At the beginning of Niujia Village, my sister-in-law and I depended on each other.

"Not as good as me..."

Niu Dingtian pondered for a moment.

After several months of training, it is unknown how big the gap is between his current martial arts and those of Murong Bo, Xiao Yuanshan and others. He has to find someone to try it on.

After making up his mind, he glanced out the window a few times, and in a flash, he picked up the dazed Wang Yuyan and rushed out of the house.

Half an hour later, he avoided the people from Mantuo Villa who were searching the lake and returned to the thatched hut, but he didn't know what time it was.

After applying medicine to the woman and bandaging her wound, Niu Dingtian asked Wang Yuyan to help her change her underwear. Then he left the two girls in the room to squeeze on the bed and went back to the pavilion to meditate and rest.

The next morning——

After the heavy rain stopped and he finished his internal energy training, Niu Dingtian picked up the Shura Sword and began to practice his sword skills on the beach in the morning light.

The knife belonged to the woman in black, and it was much more convenient to use than his own kitchen knife.

As for the sword techniques, they are the Breaking Precepts Sword Technique, the Burning Wood Sword Technique, and the Bodhi Sword Technique. They were obtained from the Shaolin Sutra Library in the previous life.

At that time, he took 56 out of the 72 unique skills. Although he did not practice them in depth later, he always treated them as reference and kept reading and comprehending them. In this life, he was able to practice them with great ease.

"She's awake?"

Sensing approaching footsteps, Niu Dingtian stopped, sheathed his scimitar, and looked up at the girl with disheveled hair standing beside the pavilion.

Wang Yuyan did not reply immediately. She looked confused and it was obvious that she did not sleep well last night.

After a long pause, she seemed to remember her current situation, frowned and said in a muffled voice:

"She doesn't seem to like me."

"do not like you?"

There was surprise in Niu Dingtian's eyes.

But considering the woman's personality, it's normal for her to be a little hostile.

Seeing that Niu Dingtian was silent, Wang Yuyan glanced at the thatched cottage and whispered:
"As soon as she woke up, she glared at me fiercely. I didn't dare to stay in there."

"I'll go in and take a look first." Niu Dingtian said gently, "Miss Wang, you can have some tea in the pavilion. I'll go prepare breakfast later."

After saying that, he brewed a bowl of tea with Wang Yuyan and then walked towards the thatched cottage.

When I entered the thatched hut, I saw that the woman had changed into her previous black gauze dress at some point. She was now lying quietly on the bed, staring blankly at the beams.

"How do you feel, girl?" Niu Dingtian walked to the bedside and asked softly.

He felt somewhat guilty towards the girl. Although she was a bit rude, it was more likely due to her introverted personality.

No matter what, the pinch I gave her last night was indeed a bit rude.

Seeing that the girl ignored him and just lay there in a daze, Niu Dingtian moved forward and looked down.

The woman in black met his gaze and stared at him subconsciously for a moment.

When he reacted, there was no hesitation in those bright eyes. He raised his right hand and slapped the face in front of him hard.

Niu Dingtian couldn't help but be stunned. No matter in his previous life or this life, this was the first time someone slapped him in the face.

The slap just touched her cheek, and she could even feel the cold and smooth touch on her palm. Niu Dingtian quickly grabbed the girl's wrist, was silent for a long time, and said softly:
"No matter if you are a man or a woman, you can't slap someone in the face. You attacked me first last night, so I fought back to protect myself, which is understandable. If you really want to vent your anger, I'll let you hit me in other places."

"Let go!"

The woman in black said coldly.

Although his tone was cold, his voice was like the sound of wind blowing through a bell, clear and melodious. As he spoke, two cold eyes shot straight at Niu Dingtian.

"Actually, I just didn't want the girl to force herself to leave last night. It wasn't that I couldn't bear to leave the boat. I never thought you would jump into the lake directly."

Niu Dingtian sighed, loosened his wrist, looked at the girl, and asked thoughtfully:

"What do you want for breakfast? I'll go into town to buy it later."

The woman in black ignored him and slowly sat up. Her eyes fell on the Shura Knife in Niu Dingtian's hand and she said coldly:
"Give me back the knife!"

Seeing this, Niu Dingtian picked up the Shura Sword, took a look at it, and handed it over.

After seeing blood last night and practicing freely this morning, he felt somewhat happy.

The precious sword was right in front of her, and the woman in black raised her hand to take it. However, just when her arm was halfway raised, her face turned pale and it fell down.

"The wound is a little festering, so try to move your arm as little as possible." Niu Dingtian reminded softly.

The woman in black was stunned for a moment, pulled out the Shura Sword with her right hand, and stared at the blade in a daze.

Then, as if using all his strength, he gritted his teeth and chopped towards Niu Dingtian.

But, perhaps because of the injury, although her eyes were fierce, her hands were weak. Before the knife could fall, Niu Dingtian had already gently grasped her right hand.

"Give me a reason to kill me."

Niu Dingtian's face was as dark as water, and he looked at the woman in black quietly. He had cultivated a gentle temperament over the years, but at this moment, he couldn't help but get a little angry.

"You looked at my face!"

The woman in black spoke coldly, as if it were a matter of course, without showing any weakness in her momentum.

She actually wanted to say, "You looked at my body," but when she woke up in the morning, there was only that little bitch around her, so she was not sure and ultimately couldn't open her mouth.

Just as she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed Wang Yuyan standing at the door. She didn't know what she was thinking about. She was instantly filled with anger. After glaring at her fiercely, she turned her head and glared at Niu Dingtian, shouting, "You are in cahoots with that little bitch! Aren't you?"

"You are one of them!"

Wang Yuyan’s eyes widened in anger instantly.

"You are the little...little..."

She wanted to fight back, but her pretty face turned red and she couldn't even utter those three words.

"Humph, you are so rude, I don't want to see you!"

After all, she was a lady from a wealthy family. In the end, she stomped her feet and left in anger.

"Leaving now?"

Niu Dingtian raised his eyebrows slightly.

Facing the angry look of the woman in black, his brows couldn't help but frown slightly again.

To be honest, his Rong'er had never been so arrogant before.

However, when he was about to speak, something seemed to suddenly occur to his mind.

Killing someone just by looking at their face?
Injured in Taihu Lake.

Could it be...

is her?

Recalling last night, when he just arrived at Mantuo Villa and saw Li Qingluo gathering a group of men with blades, Niu Dingtian suddenly thought of someone in his mind.

His eyes couldn't help but carefully look at the face of the woman in black.

Her chin was pointed, smooth and translucent, and she was glaring at him from a close distance. Her cherry-like mouth moved slightly, revealing two rows of fine teeth, like broken jade.

Coupled with the faint, sweet and greasy fragrance coming from her body, one can't help but feel moved.

"Miss Wang and I are not in the same group." Niu Dingtian suddenly laughed.

When the black-clad woman's angry eyes gradually evaded her and her cheeks flushed with shame and anger, he looked away.

While gently taking the Shura Sword from the girl's hand, he said:
"Last night, I used this knife to kill four people in order to find medicine for the girl's wounds. In order to change the girl into clean clothes, I also kidnapped Miss Wang."

"No matter what rules the girl has that others cannot see, I have saved you and used it to kill people for you. How can you bear to use it to chop me?" Niu Dingtian showed the precious sword in his hand and looked at the girl in front of him with a smile.

He was wearing black clothes, a veil, and a crossbow hidden in his sleeve. Given his arrogant and cold personality, his identity was not difficult to guess.

If nothing unexpected happens, this woman should be Duan Zhengchun's illegitimate daughter, Mu Wanqing.

As far as I can remember, Mu Wanqing seemed to have gone to Mantuo Villa to assassinate Li Qingluo.

Later, Li Qingluo sent people to hunt him down in Dali, where he met Duan Yu.

I didn't expect that I would be the one to cut in.

If they had not occupied this thatched hut and settled here, perhaps the story would have been the same as before - the lovers eventually became brother and sister.

Niu Dingtian couldn't help but think in his heart.

The woman in black was stunned when she heard these words. When she saw Niu Dingtian's smile, she came back to her senses, turned her head away unnaturally, and sneered:

"My master said that there is no man in the world with a conscience. They all use sweet words to deceive women and have bad intentions in their hearts. I can't listen to a word a man says."

"That's not entirely true." Niu Dingtian shook his head and said, "That's just your master's one-sided statement. You have never experienced men, so how do you know that no man has a conscience?"

"How do you know I've never had experience with a man?" The woman in black glared at him.

But as soon as he said this, he immediately realized that something was wrong. In shame and anger, he raised his hand to slap Niu Dingtian again.

Niu Dingtian grabbed the girl's wrist and did not let go this time. He ignored the girl's struggle and angry glare and analyzed:

"Since your master can tell you this, I know without thinking that she must have been abandoned by a philandering man."

"Your master is the one who was abandoned, let go!" The woman in black glared at Niu Dingtian.

"I don't have a master, so naturally no one will abandon me." Niu Dingtian said confidently, "Think about it carefully. Although your master hates men, he doesn't always pay attention to a certain place. He often stares blankly by himself, as if he is missing someone."

"Since you've been abandoned, you've met a love rival, a rival. Think about it carefully. Is your master particularly resentful of a certain woman, a beautiful woman, and wants to kill her as soon as possible?"

"How much hatred can there be between women? To be so hateful, apart from hatred for life and death, the only other hatred is hatred for having one's husband stolen from him."

The woman in black gradually forgot to struggle and began to stare blankly.

She found that what this person was talking about seemed to be what she had seen. Could it be that Master Zeng had really been abandoned by a man?

While the girl was deep in thought, Niu Dingtian released her wrist and said:
"Your master himself has been hurt by love, and probably saw that you were born beautiful and was afraid that you would be deceived by a bad man, so he forced you to wear a veil and not allow others to see your face."

"I shot you with a poisonous arrow last night. Aren't you angry?" The woman in black suddenly raised her head and looked at Niu Dingtian and asked.

Niu Dingtian shook his head and said with a smile: "After I pinched you, your anger will subside."

After hearing this, the girl subconsciously touched her still painful neck, and suddenly glared at Niu Dingtian coquettishly, and asked, "Then you won't be angry if I slap you in the face?"

"If I didn't slap you, I'm naturally not angry." Niu Dingtian sighed, "I'm always very generous to pretty girls."

After all, she is a girl, and she couldn't help feeling happy when she heard the praise.

Moreover, she had been wearing a veil for a long time, and had always heard people praising her martial arts skills, but never praising her appearance. Therefore, a faint smile appeared on her face.

However, the smile disappeared in an instant. A strange look flashed across the eyes of the woman in black, and her face immediately returned to its original expression as sharp as a knife and as cold as ice.

After a long silence, she tightened her pretty face and looked directly at Niu Dingtian, and said calmly: "If I am willing to marry you, will you marry me?"

After she said this, the calmness on the girl's face suddenly disappeared, her cheeks could no longer hold back the blush that appeared on them, and her eyes were filled with unbearable shame.

Although she was extremely shy, she still mustered up the courage to look directly at Niu Dingtian.

……

Seeing Niu Dingtian hesitate to answer, the girl said angrily: "You don't want to, right? Do you dislike me? Do you like that little bitch outside? Yes, you must like that little bitch! I am a fierce woman, so naturally I can't be as gentle as her."

As he spoke, he tried to snatch the Shura Sword from Niu Dingtian with a look of shame and anger on his face.

"You still want to chop me?" Niu Dingtian raised the knife and let her pull his sleeve.

The woman in black had a sad look on her face and said with a cold smile:

"I once swore a solemn oath that if any man saw my face, I would either kill him or marry him."

"Now that you've seen my appearance, I can't kill you, and you don't want to marry me, so I can only commit suicide and then haunt you as a ghost!"

After hearing this, Niu Dingtian felt a chill on his forehead.

But seeing the sadness on her face, his heart softened, and he said softly:

"What's wrong with being a bit sassy? Girls are more attractive when they are a bit sassy."

"But we have to wait until your injury heals before we talk about this. What if I have bad intentions and am playing hard to get? Aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of your body and then walk away?"

The woman in black was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but when she met Niu Dingtian's gentle gaze, she felt inexplicably relieved.

After loosening his sleeves, he turned his head slightly, snorted softly, and said:

"I don't think you would dare!"

"Of course I don't dare. I'm afraid you'll shoot me with a crossbow." Niu Dingtian said with a smile, "By the way, my name is Niu Dingtian, what's your name, young lady?"

The black-clothed woman said, "Young lady, I will not change my name, nor my surname. My name is Mu Wanqing."

Niu Dingtian smiled and said, "What a good name. Shui Mu Qing Hua, Wan Xi Qing Yang. The surname is good, and the name is also good."

Mu Wanqing snorted and said, "It's better than a fat cow, which is weak and can only strangle girls."

Obviously, she still remembered the pain in her neck. But before Niu Dingtian could feel embarrassed, a burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the thatched cottage.

Mu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Little bitch! Who told you to eavesdrop?"

As he said that, he gritted his teeth, stood up, and tried to snatch the Shura Sword from Niu Dingtian's hand.

Seeing that he couldn't snatch it away, he endured the pain and staggered to get the crossbow in the corner.

Seeing this, Niu Dingtian grabbed her slender waist and felt her touch was soft and boneless, which made his heart move.

"I have the final say here! Just lie down on the bed!"

In the end, he couldn't say anything really harsh. He glared at the girl viciously, picked her up by the waist, and put her on the bed.

"Don't get out of bed or move around. I'm going to the city to buy you breakfast. I'll be back soon."

Leaving a word behind, Niu Dingtian walked out of the thatched hut. Still feeling uneasy before leaving, he put on the crossbow in the corner.

When he arrived at the pavilion, he discovered that Wang Yuyan was sitting inside sulking.

"I wasn't eavesdropping! It was her...she was talking too loudly..."

When she saw Niu Dingtian, Wang Yuyan subconsciously defended herself with a blushing face.

Niu Dingtian didn't respond to the question, but asked with a smile, "Miss Wang, what would you like for breakfast? I'll go to the city and buy it for you."

"I really didn't eavesdrop!"

Wang Yuyan stamped her feet anxiously.

Niu Dingtian smiled and said, "It's just a little thing. It doesn't hurt to listen. I've heard that Suzhou breakfast is exquisite and delicious. Miss Wang, do you want to eat fried buns or noodle soup?"

Wang Yuyan felt extremely frustrated.

I just happened to hear those words when I was close by, but he accused me of eavesdropping. But he didn't listen to the explanation and just believed it.

“Fried buns!”

She was so angry that she could not help but utter a few words. (End of this chapter)