"Oh..." Ye Qingci nodded her head and took two more steps forward before suddenly raising her hand and grabbing the sapphire pendant around her neck, yanking it off in one swift motion.
"Ah!" The sapphire pendant dangled from its platinum chain; Ye Qingci's forceful tug instantly scratched Gai Shuya's delicate neck, drawing blood.
Gai Shuya let out a cry of pain, clutching her neck, and wailed, "What, what are you doing? You just stole my sapphire, and now you're snatching my pendant too?"
Ye Qingci glanced at her with disdain, then turned to Jian Shichu and softly said, "Seventh Master, if you could please, help me take out the sapphire from my waistband."
Jian Shichu walked over to her, enveloping her in his arms in a fully protective embrace, and reached into the waistband around her waist, pinching out a piece of sapphire with two fingers.
