CHAPTER 139: CHAPTER 139: HORSE RACE

Luo Jing glanced at her son, then at Shen Qinglan, her smile practically vanishing her eyes.

"Go ahead." She looked at Shen Qinglan and said with a smile, "Go while it hasn’t snowed yet, make sure to wear more clothes so you don’t catch a cold."

Shen Qinglan nodded, took the mouth rinse tea handed by the maid, rinsed her mouth, and then left with Duan Yunfei.

Once the two of them had walked far away, Luo Jing finally asked, looking troubled, "Meng Ling, am I doing something wrong? Why does it feel like Qinglan is a bit afraid of me?"

Madam Xuan chuckled lightly, "It’s not that you did anything wrong. Perhaps we were too enthusiastic, and it scared the young girl?"

"So that’s it!"

Luo Jing suddenly understood and thought: Next time, I’ll control my enthusiasm better so as not to scare away my future daughter-in-law!

"Do you know how to ride?"

Duan Yunfei led Shen Qinglan, asking while walking.

"Yes." Shen Qinglan replied.

In her previous life, she had received a mission to assassinate a certain R country’s leader at a racetrack.

To complete the mission, she spent that period wandering around the racetrack, practically learning to ride every single day, her skills were not exquisite, but she could manage.

Duan Yunfei smirked, and said softly, "Want to have a competition?"

Shen Qinglan turned to look at him and finally nodded.

The racetrack was on the villa’s back mountain, a vast expanse.

Duan Yunfei asked Shen Qinglan to wait at the side while he went over to speak with the stable hand for a bit.

The distance was too far, Shen Qinglan couldn’t hear what the two were saying, she barely caught the words "white cloud" or something similar.

Duan Yunfei had just come back when he saw the stable hand leading a grand black and white horse over.

Duan Yunfei took the reins, giving the white horse to Shen Qinglan.

"Black Fury is temperamental and hard to control, White Cloud has a gentle disposition and isn’t wary of strangers, it’s perfect for you."

Black Fury, White Cloud?

Shen Qinglan took White Cloud, gently patted its head, and then looked towards the black horse, seeing its round eyes watching her intently, full of hostility, as if daring her to try patting it like she did with White Cloud, and it would definitely kick her.

Shen Qinglan chuckled softly, thinking it amusing.

Duan Yunfei watched her, his smile involuntarily deepening, his gaze becoming even softer.

Shen Qinglan rarely smiled like this, usually just a slight curve of her lips, but this smile added a touch of innocence.

"Let’s start!"

By the time Duan Yunfei snapped back to reality, Shen Qinglan had already somehow leaped onto the horse’s back.

He chuckled, gracefully mounted his horse, and provocatively said, "Want to add a little wager to make it more interesting?"

Shen Qinglan raised an eyebrow, "I have nothing to wager with."

"You do." Duan Yunfei let Black Fury step forward two paces to align with her, then smiled and said, "If I lose, feel free to ask for anything, but if you lose, you have to agree to one of my conditions."

"Alright!" Shen Qinglan raised an eyebrow, "As long as it’s within my capabilities."

A dazzling light flashed in Duan Yunfei’s eyes, he leaned in close to her ear, his voice full of amused laughter, "Rest assured, it’s definitely something within your capabilities!"

Shen Qinglan slightly tilted her head back, her face growing warm.

She cleared her throat softly, "Less talking, let’s get started!"

Black Fury lifted a hoof and neighed, casting Shen Qinglan a disdainful glance.

Shen Qinglan raised an eyebrow, looking at Duan Yunfei, "I’ll count to three, and we’ll start on three."

Duan Yunfei nodded.

"One, two..."

As Shen Qinglan finished counting to three, White Cloud shot forward like an arrow.

Shen Qinglan clung tightly to the reins, glancing back at the slower Duan Yunfei.

She scoffed lightly, turned her head, and patted White Cloud, making it accelerate once more.

The wild wind howled incessantly past her sides, Shen Qinglan felt almost as if the wind would blow her off the horse.