Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 454 - 452

Chapter 454: 452

The two of them walked in, but there wasn’t a soul inside the cave.

Hisss, hisss... Three venomous snakes slithered rapidly towards them, and in an instant, they had already bitten their feet.

Feeling a sharp pain in their lower legs, they looked down and discovered it was snakes. Their expressions changed as they instantly shook off two of the snakes. At the same time, they chopped down on the main body, known as Qi Cun, of the other snake.

The two tossed-aside snakes quickly crawled back towards them again.

Given that they were both trained killers, they were hardly fearful of two mere snakes. They swiftly killed the snakes.

"In this deep winter, shouldn’t snakes be in hibernation? Why did they come out to bite people?"

"I’m afraid we might have disturbed their peace! Who knows! We must hurry, that was a king cobra! If we don’t find a doctor to remedy the venom, you want to die here?" The second man in black greatly regretted not considering the possibility of snakes hiding in the cave.

Only after the two men had left for quite some time did Shangguan Xuanyi come out from the space he was hiding in. After disposing of the snake bodies inside the cave, he allowed Xiao’er to follow.

Xiao’er’s face was both red and white; red because she was embarrassed, and white because she was scared of the snakes inside Shangguan Xuanyi’s spatial ring.

"Why would you store poison snakes in your space! How terrifying!" The problem was, if there were snakes in his space, he should not have dragged her in there with him! She too had a spatial ability, okay?

"I’m sorry, I had noticed them hibernating when we first entered the cave, so I brought them into my space, thinking they could be used as a weapon if someone came looking for us," Shangguan Xuanyi said, licking the lip that Xiao’er had bitten causing him to feel aggrieved.

Given his body condition at that moment, he could have fainted at any time. Therefore the more fighting advantages he had, the better. That’s why he thought of storing the snakes in his space as a backup plan.

But who would have expected that she would get scared and bite him!

While the two of them were being intimate, they heard some movements outside. Xiao’er instinctively pushed him away. But he who had tasted nectar was unwilling to let go. He secured her head with his hand, preventing her from hiding, tightened his arm around her waist, kissed her while pulling her into his space. Between her fits of resistance, Xiao’er’s eyes shot open, and as soon as they entered the space, she locked eyes with three pairs of snake eyes!

The sight terrified her to the point where she tightened her grip around Shangguan Xuanyi’s neck, wound her legs around his waist, and hung on to him, biting his lip in reflex.

So, Shangguan Xuanyi was injured in grand fashion!

Seeing Shangguan Xuanyi licking his lips, Xiao’er glanced at his busted and swollen lips, and sheepishly looked away, proceeding to survey her surroundings: "There are no other snakes in this cave, right?"

"Don’t worry, there’s none left. I’ve thoroughly checked. If there was another snake, I’d be worried that you’d eat up even my tongue," Shangguan Xuanyi joked, before bringing out some things to make a bed.

"How could I bite you if you won’t let go of me! This is your own doing!" Hearing his words, Xiao’er couldn’t help but complain.

"Alright, it was my fault. I should have let the snakes out first before bringing you into my space. A slight lack of patience leads to a great loss indeed. Guess I can’t steal a kiss from you for a day or two."

"Lewd!" Hearing his words, Xiao’er couldn’t help but curse him!

Once Shangguan Xuanyi had made the bed, he pulled Xiao’er down to sit: "Alright, sit with me for a while. I’ll sleep here tonight and you can sleep inside the space, then you won’t have to worry about snakes."

Once you’re inside the space of Shangguan Xuanyi’s spatial ring, you wouldn’t be able to see or hear anything outside.

If they both slept inside the space, even if Zhao Yong and his men found them, they wouldn’t know. Therefore, Shangguan Xuanyi needed to sleep outside.

Xiao’er shook her head, saying that they should enjoy fortune and endure misfortune together. It was unreasonable for him to be the only one guarding outside. Moreover, his injury hadn’t healed yet: "No need, it was just a shock seeing them suddenly. If it comes down to it, I could even kill them."

Shangguan Xuanyi knew this of course, that apart from not having inner strength, her combat abilities were exceptional.

Xiao’er took out a large black sheet from her space: "Brother Shangguan, let’s use the sheet to cover the entrance of the cave. That way, we can take out the night pearls without worrying about the light leaking out, and it’ll also block the mountain wind."

"Alright, I’ll do it!" Shangguan Xuanyi took the cloth from Xiao’er, stood up, walked to the mouth of the cave, and taking out a hammer and some nails from his space, he fixed the cloth to the cave wall, covering up the entrance.

He didn’t seal it completely and left a small gap at the bottom for air circulation.

Those two killers who had been searching nearby had been bitten by the snakes and had retreated for now, so there wouldn’t likely be more killers coming for a while. At least tonight was safe. If he wasn’t worried that killing those two directly would bring more killers over, he wouldn’t have simply used the poisoning snakes."

After everything was taken care of, Xiao’er took out a basin of water from her space, they washed their hands, and then she took out a roasted chicken for them to share.

"Alright, let’s fill our bellies and sleep! I’m starving!" Xiao’er broke off a chicken leg and gave it to Shangguan Xuanyi, and then broke off another chicken leg, planning to eat it herself.

Shangguan Xuanyi seized her hand, snatching the roasted chicken leg from it: "You just woke up and your stomach hasn’t had much intake for the last few months. Starting with such greasy food will likely upset your stomach."

Having said that, he snatched the chicken leg from Xiao’er’s hand and took out a pot of hot lean meat porridge from his spatial ring, "Eat some porridge tonight. Otherwise, your stomach may ache. I personally cooked this porridge and stored it in my space to eat while we’re on the move."

Shangguan Xuanyi’s words were reasonable, so Xiao’er lowered her head and silently ate the plain lean meat porridge he had personally prepared. It was tasteless.

Shangguan Xuanyi, on the other hand, was happily eating the delicious roasted chicken.

From time to time, Xiao’er would glance at him with a pitiful gaze.

Was this fair? He was eating chicken, while she was drinking porridge! What about their vows to share in both fortune and adversity?

Catching her pitiful gaze, Shangguan Xuanyi said, "Good girl, I took a long time to make that porridge, eat slowly! When you’re better, we’ll eat roasted chicken together. It’s been a long time since I’ve tasted such delicious roasted chicken. Is there more?"

Shangguan Xuanyi discarded the last chicken bone, and looked longingly at Xiao’er.

Hearing his words, Xiao’er got even more irritated. When she got better, why did he need to accompany her? She could eat by herself!

Having eaten a whole chicken, he still wanted more! Xiao’er was so furious that she wished she could throw the bowl of tasteless porridge at him: "There’s no more, if you’re still hungry, eat the porridge!"

"Sure!" Shangguan Xuanyi grabbed Xiao’er’s hand and spooned a bit of the porridge to taste, "It’s sweet, could it be I accidentally mistook sugar for salt?"

"What sweet? It’s tasteless! I was about to ask you if you forgot to add salt!" Recalling the tasteless porridge, Xiao’er couldn’t help but complain.

"Really? Perhaps it’s because you fed it to me, that’s why I find it sweet. Maybe if I fed it to you, you would find it sweet too. Here, open up, eat quickly!"

Shangguan Xuanyi spooned out some porridge and offered it to her.

Xiao’er opened her mouth and ate it but it was still tasteless, making her upset: "Liar!"

Nevertheless, she ended up finishing the bowl of porridge. She was genuinely hungry after all.

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