Chapter 90 [VIP] Shadow Guard (4)

Seeing that this man was really angry and turned away and ignored her like a child, Nan Yan felt amused and couldn't help but move over and rub his arm, "Are you really angry?"

Ying Shiqi didn't even look at her. He turned around and continued to stand with his back to her, refusing to speak, with a depressed look on his face.

Nan Yan couldn't help laughing when she saw him like this. She leaned in closer, slapped him on the face, and then gave him a sweet date. She continued to coax him in a soft voice, "Okay, it's my fault. I shouldn't have hit you on the face, but who told you to talk nonsense when you don't know anything?"

"Besides, my beating shouldn't hurt that much, right?"

"If you're really unhappy, can't I call you back?"

As she spoke, she grabbed his hand and put it directly against her face. Seventeen felt the warm touch in his palm, and her fingers curled up twice unconsciously, just in time to rub the soft and delicate skin on her neck. She quickly pulled her fingers back as if they were burned, and then there was silence for a moment. Two particularly conspicuous red clouds floated on her originally pale face.

"I'm not angry."

Seventeen lowered his head and said something in a muffled voice.

He was just a little unhappy about why he reacted so strongly. They all had the same nose and two eyes, so why did she look different from the other girls?

Nan Yan smiled immediately, and she moved closer to him, reaching out her hand to rub the side of his face that had just been slapped twice, and her tone was clearly coaxing.

"Are you really not angry anymore? Well, it's my fault. Did I hurt you? Let me rub it for you. Now you won't be angry with me anymore."

How could Ying Shiqi still be angry after hearing this? The little flame in his heart that was not very obvious to begin with was completely extinguished by her gentle soothing and comforting.

His mind was even a little confused. He just felt that the places on his face where she touched were all tingling, and even his chest was spreading with an itchy feeling. He wanted to get closer, but he restrained himself because of the rules he had to obey since he was a child. It was really weird.

The most important thing was that the person next to him smiled at him again, with a smile that was particularly gentle. Then he came up to him and said softly, "Seventeen, including the time yesterday, you have risked your life to save me twice so far. Both times were life-saving graces. Tell me, how can I repay you? Otherwise, how about giving myself to you?"

There was a sudden flash of confusion in Seventeen's eyes.

Although he was not well-educated, he knew what it meant to pledge one's love to someone. In the novels, talented men and beautiful women were always paired up like this.

But he couldn't! He was just a shadow guard. Shadow guards had their own responsibilities and missions. The seniors in the small shadow building had warned him not to be easily tempted, let alone try to get his hands on his master. So when he heard this, a warning bell suddenly rang in Seventeen's heart. Shadow guards couldn't fall in love with their masters!

He subconsciously took a half step back, and the atmosphere that had been brewing with great difficulty was broken. Seventeen suddenly lowered his head and said calmly, "My life belongs to the Shadow Guard Building. Saving the young lady is what I should do. This is not a life-saving grace at all, and there is no need for the young lady to repay me."

Nan Yan was stunned at first, then she raised her eyebrows slightly and stared at him with dissatisfaction, "Do you really think so in your heart?"

Ying Shiqi felt depressed, but still nodded and replied stubbornly, "Yes, I will never dare to have any wild thoughts. My life belongs to you, and you can do anything I want."

Hearing this, Nan Yan's smile gradually faded. She felt a little unhappy in her heart. She glared at him and deliberately said in a difficult tone, "Can you really do anything? Okay! What if I ask you to marry me, are you willing?"

These words immediately set off alarm bells in Seventeen's mind.

He looked up at her blankly, and when he saw the serious look in her eyes, he immediately came to his senses and shook his head in refusal.

"I would never dare to offend you!"

"I am a lowly person, how can I be worthy of your noble status? Please don't say such things again, or I will be punished."

This was a pure and unpretentious rejection without any hesitation, as if he was afraid that she would rely on him, and he didn't care at all.

Nan Yan pursed her lips and suddenly felt unhappy.

"Oh, identity, identity! You only have one identity in mind from the beginning to the end, right? You don't listen to what I say, right? And you still dare to say that you can do anything I ask you to do?"

Seventeen really didn't understand why she was angry again. After a moment of silence, he could only whisper, "This... I dare not do that. I am wrong. Please punish me, young lady."

"Oh, what's wrong with you? It's obviously me who is wrong!"

Hearing this tone, Seventeen's aura inexplicably weakened. Although he didn't quite understand what he had done wrong, he just had to admit his mistakes at this time, so he bowed his head and added, "It's my fault."

Nan Yan heard this and snorted, then glared at him. This guy was just a piece of wood that didn't understand romance. She was so angry, but he didn't even know how to comfort her? He just stared at her blankly, like a wooden stake, occupying a position. He said he was wrong, but he probably didn't understand what he did wrong in his heart. It seemed that it was too early for him to fully understand her feelings.

During the rest of the journey, Nan Yan didn't want to pay any attention to him. Perhaps she was upset about being rejected, and she even looked at people with disdain. She tripped over tree branches several times while walking. When Shiqi wanted to go forward to help her, he was rejected without hesitation.

The two walked downstream. They didn't know how long they had walked before they finally left the dense forest and came to a bustling city. The noise of the market was getting closer and closer.

There are many local snacks on both sides of the street. The air is filled with the smell of pastries, buns, and fried dough sticks, mixed with the aroma of various rouge and powder used by women. If you smell it for a long time, your nose will itch.

As soon as the two stepped into the town, they slowed down unconsciously. There was nothing they could do about it. After all, they hadn't eaten for two days and had been fleeing for their lives in the deserted jungle for two days. When they appeared among the crowd again, they looked no different from beggars.

Nan Yan smelled the aroma of buns coming from the stall, and subconsciously nudged the little guard beside her with her elbow, looking him up and down. Now she no longer disliked him, and hurriedly reached out to touch his arms.

"Seventeen, do you have any money on you? Your master is hungry now. Can you lend me a few taels of silver first? When we return to Qixia Villa, I will pay you back double the amount?"

Seventeen felt embarrassed and awkward when she touched him. He wanted to hide away but someone grabbed his belt tightly and refused to let go. He was so embarrassed that his ears turned red. "I really don't have any money."

He also wanted to be rich, but the fact was that he was really poor. He didn't have a penny at all. He was the type of person whose pockets were cleaner than his face.

Upon hearing this, Nan Yan immediately looked at the man with resentment.

She thought to herself, this is totally inconsistent with your high-level configuration as a male protagonist? As an omnipotent male protagonist, how can you not even have a copper coin?

Nan Yan searched the man inside and out, and took advantage of her little shadow guard in the process, but she didn't get a single copper coin. The only thing left was the half jade pendant on his neck, which he hid in his arms like a treasure.

This was a disaster, because she had no money either.

At that time, she was only concerned about escaping, so she had no time to think about bringing any money. She originally had some jewelry on her, but when the two of them jumped into the river to escape, those jewelry were accidentally washed away by the current.

He was really penniless at the moment, without a penny, and couldn't even afford a steamed bun, let alone staying in a hotel.

Thinking of this, both of them looked a little embarrassed, especially when they smelled the aroma of scallion cakes from a nearby stall, their stomachs suddenly growled even louder.

Nan Yan's eyes turned and fell on the beggars in the corner. She patted Shiqi on the shoulder and whispered, "Wait here. I'll go borrow some money from some friends. If someone wants to bully me later, you have to protect me and never let anyone beat me. Remember?"

Seventeen nodded obediently upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, Miss. I will definitely protect you."

"That's all. With your word, your master can borrow money without worry."

He originally thought that his mistress was really capable of borrowing money from someone, but he didn't expect that she would rush directly into the crowd of beggars, and then saw a broken bowl on the ground, snatched it and ran away, shouting his name as she ran, "Seventeen, come and help, someone is bullying your master..."

Seventeen: “…”

Is this what she came up with?

He really didn't expect that she could do this.

—Go and steal from beggars!

For a moment, Seventeen really wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it. He was a killer, not a thug. He could fight with swords and guns, but to snatch a broken bowl from a group of unarmed beggars, wasn't this too disgraceful for him as the number one killer in Shadow Guard Building?

Seventeen is simply too much to bear.

But he couldn't just sit back and watch his master in danger.

Finally, Seventeen could only pick up Nan Yan who was rushing towards him, leap up, and directly cross an alley, completely shaking off the group of beggars who were chasing him.

Only when there was no movement behind him did he look down at Nan Yan, then let her go and asked with a slightly strange look on his face, "Miss, isn't it a bit bad for us to rob beggars like this?"

"Who stole it? I said I borrowed it!"

Nan Yan ran out of breath and glared at him, "Why are you so bad at talking?"

"I will definitely return it to them when I return to Qixia Villa, and treat them to a big meal. Now we are in trouble, so what's wrong with asking them for a favor? Is this difficult?"

Seventeen pursed his lips upon hearing this, but couldn't help but whispered back, "But you are the master, it's easy to get hurt when you fight with them for things, there's even a red mark on your forehead."

He touched her forehead with his finger, then subconsciously retracted it, staring at the slightly red spot, feeling speechless annoyance in his heart. That was where a little beggar had just hit her with a stone. If he hadn't moved faster, her forehead would have been broken. He had never seen such an outrageous master!

Nan Yan buried her head in his chest and rubbed it, her tone as casual as ever, "You are here, I dared to go because I knew you were here, don't be angry, okay?"

Seventeen snorted and simply stopped talking. He couldn't argue with her anyway, and as a shadow guard, he only had to follow orders and couldn't do anything else.

Nan Yan took a long time to calm down. When she looked up and saw that the man was still sulking, she gently hooked his palm with her finger, then took out three cents from the bowl and handed it to him with a smile, "Look, we have money now, three cents can buy two buns."

That's really rare!

Is he concerned about those two buns?

Seventeen glanced at her palm and remained silent. She had no idea why he was angry.

He was not afraid of losing face. There was nothing embarrassing about fighting with beggars. He had even snatched food from wild dogs. What made him angry was that she didn't care about his safety at all.

Moreover, he had been staring at her for such a long time, but she still didn't realize it. She thought he was unhappy because he was embarrassed, so she felt even more uncomfortable and didn't want to pay attention to her anymore.

Nan Yan was at a loss. This man would only respond to soft words and not to hard ones. She thought that she had embarrassed him just now, so she had to coax him now. So she reached out and shook his arm again, coaxing him in a soft tone.

"Okay Seventeen, I won't do this anymore in the future."

"Really? I promise you it's OK."

"Your master is so hungry now, he is almost out of strength. Okay, Seventeen, let's go buy some food right away, okay?"

Seventeen really was at a loss for what to do with her. He found that he couldn't get angry with her at all. As long as she said a few words to him in a soft voice, his mind would become a mess.

Finally they had to compromise, and Nan Yan took her people to the nearest bun shop and bought two steaming hot buns for three cents, which was just right for each person.

Then she happily walked forward, leading her little bodyguard. Just as they reached the entrance of the alley, someone suddenly rushed out of the alley and accidentally bumped into her shoulder.

Nan Yan was knocked back a few steps by the collision, and the bun in her hand fell to the ground with a "pop".

The bun didn't even have time to react before a passing stray dog ​​swooped over and snatched it away. It was so fast that she didn't even have time to blink before the bun was gone.

Nan Yan was really stunned this time. When she came to her senses, the expression on her face was about to cry. She turned around and subconsciously threw herself into the arms of her little guard for comfort. She kept rubbing her head against his chest and her voice sounded so aggrieved.

"Seventeen, my buns were eaten by a dog..."

"Seventeen, help me beat it..."

"Seventeen, I'm so pitiful!"

Nan Yan cried hard on his chest. She was really aggrieved at this moment, and tears came out of her eyes.

Seventeen really couldn't help but curled his lips.

He really didn't expect things to turn out like this, especially seeing his master crying so sadly and aggrieved because of a bun, he actually found it a little funny.

Nan Yan looked up at him again, tears welling up in her eyes. "Shiqi, are you laughing at me? I can see it all. Don't hide it. You can't even hide it at the corners of your mouth. Even you are laughing at me!"

Seventeen turned his head and coughed, then reached out and pressed her restless head, pushing her a little further away, and then pretended to be calm and said,

"I didn't laugh at you. I was just choked."

When she heard him say he was choked, Nan Yan finally reacted. Her eyes subconsciously fell on the bun in his hand, staring at it eagerly.

"Shiqi, how do your buns taste? Are they delicious? The one I just had didn't taste anything."

Seventeen, who was born in the Shadow Guard Building, has a natural instinct to protect his food. During a training mission, no one can snatch his food. Anyone who dares to steal his food will be beaten to death!

But seeing her master drooling, Seventeen suddenly found it particularly interesting. He pretended to withdraw his hand, and her eyes followed him exactly.

Just like the rabbit he raised when he was a child, it would eat whatever he fed it, its eyes moving around, and its furry body was so adorable.

Although the braised rabbit meat was delicious in the end, the master is still different from the rabbit, and the master cannot eat it.

The corners of Seventeen's mouth curved up unconsciously, but he quickly retracted them. His facial expression remained unchanged, and he looked honest and obedient, without any sign of mischief. "It tastes OK. It's still hot, so it should be delicious."

Hearing this, Nan Yan's grip on his belt instantly became tighter. She slowly moved closer, and the two of them got even closer, with almost half of her body pressed into his arms.

She moved her mouth and said softly, "I can see it, it is indeed very fragrant. Seventeen, I am also very hungry. My waistline has become thinner. If you don't believe me, feel it."

As she spoke, she grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach, then leaned towards him. Seventeen was caught off guard and embraced by her.

This made him a little bit at a loss.

There was not even time to dodge.

Even if he was slow to react, he could still feel something strange, especially the difference between men and women's bodies. The bulging part of her chest was rubbing against his chest so tightly.

Seventeen's face turned red instantly.

He was a little nervous, his palms clenched unconsciously, and his throat rolled twice involuntarily.

He wanted to push the person away, but she was unable to stand steadily as if she had no bones. He subconsciously held onto her slender waist to prevent her from accidentally slipping.

As a result, he felt that the heart in his chest was about to jump out of his throat, but the person in his arms knew nothing about it and was looking at him with a wronged look in his eyes.

"Seventeen, I'm so hungry."

Seventeen's eyelashes trembled. Feeling the strange and weird reaction in his body, he handed the bun in his hand to her without hesitation, "You eat it... I haven't touched it yet!"