Chapter 32: I Cannot Return to the Mountain Stronghold with Him!

“Miss, your hands are so cold. Let me warm them for you~” the bandit chief said, lecherously taking Mingxi’s hand and clasping it in his palm. The smile on his face grew more and more obscene.

On the surface, Mingxi smiled obediently. Yet her delicate fingers unconsciously tightened around the bandit chief’s hand. With a sudden burst of force, she twisted it viciously.

The next moment, the sound of bones breaking rang out.

Crack!

The bandit chief let out a howl. Tears sprang from his eyes in sheer agony.

“Chief!” Several of the bandits nearby hurried forward when they saw what had happened, finding the woman rather strange.

“Oh dear, Bandit Chief, what happened to you? Why did you suddenly yell so loudly?” Mingxi asked with feigned concern, pretending not to know anything. In truth, although she did not possess even the slightest bit of supernatural power, she had used this move countless times in her previous life. It required no strength at all—just a single burst of force was enough to shatter the bones in his hand.

“Bandit Chief, are you all right?” Seeing the tears of pain streaming down his face, Mingxi actually felt a trace of sympathy. After all, she had experienced the agony of a fractured bone herself; it had hurt so much that she could not even cry out.

Still, this man had brought it upon himself.

“I’m fine, I’m fine! I’m all right...” The bandit chief saw Mingxi bending down to help him up. The sensation left him at a loss for words, yet it also stirred a strange excitement within him.

“Miss, why don’t you come back to our stronghold with me? I promise I’ll take very good care of you~”

Back to the stronghold? Mingxi was genuinely taken aback.

Is this fellow already planning to make this fox demon his bandit bride? What a ridiculous idea!

Still, these men might prove somewhat useful. Mingxi could sense a trace of demonic aura nearby, but she could not determine its exact direction.

If she wanted to find out the Serpent King’s precise location, she would need their help.

“Back to the stronghold? All right. After all, I’m all alone with no one to rely on, and I’ve been hoping to find myself a suitable husband~” Mingxi agreed.

Inwardly, she cursed him. Now that Feng was gone, aside from her foolishly adorable son, she truly had no family left. But as for finding a suitable husband—this wretched brute would not stand a chance even after eight lifetimes!

“Don’t worry, miss. I’ll take excellent care of you! By the way, you’ve never done it before, have you? How about letting me be your first?”

His brazen words sent shivers down Mingxi’s spine. This man had gone far beyond shameless. Calling him outrageously lustful would have been an understatement.

It was true that she had never experienced such a thing before. After all, the foxes’ views on love and marriage were entirely different from those of humans. Unless they wished to bear offspring, they would never engage in such acts.

Inside the carriage, Xiaotong felt increasingly uneasy as he listened.

What exactly was Mother planning? Surely... surely she wasn’t really going to follow this vile uncle back to the stronghold and then...

Mother, what are you doing?!

“I’ve always guarded my virtue, Chief. You’re being so forward that you’re making me terribly embarrassed!”

“It’s nothing, nothing at all. What’s there to be embarrassed about? Once we return, I’ll take good care of you!”

The bandit chief kept drooling as he pulled Mingxi by the hand toward the stronghold. At that very moment, Xiaotong could no longer endure it and shouted directly,

“Mother! You can’t!”

He truly could not take it anymore. What on earth was Mother thinking? Was she really going to return to the stronghold with these men and let them do whatever they pleased with her?

That was absolutely not like Mother at all!

What Xiaotong did not know was that his cry left everyone utterly stunned.

There was actually someone else inside the carriage?

And it was a child?

What... what was going on?