Chapter 697: Chapter 697: Ruthless Mockery?
It’s Bianca and Kyle Keaton.
Bianca kept asking questions nonstop, while Kyle Keaton remained silent.
So Roman Kidd and July Quinn only heard Bianca’s chirpy voice and Kyle Keaton’s powerful footsteps.
Just when Roman Kidd was puzzled about why July Quinn told him to keep silent upon noticing Kyle Keaton and Bianca’s approach, July suddenly pulled him to hide behind a large tree.
The tree trunk was thick enough to perfectly conceal their figures, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.
With this, when Kyle Keaton arrived, he couldn’t see their figures or deduce their whereabouts from the footprints on the ground.
He stood before the large tree, his handsome brows raised.
Based on his previous judgment, July Quinn should be nearby.
But why, looking all around, couldn’t he find any trace of her?
Seeing Kyle Keaton standing under the tree, his gaze occasionally sweeping the ground, Bianca said:
"Lord Keaton, are you looking for a rodent’s nest? They usually don’t live under such big trees. If you really want to find them, why not follow me?"
To instill confidence in Kyle Keaton, Bianca added:
"When I was a child, I survived in the wild with my parents for some time. Back then, we relied on hunting these small animals for food daily. I was often responsible for finding small nests, while my parents hunted them."
That was when Bianca’s parents were dispatched by the Vanguard Corps Headquarters to execute a field mission.
It was the happiest yet saddest period for Bianca.
Because it was during that period that her parents died because of Kyle Keaton.
She thought mentioning this would somewhat stir Kyle Keaton, but he didn’t spare her a glance. And July Quinn, who was quietly listening to their conversation while hiding behind the tree and restraining Roman Kidd from causing trouble, couldn’t help but curl her lips into a smile.
She remembered she only told Kyle Keaton once not to mind Bianca.
Unexpectedly, he adhered to it so well!
How could this not please her?
But just then, someone pinched her waist, causing sharp pain!
If she hadn’t bitten her lip, she might have cried out.
Once the pain subsided, July Quinn glared angrily at the instigator.
Indeed, the one who pinched her fiercely was none other than Roman Kidd.
Yet this fellow showed no hint of guilt, merely locking eyes with July Quinn.
In Roman Kidd’s perspective, the smile on July Quinn’s face moments earlier was schadenfreude at Bianca’s neglect.
That’s why he was furious and pinched her.
And July Quinn, feeling unjustly bullied, naturally couldn’t swallow her anger.
If not for considering Kyle Keaton’s proximity and her preference not to be discovered by him, she would have kicked this man down the cliff.
Yes, right behind their tree was a bottomless cliff.
July Quinn chose this spot precisely because of that.
No one typically wants to veer behind this tree and confront the cliff.
Thus, this spot is also perfect to avoid Kyle Keaton.
However, although she couldn’t kick Roman Kidd down the cliff, she could still do something else.
Just as Roman Kidd was glaring coldly at her, she suddenly lifted her leg fiercely and struck Roman Kidd in his most vulnerable spot...