Chapter 25

Chapter 25

25. The Mrs. Long San Whose Love Seems ArousedTranslated by Ju Hua | Edited by Pu Er

Feng Ning let loose the sword in her hands, and with one large stride rushed up to check the man’s jugular vein. He really was dead. Even though this matched what she was seeing, Feng Ning couldn’t help but tremble.

The woman’s scream attracted a crowd of onlookers, with many people sticking their heads out and looking around in an “oo la la” manner, causing the area to be surrounded. Long San suddenly in one big stride went over, and placed Feng Ning horizontally against his chest before Feng Ning could react. Just as she began struggling, Long San pressed her head into his chest, causing her hat to become crooked which ended up concealing her entire face.

Long San loudly exclaimed, “Aiyah, there’s a dead person, how frightening. My family’s little servant fainted, please give way. Xian Er guniang[1], I must trouble you to clear the area.”

Feng Ning’s eyes were blocked, and she could only hear a lot of noises nearby. Long San used force in particular to hold onto both of her arms. Feng Ning suddenly understood. If the person who killed the large man did not leave too far, and if that person had similar goals as the large man, then just a moment ago her appearance there was pretty much like walking into a trap.

Feng Ning couldn’t help but shiver a little. What was happening exactly? Why were there people trying to kill her one after the other? Why did the person who was trying to kill her meet with misfortune?

Long San held her and entered a room. Feng Ning heard the sound of the door shutting, and then she was placed on a chair. She lifted her hand to fix the large hat, causing her little face to be revealed.

Lifting her head, she was met with the sight of Long San’s serious and extremely angry face.

“When I left earlier, what did I tell you?”

“No mischief, no sneaking around, and no losing temper.” Feng Ning replied properly. From the corner of her eyes she cast a glance at the woman that was standing by the doorway covering her mouth and sneakily laughing, the same woman who just earlier was hugging and holding onto Long San.

Laughing, laughing about what? The two of them were a married couple discussing things, what did this have anything to do with an outsider like her?

Long Sang extended his hands to hold her face and brought her gaze back to him. “Then why didn’t you listen?”

“You didn’t say I couldn’t go find you. I was worried you were in danger, so I brought you the sword.” Feng Ning replied. The slight guilt she originally felt was extinguished because of the woman who was sneakily laughing, leaving her mind only full of resentment.

Long San stared at her while she stared at the woman, and finally Long San could only voice out, “Xian Er, could you see what the situation is outside?”

The woman who was called Xian Er shot a smile at Feng Ning, and leisurely swayed on out.

“That person is in this city. Since you’ve brought me here, naturally it would be dangerous here.” Feng Ning was not convinced.

“The place I arranged for you to stay at is safe.”

“The world has many people who look alike. If I’m not there, then how would you confirm if the person was him?”

“I have a probing method, and when the time came for you to personally confirm it, I would have naturally allowed you to see.”

“So hugging a woman is a way to probe? This method is really good.” Feng Ning’s mouth pouted enough to hang a bottle of oil from [2].

Long San stared at her, and she bravely glared back at him. Feng Ning was reflected in Long San’s eyes, but his mood was unclear. He suddenly sighed. “Feng Ning, we’re now something like good partners, and good friends of justice. In this sense we get along. But anything further, towards you, I feel that it’s inappropriate.”

The topic changed quickly. Feng Ning understood, but was really shocked, and could only feel the rims of her eyes growing hot with tears almost spilling out. She blinked her eyes, blinked again, and then blinked hard, finally holding back the painful feelings.

“Okay, then let’s agree, whoever likes the other first, is a pig!” Feng Ning spoke with emphasis on the word “pig,” making it resounding.

Long San gritted his teeth, and reached his hand out wanting to stroke her face but before he could say anything comforting, Feng Ning had already smacked his palm away. She asked, “The person is dead, so what should our next move be?”

Long San carefully looked at her and replied, “There are friends here who will help us investigate further. We temporarily can’t leave, so we’ll stay here for two days first. As for the inn, I’ll find someone to bring our baggage over.

“Why must we stay here?”

“The most dangerous place is the safest. If the opposing party really is after you, then killing the large man was to get rid of him before he could speak, which means he knows our whereabouts and motives. This is a crime scene, he wouldn’t think that we would remain here instead of leaving. Once we’ve figured out what’s going on, and that it’s safe, then we’ll leave.”

“Okay.” Feng Ning didn’t object or argue, nor did she find anything wrong with them staying in a brothel. She replied straightforwardly, then lowered her head and didn’t look at him.

Long San stared at her slightly damp forehead, and with this kind of appearance, he felt an anguish in his heart he couldn’t voice out, and extended his hand to stroke her hair. Softly he said, “Feng Ning…”

Just after he spoke, he saw Feng Ning raise her head and fiercely glare at him. “Why do you bother liking me? It’s not my fault that I am lovable. If you do like me, then you’re a pig! Fat pig! Stupid pig! Foolish pig! Dwarf pig! Meaty pig…!” Full of anger, she continuously cried out pig, and Long San could not help but laugh.

“What are you laughing at?! Silly laughing pig!”

Long San widely grinned, “I also don’t know why. Every time the mood is depressing and somber, you cause me to laugh.”

Feng Ning glared hard at him, glared and glared, making him unable to laugh anymore. He gently looked into her eyes. “The current you, is really a nice guniang.”

Feng Ning grit her teeth, “He’s a liar.”

“Who?”

“He had told me, as long as you are sincere, then you would receive the same back but, what he said is wrong. Even though I am sincere, with all of the things that I’ve done in the past, how is it possible for me to get past it?”

Her voice choked a little, and her eyes were red. “I don’t even know what I did in the past, but because of the things I did everyone doesn’t like me. Someone wants to kill me, someone hates me, and there isn’t a single person who cherishes me. On one hand I’m worried that I’m a bad person, on the other I’m worried that I will forget the present, but no one cares. Long San, this kind of treatment is unfair to me. I would be scared. I really am scared.”

She rambled on and on, and finally couldn’t hold back. The tears spilled down. “Being sincere is no use. I was a bad person in the past, and all of you guys only remember that. Even if I do my best to be good, it’s no use. No one will like me.” The more she spoke, the more hurt she felt, and the harder she bawled.

Long San embraced her into his chest. “Feng Ning, that isn’t the case.”

“Yes it is! You’re afraid that I like you, and afraid that I will bother you. You’re only taking care of me like you would a friend. You pity me, and you’re only treating me like a moocher. That’s what you really mean!”

“Feng Ning, is this how you think I am?” Long San pulled her face out, and looked into her eyes.

Feng Ning’s mouth twitched and said, “You are, you are.”

“You know that I’m not. You know this clearly in your heart.”

“You are, you are.” Feng Ning turned her head and once again buried her head into his chest, smearing her snot and tears all over him.

“If you really considered me like that, then you wouldn’t treat me like this.” Long San gently caressed her hair. She asked such silly questions, how could he not understand?

“This morning I clearly saw it. You treat all women well, you love smiling at them, and treating them gently.” Feng Ning’s voice was muffled with her head buried into his chest.

“I don’t worry if they will starve, or worry if they’ll have a nightmare and can’t sleep…” Before he could finish, Feng Ning abruptly raised her head. “You can’t like me, or else you’re a pig!”

“Long San, I have an idea.” Feng Ning felt her patience running out.

“Right now we can’t use your idea. We don’t have enough help, and I’m not confident enough.”

Feng Ning pouted. “I haven’t even said it yet, how do you know it won’t work?”

“Isn’t it that you want to use yourself as bait, to lure the person out?” Long San completely understood her intentions, and said, “Don’t worry, the truth will eventually come out. It’s not worth it to gamble your life on.”

The next day, everything was as Long San expected. The person who was secretly inquiring about Feng Ning was tricked into going to a different city, and Long San had arranged people in that city to purposely hinder him. Long San finished packing, and personally took Feng Ning to mix into the caravans, and then left the city in a different direction. He planned to travel through a detour, first taking Feng Ning back home, making sure that she’s in a safe place, then discussing other matters.

At dusk, the two of them sat in the woods and ate dry rations after making a campfire. Long San unloaded the baggage from the horse’s back, and brought the horses into the woods to graze. By the side of the campfire he spread out a blanket, intending to spend the night there.

Feng Ning pretended to be busy eating, and sneakily looked at him, stealing a glance, and then another… looked enough that Long San felt uncomfortable all over. After paring a long, slender, sharp branch, he walked over to the nearby little stream to catch fish.

He took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, and stepped into the stream. Feng Ning saw his back facing her, and courageously looked at him in detail. Long San only felt his back suddenly burning with an itch, and no matter what he did it wouldn’t go away. The fish were arrogantly swimming by his feet, and even though he stabbed a few times, all of them missed.

Feng Ning looked at his clumsy movements, and inwardly criticized, “So silly, if it was me, I would’ve already caught about 8 to 10 fishes to serve.” She stared fixedly at Long San. The more she looked, the more she felt he was stupid, and ‘ha ha’ laughed.

She didn’t get to be proud for long, because she suddenly saw Long San throw away the wooden branch, turning his body around with a murderous aura and rushing over. Before Feng Ning could react, he already took his arms and seized her, carried her entire body, and actually walked towards the little stream.

Feng Ning finally regained her senses, and was panicking, loudly crying. The little stream was shallow, and was only as deep as Long San’s big thigh however the water area was wide. Long San had spent a long time persuading her before she was willing to sit at a far distance in the woods, and if it wasn’t for Long San walking barefeet into the water, she wouldn’t have gone over to see. And now he wanted to throw her in there? She would die.

Feng Ning loudly cried. Her two arms were tightly hugging onto Long San’s neck, and she loudly begged for mercy. “Hero, I was wrong, please don’t throw me down. Third master, I was wrong, I know I was wrong.”

“What did you do wrong?” Long San snapped. This crazy woman would just foolishly cause trouble. If he didn’t give her a little scare, it would be hard to extinguish the “anger in his heart.”

Feng Ning stared at Long San with big eyes. “That’s right, what did I do wrong?” She stiffened her body, and tried her best not to think about the water below her. She saw that Long San had no real intention to throw her in, and while tightly holding onto Long San arrogantly said, “I haven’t done anything, so what did I do wrong?”

The innocent and pitiful appearance she put up was very cute, and Long San gazed at her for a moment, speechless. The two of them stared at each other, their gazes in a stalemate. Enveloped beneath the golden light of sunset, the entire atmosphere seemed to heat up.

A sharp sound rang out at this moment and ruined the moment. Long San’s ears acted, and he quickly turned his head only to find that an arrow had landed in front of him. If he just quickly dodged, Feng Ning would definitely be thrown into the stream. Long San subconsciously turned his body to dodge, and used both arms to hold Feng Ning, taking her towards the shore.

Then, a muffled “pu” sound was heard. An arrow had pierced into his shoulder.