Yun watched helplessly as a short man was thrown off the big red horse she liked. She couldn't hold back any longer and angrily rushed over to the man, saying, "Get out of the way, let me handle this!"
The man's name was Boye. He was a kind-hearted man who liked to help others. If he saw something he didn't like, he would help without hesitation if it was within his power. However, his impatience was also one of his major flaws. For example, when fighting with the warriors in the tribe, he would often speed up his punches and attacks in order to win, which would leave him with many openings and give them a handle to use against him. The same thing happened when he was training horses.
Those who returned on horseback went to search for horses near Liangmeng River, leaving four horses for the tribe's warriors to choose from. They said that whoever could make a horse obedient without their guidance would have that horse as their own—Li Qing himself told them this. The reason was simple: if they could tame these rather wild horses without instruction, then they were trustworthy and worthy of entrusting their few horses to them.
The horses had already been harnessed by Li Qing last night, and everyone wanted to take advantage of Chu's absence to secretly train them. If Chu were here, one of the four horses would definitely be his, which meant they would have one less chance. They had to try their luck while Chu was sleeping.
Boye was one of these people, but his bad habit of being impatient ruined him. He was too eager to use his strength to make them obey, but his skills were not up to par, and it was his first time dealing with these things. Several times he was thrown off his horse after mounting it.
Once or twice was fine, but after a while, Boye became increasingly impatient. Several times he forced himself onto the horse, pulling on the reins and trying to make it run forward. Unfortunately, the horse didn't listen to Boye at all, running forward symbolically, and then suddenly stopping, throwing the unsuspecting Boye flying off.
This time, Yun Shanglai's horse was running amok, causing Boye to lose his grip on the reins and fall to the ground.
The commotion and commotion from the other members of the tribe who were watching the commotion had already made Boye both anxious and angry. When he saw that Yun was actually telling him to get out of the way, he became even more impatient and slammed his hand on the ground, "Stop messing around, okay!"
Yun said impatiently, "What are you yelling at me for?"
Boye snorted, "I don't have time to mess around with you. Get out of my way. I don't believe it's just a horse!"
Yun pointed out, "Stop bragging! You've tried several times, and the horse still ignores you completely!"
Boye glared and was about to argue with Yun, but just then, a warrior next to him pulled Boye back. "Why are you arguing so fiercely with Yun? She's right. You've tried several times without success. You should give the other people in the tribe a chance."
Boye let out a long sigh of anger and snorted, "I don't think Yun can tame this horse."
"Just don't even think about it, it's useless. You might as well rest and give us the opportunity."
"That's right, let Yun try. It's not like the horse will lose a piece of its flesh. Besides, Yun won't hog the horse for that long. If she suffers enough, she'll quit on her own."
"cut!"
Boye was so annoyed by this that he couldn't be bothered with these people. He crossed his arms as if he wanted to see Yun make a fool of himself.
Walking up to the red horse, Yun stroked its head and said affectionately, "From now on, I'll call you Little Red!"
It was clearly a little uncomfortable with someone touching its head, and it shook its head around.
Yun's movements were very gentle as she smiled and said, "This name suits you so well. Of the four horses they brought back, you are the most beautiful, with red fur all over your body."
The horse kicked its hooves, as if realizing that Yun was quite gentle with it and hadn't gotten angry at it.
"Be good, let me ride you, okay?"
Yun made a soothing gesture and asked.
"It can't understand what you're saying!"
Boye got excited too, "Alright, alright, let me do it. What use is a little girl like you riding a horse? You can't go to war with her."
Just as Yun was about to mount her horse, she heard this and glanced back at Boye, shouting, "I'll be a level one warrior soon! I'm also from the Red Flower Tribe, why can't I fight!"
"Alright, Boye, you should say less."
"She's been training really hard these past few days, you've seen it yourself."
Boye seemed to realize that his attitude was not very good, and said sullenly, "Fine, try it yourself."
Li Qing had already told everyone about the riding techniques and the uses of various horse tack last night. Yun had already taken a liking to the red horse at that time. She memorized Li Qing's words almost word for word. She skillfully put her bare foot on the stirrup, used the momentum to twist her hips, and flipped herself onto Xiao Hong's back.
This was Yun's first time riding a horse, and she felt a heavy weight on her buttocks, along with a warm sensation.
This must be the temperature of Xiaohong's body.
Yun stroked Xiao Hong's neck, a gesture that made the horse feel more at ease after they had become familiar with each other.
Even though Xiaohong didn't sway back and forth restlessly after mounting the horse like it did with Boye, she could still sense that Xiaohong was tense all over. It seemed unable to adapt to this feeling and the new master on its back—in its subconscious, it only had one master, the one who brought it back.
This simple action had a very good calming effect. Gradually, Little Red's tense body softened, and it swayed and began to pace back and forth.
Yun felt her body bouncing back and forth, a very strange sensation. She tried to hold onto the reins tightly, telling herself not to pull on them, as that would make Xiao Hong uncomfortable. She should take it slow and use this opportunity to get used to the process.
She was very clever and knew that this meant Xiao Hong had gradually accepted her. If she were to force it to carry her like Boye had done, it would not do any good and would definitely have the opposite effect.
“Look at them, and then look at you,” someone said. “After you went up, it threw you off, but the clouds, the horses carried them away!”
"Hey, Yun!" The man who had spoken earlier shouted, his hands outstretched like megaphones, "Pull the reins and let it run with you for a bit!"
Yun shook his head and said, "No! It hasn't fully accepted me yet. Maizi said that we should become friends with Xiaohong, and not treat it as an ordinary mount!"
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