Volume 1 Chapter 14: Encountering Danger (Part 2)

  Shangguan Qing'er heard Xia Jinhan's cry and naturally understood what was happening. She raised her head to find that the sharp arrow was already pointing directly at her, and she suddenly panicked. Her small face turned pale with fear, knowing she had to escape, but somehow unable to move her feet.

  The summer wind howled wildly, blowing the trees on both sides of the desolate road into a series of "rustling" sounds, setting off this dangerous atmosphere and making people's hearts palpitate with eerie cries.

  However, just as the sound of "ping" was heard, the sharp arrow that was originally going to pierce Shangguan Qing'er's body was chopped off by a sudden white figure that rose into the air. It wasn't until then that Shangguan Qing'er came back to her senses, looking at Xia Jincheng in his white clothes fluttering, like a godly being, and her heart suddenly started racing wildly.

  Just as Xia Jinhan was about to reach her side, the horse that was pulling the carriage suddenly lifted its front hooves and let out a loud whinny, dashing forward at an alarming speed as if it had been frightened.

  It turned out that the arrow that Xia Jin Han had just cut off had actually fallen onto the horse's neck, and the sharp arrow with full force, even if it was only an arrowhead, still pierced into the horse's neck, startling the horse, which suddenly began to run wildly.

  Shangguan Qing'er only felt the carriage shake violently, almost throwing her off, but fortunately, Li Hua behind her quickly hugged her and pulled her into the carriage.

  The horse was frightened, and it wildly shook its head and neck in an attempt to shake off the painful arrow that had pierced its flesh. No matter how hard it struggled, however, the arrow remained lodged in its body, and so the horse ran even more frantically, as if its life depended on it.

  In the swaying carriage, Shangguan Qing'er tightly grasped Li Hua's clothes, while Li Hua calmly held onto the carriage seat to steady herself, just as Xia Jinhan had said, not letting Shangguan Qing'er get hurt in the slightest.

  Shangguan Qing'er's body was originally delicate to the point of being fragile, how could she withstand such turmoil? Before long, she was dizzy and disoriented, and could only weakly lean against Lihua's embrace, struggling to keep herself awake.

  Peach blossom bit her teeth, one hand tightly grasping the things in the carriage that could stabilize her body, and the other hand lifted the curtain of the carriage. When she saw that there was a cliff in front of the horse, her face suddenly turned pale, biting her teeth, looking at Shangguan Qing'er who had fallen weakly into her arms, and asked in a low voice, "Miss Qing'er, hold me tight."

  Shangguan Qing'er lifted her head, and despite being weak all over, she nodded tightly and hugged Li Hua's waist. Li Hua struggled to get up, took out the dagger in his hand, and cut off the rope connecting the carriage and the horse.

  At this time, Shangguan Qing'er also saw the cliff about a hundred meters away in front of her, and her face turned pale. She tried to calm herself down and said to Lihua, "Give me a knife too."

  The pear blossom ignored her and just kept cutting those ropes with force.

  But Shangguan Linger had pulled out a dagger from Li Hua's body, and immediately her chubby little hand tightly grasped the dagger. She loosened Li Hua, grabbed the railing of the horse carriage in front of her, and cut off another rope with force.

  The pear blossom did not expect a three-year-old girl to encounter such a thing, not only was she not frozen in fear, but instead so calm, and could even reveal such a calm expression, working together with her to cut off the rope, she couldn't help but be stunned. Looking into Shangguan Qing'er's eyes, there was less disdain, but more incomprehension and admiration.

  However, just as Lihua was distracted, another sharp arrow suddenly flew over from the side and rushed towards Shangguan Qing'er.

  "Miss, be careful." Hearing the whizzing arrow feathers, Pear Blossom suddenly widened her eyes and hugged Shangguan Qing'er tightly, and the two rolled into the carriage together.

  However, at this moment the carriage is only a few dozen meters away from the cliff. If Lihua and Shangguan Qing'er can hold on, they might still be able to cut off the rope, but now they have both been knocked back into the carriage by that arrow. If things continue like this, within a few minutes at most, they will also fall off the cliff along with the horses.

  How is it?

  Shangguan Qing's delicate and weak body had been tossed about by that last move, and now her whole body ached with soreness. She no longer had the strength to struggle, and could only grit her teeth as she thought of a way out.

  The cliff is just a step away, but the sound of Xia Jinhan's horse hooves behind her is still some distance away. Distant water cannot save the fire at hand, and now she can only save herself.

  "Li Hua, jump out." Shang Guan Qing's soft and delicate voice, although still childish, gave people a sense of maturity and stability when she said this sentence, her tone almost made one unable to refuse.

  The pear blossoms were stunned, and they didn't dare believe that at this time, Shangguan Qing'er would say something like that.

  But Shangguan Jing'er didn't have time to let Lihua be stunned, she pulled Lihua's hand and shouted, "Hurry up, there's no time. If you don't want to die, jump down."

  After speaking, she had already gritted her teeth and arrived at the window, looking at Xia Jinhans riding horse rushing over from afar. With a forceful kick of her short legs, she jumped out first.

  The pear blossom was greatly shocked, looking at the precipice that was close at hand, and didn't care about anything else, hastily got up and rolled out of the carriage door.

  When Shangguan Jing'er jumped down, she also pulled off the curtain on the carriage window and wrapped it around her body to prevent her delicate skin from being damaged by the sand and dust. She had always been very particular about her face, as this face was her capital in her previous life, and habits were hard to change, so now she still guarded this face as if it were everything to her.

  The window of the speeding horse carriage, that small figure suddenly jumped out, letting the tightly following people behind, just about to catch up with Shangguan Qing'er, Xia Jinhans startled.

  "Light child......" Xia Jinhan exclaimed, almost without thinking, and swung out the long silver whip in her hand. The swift and ruthless motion was over in an instant, and before Shangguan Light Child's body hit the ground, it had already wrapped around her body and pulled tight.

  The expected pain and friction did not come, Shangguan Qing'er only felt her body being wrapped around by the rope, and then fell into a familiar, warm embrace.

  Xia Jin Han pulled the reins, stopped, and with one hand tightly embracing the little girl who had shrunk into a ball in his arms, he suddenly realized that his heart was hanging high up until this moment when he saw her safely fall into his arms, only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

  Xia Jinhans pulled open the curtain covering her head, saw a pale face, and was staring at herself with those terrified, fearful, yet joyful eyes. Xia Jinhans held her hand tightly, and on that somewhat cold face, an expression of relief appeared, asking "Are you hurt?"

  Hearing Xia Jinhan's gentle voice and seeing the concern in his eyes, Shangguan Qing'er bit her lip, and her eyes were soon filled with tears.

  "Scared?" Seeing her like a startled little kitten, her small body trembling, Xia Jinhan's voice became much gentler.

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