Heaven's Proud Daughter 017. Night Hawk

  A gentle breeze passes through the window, rolling up the faint misty smoke inside the elegant room, and the faint fog gathers and disperses. The deep purple color is as thick as ink, dyeing the magnificent scene of gold and jade, separating the darkness belonging to the black night from the white day.

  In the luxurious room littered with broken cups and plates, a multitude of guards in diverse attire stood at attention, but Baili Qingyun and Shangguan Yue saw only the sharp profile veiled by purple silk, and the downcast eyes beneath the wispy bangs.

  The man sat still in his seat, acquiescing to all of the orange-clad woman's actions.

  As Baili Qing and the others sized each other up, the guards in their strange attire also eyed them warily. The girl in orange saw this and casually kicked aside the debris at her feet, walking out from within it with a glare: "What are you staring at?"

  The shopkeeper, who had been dissatisfied with her since early on, was the first to break the silence on Baoli's side. Although his tone was not pleasant, he still spoke politely: "Is it because our store did not entertain you well that made you so angry, miss?"

  The girl in orange said proudly: "I've long heard that your Xiangjiang Building is the best wine house in the state of Jiangnan, but I think it's nothing special."

  The shopkeeper ignored her self-proclaimed title and coldly said: "I don't know where I offended you, miss."

  The girl in orange hummed: "Does having a false reputation count?"

  "Is the young lady intentionally trying to cause trouble?" Seeing her being so arrogant and unreasonable, the shopkeeper no longer tried to be polite and got straight to the point.

  The girl in orange clothes cracked her whip and pulled him away. The bells on her wrist jingled loudly, "Yes!"

  The shopkeeper clutched his arm in pain, he had never seen such an unreasonable foreign woman before.

  The girl in orange clothes looked around with disdain, and when she saw the protective behavior of Huixiang and others, she slowly walked towards Baili Siqing. Her eyes were filled with hostility as she gazed at this suddenly appearing red-clothed girl who was even more dazzling than herself, "Who are you?"

  Baili Siqing seemed to be oblivious to the person right next to her, not even batting an eyelid. Her bright black eyes were like stars sinking into the ocean, calm and unruffled. "Was it also you who did all those things before?"

  The woman in orange clothes stood with her hands on her hips, her beautiful eyes wide open, "What if I am the mistress of this county! What business is it of yours!"

  She raised her snake whip with a proud expression and brandished it a few times in front of Baili Qingyun, "Where did you pop out from again?"

  Baili Siqing grasped the snake whip that was swinging in mid-air, "No matter where you came from, since you've come to my country, you must follow the rules. How do you plan to take responsibility for your actions earlier?"

  The girl in orange clothes exaggeratedly said: "Responsible? I, the young lady, have never considered the consequences of my actions! Moreover, I don't even know how to write the word 'rules'! What are you, daring to lecture me?"

  She pulled hard, trying to snatch the snake whip from Bailing Siqing's hand, but found that the snake whip was tightly grasped by Bailing Siqing, and no matter how hard she tried, it didn't budge.

  It was nothing unusual for women of the Mo Kingdom to practice martial arts, but she had never heard that the gentle and elegant women of the East also practiced martial arts. Moreover, the inner power of this red-clothed girl was in no way inferior to hers.

  She immediately said angrily: "Let go!"

  Before Qing could react, Shangguan Yue took a step forward and gently brushed away her hand. Her eyes flashed as she said, "Sister Qing, since I've asked you to let go, just let go. Holding onto this thing, aren't you afraid of dirtying your own hands?"

  "You—" The anger on the orange-clothed girl's face had not fully spread yet, but she found that her treasured companion of many years was broken into several pieces, and as Upper Official Yu withdrew her sleeve, they fell to the ground with a "clatter".

  Her face turned bright red with anger, her palm suddenly became a gust of wind, and she chopped towards Shangguan Yue fiercely.

  However, before she could get close to Guan Yue's body, a low and solemn male voice came, with a hint of majesty in the calm tone, accustomed to giving orders, "He Huan, stop!"

  The girl in orange clothes stopped her hand with a lingering resentment and pouted towards the direction of Tianzi Ya's room, saying: "Xiao Gege, they ruined my snake whip!"

  A hundred miles of thought, only to see that person raise his head, dormant in the purple wind and grace, like an eagle, a pair of charming eyes show extraordinary light, silver light like the moon, evil charm born, "Come back!"

  As soon as he spoke, the girl who had just been arrogant immediately glared at Fang and Bai with a fierce gaze, and her feet seemed to lose energy as she walked back. The sharp claws were retracted, and she listened obediently like a little kitten.

  After the girl in orange called out the man's name, Shangguan Yue raised an eyebrow and suddenly realized: "So he is Ye Xiao, the Night Hawk Crown Prince of Mo Guo."