Watching Yan Qing leave the venue with Niu Xianke and Ye Xiaoyu, Jie Yuanshao felt her heart tremble for some reason. It was as though someone had grabbed it and suddenly let go, causing sour, bitter juice to keep flowing until it filled her entire chest.
She did not know what she was thinking. She only wanted to shorten the distance between herself and that departing figure, but just as she lifted her foot, the guards from her family hurried over to her. "Young Miss, are you all right?"
Their voices pulled Jie Yuanshao back to reality. She took a deep breath and forced the sour bitterness down. "I'm fine. I need a training ground. Send someone to report what happened here to the family."
"R-really all right?" a guard asked cautiously. "Young Miss, your face..."
Jie Yuanshao instinctively covered her cheeks, which were burning hot. She suddenly remembered the glint of an earring beneath Yan Qing's hood when he had tapped her forehead just now.
"I was just too nervous." She touched her earlobe and spoke softly.
Yes, she had simply been too nervous.
After leaving the military town and reaching the main road outside, Ye Xiaoyu became even more nervous. She clung tightly to Niu Xianke, unsure whether she was afraid of being kidnapped or afraid that Niu Xianke would be kidnapped.
Yan Qing accompanied them for a while longer. Wonderful Pen still had two questions left for today, and he would try asking something like, "Is anyone tracking me?" later to see what answer he could get.
"C-can I ask you a question?"
Yan Qing turned to Ye Xiaoyu. "What question?"
"You're so powerful, and Uncle's talent is so high that he can advance three times in a single battle. Why... why did he become