I Received Messages From Future Self!
Chapter 569 - 565 Fang Xiaocao Awakens

Chapter 569: Chapter 565 Fang Xiaocao Awakens

"Are you kissing her or not?"

Taotie glared at Tom and demanded.

"I..."

"This..."

Tom was at a loss for words.

He seemed a bit flustered and awkward.

Like a shy little boy.

Taotie rolled his eyes. "I say, Old Tom, aren’t you foreigners generally pretty open? Why are you acting so coy when asked to kiss Princess Your Highness? You’re squirming like a little girl."

Taotie’s words were truly sharp.

Straight to the point, leaving no mercy.

Tom was rendered speechless, unable to find a rebuttal.

After stammering for some time, Tom finally stuttered, "I’ve always kept myself pure..."

"I’ve never even had a girlfriend before..."

As he said this, Tom blushed.

And lowered his head bashfully.

Taotie was so stupefied he was slack-jawed.

He stared at Tom like he’d seen a ghost.

As if he’d encountered an alien.

Mantis instinctively licked his lips.

The look he gave Tom flickered with light.

And there was faint excitement.

It was like...

Like a ravenous wolf, eyes green with hunger, suddenly spotting a snow-white, plump rabbit.

"Wh-why are you looking at me like that?"

Tom swore that in his entire life, he had never felt as humiliated as he did today.

Tom just didn’t understand.

Was it wrong to keep himself pure?

No!

So why were Taotie and Mantis gazing at him as if he were an alien?

Or worse...

A prey?

"Perfect, you’re the one then!"

Taotie suddenly shouted.

He lunged forward, grabbing at Tom.

Tom was startled and dodged frantically.

But Taotie, at this moment, was a Super Master.

Unbeatable in close combat.

How could Tom possibly escape?

Three seconds later!

Tom was being hoisted up by Taotie.

And marched straight toward Fang Xiaocao’s hospital bed.

"Taotie, let me go..."

Tom struggled incessantly.

But he couldn’t shake off Taotie’s iron grip.

A deep sense of helplessness welled up in his heart.

Tears welled in Tom’s eyes.

His near-thirty-year streak of chastity was about to end.

"Kiss her, damn it!"

Taotie shoved Tom to Fang Xiaocao’s bedside.

As Taotie held Tom’s head, inching closer and closer to Fang Xiaocao’s face, his tears began to drip heavily onto her cheeks.

Fang Xiaocao furrowed her brow and opened her eyes.

With a swift motion, she slapped Taotie: "Get lost!"

Then she sat up from the hospital bed.

Her eyes locked onto Tom’s handsome face.

In her gaze, there was a hint of disappointment.

"What’s so bad about kissing me?"

"Am I that repulsive to you?"

Fang Xiaocao asked with a scowl.

Tom was dumbfounded.

He stared at Fang Xiaocao in a daze.

Almost questioning his entire life.

What’s going on here?

How did Princess Your Highness suddenly wake up?

And why does she know I’d rather die than kiss her?

Tom’s brain short-circuited.

"Sigh!"

Taotie shook his head and sighed.

"Given the chance, you couldn’t even seize it."

Taotie muttered in exasperation.

Fang Xiaocao glared fiercely at Taotie.

This was all that blockhead’s fault!

What kind of terrible idea was he trying to pull?

She was just taking a nap.

And he managed to stir up such a mess.

And Tom, why not just kiss me?

Why make it feel like you’re walking to the gallows?

Your chastity?

I haven’t had a boyfriend either!

And yet you dare reject me?

Fang Xiaocao began silently jotting notes in her mind.

She would record today’s events in her mental ledger.

Fang Xiaocao scanned the four people present.

She was relieved to see everyone intact.

Thankfully, no one was injured or missing limbs.

Everyone was whole; no casualties.

Considering they had survived schemes from two Super Masters, that alone was an accomplishment.

"How long have I been asleep?"

Fang Xiaocao didn’t continue dwelling on the earlier incident.

At least not openly.

As for secretly...

There’s vengeance to be had. Debts to be repaid.

Just wait!

Taotie and Tom would both face her reckoning.

Sneaky punishment would be in store for them.

"Half a month,"

Mantis replied solemnly.

Fang Xiaocao slightly frowned: "That long?"

"How’s the situation back home?"

Right now, Fang Xiaocao was very worried about home.

Swan Goose and Phoenix Nest were both her enterprises.

If anything went wrong with either, it would deeply pain her.

"According to the news from Vermilion Bird, the situation back home isn’t great. Half a month ago, members of the Tomb Raider Sect colluded with the Blacklist to incite rebellion, involving over two-thirds of the sect’s members. This caused varying degrees of impact on Swan Goose, Phoenix Nest, Villa No. 5, and the Mountain Foot Villa."

"Among them, Swan Goose suffered the most. Xuanwu was seriously injured, lost a kidney, and Hummingbird sustained grievous injuries, resulting in a stress-induced state of false death. She still hasn’t awoken."

"After investigating, Vermilion Bird found that the mastermind behind the Tomb Raider Sect’s rebellion was Bao Yuan. Jiang Xinyan was uninvolved and completely unaware."

"Vermilion Bird temporarily relocated Jiang Xinyan to Villa No. 5, dismissed her from her position, and confined Bao Yuan in Phoenix Nest’s dungeon, awaiting Princess Your Highness’s return to personally interrogate him."

Mantis conveyed the news from Thousand Faces verbatim to Fang Xiaocao. However, given this was Tang Sect’s territory, Mantis refrained from mentioning Thousand Faces and attributed everything to Vermilion Bird instead.

After hearing Mantis’s report, Fang Xiaocao’s eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Although Thousand Faces hadn’t provided details of the losses, a rebellion involving two-thirds of the Tomb Raider Sect clearly struck a devastating blow to all her enterprises and forces. Many members of the Tomb Raider Sect held key positions, and their betrayal meant unimaginable losses.

Murderous intent surged in Fang Xiaocao’s heart.

Fang Xiaocao looked up at Taotie: "What are your thoughts on this matter?"

After all, the Tomb Raider Sect belonged to Jiang Xinyan.

And Jiang Xinyan happened to be Taotie’s wife.

Fang Xiaocao decided to seek Taotie’s opinion.

Taotie’s eyes gleamed coldly: "Princess Your Highness, anyone from the Tomb Raider Sect who deserves punishment should be dealt with accordingly. Both Xinyan and I have no objections; we follow your lead completely."

As always, Taotie stood firmly on Fang Xiaocao’s side, showing no intention of pleading for the rebel Tomb Raider members. Fang Xiaocao was pleased. Had Taotie pleaded for them, she would’ve reluctantly granted him that concession.

Although Taotie was under Fang Xiaocao’s hypnosis, he retained independent thoughts.

Any decision he made wasn’t influenced by hypnosis, which meant his opinions were genuine.

"Mantis, send word to Vermilion Bird."

"For any members of the Tomb Raider Sect who participated in the rebellion, execute them all on the spot. Those uninvolved should remain exempt from guilt and unconnected to the participants."

"As for Jiang Xinyan, due to lax management, favoritism, and severe negligence while overseeing Swan Goose, she will be temporarily removed from her position as head of Swan Goose and reassigned to the Mountain Foot Villa. Wan Xiaozhou is to be appointed as Swan Goose’s head, with Vermilion Bird as her deputy. Phoenix Nest must prepare for combat and fully focus on gathering intelligence about the Pawnshop and Blacklist. Before my return, I want all forces of these two factions within Tang City completely eradicated."

Fang Xiaocao issued commands methodically.

At this moment, she was the exalted Princess Your Highness, a Queen managing her domain.

"As for Bao Yuan..."

When mentioning Bao Yuan, Fang Xiaocao hesitated briefly.

Then continued, "Let ’No-Steal Kasaya’ take good care of him."