Chapter 139

139 WHO DUMPED WHO?

Bai Chen expected that sooner or later, he would hear that question from the head of the Black Werewolf Clan.

He met Shao Yaoting at the Rongyao Imperial Palace before he left the palace and headed for the Forbidden Forest. At that time, not only did he meet Shao Yaoting, but he also met the man’s daughter. At that time, Shao Yaoting also kindly asked him to stay with his daughter because his daughter would be looked after by people chosen by Emperor Bai Guowei.

Shao Yaoting also saw how he walked hand in hand with Shao Meihui when he left the Imperial Palace, so it was no wonder that the man questioned him about the girl’s whereabouts now.

‘But, why did he think I dumped his daughter? Do I look like a guy who would easily dump a girl in a dangerous forest?’ Bai Chen couldn’t help but wonder in his heart because he knew that he wasn’t the one who dumped Shao Meihui.

Bai Chen was quite annoyed by the accusation, but he knew that he had other matters to think about, and that was why he seriously tried to contemplate how he should answer the question, ‘What should I say now? How should I explain that Shao Meihui was killed in this forest?’

Bai Chen was troubled inwardly as he tried to find the best words to answer Shao Yaoting’s question. Shao Meihui had died, but he didn’t know how to convey the news to the girl’s father.

He bit his lower lip as he clenched his white robe, but then he turned his head abruptly when he heard someone speak.

“It was not Prince Bai Chen who had abandoned Young Lady Shao, but it’s Young Lady Shao who had abandoned Prince Bai Chen, Lord Shao.”

Bai Chen’s mouth dropped open after hearing that confident statement. The one who had just said that statement was Wu Jinhai, and it seemed that the man wanted to keep his promise and he continued to handle the situation when they faced the three men.

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Wu Jinhai had indeed told Bai Chen not to say anything even if he was questioned, and it didn’t seem like the man was planning to leave him alone even if he had just received a difficult question from the head of the Black Werewolf Clan.

Even when they were talking about Shao Meihui, Wu Jinhai was willing to come forward to help Bai Chen answer the question, and Bai Chen felt a little touched by it.

“What do you mean it was my daughter who dumped Prince Bai Chen?” Shao Yaoting looked angry as he questioned Wu Jinhai. “My daughter has agreed to marry Prince Bai Chen, and she has also agreed to take Prince Bai Chen with her during the Beast Hunting Event. I can’t believe that my daughter was the one who dumped Prince Bai Chen!”

It seemed that Shao Yaoting trusted his daughter too much, and Bai Chen couldn’t help but lament in his heart.

This time, Wu Jinhai was not lying when he said that Shao Meihui had dumped Bai Chen. Even before they entered the Forbidden Forest, Shao Meihui had never cared about Bai Chen and could carelessly abandon the man when they were about to cross the bridge separating the mainland from the forest.

Not only that, but Shao Meihui also threw herself into Bai Renshu’s arms, and the two of them were even doing lewd activities in the forest.

Wu Jinhai was like a silent witness to what was happening in the forest, and even if the masked man mostly chose to stay to the side, Bai Chen knew that Wu Jinhai had gathered a lot of information about him and Shao Meihui.

“I’m telling the truth because I witnessed everything with my eyes, Lord Shao,” Wu Jinhai replied confidently. “Your daughter is very strong, and bringing in a weakling like Prince Bai Chen is too much trouble for her. That’s why she went along with three bodyguards wearing black robes. After that, I could see how Prince Bai Chen seemed clueless and lonely after he was abandoned by Young Lady Shao, and that’s why I decided to approach him because I feel bad for him.”

Bai Chen was annoyed when he heard how Wu Jinhai casually said that he was weak. In addition, the man wearing the red hanfu also calmly said that he looked clueless and lonely, and that statement irritated him.

Even if those things bothered him, Bai Chen chose to ignore them because he was more focused on how the man could talk about the three bodyguards as well. He and Wu Jinhai were the only ones who knew about the bodyguards, and it seemed that Wu Jinhai still wanted to continue acting ignorant in front of the three men.

“I can’t believe that my daughter even dared to leave her future husband,” Shao Yaoting muttered to himself but he didn’t seem to want to argue with the young man who was covering his face with a golden mask.

“Young Lady Shao has left you, so why did you end up with Prince Wu Jinhai, Bai Chen? I didn’t expect the two of you to get along with each other. Isn’t this the first time for you to meet Prince Wu Jinhai?” Emperor Bai Guowei suddenly returned to question his youngest son, and the question made his son gasp in surprise.

He also didn’t know why he ended up with Wu Jinhai when he was in the Forbidden Forest. He only remembered that the man had saved him when he nearly fell off the bridge before entering the Forbidden Forest, and after that incident, it seemed that there was a transparent glue glued them together.

“I was the one who asked Prince Bai Chen to stay with me since we entered the forest,” Wu Jinhai once again came to the rescue. “As I said earlier, after Prince Bai Chen was abandoned by Young Lady Shao, he was alone and looked confused, and that was the reason why I asked him to stay with me when we were in the forest.”

Suddenly, Wu Jinhai sounded like someone who had a good demeanor and was very polite. Before meeting the three men, Wu Jinhai didn’t even want to address Bai Chen as Prince, and he didn’t even use the word ‘Young Lady’ to address Shao Meihui.

Now that they had finally met the three men, Wu Jinhai suddenly acted modestly, and Bai Chen almost snorted when he saw the change in attitude.

“That doesn’t sound like you, Wu Jinhai,” Emperor Wu Shun suddenly joined the conversation. “A loner like you usually prefers to stay alone, but suddenly you want to take Prince Bai Chen with you. I guess you two are friends now?”

Bai Chen assumed that the characters of Wu Shun and Bai Guowei were very different from each other. Bai Guowei was strict and ruthless most of the time, but Wu Shun looked more ‘human’ because he acted quite warm and friendly when he talked to his son.

He didn’t know whether Wu Jinhai was close to his father or not, but seeing how Wu Shun could even tease his son in this situation, he assumed that the two of them were quite close to each other.

He couldn’t help but be jealous because his relationship with Bai Guowei was like that of a stranger.

“Yes,” Wu Jinhai’s voice could be heard again as he answered his father’s question. “I thought that Prince Bai Chen was not a bad person, and I decided to befriend him.”

Bai Chen was taken aback. He thought Wu Shun was just making small talk earlier, so he didn’t expect the red-robed man to take the question seriously.

In his previous life, no one wanted to be his friend, but after transmigrating to this world, he started making new friends one after another. Pengyou was his first friend, and even Zhu Ge also wanted to be his friend. And just now Wu Jinhai said that he wanted to be his friend.

He didn’t know whether the man was sincere or not, but when the man suddenly glanced at him and his blue eyes met the brown ones, he could somehow sense the man’s sincerity.

A pair of brown eyes stared at him too intently, and Bai Chen finally looked away to break eye contact. For some reason, the man’s gaze made him feel strange. He felt the same way when he looked into Zhu Ge’s eyes, but he couldn’t understand the reason.

The atmosphere wasn’t too tense anymore after Wu Shun managed to melt the ice with his warm question, but then the man’s brown eyes suddenly fell on the object in Bai Chen’s hand, and the man finally furrowed his brows.

“Isn’t that Wu Jiang?” Wu Shun suddenly asked, and from the tone of his voice, he seemed to be taken aback as he continued to stare at the silver sword in Bai Chen’s hand. “Wu Jiang is Wu Jinhai’s sword, but why is it now in the hands of Prince Bai Chen?”