"Please, please don't keep asking this question, okay? I'll say it again, I will never regret it. It's absolutely impossible for me to die without saving my life." Qian Chen rolled his eyes at me helplessly and gasped heavily.
Out of breath, he quickened his steps.
"Huh? Look over there, there is a thatched house. Let's go and take a look first." I turned my head and suddenly saw wisps of green smoke coming out about ten meters ahead.
"Yes." Yan Chen responded softly, and the hand holding me was shaking slightly. He probably had been walking for too long and was almost unable to hold on.
"Put me down, I can walk." Seeing his difficulty, I couldn't bear it and struggled to get down.
"Don't move, you want to tire me out?! We're almost there!" Yan Chen cursed at me, with a sullen look on his face.
As expected, it was a somewhat shabby thatched house, with dry thatch scattered on the roof, just like a rural toilet. Shi Chen slowly put me down, gently supported me, and opened the door.
I saw a rough man in his thirties sitting at the table drinking. When he saw the two of us, he was immediately stunned.
"Who are you?" The man who was as black as charcoal suddenly put down the big bowl and looked at us warily.
"Don't worry, we two are not bad people. It's just that we got lost in the woods. Seeing that it's getting late, we want to stay here for the night, okay?" Dian Chenke said politely, while looking at the small house from the corner of his eyes.
.
A curved bow was hung on a small pillar under the roof, several beast skins were sloppily draped on the bed, and a pile of firewood was messily placed on the ground. It was simply a standard hunter's residence.
The rough man looked us up and down with his two small eyes, and there was no expression on his dark face. Finally, he said slowly: "You can stay here if you want, but you have to help me work, and you have to pay fifty taels of silver first."
, Otherwise, no way." After saying that, he picked up the bowl again and drank a large bowl of wine.
"What? Fifty taels?" I looked at him dumbfounded. This man must be very good at setting prices. For such a shabby house, five taels is too expensive. It's simply extortion!
"What? If you think it's too expensive, just go out. I'm too lazy to entertain you!" The rough man's sinister look made people feel very vulgar.
"You! Well, let me ask you, you only have a room here, and we pay fifty taels of silver, where can I sleep?" I glanced at Shi Chen beside me, half-squinting my eyes, making it difficult to figure him out.
What's going on in my mind.
"Sleep there." The thick man raised his head and stepped back, pointing to a haystack next to him, and said disdainfully.
I looked in the direction of his finger and saw a messy yellow grass piled in a corner. The sloppy scene made me frown and said displeasedly: "What? I'll buy you for fifty taels of silver."
Such a rotten haystack?"
"That's not all. If you don't want to freeze to death, the quilt will cost ten taels of silver a night." The rough man looked at me lazily and said confidently.
"You! Are you trying to blackmail me?!" I glanced at the pile of foreign objects beside him that looked like quilts but were not quilts. They were actually just piles of torn cotton wool.
"Okay! Girl, you can go out. If you don't get blown away by the wind now, you will be picked up by jackals." The rough man gulped down two mouthfuls of water and stared at me with a pair of evil eyes.
"You..." I was about to yell, but I was beaten to the punch by Yan Chen, and a low voice slowly sounded: "Okay, we will give you one hundred taels of silver, and you can help us arrange food and accommodation."
"Hey, are you crazy? You should actually answer him, one hundred taels! How many nights do you have to stay in a good guest room?!" As I said this, I glared at the rough man angrily.
"Okay, don't get along with this little guy." Yi Chen patted my shoulder and helped me sit down on the bench opposite the rough guy.
"What are you looking at?" I glared at the rough man. Why did this barbarian look so displeased?
"Haha..." The rough man laughed as if no one else was around, a dirty lustful light flashing in his eyes.
I turned my eyes away, grabbed Shi Chen's sleeve tightly with one hand, and sat uneasily. The pain in my stomach made me frown.
"What's wrong?" Yan Chen noticed something was wrong with me carefully and asked hurriedly and anxiously.
"Maybe I haven't eaten and I have a stomachache." I held onto Yan Chen's arm tightly, looking ugly.
Yan Chen hurriedly wiped away the small beads of sweat on my forehead with his sleeves, and said to the rough man in a deep voice: "Hurry up and get a basin of water."
"What? This gold nail is for you. Go ahead." Seeing that the rough guy didn't move, Shi Chen quickly took out a gold nail from my body and placed it on the table, shouting sternly.
"Are you crazy? This is gold!" I looked at Ji Chen with wide eyes, very dissatisfied.
"I know it's gold, but you're like this, do you still care about the money?!" Yan Chen sighed helplessly, looking at me with funny eyes, as if he was laughing at me for being stupid.
"But I'm not willing to give in!" I looked out the door and didn't know what the barbarian was doing. He hadn't come in for a long time.
"Forget it, don't argue with this kind of person, you girl, you are really rare in the world. After all, the most you have is money, and you are so stingy!" Dian Chen ruffled my hair and smiled, with a hint of fondness in his eyes.
drown.
"Hey, why did you come in so late? You didn't give me any medicine, did you?" I raised my eyebrows and cursed angrily.
"Girl, I'm going to give you medicine, but you can't do anything about it. It's up to you whether you want to drink it or not." The rough man placed a big bowl in front of me with such force that the cold water in it splashed out.
"Okay, let's drink." Yan Chen gently picked up the big bowl, put it to my mouth, and persuaded me nicely.
I rolled my eyes at the rough guy, and he was looking at me with a leering look. The flesh on his face was gathered together, and a small pimple was raised.
"Are you feeling better now?" Yan Chen wiped the water from my mouth and asked with concern. His eyes were as gentle as they could be, and even made me suspect that he was acting.
"Okay, I want to sleep." I really can't stay in this kind of ghost place for a moment, especially when I have to face a disgusting person.
As soon as I finished speaking, Ji Chen winked at the rough guy. The guy lazily pulled out a piece of torn cotton wool and threw it on the haystack to spread it...
"By the way, where are you sleeping?" When I saw the rough guy coming back, I whispered to Shi Chen. I scanned the room with my eyes, but there was really no room.
"Well... let's sleep on the bench." Qian Chen pointed at the two long benches with a grievance, but his tone was a little helpless.
"Ah? How about you sleep with me! We are all modern people anyway..." I glanced at the rough man, feeling a little scared, and couldn't help but suggest in a low voice.
"Haha... aren't you afraid?" Yan Chen came closer to me and hinted with a wink.
"I'm more afraid of him than you." I pushed Si Chen, lowered my voice, and glanced at the rough man worriedly from the corner of my eyes.
"Okay, baby, let's go to sleep." Shi Chen thoughtfully tucked the quilt in for me, slowly lay down beside me, and put one hand on the outside of the quilt intentionally or unintentionally.
"Yes." I slowly turned sideways, and the dirty ground in front of me made my skin crawl. I asked worriedly: "Qianchen, are there any rats?!"
"Go to sleep, it'll be fine if you fall asleep. Besides, you're here with me, so just sleep peacefully!" Shi Chen patted my back gently, whispering like a coaxing child.
"Okay." I smiled at him, hung my head, and closed my eyes.
Although the hard ground made my back hurt a bit, the warm breath coming from Shi Chen's body miraculously made me feel extra warm.
…
"佻chen..." As soon as I opened my eyes, I touched my side and found that Yi Chen had disappeared, so I shouted hurriedly.
"What are you talking about? Your man has gone out to work." The rough man suddenly opened the door and came in with a hunting knife in one hand and cursed angrily.
"Working? What kind of work are you doing?" I looked at him confused, with an unknown premonition in my heart.