Moonlit Calamity: The Dragon Girl's Life of Idleness is Broken

Those thugs were quite capable; if they weren't skilled, no one would pay them to be their henchmen!

Especially the scarred man who was the leader; he was agile and skilled. He was only hit a few times, but the others were also injured to varying degrees.

She could tell that the man in blue hadn't used any really tough moves when he fought them; he was just trying to force them to retreat.

Long Chuqing thought to himself, "If he's so soft-hearted, why is he a demon hunter? He's lucky he hasn't been completely devoured by demons yet! Or is he just starting out?"

I was planning to get home early today, but something went wrong on the way.

Long Chuqing frowned slightly; she wanted to resolve the immediate matter quickly and return home.

"Hey... are you even up to the task?!" Long Chuqing said to the man in blue, "Are you planning to spar until dark? If you can't, then step aside and wait. I'm in a hurry."

"Can you do it or not?" How could a man be told he couldn't? The man in blue felt humiliated when he heard her words. He had kindly offered to help, but she didn't appreciate it and even mocked him.

He was immediately enraged and gave the scarred man who attacked him a good beating.

Before long, the group of thugs were all beaten and lying on the ground howling in pain.

Long Chuqing thought to herself, "Looks like I need to give them a little push. See... their efficiency has improved!"

The man in blue said to the thugs lying on the ground, "Get out of here... or I'll beat you up again."

They struggled to their feet. The scarred man glanced at Long Chuqing on horseback, then at the man in blue.

Then, with a reluctant wave of his hand, he said to his brothers, "Let's go..."

They dragged their injured bodies into the alley.

"Boss..." one of the thugs said, supporting the scarred man, "If the job wasn't done, does that mean we won't get the money?"

"You almost lost your life, and you're still thinking about money." The scarred man continued, "Luckily, I collected some deposits earlier. I'll share them with you later, so you won't end up with nothing."

"Now that things haven't gone through, will the deposit be taken back?" the man asked worriedly.

"No way," the scarred man said. "We've been so badly injured because of this, they can't be so heartless!"

“They’re no pushovers if they can lay a hand on women. Boss… we should probably avoid taking on these kinds of jobs in the future. Dealing with these big shots can easily lead to trouble.”

"Okay... we'll take this job and not do it again. At first, I thought it was just one woman, and that the money would be easy to make. Sigh... I made a mistake."

Their figures quickly disappeared into the alley.

Long Chuqing looked at the man in blue, cupped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Thank you."

Only then did the man in blue take a closer look at the woman in front of him and discover that she was incredibly beautiful.

"No need to thank me. I'm just a guy who can't stand seeing girls being bullied," the man in blue said with a smile. "Especially a pretty girl like you."

After listening, Long Chu narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly, "Now that the matter has been resolved, I will take my leave."

The man in blue quickly stepped forward to block her path: "Hey, hey... miss, please wait."

"Is there anything else?"

“Oh… I see.” The man in blue cleared his throat and said, “I’m new to the capital and not familiar with this place.”

The man in blue continued, "Look... it's getting dark soon, and I haven't found a place to stay yet! Since I helped you fight off the bad guys, could I come to your residence for a cup of tea and rest for the night? I'll leave at dawn tomorrow."

"I'm so sorry, I'm currently living under someone else's roof and can't help you."

Long Chuqing took out a piece of silver and tossed it to him: "Go find an inn yourself! Giddy up..."

Before the man in blue could reply, Long Chuqing whipped his horse and rode away.

"Hey... miss, my name is Su Jue, what's your name?"

Only the sound of departing hooves answered him.

Su Jue watched Long Chuqing walk away, then looked at the silver in his hand, and a smile appeared on his lips.

He had followed the demonic aura here and happened to see a group of thugs trying to bully a girl. He felt their behavior was too wicked, so he couldn't help but intervene.

He jumped onto the roof again to check.

The journey took a while, and after returning to Qiushui Pavilion, she first went to the pharmacy to get the medicine. Ziguang's injury was almost healed, so she asked her to take it to Qinli Courtyard and have Granny Liu brew it.

After Ziguang took the medicine out, she tidied up in the pharmacy, prepared her own medicine, and went to brew it.

When Ziguang returned, he saw her decocting medicine in the kitchen and walked towards her.

She came over and sat down next to her, saying, "Miss... I thought you would be going back very late tonight too!"

"The pharmacy wasn't too busy today. I have to go see the prince later, so I'm coming back early."

Zi Guang nodded: "Then you can get some rest early tonight, young lady."

She looked at the medicine pot curiously and asked, "Who is the young lady brewing medicine for? Let me do it." She took the fan from Long Chuqing's hand.

"This is calming tea," Long Chuqing explained to her. "It helps you sleep better. Would you like a bowl later?"

"No... I'm sleeping so soundly, can't you sleep, Miss?"

“I can sleep! But I sleep even better after drinking it,” Long Chuqing replied with a light smile.

Upon hearing this, Granny Lin said, "Does it really work? Then save me a bowl later. I've been having trouble sleeping lately because of my age."

"Then you can drink it a few more times, and it will improve."

Before long, it was mealtime, and Granny Lin got up and went to the main kitchen to fetch the food.

Zi Guang was looking after the medicine furnace, while Long Chuqing went to the living room to help set out the dishes and chopsticks. They would sit down and eat together when Granny Lin returned.

After dinner and drinking some calming tea, she went to Qinli Courtyard.

Xiao Han hadn't finished her medicinal bath yet, so she stood outside chatting with Qing Tong and Qing Ying.

"How old are you two? When did you come to the Prince's Mansion?" Long Chuqing leaned leisurely against the pillar with his arms crossed.

In ancient times, it would have been quite abrupt to ask a boy his age directly, but Long Chuqing didn't seem to care and was completely unaware of the problem.

Having spent a long time with her, Qingying knew her personality and understood that she didn't mean anything by it and was just chatting. So she readily gave her a reply.

Qingying replied, "I'm nineteen, and the Bronze Prince is twenty. We've both been with the Prince since the establishment of the Prince's residence, for over three years now!"

She smiled and said, "Early twenties, what a wonderful age!" Then, her eyes lit up with a gossipy glint as she asked, "Do either of you have a girl you like?"

Upon hearing this, Qingying blushed slightly. This question was far too direct! It was really blunt. Even though they were both men, they would be embarrassed to say such things.

Seeing their hesitant and helpless expressions, she thought to herself, "Isn't this exactly how young people should be?" She chuckled to herself and decided to tease them a little.

"Hmm... do you have any? What's there to be embarrassed about? Just tell me, maybe I can even help you analyze it!"