Mess with her?
It was just a tavern after all.
Did she really think that this would hurt her?
She was very rich now.
Long Ling took a step forward and asked, “Who ordered you to do this?”
“Who ordered me?” Seville seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world.
She stared into Long Ling’s eyes and sneered, “I am a Countess of the Oud Continent.
Crushing you is as easy as crushing an ant.
You are just a nameless little dragon from a fallen family.
I heard that you didn’t even go to magic university.”
Long Ling frowned slightly.
Hearing that the other party hadn’t been ordered by anyone, how could Violet say that she was her subordinate?
Even things like her not going to university, having a bad background, and being uneducated, did Violet often mention her like this in front of others?
Long Ling twisted her fingers.
She was actually working very hard to learn magic.
Seeing her tacit agreement, Seville ridiculed, “A dragon like you has no substance, only appearance.
You even want to seduce Her Grace the Duchess.
Surely you and Her Grace the Duchess have nothing to talk about usually.
You don’t understand politics, military affairs, or culture.”
Long Ling really didn’t understand those things, and didn’t like to participate in political and military topics.
Violet never asked her opinion when handling government affairs.
She didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.
She was just a cook, wasn’t it enough to be able to make delicious food?
“I don’t want to talk about those things with Violet, and I didn’t seduce her.”
Long Ling wanted to say that it was a contractual engagement, but she had only signed a piece of paper, and there hadn’t even been a ceremony.
“We’ve already broken up.”
Hearing the hesitation in Long Ling’s tone, Seville was so angry that she almost broke her teeth.
It was because Long Ling hadn’t clearly cut ties with Violet that Violet had repeatedly rejected her love.
Why could some dragons get everyone’s love without putting in any effort, just relying on their face?
“You haven’t broken up with her at all!
You’re still attached to each other!”
Seville vented all her resentment and anger on Long Ling.
“We dragons can live for tens of thousands of years.
No dragon will always choose only one partner.
When you are no longer young and beautiful, how can Her Grace the Duchess still like you, who only has an appearance?”
Long Ling was silent for a moment.
“Are you saying that you don’t have beauty?”
Seville’s face twisted with anger.
“I’m talking about you, this kept Alpha!”
Long Ling didn’t understand why she was suddenly so angry, and said coldly, “I’m not a kept man.
I usually grow the vegetables in the manor, and I cook the meals.
Besides, even if I am a kept man, I’m eating Violet’s food, what does it have to do with you?”
Seville suddenly stood up, a vicious look flashing in her eyes.
“Stop talking nonsense.
You don’t look like an Alpha at all.
Today, I’m going to let you know what a real Alpha is!”
She punched Long Ling in the face with all her strength.
The air crackled with the force, and the scent of pheromones suppressed her at the same time.
Long Ling tilted her head to dodge the fist the size of a sandbag, and seized Seville’s wrist.
Her other fist slammed into Seville’s lower back.
Seville had been trained in dangerous situations and reacted instantly.
She dodged Long Ling’s attack and swept her leg towards Long Ling’s lower body.
Long Ling attacked Seville’s back, her hands locking Seville’s neck, forcing her to lose the power to resist.
The strawberry pheromones all over her body ruthlessly crushed every inch of the other party’s nerves.
Seville’s neck was strangled red, and she was panting like a cow, almost passing out.
The next second, Seville’s elbow suddenly slammed heavily into Long Ling’s abdomen.
Long Ling felt as if her abdomen had been hit hard all at once.
Her intestines seemed to be twisted into a knot, and her internal organs were burning with pain.
She spat out a mouthful of blood, and then she was kicked away.
Seville rushed towards her again, a series of iron fists coming head-on.
Long Ling hurriedly dodged and kicked Seville in the back of the heart, then immediately flipped over and pressed her to the ground.
Seville looked at Long Ling in disbelief.
Her head had just been punched hard.
Long Ling retracted her fist and asked, enduring the pain in her abdomen, “Where did you tie Aunt Lan up?”
Seville’s head was about to crack from being punched.
“You leave Violet forever, and I’ll tell you where she is.”
Long Ling punched her again.
“What is your relationship with Violet?”
Seville’s head was buzzing from being hit.
She roared, “Violet and I have known each other for two hundred years!
You weren’t even born when we were in school together!
I know Violet better than you do.
Do you know what she looks like when she’s hurt?
Do you know how many years I’ve silently protected her?
You don’t know anything!
You only know how to hurt her!
You don’t deserve her at all!”
Loraine’s words flashed through Long Ling’s mind, clutching her collar.
Seville sneered, “You got together with Violet under false pretenses.
What’s so good about you?”
Long Ling’s gaze became one of pity.
“Violet has never mentioned your name in front of me.
Saying that I don’t deserve her, then you don’t even deserve to have your name mentioned.
Do you deserve her?”
Seville was completely enraged by Long Ling and punched Long Ling hard in the heart.
Long Ling dodged the fatal blow and gave her another punch, knocking Seville to the ground again.
“Even if you’ve lived a few hundred years longer than me, you’re still useless.
I can’t beat you.”
Seville angrily grabbed the sand on the ground.
Being suppressed by the higher level mental strength made her mind constantly on the verge of collapse.
She was also quickly attacked in the head by Long Ling.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to defeat the little dragon.
Long Ling looked down at her condescendingly and opened her mouth.
“Violet is free.
She has never lacked Alpha pursuing her.
If you want to chase her, go chase her, but—”
“I will of course let her go, but on the premise that you leave Violet forever.”
Seville’s trembling hand reached for her waist, where a flintlock pistol was hidden.
Just as she was about to pull out the gun, a burst of chaotic footsteps suddenly came from all around.
A gunshot was fired into the sky, and dozens of police officers swarmed in, surrounding them.
The police chief flashed his badge and separated them all.
“Police are handling a case, no one is allowed to move!”
Long Ling got up from Seville’s body.
Her abdomen had just been elbowed by Seville, and it was hurting badly at this time.
It didn’t hurt that much when she was still, but now every step felt like the sea was churning.
She had suffered serious internal injuries.
Seville was surrounded by more than a dozen police officers and no longer had a chance to attack.
“Little Ling, are you alright?”
Mo Dai ran quickly towards Long Ling, and seeing Long Ling’s pale face, lips full of blood, and scrapes all over her body, she hugged Long Ling into her arms with heartache.
Long Ling shook her head slightly.
“Where’s Aunt Lan Qin?
Did you find her?”
Mo Dai said quickly, “We found her.
She was tied up in the backyard of the Midnight Tavern.
She has been rescued.
The police chief said that he will definitely handle this matter well and will take her back to interrogate her.
Can you still handle going home?
Do you want your mother to carry you?”
Long Ling leaned in Mo Dai’s arms and closed her eyes heavily.
Mo Dai hugged Long Ling and rushed to the hospital.
When she sent her to the doctor and put her on the healing table, six of the silver-white dragon scales on Long Ling’s abdomen had already broken.
The most severely damaged scales in the center were not only divided into five parts, but also the broken scales were embedded into the tender pink flesh, looking bloody.
The doctor used tweezers to take out many dragon scale fragments.
There were thick layers in the iron plate.
After finally finishing, he covered the wound with healing potion and wrapped it with circles of white bandages.
Long Ling’s body also had large and small abrasions left over from rolling around.
It took nearly half a day just to apply the medicine.
Long Ling had been unconscious for an unknown amount of time.
When she woke up, it was already late at night.
She was lying on the hospital bed, and her arm was cool, being infused with fluids.
There was a large bouquet of sunflowers in the vase next to her, as well as some bright daisies.
The incandescent lamp above her head made her eyes a little dizzy.
Mo Dai and Shelley were taking care of her, and even Annie had come, carrying a beautiful fruit basket in her hand.
Annie was very surprised to see Long Ling wake up.
“Sister Long Ling, you’re awake!”
Long Ling nodded slightly and remembered why she was lying in the hospital bed.
She had a fight with Seville.
The reason why the other party wanted to mess with her was because she and Violet were still attached to each other.
She was hated because she was blocking the way.
It turned out that Violet had only met Seville that day.
She had deliberately concealed it from her and hadn’t even told her Seville’s real identity.
Why did she have to lie to her?
Was it just because she had rejected Violet many times, so she let Seville come and beat her up, so that she could see her own identity clearly?
Long Ling felt a burst of stabbing pain in her heart, and a salty and fishy taste surged in her throat.
Her eyes also became sour.
Just as she was about to sit up, Shelley held her down and put a pillow behind her.
“What do you want?
I’ll let your mother get it for you?”
Long Ling lowered her eyelashes and said softly, “Where’s Seville?
Has she been convicted by the Security Bureau?”
Mo Dai said quickly, “She’s already been taken back.
This time, Director Zhang will personally interrogate her and will definitely sentence her for many years.”
Long Ling raised her eyes and asked, “What about the tavern?”
Mo Dai touched her head.
“You don’t have to worry about the tavern.
I’ve found reliable people to help manage it, and it will be closed for a while.
I’ve also had your aunt sent back to the old house.”
With her mother’s arrangements, she felt very relieved about everything.
It was just that Long Ling still felt very hurt in her heart.
Her breathing was as if she couldn’t catch it, and her limbs gradually became cold.
Mo Dai seeing her face had turned pale again, quickly gave Shelley a look, telling her to quickly pour a cup of hot water.
Mo Dai handed the hot tea to Long Ling, helping her tuck in the corners of the quilt.
“Do you want to rest for a while longer?
Are we bothering you?”
Annie quickly put the fruit basket on the bedside table.
“Sister Long Ling, you should rest easy.
The doctor said that your body will recover in a day or two, but the scales will need a few more days to grow back.”
Seeing Long Ling nod, Mo Dai, Shelley, and Annie left the ward together, leaving Long Ling with quiet space.
Long Ling buried her face in her hands, and tears fell silently, her long silver hair drooping down.
Violet really couldn’t change her arrogant and domineering personality.
She shouldn’t have believed her and thought that Violet could change for the better.
She was still thinking of going to the manor to see her.
It was completely self-inflicted humiliation.
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