Transmigrated into the Scum Female Consort - Chapter 87

In other words, if they wanted to handle the matter thoroughly, they simply needed to erase those traces. For instance, the footprints on the ground…

“Mingyan, you need not worry about this. This Princess has her own arrangements.” Ye Xuejin gave a slight nod, signaling for Qi Mingyan to put her mind at ease.

As the hour was late, Qi Mingyan took her leave sensibly. Upon stepping out, she saw the figure leaning against the wall, lost in thought.

Her footsteps faltered slightly as she looked calmly at Zhou Qiyue. “Go back inside.”

“Mm.” Zhou Qiyue felt as if she had a thousand words to say, yet none made it past her lips.

Just as she reached the door, she couldn’t restrain herself. She impulsively grabbed Qi Mingyan’s sleeve and vowed, “Sister-in-law, I am not a child. I am already sixteen. I won’t cry anymore. I will work hard so that Her Highness will find me useful.”

Hearing this, Qi Mingyan’s expression softened. “Good. No matter what you become in the future, you will always be my sister.”

Having said that, she gently pulled her sleeve away and pushed the door open to enter the room.

Zhou Qiyue followed dazed behind her, her eyes dimming. Can I only be a sister?

Next door, once the outsiders had left, Yun Chi opened up the conversation. She asked Ye Xuejin directly, “Are we going to deal with those traces tonight?”

By intuition, she felt they didn’t need to go. Ye Xuejin was the type to plan far ahead; it was impossible for her to have overlooked this. In fact, Ye Xuejin had likely already anticipated that the officials from the yamen would come to investigate by tomorrow at the latest.

The reason she hadn’t mentioned it was likely because she had other plans.

Ye Xuejin withdrew from her thoughts and habitually took Yun Chi’s hand. “What does the Consort think?”

Yun Chi replied without hesitation, “I don’t have many thoughts on it, but I feel like you don’t intend to go.”

As for the reason, it was probably to speed up their progress.

Ye Xuejin smiled. “The Consort is correct. This Princess indeed does not plan to go.”

Yun Chi wasn’t surprised at all. She continued, “Then what if the yamen officials discover that the deaths of those men are related to us or the women here?”

She felt she needed to use her brain more. Otherwise, she was constantly failing to keep up with the mental wavelengths of Ye Xuejin and Qi Mingyan—it was embarrassing to always stand by like a fool who understood nothing.

The first step to thinking things through was to ask clearly about Ye Xuejin’s intentions in advance. Listening in with the “answer key” already in hand would make everything twice as effective.

Ye Xuejin’s gaze fell upon Yun Chi’s face, and her speaking pace slowed down. “So what if they discover it? We shall simply ensure they never return.”

Her eyes were filled with a smile, her tone confident and steady. Her expression was both decisive and composed. She looked like a grandmaster of chess who had laid a dragnet, having already secured the victory and merely waiting for the enemy to deliver themselves to her door.

Yun Chi was a bit stunned. Was she really going to be that direct?

“What do you mean by ‘never return’?” Does she mean leaving no survivors and killing them all?

Ye Xuejin kneaded and toyed with Yun Chi’s fingers as if playing with a cherished treasure. She said meaningfully, “Exactly what the words imply. Does the Consort have the confidence to handle it?”

Yun Chi: “…”

She didn’t even know how many people the yamen would send or what kind of people they were. Furthermore, she saw herself as “support.” How many “kills” could a support character realistically take? The difficulty of this task seemed a bit high.

Seeing her startled expression, Ye Xuejin laughed. “Rest assured. The Consort only needs to assist from the side, and this Princess will have absolute certainty.”

Heh, Yun Chi wasn’t reassured at all—not unless she knew the full plan in advance.

“How exactly do you want me to assist? Tell me.”

As she spoke, she unconsciously turned her body and leaned closer to Ye Xuejin.

Seeing those thin lips within such close reach, Ye Xuejin’s breath hitched, and her hands stopped playing with Yun Chi’s fingers.

“Consort…”

Yun Chi tilted her head to look at her. “What’s wrong?”

Ye Xuejin’s eyelashes fluttered. She acted casual and said, “It is nothing. The Consort may continue.”

Yun Chi couldn’t help but stare at her. “Me? Continue?”

This woman was actually daydreaming! And if daydreaming wasn’t enough, she had forgotten what she was even going to say!

A flash of flustered panic crossed Ye Xuejin’s eyes, and she let out a light cough. “This Princess meant to say… the Consort should continue to listen carefully.”

Yun Chi paused. She reached up to tuck a few stray strands of hair behind Ye Xuejin’s ear, suspiciously examining the other woman’s bright red ear. She shifted her focus: “What were you thinking about just now?”

Why is her ear so red?

Ye Xuejin’s heart throbbed violently, but she maintained her composure on her face. In a very indifferent tone, she said, “I was thinking about how the Consort should assist from the side.”

Hearing this, Yun Chi’s attention was instantly pulled back. “Then how should I assist? What were you thinking that made your ears turn so red? Hey, your face is red too!”

With that one sentence, Ye Xuejin felt her cheeks and ears burning fiercely. Her heartbeat was completely erratic now.

She bit her lip to force herself to calm down quickly, and her speaking pace sped up. “This Princess intends for the Consort to prepare the bulletproof vests and stun batons. Thus, I was thinking about the matter regarding the bulletproof vests.”

Yun Chi didn’t react for a moment. “What’s the matter with the bulletproof vests?”

A flash of bashful annoyance appeared in Ye Xuejin’s eyes. She lowered her gaze to stare at the floor, her fingers tightening unconsciously. “There is no need to trouble the Consort regarding my bulletproof vest. This Princess can take it off herself.”

Sensing the ambiguity in her words, she hurried to add, “This Princess will take it off and simply hand it to you.”

At those words, Yun Chi finally understood. So it really was because of the bulletproof vest incident.

However, hadn’t that matter already been explained clearly?

“You don’t trust me? When I took back the vest, I really couldn’t see anything.”