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“Do you know that Young Master Xiang?”
On the way back, Longyue thought of Young Master Xiang and felt that there was something wrong with the way that person looked at her husband. Both parties addressed each other as brothers, but from their expressions, they seemed distant.
Li Qingmu drummed gently on the wooden board beside him without saying a word.
Seeing him like this, Longyue knew that he was hiding something from her. She said angrily, “It’s fine if you don’t tell me. Hmph!”
Li Qingmu lowered his head and looked intently at her. He said softly, “I will talk to you tonight.”
“Why tonight?”
She was a little baffled, but the other party smiled and did not say anything.
It was already afternoon when they returned home. There was some leftover food at home, but Longyue and the others had already stuffed themselves with buns and were not hungry. They pecked at the leftovers.
“Mom.”
“Sigh, Qiu’er’, what’s the matter?”
Li Qingqiu picked up a mouthful of vegetables and jumped down from the chair that was made of bricks. He excitedly ran to Madam Li Zhou, who was cleaning the dishes, and held up two taels of silver in his hands.
Madam Li Zhou looked at the white pieces of tael and stared blankly. “Qiu’er, you, you…”
“Mom, this is the money Ah Qiu and I earned from picking herbs in the mountains yesterday and selling them. It’s all here. We want to give Mom some extra money for the family.”
Longyue had obviously taken half the money, but she did not blush at all when she said this. Li Qingqiu stole a glance at her, only to be hit on the head.
“Mom, quickly, keep it. Don’t let Second Sister-in-law see it.”
Longyue shrewdly placed the taels in Madam Li Zhou’s hands. Fortunately, her second sister-in-law had already gone back to her house to sleep. Otherwise, she would have caused trouble again.
It was obvious that Li Zhou had yet to recover from the sudden windfall of two taels of silver. Li Qingqiu muttered softly, “Mom, take the money and treat it like nothing happened. Don’t let the family know, or else we’ll have no peace at home again.”
Thinking that her son was right, Li Zhou readily agreed.
“Wife, take it.”
After entering their straw hut, Li Qingmu handed her the money that he earned selling calligraphy and paintings.
Longyue glanced at his handsome face and realized that this man was a little chauvinistic. It would be embarrassing for him to give her money outside.
“Well, men and their egos,” she thought.
She took the money and placed it on a piece of tile in front of her. Then she covered it with bricks and hay.
“All the money is kept here. We’ll use it for the examination later.”
“Okay.”
With that, Longyue pulled out those cloths and began to measure them. She tried to make the most of them to minimize losses. Li Qingmu resumed his painting.
Both parties minded their own business and did not disturb each other for the entire afternoon.
In the evening, Ah Qiu came to call them for dinner. The food on the table had improved slightly, and there was an additional bowl of egg drop soup.
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‘The Li family would occasionally make egg drop soup. Second Sister-in-law, Madam Zhang, did not know that the Li family had an additional income, so their dinner was quite peaceful.
After eating and drinking her fill, Longyue returned to wash up. By the time she was done, it was already dark outside.
She sat on the bed and waited for him to come in.
“Uh, wife?”
Li Qingmu was a little surprised to see Longyue sitting there with a serious expression.
“You made a promise during the day. You haven’t forgotten?”
“How could I have forgotten?” He chuckled softly, came over, and held Longyue’s slender waist as he pulled her under the blanket. He whispered into her ear, “If you want me to tell you, then I’ll tell you. I’m just worried that you’ll be afraid, so it’s better to tell you in bed.”
Longyue glared at him. “You’re saying that I’m timid?”
‘The other party was silent. After a while, he said, “Wife, just take it as a story.”
“Story?”
“Ghost story?” she wondered.
“When I’m afraid, I’ll nestle in your arms?”
Longyue rolled her eyes at him. “This man is really annoying,” she thought. “He’s always thinking about how to take advantage of me when he is talking about something.” She wondered why she did not know that he was so scheming in her previous life.
“Hurry up and say it. After you’re done, go to bed!”
‘The man chuckled softly and pulled the girl in his arms closer to him. He said slowly, “That was in the autumn three years ago. Young Master Xiang’s family was doing business. He was rich and outspoken. Some of his peers at our school had good relationships with him…”
That autumn, Xiang Yin, the son of a wealthy businessman who was studying at the academy, became friends with a court official. That court official suggested going on a hunt in the mountains. All the students wanted to befriend this court official and agreed. Li Qingmu’s father used to be a hunter, so he
knew how to shoot arrows since he was young, Therefore, he went along with them.
To their surprise, there was a sudden storm in the mountains. They had chased a deer deep into the mountains and were trapped there for a while. They had no choice but to find a cave to take shelter from the rain. However, at this moment, a group of bandits suddenly appeared and chased after them.
Li Qingmu happened to be with Xiang Yin and the court official. At first, they thought that the bandits were doing this for money, so they threw all the valuables they had at them. However, the other party continued to pursue them. Only then did they realize that those people were here to kill someone.
Seeing that they were forced into a comer, Li Qingmu was already prepared to die with them. However, the other party said that they only wanted to kill the court official. Upon hearing that, the court official’s eyes darted around. He suddenly pointed at Li Qingmu and said, “This is the person you’re
looking for.” Those bandits immediately surrounded Li Qingmu.
“I didn’t expect him to be so despicable. I had wanted to protect him even at the risk of death, but I was wrong about him. It wasn’t enough for him to point me out as the court official. He even urged the bandits to kill me quickly, afraid that I would in turn identify him.”
‘When Li Qingmu said this, he suddenly laughed softly. His smile was cold and murderous.
“Of course, I wouldn’t identify him. If I did that, the other party would think that we were fickle and playing tricks on them. At that time, we’d all die. So I fought for my life. I pretended to be weak and afraid, fooled the first two people, and killed them with a backhand blow. Then I fought another
person…”
Longyue listened to him quietly. Although he spoke very calmly as if he was talking about something unrelated to him, Longyue could imagine how fierce the battle must have been. The air seemed to be filled with the faint smell of blood.
It was difficult for her to imagine what this man had experienced that night, but she knew that at this moment, they were completely sincere with each other.
She snuggled into his chest and reached for his hand. Only then did she realize that he was clenching his fists so tightly that they were creaking.
“killed those three bandits. When the court official saw that it was safe, he actually tried to worm his way into being friends with me. Then… he was killed by me too.”
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Aweak candle flame flickered, and the room was eerily silent.
Longyue looked up at the handsome man beside her, as if this was the first time she had met him.
In her previous life, after he became a deputy prime minister, the outside world had judged him to be decisive and ruthless. Now it seemed that what they said was true.
She suddenly felt wonderful. She was the descendant of a general. Of course, she did not like men to be too weak. In her previous life, she had distanced herself from Li Qingmu and even hated him because she saw him as being submissive.
“Well killed!” She raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at him with much admiration. “Such a despicable person should be killed! If it were me, killing him with one strike would be too easy for him!”
Li Qingmu looked down at the little woman in his arms in surprise. He thought that after he told her about this painful past, she would despise him as much as before, but.