Peaceful Jianghu

Chapter 125

Chonghua's eyes lit up, but then he worried, "Wouldn't that be frivolous?"

Xue Beifan kicked him, "Are you sick? When it's time to be a hooligan, why pretend to be a saint? Once you've held hands, you should press your advantage, hug and kiss one after another, and give them a token of love..."

Before Xue Beifan could finish speaking, Chonghua pulled out a large mahogany box from under the bed.

Xue Beifan jumped up, "What are you doing? Carrying a coffin with you?"

"Coffin my foot!" Chonghua retorted. "These are gifts I bought for Xiaoyue along the way."

"Along the way...which way?" Xue Beifan blinked. "We came by boat!"

Chonghua scratched the back of his head, sounding a little unsure, "It was... the stretch of road I walked before dinner..."

Xue Beifan's lips twitched uncontrollably. He pressed his cheek and said, "You continue. I'll go lure that crazy girl away."

The two split up.

Xiao Dao had just washed his face when he heard three soft knocks from the window, and he squinted.

The window was gently opened a crack, and Xue Beifan reached out and beckoned to her with his finger, "Little girl!"

Xiao Dao sighed, then looked at the doorway and was startled to see Chonghua standing there carrying a wooden box the size of a coffin, looking at her expectantly.

Xiao Dao had no choice but to put on a coat and leave sensibly.

As soon as the door closed, she heard Chonghua excitedly say to Xiaoyue from inside, "Xiaoyue, I bought you a little gift."

Xiao Dao pressed down on the twitching corners of his mouth and looked at Xue Beifan, "Isn't it going to be alright for your brother to keep going like this? And this is just a small gift..."

"Never mind them." Xue Beifan tugged at her sleeve and asked, "Hey, what's going on? When did you buy that myna bird?"

Xiao Dao chuckled at him, "What myna bird?"

"At once……"

Before Xue Beifan could finish speaking, the bird's chirping started again, "Xue Er, Xue Er, Xue Er, you silly goose."

Xue Beifan looked around but couldn't see any birds. Where was the sound coming from? Finally, his gaze fell on Xiao Dao. "You..."

"Xue Er." Xiao Dao didn't open her mouth, but the voice was indeed hers.

Xue Beifan's mouth dropped open. "You know ventriloquism?"

Little Knife raised an eyebrow smugly, "Ventriloquism, ventriloquism!"

"You actually know such a high-level move..." Xue Beifan was extremely surprised.

"You're making a fuss over nothing!" Xiao Dao scoffed at him. "My mother is the world's number one thief. You really think a thief only knows how to scale walls? My mother has many more tricks up her sleeve!"

Xue Beifan looked at her with admiration, "My mother-in-law is indeed capable!"

“That’s…” Xiao Dao turned around and kicked him with her heel again, “Who’s your mother-in-law!”

"You lied to Feng Wuyou?" Xue Beifan dodged the kick and leaned close to her ear. "She'll fall for it?"

"Hmm, hard to say. I just want to see what she really thinks of you." Xiao Dao said, shaking his head and clicking his tongue twice. "If that woman is really crazy enough, she definitely won't be able to resist taking advantage of that bird."

Xue Beifan remained silent.

"Do you know what she can't stand the most?" Xiao Dao asked.

Xue Beifan shook his head.

“My mother once said that there’s a type of person who is extremely obsessive.” Xiao Dao crossed his arms. “You’ve met obsessive people before, haven’t you? You can’t tell from their appearance, but they are extremely possessive, especially a great beauty like Feng Wuyou, who is known as one of the Four Treasures of the Martial World!”

Xue Beifan nodded, seemingly understanding, "What kind of biased enforcement?"

"When you're used to everyone looking up at you, and everyone only having eyes for you, it's really hard when someone stops looking at you or completely ignores you!" Xiao Dao chuckled. "Do you want to know what her mindset was when she killed all those cats and dogs you were raising?"

Xue Beifan frowned slightly as he looked at Xiao Dao.

Xiao Dao raised his eyebrows, adopting a fierce expression. "You spend more time looking at the cat than at me. Am I more beautiful than a cat? If you dare not look at me, I'll kill your cat and see who you look at then!"

Xue Beifan squinted at Xiao Dao for a long time, then said, "Xiao Dao, you're so wicked!"

Xiao Dao kicked him again, saying, "I'm copying her!"

Xue Beifan chuckled, "You're not her, how do you know she thinks that way?"

Xiao Dao smugly put his hands on his hips. "Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've at least seen pigs run, right? Wanting to kill someone and actually killing someone are two different things. Girls often say harsh words when they're being coquettish or throwing a tantrum, but how many of them actually do it?"

Xue Beifan looked Xiao Dao up and down, hands on hips, glaring at him. He found it somewhat amusing; his future wife would probably be in the same pose when she went out in the street yelling at her husband. But the thought of the future also stirred a sense of unease within him. The future… was there really a future?

"Let's go! Don't look so down. I'll teach her a lesson for you." Xiao Dao reached out and pulled him into the next room.

"what?"

“You can see my brother’s window from here!” Xiao Dao pointed to his lips. “Shh, there’s going to be a good show soon.”

Seeing her nod, Xue Beifan pouted and leaned closer, but Xiao Dao slapped her away with his claw.

Xue Beifan covered his face and looked at her pitifully.

The two turned off the lights and sat on the windowsill to peek. Xiao Dao even poked two holes in the window paper, took a steamer basket of crabs and a dish of vinegar, and sat cross-legged wrapped in a leather bag.

In the house across the hall, Hao Jinfeng went to bed early. He always listened to Xiao Dao, who told him to tease him in the morning, so he quickly went to bed early so he could get up early the next morning.

The courtyard was completely quiet.