Upon seeing this, Rune immediately tried to dismount, but was stopped by a wave from Zhu Yu.
"I'll go." She shook her head at Lu Qing. "You saw with your own eyes the appearance of those people on the road just now. I reckon the locals around here are also quite afraid of them.
Although Rune doesn't have a ferocious appearance, his demeanor easily reveals he's a martial artist. If this family gets scared and refuses to let us into their yard to rest and have a drink, or they don't dare to refuse and feel compelled to nod, then they probably wouldn't feel like speaking."
Lu Qing listened to her and felt it made perfect sense, nodding in agreement as he watched Zhu Yu jump off the horse and walk directly towards the house's gate.
Zhu Yu intentionally smiled kindly in advance, walking slowly towards the child so as not to scare them, but the child bolted away before she could get close, moving so swiftly that it startled her.
