Xun Nu pondered for a moment, raised his hand and pinched Tang Li's hand bones, then knelt on one knee and pinched Tang Li's leg bones, then stood up and said, "No need to become my disciple, I can teach you some Kung Fu. If you can master it, you should be able to protect yourself against ordinary people in the future. But I'm afraid you are not suitable for practicing swords and knives."
Tang Li rubbed the palm that was pinched by the little male god just now, and coughed lightly: "It's okay, I just want to learn some kung fu for self-defense. I can't learn it specifically like you."
The two agreed, and Tang Li got up early every morning to learn from Xun Nu in the yard.
"You're too weak." Xun Nu grabbed Tang Li's soft and slender wrist, his expression stern, "Don't hit with all your strength, it's impossible to cause any damage."
"Next, hit the exact spots I mentioned."
Tang Li didn't expect that when the sweet little male god taught her, he would be so strict as if he had become another person, with a stern face and a flat tone, and his movements were crisp and neat, which was simply scary. But this "fierce" little male god looked even more handsome, especially when he demonstrated to her, it was obviously the same movement, but he did it as fast as lightning, without any dragging, and the feeling of lifting a heavy weight with ease was not one percent of Tang Li's.
She had a gentle personality and subconsciously left some room every time she attacked. She didn't dare to use all her strength, especially when sparring with Xun Nu, for fear of hurting him.
Xunnu was also helpless and easily grabbed her hand again, "You are still too weak."
Tang Li had no choice but to give him a flattering smile, "I'll practice a few more times."
Xunnu paused, walked behind her, silently grabbed her arm, and swung her forward, "You have to do this, remember this arc and speed."
Tang Li felt that she might be asking for trouble by learning this from the little male god. She didn't really understand it in the first place, and being held by him to "practice" like this made it even harder for her to remember.
Just as she was thinking about it, Xun Nu raised his leg and lightly kicked her heel, forcing her to kick out with force, while explaining: "Kick out diagonally like this." He did this action without any warning, and Tang Li didn't have time to react at all, and fell directly out. Fortunately, Xun Nu grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
After Xun Nu let go of her hand, Tang Li lowered her head in shame, feeling like she had failed to meet her teacher's expectations when she first became an apprentice to learn cooking.
"That's all for today, we'll continue tomorrow." That was all Xun Nu said.
Tang Li was cutting vegetables in the kitchen. Her wrists were a little stiff and her finger joints were still red. Xun Nu, who was helping her, kept looking at her hands. When Tang Li put down the knife and rubbed her hands, he suddenly held her hand.
Xunnu held her hand and looked down, then said slowly in a low voice: "I'm sorry."
Tang Li's hand moved, but she didn't pull it back. "What's wrong? I just can't learn it well. I'll practice more tomorrow and it will be fine once I'm proficient."
Xunnu shook his head, "I haven't taught anyone before, maybe I don't know how to teach... Did I pinch your hand this morning and it hurt?"
Tang Li finally understood what he was concerned about and couldn't help laughing, "No, you taught me very well, I'm just not used to it. Learning anything requires hard work. I just started learning cooking knife skills and cut my hands many times."
Xunnu still held her hand, his thumb gently pressing her red joints, his brows slightly furrowed. He now understood what it meant to be reluctant to let go.
The hands that were soaked in cold water became warm after being held by Xunnu for a while, and both hands turned slightly red.
There was a shout from the shop in front, and Tang Li took her hand back and walked out with the tray. After a while, she hurried back, pulled Xunnu, looked at the curtain dangling at the kitchen door, and said hurriedly in a low voice: "Xunnu, there is a customer in the store, and I think he is not right."
Xunnu: "What?"
His calmness comforted Tang Li. Tang Li calmed down and explained, "When he came in, he sat in the corner, wearing a bamboo hat as if he was hiding from something. When he reached out to take out the money, I saw his sleeves showing fresh blood on them. There seemed to be blood stains between his fingers that had not been washed clean, and there were a few bloodstains on his shoes. Most importantly, I saw a wanted poster in front of the government office two days ago. The exiled villain who massacred more than a dozen families on it looked a bit like him, but I only took a look at him when he lifted his bamboo hat, so I can't be sure."
Xunnu pressed her shoulder, his tone unchanged: "Well, I know, I'll go and see, you are right here."
The man in the bamboo hat ordered a pot of wine and two plates of side dishes, sat in the corner for a while, and then left in a hurry when it was getting dark.
"What happened? Is he gone?" Tang Li lifted the curtain and walked out.
There were no customers in the store at this moment. Xunnu glanced at the sky outside and saw that it was beginning to drizzle. He raised his hand and raised the door. It was time to close the store.
"He is indeed a habitual murderer. Although I don't know him, I can smell a strong smell of blood on him. I guess he killed quite a few people not long ago." Xun Nu said a few simple sentences without any intention of elaborating.
After everyone left, Tang Li didn't continue the conversation and served the food and started eating.
In the middle of the night, the window of Xunnu's room was opened silently, and a figure climbed out of the window and disappeared into the night.
The drizzle gradually became heavier, and the whole city was silent and deserted in the heavy rain, shrouded in moist water vapor.
The man named Wang Huan woke up from his dream. He suddenly sat up, cautiously pushed open the window next to him, and peeked out through the crack. Outside, the rain curtain was all over the sky, and there was a vast mist, and there was nothing unusual. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, because he felt palpitations because of the nightmare just now. His throat was dry and he wanted to get out of bed to get some water. When he turned around, he found that a dark shadow had stood by the bed without knowing when.
Wang Huan immediately picked up a large knife beside him and held it in front of him, "Who!"
The figure asked, "Wang Huan?"
Wang Huan narrowed his eyes and found that the young man in front of him looked familiar. He seemed to be the owner of the small restaurant he had been to before. This made him a little confused for a while. After he realized what was happening, he immediately became ferocious and started to chop with his knife.
With a clang, his knife hit a hard object, and the recoil caused his palm to crack. Wang Huan finally felt scared and shouted, "Who are you and what do you want from me?"
"Kill you." After saying these two words, Xunnu, who was standing beside the bed, drew out his Xundao. The blade of the Xundao was as bright as snow, like a moon in the dark night, illuminating the side of the face of the man holding the knife.
When Wang Huan saw the knife shadow, he remembered something. His eyes suddenly widened, and his hand holding the knife began to tremble. He said in a lost voice: "It's you, you are that Xun! Who is it? Who actually went to the Refining Domain to buy my life!"
Xunnu: "No one can buy your life."
Wang Huan didn't believe it. Everyone knew that this number one killer in the Refining Domain would not strike easily, and when he did, it was a business worth millions of dollars. He had only killed a hundred people, and at best he was a petty thief, with no reputation in the martial arts world. If no one paid to buy his life, how could he bother this great god to come in person? Not only that, in order to find out his background, he was actually undercover in that small shop to observe him. He was so meticulous in dealing with a small character like him, it was really scary!
The more he thought about it, the more cold sweat rolled down Wang Huan's forehead. He looked at the figure standing quietly in the dark night and felt that he was shrouded in the shadow of death. He could hardly think of escaping. Such momentum and murderous aura were so oppressive.
"Please, please let me go. I am just a nobody and we have no grudges against each other. I am willing to give all my gold and silver, just to spare my life!"
It suddenly started to rain heavily outside, and a string of blood suddenly splattered on the bed curtains inside the room. The headless body fell on the bed, and the bleeding head rolled off the bed and stopped at Xunnu's feet, with fear still in its bulging eyes.
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It rained all night last night and Tang Li slept very soundly. She got up a little late in the morning. She hurriedly tied her hair up and pushed the door open. She saw smoke rising from the kitchen. It seemed that Xun Nu had gotten up early and lit a fire.
Tang Li smiled slightly and was just about to go to the kitchen to ask the young master if he wanted to practice kung fu today, when her eyes accidentally swept across a corner of the courtyard and suddenly stopped.
There was a round cloth bag in the corner, with stains underneath. The surrounding soil was slightly red, probably because the rain diluted the blood. When you get closer, you can smell a mixture of earthy and bloody smells.
Could this be a human head? Tang Li stood nearby, looking at the shape, wanting to open the package to see if it was what she had guessed.
"Don't come near, it's dirty." Xun Nu walked out of the kitchen and came to her side quietly, scaring Tang Li.
"What's in here?" Tang Li asked carefully.
Xunnu: "It's the wanted criminal from yesterday. When the government office opens in a while, I'll take it over to claim the reward."
Tang Li suddenly remembered the bounty amount, which was three hundred taels. Her shop had been open for several days, but it had not yet started to make a profit. Could it be that the little male god was worried that her shop would go bankrupt because of her poor management, so he went out in the middle of the night to earn extra money to support his family
Tang Li looked at Xun Nu, not quite sure how to react.
Xun Nu didn't know what she was thinking. He pulled her away from the head package and motioned her to go to the kitchen. "There are many villains like this. They enjoy killing people. Although their martial arts skills are not high, they are more than enough to deal with ordinary people. It is too dangerous to let him wander around in this city."
Tang Li understood that the little male god was not after the reward, but was worried about her.
Her heart pounded for a while. Tang Li looked at Xun Nu's tall and broad back and suddenly felt an indescribable sense of security. Since she came to this world, only Xun Nu could give her such a sense of security. Sometimes, she really hoped that Xun Nu could love her as much as he loved Chu Li in the original book. If that were the case, she would definitely take good care of him and cherish him.
"Xunnu."
Xunnu turned around.
Tang Li took two quick steps forward and hugged him.
"You are so nice to me, is it because you saved you once in Ghost Crying Plain?"
Xunnu looked down at the top of her head and said, "I should repay you for saving my life."
Tang Li's grip tightened.
"But everything I do now is because I love you."
Tang Li thought she had misheard for a moment. She was stunned for a moment, let go of Xun Nu and wanted to look up to see his expression, but Xun Nu raised his hand and hugged her back, pressing her head in his arms.
"I like you and want to protect you." He said again, his voice even lower and hoarse than before.
Tang Li could clearly hear the rapid beating of her own heart, and the same vibrations coming from Xunnu's chest. She clutched the clothes behind Xunnu and felt that she had suddenly sunk into a dream, or fallen into the clouds.
"Me too... I like you, too." Tang Li said this in a daze.
It's strange to say, over the years, many people have confessed their love to her, and even several men she met through blind dates proposed to her and put on a big show to propose to her, but she felt nothing. She has never felt so nervous, happy, and at a loss as she does now.
Perhaps it was because she understood that the men she had met before, who said they liked her and wanted to marry her, did so because they wanted a good wife and mother, or simply thought they were suitable. But when Xunnu looked at her, it was just her.
This is a world completely different from the one she is used to. It is cruel, but also has a different kind of romance. At least their meeting is something she had never imagined, and the same goes for falling in love.
Suddenly, his feet were in the air. Xunnu picked up Tang Li and put her on the window sill. He looked directly at Tang Li, whose face was slightly red. His slender and broad hands stroked her cheeks, and his eyes were darker and brighter than before. His Adam's apple rolled twice, "You... really like me?"
Tang Li smiled with her eyes downcast, "Yeah, I like you." After saying that, she raised her eyes generously, looked directly at Xun Nu, and said, "I liked you from the beginning, and I like you even more now." She thought that her real age was at least a few years older than the little male god, and she should behave more generously at this moment, but when she met Xun Nu's eyes, she lowered her head unconsciously, full of shyness.
She suddenly heard a light laugh, very short, with a hoarse and sexy ending. She looked up and found that Xunnu smiled. This was the first time she saw Xunnu smile, although it was very short and fleeting, but she did see it clearly. In contrast to his laughter, that smile also carried the shyness and joy of a young man.
After being stunned for a while, Tang Li leaned forward, put her arms around Xun Nu's neck, and gently and proactively offered her lips.
The author has something to say: I, the author of sweet stories, deserve the title.