"Okay, don't use this hand when you spar today, or just watch me and Senior Sister Yin spar directly," Gu Yangjin said. This was the third time she'd changed the dressing, and she could now look straight ahead. Even if her eyes occasionally wandered and caught a glimpse of Qiao Zhi's fair skin and collarbone, her face no longer flushed. Progress.
"Okay, I'll do my best," Qiao Zhi agreed.
After the quarter-hour it took to rebandage, they returned to the courtyard to find Yin Feng already seated, sipping tea. She'd arrived early.
"Younger Martial Sister," Yin Feng set down her cup and stood, her gaze settling on Qiao Zhi. "This must be Miss Qiao?"
Qiao Zhi smiled. Dressed in men's attire, Yin Feng still struck her as that same strikingly handsome, upright figure from their first encounter. "Senior Sister Yin," she greeted, following Gu Yangjin's address as Madame Gu's goddaughter.
