In a fit of pique, Baili Ziyi took one big bite out of the flatbread in her hands, and chewed it furiously, as if she was chewing Kuang Youzhi, instead of the flatbread.
Kuang Youzhi shook his head helplessly. He was angry, but he also loved this childish and coquettish wife of his.
"Alright, let"s hurry and go! Let"s leave before the general returns to eat the flatbread!"
Baili Ziyi continued to glare at Kuang Youzhi, with a hint of resentment, but she tagged behind Kuang Youzhi obediently, and left.
The duo snuffed out the candle once more, and left through the window. The two figures slipped into the dark of the night and avoided wave after wave of patrol guards. They got out of the military camp and went back to the inn.
When Baili Ziyi was comfortably and warmly covered on the bed back in the inn, she smiled and took out a small cloth bag from her chest. Upon opening it, it actually contained the flatbread that she had taken a bite of.
Kuang Youzhi gave Baili Ziyi a look and taunted her, "You only know how to eat. Be careful not to poison yourself!"
Baili Ziyi"s smiling face instantly turned into one of rage. The speed at which her expression changed was so fast that it would leave one speechless. "Shut your jinxed mouth! No ivory could come from a dog"s mouth!"
Kuang Youzhi no longer bothered with Baili Ziyi and, instead, walked out of the door. After a short while, he returned with a basin of hot water.
"Here, my wife. I"ll bath your feet in hot water, so you will sleep more comfortably later. After staying outside for half of the night in the freezing cold, your body must have already been completely chilled."
Kuang Youzhi"s words were neither cold nor hot, and instead, was casual and plain. While it was obviously a very heartwarming sentence, it sounded cooler, coming from his mouth.
However, Baili Ziyi smiled beautifully. "You devil. You obviously pamper me, but you always like to provoke me and make me angry."
"It is you who fires up easily. Furthermore, your personality is also as childish as a kid. You were always the one who would deliberately start a quarrel with me, all the time!"
"The thing that fires up easily is a firecracker. You are the firecracker! You are the biggest and greatest firecracker!"
"Alright. You are still denying that you are a firecracker. Look, you are firing up again. Hurry up and soak your feet. The water will turn cold soon!"
Baili Ziyi gave Kuang Youzhi a look, and took off her shoes and socks, giving Kuang Youzhi full reign to wash and ma.s.sage her feet. In the meantime, she continued to eat the fragrant flatbread.
"Devil, you really don"t say. This old man"s flatbread is really beyond the normal level of delicious! It"s a pity that it is cold. Otherwise, it would really be considered as delectable!"
"Look at how incompetent you are. You can be bribed with just a flatbread!"
"Hey, I am not that incompetent. However, when it comes to eating, I really miss Nanny Wu"s meals. I haven"t had it in 20 years."
"Nanny Wu? Xiao Yu has not been here for a few years, so I do not know if Nanny Wu is still in Emperor Yu Mansion. As Xiao Yu is not here, the Emperor Yu Mansion has also been marginalized. There was a time when it almost could not hold on any longer. This time, when we return, perhaps Emperor Yu Mansion would already be in a shambles!"
As he said this, Kuang Youzhi could not help but feel slightly melancholic. Since he accepted Duanmu Gongyu as a disciple, Nanny Wu always took great care of him. She always cooked a lot of delicious food and got Duanmu Gongyu to deliver it to him. Nanny Wu had said, "He who teaches me for one day, would be my father for life. Since you can be considered as half a father to Duanmu Gongyu, he should be filial to you.
Nanny Wu"s culinary skills were indeed good. Baili Ziyi was lucky enough to have tried her food once and since then, she could not forget Nanny Wu"s culinary skills.
"What? Prince Yu is no longer in Emperor Yu Mansion?" Baili Ziyi did not know about the things that had happened in Jin Lin City during these few years, so she was completely unaware that Duanmu Gongyu had disappeared. Since the moment she met Kuang Youzhi, he did not have the chance to tell her, yet.
"Yes. Xiao Yu disappeared suddenly five years ago. Xiao Yu met a girl named Xiao Xi. I"ve seen that girl several times and she seems like a good child, but I do not know what happened between them. Xiao Xi left in a fit of anger and afterwards, Xiao Yu disappeared as well. He never returned again, for all these years."
"Oh? How could this happen? Could it be that that child, Xiao Xi, was like me and ran away, so Xiao Yu went to find her? You master and disciple, are truly alike!"
Upon hearing this, Kuang Youzhi turned and glared at Baili Ziyi and he ma.s.saged her feet more forcefully. Baili Ziyi yelped out in pain and nearly kicked over the basin of water for her feet.
The next day, the couple slowly packed their clothes and headed out of the city. The reason why they were not in a hurry, was naturally because of Baili Ziyi"s "masterpiece" last night.
They came to the place where the two countries met, and as expected, the sentry was lax and unguarded. As they walked over and took a closer look, the sentinels were already asleep, all over the floor.
They pa.s.sed the border defence of Zhongxi Country easily. They had done their "preparation work" for the border defense here, but they would need to wrack their brains a little, for the country of Mu Xia.
The couple crossed a long river boundary between the two countries, and laid low on a small hill, to observe the situation below.
The countries of Mu Xia and Zhongxi Country could be said to be very magical. They were separated by just a river but on one side of the river, it was warm, flowers blossomed, and it was spring all year round. Meanwhile, the other side of the river bank was covered with snow and ice, and it was extremely cold.
"Devil, what are we going to do next?" Baili Ziyi laid on the gra.s.s, and looked at the sky as she asked Kuang Youzhi curiously.
Kuang Youzhi looked at the situation ahead and said casually, "We wait."
"What are we waiting for?"
"We"re waiting for a person to appear."
It immediately aroused Baili Ziyi"s interest. Sitting up next to Kuang Youzhi, her eyes glistened. "Who?"
"It"s a secret!" Kuang Youzhi glanced at Baili Ziyi. Baili Ziyi wanted to slap him when she saw how he was deliberately making the situation a mystery.
"However, if... someone could please me and make me feel good, perhaps I will tell, when my attention is diverted."
Baili Ziyi glanced sideways at Kuang Youzhi. When Kuang Youzhi was like this, it made it harder for her to vent her anger. She reined in her temper in annoyance, and switched to a smiling face, "Husband, who are we waiting for?"
Baili Ziyi spoke in such a seductive and enchanting manner, that Kuang Youzhi"s heart actually felt a little creeped out.
However, Baili Ziyi still did not give up. Forming an orchid shape with her jade-like fingers, she reached out seductively towards Kuang Youzhi. She poked his chest with the tip of her slender fingers neither forcefully nor lightly, and drew small circles.
There was an even a beguiling and enchanting smile on her face, which could soften one up and made one"s gooseb.u.mps rise all over.
Kuang Youzhi grabbed hold of Baili Ziyi"s mischievous little hand. With an intention to provoke, his lips curled up into an evil and unruly smile, while his other hand lifted Baili Ziyi"s chin and he looked sideways at her.
At that instant, Baili Ziyi felt that there was still a large gap between his skills and hers. One mere action from Kuang Youzhi was enough to crush her series of moves. One mere look was sufficient to hook every single soul, in a person.
Baili Ziyi felt bored and tried to withdraw her hand. She took one look at Kuang Youzhi. "You old vixen! You are already so old but you are still so demonic!"
Baili Ziyi did not manage to withdraw her hand as Kuang Youzhi still held on to it firmly. Kuang Youzhi continued with his demonic demeanour, and even his voice was able to tease and make one"s heart go soft and numb. "Oh? My wife, you think that I am demonic?" While he spoke, Kuang Youzhi brushed his lips next to Baili Ziyi"s ear and whispered as if he was breathing out air, "In what ways am I demonic?"
Baili Ziyi could only feel her entire body soften to the point, where she lost her strength. Every inch of her skin felt numb and tingly, and her heart felt even itchier and unbearable.
"You, let go of me!"
"My wife, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that your husband will eat you up?"
After he said this, Kuang Youzhi"s lips began to tug lightly at her earlobe. That numb, tingling sensation made Baili Ziyi"s heart itch and she became completely pliant in Kuang Youzhi"s arms.
The smile intensified at the corner of Kuang Youzhi"s lips. "My wife, how do you expect your husband to bear with it, when you are so eager to throw yourself onto him!"
Baili Ziyi suddenly felt a fire burn in her heart. This s.a.d.i.s.tic man. He was obviously the one who started it and yet now...
However, this time, Baili Ziyi did not slap Kuang Youzhi. An idea popped up in her mind and right after that, she began to kiss Kuang Youzhi"s cool lips.
Kuang Youzhi was momentarily shocked. Based on his understanding of Baili Ziyi, she should be slapping him at this moment. Yet now...
However, the person in his arms was too seductive. Her unique scent suddenly evoked a feeling of desire in his heart. Changing from pa.s.sive to aggressive, he accepted Baili Ziyi"s kiss. Just when two of them were forgetting themselves, Baili Ziyi abruptly stopped.
"Hey husband, I"m sorry. I need to go and relieve myself." As she said this, Baili Ziyi stood up and made to leave.
Kuang Youzhi grabbed hold of Baili Ziyi"s wrist and pulled her back into his arms. "You little vixen. If you intend to flee after stirring up trouble, it is not that easy."
Baili Ziyi was also one who could make Kuang Youzhi get more than what he bargained for, and there was no way that she would follow his way of thinking now. Thus, she slapped away Kuang Youzhi"s large hand. "Humans have their three natural bodily needs. I could not help it either!"
After she said this, she ran off and with that, she quickly disappeared without a trace.
Kuang Youzhi waited for a long time on the little hill, but she did not return. Eventually, he became slightly anxious, and got up to search for her.
While he was searching around, he ventured into the military camp of the country of Mu Xia. It was good that he was there, for he saw several soldiers tying Baili Ziyi up against a pillar.
"Speak! Were you a spy that was sent over from somewhere?"
"Yes, why were you sneaking around, when you have no business here?"
Kuang Youzhi immediately panicked when he saw the situation. That stinking woman had actually been caught by those people, when she was running around carelessly!
Kuang Youzhi ran over anxiously, but was stopped by several soldiers just after a few steps.
"Stop right there! What are you doing?"
Kuang Youzhi hurriedly turned his head and looked over. Several soldiers raised their big Chinese sabres and hollered, as they pointed at him.
Kuang Youzhi laughed and said, "You all misunderstood. It was a misunderstanding!"
The few men did not give Kuang Youzhi the opportunity to explain and immediately went over to tie Kuang Youzhi up. Kuang Youzhi continued to smile apologetically, "No, no, no. Please do not get physical. I already said that it was a misunderstanding! It was a misunderstanding. I came here to look for someone!"
"To look for someone? Stop trying to fool us here. Every thief that we caught would say that they are looking for someone. Do you think that we will believe you?"
"I genuinely came to look for someone. I came to look for your general, Dongfang f.u.kong."
"Haha. Do you think that you are the first to say that you are looking for our general? Eight out of ten people whom we"ve caught, always say that they are looking for our general!"
"I am really your general"s friend!"
"Haha. Only a ghost will believe your words!"
"I am telling the truth. If you do not believe, you can pa.s.s on a message and say that Kuang Youzhi has come."
"Kuang Youzhi?"
The soldiers" hearts immediately went cold, as they sized him up.