In the cold autumn weather, there were still a few people wandering outside.
The Yang family's villa was brightly lit. Several bodyguards were guarding the door to a room on the second floor.
In the silence, a man walked quietly up the stairs.
The bodyguards, who were originally a little sleepy, were startled. When they saw the stranger, they raised their guard. "Who are you?"
"A newcomer, also here to guard the young miss." The man held a cigarette in his mouth and handed another cigarette to one of the bodyguards. They did not suspect anything. After all, it was not easy for anyone to sneak into the Yang residence without being noticed.
Yang Xi, who had been observing the situation outside, finally saw an opportunity. She stuck her head out of the window and slowly climbed down.
"Oh no, the young miss has run away!"
"Quickly, go and inform the Second Young Master!"
A sharp scream rang out, and Yang Xi fell off the wall in a panic.
She quickly got up and started running.
Yang Xi could hear somebody chasing after her. She had already determined her route fo escape, and she desperately tried to quicken her pace.
When she heard the sound of a dog barking behind her, she felt nervous, and her body trembled.
"Ah!"
Yang Xi's feet slipped, and she fell into a hot spring.
She hurriedly held her breath and hoped that the water would mask her scent from the dogs.
Even if the water masked her scent, she didn't know how long she could hold her breath.
In her despair, she saw a pair of straight legs appear on the hot spring. They belonged to a man.
Young Master An held the leash to his pet dog in his hand. He glanced at the people keenly searching for something along the spring and faintly smiled.
"What's going on?"
The search party ran towards him with their flashlights and tracking dogs. The dogs caught An Shaosi's attention. He wondered how they would compare to his Tibetan Mastiff.
"An Shaosi?"
The Yang family's butler recognized him, but he was not aware that An Shaosi had recently moved into the scenic villa neighboring the Yang family.
"An Shaosi, have you seen our young miss?"
Yang Xi's nerves tensed up. She was afraid that he would expose her. She had not expected to be hiding in An Shaosi's territory.
"I saw her."
An Shaosi's casual words made Yang Xi tense up, but then, she heard him laugh. "She went that way."
An Shaosi casually pointed to his left. Although the butler was skeptical, he still led his men to chase after her.
After they were gone, Yang Xi gasped for air as she rushed out of the water. -
"Yo! Miss Yang, what a coincidence." An Shaosi had an ambiguous smile on his face.
Yang Xi came out of the hot spring with her entire body wet. Even in such a sorry state, she could help but smile. "Thank you."
An Shaosi's eyes lit up. Yang Xi had always been cold towards him.
Now that he had helped her, he had finally seen her smile at him.
"You want to leave?"
An Shaosi looked in the direction he had led the men and smiled slowly. "Those people don't seem to have gone far.
"What do you want to do?"
The sound of the barking dogs was still ringing in Yang Xi's ears. She gritted her teeth and looked at An Shaosi in horror.
D*mn it! She could feel her impression of him changing.
"Come here."
An Shaosi narrowed his eyes and sat at the side. The collar of his white shirt was opened, and he gave off an ambiguous aura. Yang Xi's entire body was on alert.
"Aren't you coming? I purposely led them in the wrong direction. I believe that your housekeeper will come back soon to interrogate me."
An Shaosi did not panic. Just as he had said, they heard the butler and his search party making their way back to the spring.