Shining Through the Chaos with My Bulldog

Chapter 608 An Unexpected Ally

The innkeeper nodded. "True. They must have other supplies that they didn't bring with them." The innkeeper's wife shot him a knowing look and smiled. "As long as we successfully take care of that man and make him completely devoted to me, getting their hidden supplies will be a piece of cake." The innkeeper beamed with joy. "Right!" The innkeeper's wife pouted. "See? You're grinning from ear to ear too. Why can't I be happy?" He immediately coaxed her. "I was wrong. It's only because I care about you so much that I got a little jealous." As he spoke, he immediately opened the door. "I'll go downstairs and get to work right now. You've worked hard too, honey!" Soon, the innkeeper went to Selina and Guinevere's room on the second floor, while the innkeeper's wife went downstairs to boil a pot of water. She put the transparent heart-binding servant bugs inside and carried it up to Natalie and Cassian's door. After knocking, it was still Natalie's voice that came from inside. "What do you want?" The innkeeper's wife frowned. Why did this woman always answer? Had she secretly killed that handsome guy? He never made a sound. "I'm here to bring you hot water. It's too cold. Drink some hot water to warm up so you can sleep." After quite a while, another voice came from inside. "Leave it by the door. I'll grab it in a minute." Well then. Forget seeing the man. She couldn't even see the woman's face. The innkeeper's wife said unwillingly, "Are you cold? Do you need me to bring you more blankets?""No." The innkeeper's wife got shut down and knew she couldn't force the issue, so she stopped talking to avoid arousing suspicion. At least they accepted the water. As long as they took the bait, she wouldn't have to worry about making progress later. So she obediently placed the thermos by the door. "Drink it while it's hot!" Only after the innkeeper's wife left did Natalie open the door and bring the thermos inside. Cassian turned to glance at it. "Same old trick?" Natalie brought the thermos to the three little ones and, seeing their disgusted expressions, nodded. "Yep." Cassian put down his book. "They probably got suspicious since I never go out." Natalie smiled. "It's mainly my attitude." Cassian could imagine her arrogant and lawless demeanor and laughed along. "Getting you to act all sweet and submissive would be impossible." Natalie pursed her lips. "I'm not going to put myself through that." Not shoving the thermos down their throats was merciful enough. And they wanted her to act like the innkeeper's wife's fangirl? Not a chance! She used the old method to dispose of the bugs, then sighed. "They're really getting desperate. They literally doubled the dose of cursebugs." Cassian glanced at the bug corpses. "They've had it too easy." Natalie knew he wanted to stir things up and reminded him, "Their relationship with the Greendale Gang definitely isn't simple. It's best not to rashly move against them."It was a fact that Cash got driven up the mountain by the Greendale Gang and didn't dare to enter the city. She didn't know exactly how they'd managed it. The foreign guy clearly had an AK and so many explosives. His equipment was only stronger than hers, not weaker. Yet he still got beaten so badly he couldn't fight back. Without knowing the other side's strength and trump cards, she didn't want to rashly confront them. If she accidentally stepped on a landmine, the risk wouldn't be worth it. Once the snow stopped in the next day or two, they'd leave anyway. There was absolutely no need to risk conflicting with the Greendale Gang and fighting to the death. Cassian knew what she was thinking. "Don't worry. I know my limits." ... The next day, Natalie had just finished breakfast when there was another knock on the door. Thinking it was that annoying innkeeper's wife again, she shouted irritably. "Didn't I tell you to stop bothering us?" Unexpectedly, Selina's voice came from outside. "It's me. Sorry to disturb you." Natalie was stunned. "What is it?" The voice outside paused for a moment, then said in an especially soft voice, "I wanted to warn you to be careful. There's something wrong with this place." Natalie raised an eyebrow and exchanged a glance with Cassian beside her. What was going on? The innkeeper's wife's loyal fangirl had actually turned on her? When she poured sulfuric acid on the cursebugs yesterday, did she kill the one inside Selina's body too? After saying that, Selina heard no response from inside and turned to leave.The innkeeper couple's room was also on the third floor. Her whole body was in a tense, defensive state. After speaking to Natalie at the door, she immediately wanted to hurry downstairs. But unexpectedly, the door behind her suddenly opened. "Come in and talk." Selina's steps halted. She turned around and looked at Natalie in disbelief. Why was she being so nice today? She was actually letting me into the room? Natalie looked at her and was also stunned. Her eyes widened as if startled. Then she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something but was holding back as she looked at Selina.

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