Chapter 414: No Coquettishness
Separated by a wall.
Jing Zhui picked up Ye Xiaoman's body and moved it next to Ye Xiaoman's head.
He held Ye Xiaoman's floating head in the air with both hands, placed it on her neck, and then slowly turned her neck to the appropriate position.
Ye Xiaoman's eyes rolled around. Although there was no bleeding and no pain, this scene put a great deal of pressure on her young mind. Even the heavier force of Jing Zhui's hand when he put the head back on her would trigger her overreaction.
"Lighter, lighter!"
Zhu Chuideng next door coughed heavily.
Jing Zhui finally helped Ye Xiaoman reunite her head and body.
Ye Xiaoman touched her neck, which she had found again, with lingering fear.
She seemed to have lost all her strength and fell into Jing Zhui's arms, resting her head on his shoulder.
Jing Zhui froze at her movements, his muscles tensed. He said sternly, "Don't act like a spoiled brat."
Ye Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief and did not respond.
Jing Zhui added, "The honey trap won't work on me."
Ye Xiaoman's soft body still did not lift up. Jing Zhui's sharp five senses could almost describe her ups and downs. She seemed to have no bones.
He heard her gasp, and his eyes shot straight to the window pane in front of him. He knew without looking down that she was crying.
If you cry because you failed in practicing magic, you won't be able to survive in the demon world.
He has been tough all his life and would not allow his subordinates to be so pampered.
For some reason, he didn't want to look down, as if if he did, he would be completely defeated, and his spine and dignity would be broken.
He held his head high like a god of war, his tone conciliatory, and offered a stiff consolation: "There are three thousand ways to practice Taoism, and none can be accomplished overnight. If you can't succeed this time, try again next time."
After thinking for a while, he raised his hand stiffly and touched the back of Ye Xiaoman's head to comfort her.
As soon as he started to move, Ye Xiaoman screamed and howled: "Don't move, don't move, I have cramps!"
Jing Zhui finally lowered his head and saw Ye Xiaoman grimacing, but there were no tears as he had imagined.
He nearly slapped her against the wall.
Ye Xiaoman whined, "Just let me lean on you for a bit, it'll be fine in a while."
"roll."
Although Jing Zhui showed impatience, he still stood straight and served as Ye Xiaoman's backrest.
If you look at the overall situation, she leaned on him, and the two of them snuggled quietly together, like lovers.
When Ye Xiaoman's muscles were smoothed out and it was already late at night, she jumped onto the bed like a monkey and pulled up the quilt. "Good night, boss."
“Boom.”
The next moment, Jing Zhui threw her off the bed and a quilt covered her.
Zhu Chuideng finally stopped when he heard the noises from Ye Xiaoman next door. Zhu Xiaoge and Zhu Xiaomei were kicked out of the room by their father and had nowhere to go, so they curled up beside him and fell asleep. He tucked in the corners of the quilt for them, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.
The next day, he got up early to avoid his uncle and aunt. He felt a little embarrassed to face them after the noise they made last night.
He got up earlier than the chickens. Before dawn, he simply washed up in the dark and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
He had just sat down to drink his porridge when Ye Xiaoman came in, skillfully filled her own bowl with porridge, and sat opposite him with the bowl in hand.
"Good morning." She said nonchalantly.
Zhu Chuideng didn't expect that she could still move freely after being tormented until midnight.
Ye Xiaoman peeled an egg and threw it into his bowl. "Eat it with confidence. I'll be the one who calls the shots in this household from now on."
The kerosene lamp was dim. Zhu Chuideng glanced at her and saw a faint blue mark on her wrist. He thought that it was not easy for her to win the right to manage the household.
Ye Xiaoman: "What are you going to do later?"
Zhu Chuideng: "Go to the fields."
Ye Xiaoman: "Oh, I'll go with you."
Zhu Chuideng: "...You stay home and rest."
Ye Xiaoman was filled with bitterness and resentment: "Your uncle won't let me stay idle at home."
What Ye Xiaoman said was the truth, but when it fell into Zhu Chuideng's ears, his interpretation distorted the facts, and the bride was driven out of the house to work on the second day after she entered the house.
Especially since she had just been treated cruelly last night.
Ye Xiaoman didn't know why Zhu Chuideng looked at her with sympathy.
Since he didn't refuse, she took it as his consent.
After the two finished their meal, Zhu Chuideng took Ye Xiaoman out. It was dawn and the mountains surrounding the village were still drowsy, but the villagers' day had already begun.
Zhu Chuideng did not go directly to the field, but took Ye Xiaoman to the grocery store in the back street.
"Aunt Hua, buy two kilograms of wedding candy." Zhu Chuideng carried a hoe with a bright smile.
The shopkeeper took the money and handed over a paper bag wrapped in red paper. He looked at Ye Xiaoman with a smile and asked, "Is this your new aunt?"
"Auntie, this is Auntie Hua. Nice to meet you." Zhu Chuideng took out a handful of candy from a red paper bag and placed it on the counter. "I'm new here, so please take good care of me from now on."
"Of course, of course...your uncle is still holding on to your father's land and won't return it to you?"
"You're old enough to get married. It's hard to talk about marriage when you don't have any land or house."
"Blow out the lamp, his aunt, you can also help persuade his uncle."
"Let's talk next time." Zhu Chuideng took Ye Xiaoman's arm and left the nagging shop owner. Along the way, he gave out wedding candies to people he met and introduced Ye Xiaoman to them.
The countryside is a society based on personal relationships. Ye Xiaoman is a stranger who was bought here. If there is no wedding banquet or ceremony, people will look down on her. Zhu Chuideng is helping Ye Xiaoman integrate into the collective.
This should have been done by my uncle, but he was obviously not interested. Zhu Chuideng couldn't bear it, so he had to do it for him.
"Aunt, please be sweeter," Zhu Chuideng's handsome face was filled with a smile. Beneath the rough and unruly appearance of a farmer, he had a delicate side. "The village is not very peaceful. You should get closer to your neighbors so that they can take care of you when you go out."
He continued talking, telling her about the evil spirits in the village and reminding her to be careful when going out.
"Evil spirits?" Ye Xiaoman then discovered that the villagers were carrying weapons such as axe, and talismans to ward off evil spirits were posted on the doors of every household. Everyone was on high alert.
Jing Zhui said that this memory was the experience of Zhu Chuideng's last few months of life. Ye Xiaoman easily made the association and thought that it was very likely that this evil spirit eventually destroyed the entire village, and no one, including Zhu Chuideng, could escape.
The tragedy had already happened and she could not change anyone's fate.
Ye Xiaoman asked: "What kind of evil spirit is this?"
Zhu Chuideng admired her calmness.
"I don't know. No one has ever seen it."
"We just know it attacks anyone who's alone."
Ye Xiaoman: "Why don't you move out?"
Zhu Chuideng said, "Where can we go? Mortals are not allowed to relocate without the consent of the local immortal palace, otherwise they will be killed without mercy. There is a war outside, and people are dying everywhere. Even if Chepan Village is like this, it is still more peaceful than most places."
Ye Xiaoman felt the same way. Wasn't it the same for her in the apocalypse? Zombies outside the city attacked the city, and zombies occasionally ate people in the residential areas of the city. When the disaster did not strike, everyone thought they would be the luckier one and just stayed alive.
This is not right. The mission hasn't even started yet, but her position has already leaned towards Zhu Chuideng. When Jing Zhui found out, he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.
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