Chapter 99 The Hateful Person

In autumn, beans and millets are abundant, and the granaries are full of fruits.

Chen Shiyi was chewing on a sour autumn pear while carrying a broom on his shoulder.

The courtyard of Lingyu Villa has been replaced by a refreshing and quiet place from its previous bustling and prosperous atmosphere.

There are only three of them living in this huge yard.

Yuanxi is good at cooking various ingredients in various ways. Fu Xuwen has free time and likes to follow Chen Shiyi in studying.

Sometimes the grandson tenant would ask his little daughter to bring a bag of chestnuts. When he had nothing to do in the evening, he would roast the chestnuts and eat them while facing the bright moon in the sky and enjoying the cold night breeze.

Brush a layer of honey on the chestnuts to make them sweet.

Yuanxi couldn't understand why Chen Shiyi liked to eat this way.

Sitting outside in such a cold weather can freeze half of your body.

Chen Shiyi disagrees.

In the cold, the feeling of eating hot food and warming your limbs is always worth remembering.

One day, Chen Shiyi was outside in the yard, weeding the surrounding area, when she saw several figures walking towards her from a distance.

She glanced at him, and her eyes instantly became deep.

He walked into the courtyard and came out with a bow and arrow in his hand.

She held the bow in her left hand and pulled the string with her right hand, aiming at the person walking in the distance. She lightly released her right hand and the arrows shot straight at the person like heavy rain.

"Are you serious?"

Long Muchuan was walking towards Chen Shiyi with a smile on his face, but who would have expected that Chen Shiyi would shoot his arrow at him without hesitation, showing no mercy at all.

He barely dodged one arrow, and then the second arrow came flying towards his head. He dodged very quickly, and the arrow pierced through the clothes on his shoulders and neck and stuck into the tree trunk behind him, with the tail of the arrow buzzing.

"Okay, Chen Shiyi, let's stop playing..."

Chen Shiyi nocked the third arrow and replied slowly.

"Who plays with you?"

Long Muchuan realized that Chen Shiyi really wanted to kill him, so he put away his joking thoughts, flicked his right hand, tiptoed lightly, and quickly rushed to Chen Shiyi's side and took the bow from her hand.

"What's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

Chen Shiyi snatched the bow from Long Muchuan's hand and frowned.

"Am I familiar with you, young master?"

Long Muchuan was puzzled.

"Aren't we familiar with each other? I gave you this villa."

Chen Shiyi was very upset when he heard this.

How dare he mention this!

"You knew there were bandits in the jungle, but you still pushed me here. Do you think I've lived too long?"

Long Muchuan laughed when he heard this.

"So that's it. How can such a small matter stump you? Why don't you solve it properly?"

Chen Shiyi was so angry that he laughed.

"I don't want to see you now, you can go away."

Long Muchuan slipped into the courtyard while Chen Shiyi was not paying attention, sat down on the stone bench next to the Podocarpus, grabbed a handful of roasted chestnuts, and started eating them by himself.

"Speak to me politely. I am a member of the royal family. If someone hears you telling me to get out, it will be a capital crime."

Chen Shiyi was dismissive.

"You can start now."

Long Muchuan choked for a moment, then smiled and spoke.

"We are close friends, there's no need to be so hostile, right?"

Chen Shiyi didn't want to pay attention to him. He was a moody person, loved to play, was indifferent to human life, and his words were not trustworthy.

Saving people brings disaster.

"Why don't you talk to me?"

"What do you want to do?"

Long Muchuan took a sip of the tea that Yuan Xi had just brought to him and asked in confusion.

"What should I want to do?"

"Don't say you don't have a trick up your sleeve when it comes to those gangsters."

Long Muchuan sighed.

"To be honest, I really didn't. I asked you to come here because I knew there were bandits on the mountain. I thought this wouldn't be a problem for you. It's just a pity. I originally thought that you could drive the bandits away so that you could at least have some money to save for yourself, but you ended up sending them directly to the government."

Chen Shiyi sat on the stone bench next to him and looked at him quietly.

Long Muchuan felt very uncomfortable all over.

Chen Shiyi spoke quietly.

"Do you think that I, a maidservant in a marquis's mansion, can just fool around and get away with it? Anyway, I don't understand your court intrigues, right?"

"This forest is not your property at all. Maybe it was given to you by someone else. I don't know how it came into your hands. You happened to find out about the bandits, and I just showed up at this time, and I was a little smart. So, you transferred the property to me under the pretext of repaying a favor."

"In fact, you already knew that I was alone and helpless, with no connections or background. Only that method could eliminate hidden dangers for myself. You sat in the back and drank tea leisurely, watching me plan and plot, and then you easily got the money without getting any trace."

"From the beginning to the end, what you wanted was the wealth in the hands of the bandits. I was just a chess piece that you used skillfully."

Long Muchuan's eyes were as deep as a dark pool, and his eyebrows were icy cold.

After a long moment, he smiled playfully.

"I really underestimated you."

Chen Shiyi's eyebrows and eyes were calm, and he just murmured softly.

"In your eyes, the life and death of people in the world are nothing more than the rising and setting of the sun and the changing of the seasons, just like a daily routine. But I still cherish my own life very much. From the time I was born until now, I have not had a few days of comfort."

"Please show some mercy, Uncle Ninth Prince, and don't tease me, an orphan girl, anymore."

After saying that, he stood up and walked to the kitchen door.

"Yuanxi, there are only three of us eating tonight, so don't cook for others to save rice."

Behind him, Long Muchuan curled his lips and turned his face away with a very light look in his eyes.

Later, when Chen Shiyi came out of the house again, Long Muchuan and his men had disappeared.

Fu Xuwen was a little confused.

"Sister, that person is a very powerful person. Many people would try their best to get a look at him. Why did you turn him away?"

Chen Shiyi was busy eating with his bowl in hand.

"We live ordinary lives, without talent, power, or strengths that others can take advantage of. Being close to them is just like fertilizing their flowers."

"People should live with self-awareness and not covet things that do not belong to them."

Winter was approaching, and Chen Shiyi took Fu Xuwen and Yuan Xi to the provincial capital, wanting to buy them some winter clothes.

They walked slowly down the street.

Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"elder sister…"

When Chen Shiyi heard this, joy filled her heart.

She turned around suddenly, lifted the white veil of her hat, and saw a little boy running towards her.

She bent down, opened her arms, and hugged the thin body tightly.

"Sister, Ruier misses you so much."

Chen Shiyi's eyes were filled with tears.

"Rui'er, sister misses you too."

She stroked Rui'er's cheek with her palm and smiled with tears in her eyes.

"Have you studied hard and learned to read? Have you been well behaved at home?"

Rui'er's previously round cheeks have become a little thinner, and her clear eyes reflect Chen Shiyi's smiling face.

"Well, I have been studying the Four Books with the Master, and the Master has praised me for my good comprehension and said that I will definitely be a great man in the future."

Chen Shiyi nodded continuously.

"Yes, Rui'er is very well-behaved and smart. He will definitely have a great future."

Two figures gradually approached her.

"Eleven, long time no see."

Wen Zhiyuan's gentle voice rang out.

Chen Shiyi wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes and saw Wen Zhiyuan looking at him with a deep smile. Next to him was the smiling Second Young Master's wife.

"Second Young Master, Second Young Madam, long time no see."