He's My Fiancée ! : I Went Back To The Past and You !

Chapter 196: I Did Say I Only Know The Basic

"Mn! I promise darling!" Xiao Yun walked off and waved her hand to blow a kiss to Wang Li Lei.

The other people who were standing to play the archery stopped to hear the competition going on and scattered off to see the two girls standing side-by-side. 

"Say,  Xiao Yun-" Xiao Yun turned her face to see Xie Ru calling her and smiled. "What is it?" 

"Playing like this, isn't it boring?" Xie Ru threw out a hook, waiting for the naive girl to accept. 

Xiao Yun rubbed her chin and hummed. "That's true." 

'How naive!' Xie Ru berated in her heart. "Then. How about we bet on something?" 

Xiao Yun cracked her fingers and agreed. "That sounds even more exciting! What should we bet on?" 

Xie Ru pointed her finger to herself and to Xiao Yun, beaming with confidence that she would win. "If I win you will have to follow my words but if I lose I will be the one to follow your words." Her voice penetrated the chattering hall, making sure everyone would hear their promised gamble. 

"Alright! I agree!" Xiao Yun giggled and mutter out. "It's exciting to play a game with something to bet on, don't you agree?" 

"You're right..." Xie Ru became speechless from Xiao Yun's happy-go-lucky words. Lin Chang Lu behind her all thought the same. 'How could she be so fearless?'

The maid who became the referee for the game started by clapping her hand. "The first one to play would be Ms. Xie and followed by Ms. Yu."

"Alright." Xiao Yun spoke, she knew that Xie Ru deliberately ordered the maid to make her play first and surprise Xiao Yun with her magnificent skill to weaken her confidence but that would never happen. 

Because who would win today, the outcome had been laid before the game even started!

Xie Ru took a deep breath, her eyes stayed on the red dote in the middle and pulled the bowstring sharply. As her elbow brushed her right cheek, she knew that she would hit nine points and grinned. She released the bowstring and have the arrow to fly straight to the yellow circle.

9 points!

The people gasped and shook their heads in pity to Xiao Yun. Xie Ru started with nine points showing off her good skills mercilessly to the delicate little girl. 

"What's wrong?" Xie Ru saw Xiao Yun staring at the target quietly. "Do you want to back down now?" 

Xiao Yun shook her head and whispered out with a cold tone. "I just thought that you're very good at archery." For a moment Xie Ru felt a chill coming to her spine. "T- Thank you for your praise, it's your turn now." 

"Alright." Xiao Yun straightened her back and shut her eyes for a few seconds. The next time she opened her eyes, she looked akin to an eagle hawking its prey. Pulling the bowstring languidly, the posture that she had was serene like the surface of a translucent glass, peaceful yet fierce at the same time. 

Releasing the arrow, it flew like a bullet straight to the yellow circle. 

"9 point!" The maid shouted out the point and instantly all the people in the room stood up in reflex. 

"What? 9 points?" a man shouted out in disbelief. 

His friend squinted his eyes and nodded deliberately. "Yes! She really did get nine points! How amazing!"

Xiao Yun turned her face to see the startled expression on Xie Ru's expression and extended her arm, "Your turn." 

Xie Ru clicked her tongue and pulled herself together again. 'It's fine, that was only a pure beginner luck.' 

This time when Xie Ru released the arrow, it stayed on the red circle, showing her shaken state from Xiao Yun's sudden ability. 

"Eight point!" The maid called up. 

When it was Xiao Yun's turn, she released the arrow gently and have it stay on the red circle too. 

"Eight point!" 

The rest of the people stayed back at their places and murmured to each other in disappointment. "So it's only a beginner luck." 

"But she plays very well." the other man replied and returned with agreement fro his friends.

When it was Xie Ru's turn again, she shot the number nine and Xiao Yun followed her lead to shot the arrow on nine points. As the game continued, Xiao Yun shot the same point as Xie Ru, making their total points to stay the same. 

Finally realizing something was wrong, Xie Ru stopped her bow and shouted. "What are you doing?" 

Xiao Yun tilted her head and asked the same thing. "What am I doing?" 

"Don't joke with me, you deliberately shot the same point as I shot!" Xie Ru's exclaim in rage and the people had their eyes widened to recall that Xiao Yun really did shot the same number as Xie Ru, following her leads.

That's not all, in Xiao Yun's target the arrows stayed in the same place as Xie Ru like a copy of her target. 

"Are you mocking me?" Xie Ru frowned. 

"Mocking? Of course, I am not. You told me to follow your lead and that was what I did." Xiao Yun turned her face to her. Her obsidian eyes stayed Xie Ru's face while releasing the arrow from her hand to hit the circle straight in the middle. 

"10 point!" The maid shout out the number and declared, "The winner is Ms. Yu."

Xiao Yun placed down her bow on the other side and bowed down to thank her opponent and walk back to Wang Li Lei to hear Xie Ru complaining. "You said you only know the basics, how can you do that when you only know basics? You're lying." 

"I did say I learned basic and I do only know the basic." Xiao Yun replied and hid behind Wang  Li Lei meekly. "The basic to hit at the precise point that I want. That's what my brother taught me to." Xiao Yun replied truthfully. 

Yu Xing Fu is a genius except, for one thing, he was unable to play hard and have a weak physical ability. Thus, the only exercise her parents could think of was archery. Xiao Yun who has zero interest in archery was forced to stay beside her brother while he was playing and stared at the scene over and over until one day her brother taught her to play. 

The people looked at her in disbelief it wasn't something that anyone normal could do. Lin Chang Lu also looked at her in shock, she had underestimated Xiao Yun again!

"Ah! That's right, I won didn't I?" 

Xie Ru took a step behind wearily, she forgot that she gambled to her. Gritting her test, she shouted. "You did, I lost. Tell me what you want!" She prepared herself, for both Xiao Yun's order that could have a high possibility resulting in her being greatly embarrassed by her orders but unlike her thoughts, Xiao Yun extended her hand timidly. 

"Would you be my friend?" 

Her peach-like tone lingered to the room, surprising people from her simple wish. 

"Would I? Is that an order?" Xie Ru asked and saw her shaking her head. 

"Friends aren't something that should be forced on one-sidedly. If you could, please be my friend?" Xiao Yun took out her hand giving a sad face like a puppy who has been kicked. "Is that not okay?" 

Everyone in the room who saw her expression felt their heart clenched. For her adorable expression, they couldn't reject her heart-felt offer including Xie Ru. Staring at her black eyes, she wondered why did she poured out her hatred on the girl?

She took her handshake and Xiao Yun's contagious smile reflected to her face. "No, that would be nice." 

"That's great!" Xiao Yun giggled happily with face bouncing off joy, she looked up to Wang Li Lei and excitedly exclaimed. "I have a new friend, darling!" 

"Good for you." Wang Li Lei replied and rubbed her head. 

Tian Yi could barely hold his laughter while holding to his stomach, he leaned to Hi Gu Yan and whispered out. "How did the boss came up with this idea of playing nice and friendly?" 

"Perhaps it is because most of the people here are CEO Wang's business friends and she didn't want to have their relationship turn sour. She's thinking not only for herself." Hi Gu Yan voice out his rational answer like a robot. 

"As expected of the boss, kind and clever but how did she know how to use archery anyway?" Tian Yi ripped off the bag of his chips and Hi Gu Yan frowned to warn. 

"Mind your manners, we came here as boss's bodyguards what we do will reflect to her." 

"Ah-" Tian Yi looked down at his chips and scratches his face. "It's a habit, bad habit. I forgot." He tied the chips quickly and hide it under his bag to straighten his face again. 

Lin Chang Lu wanted to embarrass Xiao Yun but the naive girl flipped the whole table and even capture a card from her trumps. Xiao Yun brushed her eyes at the woman's shaken look. The angelic smile she posed hide her cold gaze. 

"Chang Lu, do you also want to play the archery once with me? I'll try to hold back." She spoke gently but Lin Chang Lu could only take her last three words as a mockery.