Chapter 7: Truly Interesting

The man was stunned for a moment, then immediately began to trade blows with her. Only after exchanging a few moves did he realize that this little girl’s martial arts were quite good. The corners of his mouth curled up, and the more they fought, the happier he became.

“Ah Rui, the wine is here!” After the two had exchanged twenty or thirty moves, a young man of seventeen or eighteen suddenly drifted down from the wall.

Both of them paused simultaneously and exchanged a glance, yet neither stopped their movements.

The newcomer looked puzzled and rubbed his eyes. Under the moonlight, one black figure and one white figure were flying back and forth in the desolate garden, neither giving an inch. It was just that the black figure looked thin and slender; at a glance, one could tell it was a little girl.

He set the wine jar in his hand on the ground and rushed over to pull at the man. “Ah Rui, stop fighting! She’s just a child!”

Mo Xunyan withdrew her hand and took a look. The newcomer was dressed in an ice-blue robe with a high-bridged nose and handsome features. Standing beside this lecher, although he lacked the man’s rugged handsomeness, he possessed a gentle, jade-like quality.

“Miss, I’m sorry. Ah Rui is drunk.” The newcomer apologized to Mo Xunyan repeatedly. “Please, Miss, forgive him!”

“It is of no consequence!” Mo Xunyan replied coldly, then turned and flew back over the wall the way she had come.

“Ah Rui, she’s just a little girl; why would you start a fight with her?!” The man let go of the drunken man and sighed helplessly. “If I had known, I shouldn’t have gone to buy more wine. It’s fortunate you didn’t hurt her.”

“Hurt her?!” Ah Rui’s lips curled again. “Her martial arts are not beneath yours. The one who got hurt was me, not her!”

As he spoke, he raised his arm, where the leaf was still embedded.

“What? She hurt you?!” The man was shocked and hurriedly pulled out the leaf. “Are you alright?”

“Just a minor injury.” Ah Rui looked in the direction where Mo Xunyan had disappeared, his drunken eyes hazy. “Since when has the capital had such a little girl? Cold as an ice cube, yet her martial arts are so remarkable. Truly interesting!”

This little girl—those beautiful eyes of hers had revealed a composure and steadiness from start to finish that did not match her actual age. She truly made him curious.

Moreover, for so many years, people in the capital had considered the Prince Wei estate to be ominous. How could this little girl appear alone in this desolate garden at night? What exactly was her identity? What was her purpose in coming here?

The massacre at the Prince Wei estate all those years ago had been impossible to investigate for years, becoming a mystery that weighed heavily on Ah Rui’s mind. The tune the girl had been playing earlier was so sorrowful; could it be related to the events of that year? But she was still so young; it seemed unlikely she could have any connection to it.

Thinking this, Ah Rui walked to the spot where Mo Xunyan had just been standing and looked up and down at the base of the west wall, but other than a dog hole that had been blocked up, he found nothing.

“A child, her frame hasn’t even fully grown, her features are so plain, and you actually say she’s interesting?!” The man behind him pouted exaggeratedly.

Could it be that the sun was hanging in the sky tonight? Ah Rui, who had always been indifferent to women, had actually praised a little girl as interesting. If the women of the capital knew this, who knows how many hearts would be broken.

“Where is your mind wandering?!” Ah Rui raised his hand and gave the man a flick on the forehead. “I just think she is more interesting than those dull young ladies of noble birth.”

“A wild girl from the streets can catch your eye?” The man smiled meaningfully. “As expected, your heartbreak hasn’t healed, and you’re not picky about what you eat. Since when did you start having a taste for the young?”

“Are you itching for a beating? Don’t forget that the person you like is also a wild girl!”