Princess Xilin readily agreed: "Okay."

Xiao Qingyin set up two pitch-pot games in front of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and said to Princess Xilin, "You choose first."

Princess Xilin chose the one on the left.

Xiao Qingyin drew a line three meters away. The two stood outside the line, each holding an arrow without a hilt, and began the game of pitch-pot.

Making an arrow leap three meters after hitting a red bean is no easy feat; the angle and force of each throw must be different.

Yi Shuihan had never practiced it specifically, but he had tried it once, and that time he reversed it 150 times.

This is the highest record for anti-arrow he knows.

When Princess Xilin and Xiao Qingyin began their duel, he thought they would only throw a few dozen times at most.

Surprisingly, their pitching skills were quite good; they broke 100 points in the blink of an eye.

More and more onlookers gathered, all marveling at the sight.

"Dr. Xiao is really good at pitch-pot. I'm already doing well to be able to hit it from this far away."

"It's probably the eye and precision he developed from stitching up wounds."

"Nonsense! If stitching up wounds helps with pitch-pot, wouldn't all women who can sew and embroider be pitch-pot masters?"

"..."

Xiao Qingyin honed her skills entirely through playing darts.

Her brothers loved playing darts when they were little, and she followed them around all the time, so she naturally became proficient at it.

Both pitch-pot and darts are throwing games, so they naturally have a lot in common, which is why she dared to compete with Princess Xilin.

Repeated arrow throwing tests one's patience the most.

For a doctor who can perform more than a dozen surgeries in a row, the one thing they have no shortage of is patience.

Princess Xilin did not have such patience.

In her eyes, pitch-pot was just a trivial game played by scholars, and it had no appeal whatsoever.

Not to mention the repeated throwing of arrows.

She never gets tired of shooting prey, no matter how many she kills.

But she found it extremely boring to keep repeating the same action and staring at the little bean.

But Xiao Qingyin wouldn't let go, and she couldn't stop even if she wanted to.

After striking 120 arrows, she glanced at Xiao Qingyin and decided to end the competition as soon as possible.

When the arrow returned to her hand, she didn't throw it at the pot in front of her, but instead threw it at Xiao Qingyin's pot.

After all, the competition rules didn't say that you could only throw the pot into your own pot.

Just as Princess Xilin's arrow came flying diagonally through, Xiao Qingyin was about to throw her own arrow when she narrowly changed the direction of the shaft.

The two men threw their arrows at each other once.

Princess Xilin gave a provocative smile: "You won't be so lucky next time."

Xiao Qingyin did not speak.

Princess Xilin deliberately waited for Xiao Qingyin to throw her arrow first before throwing her own, in order to prevent Xiao Qingyin's arrow from returning.

However, her plan backfired when the two arrows landed in the jar.

Xiao Qingyin's arrow leaped out and landed on the ground.

Xiao Qingyin caught the arrow and threw it ten times before stopping and saying, "Thank you for your kind offer."

Princess Xilin was stunned for a long time.

She actually... lost to Xiao Qingyin?

How is that possible!

But the facts were undeniable, leaving her no choice but to believe them.

"Clap clap clap!"

The onlookers applauded enthusiastically.

"Dr. Xiao, well done!"

Princess Xilin turned and left.

“Wait,” Xiao Qingyin called out to her, “Leave the necklace.”

Princess Xilin: "..."

She ripped off the agate necklace and threw it at Xiao Qingyin, then stormed through the crowd and walked away quickly.

Xiao Qingyin squatted down and picked up the scattered agate beads from the ground.

That two-eyed dzi bead was indeed hers.

Yi Shuihan walked over and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to fight that female demon for me."

Xiao Qingyin: "???"

Wake up, I did it for the dzi beads, okay?

Otherwise, she wouldn't bother with this princess.

Yi Shuihan, however, was secretly pleased.

This woman says she doesn't like him, but when she sees someone trying to take him away, she's actually quite protective of him.

That's just saying one thing and meaning another.

Seeing his expression, Xiao Qingyin immediately lost her temper and couldn't bring herself to say anything sarcastic.

Oh well, let him do whatever he wants if he likes to conquer himself.

"Why did you come here?" Xiao Qingyin asked. "Don't you have to go to the military camp today?"

“I was just about to go,” Yi Shuihan replied, “but I heard that Princess Xilin came here to cause trouble, so I came over.”

"oh."

Xiao Qingyin placed the extra agate beads on the table, took the red string from her neck, and strung the newly acquired bead onto it.

Yi Shuihan then noticed the zither bead.

"You..." he said in surprise, "You're competing because of Serzhu?"

Xiao Qingyin glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Yi Shuihan felt a pang of sadness.

It turns out he was just being delusional.

That's right, how could this woman be jealous of him? She'd rather pack her bags and run away.

Xiao Qingyin patted his shoulder and comforted him, "It's not entirely for Sezhu."

"Yeah?"

He said dejectedly.

Why doesn't he believe it?

Sure enough, the next moment the woman said, "There's also agate, these agates are quite valuable."

Yi Shuihan: "..."

His sincere feelings were indeed misplaced.

This woman isn't heartless, she's heartless.

Seeing him looking like a dog with its head drooping, Xiao Qingyin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Just kidding, I still care about you a lot, and I would never give you up to her."

Yi Shuihan: The little deer in my heart has already died.

Xiao Qingyin wanted to say a few more words of coaxing, but a middle-aged man with a round head and a very plump figure suddenly rushed in.

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