On the third day, Mu Chenfeng came knocking on my door: "Sister, sister! Are you awake? I'll take you to a nice place to play!"
I was still a bit grumpy when I heard there was a good place, so I quickly got up, dressed myself up, and opened the door. He was a bit surprised when he saw me at first, and then pinched my face: "I didn't expect my sister to be such a handsome young man!"
I found this very helpful, and thought it would be great if Xiao Cui and Xiao Tao could be as good at talking as me. So I asked him with a smile where he was going. He told me to have breakfast first, and said he had a carriage waiting for me at the door.
The carriage became increasingly bumpy, then smoothed out again. After getting off the carriage, there was only a vast meadow and a few horses looming in the green grass.
"Boss Qian has opened another horse ranch on the outskirts of the city," he said, crossing his arms. "When that ranch closed when you were little, you cried for a long time. How's that going? Are you happy now?"
"Yeah, happy!" I quickly replied, but inside I was already feeling apprehensive. I wasn't sure if I could do it. The book seemed to mention that the female supporting actress was capable of riding and shooting, but she was delicate, so that wasn't really the point. Thinking about it: I should be okay at shooting—I was praised by the instructor during my military training when I was shooting. As for riding... I wondered if riding on a carousel would be helpful...
I went to the stables and chose a white-haired dragon horse, while Mu Chenfeng chose a reddish-brown Hua horse. My horse seemed particularly docile, and with the help of the servant, I easily climbed onto its back.
The moment my feet stepped on the stirrups, I seemed to sense something and the dragon horse raised its hooves and galloped towards the vast grassland in front of me. I opened my eyes wide and subconsciously tightened the reins. At first, my whole body was shaking, but soon I was able to handle it with ease and really galloped freely!
Mu Chenfeng chased after me and praised loudly, "Sister, your horsemanship has improved quite a bit! Although you were good at riding before, you always couldn't hold on to the reins and would fall!"
Could it be the virtue I'd accumulated from carrying the bucket? I laughed heartily: "After three days of absence, a scholar is immediately looked at with new eyes!" Combining my skills with the original owner's, I felt particularly refreshed.
Ever since I discovered this skill and experienced the thrill of galloping, and realized it might be a great aid in my future escape, I've been going to the racecourse whenever I'm shopping and trying to figure out the route. When Mu Chenfeng has official business to attend to, I come alone.
When I went to the stables that day to look for my dragon horse, it had already been ridden. I was so upset that I forgot to pay the deposit to reserve the horse. Without the dragon horse, I was also bored, so I just walked around the pasture to relax.
The rain had stopped, and the sky was clear. The grassland was clean and the air was exceptionally fresh. I walked to a corner of the grassland and found a small archery range. I suddenly wanted to test my archery skills and wondered if I had inherited the original owner's talent.
After paying the waiter, I picked up my wooden bow, drew my arrow, and squinted my eyes at the straw target in front of me. With a swish, the arrow flew off the string, and I ran, bow in hand, to find the straw target—ha! Although I didn't hit the bull's eye, I was right next to it!
As he was overjoyed, he suddenly heard a man's voice behind him: "Sir, why are you blocking my straw target?"
In front of his straw target? I subconsciously turned my head and saw that it was the man in the carriage on the street. He stepped out of the sedan chair this time, his figure was tall and slender, and he looked even more majestic. When he saw it was me, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and then his expression returned to normal: "Miss, we meet again."
"I wonder why you have been standing in front of my straw target?" He asked again without waiting for my answer. He saw the bow in my hand and glanced at the arrow on the straw target, then burst into laughter.
I knew that the laughter was because my arrow completely missed the target and hit his target, but he laughed calmly and generously, without a trace of unpleasant sarcasm.
I had no choice but to smile politely but awkwardly: "Sorry, I dropped the arrow." I immediately planned to pull it out and leave, but before my hand touched the arrow, it came loose and fell on the grass.
How embarrassing! My hand froze in mid-air, and the man's smile widened. After a moment, he turned around leisurely, his longbow in his hand: "No problem."
Watching him leave, I silently picked up the arrow. I felt so embarrassed, so wronged, so uncomfortable, so unwilling to give up...
I returned to the place where I had been shooting arrows, again and again, until I had used up all the arrows in the quiver. Then, rubbing my sore arms, I walked to my straw target - I only hit one arrow, which was on the outside edge of the target.
Talent is deceptive... I looked at the scattered arrows falling on the grass, which was quite similar to my embarrassed and helpless self at this moment.
An unknown stubbornness brought me back to where I was. Since I wasn't going to ride a horse today anyway, why not practice a few times?
It was not until the sun set and the sky darkened that I returned the bow and arrow to the servant and took the carriage back to the Mu Mansion.
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