However, there was no way Xie Lanying would let Ning Shoukai escape quite so easily. Without another word, she immediately lunged at him, her wooden practice sword whistling through the air.
Ning Shoukai had no choice but to draw his own weapon to defend himself. This kind of chaotic situation had happened many times before, and it usually ended the same way.
Xie Jingguo, who was just then rushing into the courtyard, stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the sight of Xie Lanying systematically beating Ning Shoukai up. There was something important he had wanted to discuss with his cousin, but seeing her in this mood, he decided that his business could definitely wait. Right now, his primary instinct told him to run away before he was noticed. Otherwise... Things might not end well for his own physical well-being.
"Where do you think you are going, Jingguo? Come in here." Xie Lanying called out, not even needing to look in his direction to know he was there.
