Chapter 2020: Gratitude (Part 2) (1)

It was late at night, and the dark sky was filled with bright stars, which looked particularly dazzling. A crescent moon hung obliquely in the sky, and the faint moonlight was like a thin veil, floating on the ground, blending with our firelight. The breeze blew, the flames of the bonfire danced, and occasionally made a "crackling" sound. The katydids and crickets hiding in the bushes chirped tirelessly, making this suburban night cheerful and lively.

Ever since the driver said that, my heart has not been calm for a moment, and the old man's voice is always ringing in my ears: 'This girl is definitely virtuous and suitable for a family, don't miss her... '

Although I had never thought of her like this before, after the old man said this, I suddenly felt that what the old man said made sense.

Miss Yanran has the gentleness and thoughtfulness that a girl should have, and the strong will and courage of a man. She is tenacious, intelligent, and mature and steady beyond her age. At such a young age, she survived under the oppression of a group of fierce beasts like tigers and wolves, and was able to seize the opportunity to protect her younger brother and wet nurse from the tiger's den. Isn't this kind of scheming and ability suitable for being the mistress of a big family?

Moreover, the most important thing is that I don't reject her. Unlike those daughters of wealthy families mentioned by the matchmaker in the past, she is natural and generous, not at all pretentious. There seems to be nothing I dislike about her. On the contrary, I admire the way her new brother handles things very much...

It's just that our ages are very different. She is only thirteen or fourteen years old, while I am already twenty-three or twenty-four years old. Perhaps, in her eyes, I am already very old!

I was thinking about all sorts of things, and somehow I finished dinner. After dinner, I saw her return to the carriage with her brother and Aunt Zhang, and lowered the curtains...

The night was getting deeper and deeper. Because I kept thinking about the old driver's words, I couldn't fall asleep. When it was almost the second watch, I finally felt a little tired. I closed my eyes and prepared to fall asleep.

At this time, I suddenly heard a faint sound of horse hooves. The sound of horse hooves was still some distance away from us, but I could hear that the horses were running in our direction, and there were quite a few of them.

Who would walk in the mountains and forests in the middle of the night?

I woke up suddenly. Years of martial arts training have made my senses much more sensitive than ordinary people. For example, now, my intuition tells me that these people are coming for us, and they are not kind!

I sat up suddenly, picked up the sword beside me, got on the horse, and headed towards the horse hooves.

I had to stop them before they got close. Swords and knives have no eyes. It would be bad if I hurt or frightened them during the fight.

So, I decided to kill them before they got close, so as to avoid scaring or hurting Yanran and the others.

The horse ran less than half a mile, and I finally saw the group of people coming. They were a group of rough men, with bright swords on their backs, which were particularly dazzling in the moonlight.

The leading man was a one-eyed dragon. He rode his horse in the front. When he saw me coming alone, he reined in his horse and said, "Whoa----"

The horse stopped, and the dozen horses behind also stopped. The men on the horses looked at me coldly with unfriendly faces.

"Boy, are you surnamed Mu?" The one-eyed dragon looked at me contemptuously, with a very disdainful tone.

I nodded: "Since you know me, you probably came for me. Did Princess Chaoqing send you to kill me?"