“But, I don’t mind!” Nan Feng said.
“I do!”
“So, each time you want to kiss me in the future, you will cover my eyes?”
Ye Ge paused for a moment, and replied with simply one word, “Yes.”
Nan Feng couldn’t help but hit Ye Ge lightly, “What if you aren’t just planning to kiss, but to do more?”
“It’s possible too!”
“You jerk!”
As the two of them were flirting with each other, they were interrupted by a cough from behind, it was Uncle Zhou.
The two embraced people hurriedly pulled apart.
Uncle Zhou said, “It’s not that I want to disturb your lovey-dovey moment, but … What’s going on with those people? Why are they also coming up here?”
Nan Feng and Ye Ge looked down the mountain and saw Zhou Big Brother, Zhou Second Brother, and Zhou Third Brother too.
Nan Feng knew what they were up to at the sight of Zhou Big Brother.
On the day the mountain bandits were exterminated, Nan Feng and Ye Ge went to the ancestral hall to inform everyone that they could come out now. Everyone let out a sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground, but only Zhou Big Brother’s family knelt solemnly in front of Ye Ge and Nan Feng.
“If it weren’t for you, Dongdong would have… You two are the lifesavers of our family. What I did to you in the past was absolutely outrageous, definitely not what a human should do.” Zhou Big Brother, as he knelt on the ground, slapping his own face, said, “Miss Feng, Ye Ge, from today onward, our whole family will listen to you, we will work like oxen and horses for you!”
It was not clear whether Zhou Big Brother was sincere, or simply scared by Ye Ge.
Ye Ge had just finished dealing with the bandits, his face covered in blood, and Zhou Big Brother’s family couldn’t possibly not fear him.
Ye Ge didn’t say much, only responded, “I don’t need you to work like oxen and horses, I just hope that you can properly respect Uncle Zhou in the future. Don’t forget his kindness just for the sake of a little profit.”
“Of course, I will bring father back home tomorrow to live with us. I will serve him good food every day and never put him in our ancestral house again!”
“…”
So, had the Zhou brothers come to take Uncle Zhou back home?
Days before the bandits arrived, Nan Feng had notified Uncle Zhou to hide in the mountains when he heard gongs. Therefore, Uncle Zhou did not witness that day’s ordeal. When the Zhou brothers kneeled in front of Uncle Zhou together, he was completely taken aback and speechless.
Ye Ge pulled Nan Feng’s hand and softly said, “Let’s step back a little and let them sort their family matters.”
“Okay,” Nan Feng responded.
They walked to the other side of the reservoir and looked into each other’s eyes for a while. Nan Feng couldn’t help but lower her head, coyly asking, “Why do you keep staring at me?”
“You’re so beautiful, and every day you become more so,” Ye Ge said.
“I used to be really ugly.”
“I’ve always thought you were beautiful.”
Nan Feng felt her heart melting, she just buried her face in Ye Ge’s chest, “Ah, you’re so annoying.”
Ye Ge hugged Nan Feng back into his arms. After a while, he started speaking again, “Coming up, I will leave Daping Village for a while.”
“Ah? Why?” Nan Feng didn’t want to let go, they had barely reunited and she wanted to be with him every day.
Ye Ge stroked her head, “There have been more mountain bandits recently. After some covert investigation, I discovered several bandit nests, so I want to report these locations to the authorities and have them send soldiers to exterminate them.”
“You’re such a good person, always thinking about the welfare of the country and the people,” Nan Feng said, “but… can I go with you? We could be heroic vigilantes, dispensing justice, eliminating bandits and protecting the people!”