Hong Xiangjun puffed out her chest and lifted her head, holding Dong Huiying’s hand with a spirited air about her.
The jade-colored gown, though wide and large and not quite fitting, had its hem cut off with scissors to prevent dragging on the ground. Despite this, she still looked like a child playing dress-up in an adult’s clothes.
Dong Huiying, blissfully unaware of how adorable she appeared, sat down in a private room on the second floor. Hong Xiangjun arranged her hair, maliciously tying her long black hair into two small horns, to which Dong Huiying showed no reaction, instead focusing intently on the fight unfolding below.
The first match had already started, featuring two men—one of them was Black Panther, who had warmed up the crowd during the day.
Black Panther’s moves were quite fierce, but as Dong Huiying watched, she noticed something off.
Why did Black Panther’s techniques seem like they were designed solely for killing?
"Beat him, beat him! Black Panther, put some effort into it, Old Lady bet ten taels of silver on you!"
"Yeah, what’s wrong with you, Black Panther? How did you suddenly become so listless?"
It turned out that Black Panther was being steadily beaten back on stage, and his opponent was an unknown man, seemingly a newcomer, with a Dog Head Tag hanging from his waist, referred to as Black Dog.
Black Dog’s skills were not bad either, but Dong Huiying was quite sharp and noticed immediately that Black Panther was clearly letting the man win.
Why deliberately hold back, deliberately lose?
She furrowed her brows slightly, but since she couldn’t figure it out, she didn’t dwell on it any longer.
"Ah ah ah~~~~~~" A bizarre shriek from Hong Xiangjun came from behind, "So cute, so appealing!"
Hong Xiangjun hugged Dong Huiying tightly, almost getting slapped away inadvertently by Dong Huiying.
There she was, the young girl in her loose, baggy jade-colored robe, skin fair with a rosy glow, wearing two little horns, and with a token at her waist. Although her face was hidden behind a mask, her small body and demeanor alone were enough to define ’endearing as jade snow,’ making people wish they could pocket her and take her home; she was just too irresistible.
Hong Xiangjun adored this appearance of Dong Huiying’s, finding her irresistibly cute. Like a weird aunt, she shrieked once more, hugging Dong Huiying’s head and rubbing her own ’weapons’ vigorously against Dong Huiying’s face.
Sister Xiao Dong wasn’t happy, pushing her away with a sullen expression. When Hong Xiangjun stuck to her again, she pushed her away again, and again she came back.
Forget it, let her be.
"Black Eagle, where’s Xiao Bai?"
The air of opulence was assaulting as a golden figure rushed toward Black Eagle like a tornado.
Black Eagle was wrapping white cloth strips around his hands to protect his knuckles. He looked up at the newcomer for a moment, then continued his silence is golden routine by bowing his head again.
The underground market’s steward, fearful that Black Eagle’s attitude had affronted the dignitary, hastily signaled with his eyes, "Black Eagle, aren’t you going to call for him?"
Black Eagle acted as if he were deaf, making the steward inwardly curse his stubbornness and lack of tact. If it were someone else here today, they would surely be fawning over the future heir of the Tie family, but Black Eagle was unflappable; it didn’t matter who came, he was unmoved.
"It’s fine, it’s fine," Tie Hailan waved her hand dismissively, not taking offense at being slighted. She glanced around Black Eagle’s feet and then instructed, "It seems Xiao Bai isn’t with Black Eagle, so Steward, I’m afraid I’ll trouble you. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Xiao Bai, and I miss him dearly."