Chapter 178 - Mo Junyang’s Worry (1/2)

Zhao Haoran looked at Shi Qingxue, with certainty and obvious admiration in his expression. “I mean it. I have practiced archery since childhood and seldom slack off. Although I don’t dare to say that I can make every shot tell, I am second to none in the Zhao Country.

“However, when I saw your posture when you were shooting that day, I knew that somebody in the world is fit for shooting innately. Every movement of you was accurate. No matter how confident I am, I admit defeat in front of you.”

“Eh, you are exaggerated.” Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but cover her mouth to chuckle. If Zhao Haoran’s eyes were not upright and sincere, she almost thought that he was flirting with her.

So Shi Qingxue didn’t feel offended, but she didn’t take his words seriously either.

She changed the subject casually. “We have run for a long time today. Let’s compete next time. And, do you remember the way back?”

Shi Qingxue stared into the distance on horseback and found the surroundings unfamiliar, so she looked awkward at once.

Zhao Haoran’s face stiffened, too. He looked back and found that there were no roads. Just now he intended to show off his horsemanship and didn’t take the path but went anywhere as he liked. He forced a smile and pointed at a direction randomly. “Maybe it’s here?”

Shi Qingxue leered at him in doubt. “Really?”

Zhao Haoran argued, “Do you have a better choice?”

Shi Qingxue looked around and finally had to say, “Okay! Just try as you said.”

The two made the horses walk in the direction as Zhao Haoran pointed at, but when they went back, they didn’t dare to run quickly. After all, if they got lost again, they couldn’t manage to go back.

After nearly fifteen minutes, they finally walked through the ground full of leaves and saw two paths.

They had to make a choice between the two.

Shi Qingxue looked at Zhao Haoran once more.

Zhao Haoran leisurely stroked his beard which not even existed. After quite a while, he pointed to the left. “This way!”

Shi Qingxue didn’t remember whether they came from this path. Even though she didn’t believe Zhao Haoran, she had to accept his idea and walk in that direction.

In no time, a scream suddenly came from ahead.

There was somebody.

Before Qingxue felt pleasantly surprised, she saw that Zhao Haoran’s expression changed and he urged the horse to where the voice came from. Then she had to follow him.

Shi Qingxue saw a horse and two people on the crossroad in the front far away. Before she saw their faces clearly, she heard Zhao Haoran’s roar. “Mo Junyang, what are you doing?”

It stunned the four people present.

Shi Qingxue looked into Mo Junyang’s eyes from several meters away and meanwhile saw Zhao Niaoniao who tried to rush into his arms.

Before she could react, she grabbed the rein on impulse.

She turned around and waved the horsewhip.

The treasured horse ran quickly like the wind, and Shi Qingxue disappeared from the other three’s sight instantly.

Being held by Mo Junyang in his arms as her foot was “injured”, Zhao Niaoniao felt happy, but Zhao Haoran’s arrival disturbed them, so she shouted in anger, “Brother, I just wrenched my ankle. Junyang carries me out of kindness. Why were you shouting?”

“I…” Zhao Haoran was used to his sister’s behavior as she ignored anybody else when she saw Mo Junyang and he doted on her, so he didn’t get angry. Knowing that Zhao Niaoniao was not bullied, he didn’t say anything and turned around to look for Shi Qingxue but to find she was nowhere to be found.

“Carry her.”

A deep male voice came from behind. Before Zhao Haoran came to his senses, he saw Mo Junyang throw the “wounded” Zhao Niaoniao to him. Mo Junyang didn’t care if Zhao Haoran could catch her or not but went away on horseback.

“Junyang!” Zhao Niaoniao shouted in a rage, but Mo Junyang ignored her and soon disappeared.

Shi Qingxue urged the horse to run all the way and used almost all the skills she had just learnt just to avoid seeing the offending scene.

This morning when she saw Zhao Haoran in King Rui’s mansion, she felt a little restless, and when she found that Mo Junyang and Zhao Niaoniao hugged each other closely, she was more depressed. She didn’t even have the courage to ask but just ran away.

When she came back to earth, she found that it was strange around again.

She got lost once more.

Shi Qingxue slowed down and grabbed the rein, letting the horse go ahead. Even if she might be unable to go back because she got lost, she refused to turn around and was even unwilling to look back to keep the guideposts in mind.

It seemed that there was a fierce beast behind, and it could swallow her as soon as she looked back.

“It’s so boring!” Shi Qingxue murmured crossly.

She didn’t understand what was wrong with her. She just rode the horse in low spirits and took it as a walk.

“Be quick!”

When Shi Qingxue moved forward on horseback, a low voice urging a horse came from behind all of a sudden.