"How dare you hit me." Lin Churou covered her face with disbelief.
She was the legitimate daughter of the Lin family and had been pampered since she was a child. No one else dared to even touch her with their fingers, but Mu Xijin dared to hit her.
"It doesn't matter if I beat you. If it weren't for me, would you still have the chance to be arrogant and domineering here at this moment?"
"What do you mean?"
Mr. Liu came forward with a hint of respect in his expression: "Miss Mu, that tiger..."
"The tiger has been released into the forest." Xi Jin said truthfully.
The crowd suddenly burst into an uproar: "What? That tiger didn't eat anyone?"
"If you release a tiger into the forest, will it come out to eat people again?"
Xi Jin looked at Mr. Liu's face, which was also full of doubts and worries, then rubbed his sore and swollen hands and explained: "That tiger had something stuck in its throat. My husband and I took it out, and then I put medicine on it. I think it has some spirituality and won’t come back to hurt anyone.”
"You...you mean, you heal the tiger's wounds." Mr. Huang on the side was horrified, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Miss Mu, you..."
Master Liu wanted to ask something else, but Xie Luo refused: "Master Liu, my wife is a little tired."
"Okay, okay, Miss Mu, please rest first!" Mr. Liu was a little unable to recover for a while.
After living for so many years, this was the first time he heard that people who heal tigers still take things from the tiger's mouth. This Miss Mu, a boudoir girl, has such courage, she is really a god.
"Let's go, I'll help you over there." Xie Luo had already seen Xi Jin's fatigue and helped her to rest on the clean grass aside.
At this time, Lord Liu sent someone to deliver a blanket and some food: "Miss Mu, this is what our Lord asked us to deliver."
"Thank you sir for me." Xi Jin covered himself with a blanket and hid the food in his bag.
After all the hard work, I felt relieved and exhausted, so I lay down and fell asleep.
In the dream, she dreamed of Shangguan Ba, whom she had not seen for many years. He still looked like the high-spirited young man back then. But when she turned around, he was already wearing armor and covered in blood. Xi Jin saw someone stabbing him from behind, and she was close. So close, I tried my best to call him, but no sound came out...
"Shangguan Ba..." Xi Jin woke up from his dream and opened his eyes to see Xie Luo's anxious look.
"Jin'er, what's wrong with you?" When he heard her calling Shangguan Ba, he felt indescribably complicated at that moment.
He knew that Shangguan Ba was dead, but this person seemed to have taken root in Jin'er's heart.
He would rather he was not dead, so that he would still have a chance to compete with him.
"I'm fine, I had a nightmare." Xi Jin looked at Xie Luo sitting aside, looking tired, "I can't sleep anymore, you should take a rest first, it will be dawn soon."
"Okay, I'll sleep for half an hour. Call me if you need anything." That night, he was worried that the forest was unsafe, so he kept sitting next to Xi Jin to protect her.
At this moment, I was lying where Xi Jin had been lying, smelling the scent of medicine on her body, feeling inexplicably relieved, and fell asleep soon after.
Xi Jin looked at his handsome sleeping face and felt apologetic in her heart. He always treated her so well, even risking his life to protect her, but what could she give in return?
It's not that she didn't see the sadness in his eyes just now, but finding out the truth about Shangguan Bao's assassination seemed to have become an obsession in her heart. She didn't know the way forward, so how could she dare to promise him anything easily.
Xi Jin stretched out his hand to tuck the blanket around him, got up and went to the water source to wash his face.
In the forest at night, everything is silent, so any movement is particularly clear.
"You hurt me." A woman's coquettish voice came from the edge of the forest.
"This hurts. I haven't shown you my true ability yet." The man's rough and wanton voice came, followed by a sound that made people blush and their hearts beat.
Xi Jin originally thought that the couple couldn't bear the loneliness on the road and did this, so he planned to leave, but then he heard his name.
"Master Huang, you promise me to show that bitch Mu Xijin something to show you." The woman said while panting.
After Xi Jin listened carefully, he realized that the soft and charming voice was actually made by Lin Churou.
"Right away, right away." The man said casually.
The taste of this young lady from an aristocratic family is just different. It is not comparable to the rags in the brothel, but she has to make demands every time, which is a bit boring.
Master Huang said impatiently: "Now, Master Liu is protecting her. When one day Master Liu doesn't pay attention, I will find a way to vent your anger."
"You always say these words every time." Lin Churou was unwilling to accept that she, the legitimate daughter of a noble family, was reduced to serving such a small official. After so long, she could not get any benefits.
Mu Xijin was annoying to look at, but she was so annoying, and she was always protected by a handsome man like Xie Luo.
Thinking of Xie Luo, Lin Churou couldn't help but feel refreshed physically and mentally, and she cried out softly.
Huang Yong felt the changes in the woman beneath him, and slapped her harder and harder: "Smelly bitch, I didn't expect you to be so mean."
Xi Jin listened not far away. Even though he knew something about men and women, he couldn't help but blush. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly bumped into someone's arms.
Xie Luo stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, stared down at her red face, smiled and whispered: "I didn't expect Madam to have such a hobby."
Xi Jin shook his head and pointed to Xie Luo's hand covering his mouth. When he let go, he quickly explained: "I didn't, I just bumped into it accidentally."
"Oh..." Xie Luo said "oh" meaningfully, his dark eyes flashing with a narrow smile.
"I won't talk to you anymore." Xi Jin turned around and left, but his head was filled with Xie Luo's smile. This man is really...
Xie Luo caught up and put on her coat: "This Lin Churou always seems to be unwilling to accept you. She gets close to Huang Yong, maybe she wants to use Huang Yong's hand to take revenge on you."
"Yeah." Xi Jin nodded, his tone a little heavy, "I didn't want to do anything to her. After all, they are all poor people, but she doesn't seem to want to let me go."
"Don't worry, you are protected by Mr. Liu now. Huang Yong doesn't have the courage. He is just playing with her." Xie Luo patted Xi Jin's shoulder and consoled her.
"Even if he dares to do anything, I will protect you."
"Well." Xi Jin tightened his tight-fitting coat, looked up at the black and blue eyes under his eyes, and asked, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I'm used to being alert." Xie Luo smiled nonchalantly.
Xi Jin felt heartbroken. After the defeat of the Xie Mansion, Xie Luo had to bear too much. From being the legitimate son of an aristocratic family to being the richest man in the capital, and now being a prisoner, ordinary people would probably not be able to bear it anymore. .
