Douluo Continent: With my extraordinary comprehension, I want to be a salted fish.

Chapter 46 To cover up one lie, you have to tell another!

Ning Fengzhi didn't immediately answer whether he would escort her out of the city. Instead, he asked, "Why are you hiding? I saw that the Crown Prince was looking for you quite anxiously. He seems very worried about you."

Xin Ya bit her lip.

Why are you hiding?

How is she supposed to explain this to herself?

She wasn't familiar with Xue Qinghe at all; she was only relatively familiar with Guang Ling.

However, she couldn't tell them that the person she was hiding from was actually the Fifth Elder of the Spirit Hall, not Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

However, she estimated that Ning Fengzhi would not take her out of the city without a good reason.

He might even personally escort her to Xue Qinghe!

After thinking it over, Xin Ya could only pin her grudge against Guang Ling on Xue Qinghe, and first trick Ning Fengzhi into sending her out of the city.

It's time to show off your acting skills!

The little girl took a deep breath, lowered her head, and said, "The Crown Prince always bullies me, I don't want to see him!"

"Uncle Ning, please, the guards at your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School won't check your carriages too closely. Could you please take me out of the city?"

Ning Fengzhi said with disbelief, "The Crown Prince is approachable and composed; how could he possibly bully a young girl like you?!"

Xin Ya's mind raced. "It's not that he bullied me, it's just... he made me angry, and I don't want to see him!"

Ning Fengzhi advised, "If there's any misunderstanding, wouldn't it be better to meet in person and clear things up?"

"Oh no! I don't want to talk to him!!"

At that moment, Xin Ya subconsciously brought her feelings for Guang Ling into the conversation.

She herself didn't even realize it.

Suddenly, she squatted down on the ground, drew circles on the ground with her finger, and said in a wronged voice, "If Uncle Ning is unwilling to help me, then I will find a way to leave the city myself."

"But if Uncle Ning intends to take me before the Crown Prince, I will definitely resist, unless you kidnap me!"

The young girl thought to herself, "You are the sect leader of a major sect, and you have the persona of a reclusive master at the peak of Douluo level."

I refuse to believe you would actually kidnap someone!

Seeing Xin Ya squatting on the ground, looking both aggrieved and stubborn, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin exchanged a glance.

Ning Rongrong, who was standing to the side, was a bit spoiled, but she was kind-hearted after all.

Seeing a little girl of similar age being wronged, she felt a pang of sympathy.

Ning Fengzhi felt that since this girl was the Crown Prince's friend and had come to him for help, it would be unacceptable to leave her here.

But seeing the little girl's stubborn look, they couldn't really tie her up and take her to the palace to see the crown prince.

He would never do something like kidnapping a little girl.

Ning Fengzhi silently looked at Chen Xin beside him.

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment.

He gestured with his eyes: "Fengzhi, don't look at me. Tie her up yourself. How could someone as shrewd as me possibly tie up a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl!"

Ning Fengzhi smiled helplessly.

Since we can't kidnap the person, we can only take them away first, and then send a letter to the Crown Prince to ask him to come and pick them up!

Ning Fengzhi walked up to Xin Ya, bent down slightly, and said gently, "Alright, since you don't want to see me, we won't force you. Get up quickly, aren't your legs numb from squatting for so long?"

Xin Ya stood up silently. "Thank you, Uncle Ning."

Ning Fengzhi smiled and asked, "Would you like to come visit our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?"

Does this mean he's willing to take her out of the city?

Xin Ya's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded happily.

Ning Fengzhi said, "Alright, let's get in the car." Ning Rongrong didn't really want Xin Ya to go to their sect, but since her father had spoken, she couldn't say anything.

The four of them boarded the carriage.

The driver cracked his whip, and the carriage headed toward the city gate.

Twenty minutes later.

The carriage arrived near the city gate and was waiting to leave the city.

At this moment, Xin Ya started to get a little nervous, although she felt that the guards guarding the city might not necessarily check the Ning family's carriage.

However, since the Crown Prince is currently helping Guangling search for her everywhere, what if...?

What if an order is given to investigate? She won't be able to escape!

After a agonizing ten minutes of waiting, it was finally the Ning family's carriage that arrived at the city gate.

Xin Ya's heart started racing!

When the guards outside the carriage saw that it was a Ning family carriage, they immediately raised their hands to signal for it to pass.

At that moment, the nervous girl in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the guards' order to let them pass.

Ning Fengzhi, who was sitting in the middle of the carriage and leaning on his cane, was extremely curious after seeing Xin Ya's reaction!

What exactly did Qinghe do to offend this young girl, making her so angry and unwilling to see the Crown Prince?

The carriage drove smoothly out of Tiandou City.

Ning Fengzhi asked Xin Ya, "Xiao Ya, may I ask you two questions?"

Xin Ya nodded. "Please ask."

"How did you obtain that ten-thousand-year-old soul bone?"

"My friend hunted it for me."

The little girl thought that Guangling was right to help her kill the wolf bandits, and that was a very reasonable answer!

Ning Fengzhi then asked, "How did you and the Crown Prince meet? I've been his teacher for over ten years. He spends most of his time in the palace and I've never seen him have any friends, nor have I ever seen you."

Mom!

Xin Ya wondered, how should I answer this?

It seems I'll have no choice but to continue making things up.

Sorry, Xue Qinghe, oh no, it should be Qian Renxue.

All I can do is create a love story for you and me, or maybe I can give you the persona of a domineering CEO.

Sure enough, in order to cover up one lie, you have to tell another!

It's time to show off your acting skills again!

While the other three people in the carriage were waiting for Xin Ya's answer, they saw the little girl look up at the distance out the window.

Xin Ya began to recount her story: "I was born in a very poor village. My mother died during childbirth, and my father later passed away from illness. After I grew up, I left the village to travel, but because of poverty, I often didn't know where my next meal would come from."

"Last month, I traveled to the towns and villages near Tiandou City. I was so hungry that day that I fainted from hunger on my way to Tiandou City, and was rescued by His Highness the Crown Prince who happened to be passing by."

"But because the palace was heavily guarded and my origins were unknown, the Crown Prince arranged for me to live in a house outside the palace. He would come out of the palace to see me every few days and take me out to play."

"But one day I met a friend, the one who helped me hunt for soul bones. When the prince found out, he was furious and had people watch over me, forbidding me from going out to see that friend. I got angry too, and took advantage of the guards' inattention to run away."

"After I ran away, I had no soul coins and wanted to leave Heaven Dou City, so I had no choice but to sell my soul bones at the auction house. Who knew the Crown Prince would catch up with me there? I had no choice but to run!"

After finishing her story, Xin Ya felt that the play she had written was quite good.

A possessive and domineering crown prince, jealous and imprisoning a commoner girl like Cinderella—how wonderful!

Whether Ning Fengzhi and the other two believed it or not, she didn't care!

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(End of this chapter)