Xiaoyao buried her head in his solid chest, shook her head slightly, and said:
"I didn't expect him to detain Anian and me, and even less did I expect you and Rushou to make such a grand display, going as far as using bombs from the Qigong Kingdom. I even shot an arrow right at his chest. Since things have already reached the point of a complete fallout, what was the use of keeping up pretense? It's just that I moved a step too quickly; my perspective was simply too narrow to keep up with Lord Xiangliu's pace."
"What perspective? The moment I received Cang Xuan's sound bead, I immediately guessed he would detain you both. How did you phrase it earlier when he dared to snatch you from me? Didn't you say a beloved man is permitted a fit of furious rage?"
Chapter 228