Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

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Although he had expected that Lou Xiao would have no sympathy for him, Mo Jingchun still felt a little disappointed when he was abandoned halfway.

His chest was filled with blood, his eyes were bloodshot, and his hands were clenched.

He stood up with the help of the wall and took a few steps when he felt a sweetness in his throat and a mouthful of blood that had been deposited for a long time gushed out, making him dizzy and almost falling down.

Mo Jingchun covered his chest and breathed heavily, staring blankly at the bloodstains under his feet.

Every moment of his life approaching the end was warning him, but he accepted it with relish.

His life is a joke...

If possible, at least he should decide for himself how to die.

Ah Mao came over with a bowl of porridge made of something unknown. He was shocked to see the blood on his chest and was too frightened to move.

"W-why are you bleeding...don't die!"

Mo Jingchun touched the corner of his lips, looking at the red on his palm, his heart was agitated.

His charming eyes looked at Ah Mao meaningfully through his silver-studded hair, and he whispered coaxingly,

"Come here... I have something good for you..."

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The news that a group of strangers had come to Triangle Village soon spread throughout the village.

In a quiet and closed village, it is very rare for strangers to come.

What's more, there were both men and women among them, who looked good-looking. They said that they were on a boat and encountered a rain disaster, and were stranded here, and needed to buy a few horses to continue their journey.

"Rainstorm? Is it the rain from the past few days? What happened to your boat?"

Some old men with wrinkled faces gathered at the entrance of the village, their bodies bent from hard work, and asked the leader Lou Xiao with shining eyes.

"The water is too fast and the boat can't hold up. We can only abandon the boat and go ashore." Lou Xiao is used to dealing with villagers.

She smiled with a very pleasing smile,

"Old man, is there an inn in the village where we can rest for a night? My husband is not feeling well, and we need to ask a doctor to take a look."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Li Huaiqing, who cooperated very well by pressing his lips with his sleeve and clearing his throat a few times. "Ahem... I'm sorry. I delayed my wife's trip."

The group of people who walked out of the forest were inevitably wet and looked a little disheveled.

Li Huaiqing's cooperation made Lou Xiao stunned for a moment. She seemed to have heard some extraordinary words.

But he quickly adjusted his expression, it was just acting, "It's okay, your health is more important."

In front of the elders in the village, married people will appear more trustworthy.

Sure enough, the old people's eyes turned back and forth between Lou Xiao and Li Huaiqing, and their guard was somewhat dissipated.

They nodded and started discussing.

"Oh, it has rained a lot these past few days. My family went to the fields early in the morning to release water and caught a few loaches, which are just right for drinking."

"I was afraid that the ridges I dug yesterday would be flooded, so I went to clean them up today."

"Oh, you are so good to your husband. This dress is not cheap..." Someone picked up the hem of Li Huaiqing's dress with dry hands and touched the embroidered cymbidium pattern on it.

Li Huaiqing seemed to have a very good temper. He nodded and said, "She traveled all over the country doing business and brought this to me. I don't know how much it is worth."

Lou Xiao wanted to roll her eyes after hearing this. He was actually enjoying the performance!

"She is willing to spend money on you. She is a good woman." They looked at the coarse cloth shirt on Lou Xiao. Although it was very ordinary, looking at her face and hands, they knew that she had a wealthy family.

If only my son could be with her──

But looking at Li Huaiqing's appearance, he felt that he might not be able to win the competition, so he gave up.

Some people sighed silently. After all, they didn't mention these things in front of Lou Xiao.

Sanjiao Village is not on an important official road, so there is no inn.

Only the rich man in the village had a spacious house and was kind-hearted and sociable, so the villagers directed them to live in his house.

Lou Xiao and the others were led by one of them and walked on the stone road in the village.

Along the way, someone would occasionally stick their head out to look at them, sizing up these strangers with curiosity.

Lou Xiao looked over one by one, and passed by a wooden board with a fishy smell and blood on the ground, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

The villager next to him said, "The butcher is not here today! Hey? By the way, where did he go?"

Soon someone next to him elbowed him and said, "She went to the next village to help slaughter pigs. Did you forget?"

Lou Xiao looked at the dried blood on the chopping board and said, "What a pity! My husband loves fresh pork liver and I was just thinking of buying some to nourish him. When can she come back?"

"Oh, oh, I don't know."

Several people pushed and shook their heads, unable to change Lou Xiao's disappointed face, and finally said,

"Why don't you wait until she comes back and I tell her how long you are going to stay?"

Lou Xiao lowered her eyes and seemed to be very worried about Li Huaiqing. "Well, at least he should recover from his illness first. He insisted on following me to do business, and there is nothing I can do if his body can't take it."

The villagers' eyes showed some understanding. She looked like this and was away doing business all year round. It would be strange for her husband to be at ease at home.

When they arrived at the rich man's house, they were given two rooms to live in.

Lou Xiao and Li Huaiqing naturally wouldn't live there for free, so they gave the rich family a considerable sum of money, and Li Huaiqing then pretended to be sick in the small village with a clear conscience.

Ai Ying saw the old doctor in the village frowning and pressing Li Huaiqing's pulse again and again, but he couldn't find any problem.

But Li Huaiqing was lying on the bed again, looking sick and as if he was only half alive.

"...thinking too much may damage your vitality." Finally coming up with a reason, the old doctor took his apprentice to get the medicine.

Lou Xiao sat on the edge of the bed and looked Li Huaiqing up and down for a long time, almost suspecting that he was really sick.

But he quickly dispelled her concerns, "Have you noticed? There are not many young and strong men in the village."

They walked through the village and entered the homes of wealthy families. Many people came to watch the fun, but most of them were old people or children.

"Maybe he's still working in the fields." Ai Ying didn't know why he felt unhappy. He absolutely refused to admit that it was because these two people were pretending to be husband and wife.

I clearly said before that I would only call people friends when we are outside.

When it really comes to this point, words like husband and wife become very easy to say!

"It's busy farming season now, so young people can't just hang around at home." Ai Ying didn't want to seem too unusual, so she explained.

"Maybe he will be back at dusk, and it won't be too late to draw a conclusion then."

Lou Xiao nodded and exchanged glances with Li Huaiqing, "Then wait a few days and see."

But why stay here?

Ai Ying was puzzled, but was reluctant to ask Lou Xiao, for fear of appearing to be meddling and breaking the rules.

When Lou Xiao went to talk to the only old doctor in the village, he asked about Li Huaiqing.

"Why do you want to stay, young master and young lady? Is there something important?"

Li Huaiqing nodded, but did not mention the specific matter, only told him,

"Please keep an eye out for that pig butcher and see when he comes back."