Chapter 25
With an overwhelming tone and an ostrich-like posture, he shouted out his confession. Chu Yingyu, who was hugging me, seemed to be hugging a branding iron. He hurriedly waved his arm away from me and fell down.
"Hello!"
Thinking he was going to fall from the tree again, I anxiously tried to pull him away, but the boy hooked his legs around the branch and hung upside down on the tree. This was the body's natural protective reaction.
I held onto the tree trunk and looked at the man who was shaking. I found that his fair face looked like a red persimmon.
Our eyes met while we were swaying. He loosened his legs, landed lightly on the ground while holding his chest, and then ran away quickly, leaving me alone in the tree.
Who would believe it if I told them? An ordinary woman's confession made the number one killer flee in panic.
Wait, he ran away, how am I going to get down? I don't even have a ladder!
"Chu Yingyu! Even if you want to reject me, at least put me back from the tree! Come back, you stinky little brother!"
I howled a few times like a noisy crow, but no one answered. The half moon above my head seemed to be laughing at me silently.
“Woof woof woof!”
Lai Fu was circling under the tree, as if he was worried about me. He is indeed my dog!
"Laifu, go find Chu Yingyu, quickly!"
Lai Fu, who understood, wagged his tail, stepped over the fence nimbly, and headed in the direction where Chu Yingyu was fleeing.
So the scene became a miserable one, with neither the man nor the dog visible, and I was the only one waiting by myself hugging a tree.
I won’t blame myself for confessing. Confession can be the beginning or the end. Without this link, the next direction will be unclear.
If you are rejected, then find someone else or keep trying. If you are accepted, everyone will be happy.
Life is precious, don’t be muddleheaded and just rush to get what you want.
Sitting on the tree, I kept refreshing my understanding and feelings. A gust of evening breeze blew by, and my shoulder was patted. I turned around and hugged the other person.
"You're willing to come back! Do you know how long I was hanging on the tree? Even if you want to refuse, we can still be ordinary friends! Lai Fu is here to find you! Where's the dog?"
"Bring the dog back, and we'll get married."
“…”
Since crossing into this world, I have been frightened so many times that I can’t count them all. The total amount is enough to scare me to death.
Letting go of my arms, I looked at Chu Yingyu in front of me. His face was pale, his brows were slightly furrowed. What a delicate face, and what... magical way of thinking?
After reconstructing the entire situation in my mind, I asked cautiously, "My confession was successful? You mean, I marry you, ah, and live together as a couple?"
"Be friends and be husband and wife."
"I……"
I was shocked by his decisiveness. I thought the next step after confession would be dating and becoming boyfriend and girlfriend, but he went straight to marriage, all in one step!
Is this a flash marriage? Not really, after all, we have known each other for more than half a year, lived together, and had many intimate things happen.
When I think about it, we have always been acting like a couple in a way that only friends can do!
Holding my face in my hands shyly, I shyly said, "Isn't it too fast? After all, you are only eighteen, and I am not even twenty-one."
"People like this in the village all have two children."
“…”
When I think about having children, I'm a little scared. "Me, the contraceptive methods in ancient times weren't very good. I don't want to have too many children, two at most! No more! I'm afraid of the pain!"
Chu Yingyu: "I can't sleep with you only twice."
"Hey! What are you saying? One shot, right? Two babies in two attempts?"
"Please, I will find a way to prevent you from getting pregnant again."
“…”
Wasn't it you who initiated the invitation to form a team? Then creating an extra labor force is a necessary process, but I really don't want to have a football team, unless we are DINKs, which seems not bad either.
It seems a little too early to have a baby. Let me ask about the current situation.
"Chu Yingyu, do you like me?"
"Um."
"when?"
"When you distinguish between you and Xiaobai."
"What's so attractive about me? At least I don't behave very well in front of you. You haven't even seen my shining moments!"
"Good-looking, obvious at a glance, stupid, weak, delicate, troublesome, crybaby, afraid of pain."
“…”
Thank you for making me feel like I'm nothing but pretty! But isn't this also a reverse love statement? He likes these obvious shortcomings of mine! It doesn't matter if I'm acting up, trusting others, crying easily and afraid of pain, he accepts it all.
"I want you to keep bothering me."
"You really do have a strong motherly nature."
"Being with you, I feel like I belong, beyond just my mission."
"Chu Yingyu, have you ever thought that maybe it wasn't me who got close to you and gave you a sense of belonging, but that you chose me, and then you discovered some joy in life yourself? Your happiness is something you found yourself."
"You brought that too."
I smiled foolishly and couldn't help but lean over and kiss him on the forehead. He was so straightforward and didn't beat around the bush at all. I liked him more and more!
In this backward and lonely world, I began to have a stronger sense of happiness, and a desire to give love and expectation to his family.
"Will your Palace Master agree to our marriage?"
"I will go and report to the uterus master on his birthday after a while."
"What if you don't agree?"
"I'll find a way."
"What do I need to do?"
"wait for me."
"good!"
From confession to marriage was so easy that I still find it unbelievable when I wake up from a sleep.
Before, I thought he was going to kill me, but now he proposed to me. No one can escape the law of true fragrance!
I'm sorry to my parents and relatives and friends who live far away from home, but I decided to get married on my own.
May is the fiftieth birthday of Qu Yesi, the master of the Eightfold Palace. Since he turned thirty-five, the master has held grand birthday celebrations every year, inviting heroes from all over to drink for three days and three nights.
He is still so young, but he celebrates his birthday every year.
The birthday gift Chu Yingyu wants to give to Qu Yesi this year is a nine-petaled lamp flower that blooms once every five hundred years in the Prison Spirit Cave. It is famous in the martial arts world for its fame and appearance rather than its practical value.
When I looked at the nine-petaled lantern he drew, I thought it looked quite similar to a lotus. Chu Yingyu said he would be away for half a month and asked me to stay at home.
"Will there be any danger?"
"Won't."
"If you celebrate your birthday every year, you will have to give the Palace Master some strange and bizarre things every year."
"Um."
A life-threatening question began to arise in my mind, something like, if the Palace Master and I fell into the water, who would you save? But I didn't ask it out loud. I just grabbed his belt and played with it, asking in a tactful way.
"You are so loyal to the Palace Master, he should agree to your marriage."
"I don't know, but..."
"What? Are you a mama's boy? If the Palace Master doesn't agree, you won't want me anymore?"
"What is a mama's boy?"
I introduced the product of "mama's boy" to him in a vivid way, and Chu Yingyu quickly shook his head after listening to it.
"I'm not."
"Okay, then let me ask you, if the Palace Master asked you to kill me, would you kill me?"
"No killing."
"You are not allowed to marry me."
"I want to marry her."
I was still maliciously speculating about Chu Yingyu's immediate superior, but he embraced me and said, "The Palace Master is not as strict as you think."
"Okay, I'm sorry."
"I will tell him that you have internal strength, and the power of the Immortal Guest is your confidence. Although the Palace Master is not very interested in supreme martial arts, he will not let this fruit be taken by others. He will agree to the marriage."
I pondered this for a few moments, finally grasping the key point. "You're saying that knowing I still have the immortal's inner strength within me, he wouldn't act rashly, allowing us to get married. This is also indirectly controlling us?"
"Yes."
"I don't think your Palace Master is a father figure, otherwise you wouldn't be thinking of him in this negotiating way."
Chu Yingyu was a little confused, but the Palace Master had raised him for so many years, taught him martial arts and literacy, and also provided him with a lot of resources. I couldn't make irresponsible remarks based on an ambiguous speculation.
"It's okay, I believe you. Let's wait until summer to get married. We can go to the city now to order a dress. No need for any other formalities, but I still want a beautiful wedding dress! And you have to marry me handsomely too!"
"good."
On the day Chu Yingyu left Taohua Village, he told me some things and said that Li would come to see me later.
In fact, he had been gone for only three days when Li Yi came with a brocade box.
The beautiful woman said that the box contained Chu Yingyu's belongings, including the deeds for real estate, farmland, and various shops. He made so much money but had no time to spend it, so he didn't spend it much.
At most, I bought a lot of properties, but I couldn’t live in them all.
Li Yi couldn't bear it anymore, so she and Chu Yingyu borrowed money, but they would also help manage these assets, which was considered mutual help.
"Oh, Xiaochu has grown up and is going to find a wife. I am so sad." Li Yi pretended to wipe his tears with a handkerchief and then enthusiastically told me about the distribution of these assets.
Damn it! I have no business sense at all. I tried hard to remember all this. I thought we'd just work hard together, grow vegetables, but it turns out I'm just going to lie low and live like a salted fish.
I will marry him alone in exchange for a mountain of gold like Chu Yingyu.
"Xiao Chu was worried that you would feel insecure, so he asked me to take inventory of the assets and hand them over to you."
"Thank you, Sister Li Yi, for always helping Chu Yingyu."
"It's mutually beneficial. Don't be polite, young lady. I'll need to borrow money from your young husband in the future."
"..." I blushed! My little husband, hehehe.
We should wait for Chu Yingyu to come back and discuss with him how to deal with these industries. For now, we should maintain normal operation.
Li Yi recommended a ready-made clothing store for me that makes wedding dresses, and also said that if she was free on the wedding day, she could come over and have a drink. However, we hadn't set a date yet, so it was more casual.
I thought about it and asked, "Sister Li Yi, are you married?"
"No, the person I like doesn't like me."
"Why?"
"I really envy you and Xiao Chu, but you'd better be careful, after all, it's not easy to be the wife of the number one killer."
"Well, I'll take care of myself!"
"How many children do you want to have?"
"I think two is enough!"
"That's too few. Five is the minimum."
“…”
There are people encouraging marriage and having children in every world, right?
"Who does Sister Li Yi like?"
"Secret, I was thinking of training Xiao Chu, but you took him down."
“…”
I had previously supported Li Yi and Chu Yingyu, so I smiled awkwardly, "Sister Li Yi will definitely find her own happiness!"
Li Yi smiled, with a dark emotion in her eyes, but she quickly returned to her nonchalant look.
I wanted to ask about Chu Yingyu's chest pain, but I didn't dare to open my mouth easily. Once it involved the affairs of the underworld, I felt that I couldn't easily reveal it.
I don't want what happened to Liang Lun to happen again.
This hesitation made her miss the best opportunity. Li Yi left after drinking her tea. After all, she was the boss of the intelligence agency, so how could she have so much free time?
I was the only one left in the yard again.
Lai Fu's collar has been loosened. He has grown bigger now, with shiny fur and strong limbs. He is prettier than any other dog in the village and is always praised when he is taken out for a walk.
I met Ye Zi on the road while walking my dog. I rarely see her in the village, but we are closer than strangers.
The beautiful woman was still unsteady, but her face was filled with happiness and satisfaction. She limped across the stone slabs, her brisk steps revealing her joy.
They say that when good things happen, people feel refreshed. I brought Lai Fu with me to block her way, "Hey, Ye Zi!"
"It's Miss Li Si. Lai Fu seems to have grown up a bit."
"You've grown up a lot. It's just time to go back. You seem very happy today."
"I received a letter saying my husband is coming back."
I was stunned, "Are you married?" Yes, she was washing clothes by the stream before, and there were men's clothes.
"We got married last year, but my husband is often away from home working, so Miss Li has never seen him."
"Oh, then will your husband leave again when he comes back this time?"
"He's not leaving this time. He's not working anymore, and he's almost saved up enough money."
"Congratulations!"
Ye Zi smiled gently and looked at me curiously, "Where is your brother Wang Wu?"
I was stunned by the question, and immediately remembered my setting. I said seriously: "Wang Wu went out to work!"
"If you don't mind, when my husband comes back, I can introduce you to a job. The wages are quite good."
"It's okay, my brother has his own boss."
"Well, next time my husband comes home, I'll invite you and your brother to dinner."
"good!"
After a few friendly greetings, we waved goodbye.
I began to think about whether I should change the setting. After all, when I marry Chu Yingyu, it will look like a brother-sister marriage in the eyes of the villagers, which is weird.
It's really like shooting oneself in the foot.
One night half a month later, Chu Yingyu came back in a hurry. I was surprised and told him to prepare clothes for him, give him a bath, and make some midnight snacks.
He shook his head, took out the oil-paper bag from his arms and put it away. That was my favorite pastry.
After staring blankly at the food, I immediately turned my gaze to him. Seeing that he had no intention of resting at all, I asked reluctantly.
"Hey, are you still leaving?"
I originally wanted to show off the fabric I bought to him. It would definitely look great when it was made into a dress for the wedding.
Chu Yingyu pulled me over and hugged me. I put my face against him and felt the coldness left on the fabric. He seemed to have been traveling for a long time and in a hurry.
"Did you get that nine-petal flower?"
"It has been given to the Palace Master."
"Are you hurt?"
"No."
"What are you going to do now?"
"There is an urgent task."
"Can you tell me?"
"The second-ranked assassin in the Yae Palace has defected, and I need to deal with it."
No way, the second one wants to run away, so the eldest one goes to catch him?
I opened my mouth, but I couldn't say the words to ask him to resign. Before we even got married, I greedily wanted to control him.
Things like retiring from the underworld need to be done gradually, and I can't reveal my thoughts all at once.
"Is that traitorous second brother powerful?"
"I'm the best."
"Don't be proud. You have to be careful. I'll wait for you to come back."
"wait for me."
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