The sun sets behind the West Mountain, the moon shines with sparse stars.
That evening.
Inside the main room of Tangli Garden in the Ye Mansion, bright candlelight glowed.
At the corners of the room stood white jade pillars, and the walls all around were carved from white stone bricks. A painting of "Plum Blossom Mark" hung squarely, with branches blooming alone in the cold with a unique charm. A bronze mirror was placed on the dressing table, and sparse moonlight shot through the hollowed-out decorative window frames, covered by the candlelight inside the room.
On the purple sandalwood water-drop carved canopy bed lay a man with a long scar of varying depth on his face, his expression gloomy, head bowed, obscuring his emotions.
Closest to him was a graceful beauty, her face bright as snow, rendered even gentler under the candlelight!
Across from them, four yellow rosewood openwork carved phoenix pattern stools were occupied by four young children.
Ye Zhi widened her eyes in disbelief and asked, "Sister Lu He, is what you said true? That tiger was so big, was it you who saved Brother Zhao from being eaten by it?"
Seemingly unable to believe that such a delicate woman could fend off a tiger.
"It was." Lu He nodded, her eyes lazily half-closed: "I was scared at first, but then thought this man saved me before, saving a life is better than building a seven-tiered pagoda, so I grabbed a glistening kitchen knife, rolled up my sleeves, and went for it."
Her excitement built as she widened her eyes and gestured, grabbing a comb and swinging it left and right as if it were the glistening kitchen knife.
"I took that kitchen knife and hacked like this, the tiger was chopped over a hundred times, killed on the spot, its death was frightening, you guys are lucky you weren’t there, or you’d have nightmares."
After she finished speaking, she nodded with satisfaction at her explanation.
Four voices exclaimed in unison: "Wow."
Their faces filled with admiration!
Huanhuan, looking spirited, proclaimed, "Sister Lu He is amazing! I will also strive to learn martial arts in the future, aiming to slay a tiger myself."
Little Loyal Dog Changzhou, admiring her standing figure, lightly applauded in praise: "Huanhuan is great, you can definitely do it."
On the first day Lu He moved into the Ye Mansion, she thought she would be uncomfortable, but the children in the mansion became her joy, knowing she went on adventures, after dinner and washing up, they would come in to listen to her stories.
At the start, she stuck to the facts, but these little ones just kept praising her, and the story grew more ridiculous, with her avoiding a fierce tiger by climbing a tree for over half an hour turning into slaying it with over a hundred blows of a shining kitchen knife...
The main thing is, the kids believed it!!!
Zhao Jun clenched his fists, veins rising, though he couldn’t listen anymore, he didn’t voice his objection.
In a large tree outside Tangli Garden, Wang Mao was lurking, fine cold sweat emerging on his forehead. This woman was no ordinary person, having killed a fierce tiger with just a kitchen knife.
Tonight’s task felt heavy!
Wearing a black night attire, he lay on the tree, blending into the night, intently listening to the sounds inside.
Ye Zhi’s bright eyes filled with doubt: "Sister Lu He, who hurt Brother Zhao like this? It’s simply outrageous, we should report to the authorities and have the villain thrown into jail."
Lu He shrugged, waving her hands helplessly, turning the topic to the man on the bed: "I don’t know either, whenever I ask him he plays mysterious and won’t tell, I have no choice, Zhao Jun, who hurt you?"
Five pairs of eyes filled with expectation looked towards the man on the bed.