Chapter 31 Chapter 31 I just want to be with my brother forever...
Only then did Ji Chu remember that he was still holding two stacks of "concubine selection books" in his hands.
"It's Aunt He from next door. She told me to choose one I like..."
A bony hand stretched out in front of her.
"Yang Nianzhi" lowered his eyes, a few strands of hair covering his slightly pale face, his voice was calm and his attitude was natural:
"Give me."
Ji Chu was stunned for a moment, realizing that Yang Nianzhi was the elder in the family, and his sister's marriage did need his consent.
Then she smoothed out the books in her hands, folded them together, and placed them in his outstretched hand.
Meng Yuci flipped through a few pages at random, then threw the stack of papers onto the table and said to her in a neutral tone:
"They all declined."
Ji Chu's eyes followed his movements and fell on the scattered booklets on the table. He nodded and replied absentmindedly:
"oh……"
Meng Yuci glanced at her and saw that she was still staring at the papers in a daze, looking lost. He couldn't help but look at her for a few seconds, and his tone was quite unpredictable:
"Why? Is there something in here that you can't bear to part with?"
The way he asked this question was a bit strange. It was obvious that he was a brother worried about his sister's marriage, but Ji Chu could still taste a familiar chill in it.
It’s a bit like the feeling when her senior brother and she were practicing together.
She didn't have time to think and blurted out:
"Of course not!"
The cold has eased slightly.
Ji Chu looked around with fear on his face, and confirmed again and again that there were only himself and the "local" Yang Nianzhi in the room. There was no way there could be any sword cultivators, senior brothers, peach branches or anything like that. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Could it be that her senior brother had such a profound influence on her that even though he is no longer with her, his spirit remains, and his influence lingers on?
Meng Yuci looked at her alert expression and found it funny. He said calmly:
"I saw you in a daze and thought you had someone you liked."
After saying this, he maintained his "Yang Nianzhi" demeanor and spoke gently:
"I'm not a conservative person, your brother. If you really like someone, just tell me and I can help you choose one."
“No, no, no…”
Ji Chu shook his head like a rattle and said firmly:
"I have no intention of getting married, and I will never fall in love with anyone else. I just want to be with my brother forever."
While she was expressing her loyalty, she kept saying in her heart:
I flipped through the two piles of papers several times but couldn't figure out what they were. They must have nothing to do with the mission. With Yang Nianzhi blocking the way, I didn't have to make up excuses to deal with Aunt He. That was a good thing!
So her eyes became more determined.
She said this in a firm tone, and used such an intimate term as "brother". Even though she knew that they were playing the role of "siblings" who depended on each other for survival, Meng Yuci couldn't help but tremble his eyelashes.
He raised his eyes and saw Ji Chu staring at him with his bright eyes, blinking very deliberately to make himself appear sincere, with an expression on his face that said "Look how sincere I am."
...Junior sister is a liar who tells lies without blinking, but her acting is really not very good.
Meng Yuci sighed softly.
He threw back the quilt and made a move to stand up. Ji Chu did not forget that this was a "long-term, incurable" and "delicate and frail" sickly handsome man. He jumped to his bedside in three steps and reached out to support him:
"Brother, do you want to get out of bed? Let me help you!"
Meng Yuci: "..."
The first level of playing "Yang Nianzhi": Don't be discovered by Ji Chu.
He adjusted his pace, trying to be as light and weak as possible.
A pair of soft and warm hands gently supported his forearm, and Ji Chu had an expression of "protecting a fragile item":
"Brother, be careful not to fall."
Meng Yuci remained silent and walked to the wardrobe with the help of Ji Chu.
Ji Chu suddenly realized and turned around to help "Yang Nianzhi" take off his clothes:
"So, brother, you want to change your clothes. Then I'll help you...right?"
Before she could finish her words, "Yang Nianzhi" pressed her neck and pushed her out without saying a word.
The wooden door closed in front of her without hesitation.
Ji Chu looked aggrieved.
She thought she had tried very hard, but she still didn't know where her performance as the "caring and good sister" was not perfect enough, which made the "local brother" unhappy.
Although she was a little shocked by the strength of "Yang Nianzhi", as a cultivator, she was pushed out without any resistance.
Fortunately, "Yang Nianzhi" has not questioned her identity since waking up, so she should have passed this hurdle.
Ji Chu didn't think much about it.
As the sky darkened, a cool breeze blew through the collar of my clothes.
Ji Chu shivered and suddenly felt a little cold.
It was sunny during the day, but the temperature dropped so quickly as soon as the sun set.
She turned around, with her back to the door, and paced aimlessly in the yard for a few steps, waiting for Yang Nianzhi to change his clothes.
Suddenly, there was a scream from next door, accompanied by the sound of something heavy being thrown against the wall.
After waiting for a whole day, the Jade Book Plate finally showed a change. As night fell, a line of ink-colored words slowly emerged:
"The demons steal treasures and bring disaster to the world. Eliminate the demons to earn points."
It turns out that the mission is to eliminate demons.
Below this line of words, there is another line of small red characters, like jade patterns growing out of the jade book plate:
"Ji Chu: Human. Score: Zero."
The moment she saw these words, she felt an indescribable strangeness in her heart.
But he couldn't figure out what was wrong for a moment, so he had to put the jade book card away and jumped over the wall to the next room.
*
Aunt He's family lives next door.
There was no one in the yard, the lights in the master bedroom were off, and there was only a faint firelight from the direction of the kitchen, as if the stove was on fire. Wisps of smoke floated out from the crack in the door, carrying the extremely delicious smell of chicken soup.
During the day, I heard Aunt He mention that she was going to make chicken soup in the evening.
If the person inside is Aunt He...
Ji Chu sensed the evil spirit behind the door and became worried.
She picked up an axe from the corner of the wall and slowly approached the door.
The rustling noise inside quieted down as she approached the door.
The evil aura was very faint, mixed with a bloody smell that foreshadowed something ominous.
Is she still a step too late?
Ji Chu was anxious, and he slammed the half-closed door open. He swung his hatchet like a sword and chopped it down at the shadow beside the stove.
A little girl with two buns on her head raised her head and faced the blade.
It turned out to be Aunt He’s youngest daughter, Niuniu.
Ji Chu was startled and changed direction suddenly. The hatchet hit the stove next to him, making a crack in the mud stove.
Niu Niu's expression was cold, and even had a hint of gloom that shouldn't appear on a child's face.
In her hand, she was holding a fox demon that had failed to transform. Its neck was twisted at a horrible angle and it looked dead.
The evil aura that Ji Chu sensed just now came from here.
A five-year-old human girl killed a demon with her bare hands!
The chicken soup in the iron pot made a "gurgling" sound, and a stronger aroma emanated. In the dim warm light, everything seemed warm and peaceful except for the fox demon with a broken neck in Niu Niu's hand.
Ji Chu didn't feel relaxed at all.
Everything I saw was strange.
There was a big pot of chicken soup on the fire, but the lights in the master bedroom were off. Did Aunt He and the others really not hear such a loud scream just now?
Why is Niuniu here alone? Did she really kill the fox demon?
As Ji Chu's doubts continued to grow, Niu Niu's gaze finally fell on her face.
"Chicken thief?"
The child's voice is clear, yet it makes people feel scared.
The small world that had been peaceful for the entire day finally revealed the eerie and strangeness hidden deep within at this moment.
Ji Chu clenched the hatchet in his hand and pretended to know nothing:
"I didn't mean to steal the chicken, Niuniu, don't you remember me? I'm Yang Sisi who lives next door."
Niu Niu looked at her, as if trying to discern the truth from her words.
Suddenly, the firewood crackled and the fire in the stove jumped up suddenly, like a horn for action.
The little girl in front of him, whose height was only up to Ji Chu's waist, suddenly jumped up, made her hands into claws, and grabbed Ji Chu's neck. The tips of her ten fingers were still stained with the fox demon's blood.
Ji Chu hurriedly retreated.
She didn't know what was happening yet, but during the day, Niu Niu was still a little girl who only dared to hide behind the door and eat candy. Now, even if she showed her fierce look, she still couldn't act without hindrance and was forced to leave the small kitchen.
Niu Niu followed closely and stood at the kitchen door. The child's eyes revealed a gloomy grayness in the moment of light and darkness.
It doesn't look like a human, but more like a ghost or a demon.
No one moved.
While the two were in a stalemate, a person suddenly climbed over the wall on the other side and hit the chicken coop with a thud.
The sleeping chickens suddenly jumped up and fled out of the broken cages. In an instant, the roosters crowed non-stop, and chicken feathers filled the sky, completely dispelling the strange atmosphere in the yard.
A young man dressed as a scholar raised his head from the center of the broken chicken coop.
Ji Chu felt that something was wrong, so he turned his body to block in front of him, and at the same time flipped the blade, colliding the handle with Niu Niu's attack, steadily blocking Niu Niu's attack.
The scholar behind him sighed:
"Fuck, can kids be this fierce?"
The tone is too familiar.
Ji Chu exerted force on his hands and threw Niu Niu out. He looked back suspiciously and met a completely unfamiliar face.
When the scholar saw her, his eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't care about his own embarrassment at the moment. He moved the hairband that fell in front of his face, cleared his throat, and leaned on the chicken coop to bow to her:
"The girl is very good at knife skills. She is beautiful and her knife is also beautiful. I wonder what her name is and what is her name?"
Ji Chu: “…”
She was speechless and said, "Sister, I actually use swordsmanship."
Xu Ying, dressed as a scholar, said: “…!”
She immediately recognized Ji Chu and quickly covered her mouth to prevent herself from shouting out his identity. A cry of surprise slipped out from between her fingers:
"Oh my god! We were actually assigned to the same little world!"
Since they were acquaintances, Xu Ying no longer had to pretend to be a weak scholar.
She quickly climbed up from the chicken coop, and worked with Ji Chu to tie Niuniu up with a hemp rope and put her aside, then clapped her hands and said:
"I'm so impressed! It's fine they gave me a male body, but they even gave me a skinny chicken! To play the role of a scholar well, I have to put a stool before I can climb over the wall..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Ji Chu again, and taking advantage of her height advantage, she touched her face:
"You're so cute from this angle!"
Ji Chu was helpless: "This is Yang Sisi's face."
“That’s the expression!”
Xu Ying put both hands on her face, touched it again and again, and then said with satisfaction:
"People who know you will know it's you right away. It's no different than touching your face!"
As she spoke, she hugged Ji Chu with her slender arms again and sighed happily:
"This man's body does have some advantages. At least he's tall. You look so short now. It's so comfortable to hug him..."
Ji Chu also felt the novelty, and reached out to hug Xu Ying back, touching her thin waist again and again, feeling this familiar yet unfamiliar hug, and commented:
"It's really special, but it's a little hard..."
"Bang--"
The gate of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open from the outside. Ji Chu and Xu Ying, who were huddled together, turned their heads and met the expressionless and cold face of "Yang Nianzhi".
The moonlight sprinkled on Yang Nianzhi's face, making this handsome and gentle face appear strangely cold.
His black eyes were cold and ruthless as he stared at Ji Chu's hand on the waist of the "scholar" Xu Ying.
After a while, he spoke calmly:
"What are you doing?"
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