Chapter 189: Extra 7: Follow Me (Pei Ji and Jiang Rou)
Jiang Rou was so frightened that she trembled, pulled her hand back suddenly, and slapped him in the face.
"I treated you like a brother, yet you treated me like this? I'm going to tell my uncle right now!"
She rushed out of the door, but did not go to find Uncle Li. Instead, she returned to the lake and banged open Pei Ji's door.
"What's wrong, sister Rou'er? Who bullied you?"
Pei Ji was frightened when he saw her red eyes, and he checked her anxiously several times.
"Did your tribe bully you? Don't worry, I'll go find them!"
As he said this, he was about to get dressed and go out.
Jiang Rou grabbed him and said, "No, I just..."
She pressed her lips into a line and spoke after a long time, "I want to live here, is that okay?"
Pei Ji was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "How did this become my home? Of course it's okay."
He returned to the room, made the bed again, and after Jiang Rou got into bed, he carefully tucked the quilt in for her.
"Go to sleep, I'll go watch outside."
Jiang Rou raised her eyelids, "Can't you stay?"
"Huh?" Pei Ji was stunned.
"I-I mean, it's cold outside."
Pei Ji then laughed and rubbed her head, saying, "I have thick skin and flesh, so I'm not afraid of the cold. When I was on the frontier, it was common for me to sleep on the ground in winter."
"Border?" Jiang Rou was surprised.
"Uh." Pei Ji touched his nose in frustration. "I was sold to the capital from the frontier... Um, go to bed early."
Having said that, he walked out and closed the door.
Lying in bed, Jiang Rou tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Pei Ji said that he was a young prostitute and was sold all the way to the capital, which meant that no one wanted him.
Since no one wants him, can she take him?
If she wanted him, he would no longer be a stranger.
With someone to rely on, she no longer has to stay at her second uncle's house, and she no longer has to face that bastard Li Chuan.
It sounds great, but I don't know if Pei Ji is willing.
——
The fact that Jiang Rou did not return home at night was discovered the next day.
The second uncle and second aunt came to the lake and tried to persuade her earnestly, "If the clan leader were still alive, he would be so heartbroken to see the saint girl being so shameless!"
"Who said she was indecent?"
Pei Ji came over and protected Jiang Rou behind him. "She is the best girl in the world. Why did you convict her without even asking any questions?"
Jiang Rou was a little scared standing behind Pei Ji because he was too fierce today and the sound of his voice seemed to have passed through ice.
The second uncle was no less furious, angrily saying, "It's not your place as an outsider to meddle in the affairs of my Lingyuan clan!"
Pei Ji sneered, "I don't care about the Lingyuan clan's affairs, but I will definitely take care of Rou'er's affairs!"
"Do you know how aggrieved Rou'er was when she came to see me yesterday? She is nominally a saint, but if you truly respected her and protected her, why would she come to see a stranger like me in the middle of the night?"
"Feeling wronged?" Second Uncle walked around Pei Ji and looked at Jiang Rou.
"Are you angry with your second uncle? Or has someone bullied you?"
Jiang Rou hid behind Pei Ji, clutching the cloth behind him tightly, not daring to move.
"Uncle, go back. I have nothing to say."
"you……"
The second uncle smacked his lips in anger, as if he was disappointed in his son.
Pei Ji felt the little hand behind him tremble suddenly.
He grabbed his second uncle by the collar and said, "Who bullied her? Go and find out for yourself. If there's still no result after three days, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After his uncle left, Pei Ji turned around and saw the fear and alarm in Jiang Rou's eyes. He asked cautiously, "Did you get scared?"
Jiang Rou nodded with red eyes, then shook her head.
"A little bit. You were so fierce just now. I've never seen you like this before."
Pei Ji's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
This girl is so timid. She was so scared after he just said a few harsh words. If one day she knew that he was a murderer without blinking an eye, how scared would she be?
"So who are you more afraid of, me or your second uncle?"
Jiang Rou thought about it seriously, then suddenly burst out laughing, "Second Uncle."
Pei Ji suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
——
Without her second uncle's obstruction, Jiang Rou lived in Zhou Dian's cottage openly.
Pei Ji seemed to be very strong. Chopping wood and carrying water were like playing to him. Hunting and fishing were also no problem for him. Jiang Rou followed him and ate meat every day.
The two sat side by side under the peach tree.
While eating a chicken drumstick, Jiang Rou asked him, "Pei Ji, are all you young men in such good health?"
Not knowing what he said was wrong, Pei Ji's fair earlobes suddenly turned red.
"How did Sister Rouer know that I was in good health?"
Jiang Rou blinked. "You can do so many rough and heavy jobs, but your health is not good?"
So this is what she meant.
Pei Ji laughed in annoyance, his cheeks as red as the sunset in the sky.
Jiang Rou asked again, "Pei Ji, do all you young men look this good when you smile?"
Pei Ji's heart trembled slightly.
He looked at her seriously and said, "They are not good-looking, only I am good-looking. So, do you like it, Sister Rou'er?"
"I……"
Jiang Rou paused for breath, bit her lip, and spoke after a long pause, "I like the kind of gentleman dressed in white, who is quiet, aloof, and good-looking."
After he finished speaking, a gloomy look suddenly flashed across Pei Ji's eyes.
"But it's not bad for you to be so cheerful and talkative all day long."
"Ah?" The boy's eyes suddenly lit up again.
Jiang Rou suppressed her smile and said, "Why don't you just follow me?"
Pei Ji was so frightened that his chicken legs dropped.
"Sister Rou'er, do you know why you want a man to follow you?"
"Of course I know, I'm not stupid."
Jiang Rou looked up at him with soft eyes.
"Since no one wants you, just follow me. When you're older, I'll let you be my husband, okay?"
Pei Ji's breathing trembled and his voice became hoarse.
"Yes, of course..."
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Three days later, the second uncle really brought Li Chuan to the wooden house by the lake to apologize to Jiang Rou.
"Saint, it's my fault for not being able to discipline my son properly. I've raised a bastard son. Today, I'll teach him a lesson in front of you!"
As he said that, he took out a wooden stick as thick as his wrist and hit Li Chuan on the back.
Li Chuan screamed more miserably than a pig being slaughtered. Jiang Rou was terrified and held Pei Ji's hand tightly.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Pei Ji held the person in his arms and patted him to comfort him.
Only after Li Chuan vomited blood did his second uncle stop.
Jiang Rou looked up at Pei Ji, and when he nodded, she took a step forward and said with courage:
"Uncle, I have decided to take Pei Ji as my husband. From now on, he will be a member of my Lingyuan clan. Besides, I have grown up now, so you don't need to worry about clan affairs anymore."
When Second Uncle heard this, he realized that the Saint was going to remove him from his position as acting patriarch.
He was a little surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it.
"It's all up to the Saint."
Jiang Rou spoke seriously, but in fact she didn't know what was going on in the clan.
There are only more than a thousand people in the Lingyuan clan. She is there to mediate when there is a quarrel, and to witness when there is a wedding.
She felt that she was capable of handling these things, and did not want to be constrained by her second uncle, so she simply removed her second uncle and took over as the clan leader herself.
As it turned out, no one could control her later.
She would hold Pei Ji's hand and parade around the village every day, showing off from time to time.
"Uncle Wang, his name is Pei Ji, and he is the husband I adopted."
"Aunt, this is the skirt Pei Ji sewed for me. Does it look good?"
“…”
Before long, Pei Ji became the most popular person in the clan.
First of all, he is the clan leader’s wife, no, husband, and everyone who sees him must be respectful.
Secondly, he is good-looking, and all females will take a second look at him.
Finally, although he looks like a pretty boy, he has great physical strength and often helps the old man and the old woman with heavy work. He is quite important in the hearts of the old people.
Jiang Rou felt that she had made a great profit. She stuck to Pei Ji all day long, and Pei Ji was happy to be stuck to her.
But every night, he would still stubbornly sleep outside the door.
He said that men and women should not touch each other and should never live together before marriage.
Until that rainy night.
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