Xiao Yunying was so angry she was jumping up and down behind him. Ling Qi waited for a while, and seeing that she had calmed down, he whispered:

"Miss Xiao, let's go to Huiweilou Restaurant for dinner."

Xiao Yunying glared at him: "What are you eating? If you want to eat, go eat by yourself."

After saying that, she didn't look at the carriage Chen Yuancheng had left for her, and started walking into the city.

Ling Qi dared not try to persuade them any further. It was the first time he had seen his young master and Xiao Yunying so agitated, and he felt quite helpless.

"Young lady, where are you going?"

Xiao Yunying didn't want to pay attention to the person watching over her, so she asked a passerby for directions to the car dealership.

After thanking the pedestrian, Ling Qi continued, "Miss Xiao, would you like to rent a carriage to the bandits' den yourself?"

Xiao Yunying said irritably, "What, is that not allowed?"

She refused to believe that Ling Qi could stop her from leaving the city.

“Miss Xiao, don’t waste your time. There are only two carriage shops in the city. Although they are not owned by the Chen family, as long as you send someone to say a word, no one will dare to rent a carriage to you.”

Xiao Yunying said defiantly, "Then I'll buy a horse and ride it myself."

Ling Qi said in a light tone, "Let's not even talk about whether the carriage shop would dare to sell horses to Miss Xiao, can you even ride a horse, Miss?"

Xiao Yunying stopped and remained silent, pursing her lips.

What should I do? I'm so angry!

She had a sudden thought: "I'm hungry."

"I'll take the girl to Huiweilou."

"I'm not going to Huiweilou, I want to eat steamed buns. Go to the steamed bun stall in front of the West Gate and buy me two meat buns. I'm too tired to walk there."

Ling Qi said respectfully, "That's easy, please wait a moment, young lady."

Xiao Yunying thought to herself that once she got rid of him, she could ask Sister Cheng Yue to help her rent a carriage.

Unexpectedly, Ling Qi waved behind her, and a man in plain clothes walked over from behind.

"Go to the steamed bun stall in front of the West Gate and buy two meat buns and bring them over. Hurry up, Miss Xiao is hungry."

The man responded and left quickly. Ling Qi turned around and saw Xiao Yunying looking at him with a sullen face.

"Miss Xiao, what's wrong?"

Xiao Yunying was furious: "What do you think?"

"Or... should I have someone buy two more vegetarian ones?"

"Stop giving me that nonsense."

She kicked a stone on the side of the road in anger, walked into a small alley, stood facing the wall without moving, and closed her eyes to think.

Seeing that her anxious expression gradually calmed down and the atmosphere around her was too calm, Ling Qi felt a little uneasy and silently took a step back.

Xiao Yunying stood facing the wall for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked towards Ling Qi.

Startled, Ling Qi quickly retreated until her back pressed against the wall on the other side.

"Miss Xiao... what do you want to do?"

Xiao Yunying stared into his eyes: "Ling Qi, I want you to take me on horseback to the mountain where the bandits are entrenched."

Without even thinking, Ling Qi replied, "Impossible."

Xiao Yunying said resolutely, "I must go!"

Ling Qi said with a bitter expression, "Miss Xiao, please don't make things difficult for me. My young master is not letting you go for your own good. Did you hear what my young master said? If he dares to let you leave the city, he will abandon me."

Xiao Yunying spoke threateningly in a calm tone: "If you don't send me there, I will cut off your young master's medication to relieve his wheezing. Ling Qi, have you thought this through?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Qi's expression turned cold: "Miss Xiao, you!"

He paused for a moment before continuing in a cold voice, "My young master considers you a close friend, yet you dare to threaten me with his illness. You have wasted my young master's affection for you."

Xiao Yunying knew that her words had damaged their relationship, but she couldn't think of any other way to get Ling Qi to take her out of the city.

From the morning onwards, a bad feeling welled up in her heart.

A sixth sense, like an intuition, warned her that if she didn't rescue them today, something terrible would happen.

This bad premonition came so suddenly and intensely that she couldn't comfort herself or ignore it.

Xiao Yunying believed that her premonitions and intuitions were quite accurate, so she became increasingly anxious.

She had to go, or she would definitely regret it; that was her only thought right now.

She softened her tone: "Ling Qi, you know I didn't really mean to threaten you with Yuan Cheng's illness. I just wanted you to know that I have to go and save them today."

I had a premonition since this morning that if I didn't go to save them today, something terrible would happen that I couldn't undo. My premonitions are usually very accurate, and I didn't dare to gamble.

Ling Qi and Yuan Xuan are Yuan Cheng's younger brother. You know how deep their bond is.

If something were to happen to Yuan Xuan during this time, do you think Yuan Cheng would be forever consumed by regret and self-blame, developing depression and worsening his current condition?

Ling Qi hesitated for a moment: "But Miss Xiao, what method do you have to rescue the two young masters?"

Seeing that his tone had softened, Xiao Yunying continued to persuade him, "You don't need to worry about that."

Just know that I have ways to protect myself, and I value my life more than you think, so I won't let myself die easily.

I'll be very, very careful. If I feel any danger, I promise I won't be reckless. I'll obediently come back or find a place to hide and wait for reinforcements, okay?

Ling Qi hesitated and said, "But Young Master ordered that Miss Xiao not be allowed to leave the city, and Ling Qi dares not disobey Young Master's order."

Xiao Yunying patted her chest and assured her, "You don't need to worry about that. Just say that I threatened you to take me out of the city, and put all the blame on me."

Besides, your young master is kind-hearted and treats you so well; he wouldn't really abandon you.

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