However, he did not plan to tell her these things, these matters, which he had already put down when he handed over the Prime Minister’s seal. There was really no need to say more and cause her additional worry.
"I heard occasionally," said Mu Houchu, "I went personally, to see Old Man Chen, to negotiate a deal with him."
"Ten pieces of silver as salvation money, to be repaid a thousand-fold, ten thousand-fold in ten years’ time," Mu Houchu sneered coldly, "Otherwise, do you think a person like Old Man Chen would help someone out of kindness? Just to get his measly ten pieces of silver, one would need to repay him several times over."
Xin He clutched his robe tightly, as if she could sense the difficulties he had gone through in the past, "What was the price you had to pay?"
"There were not only me whom Old Man Chen adopted. In the war-torn times, there were children everywhere struggling to survive. Pick a few at random and you can find a bunch, three hundred children, locked away in pitch-black dungeons. As for meals, we had no worries, someone would even come to teach us martial arts. Back then, no one knew what their future will be, we thought that we would become guards nurtured by Old Man Chen."
"Isn’t that so?" Xin He asked surprisingly, "Otherwise, why teach martial arts?"
"What can you learn in half a year? At most some basic skills. Teaching martial arts was to see who was talented," Mu Houchu sneered coldly, "From the three hundred children, Old Man Chen only wanted one."
Ji Xinhe suddenly felt a chill down her back, "What about the others?"
"Dead," Mu Houchu said coldly, "Half a year later, he said only one of us could live. He asked us to kill each other, using the skills we learned in half a year to fight our way out."
Mu Houchu looked at her seriously: "I am the only one who crawled out from that pile of three hundred dead children."
And I am also the herbal medicine that Old Man Chen valued most.
Xin He turned pale, she had also done a lot of unkind things in her previous life. When she was trained as a child, the worst was being thrown into the primeval forest to fight with wild beasts. However, she had teammates to support each other and her master wanted them all to come out safely and develop good skills.
But she had never thought that there could be such cruel people in this world, who would let three hundred children kill each other. Had Mu Houchu, who was only six years old at the time, already experienced all this?
"After that, he devoted a lot of effort to cultivating me because his medicine was not necessarily successful. If it could not be developed, nurturing me to be a powerful claw would also be profitable. From the age of six to sixteen, for ten years, my daily life was practicing martial arts, studying, and finally gaining a prestigious position. Old Man Chen took advantage of this opportunity for me to enter the Imperial Court, wanting me to become his puppet in the court." Mu Houchu sneered coldly: "Unfortunately, he was not qualified."
Entering the court, in just three short years, he had totally escaped from Old Man Chen’s control and even crushed him under his foot.
Since he was a child, Mu Houchu knew that only power is the most real thing in this world. Only by having power can you have everything, because he was tired of being penniless.
But since meeting her things didn’t seem that important anymore, this little woman, in his heart, had already become more important than anything else.
Xin He lay in his arms and said quietly, "I also regret, why I didn’t meet you earlier."
Unfortunately, such a thought will never be feasible, in fact, God has been kind enough to her. At least on her first day in this era, she met him.
She was lucky enough already.
"It is not considered late now." Mu Houchu lifted his lips, being able to meet her, to have her, to marry her, he was already satisfied.
On the contrary, he is glad that he met her now. Otherwise, if it had been when his wings were not fully developed, he was afraid he could not protect her. Just like before, when faced with the old man being beaten almost to death, he was powerless. He was also fed up with his own incapabilities.
"Hmm."
"Xin He." Mu Houchu suddenly said.
"Hmm?" Xin He looked up at him.
Mu Houchu stroked her face and said, "Do you know how worried I am about you?"
"What?" Xin He was confused by his sudden and unrelated words, she asked in bewilderment.
"I’m already twenty-five, and you’re still not quite seventeen. It didn’t matter before, but now you’re looking better day by day. Do you know how afraid I am that someone will notice you?" Mu Houchu’s hand that was stroking her face suddenly stopped and he gripped her face.
Perhaps it was due to previous malnutrition, this girl always looked young. Obviously a married woman, but still looking like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. How could he not appear to be old meat eating young grass!
Xin He winced in pain, trying to pry his hand off, "Don’t worry, knowing I have such a brutal husband, I don’t believe anyone dare to covet me!"
Mu Houchu gave a cold smile, "It’s best like that."
Now let her venture out freely. Though it is also because he doesn’t want to restrain her, but if he ever finds out that a man who does not know life from death takes the chance to fix his eyes on her, he definitely has to gouge out his eyes!
As they were talking, they heard Xiao Bei’s voice from outside, probably he had got off school. Xin He immediately got up from Mu Houchu: "Stop talking, Xiao Bei is back."
"Sister, sister!" As soon as Xiao Bei returned, he ran into the backyard and then threw himself into her arms, almost knocking her over.
"You child, hasn’t all that studying taught you to be calm? Why run around and shout?" Although Xin He said these blaming words, there was no blame in her tone, but rather a hint of indulgence.
She could never really scold this only little brother of hers.
Xiao Bei said aggrievedly: "I went to the shop after school, and big brother said that sister was already home early. I was afraid big brother lied to me, so I came back right away."
Xin He looked distressed and caressed his head: "Can big brother lie to you? Where else would I go if not home?"
But Xiao Bei lowered his head and muttered: "Big brother lied to me once. Last time I said I wanted to find sister, he lied to me and said that after I had my meal obediently and went to sleep obediently, sister would be waiting for me at home. Who knows, I waited for sister obediently without success."
Xin He was slightly startled, and saw Ji Dong speaking with a helpless smile: "Last time he really missed you, so he refused to eat and wanted to go to the capital city to find you. So I told him that after he ate well, by early next morning you would be back. Alas, this little boy, he really holds a grudge!"
As Ji Dong spoke, he pinched Xiao Bei’s face.
Xin He also felt a stab of pain in her heart. Xiao Bei had been motherless since he was a child and did not have a sense of security. He regarded her, his sister, as important as a mother. She went to the capital alone, but did not know that this child was waiting for her at home.
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