There is a Xiao Chan in the Jianghu

Chapter 17

Qianjun was furious, which only strengthened her resolve to bring Yunchan and Master Xia together. She once again glided onto Loulou, pouting and saying coquettishly, "You rascal! You're so rough with me after just a few days apart! But I like it!"

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Yun Chan froze on the spot as she watched Qian Jun and Lou Lou locked in a fierce struggle.

At the same time, Xia Yi looked at Yun Chan with increasingly cold eyes.

Her gaze never lingered on him, even though he was standing right in front of her.

Even though he had already instructed his guards to protect her all the way, he was still worried that she might suffer hardships or be wronged outside, so he finally couldn't help but run out to see her.

But she wouldn't look at him.

The beautiful peach blossom eyes held a mixture of sadness and anger. Finally, Master Xia snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the innkeeper. With a sinister expression, he asked for a room and then left without looking back, following the trembling waiter.

Upon hearing the footsteps of the person behind her leaving, Yun Chan's body stiffened again.

After so many days apart, has Xia Yi really reached the point where he doesn't even want to talk to her anymore?

Yun Chan stood there blankly, her head drooping. Seeing this, Qian Jun immediately released Lou Lou and jumped in front of her, smacking her head with exasperation: "Ugly girl, why don't you go talk to Master Xia?" All that effort, risking internal injuries...

Danger covered for her!

Yun Chan forced a smile and said, "He's gone."

Qianjun practically gritted his teeth: "Aren't you going to stop him?"

Yun Chan was frightened by Qian Jun's ferocious expression. She took two steps back and awkwardly changed the subject: "By the way, Qian Jun, you two already know each other?" She pointed at Lou Lou.

Qianjun glanced at the white-clad man she had been pestering for half a day and said frankly, "I don't know him."

"Huh?" Yun Chan was dumbfounded. "Then what were you just now?"

Qianjun snapped, "I was just covering for you and getting you out of trouble! Can't you see that? You're so stupid!"

Noticing the beautiful woman's unfriendly expression, Yun Chan forced herself to cheer up and hurriedly pulled Lou Lou over to introduce him: "This is Lou Guyan, isn't he handsome?"

Qianjun didn't care about the handsome man in front of him at all, and only pushed Yunchan away: "He is very handsome. But what's with that smile that looks uglier than crying? If you really mind that much, you should go and pursue Master Xia."

Lou Lou, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke down after listening to their conversation. He stared at Yun Chan and asked, "You insisted on bringing me here because you wanted me to see her?"

Yun Chan didn't know whether to nod or shake her head. To be precise, she didn't want you to see her, but rather she wanted to see you.

Lou Lou stared at her expression for a while, then asked no more questions. He turned around, asked the innkeeper for a room, and left with a sullen face.

"Huh? They've all left." Qianjun scratched her head. This... could it be her fault?

She turned to Yun Chan: "Ugly girl, I forgot to ask you, why did you call me here? Are you... alright?"

"It's nothing." Miss Yun suddenly raised her head. Damn Xia Yi, if you want to leave, then leave! Who wants to talk to you! She erupted at the onlookers who had been secretly watching for a while, "What are you looking at! If you look again, I'll dig you all out!"

"Eyes!"

Intimidated, everyone immediately turned away, some drinking tea and others eating rice.

Yun Chan, dragging Qian Jun along, stormed towards the innkeeper: "Give me two superior rooms!"

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the innkeeper received threats from three men with gloomy expressions. Feeling extremely miserable, he hurriedly shouted to the waiter, "Quickly, take the two young ladies to rooms number two and four in the Plum Courtyard!"

The Jinxiu Inn was of a decent standard, offering rooms with courtyards. The innkeeper, whether incredibly perceptive or incredibly insensitive, arranged for Xia Yi, Lou Lou, Yun Chan, and Qian Jun to share four rooms in the same courtyard.

Inside, they were arranged in a pattern of one male and one female, or one male and one female.

As night fell, four different thoughts lingered in the four rooms of the Plum Garden, and no one slept.

Yun Chan rolled from one end of the bed to the other, and finally, she threw her pillow aside and decided to go and talk to that arrogant jerk. Before her courage faded, she decisively rolled off the bed and hurriedly pushed open the door to go out, only to see someone standing outside.

"A lackey?" She was stunned.

Lou Lou's expression was initially not very happy, but when he saw her dazed look, he smiled again: "There's a fireworks display tonight, didn't you want to go see it?"

Yun Chan was annoyed. She had originally wanted to get you and Qian Jun together to watch it. She thought for a moment, then said to the person outside the door, "Wait for me," before running back to the bedside, digging out the antidote for the Dissolving Power Powder from her bag, and then walking back to the door and saying, "Let's go."

Seeing that she was willing to go, Lou Lou's eyes were filled with smiles: "Okay."

Miss Yun followed Lou Lou briskly, and in just a few steps they were outside the Plum Courtyard. Naturally, she didn't hear the door to the next room being kicked open with a bang. Master Xia stood at the door, pursing his lips, watching the direction the two had left, his face grim.

Then, with a creak, the door to the room two doors down opened, and Qianjun's beautiful head peeked out. Seeing Xia Yi's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, she rushed up to greet him loudly: "Ugly girl's fiancé, why aren't you here?"

"Go after them?"

Xia Yi ignored him and coldly turned to close the door, but unexpectedly, when she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Qian Jun's head out of the corner of her eye. His steps froze instantly, and he stared at her without saying a word.

Qianjun couldn't help but touch her face. Could it be that this enchantress, with her unparalleled beauty, had finally seduced a man? But Master Xia was the ugly girl's fiancé; this didn't seem quite right.

While she was still indulging in self-admiration and inner turmoil, Xia Yi had already struck swiftly and fiercely towards her.

Qianjun was shocked and quickly stepped back to avoid the attack. Before she could even catch her breath, she realized her hair had come loose, falling messily over her shoulders. She looked at Xia Yi in surprise and disbelief, only to find him holding the begonia hairpin in his hand.

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Enraged, Qianjun roared and, ignoring the sword thrusting towards him, charged at him in a daze, yelling, "That was given to me by that ugly girl! Give it back!"

The sword tip, radiating chilling killing intent, stopped at her forehead. Xia Yi gripped the sword with one hand and asked expressionlessly, "You and her, are you very close?"

Glancing at the still-humming blade, Qianjun finally realized belatedly that he had just narrowly escaped death. His legs trembled and his face paled: "I'm incredibly close to that ugly girl, so don't do anything rash! If you kill her..."

She must hate you to death.

Hate him to death?

Xia Yi's expression didn't improve; instead, it became even more gloomy. Qian Jun couldn't help but swallow hard. Just when she thought the sword was about to strike, he suddenly sheathed his sword, turned around, and was about to go inside.

Having survived a near-death experience, Qianjun boldly called out to his retreating figure, "Hey, give me back my hairpin..."

"You think you're worthy of wearing this begonia hairpin?" Xia Yi turned around, looked at her with the same eyes she would give trash for a moment, and casually broke off a branch next to her and tossed it to her: "Use this."

A tree branch! It was actually a tree branch! A robber, who stole her hairpin, now wants to put a tree branch in the hair of this magnificent beauty?!

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Yun Chan was walking down the street with Lou Lou when she was about to ask a passerby for directions to the fireworks display. Suddenly, the man beside her picked her up with practiced ease and they sped off at breakneck speed.

Once they reached a secluded meadow far from the crowds, Lou Lou lifted her up onto a tree, his brows relaxed, and said, "Finally, I've shaken her off."

Having been inexplicably dragged here, Yun Chan was about to get angry, but after hearing his words, she was puzzled: "Get rid of what?"

"You didn't know?" Seeing her bewildered expression, Lou Lou decided to sow discord. "Your fiancé has been sending people from Xiaming Manor to follow you these past few days."

Yun Chan was taken aback.

Why only surprise? Lou Lou raised an eyebrow: "Aren't you angry?"

Yun Chan, a beat slow to react, replied, "Uh, why are you angry? Oh no, of course I'm angry! That damn Xia Yi actually sent someone to follow and monitor me?!"

Despite putting on a sullen expression, Miss Yun's heart blossomed in an instant, and the dark clouds that had shrouded her heart for days vanished without a trace.

So Xia Yi didn't completely ignore her after all. At least, he didn't completely disregard whether she lived or died.

I remember when I was little, during my rebellious phase, Miss Yun often sneaked out of the house to play. One time, she got lost and almost got kidnapped by bandits. But just then, a man in blue appeared out of nowhere and swiftly dispatched the bandits.

After that incident, she met Qing Qi, a shadow guard of Xia Ming Manor. Later, she remained incorrigible and encountered danger several more times, but each time someone came to her rescue. Through this, she gradually got to know Qing Zhu, Qing Jiao, Qing Li, and others. There were a total of twelve shadow guards in Xia Ming Manor.

That's how she got to know everyone.

I once angrily went to question that bastard about why he sent people to monitor and follow her.

As a result, the usually arrogant Xia Yi blushed and stubbornly denied it: "Who cares about you? Stop flattering yourself."

“That kid has always been fierce to everyone, but he's always been incredibly protective of you.”

The words Luo Shou had spoken to her the day before she left home suddenly popped into her mind.

Yun Chan's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.

She was aware of how good he was to her.

When I get back, I should take the initiative to make up with him.

Seeing the silly girl suddenly pursing her lips and smiling foolishly, Lou Lou knew that his attempt to sow discord had completely backfired. So, annoyed, he tried to divert her attention: "The fireworks show is about to begin."

In the distance, the booming sound of fireworks rising into the sky brought Yun Chan back to her senses. Sitting atop a tree, she looked out and saw one brilliant flower after another blooming in the dark night sky, just like her mood.

She asked the man beside her excitedly, "Hey buddy, what do you think of Qianjun?"

Lou Lou wasn't very interested: "You mean the woman at the inn during the day?"

"Yeah, yeah, isn't she beautiful?" Let's see if you still like her or not.

"It is beautiful," Lou Lou answered directly, and then changed the subject just as directly, "Let's not talk about that, let's talk about something else."

But if we don't bring this up, it seems we have nothing else to talk about. Sigh, good-looking people are always so picky and unrealistic. Even if Yun Chan was slow to realize, she understood that Lou Lou didn't like Qian Jun anymore; she was somewhat disappointed that her matchmaking attempt had failed. After thinking for a long time...

They found another topic: "Did you take back the Ink Pavilion all by yourself?"

Lou Lou nodded: "Yes."

"That won't do. You need to learn how to use people, and train a few more trusted subordinates. If you're always alone, there'll be no one to take care of you if something happens."

"I'm used to being alone." Lou Lou didn't seem to care much, then suddenly laughed, "Why don't you come keep me company?"

Yun Chan was immune to his teasing and continued to patiently persuade him: "You are, after all, a sect leader. Looking around the martial world, which sect leader, cult leader, or gang leader doesn't have a few followers? I saw that purple-clad guy who came to see you last time..."

"That girl is quite loyal to you. Why don't you consider giving her more responsibility?"

"No need." Seeing Yun Chan's disapproving expression, he said helplessly, "Mo Ge is not a prestigious sect like yours. There is no such thing as loyalty or disloyalty. It's just a dog-eat-dog world where the strong prey on the weak and the capable rule."

Yun Chan was still unconvinced: "But you're the boss, what's the point of having a bunch of subordinates under you?"

"It's not that we can't use them, it's just that we didn't dare to use them when we lost power. Now that I've been restored to the position of Pavilion Master, of course I can let them do things, but I couldn't before."

"...Is there really not a single trustworthy person?" After thinking for a moment, she asked hesitantly, "You mentioned your family last time..."

"They're all dead." Sensing that the topic wasn't pleasant, Lou Lou turned to look at her and asked, "You asked me to come here, and I've come. Where are you going next?" Are you going back with that Xia Yi?

Reminded, Yun Chan quickly took out the antidote for the Dissolving Power Powder and handed it to him, saying, "I want to go to Wangshu City for a trip next. Here, this is the antidote, take it quickly."

Aren't you going back with Xia Yi? A smile flashed in Lou Lou's eyes as he took the medicine. "Okay, I'll go with you."

Yun Chan was startled: "Huh? Why? I've already given you the antidote, you don't need to stay with me anymore."

The man's hand, which was reaching for the medicine, immediately stopped: "Don't you like being with me?"

Look at what he's saying, all this talk about liking or not liking each other and being together. He's the one who cut off her finger, and the leader of the Ink Pavilion who kills like chopping vegetables. Although she doesn't know how they somehow miraculously developed into sitting side-by-side watching fireworks together.

She may look at him, but deep down she still has reservations and is afraid of him.

Now that they've received the antidote, they should have completely settled their scores. Why would they need to travel together again?