"I think he must have been a rabbit in his past life to be so obsessed with rabbits."

Hexin could not help laughing. She rubbed Yuan You's head. "Why not just say that he was a hunter in his past life who had a thing against rabbits and you're now the poor little rabbit hunted by him?"

Yuan You pouted. "How could you make fun of me, Cousin Hexin? You're terrible!"

They played around all the way to the forest.

Yuan You had no archery skills, so she followed Hexin and helped her to collect the bounty.

"Come over here, Cousin Youyou. I'll teach you how to use the bow." He'an suddenly waved her over. 

Yuan You darted him a look and felt a little skeptical about his archery skills.

"Shoot a few animals for me to see."

"Watch closely." He'an pulled out an arrow from his quiver and fit it onto his bow. He targeted a wild pheasant that was trying to escape in front of him.

Whoosh!

He'an struck it in one shot.

"What do you think? Isn't my shooting skill better than my sister's?" He turned to show off his skills proudly.

"Your sister isn't that bad either," Yuan You replied honestly.

He'an was unhappy and repeatedly shot a few more wild pheasants.

Yuan You watched as everyone shot their arrows and could not help wanting to try it herself.

"Cousin He'an, lend me your bow and arrows. I'd like to take a shot." She ran to He'an and asked him in a friendly tone.

He'an glanced at her and passed his bow and arrows over. After that, he began giving her pointers on how to aim at prey.

Right then, a rabbit came hopping from a bush nearby.

Yuan You got excited instantly.

However, that rabbit was good at running. She tried her best to aim but had no opportunity to take a clean shot.

As she watched the rabbit jump in another direction, she got anxious and let the arrow fly without thinking.

Hexin had just spotted a little roe deer running about and was planning to track it down when she heard something flying through the air.

"Look out!"

Before she could react, someone lunged at her at full force and pushed her into a bush.

"Your Highness!"

QI Heng's anxious voice was heard and it pulled Hexin out of her daze.

She blinked and looked at the man pressing on top of her. His eyebrows furrowed slightly. She suddenly realized what was happening and quickly pushed him away. "Are you alright? Did you get hurt?"

Long Yin lowered his eyes to look at her for a moment before shaking his head. "Don't worry, I'm fine." With that, he got up and pulled her up. "What about you? Did you get hurt anywhere?"

Hexin was relieved to find out that he was fine. "I'm fine too." When she was in danger earlier, he used his body to shield her and he protected the back of her head with his hand, which was why she was not hurt at all.

"That's good." Long Yin was relieved.

When Yuan You's arrow had flown toward her, Long Yin was nearby and could only manage to push her down in a moment of urgency.

It was hard to imagine what would happen if Hexin had gotten hit. It was lucky that she was fine.

"Your arm is bleeding, Big Bro Long Yin."

He'an came running toward them, his face pale with fear.

Hexin's chest tightened when she heard this and she quickly moved behind him. She saw that an arrow was sticking out from behind his left arm. Fresh blood was gushing from it and his robe was drenched red.

She was shocked and when she realized what had happened, she said in a mad frenzy, "How can you say you're fine when you've been shot by an arrow?"

"It really is nothing. It's just a minor wound." Long Yin turned to give it a look nonchalantly.

"But you're bleeding. Does it hurt a lot?" Hexin stared at his bleeding arm and her face was slightly pale. She grabbed his arm, looking very worried.

Long Yin glanced at her from the corner of his eye. When he saw how sincerely worried she was, a small smile appeared on his lips. He immediately sighed and said rather regretfully. "I'm fine. Yuan You did not have enough strength to give me a deep wound. All it did was scratch me."

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