Chapter 50 Doubts about their relationship

Lin Yao listened and smiled indifferently, "Miss Sun, the hunting grounds that the Marquis has allocated for us must have been inspected on the spot, otherwise he wouldn't allow us women to go hunting in the mountains. Besides, our competition is just to add some fun to make hunting more interesting.

I often participate in royal hunting in the capital, and compete in hunting with young ladies from other mansions. I have never encountered any danger. Besides, there must be no ferocious beasts in our area, otherwise the Marquis would not let us in.

"But in order to prevent the Marquis from blaming us later, let's form a team of three. That way there won't be any danger. What do you think?" Lin Yao said, seemingly negotiating.

Song Yaqing and the others murmured to each other for a while before saying, "What Miss Lin said makes sense. This is your first time here. As long as Miss Lin has a good time, even if the Marquis blames us later, we are willing to accept the punishment."

Lin Yao was very satisfied with her words: "Thank you for your kindness, Miss Song. Don't worry, I won't let you get punished. Now let's divide into groups!"

"Miss Song, we have thirteen people, and one is extra." Zhou Yanyan said after looking at the number of people.

"This...?" Lin Yao glanced at them in embarrassment. "What should we do? Two people means one extra person. If we have four or three people in a group, it won't be fair to the other groups either."

"Ms. Lin, you guys go and have fun! I won't join in. I don't know how to hunt anyway, and it would be a burden if I follow you." Yun Wansheng withdrew consciously.

"Miss Yun, this is not good, right? If your cousin knew about this, he would definitely blame me." Lin Yao said in embarrassment.

"My cousin knows I can't hunt, so he won't blame you. Just go ahead and have fun."

"Since you don't know how to hunt, why don't you just follow my group into the mountains? You just need to follow us. That way you can watch us hunt and have fun. Your cousin won't blame me for not taking you along."

"Miss Lin, this is a good idea. Miss Yun, you should follow Miss Lin and the others into the mountains to hunt! It would be too boring if you stayed here alone." Song Yaqing agreed.

Yun Wansheng thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "Alright, then I'll watch you guys hunt, Miss Lin, and I'll also broaden my horizons."

"Okay! Everyone, let's divide into groups now!" A dark light flashed in Lin Yao's eyes.

Soon, more than a dozen young ladies divided themselves into groups of three. Lin Yao specifically asked Song Yaqing and Zhou Yanyan to be in the same group with her. The others naturally had no objection. After the division, they rode their horses towards the mountains.

The horses galloped through the mountains, kicking up clouds of dust. Each horse ran at an incredibly fast speed. It was obvious at a glance that these young ladies were all trained warriors and showed no fear at all.

They were excellent riders, and Yun Wansheng was no bad either, following closely behind Lin Yao and the others.

As soon as they entered the forest, they went in different directions to hunt. Lin Yao took the three of them to the east.

The four horses ran for a while before Lin Yao stopped. Then she looked behind her and saw that Yun Wansheng had stopped the white horse by pulling the reins and had not fallen behind. This made her eyes flash with displeasure.

She thought that this woman didn't know how to hunt and must not be good at horse riding. She didn't expect that she had been following them for so long and didn't see this woman making a fool of herself, which made her feel unhappy.

"Ms. Song, Miss Zhou, in order not to alarm the prey, we should ride slower. Whoever sees the prey can just shoot it." Lin Yao looked at the two of them.

"Okay, Miss Lin." Song Yaqing and Zhou Yanyan nodded.

Lin Yao continued riding forward. Zhou Yanyan suddenly saw a rabbit and immediately drew her arrow and shot it. Zhou Yanyan was very happy that she had successfully shot the rabbit. Lin Yao praised her generously and then continued to look for prey.

As they were walking, Yun Wansheng suddenly saw a sika deer running past from the side: "Miss Lin, there is a sika deer over there."

Lin Yao looked in the direction she pointed, and only saw the deer's butt: "Let's chase it." As she said that, she took the lead to catch up.

The three people behind followed closely with excitement, because the largest prey they wanted to hunt was the sika deer. There were no leopards, tigers, wolves, etc. in the sparse forests here. Those ferocious animals were all in the deep mountains and forests in the west, which was also where the men hunted.

But after chasing for a while, the sika deer disappeared. Lin Yao suddenly stopped her horse and said, "Miss Song, we must find the sika deer. But if the four of us search together, it will make a lot of noise, and the deer will definitely run away."

"Miss Lin, just tell us what you want us to do. We will definitely cooperate with you." Song Yaqing said with a friendly smile.

"Thank you! You and Miss Zhou go to the left, and Yun Wansheng and I will go to the right."

"Okay!" The two of them responded happily and rode their horses to the left to look for it.

"Miss Yun, let's go too!" Lin Yao said with a smile, and without waiting for Yun Wansheng to speak, she rode out.

Yun Wansheng could only follow.

But after following for a while, Yun Wansheng found that something was wrong, because they had gone in the wrong direction without knowing when. The trees in front of them were getting taller and denser, forcing them to slow down.

But Lin Yao had no intention of stopping, but continued walking in the irregularly arranged forest.

"Ms. Lin, we seem to be going in the wrong direction. Don't go any further." Yun Wansheng reminded her.

"We're on the right track. This is the right shape of the mountain for hunting. The deeper we go, the denser the forest becomes and the more prey there are. I'm new to your place and I don't want to lose to them." Lin Yao said as he kept walking forward on his horse.

After she said this, Yun Wansheng stopped talking. She understood the desire to win of this young lady from an official family. She thought that because she was from the capital, she wanted to be the best in everything.

The two walked for a while in silence. The light in the forest grew dimmer and dimmer, but they did not find any prey.

Yun Wansheng was about to persuade her to go back, but Lin Yao spoke first, "Miss Yun, this isn't the way to go. I don't want to lose. How about this? Let's go our separate ways. When you find it, call me. I won't be too far away. I'll be on your right, so I can hear you."

"Okay!" Yun Wansheng was not stupid. She obviously wanted to get rid of him.

"Since you agree, then you go over there! I'll go this way." Lin Yao said in a domineering tone that did not allow for refusal.

"Miss Lin, please be careful." After saying this with seemingly concern, Yun Wansheng rode his horse in the direction she pointed.

Lin Yao watched her leave, an evil arc appeared on the corner of her lips, and she turned around and walked back, not caring about the woman's life or death.

Regardless of whether Mu Xingci was interested in her or not, she didn't like this woman, because whenever she saw them together, she always had a sense of crisis, always feeling that something had happened between them.

Although the man acted as if he didn't care, the feeling in her heart was not dispelled by his reaction.