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Chapter 491: Chapter 491 Blood Clan Queen (20)
 

“Xiao Ru, why hasn’t Prince Bruno come to pick you up recently?”

“Yeah, didn’t he use to come every two days? It’s been almost five or six days now, why hasn’t the prince sent anyone over?”

Guan Xiaoru, sitting on one side, had a somewhat ugly expression on her face.

Since she had left the old castle last time, Bruno had not sent anyone to fetch her again.

An image of the girl she had seen in the corridor involuntarily flashed through Guan Xiaoru’s mind.

Had Prince Bruno found someone new?

Of course, she couldn’t say this out loud.

Otherwise, how would these people view her?

Guan Xiaoru snorted, “Don’t you know? The Blood Clan festival is coming up soon, and as a prince, he has many things to take care of.”

“I see.”

“Xiao Ru, you can go to such a grand festival, I am really envious of you.”

“Xiao Ru, you say…”

Guan Xiaoru listened to her companions’ praises but her mind was elsewhere.

After she had dealt with her companions, she called the castle.

The butler answered.

“Miss Guan, what can I do for you?”

Guan Xiaoru asked cautiously, “Is the lord in?”

“The lord is busy with matters. If Miss Guan has any needs, you can tell me.”

“…I just wanted to ask, does the lord need me to come over?”

“Not at the moment.”

This butler held a high position in the castle, and Guan Xiaoru dared not offend him; she politely hung up the phone.

Yet the more it happened, the more thoughts Guan Xiaoru had.

She worried she would lose Bruno’s favor.

Even without Bruno’s favor, she would not become like those humans from Tianguang Academy.

She could still enjoy aristocratic treatment at Xuan Yue Academy.

But…

She hadn’t been sent here for aristocratic treatment.

The more Guan Xiaoru dwelt on her fears, the more scared she became, so she decided to leave for the castle on her own.

With Prince Bruno’s token and being a human from Xuan Yue Academy, Avigust’s people would not bother her.

When Guan Xiaoru arrived at the castle, it was already night.

The grand doors of the castle were closed tight, and Guan Xiaoru lingered outside for a while.

Just as she was figuring out how to get inside, she suddenly noticed a side door of the castle being opened.

A person hurried out, heading to the side.

Guan Xiaoru saw that the person hadn’t closed the door properly, her eyes lit up, and she snuck into the castle.

She had been to the castle quite a few times, but there were only a few places in the entire castle she had been to.

Guan Xiaoru wandered and got lost.

She wandered around for a long time without finding any familiar landmarks.

“Send the stuff up and then come out, don’t roam around, the prince has ordered that anyone who angers the person upstairs should watch their head.”

“Yes.”

Guan Xiaoru pinched her nose and waited for the footsteps outside to fade away.

Upstairs…

Guan Xiaoru was somewhat afraid.

She steadied her nerves and followed the direction the people had gone just now.

She saw those people coming out of a room and returning the way they came.

Guan Xiaoru carefully moved closer.

The door to the room wasn’t closed, and she could see the situation inside.

A girl was sitting at the table, which was covered with human food; she was poking at the food on her plate with a fork.

Guan Xiaoru’s mind went blank for a moment.

The prince does have a new favorite.

Guan Xiaoru, not sure what came over her, suddenly walked in: “Who are you?”

The girl sitting at the table turned around.

Guan Xiaoru remembered her; she was the girl she had encountered in the corridor last time.

“How did you make the lord keep you?” Guan Xiaoru clenched her fists: “What kind of tricks did you use?”

The lord clearly liked her so much.

It must have been this woman using despicable means!

Chuzheng was baffled: “…”

What have I done?!

Guan Xiaoru… was also one of the culprits who had harmed the original master.

Chuzheng gripped the fork tightly, tapping it lightly on the table.

I could get rid of her!

Guan Xiaoru felt uncomfortable under Chuzheng’s gaze: “What… what are you looking at me that way for? I’m asking you a question!”

“You think just because you ask, I have to answer?”

“Why should I!”

“I won’t tell you!”

Chuzheng slowly stood up, the fork in her hand reflecting a wisp of cold light under the lamp.

Guan Xiaoru felt an inexplicable chill rising from the bottom of her heart.

Yet, the rage and anxiety about being replaced filled her to the brim, preventing her from considering the consequences of her actions.

Chuzheng approached her step by step.

“What do you want to do?”

Guan Xiaoru couldn’t help but step back.

“You stay right there!”

Guan Xiaoru had already retreated to the doorway when Chuzheng twirled the fork in her hand…

Clatter—

The bathroom door in the room was pushed open.

The young man emerged from the bathroom, his exquisitely beautiful face completely bloodless.

Droplets of water slipped from his hair onto his shoulders, dampening his shirt to a translucent state, enticingly so.

Guan Xiaoru was somewhat taken aback.

There was still someone in the room?

The young man was extremely handsome, making Guan Xiaoru’s heartbeat quicken slightly.

Prince Bruno was not bad-looking either; or rather, no member of the Blood Clan with power and status had a poor appearance.

But Prince Bruno, after all, looked as if he were in his thirties.

Not like the youth before her.

In the prime of his life.

More attractive than any member of the Blood Clan she had ever seen.

“What are you doing?”

The young man looked puzzledly at the two standing by the door.

His gaze circled Guan Xiaoru, a human… but marked by the Blood Clan, presumably as food.

Food that could move freely must be willing, so the youth lost interest.

His gaze shifted to Chuzheng.

“She barged in all of a sudden, making a lot of noise.”

Zhi Kong: “So…”

“Take her out,” Chuzheng replied seriously.

Zhi Kong: “…”

Guan Xiaoru: “…”

Guan Xiaoru turned deathly pale, unable to control her trembling.

At this moment, let alone demanding answers, she probably forgot what she even wanted to say.

All she could see where the girl’s icy brows and eyes.

As if she were being stared at by the Grim Reaper from Hell.

–

“Miss Guan.”

The Butler arrived just in time.

He clasped his hands in front of him, “How come you are here?”

Guan Xiaoru snapped back to reality and opened her lips, “I…”

How could she explain?

She had sneaked in; if discovered, the consequences were unimaginable.

Guan Xiaoru was speechless.

She regretted her impulsive actions now, but it was too late.

The Butler didn’t press for answers, he just turned and said respectfully, “Your Highness, Miss Guan is the master’s little pet. Did she by any chance offend Your Highness?”

Chuzheng found the Butler’s timely appearance quite annoying and viewed him with a bit of displeasure.

“She disturbed me,” Chuzheng said.

“My apologies, Your Highness, it’s our fault,” the Butler offered a sincere apology.

Which made Chuzheng feel like it was difficult to become angry or do something excessively.

She looked at Guan Xiaoru disappointingly.

The Butler calmed Chuzheng down and led the dazed Guan Xiaoru out.

“Miss Guan, could you tell me why you’re here?”

The master had been busy with the prince’s affairs in recent days and had no time to summon her here; she shouldn’t have been here.

“Butler, I…”

“Miss Guan, let me take you to the master,” the Butler suddenly smiled gently, “Don’t be afraid. The master will listen to your explanation.”

Guan Xiaoru’s legs went weak.

The Butler supported her in time, “Miss Guan, this way, please.”