Snap—
However, following that crisp sound, the woman's expression instantly changed. For her slap had not landed on Tang Ying—it had been blocked.
And the person blocking it was, naturally, Chu Feng.
"Who... who are you?" The woman clearly did not recognize Chu Feng, her face filled with shock.
"I am Chu Feng," Chu Feng said.
"What? You... you're Chu Feng?" Hearing this, the woman turned to flee. But with her wrist still clutched in Chu Feng's grip, she had no chance of escape.
"Help! Someone, help! Chu Feng is here!" In her panic, the woman could only shout for assistance.
"Hmph." Yet Chu Feng merely gave a cold snort, then with a wave of his large sleeve, sent the woman crashing into the corner of the dungeon.
Then, with another sweep of his sleeve, the barrier sealing Tang Ying was undone.
"Punish her however you see fit. Show no mercy to someone like this." Chu Feng pointed at the woman.
"No, don't!" Seeing this, the woman shrieked in terror. Yet her voice only grew weaker—not just her voice, but her aura also became faint as everything about her was sealed by Chu Feng.
"Who are you calling a slut? If anyone is one, it's you! Everyone knows how you seduced the head of the Cao family."
"To marry that head, you even killed your own twin sister—the one born on the same year, month, and day as you! You're practically not human!"
Tang Ying's pent-up fury finally erupted. Holding nothing back, she pummeled the woman with fists and kicks, beating her face into a swollen mess and splitting her skin open.
She beat the woman unconscious outright.
Only when the woman collapsed did Tang Ying finally stop, as if her anger had subsided. The fury on her face gave way to tension.
"Chu Feng, how could you come here? Right now, both the Cao family and the Tang family are hunting you everywhere!" Tang Ying said to him anxiously.
"Naturally, I came to rescue you. Don't forget—I am your guardian," Chu Feng replied with a smile.
"But..."
"No 'buts.' Let me ask you—if I take you away, are you willing to go?" Chu Feng asked.
"The Tang family of today is no longer my home. And everyone in this Cao family is bent on tormenting and humiliating me. Of course I want to leave. It's just..."
"No 'just.' If you want to go, I can take you away right now. From now on, you may have no kin—but you have a friend." Chu Feng said to Tang Ying with a grin.
"But..." As she spoke, Tang Ying glanced toward the spot where she had been bound and restrained.
Her meaning was already crystal clear: if she left, the Cao family would certainly discover her absence. That would not end well.
Swish—
At that moment, Chu Feng suddenly extended his finger and pointed it repeatedly at the woman.
Each time his finger touched her, a thread of power from his barriers merged into her body.
In the blink of an eye, the woman underwent a earth-shattering transformation. Not only did her face change into Tang Ying's likeness, but even her clothes transformed into Tang Ying's attire.
Then, with another wave of his sleeve, Chu Feng moved the woman to the very spot where Tang Ying had been restrained. Even the binding barriers, which Chu Feng had already dismissed, reappeared once more.
Only now, those barrier ropes were no longer binding Tang Ying—but the woman.
Yet to anyone looking from outside, the one bound there was unmistakably Tang Ying.