Awkwardly enough, Ji Ruxia still showed no intention of getting off Chen Shichong, leaving him helpless and sneaking grimaces at Mu Bai. Mu Bai was feeling awkward himself and covered his chest to show how stifled he felt.
"Oh..." Chen Shichong's expression changed. He too reached in to clutch his chest and doubled over, looking as though he was in great pain.
"Young Master Chen, what's wrong?"
"On our way here, villains followed and intercepted us, wanting to kill us and steal our belongings. I'm afraid my skills were lacking, and I was injured in the fight..." Chen Shichong really had been injured fighting Luo Cheng, though only he knew whether it hurt. "Miss Ji, you're pressing against my chest. It really hurts!"
Had she jabbed him? Ji Ruxia blushed at his words and hurriedly hopped down. No wonder something had seemed different about Ji Ruxia when they saw her again. They had grown quite a bit. Could that part change at will too?
Neither Mu Bai nor Chen Shichong understood.
"Who hurt you? What outrageous nerve! I won't let him off!" Ji Ruxia glared and waved her little fist, looking every bit a heroine.
Mu Bai was puzzled. Everywhere he looked, people were thickset and barrel-shaped, so how did Ji Ruxia have such fair, slender legs and a waist small enough to encircle with one hand? Ji Yang Xiu Zun looked like the usual sort found in the Eastern Ridge, too.
"All right, Xia'er. Invite our two young friends inside first, and we can talk then."
"That won't do! Scum like that are showing up before the auction's even over. What'll happen once someone wins the Red Sun Stones?" Ji Ruxia was full of mischievous ingenuity. One moment she had been acting like a child, and now she wore