Chapter 68 - Appointment (1/2)

Shi Qingxue looked at Mo Junyang and was inexplicably embarrassed. She subconsciously said, “How about your going back first?”

The two were even more embarrassed.

They were just bandaging the wound. Why did she have to make it like a cheating?

Shi Qingxue looked away embarrassingly. Fortunately, Mo Junyang didn’t go into it seriously, but just nodded as an agreement. In order not to embarrass her, he even left from the back door.

But this was more like a cheating!

Shi Qingxue was speechless. She faced the opened rear window and was stunned for a long while. Then Dong Shuang covered her eyes and pushed the door, entering the room.

Her hand spread wide enough for her to peep. She almost saw it all with her big eyes completely showed between her fingers. It was obvious that she came in to be a looker-on.

Shi Qingxue was speechless, “What’s the matter?”

“Huh?” Dong Shuang looked around after entering the room, and asked curiously, “Where’s that person? Why is he gone?”

Shi Qingxue, “…”

She took a deep breath and decided not to mind this little girl. She asked again, “What’s the matter?”

“Yes. First Lady sends you a letter, and I bring it for you.” Dong Shuang handed the envelope to Shi Qingxue, and didn’t forget to look around at the same time.

When she was sure that there wasn’t anyone else in the room, she still didn’t give up asking, “Sixth Lady, where is King Rui’s eldest son?”

Shi Qingxue glanced at Dong Shuang angrily, ignoring her rolling eyes, and paid her attention to that letter in her hand.

She thought that Shi Baoning would come to her in person, but she didn’t expect it to be just a letter.

Shi Qingxue couldn’t tell whether she was relieved or disappointed. Anyway, she was not ready to confront Shi Baoning. She couldn’t be ready.

She was even unwilling to think about it. Then she opened the envelope.

“Sisterhood is under the locust tree. Our appointment is after dusk.”

“What is it?” Dong Shuang had never understood the boundary between master and subordinate. When Shi Qingxue just opened the envelope, she came up to read but didn’t understand it.

Shi Qingxue put the letter on the table and didn’t hide it from Dong Shuang, “Baoning asks me to meet her under the locust tree in the Back Mountain after dusk.”

Dong Shuang was confused, “Why? Can’t she just tell you straightforwardly now? Why do you have to go to that kind of gloomy place after dusk?”

They had been here for so many days. The abbot just showed them around the Peace Temple on the first day. No one went to the Back Mountain in normal time!

Shi Qingxue ignored Dong Shuang’s mumble. She was in puzzle. Her brain finally reacted after she knew Mo Junyang shared the same experience with her. She was not as calm as she had thought. How could she let Mo Junyang go before she hadn’t made it clear?

“Well, forget it. There will always be a chance.” She and Mo Junyang were both a little absent-minded today. It was really not a good time to talk about it.

Dong Shuang stared at Shi Qingxue strangely and asked, “Sixth Lady, what are you thinking of?”

Shi Qingxue finally gained back her consciousness. She looked guilty but pretended to be calm and made it up, “Nothing. I’m just thinking what Baoning will tell me later.”

Dong Shuang didn’t doubt her. She nodded but still refuted, “Are you really going to meet her?”

“Yes.” Shi Qingxue didn’t explain.

No matter whether she would get an explanation from her or completely break up with her, she should meet Shi Baoning. She liked to be simple, even if the truth might hurt.

Shi Qingxue went to the Back Mountain with a mood of autosadism, and Dong Shuang couldn’t persuade her. But when she got to the locust tree, she didn’t see Shi Baoning.

Shi Qingxue waited for a while, and her face was painful blown by the cold wind. She had to warm her hands with her breath and then rub her face. But it was useless. She was still cold.

It was completely dark, and the cold wind screamed. It had been a long time, and she also began to be afraid. She called in a low voice, “Baoning, Baoning, are you here?”

There was no response.

Couldn’t it be possible that Shi Baoning had forgotten this appointment?

Shi Qingxue couldn’t wait any longer. She stomped her feet and wanted to go back to the room to find Shi Baoning. But when she just turned around, a tall figure which suddenly appeared behind her startled her.

“Ah!” Shi Qingxue shouted and took a few steps backwards. She stopped until she leaned against the locust tree. Staring at the strange man in front of her in panic, she asked sharply, “Who are you? Why are you here?”

The strange man showed an obscene smile and slowly approached Shi Qingxue. He also said, “Girl, wasn’t it you who had asked me to meet you here?”

Saying that, he also tried to touch Shi Qingxue’s face.

Shi Qingxue ducked sideways, and the fear in her heart increased. But she still forced herself to look calm, and yelled, “How dare you! I am the second daughter of Duke Shi. How can you bully me at will? If you don’t want to get into trouble, leave hurriedly. We can pretend this never happens. Otherwise, the Shi Family won’t let go of you!”

She thought that she was accidentally caught by a strange man passing by, so she told him her identity sternly and quickly. Anyone who was smart wouldn’t be willing to provoke the officials and the nobles.

The man’s face showed hesitation and undetectable fear. But before Shi Qingxue was relieved, he suddenly rushed toward her.