Chapter 1 Maid 1

A magnificent carriage was passing through a bamboo grove when suddenly a noise came from within.

The next second, more than a dozen men in black, wielding long swords, rushed out of the bamboo forest and headed straight for the carriage.

The guards drew their swords and fought back...

"Luo Xi, quickly take the young lady away."

"We'll stay and hold them off."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Miss, let's go." Upon hearing this, Luo Xi pulled a woman in a pink dress who was still in a daze off the carriage and ran southwest.

After they ran for a while, suddenly, the woman in pink shook off Luo Xi's hand. She hurriedly touched the hair ornament on her head, "Ah! My magnolia hairpin is gone."

As she was talking, she turned around and tried to run back.

Luo Xi: !!!

She grabbed Nan Yue'er's hand. "Miss, what are you doing? There are assassins behind us. It's dangerous."

Nan Yue'er pulled away from Luo Xi's hand and said hurriedly, "My magnolia hairpin is missing. It was given to me by Brother Jing Huai. I can't lose it."

"We must never lose it."

Luo Xi:

hairpin?

She was speechless.

Is a hairpin more important than her life?

Did she even know that they were on the run for their lives?

Besides, Lu Jinghuai isn't dead.

If she doesn't get this hairpin, will she just ask him to send her another one? Is it really necessary to do that?

Even if Lu Jinghuai dies, that hairpin is not as important as his life.

So many guards are desperately trying to stop the assassins so that she can escape and live.

And what about her? She actually wanted to go back to find a tiny hairpin? Was she going back to her death?

Nan Yue'er wanted to die, but she didn't.

If she wants to go back, then she can go back by herself.

Luo Xi will not go back with her.

Nan Yue'er turned around and walked back, looking at the ground as she went.

Just then, Luo Xi heard a commotion ahead of Nan Yue'er; the assassins must have caught up with them.

Without hesitation, she turned around. There were several forks in the road ahead, and without thinking, she ran towards the road to the southwest.

The assassins are coming after us, which means that the guards are very likely all dead.

The assassins' target was Nan Yue'er; as long as she didn't stay with Nan Yue'er, she could live.

Nan Yue'er: !!!

She saw the killers.

She was terrified when she saw the blood on their swords.

"Luo Xi, Luo Xi, assassins are here! Run!"

She didn't hear Luo Xi's voice. She turned around, but there was no one behind her.

She was stunned.

Where is Luo Xi?

Did she abandon her and run away? Nan Yue'er was utterly incredulous.

Has Luo Xi forgotten that she was her maid?

How could she just leave her alone and run away?

Nan Yue'er grew angrier the more she thought about it. As her maid, shouldn't Luo Xi have stepped forward to "sacrifice herself for righteousness" and draw away the assassins so that she could escape?

“Luo Xi…”

Nan Yue'er didn't know which road Luo Xi had run off to, so she ran straight towards the first road ahead, calling out as she ran...

Luo Xi: !!!

She heard it, but instead of stopping, she ran faster and faster. Eventually, she hid in the mountains.

Nan Yue'er hadn't run more than a few steps when she was killed by the assassin who caught up with her; a sword pierced her heart, and she died.