Chapter 63: My Love for You is True
One of the bandits' words made Yu Nianzhen want to curse.
It's one thing for Chunyu Han to be a castrated dog, but how did she become a barren hen?! Have you no manners?
It's all Chunyu Han's fault for labeling her like that; even the bandits have started to discriminate against her.
"Waiter, go spread the word that Chunyu Han should cripple his own arms and use them to save this young lady's life."
Even if Chunyu Han were to commit suicide, it wouldn't be enough to vent the bandit's anger. He was determined to make this eunuch suffer a fate worse than death.
When these people heard that there was a chance to avenge their faction, they were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Yu Nian was bound hand and foot and thrown into a corner of the room. Seeing the bandits' excited appearance, she couldn't help but twitch her lips and earnestly advised the bandit leader.
"Brother, I think it would be more practical for you to ask me for some money. If you spread the word to Chunyu Han, he definitely won't do what you want, and besides, I'm really not that important to him."
They are allies who have just formed an alliance and whose relationship is not yet stable.
"Don't try to fool me. Everyone in the streets and alleys is saying how deeply that eunuch is devoted to you. Chunyu Han even gave you something as important as the fish tally, which shows that he truly loves you. With your wedding just around the corner, would he abandon his fiancée?"
Damn true love, and it's that damned fish talisman again.
If Yu Nian had known that this thing was so important, she really wouldn't have wanted it.
"Let's go, stop talking nonsense, take her to Qingyan Cliff."
The head of the household was single-mindedly focused on avenging Chunyu Han and their dead brothers. He dismissed everything Yu Nian said as mere sophistry.
Qingyan Cliff is the highest point of the entire Qingyan Mountain, a steep cliff on the side of Hengling Mountain, and was once the stronghold of this band of mountain bandits.
The place is now a mess, with blank wooden plaques stuck in the mounds of earth amidst the broken walls, making it look like a graveyard.
The cold moonlight shrouded the cliff, casting an eerie glow over the mass grave.
Even without the leader's introduction, Yu Nian could guess that this must be the burial place of those bandits.
The bandits brought Yu Nian here, clearly intending to avenge them in front of the spirits of the dead.
A chilly autumn wind swept through the graveyard, and Yu Nian not only shivered from the cold, but also felt a chill in her heart.
Chunyu Han, that loser, has really messed things up for him this time.
Upon arriving at their destination, the bandit leader stabbed his sword into the ground and glared at Yu Nian with ill intent.
"What...what do you want to do..."
The look in her eyes was so blatant that Yu Nian, sitting on the ground, instinctively shifted her body back a little.
"Young lady, what do you think would happen if your castrated fiancé arrived and found that the woman he loves had been taken advantage of by the bandits he despises the most?"
Yu Nian was surprised that the bandit would suddenly say that, and a part of her heart felt empty.
The only thing that's certain is that the bandit wasn't joking with her.
"If you touch me, he will definitely kill you all."
With her hands and feet bound, Yu Nian had nowhere to hide. Her only hope now was to use Chunyu Han's reputation to temporarily protect herself.
To everyone's surprise, after Yu Nian finished speaking, the leader suddenly burst into a loud, sinister laugh. The unrestrained laughter echoed through the mountains, giving Yu Nian goosebumps.
After laughing enough, the bandit leader bent down and grabbed Yu Nian's collar, instantly closing the distance. Yu Nian could even smell the stench of sweat on the bandit's body.
“Kill us? We should be the ones who killed him. We laid a trap on this Qingyan Cliff, just waiting for him to come. His self-inflicted arm-severing was just a ruse. As long as he comes, I will make sure he is pierced by a thousand arrows.”
These bandits were vicious and ruthless, and they would stop at nothing to exact revenge. In their eyes, Yu Nian was just bait to lure Chunyu Han over.
"Young lady, be sensible. What Chunyu Han doesn't have, I have. If you serve my brothers well, we'll spare your life after Chunyu Han dies... Hiss!"
Before the bandit leader could finish speaking, Yu Nian lowered her head and bit down hard on the hand that was gripping her collar. She spat the blood onto the bandit's greasy, lewd face.
"You're dreaming!"
Even if it means death, Yu Nian will never compromise herself for such a disgusting scumbag.
But this enraged the bandit, who grabbed a large knife stuck in the ground and slashed it at Yu Nian's leg.
"ah……"
Blood instantly stained Yu Nian's light-colored skirt, and the excruciating pain caused tears to uncontrollably stream down her face.
"You bastard! If you have the guts, just kill me!"
Yu Nian gritted her teeth, deliberately provoking the bandit. It would take less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to get from the capital to Qingyan Mountain.
Yu Nian knew she wouldn't be able to wait for Chunyu Han to rescue her, so she figured she'd rather die a quick death than be humiliated.
"You little vixen, you've got some spirit. You want to die? Well, you'll have to serve me first!"
The bandits were not fooled by Yu Nian; instead, it fueled his desire to conquer them.
A large hand roughly tore Yu Nian's outer garment, revealing a patch of snow-white skin on her shoulder. Yu Nian was pinned against a large rock, with nowhere to retreat.
The bandits had never seen such a beauty before, and they couldn't wait to lower their heads and savor Yu Nian's charms.
"Get away from me! Let me go!"
Yu Nian struggled desperately, but to no avail. This was the first time in her life that Yu Nian had felt such despair and fear. Was she going to be destroyed by a group of scumbags like this...?
Whoosh!
An arrow came hurtling through the air from afar, its arrowhead piercing straight into the leader's cheek.
Blood splattered onto Yu Nian's face, and Yu Nian stared in disbelief at the scene unfolding before her.
The leader, in pain, broke the arrow and immediately stood up, only to find that two of his brothers were lying on the ground with arrows in their chests.
Moreover, the patterns engraved on the arrows clearly told him that these arrows were all used by them to ambush Chunyu Han.
As for those who hid and ambushed Chunyu Han, there's no need to elaborate.
A hundred paces away, Chunyu Han held a longbow, the night wind making his clothes flutter.
His dark robes blended into the night, and his deep, dark eyes radiated a chilling, sinister killing intent, making him appear like a demon emerging from hell.
"Chunyu, you eunuch! If you dare take another step closer, I'll kill you..."
The remaining words of the head of the household were never spoken.
Chunyu Han's last arrow pierced his throat.
The man fell in front of Yu Nian, his blood splattering on Yu Nian's cheek.
Chunyu Han walked over on the wind, his gaze falling on Yu Nian's disheveled face and torn outer garment, his eyes darkening.
He did want to teach this little swindler a lesson, but he didn't expect these bandits to be so audacious.
The fear of surviving the ordeal erupted the moment Yu Nian saw Chunyu Han.
The tears that had been suppressed in her eyes could no longer be held back and welled up, scalding hot tears falling onto the back of Chunyu Han's hand as he was untying her ropes.
Chunyu Han paused for a moment, then said in a low voice.
"Don't cry."
Yu Nian was not listening to any of this. Not only did she not stop, but she cried even louder and spoke in broken sentences.
“I…I thought…you weren’t coming…”
Chunyu Han untied the ropes for her, pulled on Yu Nian's skirt to bandage her wounds, and when he heard her say this, he couldn't help but lose control of the force in his hands and made them a little heavier.
The pain from her wound made Yu Nian cry even harder.
Chunyu Han had never seen a woman cry so fiercely. People usually sob with tears streaming down their faces, but she was wailing like this, with tears falling like a broken string.
Chunyu Han felt a surge of irritation.
"Don't cry."
Chunyu Han said in a low voice, Yu Nian's crying was irritating him.
"Can't I even cry?"
Yu Nian sniffed. Her face was paler than usual because of the fright, and her slightly parted lips were not as rosy as usual, but rather pale.
It doesn't look bad at all; on the contrary, it has a kind of beauty that makes one feel as if a pear tree is overshadowing a crabapple tree.
Yu Nian's crying made Chunyu Han unable to suppress his irritation. He reached out and grabbed the back of Yu Nian's head, pulling her forward.
He desperately wanted to tear that noisy pear blossom to pieces.
Lowering his head and bending down, Chunyu Han bit Yu Nian's lips hard.
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