The boy exuded a sharp aura, his eyes conveying a warning.
The waiter was so startled that he immediately shut up.
"Here, take the money." The next second, Lin Qixia took out the money and handed it to him.
"Alright!" the waiter replied, his mockery gone, and he turned to flatter Lin Qixia, "Hehe, don't mind me, miss, I—I was just joking with you."
"A joke?" Lin Qixia glanced at him and said sarcastically, "I think you were quite serious just now, seriously looking down on people."
After saying that, Lin Qixia looked at Huo Yanqing again and said, "Let's go."
"You—" The waiter behind them hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
The two left Jade Immortal Pavilion and set off to find shops.
The rest of the afternoon was spent sightseeing in Lichong County.
By the afternoon, Lin Qixia had already found a shop she liked and was talking to the real estate agent.
This is a shop located in the center of the city, with several hundred square meters on the second floor.
The interior of the building is not particularly luxurious, but the layout is reasonable and the style is quiet and elegant. The backyard is particularly large, with a lush bamboo grove on the right and a white marble path winding into the depths.
"How is it? Is this room alright?" Fang Ya was a tall, thin man in his sixties named Wang Zhong.
He had just finished his introduction when he asked Lin Qixia with a smile.
After looking around, Lin Qixia looked away and nodded, "Hmm, it's not bad."
"The rent is over four hundred coins a month, with a deposit of half a month's rent. Is that alright, young lady?"
"Four hundred?" Lin Qixia was shocked, once again astonished by the prices in this county town.
Wang Zhongdao said, "Yes, four hundred and sixty-five, that's already a discount for you."
Lin Qixia hesitated for a moment, then said to him, "Okay, then I'll rent it."
"The young lady is so straightforward!" Wang Chong replied with delight.
The contract was signed quickly, and Lin Qixia gave him a deposit first.
The shop is located in a courtyard on Xihongfang Street in Chongxian County, which she has acquired.
After I went out, it was already quite late.
Lin Qixia bought some other things and put them on the carriage; they were all rare items that couldn't be bought in town.
After shopping, she and Huo Yanqing rushed back overnight.
While passing through a valley, Huo Yanqing suddenly stopped the carriage.
"What's wrong?" Lin Qixia, who was in the carriage, had fallen asleep on her seat because she was too tired.
As a result, the carriage suddenly stopped, and a cool night breeze blew in.
She shivered from the cold, woke up, and peeked out to ask the other person a question while also looking around at the situation outside.
Huo Yanqing's deep voice rang out in the darkness, "Something's not right up ahead."
"Are they bandits?" Lin Qixia asked.
At the same time, she had already grabbed the dagger she had hidden under her seat.
Even though she was surprised, she had prepared in advance when she almost ran into the bandits last time.
"We can't take a detour now," she reminded Huo Yanqing, gripping her dagger tightly.
The best option right now is to try and get through from here.
Besides, the situation might not be as dire as Huo Yanqing described.
Since the imperial court has already distributed disaster relief grain, these mountain bandits shouldn't be here robbing and looting, engaging in such deadly activities.
"Okay, be careful, and don't come out later no matter what," Huo Yanqing whispered to her.
Lin Qixia replied, "Okay."
After that, Huo Yanqing continued riding forward.
As we passed through the deep valleys in the mountains, it was very quiet all around.
The trees on both sides of the mountain are lush, and in the dim light, there are clusters of dark shadows standing there, sometimes so dark that it is hard to tell whether they are human shadows or not.
Swoosh—
At that moment, an arrow shot out, piercing through and embedding itself in the carriage door frame with a "bang".
"Charge!" someone shouted in the darkness.
Not long after, a group of people rushed down the hillsides on both sides.
"Clang—" The sound of swords being drawn echoed all around.
Seeing this, Lin Qixia gripped her knife tighter and leaned out, asking, "Gentlemen, what brings you here?"
She scanned the bandits surrounding them, trying to find their leader.
As soon as she said this, a burst of laughter erupted around her.
"What brings you here, young lady? Can't you tell?"
"That's right, haha! Quickly bring out all your valuables!"
"Yes! And leave the carriage behind too!"
As they spoke, each of them glared at them menacingly.
Huo Yanqing looked at those people warily, gripping his knife tightly, and said to Lin Qixia, "Go back!"
Seeing his posture, Lin Qixia knew that he had murderous intent again.
She sighed, "Have you forgotten what I told you before?"
Upon hearing her words, Huo Yanqing lowered his head. "You said we can't kill people."
He deflated like a punctured balloon.
“That’s right.” Lin Qixia patted his head, then turned to look at the people around her. “Just let me kill them.”
Huo Yanqing, "?"
At that moment, Lin Qixia had already jumped off the carriage, holding a knife in her hand, and walked towards those people step by step with a fierce aura.
"You—" Huo Yanqing looked at Lin Qixia's resolute back with a bewildered expression.
He didn't know what she was up to, so he opened his mouth as if to say something but then stopped himself.
The bandit leader, holding a knife, looked at Lin Qixia with some fear and asked, "What... what are you doing?"
Actually, they all heard what Lin Qixia said to Huo Yanqing just now.
They simply couldn't believe that such a frail little girl would utter such outrageous words and actually come at them with a dagger.
"Me?" Lin Qixia twirled the dagger in her hand. "Of course, it's to rid the people of evil."
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