I smelled my clothes and noticed a slightly pleasant fragrance, but upon closer inspection, it actually smelled awful.
"Ying'er, what's wrong?" Xie Yuancheng came closer, and I let him smell the wrist where the scent was most obvious. "We're quite far apart, but you've already got the scent of ash on you."
"What's this strange smell? Could it be harmful to us?"
"No, let's take a bath together, we'll go into the water with our clothes on, and nothing will happen."
Xie Yuancheng ran very fast this time. I heard a child's voice behind me, so I turned around and saw the little girl who had the evil magic earlier running behind me.
"Wait for me! I don't want to suffer in the village anymore. I'll bring you good luck!"
I broke out in a cold sweat just hearing her voice. She had put something on us and said it would bring good luck, without even blushing as she said it.
Xie Yuancheng led me out of the village, and then there was no sound at all. The horse ran until the afternoon before he took me to the pool below the waterfall.
"Why is there a waterfall here?" I felt sleepy while soaking in the water.
"We're still around the village, just circling around a lot. Even if the people behind us want to follow the scent, they won't be able to catch up."
Xie Yuancheng was also yawning when a bird flew down. He used the hairpin in my hair to carve words on the leaves. The bird quickly flew away, and I asked around and found out that it was a bird that delivered messages to them.
"What kind of bird is that? It's not a carrier pigeon. If that leaf falls, wouldn't its flight have been in vain?"
I feel so sleepy. People who use witchcraft on others are really annoying. It's one thing for them to want something for nothing, but why do they have to harm others? You really can't judge bad people by their age.
"It's a homing bird, no different from an ordinary bird, but it flies very fast. It took the teacher several years of training to get it to fly like that."
Xie Yuancheng pulled me close and said, "Ying'er, take a nap first, I'll wake you up in a bit." He was unusually sleepy, so I leaned back.
“There are outsiders in these villages, but we’ve all been tricked and are now all drowsy. How are we going to arrest them?”
Seeing that Xie Yuancheng didn't reply, I turned to look at him. This little girl was too scary. If someone didn't know about the drug she had given, even if they were cured, they would still be manipulated.
I forced myself to stay awake and let Xie Yuancheng lean on my shoulder. I kept yawning. I didn't know where I was. When I was about to fall asleep, I splashed water on my face.
Xie Yuancheng woke up after sleeping for half an hour: "Ying'er, why weren't you asleep?"
“I’m worried something might happen. It’s the same if I go back to sleep after you wake up.”
"You're so silly." Xie Yuancheng hugged me and leaned against me. The sun was very strong now, so we went ashore and made a fire. We weren't sure if it was safe here, so we could only dry our clothes by the fire.
"Ying'er, your eyes are all red and swollen. Come and sleep in my arms."
Xie Yuancheng pulled me over, but I forced my eyes open to see. "Let's forget it, we'll go out once our clothes are dry."
"Not for now, don't worry. I put some things in when we came in, they won't be found. Otherwise, I wouldn't have fallen asleep so quickly."
"Is it true?" I felt like I was going to get panda eyes. When I saw Xie Yuancheng nod, I was already sleepy and fell asleep as soon as I lay down.
I heard a sound in my ear and was immediately awakened. Just as I was about to move, Xie Yuancheng leaned down and made a shushing gesture with his finger.
"What's wrong?" I asked using lip reading. Xie Yuancheng leaned close to my ear and said that someone was searching down below, and that we were now in the tree.
I then realized that the space below was empty because of the saddle, so lying down was relatively stable. This tree is really quite big; I turned to look down.
They were a group of young girls, some five or six years old, some twelve or thirteen, and some even carrying two- or three-year-old girls on their backs. Who were they? How did they know we were here?
Xie Yuancheng, propped up on his hands, laughed beside me. It's already dark, and I've actually slept for so long. I reached out and pulled him into my arms. We don't need to hide at all; Xie Yuancheng's skills are so good, he'll take care of it in no time.
"I don't hit women and children, I'm not a scumbag." Xie Yuancheng said softly, so softly that I could hear him.
"Why aren't they here? That's strange. The medicine I used dissipated here."
"Could it be that they just took a bath and left? Isn't there a waterfall here?"
"Impossible. I used a large dose of the drug. Even if they take a bath, they'll still need a day to sleep. How could it be so fast?"
"I suspect your medicine isn't working. Although they are very good-looking, they are probably not the Marquis. The Marquis is of noble status, and he hasn't been cultivating here for long, so why would he come out?"
“I think so too. If they weren’t the Marquis, we could all marry together. I heard that the Marquis is very fond of his wife, and Linyang City is even named after them.”
"Hmph! She's just an old woman. How old are we? How old is she? Women who have given birth are all worthless. We're old enough to be incredibly beautiful and can help with chores. There's no place for her."
"That's right, that's right. We are all stunning beauties, and we also have the ability and means. So what if we were born with bad luck? We can bring good luck to the Marquis and make him divorce his wife and marry us."
"Haha, yeah, many first wives are bad, it's people like us who are pitiful and innocent that men like~"
These people are really shameless. When I heard the old woman, I wanted to go down and teach them a lesson, but Xie Yuancheng quickly stopped me. He blinked his big eyes several times.
I knew he must be tired. The people below were still turning over, and I was furious, but it wasn't a good time to show my face. Xie Yuancheng was probably exhausted, so he didn't have any strength. Holding him felt like holding a boneless person.
"Go to sleep," I whispered in his ear, and Xie Yuancheng finally fell asleep with his head on my shoulder.
I glanced at the tree a few times, but my view was blocked by leaves and branches. I could hear the sounds, so I turned to my right and could see them.
At this moment, some more boys came out. They chattered and asked if it had worked out. When they saw the girls shaking their heads, they became agitated and said that the girls were useless.
"We're useless, you're the parasites! You just take advantage of us to eat and drink! Sisters, let's get revenge tonight! Let's all fight!"
A voice rang out, revealing that a group of people below were actually fighting. I was speechless. Xie Yuancheng had dark circles under his eyes. I hugged him tightly around the waist; thankfully, he's always been thin, so it wasn't too difficult for me to hold him.
The main reason is that he's close to me. We're not that different in height. Being tall is useful, at least when my dear husband is tired, I can be his backrest.
The noise below lasted for quite a while before it stopped. There were screams, shouts, and it seemed that someone was saying that her shoes were missing, and people around her were laughing at her for wearing tattered shoes, etc.
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