Feng Xun was holding Ye Lingyue when they got off the carriage, attracting everyone's attention, especially Lan Cai'er who even started jeering from the side.
Sword Slave, the Big Fool, was grinning foolishly.
Ye Lingyue felt quite embarrassed and punched Feng Xun, but he ignored it and carried her all the way to Lan Cai'er with good temper.
Xue Hongyu almost crushed her teeth when she saw this scene, her eyes filled with more resentment as she looked at Ye Lingyue.
"Vixen." Xue Hongyu cursed through clenched teeth.
Since there were no towns around, the Northwest Trading Team could only camp out in the wilderness that night.
Not long after Ye Lingyue got off the carriage, the trading team began to set up the camp.
When setting up the tents, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai'er shared one, while Feng Xun and Sword Slave shared another.
The campfire was lit quickly, and in the wilderness, everyone could only eat some dry food.
"Young Master Feng, I have some sliced beef here, would you like some?" Seeing Feng Xun sitting by the fire, Xue Hongyu hurried over with a greasy paper package.
"Miss Xue, I apologize, but I don't really like eating things from others." Feng Xun declined.
No sooner had Feng Xun finished speaking, a dark shadow leapt onto Xue Hongyu's hand, and before she could react, the beef was gone.
"Little Zhiyo, you can't be so rude." Feng Xun pressed his temples and spoke with a tone that was both exasperated and indulgent.
After snatching the beef, Little Zhiyo squatted in Feng Xun's embrace, stuffing the paper package into his lap, immediately smearing grease on him. Feng Xun wasn't angry, just apologetically nodded at Xue Hongyu and then patiently tore the beef into small pieces, feeding them to Little Zhiyo.
"Is this Young Master Feng's Spiritual Pet? It looks so cute, its breed must be very precious." Saying so, Xue Hongyu approached with a flattering face, trying to pet Little Zhiyo's head.
However, before her hand could get close, the preoccupied Little Zhiyo spit out a mouthful, ejecting the chewed beef mixed with saliva straight onto Xue Hongyu's face.
Not stopping there, Little Zhiyo raised its short legs and kicked the beef package onto the ground, its face full of disdain.
Ugly people offer distasteful food; it wouldn't eat it.
"Zhiyo (crazy lady, don't touch the Big Boss's man)."
"You little beast..." Xue Hongyu's complexion changed abruptly, but upon meeting Feng Xun's gaze, she swallowed her anger and awkwardly wiped her face.
"Miss Xue, Little Zhiyo is quite unfamiliar with strangers and doesn't allow anyone to touch him except Ling Yue and me." Feng Xun also noticed Xue Hongyu's fleeting murderous intent and his expression turned cold.
Although Little Zhiyo was still young, its unusual breed made it much more sensitive to people's nature than ordinary Spiritual Beasts.
It had decided Xue Hongyu was not a good person, and therefore she definitely was not.
"Little Zhiyo, what mischief have you been up to again?" Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai'er came over, they had just gone to fetch water.
When they reached Feng Xun, Little Zhiyo smoothly climbed onto Ye Lingyue, who could only reluctantly hand her water bag to Feng Xun.
After receiving the water bag, Feng Xun took a sip right away, not minding that it was just used by Ye Lingyue.
Xue Hongyu saw this scene, and she was so angry that her nose almost skewed. She stomped her foot and went to help set up the camp for the trading team.
"Hongyu, where did you run off to again?" The leader of the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps, Xue Yi, saw his daughter's displeased face and called her over. "I've told you so many times, that Young Master Feng, born into distinction, is not someone mercenaries like us can match."
Captain Xue had been a mercenary for over twenty years and had seen all sorts of people.
Although Young Master Feng was polite and amiable to everyone, there wasn't a trace of warmth in his eyes, only when he saw Princess Ye did his gaze become a bit more passionate.
Such people don't easily fall in love, but once they do, it's for life.
If his daughter continued to harbor delusional hopes, she would only get hurt in the end.
"Father, what do you mean by deserving or not deserving? Blood Blade is a First Level Mercenary Group, with my abilities and appearance, I can easily marry into a noble's family as the main wife, let alone a son from a wealthy merchant family. And that Ye Lingyue, I thought she was something extraordinary, but she's just someone with a better family background and average looks," Xue Hongyu said irritably.
Captain Xue, seeing he couldn't persuade her, shook his head.
"You two, stop, is this tent for Young Master Feng?" Xue Hongyu saw two mercenaries setting up a tent.
The tents of the trading team were small, each shared by two people, this tent was assigned for Feng Xun and Sword Slave.
The two mercenaries looked confused, not understanding why Xue Hongyu was asking this.
"After setting up the tent, scatter this bag of powder around it," Xue Hongyu took out a bag of medicinal powder and threw it to the two mercenaries.
When he saw the bag of powder, Captain Xue's expression changed, and he reprimanded in a low voice.
"Hongyu, are you out of your mind? Where did you get such a despicable thing?"
"Father, what do you know, I truly like Young Master Feng. Do you want your daughter to be a mercenary all her life, tired and in danger? If I get together with Young Master Feng, I can become a Young Madam," Xue Hongyu said without any shame.
She had grown up with Xue Yi, knowing that in this world, if one wants to survive, it's the survival of the fittest.
The man she fancied, no one else could compete.
"You, ah," Captain Xue hesitated, but ultimately couldn't stand up against Xue Hongyu's pleas, as she was his only daughter.
After the two mercenaries scattered the powder inside the tent of Feng Xun and Sword Slave, Xue Hongyu wore a pleased expression and went off to dress up.
On the other side, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai'er also entered their own tent. Chapters first released on novel fire.net
Their tent was located in a rather hidden corner, obviously allocated deliberately in an inconspicuous spot, and also quite far from the tents of Feng Xun and others.
"I'm so tired, the horse has jolted me all day, my buttocks are almost split in two, I could fall asleep the moment my head touches the pillow," Lan Cai'er said gracelessly as she entered the tent.
At that moment, Ye Lingyue stopped, becoming alert.
"Sister, wait, we can't stay in this tent for now."
"What happened?" Lan Cai'er looked around but didn't notice anything unusual.
"The tent was sprinkled with Snake Attraction Powder. This powder, unlike Insect Repellent Powder, attracts a large number of snakes and vermin. If we sleep here tonight, we won't be dead by morning, but we'll certainly be crippled," Ye Lingyue snorted coldly.