Chapter Twenty-Eight: Not Marrying for Life
Qin Xingyi wiped the red apple with half a white silk handkerchief, raised it with one hand and took a closer look at it under the light of the lantern, revealing the green onion and white shell teeth and smiling slightly, the appearance was extremely elegant and moving.
The audience gradually quieted down, holding their breath to watch the beautiful woman in red on the high platform, seeing her meticulously wiping the apple, speculating that she must be a woman who loves cleanliness.
"Mayor Ren, why don't you cut the red apple in half, and then leave only half of the apple, and destroy the other half of the apple?"
Mayor Ren Sheng was also full of curiosity in his heart, seeing that she was empty-handed, he couldn't guess how Qin Xingyi was going to cut the apple, and nodded: "Yes, it's a very simple competition, does Miss Qin have any fascinating ideas?" ”
Qin Xingyi lifted the red apple to the tip of her nose, smelled the rich aroma of the apple, and asked with a smile: "In that case, let me ask, can Miss Ben taste the delicious half of the apple that doesn't need to be kept?" ”
With a "poof", Mayor Ren Sheng laughed and asked, "Miss Qin is going to eat that half of the apple?" ”
"Yes, it's just half an apple, and the fruit tastes fresh!" Qin Xingyi replied, stretched out an index finger to pick up the apple and rotated it slightly, and the red apple obediently rolled on her jade fingertips, this wonderful scene was very good-looking, Mao Liang watched Qin Xingyi spin the apple and said that she wanted to taste it fresh, thinking that she was excused to retreat, and reminded: "Miss Qin, remind you, you can eat apples, but don't forget that you can only eat half an apple, and half an apple that is cut smoothly, how about it?" Don't eat the whole apple, that's a foul and you lose. ”
"Say what? Hasn't Miss Ben ever eaten an apple? Qin Xingyi glanced at Mao Liang, and felt that this guy was too sarcastic when he spoke, as if he was greedy for apples.
Qin Xingyi spun the apple with the tip of one finger, and threw it into the sky violently, then pulled out a white silk thread from the edge of the half-cut white silk handkerchief, injected true power and shook it casually, the short white silk thread climbed up like a small dragon, and circled towards the red apple that spun and fell down in the sky, only to see the white light flash, cutting the red apple in half!
Qin Xingyi smiled happily, still concocted the same method, stretched out one fingertip to catch half of the apple and let it rotate on the fingertip constantly, and the other hand caught the other half of the apple at will, put it to his mouth, took a bite lightly, and immediately smiled from ear to ear, and praised: "It's so sweet!" ”
Jiang Zhaoyun's father heard Qin Xingyi praise the red apples he sent in public, grinned happily, and shouted to the stage: "There are still a lot of big and red apples on my apple tree, and when you finish fighting, go to my house to eat a crooked belly, and you can eat it for the rest of your life." ”
The audience applauded. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qin Xingyi can cut an apple with a short soft silk thread, which is much more difficult than Mao Liang splitting the apple with the palm power of the iron sand palm, at least this method of using force to fight is not inferior to Mao Liang in terms of effect.
Qin Xingyi smiled and tasted the sweet red apple, remembering a past incident four years ago, stopped biting the apple, and was there in a trance.
- Four years ago, Xuanyuan Mingyu was punished by Hu Feng of the Proton Pavilion for not giving him food, and he was hungry for two days in a row, how good it would be if he could have half a red apple to eat at that time!
At that time, Qin Xingyi was taken aback when she saw Xuanyuan Mingyu resolutely throwing herself into the river, and she didn't even take off her coat despite the dissuasion of her senior brother, and jumped directly into the river and salvaged him.
After Xuanyuan Mingyu was salvaged, she fell on the bank of the river and gasped for breath, her stomach was full of river water, and water flowed out along the corners of her mouth.
At that time, Qin Xingyi was very angry that he threw himself into the river, and while lifting his body to help him control the water, he asked with a narrow smile: "Aren't you hungry?" If you drink too much water, you don't care if you are full. ”
Qin Xingyi remembered that at that time, Xuanyuan Mingyu coughed for a while, and asked softly: "I'm going to starve to death, can't I go down to the river to catch fish to eat?" ”
"Why do you go down to the river to catch fish and eat? Have you forgotten that you can't swim? Now the river is swollen and flowing fast, what if you drown? ”
"Is it a difference between starving or drowning?" Xuanyuan Mingyu felt that these two ways of death were the same, and the miserable fate of the poor man was a tragedy of life that could not be escaped.
The past events of four years ago always penetrated into Qin Xingyi's heart bit by bit, Xuanyuan Mingyu's pitiful appearance of enduring hunger lingered in front of Qin Xingyi's eyes, even if she ate half an apple now, she would recall the profound experience of the past.
Qin Xingyi silently held half an apple, wondering why she always thought of Xuanyuan Mingyu at this moment? Maybe it was the best ending for him to starve to death four years ago, so as not to leave so much resentment and suspense, these heart knots are entangled in the bottom of his heart, which is really distressing!
Qin Xingyi was secretly angry with herself, as if she wanted to put aside her troubles, and threw the other half of the apple that had been bitten a few times into the distance, turning it into a parabola, and disappeared far into the darkness behind the crowd.
Hearing only a gong, Mayor Ren Sheng announced the result of the fight, Qin Xingyi won the first game, and he shouted:
"Okay, the second game will start soon, everyone hurry up and bet, see who has to think clearly, anyway, just made an appointment with Lu to win two of the three games, and anyone still has a chance to recover the capital. In ancient times, there was also Hua Mulan as a general, and there will always be strange women in troubled times, what do you think? ”
The buzz under the ring suddenly became a loud one, and the audience saw the first game of the fighting process, thinking that Miss Qin won ingeniously and skillfully, it seems that the competition is not only about fighting bravely, but also about fighting spirit, and only those who are wise and brave can win the most victorious victory.
Mao Liang heard that the result of the first game was announced that Qin Xingyi had won, and he no longer dared to take it lightly, it was a trivial matter to lose a few hundred taels of silver, the key was that his father's richest man had to maintain his face, and it was just a matter of losing the first game, and it was good to win back in the second game, and it was good to get a draw after the worst.
Mao Liang is a person in the business field, proficient in calculating the other party's psychological activities, and likes to do things to lead others by the nose, therefore, in order to win back the second game, he decided to play some tricks, pondering to open the opponent's scars, touch Qin Xingyi's sadness, and disturb the opponent's mind in order to make himself who is backward turn defeat into victory. Therefore, he took the initiative to suggest:
"Miss Qin, you've already had a game, are you tired? Would you like to take a break? Ben Shao looks at your face wrong, is there something on your mind? If you don't hold anything in your heart, you'll get sick. ”
"There's no need to rest, Miss Ben has nothing to do, the fight is just a trivial matter, it's nothing."
Qin Xingyi said, couldn't help but look up at the VIP viewing seat again, and saw that it was empty, and there was no one, so she couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "Mayor Ren, where is the one Ling Mei and I arrested?" Why is there no one in the VIP seat? ”
The mayor of the town, Ren Sheng, had already received the information, knowing that Xuanyuan Mingyu and his sister-in-law had quietly slipped out of Moli Town while people were unprepared, and he had already sent the second child of Renfu to gather some people to chase after him, but this matter should not be publicized at this moment, it would destroy Qin Xingyi's mood and disturb everyone's interest in the gambling game in the ring, so he had to prevaricate and say:
"Don't worry, the mayor of this town will send someone to check, everything will be safe in our Mo Town, please fight with peace of mind, reputation matters, everyone is waiting to see where this flower will be inserted? In case she loses, the eldest lady has to get married tonight? ”
"Phew! What did Mayor Ren say? What to marry or not to marry, it's all nonsense, let them figure it out, Miss Ben will never marry! ”
Mayor Ren Sheng thought to himself: What does it mean to let everyone figure it out? Mayor Ben didn't figure it out! bluntly asked: "Why don't you marry for life?" Could it be that the eldest lady has suffered any setbacks before and experienced emotional pain? ”
Qin Xingyi was reminded of the past by the words of Mayor Ren Sheng, thinking that he liked Xuanyuan Mingyu four years ago, but what he didn't expect was that he hurt himself again and again, and couldn't help but think extremely: Man, hum, there is no good thing, it hurts people a lot!
"Mayor Ren, Miss Ben doesn't want to talk about this topic, it's boring."
"How can the eldest lady be bored? If a good man appears in front of you, vows to be good to you for the rest of his life, and loves you well for the rest of his life, then you will be touched and will not be bored. ”
"Is it possible? Is there such a person? Qin Xingyi felt a little sad in her heart, and couldn't figure out why Xuanyuan Mingyu wanted to go against herself, she broke the contract four years ago, and killed her father four years later, so she betrayed her deep affection for him.
Qin Xingyi remembered that when he left the Western Qin Kingdom this time to carry out a series of attacks, he thought that Xuanyuan Mingyu was the biggest villain in the world, and swore that he would kill him with his own hands after he reached the worst.
However, after this day's contact, Qin Xingyi saw that Xuanyuan Mingyu was injured and denied killing, and he unconsciously became soft-hearted, and he also suspected, maybe Xuanyuan Mingyu really didn't kill his father, everything that happened was just a misunderstanding?
"Yes, there are good men, but the eldest lady hasn't met them." Mayor Ren Sheng said in a very appreciative tone. In fact, he really wanted to say to Qin Xingyi: The mayor of this town is an outstanding good man, if you are willing to marry me, I swear that I will love you for the rest of my life, provided that you don't dislike my looks!
The mayor of the town, Ren Sheng, because of his low self-esteem, never considered marrying a daughter-in-law, tonight was provoked by Jiang Zhaoyun's father and Mao Liang, so he was out of control, and he couldn't wait to kneel down and propose immediately, but the gambling game in the ring was in full swing, and he couldn't make a half-cut break as the leader of Mo Lizhen, and he couldn't spit out when he couldn't hold back the words that came to his mouth!