Chapter 341 Masked Man

Sometimes, Hu Xiner really doesn't understand how Yin Li managed to live to this age safely.

With his mouth, he should be notorious in the world.

For example, now, although I am praising someone, it sounds like I am scolding him.

"Everyone says that I'm usually quite gentle. What do you think?" There was murderous intent in her eyes.

Yin Li didn't even bother to read his expression: "Come on, you're as fierce to me as a big mother bear in the forest. Who would say you're gentle? Are you blind?"

"Yin, Li!" Hu Xin'er was furious. "Do you know how to speak?"

Yin Li said in surprise: "I am so loud, and you can't hear me? How can a good girl like you become deaf at such a young age? Okay, let me say it again."

He cleared his throat and said loudly: "You are the big she-bear in the forest—"

At this moment, everyone around looked over.

Hu Xiner was so embarrassed that she tapped her toes on the ground. She never imagined that in ancient times she would also experience the fear of social death.

It’s all because of that damn bastard Yin Li!

Yin Li bent down with a provocative smile and asked, "Did you hear that? Do you need me to say it again?"

Everyone was talking about it.

"What! Where is the mother bear?" Someone at a distance looked around vigilantly.

"Whose girl is this? She looks blessed, but why is she being evaluated like this?" Someone nearby stopped and sighed.

Yin Li was good-looking, which attracted a large number of young women to watch. When they saw Hu Xiner being described as a she-bear, they all held their handkerchiefs, covered their mouths, or laughed softly.

Hu Xiner couldn't stand the various looks from the people around her, so she ran away quickly.

Yin Li followed closely behind, laughing so hard that she fell backwards.

When they were far away from the crowd, Hu Xin'er panted and complained, "No wonder there are no bamboo shoots growing on the mountains in the capital. It turns out you've taken all the bamboo shoots!"

"Stealing bamboo shoots? Haha, you're too kind. Actually, I didn't lose much." Yin Li was calm and composed.

The two of them argued for a while before Yin Li said, "Honestly, you don't seem like the type of person who would sacrifice such a huge amount of money to help others."

"Can't I do charity work?" Hu Xiner retorted.

After a long while, she said, "Actually, when I saw them, it was like seeing myself and Mu Qing back then, so I couldn't help but want to help them."

"You and Mu Qing?" Yin Li seemed to have heard something funny. "Although you are indeed a peasant girl, you are full of talents. And he, a son of a prime minister, fell in love with you at first sight. How are you even a little bit like the Dou family couple?"

Hu Xiner said helplessly, "We were much poorer than them back then! When I was kicked out of the Hu family, I didn't have a penny and could only sleep in a cave with Mu Qing."

Yin Li's eyes showed surprise: "You were actually this poor?"

Hu Xin'er complained, "There are still many poor people in this world. You said it yourself. I'm just a farm girl, and not even my biological child. Not only have I been exploited since I was a child, but I was also forced to marry and drowned in a pond..."

She said these words not to complain, but simply because she suddenly thought of it, so her tone was quite humorous.

But when Yin Li heard this, she fanned herself to hide the heartache that she tried hard to conceal but still revealed.

"You have painting skills, why don't you find a way out earlier?" he said with a frown.

Hu Xiner's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, she almost let the cat out of the bag again.

Fortunately, she had been traveling through time for so long that she had sufficient experience in dealing with it. Hearing this, she said very naturally, "I was naive back then, and I still had a little affection for my family. Every day I had to help with the housework and work in the fields, so how could I have time to paint? I could only practice secretly at night."

Yin Li looked at her for a long moment, then knocked her on the head with the handle of her fan: "In that case, you really should be grateful to the Hu family for treating you so well. Otherwise, a silly girl like you would have been sold off and would have had to help them count the money!"

Hu Xiner rolled her eyes: "How can you talk like that? You're happy to see others suffer, right?"

"If it were someone else, I wouldn't care." Yin Li said with a smile, "But if you are unlucky, I will be very happy."

After hearing this, Hu Xiner's mouth twitched slightly.

That confession in the bamboo forest was all just her imagination, right? If Yin Li really liked her, why would he enjoy seeing his secret crush suffer misfortune?

"To be honest, you were actually making fun of me last time." Hu Xiner frowned.

Yin Li smiled but said nothing.

Hu Xiner's face turned dark. Sure enough, Yin Li's last confession was just a joke to her. He wanted to see her embarrassed!

She turned and walked away angrily.

Yin Li followed in three or two steps: "Huh? Where are you going?"

"Go somewhere where I can't see you!" Hu Xiner said angrily.

"I was just teasing you, don't be angry." Yin Li waved the fan in front of her. "Go on, I haven't finished listening yet. What happened to you after you were drowned in the pond?"

"He was rescued by Mu Qing. What else could have happened? Could he have drowned?" Hu Xiner retorted.

Yin Li touched his nose and sighed: Alas, you still dare to say that you don’t look like a she-bear?

Hu Xiner almost fought with him.

On the way back to Liu's house, Hu Xin'er had nothing to do, so at Yin Li's strong request, she began to tell the story of what happened after the pond sank.

The thatched hut that was burned down by a fire, the large tiled house that suddenly appeared, the shops and houses in the town...

The vicious Hu family, the local snake Luo family who specializes in kidnapping and trafficking, Sun Cai who has connections above him, and the robbers on the road...

As the past events surfaced one after another, Hu Xin'er began to sigh, "Life was so hard back then! However, I never felt it was that hard, probably because I had Mu Qing by my side."

Mu Qing: ...

Who can tell him why he was listening to a story intently but was suddenly fed a mouthful of dog food?

Is this the fate of having a crush on a married woman? He refused to accept it!

Thinking of Mu Qing, Hu Xin'er was lost in thought. The longing that had been pent up in her heart flourished, and at the same time, another firm belief burst out -

"I must find evidence quickly so I can return to Mu Qing!" She thought secretly in her heart, and then said to Yin Li beside her: "How about..."

She originally wanted to say, why don’t we go to the Liu family’s forbidden area now to find out what’s going on!

However, one person caught my attention.

It turned out that they had unknowingly passed by the east side of the downtown area, where a circus troupe was performing in public.

Amidst the noise, a masked man was seen standing opposite the crowd, and he seemed to be looking straight at this side.

Before Hu Xin'er could react, Yin Li suddenly said, "Go back first, I'll come find you later!"

After saying this, he flew away.