Yu Nanqing was taken aback: "Didn't I say that?"
Su Wanyan was speechless, and reached out to pinch his face hard: "No!"
"..." Yu Nanqing pursed his thin lips slightly: "Yan'er, it hurts..."
He took Su Wanyan's small hand: "I'll tell you when I have the chance."
Sometimes, just talking isn't enough to fully explain someone's abilities, unlike Xiaobu and Mingyu, whom Su Wanyan only introduced after she had witnessed them firsthand.
In this way, Su Wanyan will have a general understanding of what he said.
“Then there’s probably not much of a chance.” Yu Nanqing didn’t say anything, and Su Wanyan didn’t press him for details. She sat down at the table and poured herself a glass of water.
Yu Nanqing thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Yan'er, would you like to come with me tonight?"
Upon hearing this, Su Wanyan was stunned: "Go to suppress bandits?"
"Um?"
"Can you take me with you?" A glint of light flashed in Su Wanyan's eyes. "Won't it get in your way?"
She had barely finished speaking when she pouted and changed the subject: "Never mind, I'll just stay home."
Even in the freezing cold, she still has to spare energy to take care of her.
Actually, she didn't necessarily need to know what Luo Xue's abilities were; she just needed to know that Luo Xue was capable.
"Yan'er doesn't want to go?" He never thought Su Wanyan would hold him back; on the contrary, Su Wanyan's abilities sometimes surprised him.
Not only him, but anyone who knows the truth about the battle with Donghai will not underestimate Su Wanyan in the slightest.
However, on this level, Su Wanyan always seemed to feel that she would be a burden.
"I'm not going," Su Wanyan replied decisively.
Yu Nanqing slowly sat down and took her small hand in his: "Aren't you going?"
Su Wanyan chuckled: "You're so annoying. I said I wasn't going, and I'm not going."
"..." Yu Nanqing pursed his thin lips slightly: "I want to take you to see it."
"Why?"
There aren't so many whys; I just want to keep her by my side.
Even during the battle with the East China Sea, such a massive campaign, if it weren't for his lack of ability, Yu Nanqing would have wanted to bring Su Wanyan along.
Sometimes he would fantasize about how dashing he would look in front of Su Wanyan, wondering if Su Wanyan would like him more and admire him more.
The thought had barely formed in her mind when a faint blush crept onto Yu Nanqing's cheeks.
Su Wanyan was completely confused: "Why are you blushing?"
“…” Yu Nanqing turned her face away: “It’s nothing.”
He would never say this to Su Wanyan; it would make him seem incredibly naive.
Su Wanyan ultimately did not join Yu Nanqing in suppressing the bandits. Yu Nanqing was in a playful mood, but Su Wanyan could not let him be willful.
If any unexpected situation arises, who will she ask Yu Nanqing to look after?
Yu Nanqing and Su Wanyan didn't tell anyone about the bandit suppression operation, not even the village chief. If they knew that Yu Nanqing was going to suppress bandits, the bandits might notice their presence.
So before the sun went down, Yu Nanqing quietly left the village.
Meanwhile, the village chief and the villagers stood guard at the entrance of the village, looking as if they were ready to die for their cause.
The women and children hid in their homes, and the village chief even laid an ambush throughout the village, taking advantage of its terrain.
The entire village of about a hundred people stood ready, silently awaiting the arrival of the bandits, prepared to fight them to the death.
However, at this moment, on the hilltop, near the bandits' hideout.
Xiao Bu had been waiting here for two days. He had changed into a snow-white brocade robe, and even his hat was made of white velvet. As soon as he crouched down in the snow, he blended completely into the mountain.
As darkness fell, Yu Nanqing walked silently through the snow, his soft, warm voice ringing out clearly in the vast, snow-covered mountains: "How is it?"
"Your Highness, there's still no movement."
The elite troops dispatched have already laid two ambushes. One wave is in the vicinity, and they will attack as soon as Yu Nanqing gives the order.
The other wave is at the foot of the mountain. If there is any mistake, the elite troops at the foot of the mountain can intercept the bandits.
Regardless of the circumstances, Yu Nanqing was determined to keep the bandits out of the village.
"Falling snow," Yu Nanqing called out.
A snow-white cloak appeared out of nowhere, and with an innocent smile, she bowed and said, "Yes, this servant will go now."
She appeared out of the snow with a swagger and walked into the bandits' den step by step.
The moment the snow fell, Yu Nanqing and Xiao Bu had already left the spot.
The bandits' hideout was somewhat like a small, enclosed village. Looking around, there were several wooden huts covered with thick snow.
A fence surrounded the wooden houses.
There was a watchtower not far from the hideout, but there was no one on it now.
Surprisingly, the bandit's den was unusually quiet. According to the information Xiao Bu had gathered, the bandits were few in number, only about a dozen. Perhaps it was due to the weather, but Xiao Bu had been waiting here for two days without seeing anyone on guard.
In fact, based on the information Xiao Bu found, Yu Nanqing had basically confirmed that this group of people had escaped from Baiyou Valley.
The watchtowers were built, but no one was on guard duty. Either they lacked experience as bandits, or none of the bandits respected each other and no one was willing to do such a difficult job as a sentry.
Furthermore, these bandits rarely went out on weekdays. Unless there were special circumstances, almost every one of them would hide in their own small wooden hut and stay there for the whole day.
Therefore, even Xiaobu rarely gets to see their faces completely.
This reminded Yu Nanqing of Su Wanyan. When Su Wanyan was researching drugs, she would spend the whole day in the same way, her obsession with pharmaceuticals was simply outrageous.
Besides this explanation, Yu Nanqing couldn't think of any other bandit who could stay in a house for so long without drinking or having fun, which was utterly baffling.
Whether it was because they were confident in their abilities or because they thought no one would come because of the freezing weather, there wasn't even a gatekeeper at the entrance to the fence.
The snow crunched underfoot as he calmly walked into the bandits' den.
However, as she took another step forward, an arrow whistled through the air.
With a startled cry of "Ah—", Luo Xue collapsed onto the snow-covered ground. The arrows landed at her feet. She trembled with fear, her large, watery eyes filled with terror, tears welling up as if they were about to fall at any moment.
Not long after the screams, the doors of the small wooden houses inside opened one by one.
The person closest to the falling snow was a slender man.
He had dark circles under his eyes and his face was deathly pale. He looked as if he couldn't hold up his gray fur coat. With cold, gloomy eyes, he slowly walked out of the wooden house and was the first to stand in front of Luo Xue.
Then came the second, and the third.
These people had no trace of banditry about them; they didn't make a fuss, they just stared at Luo Xue with gloomy expressions.
"Who are you?" the first man to reach the snow asked, his voice devoid of any warmth.
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