☆, Chapter 28 Why did you kiss me just now?
"How dare she hug and kiss a man in broad daylight! How shameless!"
Zhao Yunjing quickly let go, and Zhou Mujiao slipped again, crashing headfirst into his arms. The two fell into the water together, still with Zhou Mujiao on top and Zhao Yunjing on the bottom!
Chen Xiuxiu was furious and didn't care about anything else. She jumped into the water and rushed over to pull Zhou Mujiao up, shouting, "Get up! Get up now!"
Chen Xiuxiu has a really strong grip; Zhou Mujiao was practically thrown ashore by her. If she hadn't practiced martial arts for several years, she might have been seriously injured.
She steadied herself and sat on the shore to catch her breath.
Zhao Yunjing was about to sit up, but when Chen Xiuxiu reached out her hand, he simply lay back down. Chen Xiuxiu didn't care and squatted down to hug him.
The stream wasn't deep, the water only up to his knees. Zhao Yunjing was tall and big, so lying down wouldn't hurt him. He was holding his breath, thinking that he had already rejected her so thoroughly, and that Chen Xiuxiu should know to avoid suspicion now that his clothes were completely wet. Who knew she would come over and hug him like that?
Startled, he jumped up and grabbed Zhou Mujiao, who was watching the show from the shore: "Let's go!"
Behind him, Chen Xiuxiu cried out in alarm, "Brother Zhao, don't run! Ah... Help! Glug glug... Help..."
Zhao Yunjing did not stop walking.
He didn't know what he had done to catch Chen Xiuxiu's eye. Over the years, what methods hadn't Chen Xiuxiu used to get close to him? At this moment, he simply ignored her cries for help.
Zhou Mujiao, however, glanced back.
Chen Xiuxiu was thrashing about in the water, her hands reaching upwards in a frantic manner, her cries for help coming in fits and starts, making her look like she was drowning!
Drowning in shallow water is not uncommon. People may experience leg cramps or sudden blackouts, causing them to faint and fall into the water, which is how they drown.
"Brother Zhao, let's go back and check!"
The two ran back and found Chen Xiuxiu lying in the water, her four legs kicking helplessly.
Once they dragged her ashore, Chen Xiuxiu was already stiff and unable to move.
While cleaning the debris from Chen Xiuxiu's mouth and nose, Zhou Mujiao instructed Zhao Yunjing: "I will press on her chest to get the water out of her esophagus. Watch my technique carefully, you may need to take over later."
Ignoring Zhao Yunjing's reaction, Zhou Mujiao immediately began CPR. After pressing for a while, Chen Xiuxiu still didn't respond; she just couldn't catch her breath.
Zhou Mujiao pinched Chen Xiuxiu's chin and immediately began to perform artificial respiration on her.
After a dozen or so times, Chen Xiuxiu made a gurgling sound in her throat. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw Zhou Mujiao pressing her mouth down!
"Ah! Cough cough cough..."
Chen Xiuxiu coughed and vomited, and when she finally caught her breath, her whole body went limp. She lay there sobbing, "Waaaaah, I'm tainted, waaaaah, I'll never get married... Brother Zhao, you have to take responsibility for me, waaaaah..."
Zhao Yunjing had just recovered from Zhou Mujiao's series of rescue measures when he heard Chen Xiuxiu demand that he take responsibility. He was so frightened that he abandoned the bucket and turned to leave.
Chen Xiuxiu stretched out Erkang's hand: "Brother Zhao, don't go, ahhh..."
Zhou Mujiao rolled her eyes and got up as well: "You can still howl, so you seem to be alright. I'm leaving now. Your leg is broken, so you'll have to crawl back slowly later."
"Wait a minute!" Chen Xiuxiu called out, fidgeting. "Why did you kiss me just now?"
"You can't breathe on your own, I'm giving you air."
"Did Brother Zhao—"
"No! Don't even think about it!" Zhou Mujiao said condescendingly. "Brother Zhao is my man. Do you think I would let him touch you?"
"Waaaaah, I'm dirty! I'm dirty! Brother Zhao, I'm dirty!"
"If you feel so dirty and unable to face anyone or get married just because I kissed you, then you might as well just die! Brother Zhao! If Xiuxiu doesn't want to live anymore, just throw her back into the water! Just pretend we didn't see anything!"
As Zhao Yunjing ran, he rolled up his sleeves. When he got there, he picked up a carrying pole from the bank and shoved it at Chen Xiuxiu, saying, "Ajiao, turn around. I'm the one who shoved him in. It's none of your business if he dies."
Chen Xiuxiu was pushed into the water, and her legs started twitching again. She cried out for help.
After being rescued this time, Chen Xiuxiu didn't cause any more trouble and was very quiet. She looked at Zhao Yunjing, then at Zhou Mujiao, and hesitated for a while before speaking: "Brother Zhao, do you think I'm too tall and strong? If I were as thin and weak as her and as beautiful as her, would you like me?"
"Won't."
"If I looked exactly like her, you would definitely like me, right?"
"Won't."
Chen Xiuxiu covered her mouth and cried. After crying for a long time, she questioned Zhou Mujiao: "Who, who are you? Why are you living in the Zhao family? Don't you have your own home?!"
"She has a home. The Zhao family is her home."
After Zhao Yunjing finished speaking, he scooped up two more buckets of fish fry, picked them up and left. When he came back, he brought Zhou Mujiao a set of clothes and a piece of cloth. Then he cut some bamboo and erected it to build a simple shed: "Ajiao, come in and change your clothes."
"No need, right? We can just go straight home. It's not far, just a few steps," Zhou Mujiao said.
Zhao Yunjing shook his head: "Go inside and change."
He explained after she went inside: "There will be people outside who will damage your reputation."
"oh."
With his back to the shed, listening to the rustling of cloth behind him, Zhao Yunjing's ears felt slightly hot.
In front of him, Chen Xiuxiu looked pitiful: "Brother Zhao, what about me? I need to change my clothes too."
"……No."
Chen Xiuxiu was on the verge of tears again: "There will be people outside. If they see this, my reputation will be ruined! Brother Zhao, after all these years of friendship, could it be—"
“Ah Jiao is a member of my Zhao family, and I have to take responsibility for her. I don’t know you well; your surname is Chen.”
"I can be a member of your Zhao family too!"
Zhou Mujiao had already changed her clothes and came out of the shed.
Her dress was crimson, her hair was loose, and she was barefoot, like a fairy who had mistakenly wandered into the mortal world.
Zhao Yunjing looked away, his ears burning even hotter.
Chen Xiuxiu didn't even know how to be jealous at this moment; she had never seen such a beautiful girl before!
No, it seems like I've seen it before!
Chen Xiuxiu thought hard for a moment and then remembered: "You, you're the sixth daughter of the Zhou family in the south of the village? Your mother's surname is Bai, right?"
"You know my mother?"
"Twenty years ago, your mother stole my mother's sweetheart, and twenty years later, you stole mine too! You and your mother are equally shameless!"
Zhou Mujiao narrowed her eyes: "I don't know if my mother stole your mother's sweetheart, but I do know that you're about to be thrown into the river!"
She kicked Chen Xiuxiu, sending her flying into the water. Chen Xiuxiu quickly scrambled up, angrily yelling, "You bitch—!"
Another kick, and the person fell down again.
Zhou Mujiao stood on the shore, kicking Chen Xiuxiu back every time she climbed up. After five or six times, Chen Xiuxiu was exhausted and lay there crying, "That's too much! That's too much!"
Zhou Mujiao raised her foot again, and Chen Xiuxiu covered her face, crying, "Waaah... Stop kicking me! I won't say anything more!"
Zhao Yunjing silently started a fire. Zhou Mujiao leaned over and sat down. Chen Xiuxiu hesitated for a moment, then sat down as well. After the clothes were dry, she spoke weakly, "Brother Zhao, Liuya has been sold to Butcher Zhang by her grandmother. She's Butcher Zhang's woman now, her reputation is ruined, and she might not even be clean anymore, Brother Zhao—ah!"
Chen Xiuxiu was thrown into the river again. She silently climbed ashore, her whole body numb.
Zhao Yunjing stared down at her: "I'll say it again, Ajiao is a member of the Zhao family. You'd better remember that. Also, stay away from me, otherwise... Ajiao, let's go!"
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