Huh?
Junior sister?
Hearing Chu Qingci address her that way, Jiang Xiaobai froze, then stared at the woman before him in shock.
This woman...
Was she really that Lake Pavilion Expert?
That was right. He remembered that this expert was the Elder Princess's senior sister.
Didn't that mean... she had seen through his act of pretending to be blind all along?
This...
For a moment, Jiang Xiaobai understood what it meant to wish the earth would swallow him whole.
And to think he had babbled away the whole journey, convinced he was putting on a convincing act.
As it turned out, she simply hadn't bothered to expose him!
Just as Jiang Xiaobai was drowning in embarrassment, the door opened, and the Elder Princess and Tang Ningshuang hurried out, one after the other.
A moment later, Chen Jian emerged from another door nearby.
"Brother Jiang!"
At the sight of Jiang Xiaobai, Chen Jian's face lit up with excitement. He hurried over and asked, "Where have you been these past two days?"
"Don't even ask!"
Hearing Chen Jian speak eased Jiang Xiaobai's embarrassment a little. "I got lost, then ended up trapped somewhere!"
"Trapped?"
The Elder Princess frowned as she spoke. "Wait, don't tell me you really got trapped at the Withered Bone Elder's place?"
No sooner had she spoken than something else occurred to her. Her expression shifted, and she hurried forward and grabbed both of Jiang Xiaobai's hands.
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Xiaobai blinked.
"Don't move!"
The Elder Princess examined his hands closely. Only after confirming that all ten fingers were intact did she breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness!"
Indeed, the Withered Bone Elder had an eccentric temperament.
Anyone who rashly entered that courtyard and failed to meet his conditions had to leave a finger behind.
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