CHAPTER 22: CHAPTER 22: LI QINGMU, I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

Long Yue came out from Mrs. Li Zhou’s room and went to rest. When she woke up in the morning, she noticed the ground was damp, and a thin layer of moss had grown between the cracks in the stones.

A subtle chill lingered in the refreshing air, and when Long Yue calculated, it turned out that it was indeed around the time of ’End of Heat’.

"The exam dates are approaching."

Long Yue muttered.

The dynasty she was in now was called "Dazhou", and the Emperor of Zhou was revered as Emperor Zhou. The exams in Dazhou were held in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, roughly around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

So Li Qingmu would not be able to spend this Mid-Autumn Festival at home. Long Yue thought about spending her first festival with her husband apart and felt uncomfortable.

She glanced at the empty bed beside her, estimated that this guy had gone to the county to sell calligraphy and paintings, so she said nothing and got up to wash.

After breakfast, Qiao’er came over, and then Li Xiangxiang and Li Qingxue followed.

These two were assigned to thread needles. Li Xiangxiang said nothing, but Li Qingxue had some complaints, clamoring to learn embroidery.

"If you can’t withstand the boredom, then don’t learn!"

Long Yue only said a word, which immediately shut Li Qingxue up.

She looked at Long Yue with some resentment but dared not act rashly due to Long Yue’s reputation as the Evil Woman Li and because she needed something from her.

The day passed peacefully.

In the evening, Li Qingmu returned from outside.

"Wife, I went to the county city today and ran into classmates. They said the teacher intends to take advantage of the coming days to review the lessons and then presumably send us to the provincial city... Hmm, wife?"

Li Qingmu opened his mouth as soon as he entered the door, and upon seeing his little wife sitting by the window in a daze, he promptly called out.

Long Yue was considering that relying only on embroidery would not earn much money and was thinking of finding other work, so she was distracted. Being called out by him brought her back to reality, and she responded instinctively, "That’s good!"

Li Qingmu looked at her with some grievance, "Wife, the school is far from home. I can return only once every few days. Will you miss me?"

Long Yue glanced coolly at the man, wondering when this guy had become so pretentious. Why was there so much nonsense about going to school?

The Li family lived in the southern countryside of the county city, and the school was in the northern part. It spanned the entire county, and going back and forth took more than two hours, so after going to school, Li Qingmu only came back once every five or six days.

That’s why he asked if she would miss him.

Long Yue said irritably, "No!"

Li Qingmu looked hurt, "Wife has no love for her husband, eh!"

Long Yue saw his aggrieved rabbit-like look and felt like giving him a good beating. She said angrily, "You torment me all day long, I’d be crazy to miss you!"

The man immediately replied, "Only at night, not during the day."

Long Yue almost spat out blood, this man, so shameless!

At this moment, the man suddenly approached, wrapped her in his arms, and whispered with a smile, "Alright, husband knows. In these days, you should rest well at home and eat more. If you want a horse to run fast, it has to eat grass, right?"

He finished with a gentle flick on her nose.

Horse? Long Yue glared at him and gave him a kick without any courtesy, but this guy had anticipated it, easily catching her small hand.

"Wife, we’ll be separated for quite a few days. That... tonight, can you let your husband..."

"Scram!!"

"Quack, quack!"

A flock of crows was startled by the shout and flew into the sky...

The next day, Long Yue and Li Qingmu went to the county city together. He went to school, and Long Yue went to the embroidery workshop. Before parting, the man pecked Long Yue’s forehead lightly.

Long Yue looked at him disdainfully but didn’t forget to remind him, "Be careful not to be tricked by Qian Duoduo."

Qian Duoduo referred to Qian Yi, who a few days ago at the lotus pond tried to molest Long Yue. So when she mentioned it, Li Qingmu’s eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.

He whispered, "Wife, are you worried about your husband?"

"Not at all, I’d very much like him to beat you to a pulp!"

Li Qingmu, "..."

Ignoring the man’s slightly darkened face, Long Yue strode off.

"Brother Li?"

A voice came from behind, and Li Qingmu turned around to see Xiang Yin, so he asked, "Has Brother Xiang’s illness recovered?"

Xiang Yin’s face turned pale instantly, then showed a wry smile, "Yes, much better now..."

This man is a demon, draining blood and devouring flesh, a demon despised by heaven and earth! Ever since that incident, Xiang Yin has been genuinely afraid of Li Qingmu, worrying every time he sees him and someone starts a confrontation that he might go berserk and commit some ghastly acts.

That day, Miss Lu approached him to play, so he went along. Who would have thought that upon passing a certain embroidery workshop, they encountered this demon, and Miss Lu Qianqian foolishly quarreled with him. He saw the fleeting harshness in Li Qingmu’s eyes, and was terrified out of his wits, then upon returning home...

Xiang Yin was thinking about this, and cold sweat broke out on his back again.

At this moment, Li Qingmu stepped forward and patted his shoulder, "Brother Xiang, once some things are past, let them be past. Don’t always keep them in mind. Many times, it’s not intentional but out of helplessness, isn’t it?"

"Mm..."

Xiang Yin responded dully, but the cold sweat on his body increased.

Seeing him like this, Li Qingmu knew that this person had been scared out of his wits, and now even trying to comfort him might be perceived as a threat, so he simply said nothing more.

Xiang Yin, lost in thought, followed him to the school, and found that quite a few people were already there. Just as he entered the door, he heard a roar: "Li Qingmu, you bastard, you’ve finally come, I’m going to annihilate you!"

Saying this, a brush loaded with ink flew over. Li Qingmu, quick-eyed and nimble, dodged, but Xiang Yin, slower by a beat, got hit in the face by the brush, instantly becoming a black-faced sunflower.

Bewildered, he looked over to see the person swearing was none other than the notorious troublemaker in the school, Qian Duoduo.

"Qian Duo... Qian Yi, what do you think you’re doing?"

Having been splashed with ink, Xiang Yin was ironically less scared than before, even feeling a sense of mistaken relief that he had blocked a blow for Li Qingmu and that maybe Qian Yi wouldn’t come after him again.

He was irritated that Qian Yi kept flirting with danger, not only causing trouble for himself but potentially dragging them into it as well.

"Nonsense! What else can I do? I want to kill Li Qingmu, that bastard from his family almost got me killed!"

Qian Yi cursed jumping with rage.

A streak of darkness passed through Li Qingmu’s eyes, and he coldly said, "Qian Yi, what did my wife do to you?"

He felt a bit angry; his little wife had been harassed, and he hadn’t even confronted him, yet the troublemaker came looking for him instead?

Li Qingmu asked about the incident afterward, knowing that Qian Yi inexplicably fell into the water at that time, surely his little wife’s doing, but he would certainly never admit to it!

Seeing Li Qingmu’s unwillingness to admit demeanor, Qian Yi got even angrier and shouted, "Li Qingmu, your foul wife pushed me into the water and nearly drowned me! This matter isn’t over!"