Chapter 15 He coldly avoided him.
Before bathing.
"Sang Ji, I'm going to take a bath." Crescent Fox's black hair was smooth, with the ends slightly curled up to her waist. She glanced at him lazily and said.
"Okay. Here you go."
Sang Ji held up a box of sandalwood bath beans, which he had asked Wangyou Jun to retrieve from his mother's family's treasure vault.
"Is it really that big of a deal... I just accidentally dropped the bath beans I brought on the ground. It's not like they're unusable. I'm not that delicate," Crescent Fox pouted, accusing Sang Ji.
Sang Ji was unyielding and stubborn: "Take it. Never wrong yourself."
Crescent Fox shrugged and casually took it.
Night fell. Although the summer heat was intense, a gentle night breeze made it easy to catch a chill. Sang Ji closed the doors and windows before her, and after she entered the bath, he withdrew and waited quietly at the entrance of the bath.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Liu Jiao, who was returning home from the lotus market.
He stood upright in the corridor, sword in hand, without the slightest slackening. His phoenix eyes were cold and sharp as he met her gaze directly.
The mulberry trees stood silent.
He was thinking about how to deal with Liu Jiao's enthusiasm later.
Because every time she saw him, she would always take the initiative to get close to him, even if he was as cold as iron.
Liu Jiao spotted him.
The girl took a step forward, and Sang Ji took two steps back.
But Liu Jiao thought differently.
She simply went into her bedroom.
He took a step, but only to return to his bedroom; he never took a single step toward Sang Ji.
She didn't come over, and surprisingly, she didn't even say hello.
But she actually saw him.
Sang Ji was stunned.
His usually calm and aloof phoenix eyes were now filled with astonishment.
With a soft "click" as the door closed, Sang Ji no longer maintained his proper posture.
He looked up and could clearly see half of her silhouette, her eyes slightly red-rimmed, which seemed quite out of place on Liu Jiao's usually clear and bright face.
He was shut out.
*
Since Liu Jiao returned home last night, she has locked herself in her bedroom and refused to eat.
Even Sang Ji, she no longer came to see her.
Liu Jiaoniang was heartbroken.
Seeing that Liu Jiao didn't eat breakfast but still listened to her father, he barely refrained from disturbing her, only feeling secretly saddened.
She didn't eat lunch, and I started asking her softly, secretly wiping away tears. She also didn't eat dinner...
"Eat up, Jiaojiao, and I'll tell you the most fashionable embroidery patterns in Huajing!" Liu Jiaoniang dragged Liu Jiao out of the house, coercing and bribing her.
Liu Jiao's mother is actually the wisest and strongest person. Although she is usually gentle and weak, putting on a show to please her father, she is truly intelligent and insightful when it matters.
For example, today Liu Jiao locked herself in her room and refused to eat.
Father said not to spoil her, and to let Liu Jiao go hungry. Not only did Liu Jiao not change her ways, she also went hungry.
Seeing that her attempts to persuade her were futile, the mother devised another method: she dragged Liu Jiao out to feed her, with the ultimate goal of getting her to eat.
"Thank you, Mother! I'll eat right away!" Liu Jiao's dim eyes lit up when she heard about learning embroidery patterns. The door opened in a few seconds, and Liu Jiao immediately took out the bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen cabinet, washed them, and rushed to the dining table.
"That's right, never go hungry." The father, who had been stubborn just moments before, stroked his beard and praised Liu Jiao for eating.
"Which one do you like?" When Liu Jiao arrived, Sang Ji was asking the Crescent Fox beside him what it wanted to eat.
Upon seeing her arrive, Sang Ji subtly spared a glance.
However, his body remained in a defensive posture, positioned in front of the princess.
Liu Jiao simply picked out some food and put it in her bowl.
"Can't you eat here? That's rude," Liu Jiao's father scolded Liu Jiao.
"Alright, it's good enough that you're even out to eat." Mother rolled her eyes at Father.
After finishing her meal, Liu Jiaosheng was about to return to her room. When she passed by Sang Ji, she simply carried her bowl and chopsticks and walked straight past without stopping or greeting him.
She simply avoided the topic with indifference.
Sang Ji frowned.
He thought, this is for the best.
*
Summer.
The next day
Sang Ji stopped working in the chicken coop and was relieved of his duties there.
Because we have enough money.
It was the money given by Forget-Worry Lord.
Wangyoujun had previously owed Sangji quite a bit of money, but Sangji didn't care about such small amounts, so Wangyoujun hadn't paid it back. Now, it just so happens that Wangyoujun is paying back a debt he incurred while relaxing at the Beishanzi Tea House.
It would be enough to cover the food expenses for Crescent Fox for two months.
With this move, Sang Ji completely severed ties with Liu Jiao, and there would be no further contact between them.
Today, as Liu Jiao stood in the hall, preparing to go to the chicken coop to work, Sang Ji happened to run into her again.
But he didn't even look at Liu Jiao, as if he didn't care about her at all.
Seeing this, Liu Jiao clenched her fists, didn't look at him, and jogged past him quickly.
The person who used to carry her the cloth bag is gone.
The barbarians who used the small path to intimidate and mock her were gone.
Liu Jiao spent the entire day in this melancholy.
Even though the chicks were chirping all around her, she felt a sense of emptiness.
She worked alone in the chicken coop and never felt lonely before.
But now...
As night fell in a daze, Liu Jiao knew it was time to go home.
The cycle repeats itself, and everything returns to its unbroken state.
As Liu Jiao opened the chicken coop door, ready to go home, her dejected face froze.
She found that she couldn't push it.
She tried again, but she just couldn't push it open.
The door is broken?
Liu Jiao looked around through the other doors, even prying open the windows.
Without exception, they could not be pushed open.
The doors and windows were sealed shut, so she couldn't get out.
Liu Jiao realized that she had been maliciously locked in the chicken coop.
Wait, you can also go through the dog hole.
Liu Jiao is short enough to squeeze through a dog hole.
She crouched down and saw a faint red glow of firelight outside the cave, and hope ignited in her heart.
Just as they were about to part the thatch—
Unexpectedly, the fire disappeared the next moment, blocked by a heavy boulder.
In the instant before the flames disappeared, Liu Jiao saw a familiar lotus pendant:
It's Xiulian.
She tried to stop her, took a step forward, spread her palms, and was about to rush out with lightning speed.
Suddenly, a streak of blue flashed by—
The slippery touch made Liu Jiao realize what it was immediately and flung it away as fast as she could.
A giant rock blocked the entrance to the cave.
Liu Jiao was completely confined to the chicken coop.
In the darkness, without stars or moon, Liu Jiao held a lantern that flickered in her hand, and stared at the swaying bamboo viper that had crept into the haystack.
It's over.
Liu Jiao was as tense as a scarecrow.
This is a venomous snake.
Putting snakes into the chicken coop, not to mention the venom that could kill people, would have unimaginable consequences for all the chickens.
Here we go again.
Liu Jiao thought expressionlessly, "These past two days have been incredibly unlucky."
It's highly likely that she's doomed.
*
dinner.
"My lord... why hasn't Jiaojiao returned yet?" the mother asked worriedly.
Wangyoujun was also somewhat worried: "Should I go look for it?"
"Don't worry about her. She's probably just in a bad mood and went out to have fun." Dad didn't think anything serious would happen to Liu Jiao.
In his view, the grass village was peaceful and posed no threat whatsoever.
A note from the author:
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揢 Bath: Bathroom.
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