Chapter 200 People Pretend to Be Busy When They're Awkward
Xie Yunqi was a little anxious. After all, Xiao Quanzi had been serving her since he was a child, and Xie Yunqi had deep feelings for him.
For safety's sake, Sheng Sheng brought along the patrolling Imperial Guards that Zi Juan had just questioned.
The group followed the path Xie Yunqi had described, and sure enough, after walking for less than a quarter of an hour, they saw the cliff he had mentioned in the distance.
The road was lush and green all the way. It was clearly the ground at the foot of the mountain, but suddenly the road turned sharply ahead, as if a fault cliff appeared.
Xie Yunqi pointed over there: "Look, this is the cliff I was talking about."
The group stopped and looked around.
Cliffs are no joke. What if Xiao Quanzi really falls off?
Xie Yunqi was extremely anxious. The usually carefree little tyrant could no longer hide his restlessness.
"What should we do? Do you think Xiao Quanzi might have fallen down?"
Cliffs are no joke, and this isn't some martial arts novel. If Xiao Quanzi really falls off, I guess...
I doubt they'll even have a complete corpse left.
The thought that Xiao Quanzi might have pieces here and pieces there made Xie Yunqi unable to even cry.
Lu Chi didn't think so, and calmly reassured her, "Don't worry, let's look for it first."
They all agreed with Lu Chi's statement, saying that before seeing everything for themselves, it was all just their own speculation.
Sheng Sheng comforted Xie Yunqi for a few moments, then said to Zijuan, "Zijuan, take them to search the surrounding area and see if there is any trace of Xiao Quanzi. Remember to be careful and stay away from the edge of the cliff so that you don't accidentally fall off."
Lu Chi looked at Sheng Sheng with gentle eyes, his admiration evident in them.
Many people can remain calm in the face of danger, but Lu Chi had never seen someone as young as five as this before.
He has never seen it, at least not yet.
Zijuan replied, "Yes, Princess."
Zijuan led the Imperial Guards to scatter in all directions, searching for any trace of Xiao Quanzi in the surrounding area.
Lu Chi's brows had been furrowed ever since he first heard Xie Yunqi mention the cliffs, and his doubts only deepened after seeing the actual scene.
Before everyone arrived at Shanglin Hunting Ground, the Imperial Guards had already come to the area to assess the situation.
Hunting activities have been held in Shanglin Hunting Ground for so many years, and he had never heard of a cliff here.
Xie Yunqi pointed to the cliff and began to recount his harrowing experience: "Let me tell you, it was incredibly dangerous. I ran like the wind, and those bees couldn't catch me at all. If it weren't for the cliff in front of me, I would have turned around and run away from them for a whole day!"
Xie Yunqi's personality is like that; even in the most critical situations, he can't shake his stubbornness. He always thinks Xie Yunqi is like a duck, with his stubbornness being the only thing about him.
"Yes, Fifth Brother, you're really amazing." Sheng Sheng praised him while carefully observing Zi Juan and the others, trying to notice their discovery of something unusual as soon as possible.
"That's right, don't you know who I am?" Xie Yunqi tossed his hair, looking smug.
Xie Yunqi may be stubborn, but he's also very easy to coax. Before anyone else can even coax him, he can coax himself into acting like a two- or three-year-old child.
Sheng Sheng thought he was especially cute like that.
Sheng Sheng chuckled, then noticed out of the corner of her eye that Lu Chi was frowning. She asked, "Brother Lu Chi, what's wrong?"
Xie Yunqi exploded upon hearing the way people addressed Lu Chi: "What? Brother Lu Chi? How come you have another brother after I've only been gone a short while? Young Master Lu is Young Master Lu, why call him brother? Lu Chi, was it you? What did you do to my sister again? Did you bully her while I was away?!"
Feeling ashamed, she tried to comfort him, saying, "Fifth Brother, calm down. It's just a polite way of addressing him. Don't worry about it. The most important thing right now is to find Xiao Quanzi."
Xie Yunqi ignored him and kept hitting Lu Chi with her hands: "Say something! Did you bully my sister?"
Lu Chi easily dodged it and said, "Princess, there is no cliff here."
"Hmm?" Sheng Sheng immediately perked up.
Lu Chi explained, "There are detailed maps within five miles of the Shanglin Hunting Ground. I saw them in my father's study, and there are no cliffs there."
Having just been rebuked by Lu Chi, Xie Yunqi was now furious when Lu Chi said there were no cliffs here.
Xie Yunqi pointed ahead: "How could there not be? What's that over there?"
Sheng Sheng also fell into deep thought. There really was no road about a hundred meters ahead.
But why would Lu Chi lie at a time like this?
"have!"
"No."
"Are you blind? It's right in front of you, can't you see it?"
Xie Yunqi was still arguing with Lu Chi when Sheng Sheng suddenly realized that Xie Yunqi said he saw there was no road in the distance and started running back, but he didn't actually see clearly whether it was a cliff or not.
What if it's not a cliff, but actually just a very steep downhill slope?
He called over a member of the Imperial Guard who was searching nearby and asked him if there were any cliffs in the vicinity.
This Imperial Guard was just an ordinary soldier, unlike General Lu Chi's father, who knew as much about this as he did.
However, he was responsible for patrolling this area, so he was quite familiar with the situation there.
The Imperial Guard shook his head: "Your Highness, there are no cliffs nearby, but there is a steep and uneven slope over there, with many potholes and holes."
The steep slope that the Imperial Guards pointed to was the very place that Xie Yunqi had mistaken for a cliff.
Xie Yunqi paused, her hand still holding Lu Chi's, which was about to forcefully challenge him: "..."
What?
It's not a cliff after all?
People often pretend to be busy when they feel awkward.
For example, Xie Yunqi.
After Xie Yunqi finished speaking, she first ran her hands over her head, pretending to tidy up her messy hair, muttering to herself, "Oh dear, my hair is so messy, my hair is so messy."
"Oh dear, these shoes, how did they get so dirty?"
Xie Yunqi exaggeratedly sticks his shoes out from under his clothes to show them that his shoes are really dirty. Then he squats down, takes out a handkerchief, and starts wiping his shoes.
While wiping my shoes, I suddenly noticed several ants crawling in a line next to my feet. I put on a high-pitched voice, still with a childlike heart, and exclaimed, "Wow, there are ants! How cute!"
Sheng Sheng: "..."
Lu Chi: "..."
A moment of silence fell over the air.
Sheng Sheng was a little dumbfounded, her eyes full of confusion, not knowing how to understand Xie Yunqi's actions.
After waiting until the ants had all crawled away, Xie Yunqi had no choice but to stand up, only to meet Lu Chi's gaze as soon as he stood up.
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