18 The Fourth Miss Pathetically Runs Away (1/2)
”Chop… chop?” A hesitant look is cast onto Fu Yushang's face. Then, since both of his hands touched the bag belonging to this girl, does that mean that he'll lose both of his hands? He didn't think that he could do much without hands, so that couldn't be the case, right? And besides, he didn't exactly steal the bag— as long as he proved his innocence, he wouldn't suffer any of this…
… wait! Why was he even thinking like such? There was no need to even worry about going to court. He was the crown prin—
And once more, his thoughts were interrupted when he looked back up to see the girl.
While he was frantically thinking, Yujia was staring at the quietest one out of the three— Si Shen. She was yelling at them a second ago, but then the glint of light reflecting off of a blade caught her eyes. Focusing on the object, she realized that it was a dagger halfway sheathed on the man's belt, just barely visible in the light. Her eyes widened, and she looked around him, realizing that three more of these were attached to his belt, each one larger than the next until she found that one of them was even a full-length sword.
Yujia's eyes then turned to the rich boy, finding that no obvious weapons were on him, but judging by the fact that the other one had four weapons broadly displayed on him, the rich one had to have some sort of weapon concealed to. Perhaps it was that fan he had carelessly dangling off his belt. Maybe, like those wuxia and action novels, it would transform into a weapon when opened. Or, maybe that luxurious fur cape draped over his shoulders was lined with all sorts of daggers on the inside.
As for the thief who originally stole her bag… she was sure that he must have a weapon on him as well!
It is at that moment that logic and intelligence finally returns to Yujia, and her anger fueling her boldness vanishes. She realizes that this was a dark alley, and that there were three grown men so close to her that she could reach over and easily touch them. She looks down at the bag of supplies in her hand that she snatched from the quiet one earlier.
She already got what she came here for in the first place— her art supplies. If any of these people decided to take action and take the art supplies and the taels on her away at the very moment, she would be powerless to respond. Although all three of them look young, Yujia had to remember that she was only eighteen in this body as well, and it was a very weak and fragile body.
'Ah, Yujia, what did I tell you? You have to think before you act… acting so recklessly like this will only bring trouble to you in the future…!'
Her inner voice is taunting her again, and Yujia looks back at the bag in her hands. There was no longer any reason to stay here. The saying that people make foolish decisions when guided by their anger was right.
Putting a shaky smile on her face, Yujia grinned and nodded. ”Yes, chop… chop. But since I already have my things returned to me, you three thieves no longer concern me… and my kindness is too great to cause harm to you despite the fact that you harmed me… emotionally. I will leave now. Yes. Goodbye.”