Free Web NovelXiao Li’s tongue tied into a knot. He had indeed fantasized about being a hero saving a beauty and walking hand-in-hand with her.
But when actually asked, his mind went blank.
He hadn't imagined the beauty he met would be so stunning, nor had he expected his usually glib tongue, which often spouted nonsense, to be so clumsy now.
“First time meeting, no need to be nervous.” Ying Bing’s eyes held a smile, as if looking at a silly goose.
“I always feel like it’s not the first time...”
Li Mo didn’t know where this sense of familiarity from the depths of his Soul came from.
It was as if this smiling face had appeared countless times in his dreams, like flowers seen through a mist, only for him to wake up feeling wistful and unable to recall it clearly, until today when it finally took concrete form.
“Oh right, why did you secretly tell me the answer to the riddle just now?”
“It wasn’t me.”
Ying Bing looked away.
She was afraid Li Mo wouldn’t guess it, but she hadn’t expected it to become a unanimous thought in his heart.
Really? Xiao Li didn’t believe it.
But he had no proof, after all, only he had heard her voice.
He still hadn't figured out why others couldn't hear it.
“Are you preparing for a long journey?” Ying Bing asked casually.
Tsk tsk, she had actually been waiting here for a long time.
It was all because Li Mo had once said, what if someone else accompanied him to roam the Jianghu?
Although it was a joke, even if Li Mo hadn't forgotten his past, he probably wouldn't have taken it to heart. freeweɓnøvel.com
But the speaker was unintentional, the listener was not.
She cared a lot.
“Oh right, the city gates seem to be closing soon!”
Li Mo snapped back to reality and cupped his hands to her: “Fairy Sister, my name is Li Mo, from the Li family in the city. Let’s... let’s meet again next time!”
He was even more afraid that if he said two more sentences, he wouldn't be able to bear to leave.
Unexpectedly, Ying Bing’s brows furrowed, and she pouted, handing the boy with a large head back:
“Here, take it back.”
“This...”
He watched her board a carriage, lift the curtain, and look over with a deep gaze.
Li Mo was momentarily stunned, not understanding why she had suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy.
But that's why Xiao Li was a Genius.
A sentence suddenly popped into his mind:
‘True departures are often silent. If she says she’s leaving, she’s waiting for you to ask her to stay.’
“Are you also leaving the city?”
“...” Ying Bing didn't giggle or speak.
Li Mo felt increasingly certain, so he also got into the carriage:
“Fairy Sister, please take me with you. I was so focused on guessing riddles just now that I didn’t buy a horse. The place I’m going is far away, and if no one gives me a ride, I don’t know how many years it will take to get there.”
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Ying Bing pursed her lips, not letting go of the boy with a large head she was holding.
“Mo City, is it on your way? If not, taking me to Yinma Town would also be fine...”
“It’s on the way.”
Ying Bing tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and just as she agreed, she lowered her gaze and fell into thought.
She seemed to be recalling something.
“What’s wrong?” Li Mo asked.
“I don’t know the way.”
Ying Bing said with a cool expression.
Li Mo: “?”
So he had to drive?
Wait... if she didn’t even know the way, how did she know it was on the way?
...The time spent roaming the Jianghu and adventuring with a sword was not as interesting as Li Mo had imagined.
They say to draw your sword when you see injustice, but the acts of chivalry Xiao Li encountered left him no chance to act.
On the first day, he met someone selling themselves to bury their father, and Xiao Li pulled out ten taels of silver. On the second day, passing through a village, the biggest problem the villagers faced was having no bridge to cross the river. On the third day, he met a fellow villager whose fruits were unsellable and would rot in the ground... This was not what Xiao Li had envisioned.
Because the biggest injustice everyone encountered seemed to be poverty... there was absolutely no room to act, only to spend money.
So... he should have brought more silver when he left home.
“The heroes in storybooks are always feasting on good wine and meat, spending lavishly, and they don’t even work. Where do they get all that money?”
Sitting in the swaying carriage, Li Mo still hadn’t figured out this question.
“Yinma Town is just ahead.”
Ying Bing’s voice came from beside his ear.
Speaking of which, Li Mo was initially a bit curious.
How could a woman like her dare to leave the city alone and travel so far?
Later, he thought, if she could even transmit her voice secretly, perhaps her skills were beyond his imagination.
But when Li Mo asked her for guidance, she said that it was not voice transmission.
Li Mo just assumed she didn’t want to reveal her true abilities, so he didn’t ask any more questions.
As the carriage swayed, the wind blew open the curtain.
He could see lush water plants, and ahead was a large river. The sound of rapid water could be heard even here, and on the opposite side was an ancient, rustic small town.
There were several boats, large and small, waiting in front of the river.
“Young Master, are you planning to cross the river with your carriage?”
In front of a large boat, the boatman was hailing a group of horsemen who looked like they belonged to a security escort agency to board. Seeing Li Mo drive up, he asked.
“Precisely.”
“Then if you don’t mind, you can come aboard with us. The price is negotiable.”
The boatman glanced at Li Mo’s attire, seeing that he came from a well-to-do family.
“Boatman, you’ve already accepted our order. It’s not right to add more passengers at the last minute.”
A middle-aged man walked out from among the security escort agency, # Nоvеlight # dressed in short, practical clothes, with a long breath and sharp eyes.
Nine times out of ten, he was the Dong, the head of the security escort agency.
The boatman cupped his hands and said: “Dong, you didn’t pay for a charter. Besides, it’s getting late. How about you do us a favor? You won’t lose anything, I’ll earn some extra silver, and this Young Master won’t be delayed.”
“This...” The Dong still wanted to say something.
However, a woman’s voice came from the carriage behind him:
“In that case, let’s do as the boatman says.”
“Excuse the intrusion.”
Li Mo fumbled in his in my arms, counting out the river crossing fee from his limited silver.
As he entered the boat cabin, the middle-aged Dong said something out of the blue:
“Young man, your skills are good, but the river is turbulent, please be careful.”
“Hm?”
Li Mo didn’t understand why, but the other party had already left.
He could only shrug, secure his carriage to the deck with ropes, and then returned to his own carriage.
“What do you want to eat tonight?”
He didn’t know why this question came out so naturally.
Hmm, it definitely wasn’t because he had eaten her cooking not long ago.
“I want to eat fish.”
Ying Bing withdrew her gaze from the river and said... Not far away, the security escort agency members were gathered on the other side of the deck, cooking their meal.
The Dong carried a bowl of boiled fish soup into the carriage.
Inside the carriage was a woman who wasn’t very old, dressed exquisitely, like a Young Miss from a wealthy family.
But her manner of eating fish was not very elegant; she picked up the fish meat and bones together and chewed them.
She also gulped down the steaming fish soup, then slammed the bowl down in a rather bold manner.
“Ge Yu, why did you speak out just now and let those two board the boat?”
The Dong frowned and said: “I see those two as a Young Master eloping with his lover. They don’t seem to have any martial arts skills. If things get chaotic, we won’t have time to protect them, wouldn’t that be needlessly sacrificing two lives?”
