Ever since she could remember, Xiao Qing had almost never been refused. As the daughter of a second-rank grandmaster, she only had to say what she wanted, and someone would obediently offer it up.
Years of getting her own way had nearly made her forget that refusal even existed.
This time, she had reluctantly traveled from the prefectural capital to Kunyun Prefecture, intending to return as soon as she had met Huang Tian. But she had never imagined he would refuse even to see her. It turned the natural order upside down!
I haven't even refused you yet. How dare you refuse me?!
Xiao Qing's fair cheeks flushed crimson. Her slender brows shot up as she glared at the servant in brocade. "He really refused?"
"He did."
Feeling the third young lady's anger, fine sweat beaded on the servant's forehead. "Yes," he answered, trembling.
"Didn't you tell him who I am?"
"I did. I told him you were from the Xiao Family of the prefectural capital, but—"
But Huang Tian had still refused, without the slightest hesitation.
"What nerve! What arrogance!" Xiao Qing grew angrier still. "He's nothing but a talent from the backwoods, yet he dared refuse me!"
The servant did not dare speak. Zhou Miaosu interjected at just the right moment. "Don't be angry. Perhaps he truly has urgent business and can't get away right now?"
Xiao Qing snorted. "No matter how urgent it is, he should come to my gathering first!"
For a moment, Zhou Miaosu was speechless.
"People from little places have no manners!"
Xiao Qing cursed a few more times. She almost ordered the elderly woman who had accompanied her to teach Huang Tian a lesson. But she was arrogant, not stupid. She could not bear the consequences of attacking a Martial Guard commander by