novelraw Chapter 977 685: Bearing the Sins
Chapter 977 685: Bearing the Sins
"Ancestor, let's not joke about this kind of romantic matters now. We can discuss it later."
Li Zheng quickly stopped the Black Dragon Race ancestor, urging him to gather the tribe members. Then he spoke to the three young women assigned to him: "We will act out the scene, but eventually we will part ways, so let's find another way to resolve some matters."
He instructed the Terminal to prepare the Teleportation Disc and draft several contracts to be sent over.
"What way?" Dan Fenglai glared at him sideways: "You look like you're up to no good!"
Li Zheng frowned and shot her an irritated glance.
Little Sakura shook her small fists, revealing several pointed hollow teeth, and threatened fiercely: "Don't say bad things about my dad! You wicked woman!"
"You little brat, you're looking for trouble!" Dan Fenglai immediately furrowed her brows, ready to lash out.
A threatening gaze suddenly fell on her from the side. She turned to see it was Mirel.
Mirel, who had been timid before, now looked at her coldly, her eyes filled with warning: "Throw a tantrum at me and Li Zheng all you want, but bullying little Sakura will make your future days unbearable!"
On the other side, Mo Li spoke with indifference: "Usually, you have the Blood Queen protecting you, and others give you leeway. Now we share the same status and identity, if you keep acting that way... don't blame me for being unkind!"
The part of the Black Dragon Race gene within little Sakura comes from her, hence she felt a natural closeness and protectiveness toward little Sakura. Seeing Dan Fenglai's unfriendly expression toward her, she immediately warned.
Anan observed the situation, weighing it before choosing the side with more people: "Great-grandmother says he'll be my man in the future. My man's daughter is my daughter too. If anyone bullies my daughter, I won't let them off easily."
Li Zheng's expression turned cold, and he bent down to pick up little Sakura, staring directly at Dan Fenglai: "Apologize to little Sakura!"
"You..." Dan Fenglai had been spoiled by the Blood Race since childhood, always cherished, and regardless of the trouble she caused, others would apologize and seek forgiveness. When had she ever faced a situation where she had to apologize?
Her breathing quickened, her gaze growing more malicious: "Apologize to her? That's impossible!"
"Fenglai, when has Granny taught you to curse?"
The Blood Queen came in after arranging for the Blood Race brought earlier to return and gather the tribe members. She had heard everything: "The Blood Race gene within little Sakura comes from me. Calling her a brat, do you think Granny is an old hag?"
The Blood Queen had always indulged and protected her, hoping Dan Fenglai would develop a sweet and innocent personality.
To men, a sweet and innocent girl more easily evokes protective instincts. When it's time to fulfill agreements and arrange her future, she wouldn't suffer much.
But she hadn't expected that perhaps she had spoiled her a little too much. Instead of developing as hoped, Dan Fenglai became bossy and arrogant toward everyone.
Dan Fenglai stammered: "Granny, that's not what I meant!"
Earlier, when everyone discussed little Sakura, they only mentioned the Black Dragon Race gene came from Mo Li, so she assumed genes from other races also came from someone of similar status.
Who would have thought the Blood Race gene came from her Granny?
The gray-haired woman walked in, glanced at Dan Fenglai, and smiled at the Blood Queen: "I've told you before not to spoil children too much. Look at my Anan, isn't she sensible?"
"Alas..." The Blood Queen sighed, walked to Li Zheng, and apologized: "Fenglai's parents died early, so I didn't discipline her well. I apologize on her behalf and hope you won't take today's incident to heart."
"Granny..." Dan Fenglai was indeed bossy and unkind to others, but she felt deeply attached to her loving Granny. Seeing Granny lower herself to apologize on her behalf, her eyes reddened: "Fenglai knows she's wrong, Fenglai will apologize."
She looked at little Sakura and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you names just now."
The Blood Queen placed her hand on Dan Fenglai's head and earnestly said: "Granny hopes you truly understand your mistake in apologizing to little Sakura, not just to the Blood Race gene within her..."
Her gaze was complex, seemingly filled with words she wished to say, but eventually she held back.
Li Zheng always felt, ever since he agreed to fulfill his commitment, there was a particularly complex emotion in the eyes of the three leaders.
"Anan, come with Granny, Granny has something to tell you." The gray-haired woman beckoned, taking Anan out of the treehouse.
The Black Dragon Race ancestor came in at this moment, calling Mo Li away.
The Blood Queen hesitated repeatedly before sighing heavily and leaving alone.
Mirel walked to Li Zheng, playfully pinching little Sakura's cheek, causing the little one to protest quietly.
After teasing her for a while, Mirel softly said: "Don't you think the three leaders seem to be arranging their affairs?"
Li Zheng heard her say this, his pupils suddenly contracted for a moment.
Indeed!
The blood qi within the three leaders was too intense. Even if they had provided substantial help to the Outer City's genetic technology.
But rules are rules, and while other tribe members without blood qi could enter the Outer City through contributions, the three of them...
"I think I understand why the blood qi within them has condensed to the point of forming a cocoon." Li Zheng held little Sakura and walked to the treehouse entrance, where many Black Dragon Race members were rushing about, packing things to take.
Everyone seemed aware they were about to head to the Outer City, faces lit with unstoppable smiles.
Only Yan Yi, who had been assisting the Black Dragon Race ancestor and serving everyone, stood at the door with a vacant expression, lost in thought.
Li Zheng walked to her side and asked: "Did the ancestors absorb the blood qi from other tribe members into themselves as a carrier?"
Yan Yi's gaze focused, and she looked at him, nodding softly: "Yes, the ancestors have been preparing for this day for decades. To allow all tribe members into the Outer City, they bear the sins of the entire tribe alone."
Li Zheng looked at the busy Black Dragon Race members and asked: "Do they realize doing this means they will be excluded from the Outer City?"
Yan Yi said solemnly: "How could they not know?"
"You... What are you talking about?" Dan Fenglai, at some point, came to their side and overheard their conversation, losing her composure: "My Granny won't enter the Outer City?"