"So you've decided to play hide-and-seek."
The sound of the flute suddenly grew clearer and louder.
Fan Wubing whipped his head around, only to see a girl in azure clothes with her hair loose, sitting on the branch of an ancient pine, leisurely playing the flute.
She wasn't looking his way, but gazing off into the distant sky.
When the tune ended, she finally looked at Fan Wubing and called out with a smile,
"Well, well, Evil Fan, you actually dare bully the beast guarding my door."
Fan Wubing played along and called back,
"That beast of yours is ill-behaved. Looks like it wasn't trained properly to guard the house."
The loose-haired girl flicked out the flute in her hand. The flute turned into a sword and shot toward Fan Wubing, aiming straight for his neck.
