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Chapter 428 - 428: How Long Can She Live?
Chapter 428 - 428: How Long Can She Live?
Chapter 428: How Long Can She Live?
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
MO Ruyue walked out of the main house and saw the mountain bandits lying on the ground in the courtyard. Their skin had already begun to show a cold bluish white, and their pupils were covered with a layer of white film. They looked completely hard.
The man and woman tied to the tree were still breathing weakly. When they heard her footsteps, they seemed to want to look up, but their necks were so heavy that they couldn’t raise them. They only trembled slightly before hanging down again.
“Gu Ying, I remember you saying that the female brigand is a woman who can’t even tie up a chicken. Even the strong brigands couldn’t make it through last night, and she actually made it?”
MO Ruyue looked at the woman with interest.
Her long hair drooped down and covered her face, making it impossible to see her face clearly.
But from Gu Ying’s description, it wasn’t hard to deduce that she was a woman who was alluring, sexy, and pure at the same time. She was the most popular woman in her previous life who had the ceiling of pure desire.
It was said that she was also a victim of the brigands’ robbery and humiliation. However, with her proud appearance and figure, she had committed herself to the brigand leader and colluded with these bastards.
“She can’t hold on much longer.”
Gu Ying didn’t even look at it and went straight to the gate of the courtyard, ready to set up the carriage.
The sudden drop in temperature last night had frozen the mud on the ground, which was conducive to the passage of the carriage, and they could be ready to set off at any time.
MO Ruyue no longer paid attention to the woman tied to the tree. Instead, she walked over to help Gu Ying.
The food and valuables had to be moved to the carriages. Although the boxes were big and heavy, they were nothing to the two of them.
The two of them carried a box in each hand, as if they were carrying two stalks of straw, and they carried it up the carriage lightly.
Soon, the house was only left with the supplies for the rescued women. “Ying, go and find those women. We’ll go back after distributing the things.” “You don’t mind if I’m pestered by them again?” Gu Ying deliberately teased.
“That’s something you should be worried about.”
MO Ruyue smiled slyly, clearly prepared to watch the show from the sidelines.
Gu Ying had never been able to do anything to her, so he could only shake his head with a bitter smile and call for help.
Lin Xu had already woken up before dawn.
Last night was the best sleep she had had in a long time.
Although she was often woken up by nightmares, when she looked at the house with the oil lamp lit all night, the fear in her heart would slowly dissipate, and she would fall asleep again.
Compared to her tossing and turning in bed, Miss Tian appeared to be more heartless.
She slept very deeply that night, even snoring like the two crazy women.
When Lin Xu got up, even though she had made quite a commotion, Miss Tian only frowned and muttered a few words before turning over and falling back into a deep sleep.
“Time to get up, hurry up and help me prepare breakfast!”
Lin Xu herself had been pampered since she was young. Other than her in-laws and husband, who else had she served?
Last night, she had taken the initiative to prepare dinner in order to leave a good impression on her benefactor. She had not taken the initiative to be Miss Tian’s maid and serve her food and daily life.
“What’s the fuss about? It’s not even daybreak yet! If you don’t want to sleep, don’t disturb me!”
Miss Tian snuggled under the pillow and covered her ears. At the same time, her words became muffled.
“You can sleep if you want, but don’t eat the food I made when you wake up later. I’m not your maid and I won’t serve you!”
Lin Xu gentle and pleasant appearance in front of Gu Ying was now gone, and she coldly threw out these words.
“Hmph, who cares about your things, I have food too!”
Just as Miss Tian was grumbling, Gu Ying’s voice came from the door.
“Everyone, please come over for a chat.”
When she heard the deep, magnetic voice of the Gu Ying, Miss Tian seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. She flipped over and got up, no longer feeling tired.
“Benefactor, is there something you need from us? Please wait a moment, we’re making breakfast!”
Miss Tian’s ability to lie with her eyes wide open had already reached the point of perfection. She hurriedly put on her clothes while loudly responding to the outside.
She got off the bed and stepped on the ground barefooted, reaching out to grab her embroidered shoes.
Lin Xu was robbed of her words and could only stare coldly at her, quietly watching her performance.
However, this time, there was no response from Gu Ying. When Miss Tian excitedly ran out of the door, she realized that the person had already left.
He had only come to inform them. He was not interested in the response at all.
Miss Tian looked at the empty doorway in a daze and heard Lin Xu voice from Denma.
“Since you’re awake, come over and help.”
“What are you rushing me for? He has already left, who do you want to show off to?”
Miss Tian was not someone to be trifled with. Even though she was not married yet, she was an old hand in the matters between men and women.
Even if Lin Xu had carefully concealed her true feelings, how could they escape the eyes of Miss Tian?
“If you don’t work, you won’t have food. Don’t say I didn’t remind you.” Lin Xu would not waste time bickering with Miss Tian.
In this village that had been attacked by a natural disaster, they were just temporary victims. After leaving this place, who would know each other?
So what if she could see through her thoughts?
As long as she could successfully win over her benefactor, she would have someone to rely on for the rest of her life!
As for the foolish Miss Tian, her benefactor would never take a fancy to her. With her withered body, without a strong man to rely on, how long could she live in this chaotic world after the natural disaster?
In Lin Xu’s heart, she had long regarded Miss Tian as a dead person, so she didn’t mind her strange words.
“What’s with that tone and that look!”
Miss Tian did not miss Lin Xu’s contemptuous glance and immediately shouted in embarrassment.
However, Lin Xu immediately turned around and left, not even bothering to look at her.
About half an hour later, Lin Xu brought the two crazy women and another relatively normal woman, Madam Du, to the farmyard where the brigand leader used to live.
They washed the plates and bowls that they had collected, then filled them with soft, snow-white steamed buns and two bowls of millet congee. They brought them over for Gu Ying and MO Ruyue to eat.
“Benefactor, Miss, we came a little late. Breakfast was just prepared, please don’t take it to heart.”
Lin Xu had a decent and gentle smile on her face, and she spoke with a proper sense of propriety, without the slightest intention of overstepping her boundaries.
MO Ruyue secretly clicked her tongue a few times. She really wanted to watch a show for Lin Xu’s high-ranking green tea performance. She couldn’t stop feeling it.
“We’ve already eaten.”
Gu Ying’s attitude was still cold and distant, as if he didn’t know any manners.
Other than MO Ruyue, the five babies, and the Liu couple, Gu Ying had the same attitude toward everyone.
Even when he was an assassin in the blood tower, he had never changed his attitude when facing the tower master who was high and mighty.
Now, he wouldn’t be nice to a woman just because she was trying to please him.
Lin Xu’a smile froze, and it took a lot of effort to maintain the smile on her lips. She put the bowl of rice in her arms and turned around to hand it to Madam Du standing behind her.
“If the two of you are not hungry now, then you can eat at noon. Otherwise, the food is already prepared and it would be a waste if you don’t eat.”
When she spoke, she had already adjusted her emotions and looked like she had returned to her gentle and decent state..