Uneven Steps

Jiang Shuxuan's heart was in turmoil. If possible, he would have rather brought her to his side earlier, instead of letting the Gu family abuse her like this.

"I'll go in…" Jiang Shuxuan sighed lightly, a hand reaching out to smoothen her hair. Hot air radiated from her body, and her body was dry instantly, her wet clothes refreshed and clean without a speck of dirt on it. 

Gu Xiqiao wiped her nose as she looked at him. "Whatever for?"

"...to give them a fight?" Jiang Shuxuan saw that she was now warm, and felt his worries dissipate a little, but the clouded look in her eyes remained.

"Really, you fight too much, too violent. However, it was I who had bullied them tonight…" 

'Then why is the one who's hurt and in distress, you?'

Jiang Shuxuan pressed a hand to his temple, and thought that perhaps her intelligence was not in her right state now, and decided not to argue further. "Alright, let's return first then."