EBE Chapter 135 A Battle in the Peach Blossom Forest
Chapter 135 A Battle in the Peach Blossom Forest
"Sister Xiao, how have you been?"
Upon hearing this, Xue Wen smiled slightly. He hadn't expected Xiao Zhuqing to still remember him. As he was answering, he felt a chill coming from the side.
Ling Huanan pulled Xue Wen into his arms, his face grim, and said in a cold voice, "Xiao Zhuqing, Awen is my fiancé, please keep your distance." Every word seemed to have been taken from an ice cellar.
Xiao Zhuqing glanced at the considerable distance between her and Xue Wen, but that didn't stop her from retorting to Ling Huanan: "The Prince of Dingbei also said that he is 'unmarried'!"
"Heh!" Ling Huanan scoffed, gave Xiao Zhuqing a warning look, and angrily pulled Xue Wen away.
Even after walking quite a distance, you could still hear Xiao Zhuqing's irritating voice: "Little Awen, come visit your big sister sometime..."
Ling Huanan quickened her pace, and Xue Wen, being pulled along, had to jog to keep up.
After walking for a while, Ling Huanan slowed down, his brows furrowed into a deep frown, and he radiated a cold aura, clearly still angry.
Helpless, Xue Wen tried to pull his hand away from her grip, but she only tightened her grip even more.
Ling Huanan stopped in his tracks only after Xue Wen hissed in pain. He relaxed his grip, suppressed his anger, and awkwardly turned his head away.
"Sorry! I hurt you."
Xue Wen shook his head and asked, "Are you still angry?"
Ling Huanan gave the other person a complicated look, pursed his lips for a long time before saying, "You know perfectly well what I'm asking! That Xiao woman is no good. Stay away from her in the future."
“But you didn’t say that before.” Xue Wenchong blinked at Ling Huanan, giving him a look that said, “How could you be so fickle?”
Ling Huanan was speechless. Who could blame him when he was young and infatuated with Awen? He had been constantly thinking about her and felt flustered. He had decided to find Awen a suitable match, which was why he had arranged for Xiao Zhuqing to marry her. Now, however, he had shot himself in the foot...
At this point, all he could do was stubbornly insist, "I misjudged her back then. Anyway, stay away from her in the future."
Xue Wen could only mutter helplessly, "I was just saying hello to Sister Xiao..."
Before Xue Wen could finish speaking, Ling Huanan interrupted him: "You still call her 'sister'? Why don't you call me 'sister'?"
Xue Wen was speechless: "...". Didn't you tell me not to call you that?
Ling Huanan seemed to recall that when Awen first came to them, he sweetly called her "sister," but she had given him a cold look and told him that she didn't have any brothers or sisters and shouldn't try to claim kinship with him...
From then on, Ah Wen never called his sister again!
After thinking it over, Ling Huanan gave a cold snort and walked straight ahead. Although she seemed to be walking fast, she would slow down from time to time to wait for Xue Wen, and the distance between the two was always within two steps.
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Lin Shu's side.
To accommodate Song Yun's pregnancy, she took several husbands for a leisurely stroll through the peach grove.
Perhaps because they had drunk too much tea in the pavilion, the three husbands went to relieve themselves, and Lin Shu waited for them under a peach tree not far away.
Beneath a sturdy peach tree, a beautiful woman in a sky-blue dress rested with one hand behind her head, her left leg bent, leaning against the tree trunk, her eyes closed in repose.
Petals drifted down, fluttering and scattering all over the woman's skirt. The peach blossoms seemed to have even given her cheeks a faint blush. In short, the scene was absolutely beautiful!
It makes one feel that even ten miles of peach blossoms cannot compare to the beauty of the person under the tree!
Lin Shu also enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by flowers. Suddenly, she felt a hand with calloused skin caress her cheek.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a familiar-looking man staring at her with fascination. They could almost feel each other's breath, which showed how close they were.
Lin Shu felt a pang of annoyance; when did she become so careless?
Before he could react, Lin Shu had already struck out with her palm. The man was prepared and dodged to the side, standing up. Lin Shu also smoothly rose, lifting her skirt and launching a sweeping leg attack at the man, sending a shower of peach petals flying.
"boom."
In the end, Lin Shu had the upper hand and pinned the man against the tree trunk. Instantly, peach blossoms fluttered with the movement of their clothes and skirts, landing on their hair and shoulders...
The man, seemingly still slightly out of breath from the intense exchange, had a flushed face and was gazing intently into Lin Shu's eyes, murmuring, "Ah Shu~~~"
Being so close, with the other person's breath hitting her face, Lin Shu felt a little uncomfortable and loosened her grip. She then straightened her clothes and frowned, saying, "Miss Xu? Why are you dressed like this?"
Seeing Lin Shu release her hand, Xu Jingyun felt a pang of regret, then, as usual, said with a hint of resentment:
"Of course I miss Ashu. If the mountain won't come to me, then I have no choice but to come to the mountain."
After saying that, he paused, then leaned closer to Lin Shu's ear and said in a somewhat flirtatious tone, "Don't I look good dressed like this?"
Lin Shu was taken aback and did not respond.
She looks better dressed like this than in women's clothing; her facial features are softer, and even though she's frivolous, she doesn't look as annoying as when she's dressed as a woman.
However, those eyes were too... so I still had to beat them up! After thinking it over, he suddenly raised his fist again and punched the other person's eyes.
Whether Xu Jingyun was afraid of being beaten or not, she dodged the attack with lightning speed this time, and even teasingly grabbed Lin Shu's fist and touched it!
A hint of disgust flashed in Lin Shu's eyes, and she swung her other hand at him.
Xu Jingyun was stung by the disgust in Lin Shu's eyes and, unable to dodge in time, was hit in the eye again. She covered her eye, looking somewhat disappointed, but quickly regained her resentful expression.
"Ouch...that really hurts! Last time you hit my left eye, this time you hit my right eye. Ah Shu, you're so heartless..."
After saying that, he looked behind Lin Shu. Lin Shu also sensed something and turned around to look. She saw that her three husbands were also looking at her with resentful expressions.
Su Mu/Song Yun/Feng Yu: My wife has only been married to Xiao Qi/my younger brother/herself for a short time, and now she's already adding a new member?
Upon closer inspection, they noticed the injury on Xu Jingyun's eye and immediately felt relieved. It turned out she had been assaulted; at least it wasn't a new love interest!
Su Mu felt that the man looked familiar, so he spoke first: "My lady, who is this young master?"
Lin Shu explained calmly, "Xu Guijun's niece, Xu Jingyun."
Upon hearing this, the three men felt even more relieved.
Su Mu nodded. He had met the person in Mengzhou Prefecture. He then looked the person over and wondered how the same person could dress as a man and a woman so convincingly!
Feng Yu, belatedly realizing what was happening, widened her eyes in disbelief and whispered to Song Yun...
Seeing Lin Shu's family of four enjoying themselves so happily, Xu Jingyun felt completely out of place. Her shoulders slumped, and she turned and left quietly.
While talking to her husband, Lin Shu glanced back at Xu Jingyun's lonely figure and frowned slightly.
Su Mu followed Lin Shu's gaze and suddenly remembered that Xu Jingyun had previously seemed to have inappropriate thoughts about his wife, and now she was even dressing as a man for his wife. Could it be that his wife was being...
What should I do? Suddenly I'm not so relieved anymore!
Lin Shu didn't understand the meaning behind Su Mu's complicated expression, so she didn't ask further. Instead, she took their hands and said:
"Why have you been gone so long?"
The outhouse is right next door, so it shouldn't take that long!
Then they remembered the person not far away, and Feng Yu quickly called out in that direction, "Brother Ji, come here quickly!"
As soon as the others arrived, Song Yun quickly introduced, "On our way back, we heard a young master playing the zither over there. He played it so beautifully."
Song Yun was not knowledgeable in music and could only describe it as pleasant to listen to.
Su Mu shook his head and smiled, explaining, "Just now we met a young master who had been stuck in the peach blossom forest for a long time because of a carriage issue. It just so happens that Xiao Qi knows him, and since we have many male relatives, he would like to hitch a ride with us back."
Lin Shu nodded, watching the person approach; it was Ji Heng.
She was still wearing a light blue cross-collar brocade robe, holding a guqin in her arms. A gentle breeze blew, and her light blue hair ribbon swayed with her hair, occasionally brushing against her cheek.
Those clear, deer-like eyes widened slightly when they saw Lin Shu, and she said in a gentle voice:
"Ms. Lin, long time no see."
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Haha! Xu Jingyun's way of calling Lin Shu's name is full of wavy lines, it's so poignant and evocative...