Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 211 - 209: A Match Made in Heaven

Xiao’er took off like a shot into the forest, and no matter how much Shangguan Xuanyi called, she didn’t come back.

He could only scramble hastily to the shore, not even bothering to put on his shoes as he went after her.

He used his Qinggong skills, reaching her with two leaps.

"I’ve heard rumors of women being molested in these woods, don’t go," he warned.

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er was a tad surprised. She had often heard about rapists in historical dramas, could they be here as well?

"Brother Shangguan, are there rapists here?" she asked.

Rapists—what kind of description was that? This girl’s expressions were genuinely one of a kind!

"No, just ill-mannered spoiled rich kids. Let’s go, sit by the riverbank, don’t leave my sight."

This place had beautiful, open scenery and attracted quite a few young misters and misses every year for outings and horseback riding.

If they encountered some spoiled brats, getting harassed wasn’t entirely unlikely.

Xiao’er was not one to look for trouble, so she nodded.

"Then I’ll go fishing with you!" She wasn’t one to sit still either.

Shangguan Xuanyi looked exasperatedly at the sky, wondering why she couldn’t just sit quietly.

"The river water is ice-cold, it’s not good for women to soak in it. Just sit and wait," he said. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Shangguan Xuanyi pulled her back to the stone by the river and had her sit down.

Xiao’er watched as Shangguan Xuanyi rolled up his robe, revealing his fair feet covered in mud and grass.

"Brother Shangguan, your feet are so white!" she exclaimed.

Upon hearing her words, Shangguan Xuanyi’s ears turned red.

He glanced down at his own feet and, leaving her with a "sit quietly", he returned to the river.

That was the first time he had run away in embarrassment!

Observing this, Xiao’er couldn’t help but laugh. Just one innocent comment had made him blush?

He must have pretty thin skin.

Xiao’er walked to the water’s edge, "Brother Shangguan, I have some bait. I’ll help lure some fish over."

Xiao’er squatted at the river’s edge and spread some bait in her palm before dipping her hand into the water.

Shangguan Xuanyi assumed that she was just playing around, and as long as she didn’t go into the water, he decided to indulge her. As for whether she’d be able to attract any fish, he didn’t care.

At that moment, a few young men and women arrived nearby, and four of the men also entered the river to fish.

The girls on the shore giggled at Xiao’er’s words.

"That girl must be an idiot, thinking she can lure fish over like that? So embarrassing." One girl in green laughed gleefully.

"Exactly, such a waste of that pretty face." Another girl in pink shook her head, an expression of pity on her face.

"First time seeing such a beautiful fool," added a girl in purple with a similar tone of regret.

The girls kept laughing and chatting, all of them pretty as peonies, but their words revealed a lack of grace.

Xiao’er glanced at them and was about to retort.

However, Shangguan Xuanyi threw a lump of mud, effectively silencing the first girl that spoke.

He then lowered his head, continuing to hunt for fish in the water.

The girl was clueless about what had just happened, her mouth stuffed with mud, and she swallowed a lump of it inadvertently.

A second girl suddenly shrieked, "Why are you eating mud!"

Upon her realization, the girl began gagging, vomiting profusely.

Maids were rushing around getting drinks of water and cleaning up, creating quite a fuss.

At that moment, all the fish in the river swarmed towards Xiao’er’s hand, "Brother Shangguan, quickly, pick the big ones!"

Xiao’er took the opportunity to release two big fish from the space.

Shangguan Xuanyi also noticed that all the fish in the river were swimming towards Xiao’er.

He walked over, his keen eyes landing on the two large fish Xiao’er had let out. Swiftly, he caught them and tossed them ashore.

The bait in Xiao’er’s hand was quickly eaten up, and she withdrew her hand.

"Brother Shangguan, come up. those two fish will be enough for us," she called.

Realizing there was no more food, the fish began to disperse.

The young men at the other end rushed over, wanting to catch some fish.

But even though Xiao’er had lured many fish over, it wasn’t that easy to catch them. After a lot of splashing around, each of them caught a small fish.

By the time they wanted to catch more, most of the fish had swum away.

"She actually attracted the fish over!" The girl in the purple dress said in surprise.

The girl in green just finished rinsing her mouth, then she could speak.

She stormed up to Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi, "You, did you do this!" She demanded.

The other girls also walked over with their maids when they saw the commotion.

Xiao’er glanced at her, then lowered her head to observe Shangguan Xuanyi cleaning the fish.

Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t even glance at her, let alone engage in a conversation.

"Have you cleaned fish before? You seem very proficient."

"Never, this is my first time," Shangguan Xuanyi replied, as he deftly scraped clean the fish with a dagger, then cut open its chubby belly.

Hearing this, Xiao’er nodded and joked, "So you’re a born fish-killer!"

Shangguan Xuanyi laughed at that, "And you, a born fish-raiser?"

No fish would have come to her so voluntarily, not even if she’d raised them herself!

One born to kill fish, and the other to raise fish; weren’t they a perfect match? Shangguan Xuanyi thought amusingly.

"I’m a born nurturer. Anything can thrive under my care," Xiao’er said, half-joking, half-serious.

"That, I can agree with," Shangguan Xuanyi nodded in agreement.

"Hey! Are you deaf or dumb? I’m talking to you! Idiot, you..." finally losing her cool, the girl in green began shouting at them, losing her temper as they kept ignoring her.

Never before had anyone ever dared to treat her like this!

With a flick of his dagger, Shangguan Xuanyi propelled the fish intestines towards the mouth of the girl in the green dress.

"Erm... ugh..." The fishy smell and bitter taste filled her mouth and nose, causing her to retch and vomit uncontrollably.

"Let’s go find some firewood." Shangguan Xuanyi picked up the cleaned fish, washed his hands, and started walking towards the woods, Xiao’er by his side.

"Don’t leave!"

"This is too much!"

"I dare you to leave!"

"How audacious! Do you even know who she is, you dare to just walk away after doing this!" The crowd was up in arms, unable to believe that they would walk away after stuffing the girl’s mouth with mud and fish intestines!

Several people started to argue, blocking their path.

Only then did Shangguan Xuanyi bother to look at them, speaking only two words: "Move aside."

Audacious? No one has ever said such a word to him before!

"Move aside? What a joke! Do you plan to just walk away like this?" The girl in the pink dress was emboldened by the numbers, sure that four men and four servants would be able to defeat him.

However, who was this young man? He was exceptionally handsome and aristocratic.

"And what if I do?" Shangguan Xuanyi replied, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Of course you have to apologize and compensate us properly. You even have to let her eat a mouthful of mud and a mouthful of fish guts. We won’t let you go unless you do!" The girl in pink pointed at Xiao’er, speaking arrogantly.