This was the first time Mu Run had ever eaten wheat rice, and the taste was quite unique.
She also specially added dried beef, which the bandits ate as snacks, as well as wild onions, wild garlic and ivory vegetables dug up from the riverbank. Unexpectedly, the taste was quite good, salty, fresh and fragrant.
Maybe they were so hungry that everything tasted incredibly delicious...
"Who cooked this rice? It's so damn clean, there's not a single stone to bite through!" someone shouted. "Another bowl, please!"
Mu Run silently ate the rice in her bowl, thinking about the handful of pebbles she had picked out from the sieve... If she mixed them into her rice, it would indeed be quite a challenge.
Qiao Dongzi whispered to the bandit, "It was made by my sister-in-law, isn't it delicious?"
"Great, delicious! So delicious! This sister-in-law really got her a good deal. I'll get one for myself next time!"
"Nonsense! Hurry up and eat yours."
Although Fu Yunchen didn't say anything, he ate two more bowls of rice than usual, which shows that he highly approves of Mu Run's cooking skills.
After eating, Mu Run washed the pots and pans clean.
It wasn't that no one wanted to do it, but she was genuinely worried about how they would wash it. She had originally planned to go back to the stream to wash her hair after washing the wheat. But then… she saw the bandits' cooking utensils and almost threw up! A layer of dark, greenish-black crust smeared on the rim of the rusty pot? And the same utensils… For the sake of her stomach, she had no choice but to do it herself.
After tidying up, the carriage set off again.
Fu Yunchen rode slowly, following beside the carriage.
Mu Run initially didn't want to talk to him, but seeing him always accompanying her, she felt a little uncomfortable and started a conversation, asking, "Where are you all going?"
“It’s us,” Fu Yunchen corrected.
"..." It's you guys! I'm not a bandit!
Fu Yunchen smiled, his heterochromatic eyes reflecting an extraordinary, bewitching brilliance in the sunlight, which, combined with his handsome face, was dazzling and mesmerizing. "You can't escape!"
Mu Run looked at his face and choked back a sigh. He... knew what she was thinking again!
"Chongyang Mountain, Bianyun Village. It's a five-day journey from here."
"A bandit's den."
"You're the bandit's wife, don't keep saying you're disdainful."
"..." Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with him. It's not good for my personal safety or my escape plan.
"The food was good, this is a reward." Fu Yunchen took a bundle off his horse and tossed it to Mu Run before riding off.
The bundle contained a very exquisite red box, with pure gold trim around the edges and three small drawers on the top and bottom.
Mu Run pulled open the first one, and her eyes lit up. Inside were several necklaces lined with red silk, some with colorful pearls, some with chalcedony, some with imperial jade, some with golden coral... all shimmering with precious light.
Even if she didn't understand much about these things, she knew that any one of them would be worth a fortune.
She couldn't help but look up at Fu Yunchen.
As if knowing she was looking at him, Fu Yunchen returned her gaze. He saw her open the red box, her thin lips curving slightly, her beauty intoxicating.
Two words welled up from the depths of Mu Run's heart: Demon!
In the evening, they arrived at a village.
Mu Run sat in the carriage, watching Fu Yunchen introduce himself to the village chief as a passing merchant who asked to stay the night and gave the village chief two large silver ingots.
The village chief immediately extended a warm welcome to them, arranging for them to rest in several empty houses that were temporarily unoccupied, and hosted a banquet in their honor.
“They are all honest ordinary people, so don’t cause any trouble.” Mu Run said to Fu Yunchen.
Fu Yunchen laughed, "Even thieves have their code of honor. Do you think we'll just rob anyone?"
"Boss—" A little girl came skipping over, her voice as clear as a silver bell.
Mu Run stared at the little girl, momentarily stunned. "Red... Red Rice?"
Hongmi was stunned when she saw Murun. "Young Madam?"
"It's Sister-in-law." Qiao Dongzi corrected Hongmi's address in time to avoid upsetting the boss.
"Sister-in-law?" Hongmi looked at Fu Yunchen.
Fu Yunchen said, "From now on, she will be the chieftain's wife of Chongyang Mountain. Serve her well."
After saying that, he took Qiao Dongzi and left.
Hongmi and Murun were left staring at each other.
Finally, Mu Run spoke first, "You're a bandit too? You're not..."
Hongmi lowered her head slightly, her voice much dimmer. "My parents couldn't pay the exorbitant rent because they farmed the Cao family's land, so they forced me to pay it off. Last year, my mother fell ill, and the crops failed due to disaster. We couldn't even survive, let alone pay the rent. My mother died before the New Year, and my father hanged himself. That's why I hate the Cao family! I wish I could wipe them all out! Eldest brother helped me fulfill this wish, and from now on, even if it costs me my life, I will be loyal to him. What about you, young mistress?"
Hongmi suddenly looked up, staring sharply at Murun.
Mu Run chuckled awkwardly, "Don't drag me into this, I'm not one of his people."
Liu Lao Er also saw Hongmi, the girl from the Cao family, and asked Qiao Dongzi, "Is she a new addition?"
Qiao Dongzi nodded, "The things the boss collected in Gu County were the drugs she used to drug the Cao family, and she knows all about those hidden treasure troves. Otherwise, how could things have gone so smoothly last night?"
...
At night, Mu Run lay on a wooden bed covered with a straw mat, covered with a new cotton quilt that the village chief's daughter-in-law had personally brought for her; it was soft and warm.
Looking back on her experiences over the past two days, it was more exciting than all the experiences she had had in the previous twenty years combined.
"Sigh—!" Mu Run let out a long sigh, as if he wanted to expel all the frustration he had felt.
The door creaked open, and Fu Yunchen came in, carrying a bowl of water.
Mu Run watched him silently.
The situation at the Cao family was too complicated at the time, which is why she had sex with him in a daze.
She was so clear-headed today, how could she have succumbed to his lust? Her name, Mu Run, could be written backwards!
"Would you like some?" Fu Yunchen walked to the bedside and handed her the bowl of water in his hand.
"I won't drink it." Who knows if it's been drugged?
"..." Fu Yunchen took a sip himself. "It's not poisonous."
"Hey!" Mu Run suddenly got angry. "How could you possibly guess what I'm thinking?"
"Because you're very easy to understand," Fu Yunchen said bluntly. This young lady, when she's angry, is actually quite cute.
"How could I possibly understand?" Mu Run turned around, giving him her back. "You wouldn't understand now, would you?"
"Ah, my wife should rest now." Fu Yunchen placed the bowl of water on the windowsill near the bed and began to loosen his belt...
Hearing the sound of clothes being taken off, Mu Run immediately turned around, picked up the heavy rice husk pillow warily, and glared at him, "Get out! I'm not your wife!"
"Stop fooling around." Fu Yunchen swiftly took off his clothes.
Long legs, narrow waist, broad shoulders, and a slender neck; her beautiful, firm, pale skin shimmered with a honey-colored glow in the candlelight…
Seeing her staring at him expectantly, Fu Yunchen smiled wickedly and got into bed.
In his mind, if a woman were unwilling, she would have already resorted to crying, making a scene, or threatening suicide. Since she hasn't done so yet, it's clear that what she did just now was merely playing hard to get.
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