"Hey, hey, it's you, did you hear me?" A sharp female voice suddenly rang out in the jewelry store. There were only a few female customers in the store, and they all turned to look.
A pretty young woman dressed in a fiery red outfit came swiftly down from the second floor, carrying a whip in her hand. Judging from her posture, she seemed to know a bit of martial arts.
She was followed by two maids, also dressed in martial attire, who were probably young ladies from the families of military generals.
At this moment, Xingxing was looking at a gold hairpin with shining eyes. The hairpin was shaped like a dragonfly, and it was very lifelike. She liked it very much and wanted to buy it.
Just as Xingxing was about to call Zhu Lin to pay, she turned her head but did not see the boy. Instead, a fiery red figure came into view. Xingxing did not recognize this person and naturally did not expect that he was coming for her. She moved to the left to try to go around him, but the boy in red blocked her way. Xingxing tried to move to the right to go around him, but the boy in red blocked her way as well.
Even the slow-witted Xingxing realized that the other party was up to no good. This fiery red girl was here to cause her trouble. Xingxing belatedly raised her little head and glared at the other party.
"Tsk tsk, it really does look alike! It's so similar! I thought I was seeing things, but it's true." The girl in red circled the star halfway around and clicked her tongue a few more times.
"What are you talking about? I don't know you. Why are you blocking my way?" Xingxing frowned and glared at the other person unhappily.
"Why are you always glaring at me?" The girl in red seemed annoyed with her and reached out to pinch Xingxing's cheek.
Xingxing swatted her away, and the little girl angrily shouted, "Who are you? If you've got the guts, tell me your name. What kind of skill is it to bully a child?"
"You've got quite a temper. All I did was stop you so I could ask you a few questions. How did I bully you? You're standing right here, aren't you?" The woman in red raised her chin and arrogantly put her hands on her hips.
"That's right, do you know who our young lady is? It's your good fortune that our young lady personally speaks to you. Little girl, don't be ungrateful, obediently answer the young lady's questions." The round-faced maid standing to the left of the girl in red had some freckles on her face, and her voice rose and fell as she spoke.
"I don't care who you are, get out of the way, I don't want to talk to you, how annoying." Xingxing snorted heavily through her nose.
“I won’t let you through. I’m asking you, what’s your name, where do you live, and who are your parents?” The girl in red started checking your household registration.
Xingxing's eyes darkened, and she said coldly with a tense little face, "What an rude person! Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking others?"
"Our young lady is Zhang Xiantao, the daughter of General Dingyuan," the round-faced maid announced on behalf of the woman in red.
Xingxing didn't recognize any of the officials or nobles in the capital. Although the other party introduced himself, she didn't want to reveal her own identity. She vaguely sensed that something was wrong and wanted to leave as soon as possible. However, Zhu Lin had suddenly disappeared, leaving her alone here.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Hurry up and tell me your name. I want to see where you came from." The girl in red was persistent and difficult to deal with. Xingxing pursed her lips, not wanting to pay any more attention to her, and her mind was racing, trying to think of a way to escape.
"Hey, are you stupid? I called you for ages and you didn't respond, and now you're suddenly spacing out again. Are you not very bright, huh..."
The girl in red had just pushed Xingxing when suddenly the hand that had pushed her was twisted and pulled, dislocating her shoulder. The pain brought tears to her eyes.
Upon seeing this, the two maids rushed forward to help, but as soon as they did, the young man struck them on the neck with the hilt of his sword, and the two maids fell straight to the ground unconscious.
"Brother Phosphorus, where did you go? I couldn't find you just now." As Xingxing spoke, her big eyes filled with tears, which clung to her eyelashes, ready to fall. All the grievances she had just suffered came rushing back at this moment.
"Don't cry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have walked away just now. Let's go back first." Zhu Lin took her hand and started to leave.
"A hairpin, and a beautiful dragonfly." Xingxing sniffed, still thinking about the gold hairpin she had her eye on.
The boy turned around, picked up the gold hairpin, paid the money, and was about to leave with Xingxing when the girl in red stopped him. "Stop! Who are you? How dare you lay a hand on me? Do you know who I am?"
The boy's sharp gaze swept over her, but he didn't reply, showing no intention of paying her any attention. He then disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye, his eyes sparkling.
The girl in red saw disdain and contempt in the other person's eyes. The young boy looked at her as if she were an ant. What an arrogant fellow, but he had the right to be arrogant.
She had been learning martial arts since she was four years old, and now she had been practicing for ten years. Among the young ladies of the martial arts world in the capital, she was considered to have the best skills. Even the young masters rarely had a match for her. Yet, that young boy injured her without breaking a sweat and easily knocked out her two maids.
You should know that her two maids have been with her since they were young and their martial arts skills are quite good, but they are nothing compared to that man. She called out to him just now in order to find out his identity.
However, both the young girl and the young boy kept their mouths shut and did not reveal any information.
"Useless thing, why aren't you coming to save me when I'm injured like this?" the girl in red cursed under her breath, but no one else heard her say it.
Because she was referring to the two bodyguards protecting her. Normally, if she were in danger, the bodyguards her father had arranged would step in to protect her. But today, the bodyguards seemed to have vanished, and there had been no movement for a long time.
The girl in red gasped, as if struck by a sudden thought. "Hiss...could the boy have killed my two bodyguards?" she thought. "With his skills, he could have done it."
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