“Sister Yue Lian, you get out of the way first.”
Qin Si softly comforted her, then looked at Zhao Da Wu, his eyes flashing with killing intent.
If he had been one step later, this beautiful widowed neighbor who had shared her food and saved his life would have been bullied by the beast in front of him.
If it weren't for the fact that killing was illegal, the hunting rifle in his hand would have already gone off.
Such a scum, he deserved to die!
“Friend, it's all a misunderstanding.”
Zhao Da Wu raised his hands and slowly turned around. When he saw Qin Si's true face, he was furious:
“Qin Si, you useless piece of trash, dare to point a gun at me?”
Having been entangled with Chen Yue Lian for many years, he couldn't be unaware of her neighbor.
An orphan with both parents dead, he was only seventeen years old this year.
He, Zhao Da Wu, was actually being pointed at by such a little brat. It was a disgrace to him.
Zhao Da Wu was tall and imposing. As he got angry, he looked down at Qin Si, his momentum rising instantly.
Chen Yue Lian was startled, her hands tightly gripping Qin Si's shirt.
“Too much talk?”
Qin Si stepped forward, directly shoving the barrel of the gun into Zhao Da Wu's mouth, his voice cold:
“Not afraid of death, try it?”
The chill in his eyes made it impossible for anyone to say that Qin Si wouldn't fire. Zhao Da Wu, who was just a bullying hooligan, was immediately intimidated by that fierce gaze.
His legs went weak, almost collapsing.
He mumbled and shook his head:
“No... I dare not, I dare not anymore!”
Not to mention Zhao Da Wu, even Chen Yue Lian couldn't believe that Qin Si, who was once timid and taciturn, could actually burst out with such a powerful presence.
“Get out, dare to come back, die!”
Qin Si was concise and to the point.
“Okay, okay... I'm going now.”
Zhao Da Wu, as if he had been granted amnesty, ran out of the door, as if he had just escaped with his life.
As he ran out of the yard, feeling resentful, he turned his head back, ready to throw a few harsh words, but he saw something terrifying.
His pupils contracted, his face filled with terror.
Qin Si was leaning against the wooden door, holding the hunting rifle aimed at him.
“Don't!”
Bang!
The hunting rifle fired, hitting Zhao Da Wu's leg, causing him to fall to the ground.
Zhao Da Wu didn't expect Qin Si to actually fire.
Chen Yue Lian tightly covered her mouth, her heart filled with astonishment.
Seeing Qin Si start reloading again, Zhao Da Wu instantly got up.
Ignoring his injury, he scurried away, limping and stumbling.
He soon disappeared into the night.
The gunshots and Zhao Da Wu's pleas for mercy spread through Qinjia Village. The villagers, who were already afraid of being implicated, huddled under their blankets, not daring to show their faces.
Click!
After confirming that Zhao Da Wu had run far away, Qin Si sat down on the doorstep, his face pale.
“Qin Si, are you okay?” Chen Yue Lian asked anxiously, “Are you hurt anywhere? Tell me quickly.”
Chen Yue Lian searched for any injuries on Qin Si's body. The front of his shirt, which had been torn, swayed.
A glimpse of a large, snowy expanse, still trembling, flashed before his eyes.
Qin Si felt uncomfortable, his gaze shifting away.
“Sister, I'm fine, I'm just starving.”
He had gone up the mountain to hunt before dawn, and he had been tossing and turning until now, when it was almost dark. He hadn't eaten a single thing during that time, and Qin Si was so weak from hunger.
He had just been holding on.
“Really not injured?” Chen Yue Lian asked with concern.
“Really not.”
“Alright, you go lie down on the kang and rest, I'll go get you something to eat.”
Chen Yue Lian helped Qin Si onto the kang, and when she bent down, she saw Qin Si's gaze. Only then did she realize that her chest was already exposed.
Her face flushed, and she gave him a scolding look.
“Still looking!”
“Ahem.”
Qin Si coughed, shifting his gaze, feeling a little embarrassed.
It wasn't that he was lustful, it was just that the scenery was too beautiful.
Chen Yue Lian blushed, used a needle and thread to sew a few stitches in her shirt, barely covering the spring scenery, then hurried into the kitchen.
After searching the kitchen, she gritted her teeth and took out two sweet potatoes, then ladled out a large bowl of brown rice.
She was going to cook them together in the pot.
There wasn't much food left in the house, and this meal was considered a feast.
She had been saved, so she should repay him.
“Sister Yue Lian, wait!”
Qin Si stepped into the kitchen and stopped Chen Yue Lian, who was about to pour the rice, taking out twenty pounds of white rice and twenty pounds of pork.
“Almost forgot, cook this.”
“So much meat?!” Chen Yue Lian opened the bag and exclaimed, “So much rice, it's even white rice, where did you get it?”
Snow-white white rice, nowadays who could afford to eat so well?
And that big chunk of meat, just looking at it made her mouth water.
“You take it back,” Chen Yue Lian pushed the bag into Qin Si's arms, saying earnestly, “You helped me, it's only right for me to make you a meal, why would you need to give me food.”
“I have plenty more, just cook it.”
Qin Si finished speaking, turned and left the kitchen, his tone leaving no room for argument.
Chen Yue Lian opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't say anything else, and began to start the fire and cook.
Qin Si lay down on the kang, his cold body gradually warming up, it was indescribably comfortable.
There were many trees in the mountains, and the villagers never lacked firewood.
The kang was burning hot, the room was much warmer than outside.
Soon, the meal was ready.
Chen Yue Lian brought it over.
A large bowl of white rice, covered with slices of meat, drizzled with a few spoonfuls of chili peppers.
It smelled delicious.
Qin Si was starving, he took it and dug in, swallowing a few mouthfuls, his face filled with satisfaction.
“Sister, where's your food?”
Chen Yue Lian turned her back to Qin Si, mending her coat. Hearing this, she turned her head and smiled at him.
“I already ate, I'm not hungry, just eat yours.”
She said it lightly.
But her throat couldn't help but twitch a few times, as if trying to hide it, she quickly turned back around.
Qin Si saw through her disguise, and directly put down his bowl and chopsticks.
“What's wrong, did Sister not like what you made?”
“It's delicious.”
“Then you…”
“If you don't eat, I won't either, we'll starve together.”
Hearing this, Chen Yue Lian's heart trembled, her eyes welled up.
She didn't know how long it had been since someone cared about her like this.
It took her a while to recover.
She secretly wiped away her tears, turned around and tapped Qin Si's forehead, scolding him playfully:
“You've grown up, you have your own ideas now, Sister will listen to you, alright?”
“Yeah.”
Qin Si nodded.
Soon, Chen Yue Lian went to the kitchen and brought over a bowl of food.
Qin Si had a large bowl, hers was a small bowl.
It was her own little stubbornness, the meat slices on the white rice were clearly counted, three slices.
Qin Si didn't say anything, silently splitting his meat slices in half and giving them to her.
Chen Yue Lian's heart warmed when she saw this.
Their eyes met, and both of them smiled.
Winter was cold, and the two of them, relying on each other, warmed each other.
Their hearts, unconsciously, drew closer…
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