133 The Scapegoa (2/2)

Rin turned mute with shock. It took her a moment to take hold of herself.

Rin replied simply, her frown deepening, ”Lord An, that's not…”

Before she had the chance to finish her words, Rin closed her mouth when unexpectedly faced with the young man's pair of deep, sharp eyes.

Met with such an intense expression, she couldn't help but slightly avert her gaze before she heard his dark, pressing voice.

”To me, before everything else, protecting those on my side comes first. Bai Lan, for as long as I live, I will protect you and the things you hold dear. I will not allow you to act as a scapegoat for my sake.”

Rin blinked her eyes. His words brought upon a heavy sensation to her.

So, he did know what she was going to say?

After An Sun received the edict from his father to return, she knew things weren't going to be simple. The An Clan leader had already been wary of An Sun from the start, with the situation in Jilin, all of An Sun's plans would be in vain.

That was why she planned to be the scapegoat.

To ensure his father would no longer be suspicious of him, Rin planned to take credit for manipulating An Sun into disobeying his father's orders.

The worst that could happen to her was death, but even if that was the case, Rin already strategized a way out of that.

Unexpectedly, An Sun had already predicted her proposal and without hesitation, rejected it.

Rin drew in a breath, forcing her exhaustion away. Yet, remembering the heartfelt words he just spoke, the fuzzy sensation in her chest grew stronger.

Rin hesitated for a moment before turning her head to meet An Sun's gaze. Her eyes widened at the sight of the sincere, warm expression on An Sun's face. The smile on An Sun's lips grew slightly lighter as he looked at Rin with his eyes fixed upon her.

He chuckled and spoke coolly. ”Don't think of anything else. Just do what you have to do best and trust me as I trust you.”

Again, Rin felt her chest heat up. It was as if her heart was filled with a burning warmth.

She looked at him for quite a while, then faintly replied, ”...Yes.”

Looking pleased with her answer, An Sun shifted his gaze back to the front. The troops once more continued to move forward, unaware that their smooth travels would soon take a turn.

...

After eating dinner, Rin lay on her mat and quietly flipped through a book of old poems she grabbed from the Jilin province.

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When the minutes passed she found her eyes grow heavy until eventually, she fell asleep, a small quilt wrapped around her body.

The clear, cold night grew deeper and deeper, with no light from the previous morning sun left in the darkening sky, only dense snowflakes drifting down, little by little.

Rin, who had been in a light slumber suddenly awoke to the burst of noise from outside the camp.

It was a bugle-horn.

Rin's originally closed eyes immediately opened and she shot up from her mat. Her bright eyes fixed on the tent flap, which had lifted a little from the winds outside, revealing a trace of red against the white ground.

Blood.

The sound of the bugle-horn ceased, but it was enough to wake up the quiet camp. The sounds of hoofbeats and the soldiers' shouts from outside blended into a mess of turbulence.

Rin's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

This was an ambush!