Fortunate Wife Chapter 213
Chapter 213: Liven Things Up (1)
"You troublemaker! What are you rubbing?!" Li Yan used one hand and caught Li Shu's wicked claw, tossing it away furiously.
"I'm rubbing my own wife!" Li Shu wasn't willing to be outdone, one arm thrown, the other arm went for the win, pinching and playing with Li Man's right breast like it was a play-dough.
Humph, didn't Second Brother go back to this room to eat wife secretly ah?
Li Man's whole body trembled, looking at those two brothers in dispute without caring that she's in the middle, one person groping one of her breasts, she can't help but thinking about the scene with Xing niang that she just saw and suddenly felt humiliation all over. She pointed to the door angrily, "You both, roll away!"
"Man Er..." Li Yan wasn't reconciled. It was the first time he felt like she would receive him, but it was interrupted in such a way.
"Wife, don't be partial ah." Li Shu hid his grievances and thought that it would be harmful to the body, how can Second Brother came here kissing and rubbing and it was still okay ah?
"You guys..." looking at them not moving at all, and even wanted to fight to seize her, Li Man's whole body trembled with anger as she resolutely pushed them away, slipping away from the kang bed and ran out, not caring that she's still not wearing pants.
"Girl..."
"Wife..."
Li Shu and Li Yan both made a dash to catch her.
However, Li Man's shadow already can't be seen inside the courtyard. They searched to the West Room and kitchen in vain too.
The two people busily went outside to search.
Although Li Man felt extremely ashamed and resentful, but she still didn't know where to go, she could only persistently ran to somewhere remote and without people.
She only wanted to find somewhere quiet, waiting for her mind to be better.
Li Mo just went back from the village's gate when he ran into Li Man unexpectedly. He became happy and ran over to her, "Man Er."
Who would have thought that Li Man was still wallowing inside her own moodiness, lowering her head and single-mindedly ran without looking and hearing him even once, running past him with a hurting expression.
Li Mo was startled endlessly, he felt like he couldn't be mistaken, he saw Man Er with her coiled bun loosen and not properly dressed, she wasn't even wearing any shoes and her expression looked like she wanted to cry.
In a split second, Li Mo's heart burned with fire, giving the wild pheasant to Big Black, and chased Li Man with quick strides.
"Man Er..." arriving at the small road behind the mountain, Li Mo abruptly held her inside his bosom from the back.
Li Man was shocked and instinctively struggled, "Get off me!"
"Man Er, it's me." Li Mo hurriedly turned her body and looked at her red eyes with a bit of glistening teardrops threatening to fall, his heart felt like it was stabbed ruthlessly, "What happened? Who bullied you?"
"Big Brother." raising her head, she looked at the worry and pity inside his eyes, Li Man lamented inside her heart even more and immediately threw herself inside his embrace, sobbing and weeping.
Li Mo's heart felt like it was cut by a knife, as his big palm softly and gently patting her back, "It's okay, I'm back."
Li Man cried for a while in his arms and felt that her mood finally calmed down, "Where did you go?"
"I went to the mountains." Li Mo helped her wiped the tears on her cheeks, "Tell me, who bullied you? Was it Second Brother?"
Li Man shook her head, she can't say who bullied who, it's just, at that time, that kind of scene made her felt embarrassed and humiliated.
She didn't know what her real position inside those brother's eyes.
That's right, they treated her nicely, however, they also acted like ravenous wolves at the same time, constantly staring at her like they wanted to split and eat her clean down to their bellies at any time.
Even to the extent that they constantly being in heat at any time and any place, making her felt like an object to vent their lust to.
She didn't like this kind of feeling.
Li Mo's eyes pouring with anger. He could guessed without her saying anything, who's the one who can bully her in home beside Second and Third? Looking at her in a sore strait once again, he already knew what happened without even thinking.
"Don't cry anymore, let's go home, I'll carry you on my back." Li Mo said as he knelt down.
Li Man still shook her head, "No need, I can walk myself."
Looking at the lime plaster on top of her socks, Li Mo felt distressed. He got up and directly carry her inside his embrace.
"You." Feeling as if the sky and earth were spinning, Li Man fell into his warm embrace as she smelled his body's unique smell, her heart suddenly felt not so empty and messy anymore.
"Big Brother." Li Man heaved a sight and called out, her face was sticking to his sturdy chest, both of her arms circling his waist.
Li Mo body went stiff for a while. He looked down to see her, the wrinkling small face was nesting inside his bosom, just like a little kitten who got bullied and finally found its master, letting his heart full of pity and reluctant, "It's alright now."
As they walked for a bit, they could see both Li Yan and Li Shu running over.
"Big Brother." Li Yan gave a glance at the small young girl inside Li Mo's embrace, his eyes betrayed a complicated expression.
Li Mo swept a cold glance over those two people while no stopping, "Back home."
Li Shu gloomily closed his mouth as he followed from their back like a well-behaved child. He asked restlessly, "Is wife alright?"
Li Mo didn't respond and just directly went to their house while holding Li Man.
After putting her on the East Room's kang bed, he then turned his head and asked the two brothers, "Shoes?"
"Oh, I'll go and grab it." Li Shu busily ran outside.
Li Yan knew that Big Brother was really furious. He looked at Li Man sitting on the bed, drooping her head down, the rim of her eyes were red in silence, like a delicate and charming girl, his heart felt distressed as he said voluntarily, "I'll go and boil some hot water."
After the two people went out, Li Mo half squatted in front of Li Man, taking off the dirty socks from her feet, "Wash and change into a clean one in a while, okay?"
Li Shu came bringing her shoes as Li Yan carried a basin of hot water, they both put the things beside Li Man's feet, wanting to help her wash her feet but was instead interrupted by Li Mo. He held her delicate small feet and soaked them inside the warm water, his big palms softly and gently rubbed the sole of her feet. She must have felt hurt because of the rocks at the road outside ah.
Li Man stared blankly at Li Mo, his gentle and intimate movements gradually dispersed the slight chill inside her heart.
"Wife." Seeing her only staring at Big Brother and turned a deaf ear towards him and Second Brother, Li Shu's heart felt extremely unbearable, "I was wrong."
"Get out." Li Mo's head wasn't even lifted up when he berated him with a deep voice.
"Big Brother." Li Shu felt unwilling.
Li Yan's eyebrows became locked deeply as he stepped back while pulling Li Shu with him, "Go, we should go out first."
After the two people went out, Li Mo helped Li Man washed her feet clean and covered them with clean socks and shoes, "Man Er, rest for a while. I caught a pheasant today, I'll boil it for you to drink later."
"Big Brother." Li Man saw that something was wrong with Li Mo's expression, "Don't make it difficult for them, actually, this matter..." how to say it ah? The matter before is a bit too complicated, now after she calmed down a bit, she felt that Li Yan was just seized with a sudden impulse, furthermore, it looked like Li Shu also wasn't deliberate ah.
"It's not that serious." she said.
"I know how far to go and when to stop, don't think too much, just rest." Li Mo told her a sentence, then she brought the dirty water and went out the door."Big Brother." looking at him going out the door, Li Shu stepped forward and called out. He and Li Yan was waiting all the time in front of the door, and they also heard Li Man pleaded for them both, making their heart felt all the more remorseful.
After Li Mo poured the dirty water outside the yard, he came back and put down the basin, then cast a cold glance to the two person in front of him.
"Big Brother, we were wrong in this matter." Li Yan breathed in air and decided to speak first.
Li Shu also knew that he had no justification for himself, "Also me, I was too impulsive that time."
Li Mo's expression became all the more cold and sharp as his both hands unconsciously tightened in a fist.
"We didn't think—"
Li Yan busily interrupted Li Shu's speech, afraid that the more he said, the more he would incur Big Brother's misunderstanding, "Big Brother, it's not like what you're thinking about, there's nothing happening."
Li Mo calmly looked at Li Yan, "What's still not happening?" Then how could Man Er became like that?
"That is." Li Yan breathed in slowly and said, "I was in the room with Man Er, Third suddenly rushed inside, but Man Er was too thin-skinned, so she ran because she was embarrassed."
"En, that's what happened." Li Shu violently nodded his head with an innocent appearance, he really was jealous and lost his mind that time, he basically didn't think about other thing.
Li Mo knew that they didn't lie, but Second Brother's simple speech delivered him certain information, added with how Li Man wasn't properly dressed, he could easily deduced the whole affair.
So Second Brother was being intimate with Man Er inside the room but was seen by Third Brother. This crude and rash man immediately wanted to join, and resulted in Man Er being mortally ashamed, so she ran right then and there, and afterwards met with him on the way.
Although knowing the truth, but Li Mo's heart couldn't help but felt like there was someone lightly pricking it with embroidery needle continuously.
However, he knew that Man Er was also Second and Third's wife, they also had a longing to be intimate with her ah.
"Man Er is still hurting." Finally, he can't help but speak this sentence.
Li Yan looked at Big Brother's entanglement on his forehead like a clear mirror, "Big Brother, Man Er is also my wife, my love for her isn't inferior from yours."
"Right, Big Brother, I also love her ah." Li Shu also hastily expressed his true feelings out.
Li Mo nodded his head, "Alright, you guys already this big, you already know propriety in doing things. Third, your body's still wounded, don't make trouble, go back to your room and properly rest."
After saying this, he went and tidied up the wild pheasant.
Li Yan also went to help, "Big Brother, let me help."
"No need." Li Mo refused him.
"Big Brother." Li Yan obstinately grabbed the pheasant from his hand, "I'm more skillful at doing this kind of things than you, besides, this is to nourish Man Er's body, if it's not delicious, wouldn't it be wasteful if she won't eat?"
Li Mo looked at Second Brother like this, he could only heaved a deep sigh and made an abrupt remark, "Man Er isn't the same like all the other women."
Li Yan's hand that was plucking the feather stopped for a while, his lips curled faintly, "I know."
Until now, he could see that that girl wanted to leave this house, and that her heart can't accept herself becoming a wife of so many men, can't accept to do intimate acts with them brothers.
This was actually rare in this Goddess' Ravine Village.
The majority of women who came here all understand clearly what their fate would be, even though at the beginning they would have some apprehension, but they would accept the reality at last.
Of course they can't be like those men that would use their wives as a tool for producing heir or venting their lust.
They love this woman, so they weren't willing to force her up until now.
Thinking that when some women marry over, they had to do it many times with several men at the same day, that they couldn't even think about going out of the bed for at least half a month, that girl, Man Er, marrying into Li Family, was really her fortune.
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Fortunate Wife Chapter 214
Chapter 214: Liven Things Up (2)
"Big Brother." Li Yan shook his head and lightly laughed seeing Li Mo's calm face was in a daze, "We all know that Big Brother loves that girl. However, Big Brother already ate and received all of her, so you should have a pity on me, Third and Fourth ah."
Li Yan said it like Li Mo wanted to have all the food to himself, "Man Er's body is still wounded."
Li Yan was plucking out the pheasant's feather, threw it away, and then he smiled and said, "Those wounds are too light to be mentioned. That day, Second Shun's wife fell ill until she became like that, didn't his dad still did what he wanted to do?"
"Second, you dare?" After Li Mo heard him saying that kind of thing, his face suddenly fell.
Li Yan busily waved his hands, "Of course we brothers won't do that kind of thing that's worse than dog or pig." [T/N: lower than low]
Li Mo's complexion gradually eased up, but he still said firmly, "Man Er's body is still not good, everyone is not allowed to try anything on her."
"I understand." Li Yan said as he pressed down the water basin. "I just spoke thoughtlessly, but that girl can't tell good from bad ah, she doesn't know that meeting us is like falling into a fortune nest. If it's other' family, she would have to do everything inside and outside the house, living a life just to serve men. Where can you find a woman that can pull a long face when the men want her?"
Li Mo felt a bit unease after hearing it, "Second, how can you speak like this? If she doesn't want it, then you can't just force her, alright?"
"Who force her?" Li Yan gloomily snorted, "I'm like a prisoner with Big Brother here. That dead girl, when she sees me, she treats me like her personal enemy, how can I have a go with her? I'm already living like a monk, I also don't know when I offend her ah."
It was not at all easy to have that tiny bit of progress, but it was destroyed by that bastard Third Brother just like that. This time is still alright, but next time, that girl would guard against him even more.
Li Mo looked at him speaking pitifully, he can't help but wanted to laugh, "Second, all of those ladies out there usually like you, how can you feel so disheartened today?"
"Big Brother, can you please not make fun of me?" Li Yan raised his brows to him and snorted, "Really, if that dead girl acts like this every time, I might not be able to bear it anymore."
"Second." Li Mo's face sunk.
Li Yan said, "Big Brother, don't worry, I won't hurt her, it's just..."
He thought about changing his tactic to a comparatively milder way so Big Brother can accept it, "It would be better if we brothers could round the room with her earlier, then she would be our person thoroughly, at least, we wouldn't be worried if there's any unforeseen event."
Li Mo looked at him deeply but didn't say anything.
Li Yan smiled slightly, it looks like Big Brother's heart still feels anxious ah.
At noon, Li Yan stewed a big wok of chicken soup until the meat completely broken to bits, he chose the upper leg meat and threw the greasy oil on top of the soup, giving it a light taste and preparing to give that big bowl to Li Man.
But when he arrived outside her room, he instead told Little Five to knock on the door.
Little Five didn't understand but he still did as what his Second Brother said. After knocking on the door several times, he said, "Sister, Second Brother stewed a pheasant soup and want to give a bowl to you."
Li Man thought that Little Five was the one who was bringing the soup so she said, "The door isn't fastened, you can come inside."
"Oh." Little Five hummed in response.
However, the one who came in was Li Yan.
Li Man paused and felt a bit surprised, "It's you? Where's Little Five?"
"I told him to go and eat." Li Yan put down the bowl at the bed's side.
Li Man turned her face away, she didn't want to look at him nor did she want to speak to him.
After Li Yan put the bowl on the windowsill, he sat down at the corner of the bed, "Are you still angry about that matter at noon?"
Li Man's face felt like it was boiling hot, how can anyone not get angry and want to run away if they met that kind of thing ah?
"That, are you angry with me or angry with Third Brother?" Li Yan asked, his gaze was rippling with hope.
Li Man's face was just like a boiled shrimp, she bit her lips and kept on being silent.
"Oh, I know ah." Li Yan suddenly laughed lightly, "It's of course Third Brother's crude way that made you angry, that's right, that bloke just doesn't know how to be tactful. When we were that happy that time, he actually came in and disturbed..."
"Who's happy?" He said it like they were having an illicit relationship, Li Man immediately denied it.
"Oh, you weren't happy?" Li Yan looked straight to her eyes and said seriously, "It seems that I still have to try hard, next time I assure you, I'd make wife feel comfortable and happy."
"You!" Li Man hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean it that way!"
"Then, what do you mean? How about I tell Third Brother to come and apologize to you?" Li Yan said as he got up and wanted to search for the person to come.
"It's not–" If this time he find Li Shu and ask him to apologize to her, where could she put her face ah? Li Man busily got up and pulled Li Yan, "There's no need to find him."
"Why?" Li Yan was unconvinced as he looked at her, afterwards, he consoled her, "Don't worry, there's me here, that bloke wouldn't dare to do anything. Furthermore, Big Brother is still at home ah, if that bloke ever dare to sound a peep, just let Big Brother beat him into shape."
"It's not like that." Li Man shook off his hand, thinking that she's unable to explain clearly with him, so she just sat down and didn't say anything anymore.
Li Yan saw her angry look and laughed 'hehe'. He sat down close to her, his big palm rubbed the hair on her head gently, smiling, "Fool, I know what you mean, that matter made you ashamed and now you don't dare to see anyone, right?"
Li Man's heart trembled, so he understands? But since he understands, why is he still doesn't know how to be tactful?
Looking at her eyelids trembled a little, he thought that her heart was moved, so he continued and said, "However, you can't just not see people all your life ah."
Li Man whispered under her breath, she also didn't want to not see people all her life ah, it's just, that matter happened just now, they should give her some time to adjust.
"Furthermore, you're our wife, and us your men, what a man and a wife do inside the room is perfectly justified, every household do it, what are you afraid of?"
But there's no such thing as two brother doing it together ah, Li Man refuted in her heart.
As if he guessed what she thought, Li Yan immediately said, "If you don't like us brothers doing it together, then we will do it one by one later. I guarantee that next time we're together, I won't let Third come and cause trouble."
Agh, how can he say it like that? As expected, she can't put her expectation on this evildoer.
"Li Yan, I'm already alright, you should go and eat." Li Man wanted to put off her conversation with him, but she couldn't think any other way than this, she only wanted to rush him out.
"Not angry anymore?" Li Yan cocked his head as he got closer to her.
Can't he see if I'm angry or not? Li Man shook her head, "You stewed this soup? It's really fragrant."
"En, quick and try it." LI Yan said as he handed over the bowl from the windowsill to her hand, "Be careful, it's hot."
Li Man smiled at him, "Thanks, you go and eat too."
"Alright." It was really rare that this girl could speak sweetly like this to him, Li Yan endured his wish to get intimate with her as he wore a smile like an amiable person and went out the door.
Li Man drooped her head as she picked the meat inside the bowl using her chopsticks, the meat was all from the upper leg part, the skin was all picked up, maybe he saw when she spitted out chicken skin, and because she's afraid of oily food, he especially prepared this soup so it won't be greasy.
She can't help but stared in a daze towards this bowl of appetizing chicken soup.
She recalled when she was in a difficult situation in Goddess' Ravine Village, how Li Mo rescued her from the rope and how Li Yan and Li Shu beat up the man who wanted to rape her.
At dusk, Li Mo carried her home, Li Shu prepared hot water for her to wash up, Li Yan gave her clothes, and still showed consideration by giving her a room, she felt at ease after seeing their genial smiling faces.
Those men that always leaned on her door timidly to curry favour and peeped, the neat youth that helped her sew her quilt.
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Fortunate Wife Chapter 215
Chapter 215: Liven Things Up (3)
After she was done eating, when she just wanted to deliver the empty bowl to the kitchen, she saw a person's figure flashed from her door way that made her paused for a while.
Walking out, she found Li Shu leaning on the wall's edge, tweaking his ears and scratching his ears with an anxious appearance.
Li Man thought to go over and ask him, but when she recalled what he had done to herself, she suddenly lost the will to go.
Right at this time, Li Shu lifted his head up and looked at Li Man, he strode forward with big steps, "Wife, are you done eating? There's still some inside the pot, I'll help you ladle one bowl more."
Saying this, he grabbed the empty bowl inside her hand and eagerly went to the kitchen.
Li Man of course didn't feel hungry, how could she feel hungry after eating one big bowl of meat soup? So she also followed to the kitchen, saw Li Shu was scooping out the soup for her from the pot, she hurriedly said, "Li Shu, I'm full."
"Only a bowl and you're already full? Eat a bit more, Second Brother's stewed soup is really fragrant." As Li Shu was saying this, the bowl was already filled.
Li Mo gave his seat for Li Man.
Li Man sat down near Little Fice, then looked at them all gnawing on corn steamed bun next to a bowl of thin porridge, she can't help but became stupefied, "Isn't there any meat left in the pot?"
Li Mo said, "You and Third is still hurt, so you guys should nourish your body."
"Hehe." Li Shu smiled while pushing a bowl of chicken soup to Li Man, "Wife, eat more."
Li Man immediately grabbed the bowl to Little Five, "Little Five, c'mon, eat while it's hot."
"Sister, I won't eat." Little Five smelled the savory fragrance and became somewhat greedy, but it was made to nourish sister's body, so he held himself back, "Sister eat."
"Sister already ate, you eat this one." Li Man looked at him not touching the soup, so she grabbed a chopstick, pinching a shred of meat to his mouth, "Little Five, be good, eat."
Little Five looked at his several brothers not having any objection, so he grinned and ate the soup happily.
Li Man then passed the bowl to him, then gave a glance towards the three brothers, her heart was suddenly moved when she saw their sincere and honest gaze on her.
Having these many men loving her dearly was her fortune, perhaps the god compensated her in this lifetime.
Getting up, Li Man walked to the kitchen range and took two clean bowls, then scooped some more meat and soup from the pot, giving it to Li Mo and Li Yan, one person one bowl, "This much, you two have to finish this all, I won't allow any leftover."
After instructing them like so, she looked at Li Shu, this fellow's appetite was really huge, alright, looking at his eager expression, Li Man also ladled him a bowl, "You spitted that many blood yesterday, you have to nourish your body properly."
"En." When Li Shu heard her, he took the bowl with joy and sipped a mouthful of soup, then he suddenly realized the taste was so delicious, he was surprised, how can it be different from the bowl of soup he drank before?
Li Mo and Li Yan looked at Li Man acting like that, they both smiled slightly.
At afternoon, Li Mo and Li Yan both went to the field, Li Shu was sleeping inside the East Room, Li Mo was feeling bored without nothing to do, so she looked at Little Five who was learning characters in the courtyard.
She didn't realize when, but she felt the sun hanging up high basking people under it, she moved the small stool under the peach tree, seeing that the tree was already full with fruits. Realizing that she could eat that sweet peach before long, her heart became extremely happy.
"Little Five." At this time, a girl's voice lightly called out from outside the gate.
Little Five lifted his head and looked over, he was shocked, "Sister Mudan?"
Li Man abruptly turned her head and looked over, seeing Mudan standing in a timid manner at the side of the wattled wall, as if wishing to come in but didn't dare to.
"Little Five, come here and see." Recalling how the last time Mudan came over and the brothers got into a quarrel, finally, Li Yan still had to came back with battered nose and swollen face. Although she believed numerous times that there was something going on between Mudan and Li Yan, and she indeed did want to help them together, but Li Yan's attitude towards this was very clear, he really didn't have any affection towards Mudan. So, Li Man felt that she might as well won't get her hand on this matter, and directly let Little Five dismiss her.
Little Five ran over, "Sister Mudan, is anything the matter?"
Even Little Five's attitude was estranged, Mudan's heart felt unwell as the rim of her eyes became red, "Is your second brother home?"
"Second Brother went to the field to work." Little Five answered.
"Oh." Mudan's eyes looked sideways at the girl under the peach tree, "I want to talk a bit with your wife."
"Ah?" Little Five paused a bit, when his mind came back again, his small face was flushed red from shyness, and he gave his agreement, "Okay, I'll help you call her."
Saying this, Little Five ran back, "Sister, sister Mudan was searching for you to talk a bit."
"Oh." Li Man actually didn't want to talk with this girl, to be precise, after noon today, her mind had a great change.
Before, she thought that Mudan and Li Yan was childhood sweethearts, an inherent couple, but nowadays, Li Yan was hell-bent on being her man.
Having her own man being coveted with greedy eyes by another woman, this feeling was really not good.
"Little Five, write down this poem once, later I want to dictate it." After ordering Little Five, Li Man got up and walked to the gate.
"Miss Mudan." She looked at Mudan with a slight smile, "What do you need searching for me?"
Mudan's beautiful eyes deeply looked at Li Man, without speaking, her eyes became red like she wanted to cry.
Li Man was astounded, "What happened?"
"The day after tomorrow, the Shen family will send betrothal gifts." Mudan said with bead of tears rolling down her face, "Furthermore, Shen family's master will come too, they will come and discuss about this marriage with my mother and father, my parents thought that the faster the marriage is, the better it would be, I might be married away in fifth or sixth month."
Li Man felt a bit of sympathy on her, "If you're not willing, you should discuss it clearly with you mother and father. You're their daughter, they won't force you."
"No." Mudan shook her head, like a weeping beauty, she looked at Li Man with implore, "Can you help me send a message to Li Yan?"
Send a message? Li Man muttered to herself then shook her head, "You should directly tell him yourself if you have anything to say."
"I-I'm afraid that he won't want to see me. Last time, my dad and brother was like that to him, I... I don't have any face to see him." Mudan's face was smeared with tears.
She must be talking about the last time Li Yan came back with blooded nose.
However, the matter about feelings, Li Man thought that she can't help anymore. The thing was, she tried, but Li Yan...
"My apologies, I can't help you with this thing anymore."
Mudan lifted her head in shock, "Are you afraid that I would snatch Brother Li Yan so you don't consent to help me?"
Ehh? Why is she talking like that? "No, about this matter, I only think that it's best if the concerned people discuss it face to face."
"You said it clearly last time that you would help me get him." Mudan's tear-filled eyes was smeared with wrath a bit, it looks like she has a hand in how my relationship got sour with Brother Li Yan!
Li Man was bewildered all of a sudden, she felt it hard to talk about this kinda thing, however, she indeed had some faults, "I'm sorry, I was too self-opinionated before, but, feeling is not an object that can be given however we want, if there's really a heartfelt love between you both, then there would be no need for me to help."
Mudan felt frustrated, "But I only want you to send a message for me."
"What message?" Li Man had no choice but to ask.
Mudan's eyes lightened in a split of a second, she got closer to Li Man a bit and said, "Tell him to meet me tomorrow at yinshi [3-5 a.m.] at the same place, be sure to wait there!"
At the same place? Li Man's heart thumped a bit, they had a usual designated place to meet already, surely there's something unusual between them.
Seeing Li Man with a wooden look, Mudan told a line with a small voice, "Sister Li Man, you definitely has to help me, help me send this message to him, if he's not coming, you won't be seeing me anymore in the future."
"..." Why does her words have a hint of menace? Li Man wanted to persuade her, but when she saw Mudan's expression, she suddenly felt her whatever her words may be, it would only be useless.
Alright, Li Yan owed this love's debt, he should go himself and take care of it.
"Okay, I'll be sure to send this message to him, but it's his own matter if he wants to go or not."
"He definitely will go." Calmly looking at Li Man, Mudan's eyes rippled with a determination to win.
Looking at her willowy frail figure of her, Li Man thought, such a stubborn and persistent woman, if she truly could be with Li Yan...
Damn it, why so persistent at this time? Her heart abruptly became agitated.
On the road when Mudan was going back, the tears on the corner of her eyes already dried up, she especially took the time when the men of the Li family wasn't at home to come over, only to say this words to Li Man.
Coming once, can state clearly her determination to not give up on Li Yan, coming twice, it depended on Li Yan's attitude towards her, regardless of what she said, he would not hear her, so she can only take this chance to meet with him alone.
"Yo, isn't this younger sister Mudan?"
All of a sudden, a coquettish voice came over from her front, startling Mudan to lift up her head. She saw Xing niang coming back from who knew where, with a face beaming with satisfaction.
"S-second Shun sister in law." Mudan had a good manner, even to Xing niang who was loathed by everyone in the village, she still would be courteous and greet her. [T/N: it's not that Xing niang is her sister in law, in Chinese she said: 二顺嫂子which means the married woman of Second Shun family]
When Xing niang heard it, her eyes opened with happiness, intimately came over and seized her hand, smilingly said, "Aiyoyo, I see, all said that younger sister Mudan's pair of hands were more beautiful than Vega."
Mudan busily pulled back her hand and retreated a step, "Second Shun sister in law, I still have some matters I need to do."
"Why so anxious?" Xing niang pulled her arm and went to a nearby house's corner, Xing niang's eyes frimly measured Mudan all over, "What happened? Who bullied younger sister? Your eyes are red."
"N-none—" Xing niang's reputation in the village wasn't good, Mudan didn't want to be tangled up with her and harm her own good name, so she busily shoved her wanting to leave.
Xing niang's strength was big, she pulled her to stay as she said, "Younger sister, no need to say, your sister in law already know, Ahh, he's not worth younger sister ah, you say, what else that Li Yan got other than his handsome look? Unexpectedly, he doesn't want such a beautiful woman like sister? He's so stupid."
The former words made Mudan's heart moved, but when she said that Li Yan was stupid, Mudan suddenly felt unhappy, "Brother Li Yan isn't a stupid man."
"A,a, what is this? Sister in law was only talking about him one sentence and your heart already hurting ah?" Xing niang teased her.
Mudan lowered her eyes in a bashful manner, "Sister in law, what are you talking about? I want to go back."
"No need to be so anxious, there's no one here, your sister in law won't talk about it to other person." Xing niang didn't let go of the person and said in a low voice, "Younger sister, don't lie to me, your sister in law is someone who has had the experience, my family and Li family is only separated by a wall, what happened to you and Li Yan could be seen clearly by me, don't try to deceive me."
"Sister in law?" Mudan was startled, what is this smelly woman wants to do? Talking nonsense everywhere and damaging my reputation everywhere? However, she's not afraid, if it's known by everyone, perhaps mother and father would have no other alternative and let Li Yan come and marry her.
"Don't be afraid." Xing niang reassured her, "Sister in law only wants to help you."
"Help me?" Mudan can't see what method she can use to help her.
Xing niang nodded her head, as she got closer to her, she mysteriously said in a low voice, "You also know what sister in law did before, although it didn't appear decent, but it's just that old woman saying the grapes are sour when in fact she can't eat them, they don't have any man but insisted on cursing me."
Mudan frowned her eyebrows after hearing it, "If there's anything to say, please say it directly."
"Alright ah." Xing niang also became blunt, "Sister in law have a drug here, if a man eat this, guaranteed that he will become as ferocious as wolves and tigers, not to mention with you, such a beautiful woman and inexperienced, he would feel like he ascended the heaven."
Mudan was in great alarm, "What you said is... aphrodisiac?"
"Hush, this is only a drug to liven things up." Xing niang lightly looked askance and smiled, "Wait until you and him cooked the rice, would there be any need to fear that he doesn't want you?"
"I..." Mudan hesitated.
"Alright, alright, I only pulled you here because I took a pity on you. You see, ever since that girl came to Li family, how come you became so thin like this only after a few days gone by? It's because Li Yan is being fickle and infatuated with that girl." Xing niang said.
"But..."
"No buts." Xing niang was impatient and interrupted her, stuffing a small bottle of medicine inside her hand and instilled, "It's very simple, just put in this drug inside his tea and let him drink it, in less than an hour, I guarantee he would be mad and toss you."
"I don't want." Mudan's face all red and she forcefully gave back the medicine.
Xing niang was panic-stricken, her finger jabbed Mudan's forehead, "Foolish young girl, you're really such a mule. You can't always be a blockhead if you want to get a man, you had to have a bit of ability ah. Your appearance isn't less than that girl, your temper is better than her, you say, how can Li Yan suddenly didn't care about you when she came?"
Mudan felt a stab in her heart, she was also in suffering like this.
Xing niang continued, "That woman can entice them by flattery, can dress herself, don't start with her face that looked pure as jade and clean as ice, her innermost nature should be one of a whore. Pulling her men in broad daylight to do that kind of thing, I already caught them in the act several times."
"Ah?" Mudan's heart jumped, it was hard to believe.
Xing niang curled her lips in absolute disdain, "It's you who are foolish ah, just think about it, who in Goddess' Ravine Village act so wanton like her, you say, do you think she has no skill handling those men together?"
Mudan stared blankly, so she actually used this kind of embarrassing and despicable thing to win men' hearts?
Xing niang looked at her expression and she already knew that her heart was swayed, so she pushed the drug inside her hands again, "Don't be naive, take it. Man ah, all of them are animals who think with their lower parts, if you don't give him a bit of benefit, don't hope for them to be hell-bent on you."
After saying this, she turned around while swaying her waist and walked away.
Mudan who was left behind was now stood in the same place, staring blankly at the drug in her hands.
TL NOTE
I want to rage comment 'the pot calling the kettle black' several times while translating this part. (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻
So, as you might or might not know, I've been busy in December, so I don't have the time to translate that much. I'm not even in my own home for fruit sake. (_ _ ) So, I apologize for the late late post. I hope you all still enjoy reading this novel tho （＾ω＾）
As usual, no editting, coz no editor, and I'm once again being a lazy panda.