If she had been able to sense the shadow approaching the moment before, this time it was the shadow calling her.
She then realized that someone was approaching.
Nie Qingru opened her eyes and tried her best to suppress her fatigue. Only shrewdness remained in her eyes: "Did she say that?"
"She didn't reveal a single word about Qiao Nian, but she answered all the questions she was asked." Shadow frowned and concluded, "...she's a tough nut to crack."
"Of course I know she's a tough one!" Nie Qingru couldn't hold back her temper. She stood up, looking fierce and staring at him intently, "Why did we go to such great lengths to capture her?"
Shadow lowered his head.
Nie Qingru exhaled the foul air in her chest: "We arrested her just to get the wolf cub's weakness from her. And the news about West City!"
Shadow still buried his head and said nothing.
Nie Qingru paced anxiously, then stopped and said, "You told me these two things, but you didn't get any of them. Have you ever thought about what the wolf cub would do when he found out that her people were taken away by us?"
Shadow raised his head this time, looked into her eyes and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, Queen, it's my incompetence."
Nie Qingru: "I don't want to hear this!"
Shadow said, "We have tried all the torture methods we can use on her, but she just won't talk. If we continue, someone might get killed, so I..."
He didn't say anything else.
Nie Qingru was a smart person and could understand the hidden meaning behind his words.
I felt extremely angry.
"Oh, she would rather die than betray Qiao Nian? What benefit did that evil creature give her that made her worth her men risking their lives for her?"
"Guan Yan is one of the main members of the Red Alliance, and the relationship between her and him is not comparable to that of ordinary people..."
"..." Nie Qingru's expression became more and more ugly, and he looked at the shadow with contempt.
"She doesn't want to say it... I'm sorry, Queen." Shadow stopped talking immediately, put his hands in front of him, and bowed his head respectfully. Nie Qingru's expression eased a little, and his venomous eyes narrowed sinisterly: "It doesn't matter if she doesn't say it. If it doesn't work, we still have plan B."
Not as a last resort.
Nie Qingru himself did not want to give up Plan A and used the backup plan.
Guan Yan refused to confess anything, forcing her to take the most risky and costly method to find Zhai Xicheng and force Qiao Nian to release him...
Shadow hesitated to speak, as if he wanted to persuade her.
Nie Qingru also saw it.
But she rarely wavered in her decision, so she simply pretended not to see it, her face stern, her eyes sharp as she spoke: "You go and make the arrangements."
"…yes."
Yingzi knew exactly what Plan B she was talking about. Seeing that Nie Qingru had made up his mind, he knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he decided to do his best to fulfill the assignment.
Nie Qingru raised his hand and pressed his temple. He felt dizzy and said exhaustedly, "Go ahead."
Shadow saw that her old illness had come back. After hesitating for a moment, he took out the bottle from his arms, poured out a small white pill from it and handed it to her.
"Queen, take a pill."
Nie Qingru opened her eyes and saw the white pills rolling on his palm. A flash of nausea and disgust flashed across her eyes.
None of these can compare to the pain of a nagging headache.
She only resisted briefly before picking up the pill he handed her, putting it into her mouth, and swallowing it with the black tea on the table.
I don't know how the medicine was made, but within a few minutes of taking it, Nie Qingru clearly felt that the stubborn migraine was relieved to a certain extent.
(End of this chapter)