(゜-゜) An Encounter with a Flower Thief (Part One)
Luckily, after that little episode with the "Three Heroes of Jibei," the three of them went several days without running into any trouble. No more foolish little crooks came along to spoil Annie's pleasure as she leisurely rode out in the carriage to enjoy herself.
After all, Yue Lingshan and Lu Dayou looked like trouble, dressed in fine clothes and riding fine horses, with long swords at their waists. Aside from the likes of the "Three Heroes of Jibei," who were conceited and too thickheaded to fear death, ordinary petty thieves tended to steer well clear of travelers who were clearly dressed as martial artists.
So although Yue Lingshan was never quite satisfied and kept wanting to "uphold justice," there wasn't much she could say when no troublemakers were foolish enough to come knocking.
"Sixth Monkey!"
"Are you feeling better?"
Riding her white horse at the front, Yue Lingshan looked at Lu Dayou, who was slumped in the saddle beside her, yawning and swaying. She couldn't help asking considerately,
"If riding's tiring you out, you can sit on the carriage shaft."
"It's cool and comfortable there!"
She didn't mean anything by it. She was just taking his earlier injury into consideration and wanted to be thoughtful.
"I'm fine!"
"Junior Sister, it was just a minor flesh wound. It healed ages ago—the scab's about to fall off!"
As he spoke, Sixth Monkey secretly glanced at his junior sister, who looked so dashing and had grown lovelier by the day, then quickly looked away.
"I just didn't sleep well last night..."
"Really!"
At any rate, he wasn't going to tell his junior sister that he was sleepy because the room next to his "Earth" room had been occupied by a merchant last night.