[Severe OOC + 1v1 + Two People Transmigrate + Journey to the West-era Tang Dynasty setting + A proud, dazzling, uninhibited woman / A carefree, unrestrained, clear-eyed, composed man]
The desert wind was fierce that day, fierce enough that the mute man went to rescue the missing Wu Xie and Hua Ye.
Fierce enough that Hei Xiazi thought his eyes were deceiving him. Otherwise, how could that heartless woman have appeared again? Hadn't she entered the Bronze Gate? She'd even drugged the mute man and left no note for Xiazi, making him go to her tomb to give her a piece of his mind. Then she disappeared. That woman really has no heart.
Hei Xiazi stood with his arms crossed up ahead, not caring whether Li Shu, riding a horse, would run him over.
Three meters away, Li Shu reined in her horse and looked down at Hei Xiazi. “Long time no see.”
Hei Xiazi rubbed the back of his teeth and gave a false smile. “Your Highness, where have you been? If you were off to make a fortune, why not bring Xiazi along? You've really hurt my feelings.”
Hearing his tone, Li Shu pushed back her hat and veil, looked straight at Hei Xiazi, and smiled. “How could I forget? I've been thinking of you all along.” With that, she lifted Hei Xiazi onto her horse with one hand. Then she said to Zhang Qiling, who was standing nearby, “Xiao Ge, I'm taking Xiazi for a ride.”
“Hyah!”
Their figures vanished among the dunes...
Xiazi: “Calling you by your name always feels too formal. Why don't you tell me your courtesy name? It feels more intimate to use that.”
Shu: “Hei Xiazi, don't tell me you don't know what it means for a woman to tell an unrelated man her courtesy name.”
Xiazi: “So, will you tell me?”
Shu looked at Xiazi for a few seconds, then turned and walked away. A trace of disappointment flashed across Xiazi's face as he remained where he was.
Three seconds later: “Chenghui.”
Li Shu, courtesy name Chenghui, Princess Ningchang, Guardian of the State, Lady of Beichen
