Chapter 1 (2/2)

This is the fate of girls from n.o.ble families and she is no exception.

So, what she should plan is how to fully enjoy her life before the time comes.

She is so excited to explore the crowded street, just she did not know how and when she lost Bi Luo.

Walking around by herself like this, she is not afraid at all, in fact she went straight to where the lanterns are.  She also sees a dragon dance performance.  The dragon is chasing a small fireball, the dance is so joyful, there are people cheering here and there.

She push people around and try to get to the front line.  Because of her pet.i.te built, it wasn’t a hard feat for her.  After she managed to get to the frontmost line, she gets a front-seat view of the dragon dance in front.  She cry in joy.

The moment she make that sound, everything suddenly change.  The dragon that chase the fireball suddenly explodes, like fireworks.

Some of the people in the crowd gets burned by the sparks and the previously festive streets suddenly turns into a frenzy.

A small part of Xi Yan’s robe catches on fire.  She uses her sleeves to distinguish the sparks.

At the roadside, there are ice from the snow yesterday.

Ice, very slippery.

A lot of people who ran away from the blast ended up slipping on ice. Driven by their instincts to flight, some of the crowds even stomp on fallen people in order to run away.

There are bloodcurdling screams from all around her, when she heard them, she froze in her place.  But not long after that, she regains her composure.

Everyone is running in only one direction, that was obviously not a very good idea.  Even though she might be able to walk on the slippery ice, there’s no guarantee she’ll survive the pus.h.i.+ng and shoving.

She quickly turns around and run to the opposite direction.

As she do that, she realizes that the dancing dragon team members are now holding glistening swords in their hands and are battling it out in the nearby Taiyuan Building.

Taiyuan Building, a place where the rich and n.o.bles gathers to view lanterns on the Spring Festival.  The place with the most beautiful view and with the tightest security.

Now, that place looks like h.e.l.l.

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