Xuan Yuanjue had only flown for a short while when he saw Shen Li, who had set off earlier, in front of him. Immediately, he summoned up his energy and flew past her.
Although Xuan Yuanjue was more skilled in martial arts than Shen Li, when he activated his lightness kung fu, he only managed to stay four or five meters ahead of her.
Whenever Shen Li wanted to put in more effort to overtake him, Xuan Yuanjue seemed to sense it. If Shen Li sped up, he would speed up too; if she slowed down, he would slow down accordingly.
"Why? Where are you going, Miss Shen?" Xuan Yuanjue asked Shen Li who was diagonally behind him.
"Going somewhere else to enjoy the flowers and the scenery!" Shen Li stared straight ahead without even glancing at Xuan Yuanjue.
"Oh, is that so! What a coincidence then! I'm just about to go and watch a good show too. I just wonder if Miss Shen and I are going to the same place?" Ignoring Shen Li's coldness, Xuan Yuanjue still looked at her and said.
This time, Shen Li simply ignored Xuan Yuanjue. She only thought he was childish. It was obvious, yet he still had to ask.
Seeing that Shen Li didn't reply, Xuan Yuanjue wasn't discouraged. With a slight smile on his face, he said, "I just wonder why you've been following me all the way, Miss Shen?"
This time, Shen Li was almost laughed out of anger by Xuan Yuanjue. "Xuan Yuanjue, have you had enough fun? Is it really that amusing?"
"Amusing! Extremely amusing! It's a pity though! Someone just doesn't cooperate. She just ruined such an interesting game!" Xuan Yuanjue looked at Shen Li with a look of disgust on his face, and there was also a hint of accusation.
Shen Li frowned and looked at Xuan Yuanjue. When she saw that Xuan Yuanjue was also looking at her, she shifted her eyes and didn't look anymore.
Seeing that Shen Li really didn't intend to talk to him this time, Xuan Yuanjue got angry. He flew to Shen Li's side and said, "Why are you suddenly angry? If anyone should be angry, it should be me. Why are you getting angry?"
Shen Li still ignored him.
"Fine, fine, fine! You're amazing! You're Miss Shen! Can I apologize to you? Just now... No, in the past, if there's anything I, Xuan Yuanjue, have done to offend you, then I hope Miss Shen can forgive me. Don't be angry anymore!" As Xuan Yuanjue said, he bowed to Shen Li.
"Oh! I didn't expect that the famous Young Master Xuan Yuan in the capital would also bend down to apologize to someone one day. I'm really honored!" Although Shen Li knew in her heart that this was just Xuan Yuanjue's naughty nature, she still put on a stern face to scare him.
Hearing this, Xuan Yuanjue immediately straightened his bent back. "Little thing, I think your guts have gotten bigger recently! You even dare to humiliate me! Well, maybe my apology just now wasn't sincere enough. How about I do it one more time?"
Seeing Xuan Yuanjue smiling maliciously, Shen Li waved her hand and refused directly. "Xuan Yuanjue, come on! It's okay! You haven't offended me in any way, so you don't need to apologize to me."
"Good! So now you're not angry, little thing!"
"I wasn't angry in the first place. You just misunderstood!" Shen Li suddenly told Xuan Yuanjue the truth with a bit of a naughty thought.
Hearing Shen Li's words, Xuan Yuanjue just slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Good! It's best if you're not angry, little thing!"
"Well, I've already apologized to you just now. Now it's your turn to apologize to me, isn't it?"
Shen Li had a look of confusion on her face. "Apologize? For what? And to whom?"
Xuan Yuanjue darkened his face and pointed at himself.
"Oh? Young Master Xuan Yuan, what's wrong? Were you angry with me just now?" After Shen Li said that, she suddenly covered her mouth in surprise. It seemed like she was talking to herself and also to Xuan Yuanjue. "Were you angry with me? It can't be! A big man is actually so petty as to argue with a little girl like me. That's just too... narrow-minded!"
Shen Li's voice wasn't soft, and since there were only the two of them here, every word of hers naturally reached Xuan Yuanjue's ears clearly.
"Good! Little thing, you're really something! Now I'm asking you, the other day outside the Metropolitan Magistrate's Office, I clearly spoke up for you and took your side. But as soon as Shen Yi showed up, you switched sides! You even joined forces with that Shen Yi to bully me. It seemed like I was the one meddling in other people's business!"
Xuan Yuanjue's voice sounded a bit aggrieved. Shen Li was stunned for a moment and recalled what had happened that day. It was indeed her fault.
Although she didn't like Shen Yi always restricting her, Shen Yi was her elder brother and her relative after all. She didn't want to see Shen Yi humiliated in public, so she had no choice but to make that decision.
"Young Master Xuan Yuan, it was really my fault that day. I didn't think it through, which made things difficult for you, Young Master Xuan Yuan! I'm here to apologize to you. I hope Young Master Xuan Yuan can forgive me!"
Xuan Yuanjue folded his arms and glanced at Shen Li out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that she was also bowing and clasping her fists in an apologetic gesture, he almost couldn't help showing the smile on his face, but he immediately straightened his face and said seriously, "Good! As you just said, I'm a big man, so naturally I won't make things difficult for you! I'll accept your apology."
Shen Li then stood up. "Young Master Xuan Yuan, in this way, we're even now, right?"
For some reason, when Xuan Yuanjue heard what Shen Li just said, he just felt his heart ache. What did it mean by "even"? The way Shen Li said it made it seem like they would have nothing to do with each other from then on.
When the two of them arrived at Panhu Stockade, they could hear the shouts and the sounds of weapons clashing from afar.
Shen Yi had made all the arrangements an hour ago. First, he sent people to sneak into the stockade, and then they coordinated with each other to break through the stockade's gate. At this moment, the imperial guards were fighting with the bandits in the stockade.
The bandits in Panhu Stockade were after all well - trained. They were much stronger than ordinary bandits and very cunning. They all secretly slipped into the secret passages.
"Shall we go?" Standing on the top of the mountain, Xuan Yuanjue looked at the bandits in the stockade below who were constantly retreating, looking for rooms with secret passages to escape, and asked Shen Li beside him.
"Go. It's just the right opportunity to meet those three people!" Shen Li tightened her grip on the whip wrapped around her waist.
Xuan Yuanjue gave a charming smile in a certain direction. Then he tapped his feet and flew towards that direction. "Little thing, you'd better follow closely. Don't call me to rescue you if you get lost!"
When Xuan Yuanjue couldn't see, Shen Li rolled her eyes at him behind his back. "Don't worry, Young Master Xuan Yuan. I'll definitely follow you closely."
The place where Xuan Yuanjue was taking Shen Li was the exit of the secret passage in Panhu Stockade.