Chapter 15, Section 15: Pei Duo: Kill him, and your sister-in-law will be his...
The day after tomorrow is New Year's Day. Pei's father and Xie discussed going hunting in the mountains the next day.
Since winter began, Pei's father hadn't been to the mountains. He had nowhere to stretch his muscles properly, which made him very bored.
Madam Xie packed the water bags and provisions for the father and son to go into the mountains. Pei's father glanced at Pei Duo reading in the next room, went into the room and walked to Madam Xie's side, lowered his voice and said, "Wife, do you really intend to let Duo go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination in the future? Have you thought it through? With Duo's talent, becoming the top scholar is a piece of cake. Aren't you afraid that he will stay in the capital in the future?"
After tying up the bundle, Xie turned around and helped Pei's father straighten his slightly wrinkled clothes: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings."
She looked at Pei's father: "Can you control Duo'er's thoughts?"
Pei's father shook his head: "That's impossible."
Who would have thought that he, a burly, illiterate man, would have a son with extraordinary talent?
This child never caused his parents any worry from a young age. He was always quick to learn and had a photographic memory. When they taught him martial arts, he would memorize it after only one lesson, and sometimes he could even create new moves to counter what they considered to be invincible killing moves.
Duo Ge'er was taciturn and deep-thinking from a young age, and his thoughts became even deeper as he grew older.
Over the years, he and his wife have found it increasingly difficult to understand what Duoge'er is thinking.
Pei's father covered Xie's hand with his rough hand and squeezed it, then laughed and said, "Alright, let him be. When Duo'er goes to the capital in the future, let my old friends see him. They will definitely say that I, Pei Dazhao, have had great luck. Not only did I marry a beautiful wife, but I also have a son who is both scholarly and martial!"
Lady Xie was amused by her husband's smug look.
When several families in Xiping Village learned that the Pei family was going hunting in the mountains, they also wanted to try it out.
Zhao Zhixue also planned to relax for a day and went to Pei's father to tell him that he also wanted to go.
Pei's father turned to Pei Duo and said, "Duo-ge'er, it's rare that Xue-ge'er also wants to come into the mountains with us to learn hunting."
Pei Duo lifted his gaze from the book and glanced at the courtyard wall outside the window.
The Zhao family lived on the other side of the courtyard wall.
He wasn't lying to Jiang Ninghui; he could indeed hear every subtle sound within a hundred feet.
For example, right now.
Jiang Ninghui's gentle voice came from the other side of the courtyard wall.
“My lord, I’ve heard Aunt Xie say that the mountains are teeming with tigers and wild beasts, and Uncle Pei and Young Master Pei are skilled in martial arts. Perhaps you shouldn’t go. What would happen to our parents if something were to happen to you? What would I do?”
Zhao Zhixue cupped Jiang Ninghui's slender, cool hands in his own: "It's alright. This time, including Uncle Pei and Brother Pei, there are three of us going into the mountains. We can look after each other if we travel together. You can stay home and wait for me to come back. Didn't you say you like rabbits? I'll see if I can hunt some for you this time."
Jiang Ninghui was genuinely happy and said softly, "My husband treats me so well."
He even remembered what she had said before.
Zhao Zhixue hugged Jiang Ninghui in his arms: "You are my wife, it is only right that I treat you well."
On the other side of the courtyard wall.
Pei Duo lowered his eyes and ran his fingertips along the pages.
It turns out my sister-in-law likes rabbits.
The rabbits in the mountains are wild and will run away at the slightest noise, which is quite different from my sister-in-law's honest and gentle nature. However, those red rabbit eyes are somewhat similar to the almond eyes that my sister-in-law had reddened when she cried in his arms that day.
The next morning, the group met at the Pei family's door.
When Zhao Zhixue went hunting in the mountains for the first time, his parents were worried and followed him, giving him countless instructions and warnings, fearing that something might happen to him.
Jiang Ninghui quietly followed behind her husband. As soon as she came out, she saw several people outside the door, with Uncle Pei and Young Master Pei leading the way.
Pei Duo was dressed in a light blue, arrow-sleeved outfit today, which made his tall and upright figure appear even more agile and cold. He had a quiver of arrows on his shoulder, and his five fingers, which gripped the longbow, were long and slender like bamboo, strong and powerful.
More than six months after she married into the family, this was the first time she had seen Young Master Pei dressed as a young man with his hair tied up and wearing a smart outfit.
Only then did she realize that the young man in front of her had just turned seventeen in June.
If you calculate it carefully, he's a year and a half younger than her.
But the young man, a year and a half younger than her, saved her time and time again.
After saying goodbye to his parents, Zhao Zhixue turned to Jiang Ninghui and said, "Wife, I'm leaving."
Jiang Ninghui's beautiful eyes reflected a smile: "I'll wait for my husband to return."
The morning light fell on the woman, making her gentle features appear even more tender.
Her eyes were filled with tenderness and worry for her beloved.
Pei Duo lifted his thin eyelids and glanced at the distant, layered mountain peaks. Suddenly, he felt that those almond-shaped eyes, overflowing with affection, were extremely dazzling.
Her eyes are more pitiful when she cries.
Just like that day, I cried my eyes out in his arms.
"Alright, everyone's here, let's go!"
Pei's father beckoned, and he and Pei Duo went ahead first, with the other four following behind them.
As Jiang Ninghui watched the group of people walk further and further away, her gaze inadvertently fell on the tall and handsome young man.
The young man seemed to sense something and looked back.
Their eyes met.
Pei Duo's dark pupils were cold and indifferent, but when he met those almond-shaped eyes, the coldness in his eyes seemed to fade a lot.
Jiang Ninghui was caught off guard by the other person's gaze. Feeling embarrassed, she subconsciously lowered her head to avoid the young man's eyes. Suddenly, she realized that this was inappropriate, and perhaps the other person had just glanced back casually.
She pursed her slightly cold lips, and when she looked up again, she saw that Young Master Pei had already turned around and walked out of the village with the group of people.
A heavy snowfall occurred a few days ago, leaving the mountains covered in white snow and the branches heavy with snow.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, but Pei's father and Pei Duo walked briskly, completely unaffected by the snow.
The group behind them, however, were panting heavily after less than an hour and their pace slowed down considerably. Even though the Pei family father and son slowed their pace to accommodate them, they still managed to put some distance between them.
In the past, the Pei family father and son would have gone deep into the mountains, but with these few people, they only wandered around the area.
Pei's father said, "Everyone can find prey on their own, but remember, never cross that slope in front. From there, you'll enter the deep mountains, where there are fierce tigers and wild beasts. If you encounter them, you'll become food for them, let alone prey."
The group nodded, taking Pei's father's words to heart.
Pei's father distributed the sharpened wooden arrows to the group, saying, "We will meet here in three hours. The snow in the mountains is thick, so you can find your way back by following your own footprints."
The group received wooden arrows, and two of them agreed to travel together.
Another person wanted to walk with Pei's father. Seeing this, Zhao Zhixue came to Pei Duo's side and whispered, "Brother Pei, may I walk with you?"
Pei Duo tossed the longbow from his left hand to his right and nodded indifferently.
He walked ahead, his steps light and quick as he crossed the slope in front of him.
Zhao Zhixue frowned slightly.
Uncle Pei said that after crossing this slope, there would be a road leading to the deep mountains. Thinking of the fierce tigers and wild beasts in the deep mountains, Zhao Zhixue couldn't help but stand still.
He looked at Pei Di, who stood tall and elegant at the top of the slope.
The young man's tight-fitting clothes with arrow sleeves fluttered wildly in the biting wind.
He turned around, his extremely cold gaze fixed on Zhao Zhixue, and with a slight parting of his thin lips, uttered only two words: "Shall we go?"
Zhao Zhixue swallowed hard and nodded, saying, "Let's go!"
Pei Di is skilled in martial arts. With him around, if they encounter fierce tigers or wild beasts, Pei Di will definitely not abandon him.
After walking for about half an hour, Zhao Zhixue suddenly saw the shadow of a rabbit flash by in front of him.
His face lit up with joy, and he called out, "Brother Pei, there are rabbits ahead. Wait for me, I'll go catch a few."
Zhao Zhixue clumsily trudged through the thick snow and ran into the distance.
Pei Duo stared at the receding figure, his cool eyes narrowing slightly for a moment.
stupid.
inability.
Moreover, he is arrogant and blindly filial, and his words and deeds are inconsistent.
He couldn't understand how a woman could be attracted to a man who had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
The young man raised his hand, took an arrow from the quiver, nocked it on the string, hooked the bowstring with his slender fingers, and pulled the bow to its limit. The taut bowstring hummed in the cold wind.
People in the distance were leaping and darting after the rabbit.
Pei Duo narrowed his eyes, his deep, dark eyes flashing with a chilling killing intent.
Kill him.
Kill this piece of trash.
He died.
The tender affection that belonged solely to him in that woman's eyes vanished.
The thin bowstring hummed in the cold wind, and the arrow, imbued with a chilling aura, was aimed at Zhao Zhixue, who was a hundred feet away.
"—Whoosh!"
An arrow is released from the bow.
A sharp, ringing sound pierced the wind, tracing a cold arc as it shot towards the people in the distance.
A note from the author:
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