After Zhao Ling dealt with the four informants around the courtyard, he withdrew his Heaven's Net and Earth's Snare Domain, then flew into Liu Erlong's courtyard.
Looking at the already withered flowers in the entire courtyard, Zhao Ling smiled and shook his head, then walked towards the house.
The four women inside knew of Zhao Ling's arrival, so they didn't dare to close the door.
After all, they had fled to avoid punishment this time and were now caught red-handed. How could they dare to lock Zhao Ling out again?
If they truly angered him, they would all be in deep trouble. Sigh, how helpless.
The four women anxiously listened as the footsteps outside the door grew closer, until they saw Zhao Ling walk in from outside, greeting them with a teasing smile. The four women felt even more uneasy.
Ah Yin forced a smile and said timidly.
"H-husband, Xiao Rou and I, along with Xiao Wu, came to sister Long'er's house to play. We forgot to tell you before you left yesterday."
Xiao Rou also smiled awkwardly, nodding repeatedly: "Yes, husband, I'm sorry. It's all our fault for being too playful. Yes, I'm so sorry..."
Xiao Wu, meanwhile, took three steps and leaped into Zhao Ling's arms, her face full of flattery.
"Husband, my dear husband, you, you won't be angry, will you? You won't think of teaching us a harsh lesson, will you?"
The next moment, Xiao Wu pointed at Liu Erlong and complained.
"Husband, this time it's really not Mom's and my fault. This time it's all Mama Erlong's fault.
She told us to come to her house, saying you definitely wouldn't find us if we were here. They were the ones who incited us."
Damn it! Liu Erlong was instantly so angry she wanted to curse.
What kind of situation was this with Xiao Wu, this little brat? Just because she wasn't her biological mother, only her godmother, she would sell her out like this?
Now Liu Erlong looked at Zhao Ling, who was staring at her with a teasing expression, and she felt a chill. She feared she was going to be severely "dealt with" by her husband this time.
She should have known better than to run away with her sisters. Anyway, if everyone was going to be punished, they should be punished together.
Excluding Little Qi, who hadn't run away, there were still three other sisters to share the punishment with her.
If her husband truly listened to Xiao Wu and placed all the blame on her,
and if her intentions succeeded, she would have to face her insane husband alone. That was too terrifying.
No, absolutely not. She had to drag this girl Xiao Wu down with her. Even if she could only drag her down alone, it was better than facing him by herself.
Liu Erlong glared at Xiao Wu, retorting angrily.
"Xiao Wu, what do you mean I incited you? It was clearly you who insisted I take you to escape. Now you have the nerve to push all the blame onto me alone.
Who was it that kept saying I was a local in Heaven Dou Imperial City, saying husband wouldn't know where my house was, and suggested escaping to my house?"
Hearing this, Xiao Wu's expression froze, and she quickly said.
"Husband, slander! She's slandering me again! I really didn't say those words. Mom and Aunt Yin'er both know this. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."
Unexpectedly, Ah Yin and Xiao Rou both simultaneously shifted their gaze elsewhere, acting as if this matter had nothing to do with them, and they were just coerced into going along.
Xiao Wu finally understood. Both her mom and Aunt Yin'er wanted her and Mama Erlong to bear the brunt of husband's punishment this time.
She was silent for a moment, then finally nodded heavily.
"Okay, I admit that Mama Erlong and I wanted to run away from the manor. Husband, please don't be angry. Xiao Wu and Mama Erlong were both wrong."
Seeing this, Liu Erlong also understood Xiao Wu's intention.
She sighed inwardly. Not her own biological daughter, it seemed, was just not as reliable. As a godmother, she was betrayed just like that.
However, she was indeed the one who first suggested escaping and running to her own house this time. So, she wasn't being wronged.
Besides, having that girl Xiao Wu suffer the punishment with her, she should count herself lucky.
So Liu Erlong also nodded: "Husband, please don't be angry. This responsibility truly falls on Xiao Wu and me. Please don't involve big sisterYin'er and big sisterXiao Rou."
Ah Yin and Xiao Rou, seeing Liu Erlong take responsibility so readily this time, looked at her with gratitude.
Zhao Ling, meanwhile, smiled and nodded: "Alright, since you've bravely admitted your mistakes this time, I won't pursue this matter.
However, I must declare beforehand, this is a one-time thing. If any of you dare to escape again in the future, be careful, your husband will make you cry tears you can't shed."
"Really???"
Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong's faces lit up upon hearing this. They both rushed into Zhao Ling's arms, kissing him on each cheek.
"Of course it's real. Your husband never lies. Your husband dares to swear to the heavens."
Zhao Ling swore confidently without thinking, but as he said this, Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong became uncertain.
Husband says he never lies, but who would believe that? They certainly didn't.
Hadn't husband lied enough already? When he lied, it was truly insane. Believing him was probably poisonous.
But they didn't dare to speak their true thoughts, only nodding repeatedly, their smiles growing stiffer by the second.
After successfully finding the four women, Zhao Ling put the three hummingbird devices back into his storage space, then led the four women out of the courtyard.
As they reached the main gate, Liu Erlong's slender brows furrowed as she saw the several corpses lying on the ground, and she asked Zhao Ling in confusion.
"Husband, do you know who these people are?"
"Yes..." Zhao Ling nodded without hesitation.
"These people are all from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Furthermore, these people had previously posed as vendors and squatted near our manor for a period.
Even I initially thought they were genuine vendors. I must say, these people are quite good at disguising themselves."
"From the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Hmph, I never thought my father would tolerate others tracking his daughter."
Liu Erlong's tone was full of sarcasm, clearly showing her dissatisfaction with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and even her own father.
"Your father doesn't know about this. He probably doesn't even know that you and I are already husband and wife.
The people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan felt that my strength was too unfathomable, so they wanted to investigate your identities."
Zhao Ling's face was filled with mockery as he continued to add.
"But they didn't dare to alert me, fearing that if they acted against you, I might unleash my wrath for my loved ones.
So, they wanted to achieve their revenge by targeting your parents, making it difficult for me to guess that the reason your family was retaliated against was because of me.
Sometimes, I really don't know why their thought processes are so strange."
Zhao Ling shook his head, somewhat speechless. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's revenge strategy was truly bizarre, and their angles were very unconventional.
If Xiao Rou, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin weren't all spirit beasts with very few family members, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's methods of revenge would probably have been very effective...