Time Travel: I'm a Flower Thief

Upon hearing this, the girl trembled even more violently; she felt something was wrong with her whole body.

pain.

My whole body aches.

Looking at my shoulder and collarbone, I saw bruises all over them.

My legs felt incredibly sore and weak, and there was an indescribable, unfamiliar discomfort.

An unpleasant memory from a shady shop flooded back, and tears streamed down my face without warning.

"Am I...am I being bullied?"

Xie Xiaoyi was stunned.

The drug had barely worn off her body when she could already sense that she had been bullied?

Besides, half an incense stick's time has passed, and I even gave her painkillers, how could she possibly know?

Forget it, I don't want to.

You are not a fish, how can you know the joy of fish!

I'm not a woman, how would I know if she knows or not?

Xie Xiaoyi forced a calm expression and asked, "Which kind of bullying are you referring to?"

The girl choked.

She couldn't bring herself to talk about this issue of a girl's virginity; she could only frantically worry about it internally.

Which one?

What else could it be?

Of course, it's the kind where a girl is...

The girl grew increasingly frightened, her shoulders trembling violently, and her eyes filled with terror and helplessness as she looked at Xie Xiaoyi.

"What...what did they do to me? If my father finds out, he'll tear them to pieces."

Xie Xiaoyi tossed the foxtail grass aside, slowly stood up, and spoke in a tone devoid of any emotion.

"I'm not one to lie, but you were definitely bullied."

Um......

It was the owner of the shady shop, yes, the owner of the shady shop.

After saying that, Xie Xiaoyi murmured to himself.

The shop owner is a rip-off!

You've done so many bad things, so taking the fall for me today is a fitting end for you.

I hope that if you know this in the afterlife, you won't feel wronged; consider it a good deed on your part.

The girl was now crying her eyes out.

Xie Xiaoyi's heart softened at the sight, and he squatted down to wipe away her tears, but she suddenly dodged away.

Her reaction was as expected. Xie Xiaoyi withdrew his hand, a perfectly gentle smile playing on his lips.

"When you were drugged, the shady shop owner was groping you, and that's when you got the bruises on your body."

He lied without batting an eye, his tone so sincere it was unbelievable.

"I just happened to be passing by, heard the commotion, rushed in, killed those bastards, and saved you."

The girl was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with teary eyes.

"So...did he succeed?"

Xie Xiaoyi began to tell white lies.

No, because I arrived just in time.

The girl stared at Xie Xiaoyi.

The man had handsome features and no trace of ferocity about him; instead, he exuded a reassuring calmness.

"Really...no?"

"No, really no!"

The girl secretly breathed a sigh of relief and stopped asking questions, because she was afraid of knowing more details.

Looking at her like this, Xie Xiaoyi knew that she probably believed him.

"We shall part ways here. I have business to attend to at the Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect and cannot accompany you any longer."

"Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect?"

The girl suddenly looked up, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.

"My name is Shen Xinyu, and I am the daughter of Shen Beiluo of the Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect."

I secretly ran away from home to play without telling my father, but I never expected... I never expected...

"Are you the daughter of Shen Beiluo of the Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect?"

"yes!"

Xie Xiaoyi was shocked; he never expected that he had "slept with" Shen Beiluo's daughter for free at a shady establishment.

Na Shen Beiluo was known as "one sword that can conquer the world".

He was once one of the most outstanding sword masters in the martial arts world, and he once defeated all the demons with a single sword.

However, I heard that he was later troubled by love and has never set foot in the martial arts world since.

I never expected to meet his daughter today, but the way we met was rather shady.

"May I ask your name, sir, and what business do you have at the Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect?"

After regaining his senses, Xie Xiaoyi briefly recounted what had happened in Qinghe Town to Shen Xinyu.

Shen Xinyu bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes again.

"Brother Xie Mo... I want to go home, can we go together?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she lowered her head again, her shoulders trembling slightly. Her aggrieved and helpless appearance made Xie Xiaoyi regret his actions of picking flowers for her.

"Sure, I happen to have two horses, I'll give you one."

"Thank you very much, Brother Xie."

"Don't mention it. I'll take care of you on the way and won't let anyone bully you."

Shen Xinyu burst into tears.

"I've been wandering the martial world for so long, and this is the first time I've encountered such a bad person in an inn."

"Miss Shen, I killed the innkeeper and his men. Don't worry, just pretend nothing happened."

Shen Xinyu looked at him with teary eyes.

"But I felt so angry and resentful. How dare they bully her great-aunt?"

The girl's little expressions were quite cute, and Xie Xiaoyi found it amusing; he wanted to let her vent her anger.

So he stood up, dusted himself off, and took out a tinderbox from his pocket.

"This filthy place will only cause trouble if it's left untouched. Before we set off, let's burn it down, along with all those people, to vent your anger."

"Okay, sure. But Brother Xie, could I light the fire?"

Xie Xiaoyi knew she had figured it out, so he handed her the tinderbox.

"Okay, you burn it. Burn away all the unhappiness and forget all the unhappiness."

From this moment on, you are a completely new Shen Xinyu.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, thank you, brother!" Shen Xinyu stood up, her tears turning into a smile.

Xie Xiaoyi looked at her and chuckled inwardly.

Surprisingly, these words used to coax young girls in modern times are just as effective in the ancient martial arts world.

Knew it!

No matter what era it is, the methods for coaxing girls are always pretty much the same.

Shen Xinyu did not take the fire trinkets from Xie Xiaoyi's hand. Instead, she stood up and extended her right index and middle fingers to draw talismans in the air.

"Zhurong, take fire! Arise!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a small flame swirled between Shen Xinyu's fingertips. The bright orange flame was dazzling, without a trace of smoke, and gently landed on the haystack in the corner of the woodshed.

Xie Xiaoyi's eyelids twitched.

How did she learn the Taoist Fire Control Technique?

This is not something that ordinary people can learn or master.

This girl looks delicate and timid, but she's actually quite good at hiding her true abilities.

Luckily, she was drugged and knocked unconscious beforehand, otherwise... otherwise, would she have been cremated?

At that moment, flames crackled and burst into flames, and thick smoke billowed out from the broken wooden door.

The two jogged out of the woodshed, Shen Xinyu staring at the fire with an astonishingly bright gaze.

"It's better to burn it clean, so you can stop bullying me."

She set fires as she walked, until she saw the corpses of the people in the black shop in the kitchen, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

She knew Xie Xiaoyi wasn't lying to her; he had indeed wiped out all those bad guys.

She set the fire in a way that was both satisfying and cathartic.

Thick smoke quickly filled the entire shady shop.

The firelight illuminated Xie Xiaoyi's profile, half bright and half dark, making him appear particularly eerie.

"Let's go." Xie Xiaoyi smiled, flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked to the two horses tied not far outside the door, untied the reins and threw one to Shen Xinyu.

"This horse has good stamina; you'll be perfect to lead the way."

Shen Xinyu gripped the reins and looked up at Xie Xiaoyi's retreating figure.

"Brother Xie... thank you."

Xie Xiaoyi waved his hand with his back to her, exuding an extremely arrogant air.

"Keep up, don't fall behind."

If you get carried away by a wolf, I won't turn back to save you.

Having said that, he spurred the horse on, and with a neigh, the steed galloped off toward the Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect.