"What could I possibly do, Sister Baojia?" Ba Shu chuckled, still embracing her waist with a lecherous grin. "I'm just inviting you to my home for a visit, that's all."
Chen Baojia's eyes bulged. She never expected Ba Shu to be so brazen, daring to do something like this in broad daylight.
"No, no way," Chen Baojia forced a smile. "I... I still need to return to Dragon Flame City. My father is... is still waiting for me at home to hear about this trip's situation."
Ba Shu suddenly tightened his grip on her waist, lifted her directly, and leaped onto his flying beast, laughing heartily. "No rush, Sister Baojia. Look at how dirty you are right now. Come on, big brother will take you somewhere to clean up."
Chen Baojia was anxious, angry, embarrassed, and annoyed. She furiously hammered Ba Shu's shoulders with her fists, sharply saying, "How dare you be so presumptuous with me? My father won't let you get away with this!"
Ba Shu wasn't intimidated by her harsh words. He laughed, "Don't worry, once we're family, there won't be so many rights and wrongs, hahaha."
Chen Baojia was so enraged she nearly fainted, almost screaming, "Who's family with you?!"
This was truly a savage! Chen Baojia was in a panic, watching herself being carried away on the man's flying beast, flying towards an unknown direction.
At first, Chen Baojia thought Ba Shu was just joking with her, but after flying for a long time, her heart began to sink, bit by bit.
Looking at Ba Shu, was he actually planning to abduct her and take her back with him?
What to do? She had to calm down, calm down!
Chen Baojia kept chanting to herself, but her clear-headedness only lasted for an instant.
When Ba Shu flew away from the Divine Hall's back mountain with her, to prevent her from causing trouble and escaping along the way, he simply force-fed her a sleeping pill...
These days, Qiao Mu was quite comfortable at the academy.
With no one causing trouble, Master Qiao Qiao felt quite at ease.
When she had nothing to do, she would go into seclusion to cultivate, summoning the Startling Thunder Sword from her Consciousness Abyss and practicing with it for a period.
After a few more days, once things settled down, everyone noticed that Heavenly Fate, this time, had lowered its banners and didn't take the opportunity to attack the Royal Academy.
Perhaps it was because Dean Yun Piaomiao was overseeing the academy.
Qiao Mu and the others waited two more days, and when they found that all was calm and nothing had happened, they collectively requested leave from the Dean, planning to return to Dragon Flame City the next day.
Mu Estate
"Eldest Young Lady is back, Eldest Young Lady is back!" The joyous voices of the servants echoed all the way into Mu Qingya's Gilt Courtyard.
Mu Qingya paused upon hearing this, then quickly put down her teacup and walked to the doorway with a smile. "Xuan'er, why are you back so early?"
Mu Rou Xuan stepped into the door with a cold expression, clenching her fists.
Mu Qingya looked behind her. "Xuan'er, where's your elder brother?"
"Don't mention him!!" Mu Rou Xuan roared with a face full of anger, scaring the surrounding maids into lowering their heads in unison.
Mu Qingya's expression subtly changed, and she turned to glance at Granny Qiu beside her.
Granny Qiu quickly understood, waved her hand, and had the servants in the room retreat one by one.
"Xuan'er, what's wrong with you? How can you have such an attitude towards your elder brother?" Mu Qingya said with displeasure.
"She's not my elder brother, she's Qiao Mu's elder brother!" Mu Rou Xuan shouted angrily. "Mother, do you know how she treated me in the secret realm?"