Chapter Fifty-Three: The Beginning of Movement

  We stayed in the county town for three whole days. In Liu Weimin's words, it was a carnival before victory, but except for him, no one could laugh.

  You shouldn't be thinking of Xiaobai, but I feel that Liu Weimin is a bit off, my heart is tight with anxiety. Kang Jiuxiang doesn't know why, her mood is very low. Every time I ask her if she has any worries, she always smiles and says I'm overthinking, but when she turns around, she reveals an expression of having unspeakable sorrows.

  That night, Zhang Ge and his men never showed up again after rushing up the mountain. Liu Weimin took us on a stroll around, occasionally fiddling with his phone as if secretly contacting someone. I asked him once, and Liu Weimin solemnly guaranteed that he would take us back soon, saying that Huang Jinbai was already in their grasp and Wen Jing would definitely be safe.

  I don't know where he got his confidence from, but I can only believe in him.

  It's strange that Village Chief Xu Shulin wanted to take my phone, but after we left quietly, this person who was supposed to protect the village for him, Liu Weimin, never contacted me.

  And so, with each of us lost in our own anxious thoughts, the third night quietly arrived.

  The hotel in the county town was much more upscale than the reception house in Guanxi Village, and Kang Jiuxiang still lived with me in one room, sleeping on a bed, wearing new clothes, looking more elegant, but still with a lonely expression.

  These three days I have been secretly observing her and gradually also sensed some things.

  Liu Weimin's victory was the main reason for Kang Jiuxiang's disappointment, as she was worried about Guan Cun Village, but there shouldn't be anyone in Guan Cun Village that she needed to worry about.

  Unless she has been deceiving me all along.

  With this idea in mind, I was extremely angry. If it wasn't for worrying about piercing her disguise, Liu Weimin would have hurt her, and I would have definitely said one or two things to her. But after forcibly calming down that anger, I suddenly didn't feel angry anymore.

  Although nothing really happened with Kang Jiuxiang, as my little brother gradually recovered and a beautiful woman lay beside me, if I didn't have any thoughts about it then I'd be a eunuch.

  So I didn't get past Lei Chi, all because of this mouth that can't spit out ivory.

  When my brother was injured, he had ideas but couldn't take action and couldn't admit that he wasn't capable, so he portrayed himself as a saint. I said she's a good woman who suffered and saw me as her lifesaver, which is why she devoted herself to me, but after leaving Guan Cun Village, there must be a new life. I shouldn't take advantage of someone in trouble, I have to wait until she sees the outside world and thinks it through before talking about it again.

  Not to mention Kang Jiuxiang, I am moved by my own sense of justice. Now it's not good to slap myself in the face with dignity.

  But that didn't stop me from taking advantage of her when she was in a bad mood, I'd take the opportunity to hug her, and when we were sleeping, I'd pretend to have a nightmare and stretch my arms and legs towards her. And Kang Jiuyang wouldn't mind either, always shyly accommodating me, and before long, I found that I had her in my heart.

  Even if I suspected she was deceiving me, I still couldn't bring myself to be ruthless.

  On the third night, I decided to have a serious talk with her. She was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, propping up her chin and staring blankly. I sat down beside her and asked: "Jiuxiang, what's troubling you?"

  She said no, so I asked her straightforwardly if she was worried about Huang Jinbo.

  She was startled for a moment, then calmed down and asked me in surprise, why I said that?

  I felt a bit down, so I said to myself: "We've known each other for several days now. I don't know what kind of person you are, but you should have some understanding of me and know why I'm here. Actually, I didn't want to do anything, just take my cousin home. I never thought about getting involved in your feud with Liu Weimin, nor did I have the qualifications to intervene. You also saw that I had no idea what Liu Weimin was doing. It's meaningless for you to continue staying here, so let's go."

  Kang Jiuxiang was somewhat flustered and didn't expect me to say such a thing. She was shocked and asked, "You want to drive me away?"

  I'm not driving you away, but you've been lurking around me without any use. In the end, I don't know if you'll be sad or not, but I'm definitely feeling quite sad!

  Kang Jiuxiang gazed at me deeply and asked slowly: "Don't you believe me?"

  I said, when we were in Guan Cun Village, you couldn't wait to spread your wings and fly away. Now that we're out, you look so worried and anxious again. Can I believe it?

  She lowered her head, lightly biting her lower lip, and weakly defended herself: "It's not what you think."

  "What is it like?"

  Kang Jiuxiang said she had a bitter heart and couldn't speak now.

  A sentence with a bitter tone, almost acknowledging my identity as a gold medal little spy. I sighed and smiled again, not knowing what to smile about, and said to her: "Ah, it makes me feel weird inside, hurry up and leave, or I'll call Liu Weimin!"

  Kang Jiuxiang stubbornly refused to leave, I promised to take care of her, she became my woman, and would follow me for the rest of my life.

  I'm at a loss for words, so now I'll divorce you, leave you, and we can go our separate ways, right?

  She shook her head and said viciously that if I really did that, she would wear red clothes to commit suicide and become a vengeful spirit haunting me.

  It was originally going to be a showdown, but after a few sentences, it seemed like a lover's quarrel, and letting her stay by my side wasn't a solution either. Although I didn't have any valuable information for her to steal, she was still an unstable factor. What if she took the opportunity to stab Liu Weimin in the back?

  I gritted my teeth and stood up, saying: "Either you leave now or I'll go call Liu Weimin over to interrogate you with severe punishment. Why can't you understand? Do you think only I've noticed that you're troubled? Liu Weimin is as cunning as his mother the octopus, and from the start he didn't believe you. If you stay here, there will definitely be no good outcome."

  This is a private matter, once Yu Wu dragged Kang Jiuxiang to buy clothes, Liu Weimin jokingly asked me, Huang Lao's treasure is Kang Jiuxiang, how did she quietly slip to my side, and didn't see Huang Lao looking for someone?

  Although the real Huang Jinbai cannot show his face, the fake Huang Jinbai is swaggering around in the village every day. He comes to find his former daughter-in-law, which is not impossible.

  Later, I also jokingly asked Kang Jiuxiang, and her response was that Old Man Huang had switched the prince with a cat, using a zombie to impersonate Kang Jiuxiang that one time. The whole village knew she followed me back, now she's switching the prince with a cat again, and Old Man Huang can only suffer in silence.

  It's also possible that I can trust her, but Huang Jinbai quietly took Wenjing away, so why can't he take Kang Jiuxiang away?

  At this time, facing my threat, Kang Jiuxiang was straightforward and directly lay down, making a big character shape, and said indifferently: "You want to hit me, just hit me, anyway I am your woman, even if you beat me to death, I won't leave."

  A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, I am also helpless, throw down a sentence you do whatever you want, anyway after a few days when I return to Guan Cun village, I will ask Liu Weimin to tie you up.

  Seeing me ignoring her, Kang Jiuxiang climbed up again, staring at me with the kind of deep and resentful eyes that a wronged wife would use to look at an unfaithful husband, making me feel extremely uncomfortable. But I forced myself not to speak, and after a long time, Kang Jiuxiang said to me: "Give me your phone to use."

  I asked her what she was doing, Kang Jiuxiang said, making a phone call.

  She doesn't have a mobile phone. I've been wondering these past few days, if she really is sending secret messages, what method would she use? It can't be carrier pigeons, right?

  When the spy got to Kang Jiuxiang's level, the means were not necessarily profound, but the attitude was absolutely arrogant. She actually asked me for my phone? I immediately retorted: "Go die in a corner, do you think my brain is flooded with water? If you keep nagging, I'll beat you up."

  Kang Jiuxiang smiled, and her former coquettishness was gone, replaced by a hint of cunning. She said to me: "Wang Zhen, I can choose not to make the call, and even if I do, it will be in front of you. That day, you almost passed out from being beaten by Jiu Ge while trying to save me, but you still insisted on getting up. People's hearts are made of flesh, and I'm not as bad a woman as you imagined. In these days, I haven't deceived you either."

  While speaking, Kang Jiuxiang jumped off the bed, walked lightly to my front, placed both hands on my shoulders, and a strand of fragrant hair fell on my face. She said softly: "I really didn't deceive you, as long as you don't mind that I'm older, I wholeheartedly want to follow you, I take you as my man, Wen Jing is our cousin, there are some things you're not clear about, nor am I, but you believe me, I won't harm you."

  There was an inexplicable and strange taste in my heart, I asked: "So to speak, are you really sent by Huang Jinbai?"

  Kang Jiuxiang smiled wryly and said, "No one sent me, I wouldn't sleep in the same bed with a man I don't like, let alone let him pretend to be asleep and put his hands into my quilt to feel around. You're half right, no one sent me here, nor does anyone want to catch me back."

  She had just finished speaking, and suddenly tears streamed down her face. She knelt on the ground, buried her head in my legs and sobbed: "Please, please let me use your phone, please!"

  I hastily handed it over, but grasped her sleeve to prevent her from running away. To be honest, I was also quite puzzled - without even a means of communication, how could she be a spy?

  Kang Jiuxiang turned around and dialed a number, I leaned in to listen, Kang Jiuxiang let me grab her but pushed my face away. A moment later, she almost lost control, tears streaming down her face as she cried out: "Uncle Gan, I'm Jiuxiang."

  I couldn't hear what was being said on the phone, but I could tell it was a man's voice... But it didn't matter, the woman's voice was my aunt.

  I don't know what Huang Jinbai said, but Kang Jiuxiang sobbed: "Father, I won't be able to take care of you properly from now on. Please take care of yourself. Wang Zhen treats me well, so don't worry..."

  When a person is pushed to the limit, they will explode with potential. At this time, I couldn't push away Kang Jiuxiang's arm, and could only shout into the phone: "Old man Huang, you'd better return Wenjing to me, otherwise I'll beat up your adopted daughter every day."

  Kang Jiuxiang slapped me with the back of her hand, although it didn't hurt, I was so angry that I couldn't push her arm away, not wanting to hurt her, otherwise how could a big man like me not even be able to snatch a phone from a woman's hands?

  Just as he was about to take action, Kang Jiuxiang's soft and jade-like voice pleaded: "Uncle Gan, have you caught Wang Zhen's cousin? Can't you let her go?"

  I was stunned for a moment, anxiously waiting for an answer, but then I heard Kang Jiuxiang say dejectedly: "I understand, you be careful yourself, in the next life I'll still be your daughter."

  I hung up the phone and anxiously asked her what it meant. Kang Jiuxiang ran to the window and threw the mobile phone out of the window with a loud bang.

  The four-story building's height, the cell phone shattered into pieces, and then she turned around, very calmly telling me: "Dad said, this matter doesn't need my care, he has his own plan!"

  "Damn it! If Wenjing had an accident, I'd beat you to death every day!"

  Kang Jiuxiang smiled wryly: "Whatever, I admit it!"

  Ignoring her sorrow, I wanted to rush out and pick up the phone, as long as I could retrieve the call records, I could investigate Huang Jibai's true identity. Unexpectedly, when I opened the door, Liu Weimin was standing outside, with a smile on his face, his eyes passing over me, staring at Kang Jiuxiang who was standing by the bed, nodding meaningfully at her.

  Tonight, Liu Weimin was exceptionally handsome. His hair was shiny and smooth as if he had applied pomade, his face had a sickly red glow, and his tall stature was clad in a well-fitted black Changshan suit. The entire person exuded an aura of grandeur from head to toe. What's more, the Changshan suit was embroidered with a golden dragon on the shoulder, its head resting on his chest, as if it were alive and majestic.

  He tapped his cane on my forehead and Liu Weimin laughed, "It's an important day, so dress formally. This outfit is still passable, right? Haha, you guys change into new clothes too, let's head back to Guan Cai Village, find Huang Jinbai and have some fun, and by the way, open that Nine Dragon Coffin!"

  In front of him was a triumphant and proud laugh, behind him was Kang Jiuxiang's silent and painful cry.