Peasant Woman: True Colors 026. Paper Tiger
Kite looked at Yang Tao, this girl liked to pretend to be calm, but those eyes wouldn't deceive anyone. The surprise and vigilance in Yang Tao's eyes made Kite feel great, he leaned his head against Yang Tao's ear and spoke softly.
"Little girl, instead of worrying about others, why not worry about yourself? Brother doesn't have that many special preferences, just like you said, male in gender, fond of females."
The kite's words were spoken quickly, changing his usual sly and lazy tone, but it made Yang Tao feel uneasy. This demon actually wanted to deceive her! Was he trying to dispel her guard? She had clearly seen the way he looked at Pei Yifan, which was different from others. A person's eyes wouldn't lie.
But Yang Tao didn't say anything, anyway she couldn't completely trust him and let her guard down. Although she knew that whether or not she guarded against it was actually the same, if Fengzhao wanted to take someone away, she wouldn't be able to stop him even if she tried. Not only in town, but also in the village.
Lu Danni and Liu Shu said that the town is very far away, it turned out to be true. Yang Tao almost fainted from the bumpy ride in the horse carriage before it finally stopped. Fortunately, they set off early, otherwise, whether they could make it back before dark would have been a problem.
Kite instructed the carriage driver to wait there, and took Yang Tao and a few people to start strolling around the town. Yang Tao found that this Mi Town was still quite prosperous, not as desolate as she had imagined, and although it wasn't market day today, there were still many people in the town.
"Mizhen is located at the intersection of Nan'an and Beichen, not only are there many merchants and travelers coming and going, but also a large number of garrison troops from Nan'an. Although they rarely come to town, occasionally you can see a few of them." Fengzheng seemed to be really familiar with this place, walking slowly while speaking.
Yang Tao and the three of them followed behind the kite, Lu Dahei and Pei Yifan excitedly looked around here and there, while Yang Tao wanted to finish what she had to do as soon as possible and hurry back home so that her grandmother wouldn't worry.
"Hey, Kite Brother, let's go to the Embroidery Village and the Embroidery Shop first." Yang Tao suggested.
No sooner had she spoken than Lu Dahei shouted out before Fengzheng could say anything.
"What? You really want to go to that kind of place? Go by yourself, I'm not going. I'm a man, I don't go to those feminine places."
Yang Tao gave Lu Dahei a glance, she was speechless about the children in their youth. They always thought they had grown up and understood everything, but actually they were still young and didn't understand anything.
Forget it, she doesn't bother with kids like that, Yang Tao comforted himself in his heart and went to ask the kite for its opinion.
"Kite brother, otherwise, let Big Black brother and Yifan brother go somewhere to wait for us, the two of us will go to the embroidery shop." Yang Tao swallowed back the following words that were about to come out, which was "Anyway, you look so much like a woman, it shouldn't matter."
To sum up, Yang Tao is still very kind-hearted. She didn't swallow the words she really wanted to say because she was afraid that Feng Zhen wouldn't go with her, but rather because she thought Feng Zhen was originally ambiguous in gender and she couldn't continue to give him psychological hints that would confuse his gender identity.
The kite seemed to have not heard Yang Tao's words, but instead looked into the distance with a dazed expression. Yang Tao followed the kite's gaze and saw nothing out of the ordinary except for passersby, could it be that there was an accomplice among them? Or was the kite lost in thought? She just didn't know who would be more dangerous in this thought, she believed it wasn't her, it must be Lu Dahei or Pei Yifan.
"Alright, you three go wait at the entrance of that embroidery shop across the street first. I'll find a sister to take Little Yatou out for a stroll. Dahei and Yifan can come with me later to buy pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. This way we can save some time."
As soon as the kite was mentioned, Yang Tao immediately thought that his guess was correct, this weirdo wanted to elope with Lu Dahei and Pei Yifan! And he actually knew a woman? What kind of woman could he know? Yang Tao felt a chill run down his spine, did he know a woman from a brothel?
So was her uneasy imagination going to become an unfortunate reality? Yang Tao began to resent her active thinking and rich imagination a bit! She vowed with the kite's integrity that if she and Lu Da Hei Pi Yan Fan could escape today, she would only imagine good things and not bad things from now on, although she was very clear that the kite's integrity was not reliable at all.
"No way, Kite Brother! I'm the one buying things, not them. So no matter where or when, we'll always be together." Yang Tao got excited again and started using poetry phrases randomly, but she thought to herself that she was already very calm for not blurting out "Isn't that woman from the brothel?" The random use of poetry phrases was just a small flaw that could be ignored.
Kite gave Yang Tao a charming smile and a coquettish glance, but in his heart he was secretly amused. This pretended calm little servant girl was really a happy fruit, it seemed that her future days in the mountain would not be too lonely.
"Good!" The kite's voice was as gentle as water. "You wait first, I'll go find a sister to come over and keep you company while we stroll through the embroidery shop and the Embroidery Village, then we can go somewhere else."
Kite said, the man had quickly walked away. Yang Tao looked at him walking very fast, but he seemed to have not used his light skills, and from the back, he didn't seem to be pretending, couldn't help but start doubting that he was intentionally pretending to be that ambiguous every day.
It seems that this kite is unfathomable! But what should they do now? It seems that there's no other way but to wait at the entrance of the embroidery shop across the street.
"Come on, Da Hei and Yi Fan!" Yang Tao looked at Lu Dahei and Pei Yifan helplessly. Chasing after the kite was now a distant hope. These underdogs might as well follow others' arrangements for the time being!
Lu Dahei and Pei Yifan indeed came to the town for the first time, everyone was a bit reserved, Lu Dahei except for shouting that one sentence afterwards, also seemed to have no idea what to do, listened to Yang Tao's words and nodded.
Yang Tao thought to herself, "It's really worrisome!" If she had known earlier, she would have come with the kite alone. Even if there was danger, it would be her own danger. She couldn't believe it, now she has become the female lead in a time-traveling drama or a farming novel, and she would hang up so quickly! But for male supporting characters like Lu Dahei and Bai Yifan, they probably wouldn't be so lucky.
Yang Tao walked ahead, muttering to herself in her heart. As she passed by people on the street, they thought that since the female lead's life was already so chaotic, they shouldn't add any more trouble for her!
"Thief! Someone's stealing!" A thunderous shout broke into Yang Tao's daydream. Yang Tao was taken aback, seeing a black figure flash by his side, running even faster than Bolt.
"Stop thief!" Lu Dahei shouted loudly and rushed towards the man.
It's really not letting people worry! Yang Tao was anxious, and without thinking, he pulled up Pei Yifan's hand and followed Lu Dahei to run. Although the two of them were not as fast as Lu Dahei, but at least the three of them were the closest in distance.
Yang Tao once again confirmed her calmness before the sudden event, she had to pull Pei Yifan's hand, otherwise she would have fallen for the kite's trick of diverting attention and luring the tiger away from the mountain, if the kite's goal was indeed Pei Yifan.
That one, even if she were a tiger, would be nothing more than a paper tiger at most.
