Chapter 97 - Owe You a Favor (1/2)

Shi Qingxue didn’t know any martial skills. She subconsciously closed her eyes and turned to one side, but she could only dodge once.

“Ah!”

A scream appeared, but it was not from her.

Shi Qingxue was stunned for a while and then opened her eyes suddenly. The assassin in black was lying on the ground in a pool of blood, without closing his eyes.

In front of her, a tall and big figure stood straightly. With his back toward the sun, he was as steady as a high mountain but was unrealistic.

Shi Qingxue squinted and saw the person in front of her reach out his hand to her. He comforted her in a gentle voice, “It’s all right. Can you get up?”

She paused for a while and didn’t stretch out her hand but chose to struggle to get up by herself. At the same time, she moved a few steps backward and kept her distance from the man.

She expressed her gratitude with a poker face, “Your Highness, thanks for saving me.”

Right, the one who had saved her was Mo Junhao unexpectedly.

That was what Shi Qingxue had never expected or hoped, but it was a truth.

She felt more annoyed to express her thanks feebly than when she was in danger earlier. She didn’t show her emotion, but the annoyance was deep in her bones.

She had too much animosity toward Mo Junhao. At ordinary times, she could force herself to cope with him, but she owed her enemy a favor for no reason now, which almost made her mad.

Mo Junhao also noticed that Qingxue was in a bad mood, but he thought that she hadn’t come back from the shock, so he said more gently, “You are welcome. It’s my pleasure.”

While speaking, he looked around with an air of importance and checked the assassin’s body. Then he added, “An assassin came, and there might be more to come. It’s not safe here. Let me send you back to the capital city.”

Shi Qingxue was astonished and felt stranger. It was baffling for her to meet the assassin, and Mo Junhao had been able to show up in time, as if it had been planned. She didn’t need to doubt that he had been waiting here to “save her life”, and he even might have been following her since she left the capital city.

But it was still uncertain who had sent the assassin who was dead now.

Qingxue didn’t beat around the bush in front of Mo Junhao. She picked up her bow and said directly, “Your Highness, thanks for your kindness, but I have something important to do and won’t go back to the capital city.”

As for where she would go, she didn’t want or need to tell him.

Mo Junhao raised his brows and looked at Qingxue’s pale face, reminding her leisurely, “Someone knew that you left the capital city and wants to kill you. You are in danger, no matter where you are going.”

Shi Qingxue didn’t change her expression. “It’s the same if I return to the capital city.”

She would go to the Qingluo Mountain regardless of her life.

Mo Junhao said, “…Fine, I will go with you. If I am with you, no matter who sent the assassins, they would restrain themselves.”

The crimes of killing a lady from an aristocratic family secretly and assassinating a prince were not on the same level.

Shi Qingxue’s first reaction was to refuse, but she knew that under the circumstances, it was impossible for her to reach the camp of the Shi Army safely on her own. However, she would rather be killed than ask Mo Junhao for help.

She took deep breaths and reminded herself not to act willfully before she finally controlled her depression. Then she forced a smile. “In that case, thanks, Your Highness. After going back to the capital, I will send some gifts to return your favor.”

No matter how resentful she was, she had to make such a promise.

Obviously, Mo Junhao was satisfied with her gratefulness. He had a big smile but said modestly, “Qingxue, that’s all right. Don’t be so distant. I just lift a finger to do it.”

Shi Qingxue didn’t want to talk with him. She pulled her horse and continued her trip, but Mo Junhao stood in front of her and asked worriedly, “Are you going to ride?”

“Otherwise, would we go there on foot?”

Qingxue rolled her eyes in secret and looked at Mo Junhao in silence.

Mo Junhao shrugged innocently. “I mean, I don’t have a horse. If we are going to ride, we have to share the horse.”

Shi Qingxue was unable to reply. She wanted to refuse and then go away.

But there was no village or post house on the way. And the point was that it was her, not Mo Junhao, who was in a hurry. She controlled herself and gritted her teeth. After getting on the horse’s back, she glanced at Mo Junhao and remained still.

Mo Junhao showed a brighter smile and suddenly felt that Qingxue was so cute even when she got angry with him, which made him unable to go away. He couldn’t help but tease her, “Qingxue, are you unwilling to share the horse with me?”

Shi Qingxue didn’t answer but looked at Mo Junhao calmly. After meeting her eyes for two seconds, he admitted defeat and then got on the horse’s back.

Shi Qingxue moved forward by instinct and wanted to be farther away from Mo Junhao, but before she did, the man behind her put one arm around her waist and grabbed the rope with the other hand.

They clung to each other, and she couldn’t move.

“Don’t move. I will speed up. Be careful, or you will fall.”

Since Mo Junhao said that, Shi Qingxue had to bear with it and try her best to ignore the touch from behind.

Fortunately, she just endured it for more than half a day. In the evening, when they reached the next town, the first thing she did was ask a waiter in the hotel to buy her another horse.

Mo Junhao had hugged her for so long and felt contented but didn’t forget to get himself more benefit. “Manager, we need one first-class room.”

Then he explained without guilt, “We are not at home, and it will be safer to stay in the same room.”