Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 329 - 237: Are You Right, Third Young Master?

Chapter 329: Chapter 237: Are You Right, Third Young Master?

Outside, the wind and snow were swaying, and Li Zhaoyuan stood alone within the silent great hall.

Suddenly, he found his thoughts to be a mess, as a sense of powerlessness from failing to find a way out, despite racking his brains, rose again in his heart.

A long-lost feeling.

The words said earlier by Xu Changtian made him recognize once more the gap between himself and his royal brother.

It wasn’t a gap in abilities, but a sheer discrepancy in birthright.

The Crown Prince, a towering mountain pressing down on the hearts of all Princes.

No matter how hard you struggle, how ingeniously you plot, it’s difficult to surpass.

After standing for a long while, Li Zhaoyuan heaved a sigh and turned to walk toward the desk.

And just at that moment,

"I didn’t expect... Zhaoyuan, that you would show such an expression."

A delicate female voice abruptly rose, breaking the silence in the hall, carrying a hint of tease as if she was quite familiar with the Second Prince.

"......."

Upon hearing the voice, a flicker of tenderness unconsciously appeared in Li Zhaoyuan’s eyes, but when he glanced sideways, his expression had already returned to calm, even with a trace of disgust.

A woman in plain white snow garments appeared at the entrance of the great hall.

A nose like a jade hill, and cherry lips, her snow garments hanging to her elbows, exposing her fragrant shoulders and fair, exquisitely detailed collarbones in full view.

Beautiful yet chilling.

The woman seemed to materialize along with the falling fog of snow at the doorway.

With each step she took, the ground formed a layer of white frost.

If Xu Yuan were still lingering in this council hall at the moment, seeing the attire of the woman, he would recognize that she belonged to one of the three royal figures of the Ancient Abyss’s Fox Tribe.

After all, there are not many who are both poor and generous in Cang Yuan.

Nan Jinxi of the Snow Foxes.

Not the female lead of Cang Yuan, but a very special BOSS.

Although she is one of the three kings of the Fox Tribe, she was not present during Ancient Abyss’s invasion of Dayan.

For many timelines, she stayed secretly within the mountains deep inside Dayan territory.

Considered a neutral BOSS.

Killing her will yield equipment and intelligence.

If not killed, she will assist you once later on, but only against the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Hearing this teasing remark, Li Zhaoyuan’s face didn’t show any emotion:

"This prince is human, of course I would feel defeat."

After a pause, he asked in a sober voice:

"Nan Jinxi, why have you come here?"

Nan Jinxi tilted her head to think, then with her slender figure moving forward and a soft chuckle, she said:

"With such a big commotion that Xu Yinhè and your imperial father are causing at the Northern Frontier, it’s hard for us not to come here. Hearing from some little beasts in the city that your presence was at this Government Office, I came to see you."

The Demon Race is almost unmatched when it comes to the collection of intelligence.

Their bloodline allows them to control some low-level Demonic Beasts, even ordinary beasts, to gather intelligence for them.

But this control has its flaws.

The controlled Demonic Beasts retain a faint trace of Origin Qi connection, which strong individuals like Lou Ji can easily sense and then trace back to the source.

Li Zhaoyuan glanced outside the hall:

"Doing this... Aren’t you afraid you might stay in Northern Border City forever?"

"Zhaoyuan, are you concerned about me?"

Seeing his handsome appearance, Nan Jinxi curved her eyes in a smile:

"Don’t worry. Lou Ji has already headed north away from the city. As long as I don’t get too close to your imperial sister, no one here can find me."

As they spoke,

she, dressed in her light plain clothes, had already crossed the hundred-meter hall to stand close to Li Zhaoyuan.

Li Zhaoyuan’s expression revealed neither joy nor anger, and he asked pensively:

"Lou Ji has left?"

Nan Jinxi’s fair and smooth shoulder gave a playful shrug as she said with a smirk:

"I wouldn’t dare to show myself if that woman didn’t leave. She seems to have gone to deliver something important."

While speaking,

she reached out to take a roll of document on the desk.

Unfortunately for her, Li Zhaoyuan, who stood by the desk, had already taken the document into his hands with a slight smile:

"Are you that afraid of Lou Ji?"

"I can’t beat her~"

Nan Jinxi showed a pathetic expression, stretching out her hand to continue reaching for another document while saying with a smile:

"If it weren’t for that woman somehow injuring her foundation, she might have become a saint by now."

Seeing her actions, Li Zhaoyuan directly collected all the documents from the desk into the Sumeru Ring, his voice slightly cold:

"Enough, if you want to spy on intelligence, go find someone else."

Nan Jinxi’s deep blue eyes stared at Li Zhaoyuan, saying:

"Just a joke, you blockhead... You really don’t understand women at all."

Li Zhaoyuan’s dark pupils looked down at the woman:

"Women? Are you human?"

"...."

Hearing this, Nan Jinxi was stunned for a moment, and then anger flickered through her beautiful eyes.

Li Zhaoyuan’s eyes remained deep and unmoved.

A stare, a silence.

After a long while,

Nan Jinxi’s eyes lost their anger and she murmured to herself:

"I know that someone of your status cannot be involved with me, but..."

"Enough."

Li Zhaoyuan interrupted, standing straight:

"Nan Jinxi, I indeed saved you once, but let’s not continue with this trite story of the white fox repaying a debt of gratitude."

Nan Jinxi pinched her slender fingers fiercely:

"Li Zhaoyuan, I sacrificed my lifespan to take on a human form, what do you think that was for?"

Li Zhaoyuan remained completely unmoved, even showing a hint of impatience:

"If you have something to say, speak plainly. The war situation at the Northern Border is urgent, and if you keep wasting time, I shall activate the formation."

"...."

The hall fell silent,

and the frail figure of the woman trembled as she spoke in a low voice:

"I came only to tell you, hurry and leave Northern Border City."

"Leave?"

Li Zhaoyuan frowned slightly, knowing that she risked being killed by appearing here, it was likely she wouldn’t lie.

After a moment of contemplation, he uttered two words: