During the meal, the three of them sat at the same table, and Meng Xiaoli said tentatively to Jin Xiaodao: "Xiaodao, you have been here for half a month in a blink of an eye, right?" Jin Xiaodao raised his eyes and thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, it's almost." But with a roll of his eyes, he realized the purpose of Meng Xiaoli's question, and hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with me?" You, you're going to drive me away? As he spoke, Jin Xiaodao looked at Meng Xiaoli and Long Ye in disappointment.

Meng Xiaoli didn't expect Jin Xiaodao to be so smart, so he had to explain: "Ah, no, I just think that with your life experience, you shouldn't just be a servant, you should have a good place to go, so I want to ask you what you have planned, what are your plans, don't be embarrassed to say, we won't force you." ”

Jin Xiaodao heard Meng Xiaoli say this, and suddenly felt that the meat in front of him was not fragrant, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks, lowered his head and flattened his mouth, tears appeared in his eyes, and said aggrievedly: "You know that when I go out of this door, there will be nowhere to go, the way of officialdom, one person falls, no kinship will fall into the well, it is too late to hide if there is kinship, who can I seek refuge into, I am a weak woman, and what a big thing has happened, my father and mother will protect my life, maybe I don't want me to avenge them, I just hope that I can live and spend this life in peace, now, It's hard for me to do even the most basic things. As she spoke, she saw big tears dripping from her face.

Meng Xiaoli saw her like this, remembered her childhood, and felt empathy, so she had to pat Jin Xiaodao's shoulder and comforted: "I understand your feelings, when my father and mother died in the war, I was only five years old, helpless to see everyone trembling, nowhere is not home, fortunately I was taken in by my master and raised me, and since you met us, it is also a kind of fate, how old am I when you are older, you will call me sister in the future!" ”

When Jin Xiaodao heard this, he was overjoyed and asked with a smile: "Really?" Will you take me in? Meng Xiaoli nodded and said, "Since you are asked to call me sister, then this is also your home, so you can live in peace." Meng Xiaoli pretended not to see Long Ye's helpless expression, took Jin Xiaodao's hand, and the two sisters and sisters called out.

After eating and washing the dishes, Jin Xiaodao saw Long Ye and Meng Xiaoli playing with his daughter in the house, so he sat alone in the courtyard in a daze, thinking to himself: "Don't blame them for always trying to drive me away, this family of three and Hemeimei, only one more me, in order to stay these days, I am cautious, for fear of doing something wrong, or making them unhappy, even their daughter Xiaolongze, I am careful to serve, the little girl and her father learned a little fist and kick all on me, I also have to endure the pain, accompanied by a smiling face, In my life, I have never even been so polite and careful with my parents, although the husband and wife have been very good to me, they have never said a word to me, after all, they are under the fence, and life is not easy. ”

Jin Xiaodao thought as he scratched the wood grain on the table with his hand, and said in his heart: "After all, it's not a family, there is no blood relationship, they can drive me away at any time if they are in a bad mood, think about my wandering experience, the expressions of those worlds, and the vicious and obscene faces of human traffickers, I don't want to go through these experiences again, those are nightmares." Although it is not as good as an official mansion, or even an ordinary merchant's mansion, it is the only one to rely on. ”

Jin Xiaodao was distracted, and suddenly there was a knock on the door, Long Ye strode out, holding a sword in his hand, and walked straight out of the courtyard, Jin Xiaodao knew that it should be Xiao Longze who was asleep, Long Ye went out to practice swords in the woods, and followed closely behind.

When he arrived in the forest, Long Ye looked for a vacant land, then he was angry and began to wave the sword flower, Jin Xiaodao picked up a wooden stake next to him and sat down, holding his chin in his hand, and looked at Long Ye Fei up and down, the sword qi danced in the wind, like a god general in the world, remembering that there was a sword dance performance during the family banquet, but those were just fists and embroidered legs, just for the sake of good looks, even if there were generals comparing fists and feet, it was not as light and good-looking as Long Ye.

Jin Xiaodao looked at Long Ye's movements, and had a dream in his heart: "He is tall and majestic, his arms are strong and powerful, completely different from the scholars of the imperial examination, and he is not like the officialdom of the literati, who is cunning and unpredictable, this man is down-to-earth and capable, as if he can't hit my head even if the sky falls, ah no, it's Meng Xiaoli's head." Although officialdom relies on wisdom and strategy, and martial arts are useless, in the rivers and lakes, it is based on the level of martial arts, and only those with high martial arts will not be bullied. ”

Since then, Jin Xiaodao has more thoughts about Long Ye, intentionally or unintentionally to Long Ye's side, if it is said that he was forced to stay in order to live at the beginning, now Jin Xiaodao not only wants to live, but also resolutely refuses to go for love.

The three of them were under the same roof, and it was inevitable that they would touch their hands, put their clothes on their clothes, and sandwich each other's dishes. What's more, Jin Xiaodao is lively and active by nature, cheerful and generous, such a temperament has a kind of premise that there are no taboos, although Meng Xiaoli sees it in his eyes, he only regards it as a brother and sister friendship.

One day after dinner, Long Ye carried his quiver and told him to go hunting in the mountains, Jin Xiaodao shouted that he had to follow, Meng Xiaoli scared her: "You don't know martial arts, aren't you afraid of being eaten by wild beasts?" As soon as the words fell, Xiao Longze thought he was going out to play, and shouted: "I'm going too, I'm going to ······ too." was grabbed by Meng Xiaoli and coaxed: "Don't go, you're going to be eaten by a tiger, and you don't have much meat." ”

Jin Xiaodao happily followed Long Ye, turned back to Meng Xiaoli and said, "Don't worry, sister, brother-in-law will protect me." With that, he walked away.

Long Ye didn't say a word along the way, as if he came out alone, Jin Xiaodao looked at Long Ye's expression while walking, and accosted: "Brother Long Ye, why don't you ignore me?" Long Yefang turned his head and glanced at Jin Xiaodao, his footsteps did not stop, and he said in a deep voice: "Why are you following?" ”

Jin Xiaodao blinked his eyes and replied, "Hunting, I have never hunted, what strange animals are there in this big forest?" After saying this, Tatsuno didn't seem to know her anymore, and walked forward alone sullenly.

The two walked through the dense forest, pushed aside the grass, Long Ye flew up the tree, condescending, looked around, seemed to find something, took a bow and shot an arrow, "whoosh" The arrow flew out, a hare fell in response, Long Ye jumped off the tree, pulled out the arrow, lifted the hare, hung it on the tree, and the hare's blood flowed down the wound.

Jin Xiaodao was just about to go over to look, but suddenly felt that his calf was itchy, he pulled up his pants and leaned over to look, only to see a few black meat insects drilling into the skin, so frightened that Jin Xiaodao screamed "ah" and sat on the ground.

Long Ye rushed over with an arrow step, raised Jin Xiaodao, and said, "Don't sit on the ground, there are many snakes and ants in the grass." Then he pulled Jin Xiaodao to sit down on a convex stone, Jin Xiaodao pulled up his trouser legs, and when he saw those black meat insects on his legs, his eyes didn't dare to look, he gritted his teeth and closed his mouth and trembled, and said in fright: "They got into my legs, will they eat me?" ”

Long Ye squatted down, held Jin Xiaodao's tender white calf, and slapped it hard at the position of the meat worm, the meat worm shrank when it landed, and Gollum rolled down from the leg, leaving only a few blood spots on the leg.

When Jin Xiaodao saw it, he was relieved and said happily: "Fortunately, I found it early, otherwise, I would have been eaten by them, and I don't know how I died." After speaking, he leaned on Long Ye's shoulder, Long Ye immediately supported Jin Xiaodao with both hands, and wondered: "What's wrong with you?" Jin Xiaodao pretended to be weak, and said with a flat mouth: "My legs are weak." ”

Long Ye didn't pity the jade, stood up and said: "What is there to be afraid of a few insects, they can't eat you, they just suck your blood." Jin Xiaodao said: "That's not good, if you are sucked dry by them, wouldn't it be more ugly to die, I haven't married yet!" ”

Long Ye hung the rabbit on his waist, and continued to walk forward without looking back, Jin Xiaodao saw that Long Ye ignored it, so he had to put down his trouser legs, trotted to follow, and suddenly heard a roar as he walked, so frightened that Jin Xiaodao shrank back to Long Ye, and said in a snarling voice: "What sound?" Long Ye replied indifferently: "Tiger! ”

"Tiger?" Jin Xiaodao couldn't believe his ears, looked at Long Ye's appearance, and wondered: "Since it's a tiger, let's not run away, what are we waiting for?" Long Ye raised his eyebrows and replied: "The tiger is in front of me, and I can retreat with my whole body, what am I afraid of." "What about me?" Jin Xiaodao looked at Long Ye with blank eyes. Long Ye spread his hands and said, "I didn't let you come." ”

Jin Xiaodao panicked, and hurriedly grabbed the corner of Long Ye's clothes, and begged: "This is not good, although I have no relatives, no one knows if I die, after all, I am a flesh and blood, a living person, can you bear to watch me being swallowed alive by a tiger?" ”

Before the words fell, Long Ye suddenly hugged Jin Xiaodao, Jin Xiaodao looked up in Long Ye's arms, Long Ye's angular jaw, even breathing, and the unique smell on his body, for a moment, Jin Xiaodao's heart beat a little faster, only to see Long Ye slowly push Jin Xiaodao away, and there was an extra green snake in his hand.

Jin Xiaodao exclaimed "ah", it turned out that Long Ye was quick and helped himself catch the green snake that was sneaking in from behind.

Long Ye grabbed the snake's head, circled the snake's body, and threw the snake into the distance with all his might, then turned around and left, and Jin Xiaodao had to trot to keep up with the pace.

At night, Jin Xiaodao was lying on the bed alone, his eyes were burning, he was not sleepy, and he kept thinking of the scene of Long Ye catching the snake in his mind, so he smiled shyly with a red face, but he was also infatuated.

Jin Xiaodao thought about it until the middle of the night, his eyelids fought, and he fell asleep in a daze, and he dreamed that he was caught by human traffickers again, those twisted and dirty faces, surrounded her, tore her, beat her with wooden sticks, and even raped himself, Jin Xiaodao struggled and shouted desperately, and then sat up from the bed with a "bang", Jin Xiaodao woke up, covered in sweat, although he was awake, his heart was still beating, Jin Xiaodao looked at the room, and said with relief: "Finally woke up," but he was stunned, and sighed: "But only I know, It's not just a dream! ”