It's said that when someone loves you, they'll do anything for you, but when they're annoyed with you, they wish you would disappear immediately.
Fu Tingshen and Li Xi walked up the mountain, each lost in their own thoughts.
A gentle breeze blew by, carrying the powder off Li Xi and making it float in the air.
As they breathed, the air entered their mouths and noses.
When they closed their eyes and opened them again, a huge wild boar appeared before them.
Its forehooves rubbed against the ground, poised to pounce, and it roared from its throat. The hot breath that spewed from its nostrils was felt by both Fu Tingshen and Li Xi. The two trembled all over, froze on the spot, and their legs were so weak that they almost couldn't stand up.
Just then, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds, shining directly on the fangs and reflecting into their eyes, making them appear incredibly sharp.
The two humans and the beast remained still for the time being, waiting for the other to make a move.
Because of their nervousness, Fu Tingshen and Li Xi didn't even notice that such a large wild boar had come right in front of them. How could they have been completely silent?
"Brother Ting Shen~" Li Xi called out softly, her voice trembling with tears.
The sound startled the wild boar, which lowered its forequarters and gathered its strength.
"Run!" Fu Tingshen roared.
The two quickly turned around and ran in the opposite direction, towards the place where they had just parted ways with Lin Yueze and the others.
They had only one thought: once they got to a populated area, the wild boars wouldn't just chase them.
It must be said that the two are indeed similar in some ways.
When they saw Lin Yueze and the others, they wept with joy.
"Captain Lin, please save us."
Lin Yueze and the others were about to go down the mountain when they heard Fu Tingshen's shout and turned around to look.
Then I saw him and Li Xi running over in a panic, their faces filled with terror, as if something was chasing them.
Looking behind them, there was nothing there.
"Fu, the educated youth? What's wrong?"
"Wild boar! Wild boar! Run!"
Fu Tingshen and Li Xi shouted something, and while they were still in a daze, they ran around them and down the mountain.
Upon hearing that there were wild boars, the group panicked for a moment.
Lin Yueze gestured for them to calm down, "Did you hear the sound of wild animals running?"
"No." Everyone listened carefully, but there was nothing there; it was very quiet.
Li Yuzhe ran to the path Fu Tingshen had climbed and saw only their footprints on the ground.
He shrugged. "Are they out of their minds? Hallucinating?"
Liu Yuan thought of the two people's baskets he had just swept and snorted: "I think they were just trying to be lazy. They ran away before they even finished half a basket of firewood."
Lin Yueze frowned and led his men down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, the two stood still, catching their breath.
Fu Tingshen regained his composure: "Will Captain Lin and the others be alright?"
Li Xi felt no guilt whatsoever and comforted him, "Brother Ting Shen, it's alright. Captain Lin and his men have a lot of people, and it's very quiet on the mountain right now, so everything will be fine. Let's go to the village to find some help now."
Yes, they just wanted to find help in the village, not to be used as scapegoats.
After brainwashing himself, Fu Tingshen thought about what had just happened and looked at Li Xi suspiciously: "Xiao Xi, did you just push me?"
As they started running, Fu Tingshen felt himself being pushed and almost fell. Fortunately, his survival instinct was strong, otherwise he would probably have been killed by the wild boar.
Li Xi's eyes were filled with worry, and a single, crystal-clear tear fell.
"No, Brother Ting Shen, ah~" she said, then suddenly remembered something and gently covered her mouth: "Just now, my legs were weak and I tripped. Did I bump into you?"
Fu Tingshen dismissed his doubts, saying, "I knew it! How could Xiaoxi do that?"
He shook his head: "It's nothing."
Lin Yueze and the others saw them as soon as they came down.
“Fu, Li, you don’t want to work, but there’s no need to lie. Also, if you’re not willing to gather firewood, your supplies will be much less after winter comes.”
Lin Yueze left after he finished speaking, followed by the people behind him.
Li Yuzhe and Liu Yuan looked at them with disdain.
"What kind of people are you? Trying to avoid work without even coming up with a better excuse. Do you think we're fools?"
Fu Tingshen and Li Xi were stunned. "That's impossible! We saw it! It was such a big wild boar. How could we have mistaken it?"
But no one answered them, and Liu Shengnan and the others didn't even glance at them.
"Ye Zhiyu, Ye Zhiyu".
Liu Shengnan threw the basket on the ground and ran towards Ye Zhiyu's room.
Li Yuzhe shook his head helplessly and tidied up for her.
Ye Zhiyu's room.
Because she had eaten too much, Lu Chen was rubbing her stomach to help her digest.
Hearing the shout, Ye Zhiyu blushed and pulled Lu Chen's hand away, subconsciously tidying her hair.
"I'll stick with you..."
Liu Shengnan saw Lu Chen at the door and waved awkwardly.
"Um, I'll come back later."
Hearing the noise outside, Lu Chen tidied up the dishes and picked up the earthenware pot.
"I'm leaving now. Don't worry about the firewood; I'll bring it to you tomorrow."
Ye Zhiyu nodded, but thinking of the woman beside Tao Qingtang yesterday, she still asked the question.
Lu Chen frowned; the events of the morning were still bothering him—he'd been framed for an accident at home.
"That's my sister-in-law's cousin, her name is Xiao Wan, what's wrong with her?"
Xiao Wan?
Tao Wan?
Ye Zhiyu remembered that there was a passage in the book about a pitiful yet hateful person.
Tao Wan is the daughter of Tao Qingtang's aunt. When she got married, she was very picky, but she was married by her current husband's family, the Zhou family, with a dowry of 100 yuan.
At first, they had a good period, but as time went on, Tao Wan's belly remained flat.
The Zhou family naturally didn't treat her well, and it was common for them to mistreat her.
That doesn't mean she's pitiful. After all, most women live like that at that time, and some even have it harder than her.
Sadly, her husband, Zhou Xiong, is not quite right in the head.
The consummation of their marriage took place under the supervision of family members. Tao Wan didn't feel good at the time, but she just assumed he was shy because it was his first time.
Later, I don't know what the Zhou family said to Zhou Xiong, but he stayed at home obediently every day and did it in the evening.
During that time, Tao Wan exuded a charming aura, and anyone who saw her could tell that she had been through a lot of pain.
Her good fortune didn't last long; six months passed, and she still hadn't gotten pregnant.
One day, the Zhou family took Zhou Xiong to the city in a mysterious manner. When Tao Wan returned, she felt that everything in her home had changed.
No longer eagerly watching her belly, Zhou Xiong also went out every day. She thought that Zhou Xiong was having an affair, but after following him, she found that Zhou Xiong no longer had any contact with women.
Zhou Xiong stopped touching her and brought a man back every month, claiming he was her brother, and kicked her out of the room under the guise of catching up.
She didn't want to, but it was the Zhou family, and no one was on her side. Instead, her family members said she was being unreasonable, so she had no choice but to endure it.
This continued for two years.
Until recently, she discovered that the men he brought home every time were not his brothers, but his—lovers.
He slept with every man he brought back in their bridal chamber and on their bridal bed.
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