Xu Xinning felt that Mu Jingheng was definitely up to something, and quickly replied, "I'm not going."
Mu Jingheng: "We're new here and don't even know where the commune is, but we can't go without buying a lot of daily necessities. I was thinking it would be perfect if Xin Ning came with us."
The way he said that made it sound like Xu Xinning had bullied him, and he even looked at him with those pitiful eyes. What was he trying to do?
Grandma Xu: "My dear girl! If you're free, let's go together."
Grandma Xu knew that Xu Xinning didn't have any friends in Xujia Village. Although she recovered from her illness after returning, she became too sullen and didn't look like an eighteen-year-old girl. She was always alone, and if there was nothing to do in the brigade, she would either go up the mountain to collect herbs or lock herself in the medical station to deal with pills.
Now that these educated youth from the city have arrived, they are all around the same age and are educated and knowledgeable. Grandma Xu sincerely hopes that Xu Xinning can make friends.
Xu Xinning glanced at Mu Jingheng with a hint of warning in her eyes, but who was Mu Jingheng? He was a victorious general who had fought against his stepmother for years without losing. Such a little bit of intimidation had no effect on him.
In the end, Xu Xinning neither said she would go nor that she wouldn't go, and just turned and left.
Grandma Xu sighed softly, "This child."
Mu Jingheng smiled innocently and said, "Xin Ning is really unique."
Hearing Mu Jingheng say this, Grandma Xu smiled: "They are all good children. My daughter is only responsive to gentle persuasion. She may look cold, but she has the softest heart."
The dinner ended two hours later, which gave Xu Xinning the opportunity to teach the others a lesson.
Being an ordinary person in this life is quite inconvenient. In her previous life, she had many people around her besides her bodyguards, so she didn't have to lift a finger for such trivial matters. With just a glance, her subordinates would handle everything perfectly.
Human desires are never satisfied. Xu Xinning likes her safe and peaceful life now, but when trouble comes, she misses the convenience of her past life.
Because the stairs were made of old wood, Xu Xinning was afraid of making noise when she walked on them. She had considered jumping off the second floor, but then she hesitated because she thought about how she hadn't made much progress in her light-body skills after two years of practice.
Strangely enough, in her previous life, she wasn't exactly a top-tier martial arts master, but she was certainly a regular expert. Her specialty was lightness skill, because her mother always said that there are always people and dangers beyond the mountains, and who knows what kind of expert you might encounter. If you can't win, running away is crucial. If you can't even escape, you can only wait to die. So, the three siblings in her family started learning lightness skill before they even learned to walk.
After regaining her memories, she kept practicing various martial arts from her previous life, but for some reason, she couldn't master them no matter how hard she tried.
Although I haven't mastered martial arts, I've still managed to acquire some basic skills after practicing for so long.
Xu Xinning held her breath and tiptoed down the stairs, carefully stopping whenever she made the slightest noise, making it seem as if she were about to have an affair.
An affair?
This idea is unacceptable; it seems I've been deeply influenced by my mother's nonsensical personality in my previous life.
What a terrible thing!
Even after thousands of years, the impact on her remains so profound.
Xu Xinning's departure from the courtyard still alerted the vigilant Mu Jingheng.
Mu Jingheng's keen perception was half innate and half honed through long-term struggles with his stepmother. At that time, only he, his stepmother, and her younger sister were usually at home. He felt that his stepmother was trying to harm him at all times, so he never dared to relax, especially at night. He was afraid that if he relaxed for a moment, his stepmother might smother him to death.
Mu Jingheng sprang up from the bed and darted out the window like a gust of wind, catching up with Xu Xinning in just a few steps.
When Mu Jingheng saw that the person in front of him was Xu Xinning, he was a little surprised. Countless thoughts immediately popped into his mind.
First, Xu Xinning may have a nighttime stroller's permit.
Second, Xu Xinning may have a secret job.
Third, Hsu Hsin-ning had a secret rendezvous with someone.
Wait, meeting someone in secret?
This girl is only a year younger than him, already an eighteen-year-old young woman, old enough to be married.
Especially in rural areas, it's said that if you're not married by twenty, you're considered an old maid. Unlike in the city, where although eighteen is considered marriageable age, not many women are in a hurry to get married.
Mu Jingheng suddenly felt a little disappointed. He hadn't expected this aloof and reserved girl to be so eager to get married.
Mu Jingheng sighed. He had finally met someone he had some feelings for, and he had just missed out on it.
Mu Jingheng isn't someone who can catch the eye of just any girl; who knows when he'll meet another one like her again.
Despite the disappointment, there was also a sense of excitement—the kind of excitement that comes with the prospect of uncovering a secret.
Xu Xinning was unaware that she was being followed. After leaving the courtyard, she breathed a sigh of relief, at least she no longer had to hold her breath and tiptoe around.
On a moonlit night in the middle of the month, the moonlight was perfect, casting long, hazy shadows. Along the way, the alley wasn't very quiet; various snoring sounds rose and fell like a grand chorus, occasionally interspersed with the beautiful, harmonious low chanting of humans sowing their seeds.
Xu Xinning was not ignorant. In her previous life, she had a fiancé, a great general, whom she had never met, and the nanny by her side had already taught her about matters between men and women.
Hearing this sound suddenly in the dead of night, Xu Xinning's face involuntarily turned red.
Xu Xinning's steps became hurried, and her pace quickened.
Mu Jingheng naturally heard it too. Although he usually acted a bit reckless, he was still a nineteen-year-old lad after all. Besides, there was a girl he liked in front of him. His face turned red, and his heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out and cause trouble.
Grandpa's house wasn't far, just a few steps away. Xu Xinning went around to their backyard and easily sprinted over the wall.
Originally, I wanted to go to my great-grandparents' room first to give them some good things, but by sheer coincidence, I ended up outside Xu Yaoyang and his wife's room first, and by sheer coincidence, I overheard them doing *that* kind of thing. But what was unsettling was that they were cursing Xu Mingyang while they were doing it.
This is intolerable! Xu Xinning was really angry. What kind of nonsense is this?
Fortunately, Xu Xinning used to think that this youngest uncle was not bad. Although his grandmother spoiled him excessively, at least he didn't turn out badly. Every year during the Spring Festival, she saw the five brothers together and they seemed to get along well. She never expected that he would be a two-faced person.
Only petty people and women should not be offended.
However, one should never offend a woman who knows medicine and poison.
Xu Xinning has recently been raising a few small Gu worms, and since she doesn't know how powerful they are, it would be best to have someone try them out.
He pulled a small glass bottle from his pocket, opened the lid, and poured out two insects the size of tiny ants. He carefully placed them on the window, then took out a flute the size of a harmonica and silently blew it. The two insects, as instructed, used all their strength to crawl into the crack in the window.
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