Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 166 Possessed

It was not known whether it was because the pain awakened her reason or because Tang Jingchen's words were full of dangerous warnings, but Xiao Guoer couldn't help but look at the Eighth Prince's face.

After seeing this, the few remaining conscious moments in her mind almost came back to her, and a chill surged from the bottom of her heart.

The Eighth Prince's face turned ashen, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he stared at her with an almost ferocious look, as if he was a vicious beast that could bar its fangs and bite off her fragile neck at any time!

Then, a voice without a trace of warmth, cold enough to freeze one's bones, slowly sounded, "You said, this is wrong, Your Majesty?"

Xiao Guoer instinctively felt the impending danger, which made her instantly alert. Without needing anyone else to help her, she pinched her thigh hard. The sharp pain made tears flash in her eyes and her mind became clearer.

She tried her best to make her expression look sincere and her voice was extremely humble. "Your Highness! How could you be wrong? This must not be what I said! I must have been possessed by some dirty thing! I am possessed by evil spirits! Please understand, Your Highness. I have always admired you, just like a cattail looking up at the sky. How dare I have the slightest disrespect for you?!"

Shen Jing and Tang Jingchen both had indescribable expressions on their faces, silently watching Xiao Guoer putting on a show that was like acting.

Maybe it was Xiao Guo'er's miserable and pitiful expression that made the Eighth Prince's hard heart sympathize, but after listening to her nonsense, the cold lines on his face softened unexpectedly, and he said with a half-smile, "Oh? Possessed by a dirty thing? That's a fresh excuse. Do you want me to find some monks and Taoist priests to exorcise the evil spirits for you?"

The tone sounded mocking and threatening, which was completely different from the expression on his face.

Xiao Guoer forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, and said with two dry laughs, "I dare not trouble Your Majesty to worry about me. I am much better now, and my IQ has returned to normal."

Just when the three were unsure of the Eighth Prince's attitude, they heard the Eighth Prince snort coldly, then turned and left.

Shen Jing was surprised and hurried to catch up.

Before Xiao Guoer and Tang Jingchen could catch their breath, they heard the deep voice coming from the front again, "Catch up!"

Xiao Guoer's body, which was about to relax, suddenly tensed up. She quickly moved her stiff legs and trotted to catch up.

Tang Jingchen naturally knew that the Eighth Prince's words were directed at Xiao Guoer only, and he could not follow them. He looked at the three people in front of him who were getting farther and farther away, took a long breath, and turned away silently.

He will be able to leave Huaiyang City tomorrow. When he returns to Shangjing City and marries Xiaoguoer home, he won't have to worry every day like he does now.

Xiao Guoer followed the Eighth Prince and Shen Jing. After walking for a while, her mind seemed to become confused again.

In the dim light of the lanterns in the corridor, she stepped heavily and hatefully on the shadow of the person in front of her - the Eighth Prince.

Humph, I'll let you scare me! I'll step on your head, your chest, your legs...

She didn’t know whether she walked too fast or the person in front of her walked too slow, but she bumped into a hard back!

"Ouch!"

Xiao Guoer staggered back a step, steadied herself, and quickly bowed to the broad, hard back with a sad face and apologized, "Eighth Prince, I'm sorry, my eyesight is not good, I didn't mean to offend you, please forgive me."

Zhao Yunrong listened to the noise behind him, suppressed his anger, glanced sideways at the person behind him who was about to cry, and felt his forehead aching from anger.

"You go ahead!"

"Oh." Xiao Guoer obediently walked in front of the Eighth Prince like a quail.

Next, her pace became obviously much faster than before, as if she was afraid that if she walked too slowly she would block the steps of the people behind her.

As a result, when she reached the threshold of a corridor where light and dark alternated, because of the dim light and her uneasy mind, she was not careful and tripped on the threshold which was an inch above the ground.

"Ah!" She screamed and closed her eyes in fear, ready to face the rough and hard ground.

However, unexpectedly, the clothes on the back of her neck suddenly tightened, and she felt like a chick being pinched by the neck, and her whole body was lifted up.

Because her footing was unstable, she was carried by someone and her body leaned backwards. She leaned against the person behind her involuntarily, and then she stood up quickly as if she had been electrocuted.

"Thank you, Eighth Prince, for your help. This saved me from the humiliation of falling and making a fool of myself."

Zhao Yunrong frowned, loosened his hand that was covering his collar, and said in a somewhat unhappy tone, "Don't you even know how to walk? Follow me!"

"Yes." Facts speak louder than words. In such a short distance, she had encountered two problems. Xiao Guoer had no way to refute or explain herself, so she could only agree dejectedly.

Then the two of them walked forward side by side, with Shen Jing slightly behind.

Zhao Yunrong glanced at the person beside him out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt an indescribable throbbing in his heart.

The moment he leaned on him just now, an imperceptible sweet fragrance mixed with the aroma of wine wafted into his nose, but it was fleeting.

At this moment, this faint sweet fragrance wafted over from the person beside me again.

Zhao Yunrong's black eyelashes trembled slightly, but in the dim light, the surging emotions in her eyes were not obvious.

Only he knew how much he despised the sudden thought in his mind: Are you crazy? How could you have such thoughts about a man? It's ridiculous!

The more he tried to suppress the strange emotional fluctuations in his heart, the more he felt the faint sweet fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose, making his emotions even more difficult to control.

He suddenly quickened his pace, trying to get rid of the distracting sweet scent.

The person next to him seemed not to have expected his sudden quick pace. After being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly trotted to catch up with him until they were walking shoulder to shoulder with him again.

Zhao Yunrong listened to the chaotic breathing beside him, and the restlessness in his heart subsided a little in an instant. He unconsciously curled the corners of his lips and stopped speeding up his pace, allowing the distracting light sweet fragrance to linger around his nose and penetrate every pore.

At the end of this road is the Eighth Prince's courtyard, and Xiao Guoer's room is in front of the Eighth Prince's courtyard.

When she finally saw her room, Xiao Guoer finally relaxed.

Huh, they are finally here. No one knows what is wrong with this Eighth Prince. Sometimes he walks fast, sometimes he walks slow. She can’t walk in peace even when following him. She feels very stressed!

"Your humble servant respectfully sends off the Eighth Prince." Xiao Guoer stood outside her door and bowed.

Finally she can be free, she is so tired!