The named plant silently stopped its silent threats and obediently stood still on the side.
It took a while for the man in black to snap out of it, and when he looked at the mosquito-eating plant again, it stood calmly at the side—where had its earlier arrogance gone?
Could it be that it only showed its fierce appearance because he had bumped into it by accident, and he was overthinking everything?
As the man in black was lost in doubt, the people he brought with him were also swiftly thrown next to him.
At that point, the man in black no longer had time to ponder the rationality of the mosquito-eating plant, as his mind was consumed by one thought: what was going on here, wasn’t this place only inhabited by two down-and-out nobles?
They were just a bunch of kids, how did they manage to knock them all to the ground! They should know that they were...
That man, realizing the predicament, blew a whistle signaling retreat.
Then, these wretched figures suddenly sprang up from the ground with their last ounce of strength, like chickens injected with blood, and bolted out of the Bai Residence.
Watching the hastily arriving and departing figures, Ah Dao instinctively wanted to chase after them.
But Li Wenli stopped him.
"No need to chase, I know who they are."
"?" Ah Dao was shocked: "Who are they?"
"Feathered Forest Guards," Li Wenli crossed his arms and shook his head: "I don’t know if it’s because you guys are too strong or the Feathered Forest Guards are just too weak, tsk tsk tsk."
Looking at their disgraceful fleeing, if the guards of the Imperial Capital were of this caliber, it might be worrying... Yuwen Luanfei could be in danger.
Compared to the young master’s calmness, everyone else was shocked.
Were these people really Feathered Forest Guards?
Why would the young master offend the Feathered Forest Guards?
Weren’t the Feathered Forest Guards Yuwen Luanfei’s men? Since when had Yuwen Luanfei become hostile with the young master?
"This is a case of ’The king of hell is easy to meet, but the little devils are tough to deal with,’" Li Wenli answered leisurely.
"?" Ah Dao still didn’t understand.
Though Ah Dao didn’t understand, Bai Junjun did.
It was likely that tonight’s attack was orchestrated by Zhao Xiaomiao, who wanted to use the Feathered Forest Guards to kill them.
Sadly, Zhao Xiaomiao miscalculated; she overestimated the strength of the Feathered Forest Guards and underestimated them.
The Feathered Forest Guards were nothing in their eyes.
After a while, Ah Dao finally understood what was going on and frowned: "What an act of ingratitude. Young master, should we inform the King of Yama Raja about the Feathered Forest Guards’ sneaky attack?"
"Why should we?" Li Wenli raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
"?" the others were surprised: "Why not?"
"Isn’t this quite good?" Li Wenli glanced at the courtyard: "You all need real combat experience; I’d be delighted if they came every night to duel, so you can grow unhindered. Besides, you wouldn’t let this young master down by ensuring both the young master and the young mistress are well-protected, right?"
Bai Junjun, hearing Li Wenli’s words, also grinned.
A free punching bag, not hitting is a waste, that’s strategy!
In that case, they should really thank Zhao Xiaomiao.
After the uproar ended, the two carefree ones happily went back to bed, leaving only the battle-weary ones staring at each other.
Finally, Ah Dao decided not to sleep either; he resignedly called everyone for a night meeting to analyze the recent attack and started discussing how they could coordinate better when attacked from different directions to achieve better results and so on.
The night went by swiftly. The children, having their first night training, slept too late and ended up being late for their morning classes the next day.