I’m Competing With The Male Lead For A Woman[Gl] Chapter 64: You approached my flower

In the blink of an eye, dozens of figures suddenly flew over the wall and attacked the backyard.

Due to the arrival of the crown prince at the mansion tonight, there were more guards than usual.

Choosing such a time to assassinate Xiao Jin was either extremely foolish or well-prepared.

The sound of the whistle became more and more piercing and intermittent, as if it was about to stop.

Although Xiao Jin had martial arts to protect herself, she still felt a headache, let alone the soldiers guarding outside the courtyard.

However, those guards were her confidants. At this time, they still walked into the courtyard under the sharp whistle, drew their weapons, and protected the three people by the stone table tightly.

Listening to the whistle, Xiao Jin covered her ears and looked down at the feather arrow that fell to the ground.

Seeing the bright red tail of the arrow, she remembered the original setting and blurted out, “It’s Blood Rain Pavilion’s arrow.”

According to the usual internet novel routine, after she said this, a black-clad expert from Blood Rain Pavilion would appear and stand on the eaves, grinning and saying, “Hahaha, Your Highness Yan has a good eye. Today, Blood Rain Pavilion will take your life!”

However, to Xiao Jin’s surprise, such a scene did not appear.

What followed was only a cold and killing arrow rain.

It can be seen that the arrow rain was only the first wave of attacks.

Although the whistle was chaotic, making it difficult for everyone to concentrate, the strength of the guards was enough to resist those red arrows.

Therefore, such a move is not wise.

Not only can they not kill her, but they will also expose the specific location of the archers.

Xiao Jin frowned and stared at everything. She always felt that with the means of Blood Rain Pavilion in the original work, they should not be unable to think clearly about this.

Taking advantage of the guards’ sword slashing to break the arrows, she quickly scanned the outside of the courtyard and quickly locked onto the locations of several archers.

Then she raised her sleeve and pulled out a steel blade.

“Swish -“

The arrow was as fast as lightning and swiftly entered the trees outside the courtyard.

In the darkness, a figure fell heavily to the ground.

Then blood flowed from the throat, soaking the floor.

This was Xiao Jin’s first real murder.

However, the sky was dark, and the candles were dim. She could not see the dead body’s appearance and the expression on the archer’s face.

But she actually didn’t need to look. She knew that the other party must have sprayed blood because the arrow had entered the throat and caused death.

 The night wind was gentle, but there was no change in Xiao Jin’s expression.This was the plum blossom sleeve arrow given to her by Jue Ge, with six hidden arrows in the box. 

 She raised her hand again, and several arrows shot out from her sleeve in succession.Xiao Jin’s heart did not hesitate, and her wrist did not tremble even a bit.If someone wanted to kill her or hurt those around her, then they could go die. 

The crown prince’s face, however, showed surprise. He didn’t seem to expect that even if Xiao Jin was sitting in a wheelchair with her legs useless, she was still merciless and deadly in her actions.

Yin Zhu and Zi Ling were not surprised at Xiao Jin’s decisiveness. In their eyes, their master was always resolute in battle. 

 At the same time, they drew their soft swords and flew to find the positions of the other archers. But as soon as their feet touched the high wall, they saw a crimson figure wandering in the moonlight. 

 Chu Shao’s smile was gentle and elegant, and her movements were extremely graceful. As her sleeves fluttered, her steps were leisurely and relaxed, as if she were dancing in the moonlight. But in the next moment, a short blade flashed in her hand. Before the archer could even put an arrow on the string, a hole appeared in his neck. 

 Blood spurted out, but Chu Shao had been cautious this time and managed to avoid it by tilting her body slightly. She looked at her second target, who had quickly hidden himself, and sighed helplessly. “Hiding like this is not a good thing. After all, I haven’t had a chance to drink the warm wine yet.”

The archer was hiding behind the tree, wearing a blood-red mask. 

 Although Chu Shao’s words didn’t make much sense, he somehow understood what she meant.

—This person wanted to find them all as quickly as possible, just because she wanted to drink warm wine, not cold. To say such things in front of the most mysterious and ruthless organization in the martial arts world was too arrogant and presumptuous. 

 However, when the archer lowered his head and saw the short blade in his throat, he felt that the other party might have the ability to back up her words. 

 Such speed, such a fast sword. Then the blood-red mask fell to the ground, and he became a corpse, lying on the cold floor.

 … 

 Chu Shao was not the only witness to this scene. At this moment, there was a person standing on the purple wisteria trellis. 

 His expression was extremely indifferent, just quietly watching everything that was happening inside and outside the small courtyard. It was strange, he stood so high and his figure was quite slender, but no one noticed him. 

 He was hidden among the shallow purple waterfall, without a sword or a knife. 

He looked at Chu Shao outside the courtyard, his brow furrowed slightly, just casually plucking a flower leaf and tossing it towards her. 

 Although Chu Shao had found a better pastime than killing, the hilt of the short blade brushed against the wound in her palm, and a joyful smile couldn’t help but appear on her lips. 

 She was too excited at this moment, so much so that she forgot about her surroundings, as if she didn’t know she was in the midst of swords and knives. 

 When Chu Shao turned around, she saw the flower leaf carrying a strong sword intent.  She was slightly stunned. Because she felt it was too late, she probably couldn’t avoid this blow.

The person standing on the flower trellis was also stunned. He had never engaged in sneak attacks from behind in his life, let alone with such obvious killing intent. 

He thought the other party would definitely be able to detect it. Who knew this person was distracted. He was somewhat annoyed, but also somewhat regretful. 

 However, when he saw Chu Shao’s face, his regret suddenly turned into another emotion.

His face turned pale in an instant, and even his lips were trembling: “No, how could it be her…”

At the same time, Xiao Jin also saw all of this.

The original owner had strong perceptual abilities, so she had actually noticed the other person’s presence when he plucked the flower leaves.

But everything was too fast.

At the moment when the person plucked the flower leaves, Xiao Jin suddenly thought of a few sentences she had seen in a book.

Shen Lang, the top swordsman of Da Yao, is unique in the world with his self-created Feiliu swordsmanship.

He can blend sword techniques into picking flowers and leaves, taking people’s lives.

Watching the flower leaves attacking Chu Shao, Xiao Jin’s breathing suddenly stopped for a moment.

The quiver was already empty, and she couldn’t possibly be faster than Shen Lang’s moves.

Her mind went blank.

Even before that leaf had approached Chu Shao’s body, she had already felt a piercing pain.

That kind of pain was a bodily reaction in advance, and Xiao Jin couldn’t avoid it at all. Blood also spilled uncontrollably from her lips.

At the same time, she moved her lips and shouted in a trembling voice, “Chu Shao—”

This was the first time Xiao Jin had called Chu Shao’s name.

Then the voice abruptly stopped.

Because while everyone was staring at Chu Shao with bated breath, she smiled and reached out her hand.

With a turn of her wrist, she gently caught the flower leaf.

…

Caught it?

Everyone was stunned.

Even the swordsman standing on the flower trellis was gaping at this scene, completely unable to believe his eyes.

Chu Shao seemed unaware of the fear and trepidation of the onlookers, as she gently pinched the green leaf and continued to smile softly.

Given the situation a moment ago, she had not had time to dodge the flying leaf.

So she had no intention of dodging it at all.

She raised her hand and caught the leaf as gently as she would any ordinary flower petal.

Pinching the soft flower leaf with her fingertips, the surging killing intent gradually subsided in her hand, becoming unusually obedient.

A stunning killing move was easily resolved in this way.

Chu Shao had a faint smile on her face and no inner turmoil, but she regretted the flower petal that the swordsman had broken off.

After all, it had not yet had a chance to bloom and had forfeited its life.

Although she was not a lover of flowers, the pleasure in her heart was somewhat diminished when she thought about this and looked at Xiao Jin’s pale face.

Her inner dissatisfaction was reflected in her tone when she said, “Actually, I have been taking care of these flowers for a long time.”

Seeing that Chu Shao was unharmed, Xiao Jin finally managed to stuff her heart back down where it belonged.

In the middle of stuffing it down, however, she discovered that Chu Shao didn’t seem to care about her own life and death, but rather seemed to be more concerned with the life or death of a flower.

She suddenly felt a bit remorseful.

Chu Shao did not notice Xiao Jin’s strangeness.

With a smile on her lips, she softly said to the person on the flower trellis, “You are not someone who treasures flowers, so naturally you don’t know that taking care of a small flower is not an easy task.”

“At sunny times, you can’t let it get too much sunlight, and on cloudy days, you fear that the rain and dew will bend its waist. After all, the little flowers in this courtyard are fragile and proud, and yet they bloom so beautifully.”

The person still only stared at Chu Shao without turning their gaze, remaining silent for a long time before asking, “And then?”

Chu Shao answered softly, “And then you came close to my flower and broke it off.”

She lifted the flower leaf in her hand and said to the person, “Since you broke off my flower and gave it to me as a gift, then I should return something to you as well.”

From afar, the person standing on the flower trellis seemed to have already guessed Chu Shao’s identity.

He realized that he had probably been tricked into taking on a difficult task, but still calmly asked, “What do you want to return to me?”

“I know that you are not Shen Lang, and you have not understood the essence of the Fei Liu swordsmanship, so your moves are not enough to hurt me.”

Chu Shao casually picked a elm leaf and smiled at the swordsman before throwing the leaf out and saying, “So my gift to you is…to return to you the true Fei Liu swordsmanship.”

“I hope you will accept it.”

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Author’s note: Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or watered me with nutrient solution between 2022-03-22 23:59:34~2022-03-23 23:59:28.

Translator’s note: Ugh~~ Prepare your tissues~

TO BE CONTINUE…