Chapter 646 Extra: I am a bandit, I rob people (3)
In the mountain village on a summer afternoon, the chirping of cicadas is particularly shrill.
Huo Ziheng sat by the window. The room was small and the window was also small, only two feet square.
"Hey, man!" The woman's head suddenly popped out of the window. She was in a very good mood for some reason, and the corners of her upturned eyes curved gently. "The weather is nice today, let's get married!"
She slammed the object she had hidden behind her onto the windowsill.
It is a dress made of red cloth.
It's a wedding dress.
"Ahem, ahem..." Huo Ziheng shifted his gaze from his wedding gown, lowering his brows and smiling faintly, "You don't even know my name, yet you're determined to marry me just because of my appearance? If I were a wanted criminal of the imperial court, and you were to share the blame with me if you married me, and beheaded along with me if you were caught, would you still marry me?"
After he finished speaking, his chin was pinched and lifted up, facing the woman's face.
There was a windowsill between the two of them, and she was standing outside in this position, so her height was not enough to support her momentum.
But the face still tried to look fierce, with teeth bared and eyes wide open.
"What? You don't like me? I tell you, no matter how much I dislike you, I have no choice. You are mine because I snatched you away from me. You have to accept this marriage even if you don't want to. You have to bow down to me even if you don't want to! I spent eight taels of silver on a wedding dress, and you still can't afford it!"
Huo Ziheng didn't pull his chin away. Instead, he leaned closer to the woman, his cold black eyes fixed on her. As his thin lips opened and closed, a fresh breath hit the woman's face. "If I don't agree, will you kill me?"
Ah Xian, “…”
Just talk, why are you standing so close to me? Her face is getting hot again. No, no, she must be blushing, otherwise she will look less imposing!
This face is so pretty...
Ah Xian's legs were shaking, and she tried to widen her eyes even more. "Don't resist, I can knock you down with one punch! I'm telling you, this is a bandit camp, no one will give you justice! Be smart and put on your wedding dress to get married! And don't scare me with some imperial prisoner. I wasn't raised to be scared. If I was afraid of the soldiers and the court, I wouldn't be a bandit here!"
Huo Ziheng stared at the girl who looked fierce but was actually weak, and smiled faintly, "Do you really want a sickly person with an unknown identity? Miss Ah Xian, I have nothing but a face, I am nothing but a burden."
Even though there was no smile in his eyes, Ah Xian still thought that the bastard's smile was damn handsome, and her heart was pounding in her eardrums.
She couldn't bear it any longer and quickly released her hand that was pinching the man's chin. Her fingertips were burning.
"Now that you're married, you have a legitimate status. I'm not an irresponsible person and will protect you. No matter whether they are bandits or soldiers, no one can bully my husband. Humph!" After saying this, the woman walked quickly.
It looked more like a desperate escape.
Looking at the girl's back, Huo Ziheng suppressed the faint smile on his face.
In the late afternoon of midsummer, the sunlight outside the window is dazzling.
Despite the scorching weather, he couldn't feel a trace of heat on his body. He couldn't find any meaning in continuing to live with this broken body.
He lingers on, but only to fulfill the elders' last words of advice before their death: Heng'er... stay alive.
Since the girl wants to get married, then let her get married.
When she gets bored, she won't continue playing.
Duckweed drifts and follows the current.
…
Ah Xian escaped from the back window of the house and could have run back to the front door in a few steps.
She walked around in a big circle and waited until the heat on her face subsided before she pretended to be calm and walked home.
On the way, you will inevitably meet women who live in the same area.
"Ah Xian, I saw you bring the wedding dress back this morning. Are you really going to marry the one you stole?" A woman came closer to gossip, hoping to find more gossip from her.
Ah Xian raised her eyes and said, "Of course we have to get married. My Ah Xian's words are final. He can't get away!"
Another old woman came over, worried about her, "You should get married at your age, but at least pick a good man. That man has a good-looking face, but he looks sickly and frail, so thin that he could fall down with a gust of wind. What do you want from him? There are many strong young men in our village—"
"Of course he's good-looking. There's really no young man in the village with a face like that."
“…”
"Then do you know his last name and name? Where is he from? Is he married? Are his parents still alive? I tell you, you can't keep a man you kidnapped. He'll have legs and run away the moment he gets the chance. Not only will your efforts be in vain, but you'll also end up sleeping with him for nothing. If he gets pregnant, you'll be the one who suffers in the end!"
Ah Xian's face turned cold. He pulled out the whip from his waist and swung it all over the ground, frightening the women so much that they quickly ran away. Even after running away, they turned back and shouted, "Ah Xian, we are saying this for your own good. Think carefully about whether it makes sense! Don't waste your time and energy just to get an embroidered pillow that looks good but is useless. We are bandits who make a living by fighting and robbing! Who in the mountains would look down on bandits? If we are not on the same path, we will never be able to walk together!"
The women and servants scattered, shouting.
Ah Xian was standing on the way back, the sun was scorching hot above her head, and she was sweating profusely in an instant.
The cicadas hiding in the trees on both sides of the road were so hot that they chirped loudly.
But she felt that the surroundings were so quiet, so quiet that it made her feel bored.
Ah Xian put away the whip, pursed her lips and continued walking home.
She doesn't know nothing.
She also knew that in the eyes of ordinary people, bandits were more disgusting and hateful than dung beetles.
So what?
She snatched the person and got back the wedding dress, so this marriage is bound to happen.
Outsiders don't know, they just think she is attracted by his face and is superficial.
Actually, it wasn't. What frequently appeared in her dreams was the way he looked at her when they first met.
She is nineteen years old and has been a female bandit for more than ten years. Ordinary people who know her identity are always afraid and despise her when they see her.
Even the men in the village looked at her with contempt, because she was not only a bandit, but also a woman.
She is strong-willed by nature and knew from a very young age that her path would be difficult and that there was no one to protect her. If she wanted to survive, she had to be capable enough to protect herself.
So she practiced martial arts secretly, pushing herself to death, and only then did she become Ah Xian, who could attract the attention of men in the village today.
If not for this, she would have been abused and become a vent for men like other girls in the village who were unable to protect themselves.
As for the one he snatched from home, the only thing he looked at her with was different.
No contempt, no fear, no disgust.
Very upright.
When he looked at her, he thought of her as an ordinary girl.
Even though he knew she was a bandit, he subconsciously avoided offending her.
He is not as upright as he pretends to be.
His integrity is in his bones.
"I'm getting married!" Ah Xian smiled and quickened her pace to go home.
If he hadn't fallen to this point, there would have been no intersection between them.
She just fell in love with him and had to marry someone of a higher status!
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