Chapter 195 There Was Someone Else in the Haystack
Su Jiuyue's heart softened. For the past few months, they had been together day and night.
What else could she worry about? She was overthinking.
When she raised her head, she happened to look into Wu Xiyuan's eyes. He was so sincere, making her not doubt at all that he wanted to marry her.
After thinking for a while, she said, "We are not in a rush. The exam is more important. The provincial examination will be held in two months. I can't let the wedding hold you up."
Wu Xiyuan frowned. "It won't hold me up."
Seeing his serious face, Su Jiuyue suddenly laughed. "I won't run away. Why are you so nervous?"
Wu Xiyuan tightened his grip on her finger. "Of course I'm nervous. We didn't even have a wedding. What if you abandon me one day?"
Everything seemed to be reversed. It was what Su Jiuyue was most worried about, but now Wu Xiyuan had said it, so she felt somewhat strange.
"What are you talking about?" Su Jiuyue gave him a reproachful look.
Wu Xiyuan smiled, "I'm telling the truth. I was stupid before. Fortunately, my mother settled our marriage for me. Otherwise, I don't know how long it will take for me to marry you!"
Su Jiuyue knew that he was just joking, but she still blushed.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore. Are you hungry? I'll make you something to eat."
Wu Xiyuan stopped her. "You don't have to. I had lunch before coming back."
Su Jiuyue turned around. "You did?"
"Yes. Master asked me to stay for lunch."
Su Jiuyue nodded with satisfaction. "It was so nice of your master to do that."
Then Wu Xiyuan said, "Jiuyue, I'm going to school tomorrow..."
"Where? Yong Zhou City?"
"Yes, master allows me to study in Haoyuan School." Wu Xiyuan replied.
"Tomorrow? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Yes. You go to bed first. I'll go pack my things."
But Su Jiuyue interrupted him. "How do you know what you need to take with you? Let me help you pack your things. Go and get some hot water to have a shower!"
At dawn on the next day, Wu Xiyuan got up as soon as the cock crowed for the first time.
He didn't want to disturb Su Jiuyue, so he got off the bed quietly and bent down to tuck her in.
Looking at her sweet sleeping face, he wanted to kiss her cheek, but he was afraid that it would wake her up, so he had to restrain himself.
In the end, he only left a letter on the table and went out with the small parcel that his wife packed for him last night.
Su Jiuyue had a fairly regular lifestyle, and she woke up when the cock crowed for the third time. As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that Wu Xiyuan wasn't home. She was stunned for a moment, and quickly sat up and called out, "Xiyuan! Xiyuan! "
Wu Xiyuan had already left, so no one answered.
She then got up from the bed and ran to the yard to call him, but there was still no answer.
When she returned to her room, she saw a letter on the table.
She read it and found out that it was left by Xiyuan.
She didn't know many words, but she could guess what the letter said.
The general meaning of the letter was that Wu Xiyuan needed to go to school and asked Su Jiuyue to go back to the Xiayang Village. He was really worried about her staying alone in the town.
Su Jiuyue had come to accompany Wu Xiyuan. Now that he had left, there was no reason for her to stay.
She did intend to pack up the things and go back to the village. It was about time for spring ploughing, and her mother-in-law was old, and her sister-in-law was pregnant, so her family needed her more.
However, it seemed to be a bit of a waste if this house was empty. She guessed that Wu Xiyuan wouldn't return to this place anymore.
It's better to rent it out.
She had arranged everything. When she was about to return to her hometown, Liu Cuihua came again.
When Cuihua heard that Wu Xiyuan went to the city to study, she was happy and agreed with what Wu Xiyuan had written in the letter. She helped pack up and wanted to take Su Jiuyue back to her hometown.
Su Jiuyue said that there were still a lot of things to pack up, but Liu Cuihua stopped her.
"You didn't bring many things with you when you came here, and you only bought a few new things later. Just ask your father to rent them out with the house later."
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Su Jiuyue was brought back to the village by Liu Cuihua, but Wu Xiyuan encountered some trouble on the way.
As he was getting closer and closer to Yongcheng City, he suddenly saw many exiles.
He stopped a man and asked, and the man told him that the war in the North had begun again.
The Northern barbarian tribes were coming to attack, and the Great Zhou Kingdom with countless soldiers wouldn't be a coward at this time.
Under the leadership of general Su, all the soldiers fought bravely at the front line and blocked the barbarian tribes outside the pass.
Wu Xiyuan frowned. In his previous life, Yongzhou City was also besieged by enemies.
At that time, general Su and lord Yan had different opinions, and they couldn't convince each other, so they missed the best fighting opportunity.
In the end, one hundred thousand soldiers were killed and the whole battlefield was dyed red with blood. Only then did they achieve to defend the city.
In this life, although he didn't know what went wrong, general Su had already become lord Yan's father-in-law, so they might not have such divergence.
Carrying the parcel on his back, Wu Xiyuan hurried to the city. In the dim morning light, he seemed to see someone far away riding a horse and rushing over.
The man was wearing earthy yellow clothes, which were obviously not from the Great Zhou Kingdom. Wu Xiyuan got nervous.
There were already variables in this life. In other words, he might not live to more than 30 years old as he did in the previous life.
He had to take it seriously. He and Jiuyue hadn't married, consummated, and had a child yet. He couldn't die here.
He looked around and saw a haystack made by farmers not far away.
He made up his mind in an instant and ran quickly towards the haystack.
As soon as he got into the haystack, he heard the clip-clop sound outside.
He was a little confused. Since the barbarian tribes hadn't broken through the city, how could they be here?
His brain was running fast, and suddenly there was a rustling sound beside him.
He was stunned and then realized that there was someone else in the haystack beside him…
The two of them realized each other's existence, but neither of them made a sound.
About 10 minutes later, there was still no sound coming from outside.
Wu Xiyuan went out of the haystack quietly. He took off the grass crumbs on his body and looked around.
Noticing that there was no one around, he shouted at the haystack.
"Well, the people outside have left. You can come out now."
Hearing this, the person kept silent for a moment and then slowly crawled out.