When Yu Yue returned, she was quite puzzled to see that the lights were still on in the room. Could it be that Xie Yan was still waiting for her at this hour?
That shouldn't be the case! It's so late; they should be asleep by now!
Her traps yielded a good harvest this time, with three pheasants alone, not to mention five or six rabbits!
She remembered that Xie Yan liked to eat chicken, so she kept all three pheasants, but took all the rabbits to sell to Lao Zhang.
Old Zhang is considered a representative of the black market in this generation. He gets some prey from here and then sells it on the black market at a high price. In addition to making money on the black market, he can also make a good amount of money!
If there was too much prey that Yu Yue had caught before, she would send it all to Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang's price was fair, as it was the market price. However, if these things were sold on the black market, the price would double!
So Yu Yuehui also had some money on her. Since she was fifteen, her parents had stopped asking her for money to buy game and had her save it herself.
Including the fifty yuan dowry her father gave her when she got married, she had a total of five hundred and seventy-five yuan.
She was thinking of finding a time to talk to Xie Yan about her family background.
She thought Xie Yan was asleep tonight, so she went to Lao Zhang's place without any restraint. She didn't expect Xie Yan to still be waiting for her. Yu Yue felt very guilty.
Who knew that as soon as she entered the room, she would be met with Xie Yan's resentful gaze, his hair disheveled, and a long stick in his hand!
For a moment, Yu Yuehui thought Xie Yan was going to abuse her. Could it be that she was seeing things wrong? Was Xie Yan actually the same as other men, the kind of person who would resort to violence?
Yu Yuehui had already made preparations for self-defense, but she was still distracted, wondering whether she should fight back.
When Xie Yan saw Yu Yuehui, the resentment he had been holding in all night finally had an outlet. He said with great grievance, "Why did you only come now! There are rats in the house!"
"Ah!" Yu Yue, who was ready to retaliate, was stunned! What?! What did he just say?!
Xie Yan got angry when he saw that Yu Yuehui had no reaction to the mice. He stood up and said fiercely, "There are mice in the house! And quite a few of them. They're making so much noise that I can't sleep at all!"
Yu Yuehui realized what was happening and quickly said in a gentle tone, "Ah, ah! There are mice! Don't be afraid, they won't bite, don't worry! I'll go catch a cat tomorrow, don't worry, I guarantee there won't be a single mouse left!"
"Catch the fiercest cat!"
Xie Yan felt better after being flattered. That made sense. These wretched rats deserved to die. People were starving and couldn't even get enough to eat, yet they still came to share the food.
Seeing Yu Yuehui's travel-worn appearance, he asked, "How was your trip up the mountain today?"
Yu Yue handed the three pheasants she was carrying to Xie Yan, who then saw them clearly and exclaimed, "Three! That's impressive!"
Xie Yan was quite shocked. He knew that it wasn't that no one among the educated youth in the settlement had ever tried to take advantage of the mountain, and they had even dug traps, but they hadn't gotten a single chicken feather.
After several unsuccessful attempts, everyone gave up on this naive idea. Who knew that Yu Yuehui was so powerful, taking out three at once.
"You're amazing! Three, three! Amazing, so amazing, my wife!"
Yu Yue was delighted by Xie Yan's praise, and the word "wife" made her cheeks flush instantly. She coughed awkwardly twice, "It's alright! Actually, there were still a few rabbits, but they spoil easily in this weather, so I disposed of them."
Xie Yan looked at her proud yet feigned indifference, and found it really cute! He couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek. Unlike his calloused hands, her cheeks were soft, smooth, and plump, with a wonderful feel to them. Xie Yan pinched them again.
Meeting Yu Yuehui's puzzled gaze, he smiled and said, "Wife, you're so cute!"
This time, Yu Yuehui's face and neck turned red.
Xie Yan couldn't stop chuckling as she watched.
Yu Yuehui also noticed that he was secretly laughing, and glared at Xie Yan angrily, "What are you laughing at?"
Xie Yan stopped secretly laughing and started laughing openly. His eyes crinkled as he laughed. He hadn't worked for a few days, but his skin had become much whiter, and two shallow dimples appeared on his cheeks. A magnified face appeared before his eyes.
Yu Yue was stunned. She couldn't remember anything at the moment. Her head was spinning, and all she could hear was the pounding of her heart.
Xie Yan was laughing for a while when he sensed the change in atmosphere and became embarrassed, his ears turning red. He should have looked away, but Yu Yuehui's eyes were just too beautiful. They were round almond-shaped eyes with black grape-like pupils, sparkling and reflecting Xie Yan's image.
Xie Yan looked into those eyes, as if bewitched, and slowly moved closer to Yu Yuehui, unconsciously kissing her pink lips.
Yu Yuehui's lips were unusually soft, which was completely unexpected for someone of her size. Xie Yan seemed to have found something delicious and took a small bite.
This sudden movement brought the two naive youngsters back to their senses. They were both very embarrassed and dared not look at each other. They pretended to be very busy, wandering around, their eyes looking up and down, but they just didn't dare to look at each other.
Xie Yan's mind was a complete mess, and he couldn't think straight at all. After spinning around in place a few times, he ran to the kang (a heated brick bed), lay down, pulled the quilt over himself, and covered himself completely.
Realizing what he had done, Xie Yan felt incredibly embarrassed! It was just a kiss, wasn't it? Was it really that big of a deal?
It's okay, it's okay!
He tried to comfort himself with these thoughts, but the chaotic atmosphere at Xie Yan's banquet still betrayed his nervousness.
How could he not be nervous? This was Xie Yan's first kiss in both his lives! And he was the one who initiated it, ahhhhh! Xie Yan's heart was screaming like a groundhog!
After the initial excitement, Xie Yan began to feel annoyed. Why was he such a coward? It was just a kiss, and he had to run away in a panic. Moreover, the kiss was terrible. He should have been like those male leads in TV dramas, forcefully pressing Yu Yuehui's head down and deepening the kiss, instead of acting like this. How embarrassing!
"Aaaaaah!" Xie Yan was filled with regret! If there were a pill to undo regrets in the world, Xie Yan would definitely buy one. He firmly believed that if time could be reversed, he could do ten times better than he just did!
But all of this was Xie Yan's delusion. In reality, he could only hide under the covers, secretly feeling annoyed, and secretly vowing to do better next time!
Xie Yan kept rehearsing the next kissing position in his mind. Even when he fell asleep, he dreamed that he was domineeringly pressing down on Yu Yue and giving her a French kiss.
Now that they'd regained both face and substance, Xie Yan was so excited he laughed out loud in his dreams.
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