Author: Ragdoudou

"I'll put him to sleep first!" Jiang Nan had been working for a day and was so tired that she couldn't straighten her back. She stepped forward to hug Xie Shu and lay down on the bed.

The bed was so small that when the mother and son lay down, there was no place to stay.

Xie Liu had no choice but to stand up and lean against the window edge.

The full moon hangs high, and it is clearly the same moon, but when seen in the mountains and fields, it looks so different from the moon in the Imperial Capital.

There was a soft sound outside the courtyard, and someone was lying on the broken wall looking around. Xie Liu's eyes flashed, and he turned back to glance at the mother and son lying on the bed.

"Mom, dad hugged me today and played with me. The dad before only played with my brother. From now on we will switch to this little dad. The eldest dad doesn't want me anymore, okay?"

"Um."

"My little daddy said that the eldest daddy had a bad look at my mother before, so don't make mistakes this time!"

"Um"

"Dad can change it at will, but mother can't change it at will, do you understand?"

"."

Xie Liu almost laughed out loud when he listened to Xie Shu's childlike words. Jiang Nan was probably very tired, so his responses were perfunctory. After a while, Xie Shu's voice died down and the room gradually became quiet.

He looked up outside the house again and saw that the little thief had left.

This family is so poor that they have to rely on villagers for food and drink, so what is there to steal?

Xie Liu's eyes fell back on Jiang Nan. Could it be that he was stealing someone?

Jiang Nan was sleeping deeply, with various dreams. She seemed to be kneeling somewhere. She was small, only about twelve or thirteen years old, and her whole body was shaking with cold.

A big black dog appeared out of nowhere, barking loudly and terrifyingly. It looked taller than her as it pounced on her. It opened its big mouth full of fangs and bit her arm with one bite. She was trapped. The black dog tossed him around, unable to break free.

She even clearly heard the sound of bones breaking.

A sharp arrow came through the air and hit the black dog's neck. The beast fell to the ground with a gasp.

"Why are you kneeling here? Are you Jiang Nan?" The young man trotted over, bent down and stretched out his hand to her.

The sun was so big that it shone in the pupils, making it difficult for people to see clearly. The young man's face seemed to be covered by a layer of white mist that could not be removed.

"You are injured, I will take you to the doctor."

"Does it hurt? Don't be afraid! I killed that beast and it has nothing to do with you!"

But...if the dog died, did it really have nothing to do with her?

Who is he? Why does Jiang Nan want to cry so much?

It's even sadder than being bitten by a dog.

Jiang Nan suddenly woke up from her dream crying.

The moonlight leaked in from the window, and the room was cold. Xie Liu's face was enlarged in front of his eyes, staring at people with his stern eyes, like a ferocious beast hiding in the dark.

His fingers were wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, and she stood up and stepped back with alert eyes, keeping distance from him.

"what are you doing?"

"You still have the nerve to say that? We agreed that you would sleep on the stool!" Xie Liu scolded.

"I'm sorry!" Jiang Nan got out of bed and sat on the bench. Xie Liu hesitated for a moment, then lay down with his clothes on.

Under the moonlight, Jiang Nan gently opened her sleeves, and her right arm was covered with small round scars of different sizes, which were traces of dog bites.

I once had a bone fracture in my left arm, which made me unable to lift heavy objects. During the rainy season, the pain penetrated into my bones.

It wasn't a dream, it was her memory reminding her of the suffering she had suffered.

*

In the next few days, Aunt Zhang would bring some game freshly caught in the mountains every day. On this day, Aunt Zhang's son Zhang Da brought a hare.

Zhang Da was tall and thick, with pockmarks all over his face. His two small eyes were squinted, staring straight at the person. Jiang Nan didn't dare to reach out to take it, and opened her mouth to refuse.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly stuffed everything into her hand, shook her hand, and grinned, sending a chill all over her body.

After returning to the kitchen, Aunt Li from the village chief's house quietly walked up to Jiang Nan and asked in a low voice: "Shu'er mother, do you really have a crush on Zhang Da?"

"It's nothing! I'm a married woman!" Jiang Nan said righteously and waved her hands to deny.

"Then you can't ask for anything from their family anymore. The Zhang family are not good people! Aunt Zhang spreads word everywhere that you have a crush on Zhang Da. You think Zhang Da is a good hunter and he is also a good murderer!" Aunt Li said with a nose and an eye.

"Zhang Da has killed anyone?" Jiang Nan was secretly surprised.

Aunt Li glanced outside, then pulled Jiang Nan to a corner and whispered: "Since you came, you have been the most beautiful woman in our ten miles and eight villages. Zhang Da is so bold that she has set her sights on her a long time ago." You! Your husband looks gentle and frail, how can he be a match for Zhang Da? If he is killed by Zhang Da, you won’t have any place to cry!"

"Is there no royal law?"

"Zhang Da's sister was the concubine of the county magistrate. There was someone above her, so we didn't dare to offend him! Before, he fell in love with a girl from a neighboring village, but the girl refused to marry him. Then she died inexplicably on the back mountain for some reason. ! An innocent girl was killed first and then, do you think it was tragic or not? We all suspect that it was Zhang Da who did it!"

"Ah? How scary!"

"Mother Shu'er, I see what you are like, and I'm kindly reminding you! The skirt you gave to Aunt Zhang before is hanging in Zhang's house. Who knows what he is doing with it? "

"." Jiang Nan's face turned pale.

It was getting late, and Jiang Nan was absentmindedly washing dishes in the kitchen alone. Thinking of what Aunt Li had reminded him, and thinking of the big face smelling of her clothes every day, she felt a little afraid in her heart.

The wax fire swayed, and a figure quietly approached from behind. When Jiang Nan realized it, the person had already walked a step behind her, and was hugged around the waist. She screamed in surprise, but the person took a step ahead of her and pulled her Cover your mouth.

"Little beauty, I think you can't sleep because of it!"

"Uh" Help!

Jiang Nan struggled desperately, but pictures flashed through his mind, greasy hands, disgusting contacts, and his whole body was weak.

"Stop pretending! Your man is a wanted criminal in the county government. Tomorrow I will send him to the government and collect the reward, and I will take you to eat and drink well. Just be good and obey. I will never treat you badly." your!"

Zhang Da smiled wildly and breathed on Jiang Nan's neck. The wet feeling brought extreme nausea, and his hand reached into her skirt.

His ears seemed to be covered with a layer of paper. What he said seemed to come from a far away place. Only the clear voice of a young man echoed in his ears, which became increasingly clear.

"Fool, why are you always bullied?"

"Next time someone bullies you, just do this. If you do this again, you can escape!"

The young man's features were unremarkable, but his flowing gestures seemed to be engraved in his mind.

Jiang Nan's movements were completed in one go. When it was over, Zhang Da had been thrown to the ground, his neck was cut open with a kitchen knife, and blood splattered everywhere.

Zhang Da covered his neck with disbelief in his eyes and twitched all over.

Jiang Nan's face was covered with blood, but her eyebrows were cold and there was no trace of fear. She raised her hand to wipe her face blankly, and saw a person standing at the door from the corner of her eye.

It's Xie Liu.

He didn't know when he was standing in the darkness at the door, the indifference in his eyes blending with the night outside.

"Your injury is almost healed, let's leave! Leave now!" Jiang Nan wiped the blood from her hands on her dress and walked towards Xie Liu.

Subconsciously, she didn't look into his eyes.

"good!"

He agreed very readily, and Jiang Nan looked up, her eyes wet as she held back tears, like a frightened deer.

Xie Liu's eyes were cold, and he had the impression that Jiang Nan was full of calculations, ruthless, and used everything available around him to do everything possible.

This pitiful appearance was the beginning of her harvesting of people's hearts.

poor person must have something mean.
Chapter completed!