She had reverted to her former self, the strong and fearless Xu Xian’en, no longer the scared little girl who needed him to guide her every step.
She only seemed like a true young woman when he kissed her or when she was frightened.
“That’s because I had just arrived in this strange place, it’s only natural to be unaccustomed!” Xu Xian’en pouted.
This man was treating her like she was some kind of coward. It’s only human to feel fear and be unaccustomed in a new place.
“So I’m also not used to wandering around in such a scary place,” he said with a bitter smile, “If we encounter another one of those man-eating giants, my half-life will be gone.”
“No, I’ll protect you like I did last time!” She was referring to when she shot at the giant with a tree branch.
“Ha! I was scared out of my wits, do you know how dangerous it is to shoot randomly like that? Luckily you hit it; if you hadn’t, we might have both been captured and eaten. What if that monster had caught you? You’d be flattened! Being a hero to save a beauty is all good, but you have to consider your own safety, you know?” He was so excited in his own thoughts that he completely missed the tears gathering in her eyes.
“But… but if you don’t shoot, you will definitely be eaten!” Xu Xian tried hard to steady her breathing, not wanting him to notice she was crying. Xu Qing indeed didn’t notice; he only saw it as an opportunity to educate her. “If I’m to be eaten, then so be it. There’s nothing that can be done, right? Life and death are predestined; if I’m meant to die at that moment, I will die no matter what; if I’m meant to live, I can live whether you shoot or not, can’t I?”
“No!” she shouted, stopping in her tracks and crying out loud. “If I hadn’t shot that leopard, if I had only cared about my own safety, you would definitely have been eaten by it! I don’t want to see you eaten! Wah—”
