Chapter 170 - Wherever She Goes Chaos Ensues (2/2)

”Sure.” The scribe took the scroll and hurried off to start on his assignment.

Shun Tao went back to his study and sighed in relief. As long as someone had an eye on her, nothing should happen, right?

Of course, Shun Tao's thoughts too simple. Hong Bao had already managed to get embroiled in the next troublesome thing.

Being in a familiar surrounding but suddenly finding everything unfamiliar was quite the shock to Hong Bao. She didn't notice right away, though, because she was busy. Busy with waiting.

She stood there and looked around, waiting for the person who was supposed to come and fetch her. The minutes trickled by and became hours and the sun climbed up the horizon and somehow climbed down again from the zenith.

When the sky started to darken, Hong Bao frowned. ”What's with these people from heaven? Ai Ai said they would come today. Why are they still not here? How long do they want me to wait?” She looked at the sky that was turning darker with reproach. They should better hurry up! It was getting cold, too.

With her simple thinking, Hong Bao didn't even get the idea to just stand up and hurry back home. So, she just sat there next to the stump of a tree that had broken because of some storm. She started drawing circles on the ground, then stood up and paced around. Finally, it got so dark that she couldn't see anything anymore.

Hong Bao sighed. ”It seems they won't come. Maybe they somehow found out that Ai Ai didn't want to go up there? That's alright and everything but couldn't they have at least told me? I've waited for so long!”

She shook her head. ”There's nothing I can do about that. I'd better go home now.”

Thus, Hong Bao started to stumble through the darkness. She thought she knew the way, after all, she had grown up in the village and she had always liked to run around everywhere. But just after a couple of steps, she tripped over a root and fell down.

”Argh!” Hong Bao cried out but instantly stood up again. She had just fallen down, what was the big deal? Someone with Hong bao's frame of mind would naturally not reconsider moving through the night like this.

Thus, she once again started stumbling forward. Soon, she had completely lost her way. She didn't notice, though, and was still sure that she was going in the right direction. She only found out that something was wrong when there suddenly wasn't any ground under her feet anymore.

She cried and fell. And then, she landed in a pair of strong arms.