There is a saying that says it is easier to dodge a gunshot in the open than an arrow fired from the shadows.
If an enemy was standing across you and stabbed you with a knife, there was still a window of opportunity for you to retaliate. Compare this to an attacker who operated in the dark. You would not even know where an attack would be coming from.
In such a precarious situation whereby they had no clear understanding of who the enemy or what his intentions were, Mu Zi Xian was highly troubled. She was highly distressed that Wang Yu was the target of an unknown enemy.
However, Wang Yu simply shrugged these concerns off with a smile, "It is no big deal. They can just scold me however much they like. I shall just treat these comments as compliments."
Mu Zixian, "…"
