The sedan chair made its way through Black Seal City, circled around the town, and soon arrived at the small village before Jia Nan Academy.
"Third Young Master, the road is slippery. Be careful not to fall on your face again. Such a handsome young man—if you turn into a pighead, this concubine won't be able to marry you."
"Shut up! Enchantress, if not for you, how would I have ended up like this?!"
"Don't blame this concubine, Young Master. How could a weak woman like this concubine understand Young Master's insincere words and wandering heart? Come, this concubine will wipe your sweat."
"Don't touch me. I have hands!"
After stepping down from the sedan chair, Xiao Yan shook his aching, swollen arms, his heart filled with wariness.
That enchantress changed faces faster than turning a page. One moment, she was inviting him to spend a lovely night with her; the next, she kicked him out of the sedan chair at a corner and made him serve as its coachman for three whole days.
Even Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts had been reduced to horses pulling the enchantress's sedan chair. Xiao Yan would have to have been kicked in the head by a donkey to fall for her tricks.
"Hmph, bad Young Master. Eating from the bowl while eyeing the pot. This concubine really shouldn't have changed out of Xun'er's clothes."
The young woman's reproachful, resentful voice drifted over. Behind the screen lit by candlelight, a graceful and lovely figure was quietly cast in silhouette. The candle shadows swayed, while her hair spilled down alongside her dress.
Xiao Yan's face reddened, and he instinctively tried to look away, only to be caught red-handed by a pair of beautiful eyes smiling with mischief.
Hun Ruoruo emerged prettily from behind the