"This Xue Luoyun might be running behind us right now." Xue Lian drew proudly.
"Enough for her." Xue Shaoli smiled lightly and began to play with the silk handkerchief. They had been bored along the way. Having adapted to the carriage, they turned their attention to Xue Moyan for the fun of it.
However, before he could get far, Xue Ruoyun's carriage caught up and overtook Xue Shaoli and the others in an instant.
Seeing Xue Ruyun's carriage running forward, and the sound of music coming from the carriage, Xue Lian and Xue Shaoli exploded with rage.
"How come I didn't expect her to have this kind of skill? If I knew earlier, I would have smashed that broken car to pieces." Xue Lian smacked the table. His hand was shaking painfully.
"They're singing so loudly on purpose to show off to you and me." Xue Shaoli instigated.
The two of them had completely disappeared from their comfort just now, and the entire new carriage was filled with a haze of jealousy and rage.
"Come, it's been several hours. All carriages stop!" Let's take a break. " The butler's voice came from outside the carriage.
Xue Ruyun lifted the curtain to take a look, it was already dusk. The resting area was flat and the flowers were in full bloom. Furthermore, there was a small river nearby. The scenery was really beautiful!
Xue Ruyun jumped down from the carriage and walked towards the river, his waist stretched out.
At the same time, the two sisters, Xue Lianhua and Xue Shaoli, got off the car. When they saw Xue Ruoyun's appearance, they almost exploded with anger. How could they let Xue Ruyun off easy? Xue Shaoli looked at Xue Ruoyun who was standing by the river, and a plan formed in his mind. He moved closer to Xue Lian's painting ear.
Xue Ruyun stretched out her body by the river. From time to time, she would squat down and look at the small fish and shrimp swimming around by the river. Then, she would pick up a small stone from the river bank and throw it into the water. She really hoped that she could have spent more time in comfort. If Mrs Zhao and her two daughters hadn't caused her so much trouble, then that would have been the best.
"Elder sister?" Xue Ruyun was frightened by the delicate voice behind him, and even the stone he was about to throw fell to the ground. Xue Ruyun turned his head to look at the source of the sound. As expected, the only one who could make such a sound was probably Xue Shaoli.
"What's the matter?" Xue Ruyun turned around and looked at Xue Shaoli. She was in a bad mood. She knew that it would be bad to see these two sisters. She had only interrupted this brief moment of elegance, and it was too much for Xue Luoyun to bear.
"Nothing, I'm just here to ask elder sister if the car was comfortable." Xue Shaolei said with a smile, pretending to care.
Xue Ruyun felt a wave of disgust in his heart. Although this Xue Shaoli looked harmless, he didn't seem to have much enmity towards her. But in reality, her scheming was even deeper than Xue Shaoli's.
Xue Lian painting seemed to be causing trouble many times, but in reality, Xue Shaoli was urging him from behind the scenes. What she was best at was borrowing a knife to kill people. Poor Xue Lian. He didn't even know that he was being used as a blade by someone.
Xue Ruyun picked up a rock and held it in his hand. He straightened his waist, smiled disdainfully, and coldly said, "It feels pretty good. The reason why I'm so concerned is because I want to trade with you. Do you understand?" As Xue Ruyun spoke, he picked up the stone and tossed it into the river.
Xue Shaolei looked embarrassed and forced a smile. "No need, no need. Since big sister is fine, little sister will be relieved." As Xue Shaoli spoke, she turned her head to look at Xue Lianshen, who was standing not far away. When she saw that Xue Lianshui had given the signal, she slightly nodded her head.
"Since sister is busy playing, I won't disturb your good mood any longer. I'll go over there to rest for a while …" After Xue Shaoli finished, she walked away leisurely.
Xue Ruyun looked at Xue Shaoli's back and guessed in his heart, "She must be up to something again. "It seems like I have to be careful."
After resting for a while, they began their journey again.
Xue Luoyun quickly returned to the carriage, and after seeing Yun Zhi, he hurriedly asked, "How is it, has Xue Lian been here before?"
"How did Miss know? Just now, the Second Miss came over and asked me for your package. I said I wasn't by her side. "She just got on the car and went looking for it. This servant can't stop her." Yun Zhi said with a wronged expression. She clearly knew that Xue Lian definitely had ill intentions, but how could a maid stop her? I knew it! " Xue Luoyun angrily cursed. He had long since expected that these two sisters would act against her, so he had told Yun Zhi to place the bags in the boxes where the servants kept their things.
Xue Lian, with his self-confidence as the young miss, would never look at the servants' boxes. On the other hand, she was the one who called Xue Shaoli over to keep her line of sight.
The group continued on their way. The sun had already set, and they arrived at an inn to rest.
Xue Luoyun was a bit anxious, so under the lead of the servant, she went to the toilet. When Xue Shaoli saw that Xue Ruyun had left, she pulled at her painting. "Since she didn't manage to throw away her bag, you can do something about it in her room …" After Xue Lian had listened to Xue Shaoli's words, she had a plan in mind.
"You don't need to tell me. I know what to do." Xue Lian took out some crushed silver from his waist and walked towards a servant.
"Buddy, help me do something. This silver is yours." Xue Lian stuffed the silver in his hand into the shop assistant's hand. The shop assistant was confused for a moment, but it was true that he had the money to waste, so who wouldn't earn it?
He weighed the silver in his hand and put it into his pocket. "Speak, what is it?"
"Come with me." While speaking, Xue Lian whispered to the shop assistant.
Hearing this, the shop assistant felt that the situation was not good. He frowned and returned the silver back. "Miss, this is not good. If we were to be found out …" As he spoke, he weighed the silver again.
Xue Lian understood the meaning behind his words and knew that Li Yao wanted to use this opportunity to raise the price. He also stuffed some silver into Li Yao's hands. "This should be enough."
Just as he was speaking, he saw Xue Lao Yun walk out. Xue Shaoli coughed and Xue Lian quickly pretended that nothing had happened as he said to the shop assistant, "Move the things a bit more quickly. I'll head back to my room first." After saying that, Xue Lian turned his head and followed Xue Shaoli upstairs.
Xue Ruyun saw that Xue Lian's face was full of desire to cover up his suspicions, but he suddenly bumped into Yun Zhi.
Yun Zhi carried Xue Ruyun's backpack and said, "Miss, what are you thinking about? Let's go upstairs."
As he sat down in his room, his mind was still thinking about what on earth Xue Lian was trying to do.
"Miss, are you thirsty? This servant will go downstairs to get some tea." Yun Zhi placed the item away and asked Xue Ruoyun with deep concern.
"Go." Xue Luoyun waved his hand.
After a while, Yun Zhi rushed up and shut the door with fear still lingering in her heart.
"What's wrong?" Seeing the frightened expression on Yun Zhi's face, Xue Ruoyun couldn't help but ask.
"I was so scared, miss. I just went downstairs to get some tea, and when I found out that the shop assistant wasn't here, I went to look for him myself. I didn't expect to see him catch a snake in the grass pit outside." The girl was afraid of the snake. When Yun Zhi saw it, she was so shocked that she didn't even have time to grab the tea leaves before she ran upstairs.
"It's fine. Since we've already caught the snake, it's fine. Don't worry." Xue Ruyun comforted her.
"Miss, aren't you afraid?" Yun Zhi asked carefully.
"No, you should hurry up and go to sleep. It's been a tiring day."
"But Miss, are you okay by yourself? Be careful of those poisonous snakes, close the doors and windows. If you need anything, just call me." Although Yun Zhi was afraid, she was especially worried about Xue Luoyun. Although she was out with her family, in reality, Xue Luoyun was practically alone.
"Hey, it's nothing." Xue Ruyun patted Yun Zhi's shoulder, telling her that she was fine. Although Yun Zhi looked worried, she still went downstairs.
Xue Ruyun stretched out her arm, then took her sword and went downstairs. Every day, as long as the weather was good, she would go outside to practice her swordsmanship.
After practicing the sword, he felt completely relaxed.
Xue Luoyun returned to her room, placed her sword on the table, and poured some water to drink. She had good hearing as she heard the sound. Although it was faint, she was able to detect it. Xue Ruyun stood still, carefully identifying the source of the sound.
"It's a bed." Xue Ruyun was shocked. Walking up, he saw a slight movement in the bedding, and the sound was coming from under it!
"There must be something under the bedding." Xue Luoyun picked up his treasured sword, threw away his sword sheath, and slowly walked over to the bed. He abruptly picked up the bedding on the bed.
When Xue Ruyun saw the bed, he couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. Astonishingly, he saw that there was a seven-legged snake swaying on top of it! He's quite big! This snake was extremely poisonous. If he was careless and got bitten by it, he would die before he could even take seven steps.
Without a care in the world, Xue Luoyun raised his treasured sword and easily chopped the snake into pieces.
Xue Ruyun looked at the blood-stained bed and bedding; he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
Why would there be a poisonous snake on the bed, and why was it so secretive? Before he left, he remembered Yun Zhi's warning, so he shut the doors and windows tightly. It had only been a short while, how could a poisonous snake suddenly appear? The arrival of this snake was too strange.
Xue Ruyun thought to himself, it's already too late today, I'll go investigate more tomorrow. As he spoke, he opened his bag and took out a homemade simple hammock. Xue Ruyun climbed up the beam and tied the hammock to the beam. Afterwards, he turned around and lay back down on the hammock, ready to start a peaceful night's sleep.
Xue Lian and Xue Shaoli, the two sisters, had already returned to the house long ago. Thinking back, they should have heard Xue Ruoyun's screams by now. However, no sound came from his house. It was too strange.
Xue Shaoli was suspicious, so she hurried to the drawing room. Coincidentally, Xue Lian had just come out of the house. Xue Shaoli's mouth was agape. Xue Lian gestured at her to keep quiet, indicating that she should not speak. Just like that, Xue Shaoli followed Xue Lian's painting and arrived at the door of Xue Ruoyun's room.
The two of them bent over, poking a hole through the window and peeking inside.
"Where is she?" Xue Lian looked at the painting for a while, but he didn't see any trace of Xue Ruoyun.
"Let me see!" Xue Shaoli pushed Xue Lian away from the painting and looked at the interior of the house through the hole. At first glance, she didn't see where Xue Ruyun was. However, when she raised her head, she saw that the figure wrapped in the net was none other than Xue Muyun!