“Miss Xi.” Her voice was gentle, like a spring breeze brushing past.
Xi Fuhong was startled, seeing the familiar smile but couldn’t help trembling.
She knew that smile was fake, all of Xiao Qiyu’s disguises fascinated her, yet they were all false.
She bit her lower lip and turned to run, not wanting to stay with Xiao Qiyu, but unexpectedly, she turned a corner and bumped into someone.
“I’m sorry!…” Xi Fuhong caught a glimpse of a bright red, and just as she was about to step back, the other person grabbed her wrist.
“Why are you in such a hurry?” As soon as the voice came out, Xi Fuhong immediately knew who it was.
She looked up at Luo Qingcheng, almost scared to the point of her legs giving out.
Luo Qingcheng was always cold, her gaze was sharp, scrutinizing Xi Fuhong’s face back and forth.
“Let go of me! Let go of me!” She struggled desperately, but Luo Qingcheng refused to release her grip.
Seeing Xi Fuhong’s pale face, Luo Qingcheng suddenly felt displeased, so she tightened her grip, almost crushing Xi Fuhong’s wrist.
Just as she heard her cry out, a slightly calloused finger brushed against Luo Qingcheng’s arm, Xiao Qiyu came up behind her, smiling gently.
“It was I who startled Miss Xi.” She urged Luo Qingcheng to let go.
Upon hearing this, she indeed released her hold.
Once free, Xi Fuhong turned and fled, while Luo Qingcheng coldly watched her back disappear around the corner, her brows furrowed.
Did she escape like this last time too? She actually managed to slip away while she was greeting her senior brother.
“Luo Family Head, there’s no need to be so harsh on Miss Xi,” Xiao Qiyu also looked in the direction Xi Fuhong left and said, “Miss Xi is an honest person, she won’t be a threat to Tiger Dragon Cave.
If Luo Family Head is so domineering, even a rabbit will bite when cornered.”
“Bite?” Luo Qingcheng snorted coldly, “I’d like to see if she has the capability.”
On the other side, Xi Fuhong ran around the branch for a while.
She wanted to return to her room, but seeing Shi Cuiyan and the maid laughing and chatting outside, she ran away again, only to bump into Xue Baihua reading a medical book in the courtyard.
It seemed no matter where she went, she would encounter people who annoyed her, so she walked further and further until the surroundings became desolate.
She didn’t know she had run to the back mountain’s other courtyard, where many rooms were boarded up, looking old and dilapidated.
She came to a dry pond, with only dead leaves and pebbles at the bottom, and without a word, she jumped in, sinking half her body, hiding in a secluded corner, not moving.
At least here, she wouldn’t meet people she didn’t want to see.
The wind rustled, lifting the dust, and Xi Fuhong closed her eyes, burying her face in her knees.
It was very quiet around, occasionally there were bird calls, she thought, maybe she shouldn’t have agreed to the alliance leader’s words to stay, she should have been braver to refuse Luo Qingcheng, then she wouldn’t have to suffer here.
Sigh, I wonder if grandma has reached Miaojiang yet…
She sighed, feeling a bit annoyed, pinching the Black Dragon Tail Ring in her arms, the black rock texture was a bit cold, holding it in her hand, she could feel a chill.
She looked down at the ring, the exquisite dragon carving on it made her uneasy, what exactly was in the Tiger Dragon Cave’s secret treasure? Worthy of these people fighting over it?
But no matter what it is… it has nothing to do with me.
Just as Xi Fuhong, like a turtle hiding its head, found a quiet corner to hide and escape from the world, her sworn sister Shi Cuiyan was also anxiously searching the entire branch.
Strange, she hadn’t seen Xi Fuhong since early morning, and when she asked the servants, they all said they hadn’t seen her.
Could it be that Xue Baihua caught her?
So she went to find Xue Baihua, only to be met with twelve silver needles and a “Get lost!”
Then she thought, could it be that Luo Qingcheng caught her? But seeing her playing chess with Xiao Qiyu in the pavilion, she didn’t go over to ask.
Where exactly did Xi Fuhong run off to? She only got the answer when the sun set.
A servant said they saw a figure go up the back mountain in the morning and never came out, not sure if it was the sister she mentioned.
Hearing this, Shi Cuiyan immediately used her light skills to fly over, and sure enough, in the dry pond, she saw a familiar figure, but… she stopped in her tracks.
Was that trembling body due to the autumn wind? Or fear?
She was hiding here, not wanting to see those who had hurt her?
Then what about herself?
Thinking of this, Shi Cuiyan clenched her fists stubbornly, refusing to leave.
She knew Xi Fuhong hated her just like she hated the others who had hurt her, it wouldn’t be erased just because she was nicer to Xi Fuhong.
Her kindness to Xi Fuhong couldn’t be called compensation, perhaps more accurately… it was just selfishness.
Ignoring her feelings, insisting on staying by her side.
“Xi sister, why are you hiding here?” Putting on a playful expression, Shi Cuiyan jumped into the pond and squatted beside her.
Then, just stay a little longer, be a little more willful…
Xi Fuhong was surprised to see Shi Cuiyan come, she thought she had hidden well enough not to be found, how did Shi Cuiyan still find her? She showed a dejected expression, but Shi Cuiyan suddenly reached out and pulled her into her arms, holding her tightly without allowing resistance.
“Did you think hiding here I wouldn’t find you?” Whispering in her ear, Shi Cuiyan laughed, “I am Cui Ling Long, no matter where you hide, I can find you, so remember in the future, run as far as you can, best so far that I can’t find you, then I will give up.”
“…Shi… Cuiyan?” Xi Fuhong moved slightly in confusion, feeling that Shi Cuiyan was a bit strange.
The other party just laughed self-deprecatingly.
Since when… did Xi sister stop calling her Cui sister?
“Are you hungry?” Shi Cuiyan pulled back a bit, looking at her with a smile, “I saved some food for you, let’s go back and eat?”
Without waiting for Xi Fuhong to reply, she had already jumped out of the pond with her in her arms.
On the way back to the room, Shi Cuiyan held Xi Fuhong’s hand, walking ahead in silence.
