Chapter 42 Reward: Did he just touch my waist secretly? …
Yan Shiman's hand holding the teacup froze slightly.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you so nervous? What shameful things have you done behind my back?"
"No."
It was not known whether it was because he was not nervous about answering or because he had not done anything shameful, but the boy put down his bowl and chopsticks and revealed a faint smile on his gentle face. Although it was an obviously pleasing gesture, Yin Zhiyi could sense something was wrong.
"I just didn't expect that the young lady, who was drunk last night, would wake up so early today."
Yan Shiman's eyes darkened as he glanced across the girl's fair face. Yin Zhiyi was wearing a plain white gauze dress today. She was too lazy to take care of her hair so she just casually tied it up with a white jade hairpin, revealing her slender neck like snow. Her bright looks and plain dress were strangely harmonious.
She seemed to have no memory of what happened last night.
"If you go to bed early, you will naturally get up early." Yin Zhiyi said this without blushing or beating his heart. He caught a glimpse of Yan Shiman tapping the teacup with his fingertips out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but laugh.
Isn't it just a kiss on the corner of the mouth? As for being so distracted so early in the morning?
She was indeed a little drunk and confused yesterday, but she was drinking continuously and was not so drunk that she couldn't control her behavior, so naturally she remembered everything.
However, come to think of it, when she was kissing her family yesterday, she really couldn't help herself, after all, Yan Shiman was indeed born with a good-looking appearance.
"Miss, do you still remember what happened yesterday?" Seeing that she looked completely clueless, Yan Shiman became direct.
"Of course, Zhu Qingshan and I were drinking, and then you came... Afterwards, I passed out and didn't remember anything." Yin Zhiyi's eyes were clear, as if he was thinking.
But Yan Shiman still saw the fleeting cunning look.
He thought of the man in his dream last night, who also looked at her with such eyes...
He couldn't help but feel a little more restless, but also a little weird. He thought he might have been bewitched. His body had never had this kind of reaction before.
But he didn't show it on his face. He just raised the corner of his mouth slightly and whispered, "Miss, do you still remember the reward you said you would give me yesterday?"
Faced with the boy sitting opposite him suddenly leaning forward, Yin Zhiyi leaned back and almost lost his seat.
Fortunately, Yan Shiman supported his waist and pulled him up.
The warm and soft touch made Yan Shiman feel the strange feeling in his heart even stronger.
He was eager to find out what this was.
If his body had not been immune to all poisons, even poisonous insects, he would really have thought that Yin Zhiyi had poisoned him.
Yin Zhiyi dodged the boy's hand and felt an itch on her waist. She always felt that this man seemed to have secretly touched her waist just now?
Is it an illusion?
But what’s important now is not this, but——
Yin Zhiyi frowned: "When did I say I would give you a reward?"
She was drunk, not having amnesia. What she clearly said at that time was “Only good dogs will be rewarded”!
I was indeed a little drunk at the time, and confusedly thought he was a fortune.
But is he a dog? Just want a reward?
"Miss, don't you remember everything? It's normal that you don't know." Yan Shiman sighed softly, as if he was comforting himself, but also as if he was accusing Yin Zhiyi of breaking his promise.
Yin Zhiyi: “?”
"The young lady said she regretted what she did to me before, so she wanted to reward me, but since she doesn't remember, forget it."
If Yin Zhiyi wasn't sure that she hadn't lost her memory, she would have really believed that look.
When did Yan Shiman become so shameless and start talking nonsense?
But she had said before that she didn't remember anything, which was really a self-inflicted blow. She gritted her teeth and smiled, "What counts? What I said counts. If you want any reward, you can ask for it."
"However, this request cannot be too much."
Yin Zhiyi added a prefix, of course, as to what is considered excessive, the right of interpretation is hers.
Yan Shiman smiled and agreed, but he didn't care about the details.
But before Yin Zhiyi could make any request, the old boatman came over again, panting.
"Everyone, I'm really sorry, I'm afraid this ship won't be able to leave at noon today."
There was an uproar in the room.
A gorgeously dressed woman said in dissatisfaction: "What do you mean we can't leave again! Didn't you say yesterday that we could leave at noon today? You are kidding us!"
This noble lady obviously had a bad temper. One of the maids also cursed: "Do you know who our lady is? She is the wife of the county lord of Ciyu County! How dare you waste my lady's time!"
When the old boatman heard that this woman was an official's wife, sweat broke out on his forehead and he apologized again and again.
The noble lady frowned and raged for a long time. Finally, she said reluctantly, "I will give you some extra money. You can send the ship now."
The old boatman waved his hands repeatedly. If he could leave, he would have left long ago, but he really couldn't leave!
Thinking of the row of dark coffins in the water that he saw when he got up last night, his legs suddenly went weak.
He is so old now, he doesn't want to be rich, he just wants to enjoy his old age.
Seeing that the old man was not going to listen, the county lady wanted to curse him again.
The other maid was much calmer. She whispered to the noble lady's ear, "Madam, the flower viewing banquet is about to begin. It may be difficult to appease the person who is waiting anxiously. Otherwise, Madam, please spend more money and charter a boat to go back."
When the lady heard that she would have to spend more money, her face became even uglier, but there was no other way at this moment. After weighing the pros and cons, she glared at the old boatman fiercely.
He got off the boat with a proud look on his face.
Everyone watched a good show, and when they saw the old boatman being scolded like that, their original urge to scold him faded a little.
But they were unhappy about the delay and began to sigh and complain among themselves.
Seeing those people leaving, Zhu Qingshan's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at his senior sister: "Senior sister, why don't we go charter a boat? Look at the direction the master and servant were heading, it seems they are going to the dock to find other boatmen."
Bai Zhixing didn't say anything. She knew that her junior brother was not short of money, but it was still too ostentatious to just charter a boat to go to Yishui. They pretended to be independent Taoist priests, but generally these Taoist priests did not have the support of a family background and lived in poverty. They could not afford to rent a whole boat.
"I told you you're stupid, but you still refuse to admit it. Renting a boat is like telling others that we have a problem, isn't it?"
Ji Ci spoke impolitely and sneered. The pier upstream of Yishui River was the east gate into the imperial city, so naturally there would be people from the Northern School of Heavenly Masters guarding it. Once you entered, you would be targeted directly.
Zhu Qingshan really couldn't stand seeing Ji Ci's dead face, so he rolled his eyes fiercely. It really exposed him, he was the only one who knew a lot and loved to show off in front of his senior sister.
Yin Zhiyi didn't care. It wouldn't affect the plot whether it was a day late or early. It was just that now the plot had officially entered the middle stage of the novel, and she could no longer remember how the plot developed.
She only remembered that on the way to Xianyun County, the protagonist group encountered water disasters on the boat, and the passenger ship was overturned. Everyone got on a small wooden boat for lifesaving. As a result, the second male lead was pushed into the water because of protecting the people. The female lead saved him at the risk of her life. It was from this time that the second male lead began to have feelings for the female lead to a higher level.
Yin Zhiyi glanced at the young man beside her. She didn’t know if they would go up to the next level, but this time, they would no longer travel with the protagonist group, so the two of them had completely avoided this node.
I couldn't help but feel a little better.
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Fortunately, in the evening, the old boatman resigned due to a cold and was replaced by a younger boatman to take the helm.
The boat sailed smoothly away from the dock, and in the night, the moonlight gently fell on the water.
Yin Zhiyi was lying on the couch, taking a nap, sleepily. Suddenly, the boat shook and there was a loud "bang" outside. She opened her eyes suddenly.
At this time, a circle of people had gathered on the deck.
One of them pointed in the distance and shouted: "Is that...is that...a row of coffins?"
Another person immediately retorted: "How is that possible? Where did the water come from—" A coffin? Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened.
There really is one, and not just one pair, but a whole row!
It just floated quietly on the water. The river was filled with fog and the black lacquered coffin hit the hull with the waves, making a creepy sound.
Each coffin is wrapped with a bright red knot. The bright red color is like a ghost demanding death, which is eye-catching.
When Bai Zhixing lifted the curtain and came out, her face was full of solemnity. When she saw the coffins, she blurted out: "This is a funeral for a ghost marriage. Someone is using the waterway to ward off evil."
"These things again." Ji Ci frowned.
As soon as he finished speaking, the nearest coffin suddenly creaked, and a shallow crack slowly slid open. A sticky blood-red liquid began to flow out of the crack and quickly approached the direction of the passenger ship.
After discovering these things, everyone on the boat retreated one after another.
"Ghost! Ghost!"
Seeing that everyone was pushing towards the other side of the boat, the coffin seemed to suddenly come alive and began to madly hit the side full of people.
“Aaaaaaaa——”
The person standing on the outermost side lost his balance and was knocked down, being swallowed by the blood-red liquid.
Yin Zhiyi steadied his body and pinched his fingertips into his palms.
wrong.
Totally wrong.
The plot has deviated again.
Although Bai Zhixing, Ji Ci and Zhu Qingshan wanted to conceal their identities, the situation was critical and they all took out their magic weapons.
"There is a Taoist priest on the boat! Come here quickly! It's safe here!" one of the men shouted excitedly.
Bai Zhixing didn't even have time to stop it.
All the weight was dumped to one side, and the cabin swayed for a moment.
"Disperse! Don't come over here!"
Zhu Qingshan shouted at the top of his lungs, but it was obvious that these anxious people didn't listen at all. Why should he ask them to go over? Those dirty things are cannibals!
Only the boatman on the boat was still trying to rescue: "The boat is going to capsize! Don't push!"
Yin Zhiyi held onto Yan Shiman tightly behind him, fearing that he would fall again like in the book.
"Remember to watch your back and don't let anyone push you down."
Yan Shiman hasn't heard Yin Zhiyi's thoughts for several days. He was drunk before, and the time they had in contact was very short afterwards, so he didn't hear it either. For some reason, he always had a feeling that this ability to read minds would disappear completely at any time.
But hearing Yin Zhiyi's concern for him in his heart, his eyes couldn't help but flicker.
When she heard that if he fell, she would even jump to save him, that strange feeling surged in her heart again.
The corners of his mouth rose unconsciously: "I won't fall."
Even if someone wants to push him, it depends on whether he has the life to do so.
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