HELP! These Girls Wants To Kill Me

Chapter 274 274: 274

"You have got to be kidding me." Looking at the woman lying lazily and the person panel detailing everything about her, Yang Ze, who was still embarrassed because of changing into a set of women's clothes, couldn't help but curse at the top of his lungs.

For a moment, his brain stopped working, and he almost turned around to run away.

Before he entered the Imperial City, he was expecting a lot of things, but seeing Yun Ning was the least of them. In that instant, numerous thoughts crossed his mind.

He didn't know why she was here and couldn't care less about it. The only thing on his mind was to get out of the sticky situation. He even tried to move his legs, but couldn't. His body refused to listen to him.

"Oh! You are here?"

It was at this moment that an enchanting, lazy voice sounded in his ears, bringing an end to his awkward posture.

"....." Yang Ze hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer her.

He reminded himself again and again not to be fooled by her appearance. She was a devil who didn't hesitate to chop off her own daughter's head. God knows how many people she has killed till now, and if she were to know about his identity or discover his physique…

"Hisss…" Yang Ze didn't dare to imagine his pitiful fate.

"What happened? You look nervous?" While Yang was still wondering what to say, he heard Yun Ning's voice once again.

This time, he didn't waste another moment and spoke in a somewhat shaky voice.

"No.. Nothing."

"Hmm…" Yun Ning opened her eyes slightly to take a look at the small girl standing there nervously as her lips curled up slightly before she closed her eyes once again and pointed to her left.

"Here are the ingredients. You can start cooking."

"Let me see how good your cooking talent is."

Yang Ze glanced at her lazy figure that was completely covered by the long violet robe and her face that was obstructed by her right arm resting above her eyes. Even though it was raining, not a single drop of rain fell upon her.

Yang Ze, who was feeling all-powerful and full of pride after reaching the peak of Vein Expansion, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when he saw how effortlessly she was doing it. Even though he could do the same with his current strength, he couldn't do it with such ease.

After looking at her lying figure for a while, he moved towards the corner of the garden and finally stood beneath the shed with a bunch of pots, a small fireplace and a number of ingredients placed there.

"....." Without wasting another moment, Yang Ze picked up the pots and began his preparations.

During the entire time, his mind was filled with the thoughts of Yun Ning.

By now, he had realised why he felt such heart palpitations when he looked at the Imperial Palace for the first time.

Turns out, this devil was staying here.

He just couldn't understand why she was staying here in the first place.

As far as he knew, this was the capital of the Yan Kingdom, and this place was directly under the jurisdiction of the Sword Sect. Why was the master of the Duality Sect staying here?

Even though the two sects were now at good terms, or so they believed, there was still no reason for her to appear here.

Why would a powerhouse in the realm of Heaven Step stay in such a shabby place where men were not allowed, and the strongest powerhouse was at the Vein Expansion realm?

"Could it be…?" Stirring the pot, Yang Ze's eyes narrowed into slits, and his breathing almost came to a halt as a frightening premonition arose in his heart.

"Lin Meilin!?" The moment this thought came to his mind, he immediately shook his head.

"No… No… How could it be?" The more he thought about it, the less sense it made.

For Lin Meilin to send him to this place to 'steal' a treasure and Yun Ning to appear at the same time… it was definitely not a coincidence.

Thinking about how Lin Meilin said there was going to be an 'informer' in the Imperial Palace who was going to help him in this mission, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Could she have sold me?" Just this thought was enough to send a shiver down Yang Ze's spine as he stole a glance at the figure of Yun Ning from the corner of his eye.

"No, it doesn't make any sense." Lin Meilin was clearly aware of his physique and was definitely not going to tell another soul about it.

"Maybe I am overthinking." Without any clues, Yang Ze could only suppress the doubts in his heart as he added more ingredients absent-mindedly. But the next moment, scenes of the Duality Sect began to play in his mind as he recalled how Lin Meilin was present in the Duality Sect and even intercepted Lin Yue, Xiao Ruolan and Lin Wan, preventing them from leaving easily.

Both Lin Meilin and Yun Ning obviously knew each other. As for what their relationship was, Yang Ze was having a hard time coming to a conclusion.

But it didn't matter. Shaking his head, he clenched his fists before whispering to himself.

"I need to get out of here." No matter if the two of them were in it together, Yang Ze didn't want to stay in this place any longer. Initially, he was here to complete the mission Lin Meilin gave him, and then he got curious about the so-called ability of the Imperial Palace to dispel illusion. But now… now with the unexpected presence of Yun Ning, he didn't want to waste another second in this place.

He didn't even know if the woman was aware of his identity or not.

As far as he could remember, Yun Ning never saw him. Perhaps in her eyes, someone like him doesn't even exist.

Even back in the Duality Sect when he was running away for his life, she didn't pay any attention to him, and even if by any miracle she did… he was wearing a mask at that time.

So, unless Lin Meilin told her, she wouldn't have any idea about him at all.

"Should I take a chance?" Thinking like this, Yang Ze was tempted for a moment to push his luck, but after a moment, he shook his head.

It was better to be safe than sorry.

He purposefully poured all the ingredients, spices and everything all at once just to make the food as inedible as possible. With Yun Ning present, he didn't want to enter the Imperial palace.

For the next hour, Yang Ze quietly stirred the pot while throwing occasional glances at the woman lying under the tree, who seemed completely oblivious to his presence.

After assigning him the task, she didn't even bother to open her eyes and take a look, much less examine the process.

"It's done." After a while, Yang Ze finally clapped his hands and spoke in a soft voice.

"Umm…" This time, Yun Ning finally reacted.

She first lifted the hand that was resting above her eyes, revealing an appearance that would put even the most beautiful to shame.

The slanted deer-like eyes, the thin eyebrows and a small cinnabar mole at the corner of her left eye was a small cinnabar mole further enhancing her beauty.

Her lustrous violet hair, which was scattered around, along with the lazy expression in her eyes, was enough to smitten anyone.

*Yawn

"You are done?" Stretching her body with a yawn, for a brief moment, Yun Ning revealed her proud figure. The large, perfectly shaped breasts, which trembled with her movement and were soon hidden behind the loose robe, along with her thin waist that was only partly visible when she yawned… it was enough to arouse deep-seated emotions in any living being.

Yang ze wasn't any different. He had seen his fair share of beautiful women, but someone like Yun Ning was in a completely different realm.

Before, he never saw her clearly. But now that she was sitting right in front of him, he realised that her beauty was no less than Lin Meilin… The most beautiful woman that he had ever seen.

Just like Lin Meilin, Yun Ning in front of him had her own charm that was difficult to describe in words. But if he were to describe it in one word… it would be, 'sweet poison'.

Something that one could never get enough of, but at the same time is enough to kill.

"Hey…" Noticing the dazed expression of the girl in front of her, Yun Ning snapped her fingers in front of her, bringing her out of her daze.

"Umm…" Yang Ze suddenly came back to his senses before immediately lowering his head and cursing himself for being this stupid. How could he lose his composure in front of this devil at such a delicate moment?

After cursing himself for a good while, he hurriedly pointed towards the 'dish' he had cooked before speaking in a soft voice.

"I have prepared it."

"Oh!" Yun Ning waved her hand before ordering Yang Ze in a lazy voice.

"Then bring it to me."

"..." Yang Ze only hesitated for an instant before heading back to the pot, pouring a ladle full of it onto a bowl and finally bringing it to Yun Ning.

"This is?" Holding the steaming hot bowl, Yun Ning first looked at the girl in front of her and then at the dish once again before asking with a frown.

"A pottage." Yang Ze gave her a simple answer.

"....."

"....."

Yun Ning didn't say a word. She merely kept on looking at the bowl in her hand. Sometimes she would focus on the girl, and sometimes on the so-called pottage.

After a while, she suddenly let out a meaningful smile before speaking a single word.

"Interesting."

*Thump

Yang Ze's heart almost leapt out of his throat when he saw Yun Ning's smile. For a moment, he even wanted to turn around and make a run for it, but managed to hold back.

Even though he didn't show it on his face, he was praying in his heart for Yun Ning to fail him so he could go back and get out of this damned city, but Yun Ning's next words almost made him faint from anger.

"Okay… You pass."

"...."

"...."

"HUH!?" This time, Yang Ze failed to control his emotions and exclaimed in surprise. With the dish he cooked, it was a miracle that he wasn't beaten to death, much less pass the recruitment.

"What? Not reconciled?" Yun Nign merely let out a playful smile before waving her hand, and with it, the bowl in her hand disappeared before appearing beside the pot in the distance.

"From the looks of it, you don't seem particularly happy about joining the Imperial Palace."

"Why do I feel like you don't want to join it?"

"Is there a particular reason?"

With every word she spoke, Yang Ze felt the pressure on him increasing. It was as if an entire mountain was pressing down on him.

He had a feeling that if he dared to say anything wrong, she would crush him to death.

By now, Yang Ze's back was covered in sweat as he hurriedly shook his head.

"No.. How could this be?" he put on a fawning smile on his face before patting his chest to show his resolve.

"Joining the Imperial Palace has been my dream since childhood. How can I not be happy?"

"Hoh… Is that so?" Yun Ning kept on looking at him with a meaningful smile as Yang Ze's heart thumped in response, but he still gave her an honest nod.

"Good."

"From today onwards, you are a member of the Imperial Palace."

Thinking for a moment, she once again lay down on the chair comfortably before raising her bare feet in the air, pointing them towards Yang Ze.

"We still have some free time here."

With a brief pause, she continued further.

"My feet are feeling a bit stiff."

"How about you give them a good massage?"

Yang Ze's mind almost stopped working as he glanced at the jade-like feet hovering in the air, which looked like a work of art, before swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"Hurry up…"

Feeling the pressure on him once again intensifying, Yang Ze cursed Yun Ning for a good while before gritting his teeth and walking towards her slowly.

Yun Ning, on the other hand, just kept on looking at him from her squinted eyes as her lips curled up in a smile. It was as if she had discovered something really interesting.