“Are you okay?” Xiao asked as he approached you, panting and covered in sweat yet somehow unscathed from the group of Hilichurls he just fought.

Not waiting for an answer, Xiao picked you up bridal style with ease and started heading towards Wangshu Inn so he could examine and quite possibly treat your wounds.

You had met and befriended Xiao at Wangshu Inn and he was already excruciatingly overprotective of you, always jumping into battle to protect you.