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After a bit commotion in the afternoon, finally Xiao Tianyao decided to stay overnight in the G City. Like before, he just booked one luxurious room for both of them. This time Senja didn't complain.

She was too tired to even order a dinner, fortunately, she had been eating along the way. While riding a horse was boring, because she was unable to chat with Xiao Tianyao and it was impossible for her to chat with herself.

So, Senja often stopped at the food stall and snacked all the way. Xiao Tianyao couldn't complain about this or else she would be more unreasonable.

Just imagine, riding a horse all day, no talking, no teasing and only a little bit resting. How stressful it was, added to they still had days ahead before they reached their destination.

After Xiao Tianyao and Senja clean up themselves, Senja snuggled in Xiao Tianyao embraced as she breathed in his unique scent that lulled her to sleep.

"Good night…" Senja said between her yawn.

Xiao Tianyao kissed her head and covered both of them with blanket.

The night was still long and the sun hasn't risen yet. Their room was enveloped with dark as every source of lights has died out. In the sky, the moon refused to shine.

Senja was in deep sleep when she felt someone squeezed her shoulder. She wanted to complain, but her protest muffled inside a big palm which covered her mouth.

Her eyes snapped open immediately. She was a little bit relaxed when she saw it was Xiao Tianyao. But…

**What is he doing?** Senja tried to convey her question through her eyes, but all she got was Xiao Tianyao shushed her to keep quite.

And the next moment, Senja knew what was happening. She could literary feel the murderous intent that surrounding her.

After Xiao Tianyao saw the understanding of the situation on Senja's eyes, he gave her dagger and crept down from the bed.

He was as calm as ever when one of the intruders started attacking him, yet, effortlessly he knocked him down. Senja became more alert with this, she unsheathed her dagger and held it in her hands cautiously.

Assessing her surrounding, she could feel how many of them. She tugged Xiao Tianyao's sleeve and gestured him the number of the intruders.

She opened her palm and stretched five of her fingers while her other hand pointing the balcony, afterwards she did the same to the front door.

Xiao Tianyao was surprised by Senja's information, but he knew how she knows all of that and nodded in understanding.

Senja assumed they would split the amount of intruders that they would face, that was why when Xiao Tianyao walked toward the door, instinctively she got off from the bed and approached the intruder at the balcony.

However, Xiao Tianyao held her shoulder and pushed her back toward the bed as he spoke in low voice. "Stay."

In confusion Senja was shoved to the bed when an arrow shot trough the dark room. The pointed steel of the arrow glimmered under the lights from the balcony and passed right before Senja's eyes.

If it wasn't because Xiao Tianyao pushed her away, she was very certain that the arrow would have been digging out her brain.

Not waiting for her to regain her composure, another arrow flew passed the room and stuck on the wall beside Senja. Her movement still not steady, probably because of being disoriented after Xiao Tianyao woke her up abruptly.

She felt Xiao Tianyao grabbed her waist and brought them off from the bed to take a shelter beside it.

Their intruders shot them more than dozens of arrows before they stop. Senja and Xiao Tianyao were waiting silently. A moment passed, like on cue both of them moved simultaneously.

But, before Senja could take another step into the battle scene, Xiao Tianyao pushed her shoulder as he mumbled. "Stay." And he dashed into the direction of their intruders.

People who they were facing now weren't like goonies that Senja was fighting in the afternoon, so Xiao Tianyao's worry wouldn't let Senja to fight them.

Behind him Senja rolled her eyes hardly as she hissed irritably. "I am not mistress in damsel! You didn't teach me to only fight a measly hoodlum, Tianyao!"

She could sense Xiao Tianyao intention to keep her save, but she could defense herself just fine.

The sound of clashing sword and anguish screamed confirmed Senja that Xiao Tianyao had tackled down some of the intruders.

Arrow. It must be related with Xiao Wang Wei's Golden Arrow Archer. This wasn't the first time she encountered them and the last time they met in the border line was definitely wasn't a pleasant memory to remember.

Wang Yu would pay for what he had done one day.

Senja clenched her jaw and held her dagger tighter in her hands, she moved swiftly inside the dim room and fought the first person who approached her with ease.

Blood spurted from the wound that she created on the man's neck and instantly sent him to his death.

When Senja moved to the other man, Xiao Tianyao interjected her and with a swish from his sword the threat was no more.

Senja furrowed her eyebrows and scanned the room, all the intruders had laid down on their blood, death.

"You killed him." Senja accused him. When she noticed Xiao Tianyao didn't get what she implied, she continued unhappily. "He was mine!"

Xiao Tianyao rolled his eyes, something that he learned well from Senja when she got annoyed, "You are welcome." He said monotonously.