Luoyang’s face flushed bright red with anger.

This woman before him was truly impervious to reason!

The veins on his forehead bulged with rage as he said, “As the saying goes, women have hearts like snakes and scorpions—talking about people exactly like you!”

Ji Yunshu, being labeled this way, wasn’t bothered at all.

She merely smiled and let it pass.

Having gained no advantage, Luoyang left in anger.

Before leaving, he slammed the door heavily!

His fury was clearly evident.

Ji Yunshu then tidied up and went to rest.

Late at night, a sandstorm arose in the Nansai Desert, rolling toward the outside of the inn.

While Ji Yunshu slept soundly, the window in her room suddenly opened.

A cold wind carrying sand blew inside!

She woke from her sleep to see the window wide open, fierce winds howling, sand particles flying into the room—complete chaos.

She clearly remembered it had been closed before!

Groping her way out of bed, she intended to close the window. Unexpectedly, her foot kicked something. Looking down, she vaguely saw a person lying on the ground.

Motionless.

Huh?

She was truly startled and stepped back two paces. Quickly lighting the candle in the room, she illuminated the floor.

Unexpectedly, a man was lying on the ground!

A man covered in wounds!

Her eyes suddenly tightened, but she didn’t panic. Setting down the candlestick and closing the window, she struggled to help the man onto the bed.

The man’s face was deathly pale, his brows tightly furrowed. Yet he barely managed to open his eyes, grabbing Ji Yunshu’s hand and saying weakly, “Don’t… don’t…”

Then he fainted.

Don’t?

Don’t what?

Ji Yunshu called out several times, but the man was no longer conscious.

This person had entered through the window, clearly a fugitive. Perhaps he was trying to tell her not to make a fuss.

Seeing his wounds covering his entire body, she couldn’t just ignore him. She quickly went out and got some bandaging supplies from the inn’s waiter, simply treating and wrapping the man’s wounds.

Just as she was about to take out the blood-soaked cloth strips to discard them, crackling sounds came from outside.

It seemed like a group of people had burst in.

A voice came from downstairs: “Search every corner of the inn. We absolutely cannot let him escape. The master has ordered that we must take his head back to report.”

“Yes!”

Many black-clothed people emerged in the inn, holding long swords, searching every corner of the establishment.

Several black-clothed men rushed to the second floor, searching room by room.

They disturbed all the lodgers.

“Who are you people?”

“Why are you searching my things? Who exactly are you?”

They turned the Tiansha Inn completely upside down!

Ji Yunshu stood inside the door, looking back at the person on the bed. It seemed the black-clothed people outside were looking for him.

In the current situation, Ji Yunshu could only think quickly. She hurriedly blew out the candle in the room, covered the person on the bed with a quilt, and was just about to lie down on the bed as camouflage.

But two figures suddenly appeared outside the door.

They pounded on it forcefully!

“Open the door!”

Ji Yunshu held her breath, terrified that those people would actually burst in.

The black-clothed people outside, seeing the door remain closed, were about to kick it open.

Yao Niang’s voice suddenly rang out: “Who dares to cause such chaos and harm people in my Tiansha Inn!”

The people standing outside the door asked, “Have you seen an injured person come in?”

“Haven’t seen any injured person, only you bunch of things who don’t know life from death.”

“What did you say?”

“Ha!” Yao Niang’s delicate appearance suddenly turned fierce, her eyes full of killing intent. She pulled out a hairpin from her head and used it to pin up the hair hanging on both sides. “This old lady hasn’t made a move in a long time. Today I’ll loosen up my muscles and let you know that my Tiansha Inn is not to be trifled with.”

With that, her body lightly leaped before the two black-clothed men. Grabbing one person’s arm, she pulled hard and kicked him down from the second floor.

The other black-clothed man was also seized with her other hand and similarly kicked down to the first floor.

Yao Niang ordered her inn’s waiters: “Fellows, bring out your best skills. Make sure these people can enter but not leave.”

“Yes!”

Unexpectedly, those waiters were like Yao Niang—all keeping their abilities hidden. Each one was a top-tier expert.

The group of black-clothed people were all surrounded.

The lodgers staying at the inn all gathered on the second floor to watch.

Hearing the sounds of fighting outside, Ji Yunshu quickly hid the blood-soaked cloth strips under the bed, then pushed open the door and walked to the railing to look down.

She saw Yao Niang leading her people in a bloody fight with that group of black-clothed men.

The black-clothed men were also all top-tier experts!

Neither side gained any advantage.

Luoyang crowded at the railing’s edge, as if watching a theatrical performance. Holding a steamed bun in his hand, he shouted loudly toward those below: “Fight! Fight harder!”

Xiao Ba was equally enthusiastic, shouting along with him: “Fight, fight!”

Truly worthy of being brothers!

They really loved watching the excitement without fearing things would escalate.

Yao Niang’s martial arts were quite good. Those black-clothed men couldn’t gain the upper hand. Instead, she seized an opportunity to snatch a long sword from one black-clothed man’s hand and turned to thrust it forward.

Just as the long sword was about to pierce the black-clothed man’s throat, in that instant—

Someone suddenly jumped in from outside the door, leaping directly before Yao Niang and kicking the sword away.

The force was tremendous. Yao Niang’s wrist suddenly ached sharply. Her palm loosened and the sword fell to the ground.

The man who suddenly appeared was also dressed entirely in black, except his face wore half a black mask—very mysterious.

At that moment, Ji Yunshu’s eyes suddenly widened.

Her mind roared thunderously.

Although the man wore a mask, those eyes wouldn’t deceive anyone!

Too familiar!

So familiar that even in her dreams she could clearly trace the contours of those eyes.

Her hand gripping the railing involuntarily tightened.

Moisture filled her eyes!

It felt as if a raging fire was burning in her heart. That sensation made the blood in her entire body boil.

And this scene was just witnessed by Luoyang.

He thought to himself: What’s wrong with that woman?

Could she be frightened?

Well… being frightened is good too, serves her right for having such a venomous heart!

The masked man below, seeing the situation was unfavorable, quickly ordered: “Retreat!”

And he leaped out.

Upon receiving the order, those dozen or so black-clothed men all withdrew as well.

Yao Niang’s people were about to pursue, but she stopped them: “No need to chase. Right now there’s a sandstorm outside. Don’t risk going out to your deaths.”

“But what if that group comes back?”

“Then we’ll catch one and kill one, catch two and kill a pair.” Yao Niang said.

Ji Yunshu recklessly ran downstairs, rushing toward the door outside.

But Yao Niang grabbed her and pulled her back: “Miss, are you mad? If you go out now, the wind and sand outside will swallow you alive.”

“Let me go, let me go!” Her eyes reddening, she struggled desperately.

She couldn’t let him leave again, she couldn’t!

Yao Niang held her firmly, having the staff quickly close the door.

“Let me go!” Ji Yunshu’s tone carried pleading.