The guards stationed at the courtyard gate did not stop her.
Once she was out of the guards' sight, Su Qiao quickly slipped past the hidden sentries with 444's help and hurried around to the wall behind the courtyard.
The wall was built of blue bricks and topped with glazed tiles. It was a full two meters high.
Without Internal Energy and possessing only brute strength, Su Qiao had to struggle mightily before she finally climbed onto the wall.
She had just spotted a flat patch of ground and was about to jump down when an annoying White Tiger charged out of the peach blossom grove on one side.
The White Tiger froze for a moment, as if it could hardly believe it had failed to pounce on its prey.
"Awoo... Awoo awoo..."
Perhaps it was unwilling to give up, or perhaps it found this fun. The White Tiger howled all the way as it pounced at Su Qiao again.
"Stop howling! Stop!" Su Qiao dodged awkwardly while hurriedly trying to stop it.
The White Tiger thought she was playing with it. It howled even more enthusiastically and pounced with even greater gusto.
Su Qiao felt she was doomed.
She ran all over the peach blossom grove, dodging the idiotic White Tiger that seemed to mistake her for a butterfly and pounce at her, all while threatening it nonstop.
"I told you to stop howling! Stop! If you howl again, I'll pull out your Tiger's Whiskers and fangs, and make it so you can only swallow meat from now on."
"Awoo..."
After failing to pounce on her for ages, the White Tiger found it even more amusing. The ferocity in its brown eyes had vanished, replaced by a hint of childlike mischief.
As if it were playing a game with