The Princess and The Lord

Chapter 1271 The Inquiry

1271 the inquiry

the roar of the beast alerted them, izzy forced herself to stand as quickly as he could and then aimed his gun at the source of the sounds, however, a sudden sharp pain squeezed his ribs causing him to cough uncontrollably which only made him feel worse, his loud voice attracted the beast's attention to his direction immediately sweat trickled from his forehead. being preyed on by the beast, izzy quickly turned his eyes to the health potion he desperately needed but was utterly shocked when he saw the health potion was already in bella's hands.

"bella, give it to me, i need it" izzy raised his hand, pleading.

however, bella shook her head, "but, i also need...you will understand, right?!"

izzy's eyes widened in shock, he felt so betrayed that he didn't want to believe what he heard, "bella, please, my injury is far worse than you, don't worry i will protect you, i will not let you get hurt, you believe me right...bella?" he wanted to reassure her though deep down he knew it would be useless.

for someone who works, being selfish and unfaithful is a normal trait, besides that their relationship is only based on profit, at least for bella because she is the one who takes advantage of izzy. out of foolishness, he wants to believe that bella will not desert him cause she needs him. yes, maybe that was the situation before, since he was obedient, loyal, and easy to control so of course belle kept him for a long time, however, when their life was at stake it was a no-brainer that bella would choose herself over him.

"izzy, if you love me you will give in to me, right?~" bella coerced him with an impatient smile.

"bella, why don't you believe me, i will protect you!" even though izzy knows that bella is a selfish-entitled woman, still he can't help to feel disappointed, he thought she would make an exception for him after everything he had done for her.

bella took a deep breath, though she felt a bit guilty for what she was about to do but nothing was more important than her own life.

"i'm not fighting..." she looked at him with slight remorse "i'm sorry izzy" bella said.

"bella?"

bella took a few steps back then suddenly her body was engulfed with a poisonous haze. izzy immediately took a step back while covering his mouth and nose meantime bella took this chance to escape on her own.

zhao li xin's keen hearing caught faint screams in the distance yet his expression remained placid there was no trace of joy or satisfaction lingering in his eyes only solemnity. the truth is, zhao li xin truly gave them a chance to survive, though it was up to them how to take advantage of the opportunity.

that being said, zhao lixin had also read the nature of the relationship between izzy and bella, therefore he had predicted what could happen to them if he pushed them in extreme circumstances, he knew bella would betray izzy in a heartbeat. however, it didn't rule out the possibility that bella would make a different decision, even though it was unlikely, but if she did, they might have a chance to survive.

if bella was smart she would take the chance to trust izzy, she she knew how the boy felt to her so the chance he would leave her was small so why not take the risk?

the young man's fighting style may be too careless and disorganized, however, he has a better ability to do melee attacks compared to bella who only uses poison. that is because in his opinion bella's poison was mediocre at best, though it's quite deadly for humans, but it has many limitations, not to mention it only has little effect on someone or beasts who have natural poison resistance, and without her weapon, she would need someone like that boy to do a melee attack.

that being so, she should give the health potion to the young man, while she could take a support role to help the boy. only by working together, they could have the chance to survive.

alas, one nature cannot change easily. with one look zhao knew what kinda woman bella was as he had seen too many women like her in his time inside and outside the imperial palace.

for some people, trusting other people it's not an easy matter, it took courage and fate to trust other people and no one knew better than zhao li xin cause he was once like that as well, though it was ironic considering mong ki and mong yi always been nothing but loyal to him since he was just a weak child untill he becomes the leader of hei shen sect.

regardless, he is still unable to place complete trust in other people in the same way as the four palace kings. that being said it is easier to treat them as a mutually beneficial relationship. fortunately, lory appeared then miraculously opened his heart. she makes him realize that all of this time he is never alone.

not only the mong brothers and the four palace kings he also had his teacher, tian meng ji who led him to the path of the cultivator, there also other hei shen members like lan hua, mei gui, and others, all and all, when he looked back again he would see many people were following and trusting him wholeheartedly so how could he said he was alone.

he took out his phone, the screen lit up and there was a picture of lory eating cake and a gentle smile appeared on her face. if it weren't for lory he might never have realized what all those people meant to him.

after staring at the picture for a while, he put his phone back into his pocket, but then he remembered something. zhao li xin turned around then his brows knitted closely, he muttering: "where's my backpack again?"