Que’er and Yuanxiao were hiding there, and they would find An Jin if they saw I was in trouble. I just needed to stall for time and wait for reinforcements.
“I completely let go of my worries. The white jade hairpin and coral waist buckle were things I bought myself, and the sandalwood beads… simply do not exist. An Jin never liked vermilion, so he had never worn the vermilion-colored auspicious crane ceremonial robe.”
The poor Seventh Princess, her mood now is probably quite complicated, mostly still guessing who this inexplicable new rival could be.
Xia Zhiqian probably thought I was too spineless, and bullying me offered no sense of achievement. She glared at me and said, “Remember, don’t foolishly try to win An Lang’s affection!”
“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare.”
She turned to mount her horse, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, an extremely familiar dog bark approached from far to near, heading in my direction. Xia Zhiqian, about to mount her horse, froze and stopped moving.
A white mass, swift as lightning, came charging from the grass.
Was Yuanxiao here? I looked behind him and didn’t see Que’er. Probably Que’er went to find An Jin, while Yuanxiao insisted on finding me, thus splitting up.
With Yuanxiao’s arrival, I was touched, but Yuanxiao meeting the Seventh Princess, a ferocious dog facing a ferocious woman, might spell trouble.
Yuanxiao was quite vengeful and presumably still harbored resentment about Xia Zhiqian’s previous attempt to prevent him from being a proper dog. His massive body squatted in front of me and immediately barked fiercely at Xia Zhiqian.
Xia Zhiqian said, “Pull it away.”
I hurriedly tried to soothe him, whispering many kind words in his ear until he reluctantly calmed down.
Seeing him quiet, Xia Zhiqian instead sneered. “A cowardly dog matches a cowardly master, how fitting.”
So Yuanxiao became agitated again. This time, even I couldn’t hold him back.
He leaped forward, biting and violently pulling Xia Zhiqian’s red robe, ripping a large section of her pants, exposing her calf.
