Shen Yangge silently flipped him off in his mind. If he hadn't been afraid that the big dog would bite him when he jumped down, he wouldn't have had to watch the mutt's every move like this.
Even a tiger fallen on hard times could be bullied by a dog!
The longer he took to leave, the more Chu Xuanzhen would...
He couldn't keep wasting time like this!
At that thought, Shen Yangge closed his eyes briefly, then slowly lowered himself from the top of the wall. Gripping the edge with both hands, he carefully surveyed the spot where he would land and gritted his teeth.
He jumped from the wall. Before his feet even touched the ground, a pair of hands closed around his waist and pulled him into an embrace. Warm breath brushed the side of his neck. He froze for a moment, then reached out with his slender, fair hands and clutched the lapels of the man holding him.
"Chu Xuanzhen?"
Soft kisses landed along the side of his neck.
Shen Yangge's ears reddened. Catching sight of the Imperial Guards standing nearby, he panicked and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, there's a dog here that's very..." Fierce. Be careful.
But before he could finish, he saw the big dog chained to the tree cowering behind it, its tail tucked between its legs and its ears drooping, too frightened to come out.
Shen Yangge: "..."
So this big dog picked on easy targets?
The moment it met someone tough, it tucked its tail and remembered it was just a dog?
[-How can this dog be such a failure? It's only Chu Xuanzhen. What's there to be scared of? At worst, come back as a brave man in your next life.]
Just then, the big dog sneaked a glance to