My Arrogant Young Lady

“Okay, An Yao will definitely do her best to tutor you.” An Yao said earnestly.

Seeing An Yao's serious expression, I couldn't help but laugh. I usually only interact with ordinary people. I've never seen a girl like An Yao before.

No matter what, whether An Yao is joking, teasing me, or angry with me, she always looks serious. Just like yesterday, she was talking to Zhang Xuan, and because her expression was so serious, Zhang Xuan thought she was really being sarcastic, so she couldn't hold back her hurt feelings and cried.

If I didn't know her, I might have been misled by her serious demeanor many times.

Looking at my little sister with affection, I couldn't help but hug her petite body and say, "An Yao, how can you be so cute? I love you to death."

"I'm cute?" An Yao looked at me in surprise.

"Yes, I like the way you look when you're serious," I said.

"Hehe, maybe you haven't seen Third Sister. Once you see her, you'll know what a serious girl is like," An Yao said.

"Third sister?" I asked in surprise.

"Young Master, Third Sister is the sixth daughter of our Wang family. Once you see her, you'll know what a serious girl is." The driver, Di Huo, looked disgusted.

"How serious is she?" I asked.

"He's serious enough to make you want to vomit blood." After saying that, Di Huo couldn't help but shiver.

Seeing the fire like this, I knew how terrifying my third sister was. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that apart from Wang Che, An Yao and Wang Huan are both quite serious. An Yao is serious in her expression and in her work, and so is Wang Huan. He was especially serious when he was poisoning me, and the last time I saw him, he was wearing a white shirt, looking meticulous.

It seems they've all become accustomed to the constraints of their family rules, making them much more mature than their peers, but also causing them to lose the innocence and naivety that children should have.

Compared to them, I sometimes feel like their younger brother.

With a thud, Chun'er, who was sitting next to us, suddenly fainted. Then, her entire body quickly turned purple.

It was already noon, and the cafeteria was bustling with noise. Seeing one of us faint, many students immediately looked over. Our expressions changed drastically. We surrounded Chun'er, none of us daring to eat what was in front of us. Hurricane quickly helped Chun'er up, then immediately checked her pulse and said, "It's Manjusaka, another poison specially made by the Second Young Master."

"Manjusaka?" My expression changed slightly upon hearing Hurricane's words.

“Yes. This poison is even more potent than the Wizard of Oz. After ingesting it, one will immediately feel their blood turn ice-cold, and their entire body will become as hard as ice. And this poison contains a plant ingredient, which the second young master said is called Lycoris radiata,” Hurricane said.

"Manjusaka? Isn't that the red spider lily?" Zhang Xuan, who had been following us since morning, exclaimed in surprise upon hearing what Hurricane said.

"Perhaps this poison is too potent. After ingesting it, the whole body becomes ice-cold, as if falling into hell. That's why Wang Huan called it Manjusaka," An Yao said.

"Rescue!"

We immediately split into two groups. One group went back to the Ye family to retrieve the antidote, while the other took Chun'er to the hospital. When we returned from the hospital, we were so frightened that we dared not eat anything. That night, we didn't dare drink a drop of water or eat a single piece of food.

Starving, we knew that if things continued like this, we'd either be poisoned or starve to death. Young Master Bao couldn't take it anymore. He lit a cigarette and shouted, "Damn it, I can't even drink a sip of a beverage! This poison king is making me feel awful. I don't care anymore, I'm going to find something to eat right now, and then find someone to taste it. I'll eat it when he's better. Isn't that Li the genius from our school supposed to be a real jerk? I'll make him taste my poison!"

Thinking about how poorly the Li family of three was treated by the little good-natured guy yesterday, I reckon he won't dare to bother me again. I'm thinking, if he won't bother me anymore, wouldn't it be a bit much for us to bother him?

Thinking of this, I said to Young Master Bao, "Young Master Bao, it's always a bit unethical to ask someone to taste the food. Let's not ask Li Da Cai Zi to eat it, shall we? Aren't there pigs behind our cafeteria? Let the pigs taste it first before we eat it."

"Damn it, we only fed that pig a little at noon, and we only ate it after seeing that it was fine. But Chun'er still got poisoned. Those pigs behind the canteen must have been given the antidote by the Poison King; they're immune to everything now. I don't care anymore. I'd rather betray Li the Great than let him betray me. I'm going to find him to be my poison-testing expert. If that doesn't work, I'll find that traitor Qian Jin." Young Master Bao said.

“An Yao has an idea, but I don’t know what you think,” An Yao suddenly spoke up.

"any solution?"

Me, Xi'er, Zhang Xuan, Young Master Bao, Lu Zhicheng, Xia Qiudong, Hurricane, Earth Fire, we were all together. Hearing An Yao's words, we all looked at her in surprise.

“We’ve already captured three of the Five Poisons Child, and we’ve also locked up Little Good Guy. Now Wang Huan only has two helpers left, Centipede and Scorpion, while we still have eleven people, right?” An Yao said.

"What do you mean?" Young Master Bao asked.

“If we, the eleven of us, were to split into several groups and leave school right now to go to a faraway place, eating whatever food we saw, do you think that food would be poisonous?” An Yao asked.

After listening to An Yao's words, everyone carefully considered the implications of her statement. Gradually, Young Master Bao smiled, "That Poison King is very powerful, but he's not a god. If we split into several groups and leave the school quickly, he definitely won't have a chance to poison us before we do."

"Wow, Yao's amazing! I'm going to drink Coke and eat KFC. Damn, I'm starving!" With that, Young Master Bao tossed away his half-smoked cigarette and licked his lips.

“Alright, let’s split up now. We’ll split up and act separately. The Poison King doesn’t have enough manpower to keep an eye on all of us and poison us. And if we run far away, we can just eat whatever food we see and come back. That way, the Poison King won’t be able to do anything to us,” An Yao said.

“Okay, let’s form groups.” Lu Zhicheng nodded immediately.

"I want to follow the young master!" "I want to follow Wang Xi!" "I want to follow the young lady!" "I want to follow Xi'er!"

After we decided to form groups, things got a little chaotic. Before I could even choose who to be in a group with, Bao Shao Ye, Lu Zhicheng, Zhang Xuan, and Xi'er all chose me, and even An Yao chose me.

Xia Qiudong and the others chose to team up with Xi'er, while Hurricane and Di Huo chose to team up with An Yao.

An awkward atmosphere filled the air for a moment. Young Master Bao and Lu Zhicheng glared fiercely at Hurricane and Earthfire, saying, "Traitors, you really are An Yao's people!"

"This..." Hurricane and Earthfire blushed upon hearing their words.

Since Hurricane and Earthfire are both An Yao's people, it's normal for them to choose to follow An Yao. Similarly, Xia Qiudong are both Xi'er's people, so it's also normal for them to choose to follow Xi'er.

However, both Xi'er and An Yao chose me. If they are in the same group as me, then wouldn't everyone have to follow me?

And Xi'er and Zhang Xuan are rivals in love, so choosing either of them is difficult. Also, An Yao is my sister; if I choose the girl I like, it's like abandoning my own sister. Seeing everyone staring at me, I thought for a moment and then grabbed Xia'er's arm, "I choose Xia'er!"

"Who wants to follow you? I choose my young lady!" Xia'er immediately glared at me fiercely.

Knowing this would be the outcome, I pretended to be angry and said, "Then what do we do? How do we choose? What if we all eat together and the drug king catches up and wipes us all out?"

"Damn it, I don't care. I'm Brother Xi's man, so I'll stick with Brother Xi." Young Master Bao immediately grabbed my arm and said.

“Me too!” Lu Zhicheng nodded vigorously.

Seeing that Young Master Bao and Lu Zhicheng were determined to follow me, Xi'er, Zhang Xuan, and An Yao exchanged a few embarrassed glances.

"Why don't you all go with Wang Xi, and Xi'er take Xia'er, Qiu'er, and Dong'er to eat together?" Xi'er said.

"Miss, shall we form a group of three? Shall we have Young Master Bao, Lu Zhicheng, and Zhang Xuan go eat with Wang Xi?" Hurricane asked after thinking for a moment.

“No, we need to split into five groups,” An Yao said, gently shaking her head.

After hearing An Yao's words, the eleven of us couldn't help but look at each other. If we were divided like this, we might be in pairs or groups of three. Although we really wanted to eat, we still wanted to eat with people we liked. Eating with people we didn't know well would be quite boring.

"Why?" Young Master Bao asked after thinking for a moment.

“Because Wang Huan and his group consist of three people, and if we split into three groups, we'll be easily targeted. We might not get food poisoning, but we could get poisoned through other means. If we split into five groups, we can catch Wang Huan off guard. By the time he decides who to poison, we might have already eaten. At that time, we'll be on our way back to school,” An Yao said.

"Yes, you're right." Xi'er nodded gently.

"Then, how should we divide it?" Young Master Bao frowned.

Chapter 118 Earth Fire Group VS Wang Huan

An Yao is intelligent; you could even call her our strategist. After looking at us with her bright eyes for a while, An Yao quickly divided the eleven of us into five groups.

In terms of strength, we eleven can be divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. Xi'er and An Yao are the strongest, belonging to the upper level. Hurricane, Dong'er, Di Huo, Xia'er, and Qiu'er are the middle level. I, Lu Zhicheng, and Young Master Bao are the lower level. As for Zhang Xuan, she doesn't know any martial arts at all, so she is the lowest level.

Our ranking of eleven members has been released: Xi'er is first, followed by An Yao, Hurricane, Dong'er, Di Huo, Xia'er, Qiu'er, myself, Lu Zhicheng, Young Master Bao, and Zhang Xuan. An Yao taught me some skills before, and I'm also Leng Yan's last disciple. In just one month, I've surpassed Lu Zhicheng and Young Master Bao, who are just ordinary people. If it were a one-on-one fight now, I'm confident I could put up a fight against someone like Tang Wendi, a notorious troublemaker outside of school, and probably even win decisively.

Leng Yan said he would train me into a master of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning within three months. Now, the first month is almost over.

As for our group of five, An Yao grouped us based on our strength. The Poison King isn't just skilled in poisoning; his strength is second only to An Yao. And the Poison King's goal is to kill us. If our group is too weak, he probably wouldn't need to use poison; he could easily defeat us with his martial arts alone.

Therefore, our five groups were divided as follows.

Xi'er is the strongest, and her teammate is Zhang Xuan. An Yao is second, and her teammate is Young Master Bao. Hurricane is third, and her teammate is Lu Zhicheng. Dong'er is fourth, and her teammate is me. Di Huo is fifth, and her teammate is Qiu'er. The Poison King's main target is me, and An Yao has added another person to our team, Xia'er.

When An Yao finished her group assignments, Bao Shao and Lu Zhicheng looked at me with some reluctance. Zhang Xuan was also secretly watching me, her eyes filled with an indescribable dependence.

Young Master Bao only likes Wang Che and has absolutely no interest in beauties like An Yao and Xi'er. He knows An Yao's group is the most reasonable, but he still looked at me and said, "I still want to be in a group with Brother Xi... What's the point of hanging out with women? You don't get anything out of it. It's better to be with my brothers; we can talk about some lewd topics..."

“Young Master Bao, if you dare to bring my brother to find prostitutes again, An Yao will have you castrated.” Seeing that Young Master Bao still had all sorts of problems, An Yao’s eyes turned cold.

"Damn it, we didn't hire any prostitutes!" Young Master Bao roared in anger.

Hurricane smiled and seemed quite pleased with Lu Zhicheng beside him. Lu Zhicheng was a good friend of mine; we always played Hurricane's games together, and I was quite familiar with him.

“Young Master Bao, stop giving us opinions. This grouping method is already perfect. If one of our groups is too weak, we'll be wiped out by the Poison King just because we're eating something, which would be a huge loss,” Hurricane said.

"Yes, although I don't want to be in a group with Qiu'er either." Di Huo pouted.

"Qiu'er is relatively weak and has caused trouble for Brother Di Huo." Qiu'er was a gentle girl, and she didn't seem angry at all after hearing Di Huo's words.

"Xi'er, I'm sorry to trouble you. Please take good care of Zhang Xuan for me," I said to Xi'er.

"You need to take good care of yourself," Xi'er said with a smile.

"You too, be careful. If anything happens to you, I'm afraid I couldn't make up for it even if I died a hundred times," I said.

"You too, I will have Xia'er and Dong'er protect you with all their might." Xi'er looked at me with some reluctance in her eyes.

"Remember, come back quickly after you eat. Besides being careful of the Poison King's poisons and attacks, don't listen to anything he says. I know you're a naive girl, and I'm afraid you'll be deceived by the Poison King. No matter what he says, don't listen to a single word..."

"Besides you, Xi'er doesn't want to talk to any other boy."

"You're so kind," I smiled.

Looking at Xi'er, I felt a pang of reluctance. To be honest, I actually preferred being in a group with Xi'er. We weren't just future husband and wife; we were also good friends. She was not only beautiful but also had a very likable personality. Being with Xi'er always gave me a comfortable feeling. Zhang Xuan and An Yao were also good. I had a lot in common with everyone, and no matter who I was with, we always had a lot of fun.

"Ahem!" Seeing that Xi'er and I were chatting endlessly, Young Master Bao coughed loudly out of jealousy.

Interrupted by Young Master Bao, I realized Zhang Xuan was looking at me. My face flushed slightly. I looked at Zhang Xuan seriously and said, "Xi'er's martial arts are extremely powerful; even the Poison King is no match for her. Stay close to Xi'er and take care of yourself."

"Yes, you should take good care of yourself too." Zhang Xuan looked a little haggard as she looked at me.

"Alright, let's go!" Di Huo had already gotten into the van and gave Qiu'er a wink.

"Okay." Qiu'er nodded and got into the Di Huo van.

"Young Master Bao." An Yao stepped into the Mercedes-Benz Jeep and gave Young Master Bao a cold look.

"Damn it..." Bao Shao gave me a helpless look, then cursed as he got into the car.

“Zhicheng, let’s go too,” Hurricane said.

"Okay." Lu Zhicheng nodded. He and Hurricane walked out of the school.

"Sister Xuanxuan, get in the car." Xier thoughtfully opened the BMW door for Zhang Xuan.

"Thank you." Zhang Xuan glanced at the luxurious car in front of her and whispered her thanks.

"Young Master, let's go too," Dong'er whispered to me.

"Yes." I nodded gently.

I was still a little worried about Zhang Xuan and Xi'er, but when we arrived at the food street in the provincial capital, I was quickly attracted by the various delicacies in front of me.

It was already evening, and despite the cold weather in the provincial capital, long queues of foodies still formed. Many had already bought their favorite dishes and were now tearing into the long skewers.

Golden-fried chicken skewers, sizzling beef skewers, a steaming bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and egg rolls quickly wrapped by the vendor—all of these made my, Dong'er's, and Xia'er's stomachs rumble.

We originally planned to eat here and then head back quickly, but seeing all the different kinds of food stalls in front of us, the three of us soon found it difficult to choose.