Saving the overbearing CEO

Chapter 451: Fifth World: Elmo Sound-alike Grandson

"Then proceed," he said before walking away. It was then that Mingxia realised what sort of situation she was in. She couldn't accept that so she decided to confess everything then maybe she would be spared.

"Sect leader Qie, I did it for us. I did it for you! If he didn't leave we would be under siege. I just did what everyone was thinking.... he had to go. He had to go," she said and to her surprise, it worked. Qie Ranzhe stopped walking away. She attempted to crawl over to him to plead for mercy but Machu held her in place.

"What is our sect rule on those who commit treason?" asked Qie Ranzhe clenching his fist tightly.

Machu placed his index finger on his bottom lip as though thinking. It had been a long time since he went through the rule book and he normally recalled the interesting ones because he used them to scare Qie Xieling when he was naughty as a kid.

Seeing that Machu was taking long he answered his own question. "Death by a thousand cuts and their body would be hung outside the sect for two days to serve as a reminder to everyone not to commit the same offence. It seems you have a lot of work to do," he said before walking away for real this time.

Mingxia's entire body crumbled to the ground and she couldn't help but start wailing calling out to Qie Ranzhe. Her heart was pierced a thousand times over. It was then she realised she would never be with the man of her dreams in this lifetime. Not only did she suffer from unrequited love but her crush sentenced her to death. Losing the will to live she stood up and ran straight into a pillar which killed her instantly. A pool of blood and fragmented bone and brain matter messed the floor giving Machu goosebumps all over his body.

Machu, "..."

"Well, that's that... hey you, come clean this up," he said to a passerby disciple who was minding his own business.

"Me?" he asked pointing at his nose with a puzzled look. He even looked around to see if this senior was talking to someone else.

"Yes you, seriously why can't I get good help around here, tsk," said Machu before rushing to catch up with Qie Ranzhe. He needed to make sure his boss won't do any more crazy things today. The fact that he killed that Taoist priest and his monks the entire righteous sect would look for trouble with them as soon as they find out.

Those old farts would use this as an excuse to take down the Qie sect and loot their treasures and the rich land the Qie sect stood. War was inevitable at this point. If they could use diplomatic means that would be great but the situation was incredibly volatile.

While Machu was trying to cool his boss's anger, Qie Xieling was stuck with an unconscious Zhao Zhi at the bottom of a lake. They had both transformed with their graceful merman tails swaying with the water. Qie Xieling was sitting on a rock with his hand propping up his cheeks staring at his gorgeous tail. He was waiting for Zhao Zhi to wake up from his comatose state.

At this point, he had already tried dozens of times to wake him up to no avail. So he gave up and decided to wait. He waited for a very long time crossing his fingers that no creature would come and try to have them for dinner.

Speaking of dinner, Qie Xieling was so hungry but he hadn't packed any snacks. Recalling how his Shixiong had so many things in his interspatial ring, he decided to take a look and sure enough, he found some good stuff. He was so immersed in indulging himself that he didn't realise something was wrong.

He munched like a squirrel with bulging cheeks looking especially guilty. "What are you doing?" said a familiar voice coming from behind him.

Qie Xieling was startled dropping whatever he was eating with a loud plop. "Nothing," he said turning around to hug his Shixiong. He didn't even realise his voice had changed like he had inhaled helium let alone his blue mouth. The shock of being caught wore off replaced by the excitement that his Shixiong was awake.

Qie Xieling jumped into Zhao Zhi's arms bringing them both down to the ground. Qie Xieling was especially dramatic hugging Zhao Zhi tightly while expressing his grievances. "Shixiong, you scared me. I was so terrified..... wuwuwu I thought you were going to die and leave me all alone in this dump. Wuwuwu shixiong, I thought we were goners," wailed Qie Xieling. Bear in mind this entire time his mouth was blue and his voice sounded like Elmo's.

Wen Qinxi couldn't bear it anymore snickering while struggling to get up. This was the funniest thing he had ever seen. Whatever Qie Xieling ate from his interspatial ring was something the previous Zhao Zhi confiscated from a bunch of disciples who were eating these berries distracting other disciples. And now Qie Xieling found them and ate them. It seemed he needed to put a child lock on his interspatial ring.

"Why, why are you laughing Shixiong," he asked looking like if a smurf and Elmo had a baby. Wen Qinxi couldn't take at it anymore especially when he was asking with a straight face.

"Hahaha, I, I am sorry but that's so fuckin funny... Hahahaha. Listen to your voice, hahahaha," said Wen Qinxi barely able to speak.

Only then did Qie Xieling realise his voice sounded funny. His eyes widened covering his mouth in astonishment. "Shi-shixiong. Ah! Will it ever go away?" said Qie Xieling hesitating to speak. His voice sounded super weird.

"Just sto-stop talking hahaha," said Wen Qinxi laughing even louder, "that's not all. Take, take out the bronze mirror."

Qie Xieling's head drooped looking at himself in the mirror. The blue was smeared all over his mouth. What shitty luck was this?

"Shixiong stop laughing..... I..... mhm mmm," the last part was said when his mouth was suddenly covered by Zhao Zhi's hand before he was dragged behind the rock.

From a distance, Wen Qinxi could see a group of merman patrolling the area. If they were found that deranged bastard of a king would have a field day with them. He placed his index finger on his lip telling Qie Xieling to keep it down. As soon as they disappeared, Qie Xieling asked, "Who are they?" in a whisper.

He hadn't realised yet that he was snuck into his grandparent's kingdom. One can only wonder what grandma's reaction would be when she meets her blue mouthed Elmo sound-alike grandson.

"This is my previous home. It's not safe here. Let me take you back to the Qie sect. Your father must be worried," he explained in a whisper but it was like trying to reason with Qie Ranzhe. Both of them are so stubborn and of course, Wen Qinxi wouldn't be able to win against such tenacity.

"Fine, fine... just stay close," is what Wen Qinxi said after being weighed down by Qie Xieling after only two minutes. These two will surely drive him insane.