request?

"You don’t understand because you never took my words seriously. Yet you respond to every word Lu Feiyi says."

Suddenly, Jie Chen reached out, grabbed Xiang Ying’s wrist, and placed her hand over the scar on his chest.

Near his heart, there was a scar.

Xiang Ying knew.

With a cold tone, Jie Chen said, "Just because he has scars, you stare at them for ages. Are they that pleasing to look at? Why don’t you look at mine?"

Having said that, he let go of her hand and headed for the shore.

Xiang Ying followed him, saying, "I wasn’t just looking at his scars, and besides, I didn’t miss looking at yours. I’ve even kissed..."

Before she could finish speaking, the two heard a piercing scream.

Immediately after, the sounds of a tumultuous struggle rose in the quiet night, and from the direction where the Exile Team was stationed, flames flickered.

Xiang Ying and Jie Chen exchanged a glance, their expressions instantly turning grave as they tacitly set out, hustling back one after the other.

Some tents in the convoy were set ablaze, horses panicked and neighed, dashing back and forth through the crowd, trampling many soldiers and prisoners—highly dangerous.

Jie Chen launched a signal rocket, instantly providing a direction for the disoriented soldiers who then formed battle lines to fight back.

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"Tao Xue! Tao Xue!" Xiang Ying shouted her name everywhere.

Until she saw, not far away, two men dragging Tao Xue, about to throw her down the slope.

Xiang Ying’s eyes immediately reddened as she charged with the dagger in hand.

Like a panther leaping through the shadows, she kicked one man down and stabbed the dagger into the heart of the other.

Tao Xue was pulled up by her, crying, "The Princess has just been dragged away by the startled horses!"