Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 172 Is Wolf Owl concerned about her?

He chuckled and said, "When I conquer the Central Plains one day, I will naturally go and take a look."

Song Yi pursed her lips and remained silent.

He won't conquer the Central Plains; Jiang Lanye and his group will have to defeat them first.

The two returned to their tent. Song Yi intended to rest, but unexpectedly, a maidservant suddenly entered with a basin of warm water and said softly, "Wash your hands."

Song Yi glanced at Lang Xiao, who looked slightly uncomfortable and frowned as he said:

"Your hands are too dirty."

After carefully washing himself, Song Yi squinted at the wolf owl.

She noticed that Wolfowl's attitude towards her was different from the first day, which was a good thing. At the very least, it meant that she could tentatively offer some opinions that weren't too unreasonable.

"May I take a shower?"

Song Yi said directly.

He frowned and asked in a deep voice, "You want to run away?"

Song Yi shrugged. "Where can I run to? Besides, I can't keep not bathing, or I'll smell bad."

Wolf Owl stared intently at Song Yi with his sharp eyes, trying to find some flaw in her expression, but he found nothing. Song Yi simply looked back at him calmly and openly.

"Yes, but you must have at least four maids watching over you."

Song Yi seemed completely unconcerned, saying, "It doesn't matter."

So she took a clean set of clothes and was led by six maids to a special bathing place.

She casually took off her clothes and immersed herself in the hot water. The hot water surrounding her seemed to be gently massaging her tense muscles and bones. This was the first time she had relaxed since being abducted here.

Song Yi leaned against the wooden tub and couldn't help but ponder it seriously.

Actually, she wasn't stupid. She could vaguely sense that Wolf Owl was interested in her. This interest might be because of her appearance, or it might be because of her identity, but none of that mattered.

After all, this interest cannot yet be called liking.

However, because she had experienced so much, Song Yi almost forgot that when she first transmigrated to this world, she was still able to rise to the challenge when faced with the tasks given to her by the system. Back then, Jiang Lanye was much more terrifying than the current Wolf Owl.

If she was able to complete the mission back then, perhaps she can do the same against the Wolf Owl this time.
Looking at the maids standing around, Song Yi asked directly, "Besides the maids who serve your young master, are there no other women around him?"

The group was taken aback, and naturally understood what Song Yi was asking.

"No, our young master rarely comes into contact with women."

Song Yi raised an eyebrow.

"You are the first woman who has aroused the young master's interest."

After saying this, she pursed her lips and looked at Song Yi with a particularly complicated expression, it was hard to tell whether it was jealousy or wariness.

Hearing this, Song Yi made up her mind.

After she finished bathing and got dressed, her wet hair was draped over her shoulders.

At this moment, Ashina Wolf Owl was lying on a low couch, resting with his eyes closed.

He is very busy, but he doesn't like to use his brain. Whenever there's a problem, he just leads his troops to solve it, so he always expends a lot of physical energy and just wants to sleep at night.

Song Yi walked over and gently sat down beside him, staring straight at him.

Wolf Owl sensed something, opened his eyes, and saw Song Yi's exceptionally pretty face. He asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"

Is the wound on your arm healed?

As Song Yi spoke, she reached out to tentatively touch the wound. Wolf Owl tensed up instantly, sat up abruptly, and grabbed Song Yi's wrist tightly.

At this moment, Song Yi's black hair was still dripping with water. She casually tied it up, and a few strands of wet hair clung to her snow-white neck.

"what are you up to?"

"I just wanted to see how your injury was."

He scoffed, "No good intentions."

Song Yi didn't insist anymore, but kept a small distance between herself and Lang Xiao. She turned her head to look at him and asked, "Are you going to rest now? Can you talk to me for a bit?"

Wolf Owl fell silent.

He really couldn't understand what this woman from the Central Plains was trying to do. She had no sense of being a prisoner at all. Just yesterday, he had held a sharp curved knife to her neck, but he never expected her to dare to approach him today.

"what do you want to say?"

Song Yi opened her eyes, which were as bright as stars, and looked at him curiously, asking, "Someone as brave and skilled in battle as you must have suffered many injuries, right? Doesn't it hurt?"

"You care about me?"

Song Yi narrowed his eyes and deliberately said, "No, I'm just curious. Besides, you clearly have an injury on your arm, so how were you able to draw such a heavy bow today?"

She thought that someone like Wolf Owl, who grew up on the grasslands, had an extremely strong competitive spirit, and would be extremely proud of even the unintentional praise from others.

As soon as he finished speaking, he took off his shirt, revealing his well-built upper body.

He casually showed it to Song Yi, pointing to a deep and heavy scar on his chest, and said, "This is an injury I sustained when I was a child. It was from a lamb I was raising that was stolen by someone. I rushed up and fought with that person, but I was slashed and seriously injured."

Song Yi didn't actually care about his past at all, but for now she could only pretend to be surprised.

"You rescued the lamb?"

"It's natural."

Song Yi looked at him strangely and asked, "Is it worth it for a sheep?"

“Those are things I’ve always believed in. From childhood to adulthood, the people or things I’ve believed in are things I must protect and must protect.”

He seemed a little proud, pointing to the various scars on his body and explaining them for a long time.

Song Yi's gaze was direct and unwavering as it fell upon him.

His heart was so close to hers that if she had a sharp dagger in her hand, she could pierce it completely.
However, once she kills Wolf Owl, she will definitely not be able to escape alive.

So now is not the time.

Song Yi's gaze was too direct and intense. Even the usually uninhibited Wolf Owl found it hard to resist. He awkwardly draped his clothes over himself and couldn't help but say:

"Are you really from the Central Plains? I've never seen anyone so bold."

An ordinary woman, upon seeing his bare back, would have turned away in embarrassment long ago.

Song Yi slowly withdrew her gaze.

Wolf Owl had no idea that the look in her eyes just now was a calculation of how to kill him in one fatal blow.

"Who told you that women from the Central Plains are necessarily timid and shy?"

She said calmly.

Wolf Owl chuckled: "You're right. Even the maids around me rarely have someone like you. You're truly special."

Song Yi did not miss the fleeting fervent light in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)