Best friends dressed up in ancient times to become mistresses? You run, I run too!

They exchanged a glance, Yuan Yi drew his sword to cover their retreat, and Jiang Yanche grabbed Shen Ningzhu and started running.

"Oh, what's wrong?"

Shh, don't make a sound.

Just as the commotion started, countless, densely packed black-armored soldiers suddenly appeared all around the cave with lightning speed.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, like a surging tide, and in the blink of an eye, they had completely surrounded the cave.

Before long, Jiang Xuan Yan's cold and handsome face appeared at the entrance of the cave.

He was clad in silver-white armor, his posture upright, standing firm like a mountain.

But upon closer inspection, one can see that his face is slightly pale, indicating that his injuries have not yet fully healed.

Shen Ningzhu frowned almost imperceptibly.

Does he not want to live? Why did he catch up so quickly? Isn't he afraid of aggravating his injuries?

Seeing Shen Ningzhu standing unharmed not far away, his heart finally calmed down a little, and his gaze turned to Jiang Yanche beside him, his eyes instantly turning sinister and cold.

The air seemed to freeze instantly.

His voice was deep and authoritative, making no attempt to conceal the intense killing intent within.

"Jiang Yanche, I originally thought that since you are now just a stray dog, I would kindly spare your life. But you insisted on walking on the edge of the blade. Since that's the case, then you can't blame me."

Faced with Jiang Xuan Yan's angry rebuke, Jiang Yan Che remained calm.

He calmly and slowly took Shen Ningzhu's hand, holding it tightly in his palm. Then he raised his head, his gaze meeting Jiang Xuan Yan's icy eyes without fear, a blatant provocation playing on his lips.

"is it?"

Seeing Jiang Yanche dare to act so intimately with Shen Ningzhu in front of him, Jiang Xuan Yan was immediately enraged and shouted:

"Take your filthy hands off!"

"Dirty hands? Haha..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yanche burst into laughter, the sound echoing through the valley and sounding particularly jarring.

After laughing, he stopped, looked at Jiang Xuan Yan with a mocking expression, and said, word by word:

"In Zhuzhu's eyes, only your hands can truly be called dirty hands! But Zhuzhu and I are mutually in love and have already pledged our future to each other. In that case, how could my hands be dirty?"

After saying that, he squeezed Shen Ningzhu's hand tightly again, raised his eyebrows and waved them in the air, showing Jiang Xuan Yan the unbreakable bond between them.

Jiang Xuan Yan swayed slightly.

He sneered, "I don't believe it."

"Brother, stop deceiving yourself. How could a woman truly love someone as ruthless as you?"

"Whether she is sincere or not, it doesn't matter. Shen Ningzhu will only ever belong to me, regardless of life or death. Guards, kill everyone except my wife without mercy."

As expected of Jiang Xuan Yan, he said those words so easily after being provoked. Now, Zhu Zhu is probably even more determined to escape from him.

The two sides quickly started fighting.

Jiang Yanche has already trusted Shen Ningzhu and is convinced that she does not want to return to Jiang Xuanyan's side.

Seeing that it would be inconvenient to fight with her with him, he took her to a secluded place, told her to hide, and said he would come to find her when he was safe.

Shen Ningzhu feigned fear, clutching his sleeve tightly, her eyes filled with panic as she spoke.

"Then...you must come looking for me."

The woman's eyes were red, like those of a wounded little rabbit, filled with unease.

Jiang Yanche was completely relieved, a smile playing on his lips. He placed his other hand on the soft hand that was gripping his sleeve, his tone earnest.

"wait for me."

After saying that, he pressed Shen Ningzhu into the bushes, smiled at her again, and then strode away.

Little did she know that the moment he left, the woman's fragile and flustered expression vanished instantly.

I listened carefully for a while, making sure I didn't hear any more unusual sounds, before tiptoeing and running quickly in the direction I had carefully planned.

Halfway there, they saw people fighting ahead, and the people surrounded were none other than Jiang Xuan Yan and Jiang Yi.

Only at this moment did Shen Ningzhu awaken from her dream.

It turns out that Jiang Yanche had planned this all along. This seemingly peaceful and tranquil mountain range was actually full of traps and ambushes.

Everything had already been secretly arranged when they abducted them to this place.

The current situation is clearly a meticulously planned trap to lure the enemy into a snare!

Shen Ningzhu frowned deeply.

Just then, Jiang Yi's exclamation rang out.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Shen Ningzhu quickly looked in the direction of the sound and found a deep gash on Jiang Xuanyan's arm. The silk was torn, the snow-white flesh was turned inside out, revealing the white bone.

Fresh blood gushed from the wound, staining half of his sleeve red.

Jiang Yi wanted to step forward to protect him, but was held back by several people and couldn't get away. She saw that someone was attacking her from behind.

Shen Ningzhu rushed forward without thinking and pushed him away, saying, "Be careful."

The two dodged each other's swords, unaware that there was a cliff behind them. Even more unexpectedly, Jiang Xuan Yan grabbed Shen Ning Zhu the moment she pushed him.

And so, the two of them fell off the cliff.

Shen Ningzhu screamed in fright, but it was too late. The wind howled past her ears, making it impossible for her to open her eyes. The intense feeling of weightlessness made her heart leap into her throat.

Now that things have come to this, Shen Ningzhu has no time to think about whether this scoundrel knew there was a cliff behind them and deliberately pulled her along, thinking that he would make her die with him.

I accidentally pulled her along without thinking.

But she knew that her saintly heart was going to get her killed today.

Just as she was thinking this, she felt herself being pulled into someone's arms, and with a forceful pull, their positions became that of her on top and him on the bottom.

Shen Ningzhu was stunned. Was he... protecting her?

The whistling wind in my ears subsided a bit, and my icy limbs gradually warmed up.

The man's warm breath brushed against her ear, followed by teasing remarks.

"Zhuzhu says she doesn't love me, but her actions tell a different story. However, next time, I won't allow you to act so rashly. If you get hurt by rushing in without regard for the danger, I will be heartbroken."

Shen Ningzhu: ...

Too lazy to pay him any attention, she said hastily.

"What should I do? I don't want to die."

The man bit her small, fair earlobe, panting heavily from his injury, and chuckled softly.

"Now you know fear? Don't worry, with me here, even if the Jade Emperor comes, he won't be able to do anything to you."

"Listen to me, close your eyes."

Shen Ningzhu immediately did as instructed, and after an unknown amount of time, she heard a "plop" and fell into the lake.

The icy lake water surged in from all directions, splashing all over her body. Fortunately, Jiang Xuan Yan cushioned her fall, and she soon regained her senses.

Just as they were about to swim desperately to the shore, they discovered that Jiang Xuan Yan was a complete landlubber and was thrashing about in the water.