"I'm right here, dare you kill me?"

  Cai Lin stared at the girl in front of him as if they were meeting for the first time, his eyes full of incredulity.

  He was used to being in charge at Guangwen Hall, and since he had always been spoiled, he could almost get away with doing whatever he wanted. As for Shen Miao, today he just wanted to teach her a lesson. Who knew that not only did Shen Miao not show any fear, but she even dared to go against him? At this moment, it seemed like the one who was at a disadvantage was actually him.

  Is Cai Lin brave?

  Not to mention whether he has the guts, even if he dares, can he? Young Master Cai can do things based on his temporary impulse, but what about the Cai family? If Shen Miaoren were killed by him today, let alone one life for one life, it's possible that Shen Xin would cut down the entire Cai family and then personally apologize.

  Moreover, he doesn't dare to.

  He's only good at boasting, has never been on the battlefield, and hasn't even gotten his hands bloody. His marksmanship is quite good, but he's only shot melons or birds, not people.

  Is there a reason for retreat? Shen Miao, a young woman, is not afraid, but he, a man, if he retreats, will probably have no face to leave the house tomorrow.

  At the thought of this, Cai Lin again became arrogant and said: "No matter what you say, everything will be decided on the shooting range. You're happy now, but who knows if you'll be scared to death later." His words were extremely rude, and it was unclear whether he was hiding his own nervousness. The calmer Shen Miao was, the more anxious Cai Lin became, always wanting to see Shen Miao flustered, as if that would ease his own guilty conscience. Therefore, he hoped that his words could make Shen Miao feel embarrassed.

  If it were an ordinary girl, being spoken to by a man in such an unfeeling manner, she would naturally feel embarrassed and become flustered, or even burst into tears. But Shen Miao merely cast him a calm glance, her heart as still as water, making Cai Lin feel that he was the one who had been overreacting.

  He felt a bit dazed and suspected that he was somewhat confused today. Why did he still feel guilty when facing Shen Miao, this silly woman?

  Shen Miao has already gone to the official's hand to take the grass fruit. The grass fruit is about the size of a grown man's fist, with a square bottom and a round top. Shen Miao stood at the easternmost part of the platform, placing the grass fruit on her head.

  The scene gradually became noisy.

  "She must be putting on a brave face, but she's actually scared out of her wits." Yì Pèilán smiled and said: "I really can't wait to see her cry her eyes out."

  "It's unprecedented for a woman to be challenged by a man in the same martial arts school since the founding of Ziming Academy," Jiang Xiaoxuan said, tilting her head and curling up her little finger. "Shen Miao is the first one. It's quite frightening to think about losing face in front of everyone."

  "Hey, why is Wu Jie still standing there? What if she accidentally shoots Cai's young master?" asked Ren Yuanyun. Her heart was a bit worried, if something unexpected happened to Shen Miaoren, even if Shen Xin treated the Shen family well, he would not forgive her.

  "What is Second Sister-in-law worried about?" Chen Ruoqiu said lightly, "It's all just children playing around. Young Master Cai isn't a child who doesn't understand anything either. As long as Fifth Daughter apologizes and says a few words of apology, he naturally won't make things difficult for her, only hoping that Fifth Daughter won't insist on being stubborn."

  She described such a matter of life and death as "just a child's play". After all, Ren Yuanyun was the one in charge, and if something happened, Ren Yuanyun would take responsibility. But her words did hit Shen Miao's weak spot. It was all because Shen Miao wanted to argue for a moment, if she had apologized sincerely to Cai Lin and said a few soft words, things wouldn't have ended up like this today.

  "Don't worry." Chen Ruoqiu said, "I think that young master Cai just wants to scare Xiao Jie, in this kind of arena, everyone is competing for demeanor, it's impossible to call a stop now."

  "Don't worry," Shen Qing also said to Ren Yuanyun, "Cai Lin's marksmanship is very good, and he won't miss no matter what."

  Shen Qing still resented Shen Miao for blocking her dream of becoming the imperial son's consort, and now she couldn't wait to see Shen Miao lose all face. It was said that some people would be so shocked that they would defecate and urinate at the same time; who knew what Shen Miao would do?

  If Cai Lin really missed... ruining her face wouldn't be bad either, Shen Qing thought.

  Shen Yue didn't think as far as Shen Qing did, she just wanted to see Shen Miao kneeling down and begging for mercy, as if that would allow her to regain her own self-respect. She glanced at Cai Lin from afar, but Cai Lin didn't look back at her.

  Cai Lin held a longbow in his hand, facing Shen Miao three zhang away, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

  Shen Miao stood quietly, the wind blowing up her wide cloak, and as the purple clothes fluttered, her eyebrows and eyes were calm, yet that majestic demeanor seemed to have weathered great storms, giving her an aura of dazzling brilliance.

  Cai Lin slowly drew his bow, thinking: As long as Shen Miao begged for mercy, it would be fine. If she shed a single tear or said a word of apology, he could take the opportunity to humiliate her thoroughly and wouldn't have to make such a difficult decision.

  Unfortunately, his wish was ultimately in vain. Shen Miao's expression remained calm, as if he didn't take him seriously at all.

  Shen Yue furrowed her brow.

  Why didn't the scene of Shen Miao crying and begging for mercy in her imagination appear? Why did Shen Miao look even more composed than Cai Lin?

  Many people have already discovered this, and the original impression of that silly girl is quietly changing. Not every girl can stand in front of someone holding a bow and arrow with a calm face, if it's said that she inherited Shen Xin's composure when facing great enemies without changing her expression, it can only be said that the daughter of a tiger is not inferior to her father.

  Cai Lin's hands began to tremble, the three-zhang-away grass fruit which was usually easy for him to pick now seemed unusually difficult. The distance appeared to have grown very far away.

  Shen Miao's words lingered in his ears: "I'm right here, dare you kill me?"

  Does he dare? Does he dare? Does he dare?

  With a "whoosh", the arrow shot across.

  It just swung in mid-air and fell down.

  Not even touching Shen Miao's hem, as if lacking strength, let alone mentioning hitting the grass fruit.

  The whole audience burst out laughing.

  Even his fellow students joked: "Cai Lin, aren't you being too gentle with her? Normally you can hit the target from 10 zhang away, but today you can't even do it from 3 zhang?"

  He wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately began to set up his bow and shoot arrows. The second arrow shot under Shen Miao's feet.

  The third one brushed against Shen Miao's hair bun and flew over, knocking down the grass fruit on Shen Miao's head. Shen Miao's hair bun was scattered, and a head of black hair flowed down her shoulders.

  However, even when the arrow flew past her cheek, she didn't flinch or change her expression.

  Black hair, purple clothes, a maiden with skin as white as snow and a face like a flower, standing straight in the wind.

  Cai Lin's hands went limp, and the longbow and arrow fell to the ground together. The whole field was silent.

  Even a fool can see it, the one who is feared is not Shen Miao, but Cai Lin.

  I'm right here, dare you kill me?

  I don't dare.

  I dare.

  She smiled slightly, and a hint of cruelty appeared in those bright eyes like a young beast, which matched the still somewhat innocent face, showing a strange beauty.

  "Now it's my turn."

  Digression

  A chapter for the public takes a long time to write... My heart is so tired _(:зゝ∠）_ Happy Children's Day everyone!