My love game is too abstract

"Ji Xiaofei, tell Aunt Martha, why was Yarrow being mean to you?"

Walking back to the farm, Martha held a bucket of cider in her left hand and Ji Xiaofei's hand in her right, asking in a lighthearted tone.

"Um..." Ji Xiaofei lowered her head, really not daring to say why. After thinking left and right, she said:

"It's, it's because I stole Yarrow's little cucumber, that's why he..."

Martha looked at the little girl's shifty eyes, and naturally knew she was making it up.

Feeling that she wouldn't get anything out of asking, she had no choice but to drop the subject.

Soon she brought Ji Xiaofei back to the farm.

As soon as they returned, they saw Dazhuang secretly dragging a bleating sheep towards the shed.

"Dazhuang, what are you doing?" Martha asked when she saw him.

"Oh, Martha, you're back..." Dazhuang immediately let go of the sheep, looking a little uneasy, scratching his head.

"That... I, I'm interrogating these sheep... to see which one of them stole my leather shoes."

"Sheep don't eat those things, do they?"

"Really? Then I'll go ask the cows at home," Dazhuang said, then he saw Ji Xiaofei, and pointed at her with a puzzled look, asking:

"Isn't this Yarrow's chick? Why is she here?"

"What chick?" Martha said to him helplessly, "Ji Xiaofei ran away today, so I brought her back first."

"Hello! I'm Little Ji, currently on a brave warrior's journey!" Ji Xiaofei said to Dazhuang very politely.

"Oh, good, good, welcome, welcome," Dazhuang chuckled, shuffled his feet, and quickly ran away.

"Well, I'll go clean the cowshed first."

Martha led Ji Xiaofei into the house.

"Dad, Mom, look who's here."

The John couple were immediately surprised when they saw Ji Xiaofei:

"Ji Xiaofei? Why are you here? Why are you alone?"

"Little Ji is currently running away from home, undergoing a brave warrior's training, passing by here, to add mushrooms to your trouble!"

Ji Xiaofei bowed deeply to them, causing the backpack on her back to fall to the top of her head.

"It's adding trouble, isn't it," Martha smiled helplessly, then said to her parents, "This child had a fight with Yarrow, and ran away by herself."

Hearing this, Old Man John immediately frowned and began to lecture:

"How can this be? Ji Xiaofei, no matter what, running away from home is very dangerous, do you know how dangerous this is? You're a girl, and it's almost dark, yet you're running around everywhere."

While Mother John looked very concerned, pulling Ji Xiaofei over to ask.

"Had a fight with Yarrow? Did he hit you? Or is there something he's not doing right?"

"Um..." Feeling someone caring about her, Ji Xiaofei immediately pouted her lips in grievance, complaining to Mother John:

"Yarrow spanked me, it hurt a lot."

"Yarrow is too much... How can he use corporal punishment on such a young child? Doesn't Serena care about him?" Mother John reproached.

"Serena hit me too... She hit me even harder," Ji Xiaofei said, even more aggrieved.

Hearing this, Mother John became somewhat silent.

If Serena was angry enough to hit her, it was hard for her to be sure that Little Ji hadn't really done something wrong.

"It's getting late, I'll send a message to Yarrow first, Little Ji, you can stay at our house tonight, and go back tomorrow," Martha said.

It seemed that this child was just temporarily upset and ran away from home, letting her stay outside for two days to relax, and it was estimated that there wouldn't be so much trouble, maybe she would forget about it tomorrow.

A child, after all.

Martha smiled and touched Ji Xiaofei's head: "We have guests coming to our farm tonight, we'll have a feast."

"Feast," Ji Xiaofei's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this word, raising her hand and cheering: "Yay!"

Martha wrote a letter to Yarrow, sent it over with the family's owl messenger, telling them that Ji Xiaofei was with them, not to worry, and they could come pick her up tomorrow.

At night, a long table was set up in the farm's courtyard to entertain Maven, a good friend who had come from afar.

Maven was a traveling merchant with a big beard, who had been close to John in his early years and often came to visit.

He was very enthusiastic, giving John a big bear hug as soon as he came in.

"Old John! My God! You've gotten old again!"

"Who hasn't! Haha!" John said with a smile.

Maven also greeted Mother John, Martha, and Dazhuang in turn.

Then his gaze shifted to Ji Xiaofei, who was squatting on the ground not far away, playing with a kitten.

He was stunned for a moment, then whispered to John: "Has the scope of your farm's breeding types expanded?"

"What? That's Yarrow's child, she ran away after a fight, so she's staying at our house for now," John said.

Maven then understood, he had met Yarrow before, and John had mentioned some of the current situation in his letters.

Dinner began, Ji Xiaofei's eyes sparkled as she looked at the table full of feast, her mouth watering.

"Martha, Martha, I want to eat that!" Ji Xiaofei pointed to the whole crispy roasted suckling pig, golden brown and glistening with oil, pulling on Martha's arm and begging.

Martha used a small knife to cut her a piece of roasted pork with crispy skin and dripping juice, and put it on her small plate.

"Eat slowly, be careful it's hot."

Ji Xiaofei forked a small piece of pork, blew on the steam, and stuffed it into her mouth.

The crispy skin crackled in her mouth, and the meat was tender and very delicious.

"Good eatin'..." She quickly ate with her mouth full, the corners of her mouth glistening with oil.

"Slow down," Martha wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.

While she was eating happily here, John and Maven were chatting happily, each with a glass of cider.

"I must tell you about my story in the Kingdom of Saviton! Let me tell you, it's so exciting!" Maven patted John on the shoulder and said.

"Oh? Saviton? Isn't that the territory of the demons? Maven, you even went there," John said in surprise.

"Doing business, isn't it just running around?" Maven took a big gulp of wine and smiled.

"Let me tell you, those demons, they don't have anything else, but sexy succubi are everywhere!"

"What are sexy succubi?"

Little Ji asked curiously while chewing on the pork.

Maven then realized that there was a child present today, and he couldn't be as unrestrained as before.

He smiled awkwardly, stuttering and saying: "Uh, it's just... it's just..."

"It's just a big sister who cooks very well," Martha interjected at this time.

"Oh, then Serena is a succubus too, she cooks super well," Ji Xiaofei said.

"Ah no, that's not what I meant," Martha didn't expect her to think that way, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

In the end, Maven glossed it over.

"Oh! I remember, speaking of the demons! Their festival is super fun! It's even more lively than our Harvest Festival, you know? More than a hundred flying elephants, pulling all kinds of floats, with demon priests holding staffs and dancing on them, and skeletal flame horses, flying starlight fire, super beautiful firework rain..."

The more Maven spoke, the more excited he became, taking a sip of wine and continuing:

"The demons also have a tradition of gladiatorial combat, on the day of the festival, the arena in the capital is free for everyone, not only can you see exciting battles inside, but also various performance programs, this atmosphere lasts for several days, it's lively every day, all night long."

Ji Xiaofei listened to him, forgetting to chew, blinking her eyes, her thoughts flying away.

"The demons not only have fun festivals, but also the Nightmare Hunting Day, at that time, they will choose the bravest warriors, and the fiercest monsters, in a very large hunting ground, to see who can bring back the most prey, the magic silver screen directly broadcasts to the whole people, it's so exciting, the final winner will also get the title of Heavenly Crown, and will be respected by everyone in the demon race in the future," Maven said.

"But I also heard that the demon ruler, the Demon King, is very cruel," John said.

Maven waved his hand: "Don't listen to those news nonsense, I've even heard the Demon King's speech, on the magic silver screen, offering congratulations for the festival, but that Demon King is very mysterious, he doesn't show his face."

He glanced at Ji Xiaofei, who was already listening intently, and smiled at her: "See, you yearn for it, don't you? If you are obedient, you can let Yarrow take you there."

"Um..."

Ji Xiaofei then realized that she really wanted Yarrow to take her to the Demon Race's Kingdom of Saviton to play, to see what Maven was talking about, but when she thought that she had already run away from home, she unconsciously lowered her head in disappointment.

"But..."

She then thought again,

"I can go by myself."