Chapter Twelve: Dengtu Zi

  Returning home to the dilapidated small hut, Wu Fan couldn't help but sigh as he pushed open the door. To say that his own child bride was good in every way, with a good figure and a pretty face, but her reckless and petty personality was really unbearable. Was it just a candle? Why be so stingy? Not even lighting one at night, making the place look like a haunted house.

  "Who?"

  Tong Rui was extremely cautious in her words and asked questions.

  "Whoa——!"

  Wu Fan, who still wanted to say some jokes, heard that everyone in the house had drawn their knives and hastily said: "It's me! I'm back! Why don't you light a lamp? It's so dark and uncomfortable."

  The house was soon lit up with dim candlelight.

  Wu Fan walked into the house, swinging the roasted suckling pig and old wine in his hand, and said with a smile: "Was dinner good tonight? Want some more? If you don't eat it, it will go bad tomorrow."

  "What's up?"

  Tong Rui hadn't slept at all, wearing a short-sleeved Hu costume with an indistinguishable color, she tilted her head to examine the thing in Wu Fan's hand.

  "Uh-huh~~~"

  Little nose twitched, Tong Rui suddenly changed color and angrily said: "Good you Wu Lao Da! I see you... You have money to spend but nowhere to spend it? What are you daring to buy?! Roasted suckling pig! And a whole one at that?! Do you know how much silver it costs?! Ah?! Enough to buy three months' worth of rice! And that wine, the old Chen family's brand from East City! You... You're really infuriating me! Spendthrift! A broken-down household like yours, what are you showing off for?!"

  Seeing Tong Rui could know what was in the oil paper package just by sniffing with her nose, and she was so quick-witted to scold herself, Wu Fan really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

  With a faint sigh, Wu Fan raised an eyebrow and said with a sneer: "I'm telling you, a big son like him hasn't spent a single penny, do you believe it?"

  Tong Rui's scolding suddenly stopped, and then, with a suspicious look at Wu Fan's face, she said with an ugly expression: "You won't have done something despicable, will you?"

  Wu Fan shook his head and smiled: "Am I that kind of person? Today we won a big victory, the deputy commander of the Thousand Households is hosting a banquet for all the Eagle Guard brothers, heh heh! I'll just take advantage of it!"

  "Good for nothing!", dodging Wu Fan's roasted suckling pig and Chen's wine, Tong Rui hummed: "How much does a catty of pork cost? Why not think about getting a roasted lamb instead? Tomorrow, sell it for tens of taels of silver!"

  Wu Fan: "......", it seems there's someone even more insatiable than me!

  Looking at the heroic and unrestrained Tong Rui embracing the wine jar and drinking, Wu Fan suddenly felt that he was actually quite despicable. The original Wu Fan was really unbearable, but what about himself? Why couldn't he let this Tong Rui, who came from a poor family but never abandoned him, live a good life? Why? Was it just because he was afraid she would discover that he wasn't the real Wu Fan?

  "Aren't you going to eat?"

  Wu Fan's thoughts were interrupted by Tong Rui, and when he looked up, he saw Tong Rui holding half a piece of dried meat in her mouth, her cheeks bulging, and suddenly burst out laughing.

  Tong Rui hummed and angrily said: "What are you laughing at? Is it funny? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gone a year or more without eating a meat meal?"

  "You'd better save your appetite, from now on there will be plenty of delicious food every day! I'm just worried you won't be able to finish it all!" Wu Fan said with a smile as he put down the knife sheath behind him and walked over to pinch Tong Rui's naturally smooth and delicate face. "We've lived in this broken house for long enough, it's time to move into a new one. I guarantee that as long as I'm still alive, you'll never have to live like this again!"

  “……”

  "Huh? Shouldn't you be making a deeply moved expression at this moment? Come on, let's have some passionate embracing and devoted surrender!"

  Seeing the increasingly sinister look in Tong Rui's eyes, Wu Fan felt a sense of great bewilderment.

  "Hands up!"

  Tong Rui's eyes narrowed into a slit as she hummed a long tune.

  What's wrong with your hand?

  Wu Fan was stunned, and then went to look at his own hands... uh, how to say it? Probably because of this habitual action, after pinching someone's face, he slid down and touched a place that shouldn't be touched~~~ It felt soft and fluffy!

  "Whoosh!"

  A flash of knife light, Wu Fan's face turned green with fright.

  "What are you going to do? Murder your husband?! Wu Fan's heart was still racing as he stared at the knife in Tong Rui's hand, swallowing his saliva and saying: "Just kill me directly! With someone like you..."

  "Damn you! If I didn't see you as my future husband, I would have killed you long ago!", Tong Rui's eyebrows were upside down and her eyes were wide with anger, she shouted: "Tell you, Wu Lao Da! Don't take me for a fool, thinking that a jar of wine and a roasted suckling pig can get the better of me? Bah! When will you come to marry me in a grand procession, when will you dare to think about those filthy things again?! Otherwise... don't even think about it!"

  "Uh..."

  Wu felt embarrassed and touched his nose, feeling quite awkward.

  "Hands! Hands! Hands! Can you smell it? You disgusting bastard..."

  Just as Tong Rui was about to blow up again, Wu Fan grabbed the knife case and ran into another room in a flash, swift as a rabbit!

  Looking at Wu Fan's closed door, Tong Rui's delicate face flushed with a hint of red, and she let out a "tsk" sound. She quickly closed her own door, leaned against the door panel, covered her burning face, and thought to herself: [What's wrong with him? When did he become so bold? Could it be...]. Tong Rui's expression suddenly changed, and she suspiciously opened the door again, glared at Wu Fan's side with a fierce gaze: [Has he been corrupted outside? That bastard! I knew he wasn't any good! I said I've been stuck at home eating plain food every day! It turns out he's been having a wild time outside! Unacceptable! I need to come up with a plan... think of a plan...]

  Tong Rui is over here with a wide open mind, thinking wildly and randomly.

  Wu Fan on the other hand forgot about it in the blink of an eye, or rather, he remembered something more important - damn! He forgot to exchange for the antidote pill!

  "It's all over! It's all over! It's all over!"

  Wu Fan muttered to himself as he entered the Great Villain Training System, and asked: "Is there an antidote pill in the system? I mean... no matter what poison the other party uses, one pill can solve it."

  "Ding dong! After continuous updates, the miscellaneous page has collected about thirty-seven kinds of antidotes, targeting various poisons/drugs and poisonous pills, but there is no universal one. The host needs to know what poison it is in order to exchange for the corresponding antidote."

  Taking a deep breath, Wu Fan asked the question that concerned him most: "Then... about how many evil points would one need?"

  "Ding Dong! More than ten thousand, less than three thousand."

  "Pffft!"

  Wu felt like he was going to die on the spot!

  What a terrible outcome of being too full of oneself! How could I have forgotten that I was poisoned by someone? That damned saintess with the scarred face fed me poison and said there had to be an exchange of antidote and information every month, which clearly means she's going to keep me alive just to use me until I die! Wait a minute!

  Wu Fan's eyes suddenly became extremely angry, and he shouted: "Want the horse to run, but don't give the horse grass to eat! Damn it, you stinky women, is this how you plot against me? Do you know what it means to use both kindness and severity?! Danger, got it, where's the kindness gone?! Can't even get a few hundred thousand taels of silver for me?! Ahhh, I've been cheated big time! Cheated big time!"

  After Wu Fan muttered to himself for a long time...

  "Ding dong! The host still has one unclaimed reward for a lucky draw opportunity!"

  Hahaha...!

  Wu Fan was completely overjoyed and laughed loudly after his initial shock!

  Lottery! An incredibly exciting lottery!

  ……

  P.S: Collect and recommend votes are welcome.

  There should be another one later, but it will be very late.