The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

Li Jiang hid in his own courtyard, listening to Wang Huanhua's reply upon her return.

I feel much better now.

Now, most of the villagers are cursing Li Zhe, that ingrate.

Given this incident and the previous one he caused upon returning to the village, Li Zhe will likely be ostracized by the villagers even more.

Just like his older brother, he caused such a scene that the villagers stopped associating with him.

I also heard that he went hunting in the mountains today. If he dies on the mountain like Li Qian and is eaten by wild animals, then only Yin Baicai and Li Mo will be left.

Dealing with them is a piece of cake.

But Li Zhe, that ingrate, was really lucky. Even though he was sent to the battlefield, he didn't die there and actually came back alive.

That's some serious luck!

Today, Liu Xiaoqing also heard the villagers gossiping about Li Zhe and Yin Baicai everywhere.

He was so happy that he was in a good mood all day.

However, he didn't have time to mock Yin Baicai, that jinx.

Because, well, Brother Wenyan came back to the village yesterday.

I need to dress up nicely before I go to find Brother Wenyan.

Seeing her son's happy expression, Zhang Ke felt a little worried. She hoped her silly son wouldn't be blinded by Tian Wenyan.

Looking at Chen Jufen's arrogant and servile manner, she probably looks down on her own son.

Overjoyed, Liu Xiaoqing knocked on the gate of Tian Wenyan's house.

Tian Wenyan opened the door and looked at Liu Xiaoqing, who was smiling broadly, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you at my house? My mother is home!"

Chen Jufen, who was busy in the kitchen, asked, "Xiao Yan, who's here?"

"Oh, Mother, it's no one, just someone from another village asking for directions."

Then he whispered to Liu Xiaoqing outside the door, "Go to the bamboo forest behind the mountain and wait for me. I'll come back to find you in a bit."

After saying that, he slammed the door shut.

Liu Xiaoqing felt very disappointed. She had come specifically to find Brother Wenyan, but he had turned her away.

Aunt Jufen is really something. Wenyan is already an adult, yet she still keeps such a close eye on him.

Liu Xiaoqing stomped her foot in anger at Tian Wenyan's door, then went alone to the bamboo forest behind the mountain.

Tian Wenyan said to Chen Jufen in the kitchen, "Mother, didn't you say the basket at home was broken? I'll go up to the bamboo forest behind the mountain to cut two bamboo poles for you to fix it."

Before Chen Jufen could reply, Tian Wenyan grabbed his wood-chopping knife and quickly went out.

Chen Jufen watched her son leave, feeling extremely happy. "My son is so capable. He's good at studying and has a filial heart."

He's much better than that bully Li at the village entrance. He actually dared to harm his own uncle who raised him for many years. He's truly an ingrate.

Tian Wenyan arrived shortly after Liu Xiaoqing arrived.

Liu Xiaoqing was still sulking about what had happened at the Tian family's door, and deliberately turned her head away from Tian Wenyan.

Tian Wenyan put down the wood-chopping knife in his hand and walked up to Liu Xiaoqing: "Qing-ge'er, are you still angry? My mother definitely can't find out about our secret meeting, or she'll cause you trouble."

Liu Xiaoqing pretended to say, "What is it? There's nothing between us."

Tian Wenyan looked around and, seeing that no one was around, hugged Liu Xiaoqing.

"Qing-ge'er, aren't you being dishonest? Didn't you come to town to find me last time and say you liked me?"

Liu Xiaoqing covered Tian Wenyan's mouth, "Keep your voice down, I haven't even told my father about this, so don't tell anyone."

"I understand."

When Liu Xiaoqing saw that her attempt to seduce Li Zhe had failed, she secretly went to town the next day, found Tian Wenyan, and secretly expressed her feelings to him.

He knew that since he couldn't have Li Zhe, he had to get Tian Wenyan under his control. He was already an adult, and if he didn't get her under his control, he would become an old man who could never get married.

He was short, and many people in the village looked down on him, but he knew that Tian Wenyan liked short men who were like women.

The boys were generally much taller than the girls, but he was about the same height as the girls in the village, which made him the subject of much gossip among the villagers.

In this village, he and that jinx were the only two people who were often laughed at by the villagers. One was as tall as a man, and the other was as short as a woman.

Although Ke Renjing didn't get married, he was at least engaged to Li Eba, while he didn't even have anyone come to propose marriage.

Tian Wenyan quickly won Liu Xiaoqing over with a few words, then pulled her to sit in the bamboo grove and whispered secrets to her.

Tian Wenyan, who prided himself on his extensive knowledge, deliberately showed off in front of Liu Xiaoqing by reciting some of his own poems and songs.

Liu Xiaoqing looked at him with admiration.

She thought to herself: Although I don't understand it, my brother speaks in classical Chinese so well. He's much better than the peasants in the village. Was I blind the other day when I actually tried to seduce that clueless bully Li?

Tian Wenyan was very pleased with himself. He thought that those ignorant children in the school were jealous of him and deliberately said that his creation was bad.

I didn't see how much Qingge admired me.

Suddenly, Liu Xiaoqing asked Tian Wenyan, "Brother Wenyan, when are we going to tell Aunt Jufen about our relationship?"

Tian Wenyan was stunned for a moment. "I'll tell my mother when I pass the exam. Right now, she wants me to focus all my energy on studying."

Liu Xiaoqing understood. After all, if they revealed their relationship now, and Wenyan's brother failed the exam, his mother would definitely blame her.

Tian Wenyan was overjoyed to see Liu Xiaoqing, whom he had managed to appease. The young man in the village was so innocent.

Does he even consider whether a peasant like him is good enough for me, Tian Wenyan?

If it weren't for the fact that we were childhood sweethearts, he wouldn't have had the chance to speak to me, Tian Wenyan.

She wants to marry me? She's dreaming!

She only sought him out to relieve her boredom because she was bored back in the village, and he believed everything she said.

That's absolutely stupid.

If it weren't for the need to return to the village to collect living expenses, I wouldn't want to step into this poor and remote place.

It's still more comfortable living in town, but it's nice to have such a simple person listen to my writing.

Those short-sighted people in town actually said that what I wrote was all garbage.

Do they really think I've wasted over ten years of schooling? What right do they have to judge my works?

They're just a bunch of smug little people who get cocky just because their parents are rich. How can they compare to me, Tian Wenyan?

Time passed quietly, and an hour had gone by. Fearing that his mother would come looking for him, Tian Wenyan told Liu Xiaoqing that he was leaving first.

Before leaving, he even pretended to cut down two bamboo stalks and carried them away. He had even instructed Liu Xiaoqing to cut these bamboo stalks for him.

He thought to himself: How can a scholar do such rough work? My hands are for reading and writing.

After Tian Wenyan left, Liu Xiaoqing stayed on the mountain for half an hour before coming down.

I just passed by Yin Baicai's house and saw her hurrying home from the village entrance.

Thinking this was her chance to mock him, she immediately called out to Yin Baicai, "You little devil, you still dare to go to the village entrance? Are you afraid you won't hear the villagers gossiping about you?"

Yin Baicai paused slightly: "Oh, what's it to you?"

"You shameless bastard, you actually managed to coax that bully Li into building your house for you."

Yin Baicai blurted out, "What, are you jealous? If you're so capable, go find a man to build you a house."

Liu Xiaoqing's chest heaved with anger. This jinx was really good with words. He used to be too afraid to say anything, but after this fall, his tongue became sharper.

Suddenly, Liu Xiaoqing felt a chill. She had heard that this jinx had fallen on the mountain. Could it be that it had been possessed by something unclean?

The more Liu Xiaoqing thought about it, the more certain she became that Yin Baicai was possessed by something evil.

He glanced furtively at Wutong Mountain behind him; the dense forest was deep and secluded. A chill ran down his spine. He glared at Yin Baicai and ran away quickly.

There was only one thought in my mind: the jinx had been entangled by something unclean.

Yin Baicai and Li Mo watched Liu Xiaoqing run away inexplicably. Yin Baicai scoffed, "What a lunatic, running away like that."

He knew that Liu Xiaoqing wasn't a bad person; he just liked to make sarcastic remarks and mock him, so he couldn't be bothered to argue with him.

The premise is that he did not cross his bottom line.