Chapter 4: Grab the Oranges *
The wind grew colder as tension crackled between the two girls. The forest, though still filled with the sounds of distant beasts and rustling leaves, seemed to hold its breath.
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Li Yao, standing tall in her orange robes, narrowed her eyes.
She scoffed coldly, her gaze sharpening into a death glare that stabbed through the mocking words of the green-robed girl.
Meng Hao, still a short distance away, watched the confrontation unfold with narrowed eyes. Thoughts flickered through his mind like lightning.
"Engagement broken, a genius in the past... and Li family? Why does this give the feeling of a protagonist?"
"And since I’m in a female-dominated world, could it be... the protagonist is also female?"
His eyes twitched slightly.
"So I’m currently in the position of a jade beauty getting saved by the protagonist?!"
Before he could ponder that absurd thought further—
Ding!