Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

Ai Ni and Lowe sat holding each other's hands, and the audience all left. Gradually, the feeling of horror disappeared, and Aini felt full of anger.For weeks she had exhausted herself every day for them, taking care of their living quarters, their surroundings, and they paid her back with this... this vulgar farce! She grabbed Lowe's hand. "We'll go back to your men," he said. "See if they dare to be so ungrateful after repairing it!" Lowe said nothing.When she looked at him, his expression was more thoughtful than angry. "How?" she said. "You're right that you don't want to come, let's go back now—"

"Who is it that is playing Ser Majesty?" asked Lowe, interrupting her. "He looks like the seed you left behind," Annie replied. "Do you want me to go back by myself?" She stood up and wanted to pass him, but he still held her hand and wouldn't let her go. "I'm hungry," he said. "Do you think they sell food here?" Annie glared at him. "Aren't you mad at the play?" she asked. He shrugged indifferently, but there seemed to be a deeper meaning in his eyes - Ai Ni planned to dig it out. "I'm not going to hang someone for killing my rat," he said with some contempt. "They can catch as many mice as they like."

What a generous lord!Annie thought. "And what about cow dung?" She was still shaking hands with him.In some ways, holding hands like this is more intimate than their few copulations. "I haven't killed anyone because of it," he said, looking away. "Of course, that dung is good for the land." "Well, it's like this." Ai Ni said. "Is there any whipping?" Lowe didn't answer, but his dark skin seemed to flush.At this time, she suddenly felt infinite love and compassion. He is not a cruel and heartless person, but he is just too eager to protect his family.

"I'm starving." She smiled at him. "I saw a stall full of cream cakes, maybe a few cakes and a few glasses of buttermilk would make us feel better." They ate slices of cake and drank a large glass of buttermilk.After Aine had eaten her fill, she began to recall the play more calmly.In fact, some places are very humorous!She had never known farmers to be so bold—or honest. She looked at the glass in her hand and tried not to laugh out loud. "They may be wrong about the rats, but they're right about some of Sir's physical features," she said. Lowe didn't understand what she meant at first, but then he thought of Sir Wilder's super phallus made of straw, and his face immediately flushed. "You have a very sharp tongue," he said.

"If I remember correctly, you kind of liked my tongue." "Women can't talk about this kind of thing." He said sternly, but his eyes betrayed him. Aini knew the way he looked at her, which meant that she had piqued his interest. "Tell me, do you really sleep with ugly women? Ugly, but curvy women?" He seemed about to scold her again, but his eyes were soft. "Didn't your father teach you manners? Come on," he said, handing the cup in her hand back to the stall. "If you've had enough, let's go see the sideshow over there." They walked together, holding hands.Annie was ecstatic.

Lowe paused around a large group of people.He could see the middle of the circle from the heads of the crowd, but Ernie couldn't.She stood on tiptoe and crouched down again, but still couldn't see.She tugged at Lowe's sleeve. "I can't see." She was thinking romantically as he turned his head: Will he put me on his shoulder?But he grabbed her hand and pushed his way through the crowd as if it was his place—and it was. "Don't be too conspicuous," she said, but he didn't hear her at all.She had no choice but to walk forward while smiling apologetically to the people around her.

Everyone around looked at Lowe curiously, especially at his shoulder-length curly hair, although he also wore a cloth hood.Aini started to get nervous, these people hated the lord so much, if they found him here alone, it would be a surprise if he wasn't torn to pieces. "Another bastard son of an old lord," she heard someone nearby say. "I've never seen this before." So she felt relieved, and thanked God for allowing the descendants of the Ou family to multiply like this.In the center of the circle stand two figures, both shirtless and holding wooden clubs.One of them was short and stocky, probably a fireman or a forest ranger.

Aini's eyes, like all the women onlookers, shifted to another person, he was the one who just played the majestic Sir.He looks great on stage, and now, shirtless, with sweat glistening on his bronzed skin, his look is incomparable. But it's just not as good as Luo Wei, Ai Ni reminded herself, and then approached Luo Wei. Lowe was engrossed in the fight, paying particular attention to his half-brother.Of course he was not skilled, but his movements were quick, and the little lumberjack was no match for him. When Ai Ni approached him, he turned to look at her.She was watching his brother with wide eyes, and Lowe frowned.It seemed that she was quite interested in him.Lowe had never been jealous.His eight weeks of girls were always shared with his brothers and knights, and he didn't care what women did as long as they didn't bother him.But now he began to dislike his wife looking at this useless red-haired monster——

"Do you think you can beat him?" said an old man next to Lowe. Lowe raised his chin and looked at him disdainfully. The old man laughed loudly. "Just like the Ou ones," he said aloud. "That old guy passed on his arrogance to every son." The descendant of the Ou family caught a glimpse of the old man in the arena, and then saw Kewei.Unexpectedly, he leaves his opponent.The lumberjack was about to hit him on the head with his stick, but he stepped aside and the stick passed him by.He touched his head to see the blood on his hands, and then knocked the lumberjack to the ground with three or two clubs.He immediately walked up to Lowe.

Ernie noticed that they were about the same age, but Lowe was bigger and, in her eyes, much handsomer. His eyes were as sharp as Lowe's, and there was something in them that made Ernie think he knew who Lowe was. "Don't—" Aine said. "Shall we play a game for everyone to watch?" the man said. "Or are you being led by the nose by women, like Sir Majestic?" Ai Ni's heart sank because she knew Lowe would not refuse this challenge.Although both of them avoided mentioning the final scene of the play, she knew Lowe was well aware.He couldn't stand being humiliated again.

Lowe let go of his hand and stepped into the circle.Aini knew that no matter what she said or did, she could not save the situation, so she could only hold her breath and watch. Lowe looked at the sticks on the ground, and then he gave Ernie a big start: he tore the cloth cover off his head.Someone must recognize him by now, she thought.As for who will it be?She really didn't want to think about it.Maybe it was the woman he slept with!That probably took up half the village. She scanned the onlookers and found a girl of two weeks across from her.Confusion gradually appeared on their faces, and Annie knew that they would recognize him soon. She weaved through the crowd very quickly to the two of them. "Be careful if you dare to say half a word." She lowered her voice to them.One week the girl winced in fear, but the other was much bolder and wiser.She saw the danger Lowe and Ernie were in. "I want my son to be a knight in the future," she said. Aini opened her mouth to curse, but she closed it. "You want to make sure no one else knows about it," she said. The woman looked into Aini's eyes. "I'll tell people he's from the southern village, and I've seen him before. What about my son?" Aini had to admire this woman who was willing to take risks for her son's future. "Your son will be well educated and well trained; send him to me tomorrow," she said, and went back to where she was. Slowly circled the arena with Lowe and his half-brother, both good-looking, young, and strong.Anyone with a semblance of a brain, however, could see that Lowe was playing a trick on his brother, who was glaring at each other and fighting with all his heart.He strikes first, and Lowe dodges easily, hitting him on the inside of the knee with a stick. "No one has ever hit Cooper," said the old man beside Aini. "He's not willing to be beaten." "Cooper," said Ernie loudly, frowning.She thinks Lowe really shouldn't be an enemy of her brother.Lowe spent most of his life with swords, but this young man carried a hoe for the most part. After a while it was obvious that Lowe was growing impatient.He stopped and propped his stick on the ground, then stretched. This gesture was such an incomparable shame to his brother that Aine began to sympathize with him. Cooper's eyes were filled with hatred and murderous intent, and the onlookers were afraid to breathe. Lowe barely looked at him, leaned a step to the right, raised his stick and hit his brother in the back of the head with one blow.The young man immediately fell head-on, unconscious. Lowe didn't care about his brother's situation at all, and walked straight towards Ai Ni.He put on his clothes, pushed through the crowd and went out.He didn't look at Ai Ni, but obviously hoped that she would follow.He ignored the people on both sides who applauded and congratulated him, and walked forward with his head held high. Lowe was very proud at this time, the guy who aroused his wife's interest turned out to be just a fool!He let Ai Ni know who is the strong one.Knowing that she had been following him, he walked straight into the forest.Later she would express her admiration to him, and they must be alone together.There was a time when he won a big competition, and two women came to "congratulate" him. That night was really not an ordinary excitement!But now all he wants is the compliments from his wife.He walked all the way into the depths of the forest without looking back, and turned to look at her. "I won," he said. "Yeah, you won." She said lightly. He didn't understand why she used that tone of voice. "I knocked him down pretty easily." "Hmph! Yes, it's very easy for him. Just humiliate him and make people laugh at him." Lowe really didn't understand this woman, and he didn't want to understand.She really went too far this time, and he raised his hand to hit her. "You're going to beat me now, aren't you? You can only beat people who are weaker than you, aren't you? Why don't you just capture all your sons and let you beat them up?" Lowe looked mad at this woman.He put down his hands, turned and walked back to the village. Aini stopped in front of him. "Why did you hit him like that? Do you know how embarrassing you are for him?" Lowe's temper gradually increased.He grabbed her by the shoulders and yelled into her face: "You don't like watching him being teased, do you? You'd rather have me on the ground, don't you? Why don't you just let him sleep on your lap?" He let her go abruptly, he'd given away too much. Aini stared at the ground and thought for a while, and she gradually understood.She ran forward to catch up with him. "You're jealous," she said, surprise in her voice. He didn't answer, but walked up and down beside her. She stood in front of him and put her hands on his chest. "You beat that child so badly, just to show me?" Lowe looked into the distance. "I wanted to test his agility, and I got one shot and he was done." He glanced at her. "He's not a kid, he's my age, probably older." Annie began to smile.She may not like the way her husband treats her brother, but what a wonderful feeling it is to know that her husband can be jealous! "Maybe he is your age, but he is not as skilled as you, nor as handsome." She took his hand, trying to pull him back to the forest, but he stood still. "It's been too long since I left the castle," he said. "But it was agreed that you would be a slave all day long." Aini said, she couldn't help coquettishly. "Come, come into the woods and sit next to me," she said, pointing to a wonderful meadow of silky and fragrant flowers by the river. She could see that he was still angry, so she gave him the sweetest smile.But at this time there was a dark shadow behind him. "Be careful!" she shouted. Lowe instinctively moved aside, dodging the knife that sliced ​​across his back. Ai Ni watched Cooper attacking Lowe with a knife in his hands, full of horror.She saw that Lowe had a wound on his arm, but didn't know how serious it was. Lowe couldn't take it easy this time. His brother had a knife in his hand, and he wasn't kidding.Anger at the humiliation drives Cooper to pull out all his strength, and Ernie can see that Lowe is going to be knifed to survive. She looked around and saw a stubby branch.After she picked it up, she approached the two people who were fighting.Both of them lowered their heads during the fight, they looked very similar, and Aini was really afraid of hitting the wrong person. Then the opportunity came.Cooper drew his right hand, and put the knife hand on Lowe's throat. But the next moment Aini's stick was hit, he fell to the ground. Lowe lay still for a moment, reluctant to admit that it was a... a woman who had saved his life. He stood up, unwilling to look at her. "Let's go back and send someone to deal with him," he murmured. "How to deal with it?" Aini checked the wound on Lowe's arm, but the skin was broken. "Execution." "Your own brother?" Aine asked. Lowe frowned. "There will be no pain, no burning or capital punishment." Annie thought for a while. "Go back and call someone, I'll leave later." Lowe looked at her, his pulse racing. "You want to stay here with him?" She met his gaze. "I will help him escape your 'justice'." "My—" Lowe said in horror. "He wanted to kill me just now! If it's nothing to you, tell you, it's different to me!" She walked towards him and took his arm. "You have lost many brothers, most of them half-brothers. How can you bear to lose another? Take him back to training and make him your warrior." He walks away from her. "Are you the one trying to teach me how to manage me? Do you want me to live with a man who wants to murder me at any moment? Or are you trying to get rid of me so you can have this man?" Aini shook her hands helplessly. "You are so stupid! Do you know how many suitors I had before? I chose you instead. They wrote love poems to me, sang love songs to me, and flattered me with all their heart and soul for my father's money. And What about you? You pushed me into a mud puddle and told me to do your laundry. I chose you out of my wits. What do I get for that? I'll put up with your mistress, your stink, and There's that place like a pigsty! Now you're accusing me of liking other men. I clean your house, cook you good food, get energy in bed, and now you say I intend to commit adultery! Okay! You go Kill him! Why should I meddle in my own business? I'll go back to live with my father and leave you alone!" After she finished speaking, the anger had disappeared, leaving only the depression full of tears.She had failed him, just as Lina had expected, she had failed. "What mud pit?" Lowe said after a while. Ai Ni barely swallowed her tears. "By the pool," she said wearily. "You made me do your laundry. Shall we go? He'll wake up soon." Lowe walked up to her, lifting her chin with his fingers. "I almost forgot, so you are the shrew who made holes in my clothes?" She breaks free from him. "I've put you in new clothes now. Can we go? Or do you want to stay and slowly slaughter your brother? Maybe he'll have some sisters, then you can find another group of Sunday girls." Lowe took her arm and turned her toward him.Yes, she is the girl by the pool.He still remembered the time when he lay there and found someone peeping at him, and it was a beautiful woman. So he did something to her that he hadn't done in years: he smiled at her. Aini only felt that her knees were weak.His handsome face changed into that of a child with innocence.Is this who his first wife saw?If so, how could she throw him away? "Originally," he said. "You agreed to marry me because I pushed you into a mud pit?" No matter how good-looking he was, she wouldn't answer him—especially in the tone he used.He seemed to mean that she was a careless and lecherous peasant girl.She turned around, straightened her back, and looked at the village from a distance. He grabbed her, picked her up like a child, and tossed her high into the sky. "What are you going to do to me now? Set fire to my bed again? Or are you going to set fire to the whole castle this time?" He lost again. "A young woman like you will do anything to get anything." She wrapped her arms around his neck to keep him from falling to the floor. "That's right." He said kissing her neck. All of Aini's anger disappeared, because she felt that he was laughing as he pressed against her neck. "You!" she said. "Put me down. Are you going to execute your brother?" He looked at her and shook his head. "You don't let anything go, do you?" She stroked his face with her hands. "If I decide what I want, I won't let it go easily." His eyes gradually became serious, as if he had some doubts.He was about to speak, but Cooper behind them groaned, and Lowe immediately put Aini down.When she stabilized herself, she saw Lowe standing in front of his brother with a knife in one hand.She began to pray. "How are you going to kill me?" She opened her eyes wide and watched Cooper stand up without fear. "Burning?" Cooper asked. "Or quartered? Are all your men hiding in the woods? Are you going to set the village on fire?" Aini looked at the two of them with all her attention.Lowe tossed the knife between his hands, and Cooper stood upright. "What do you do?" Lowe asked finally. The question seemed to startle Cooper quite a bit. "I trade in wool." "Are you a man of integrity?" Cooper's face showed anger. "It's much more upright than the old monkey that gave birth to me, and it's also much more upright than my famous brothers. At least I won't let my children go hungry." Ai Ni didn't dare to look at Lowe's face, she was worried that Cooper had received the death certificate. When Lowe spoke again, he was mild and hesitant. "I've lost many brothers in the past few years, and I can't lose any more. If I take you to my land, will you swear allegiance to me? Will you keep your word?" Cooper was too stunned to speak.All his life he had hated his brothers in the hillside castle, he was so poor and they had nothing. Ai Ni could see Cooper's hesitation, and she knew what it meant.She also knew that if Lowe didn't get words of gratitude, his generosity would turn to anger.She immediately stepped between the two of them. "Do you have any children?" he asked Uncle She. "How many? How old? When you come to live with us, I will take care of their upbringing, and they can go to school with Lowe's children." "What child?" Lowe glared at Aini.The draper turned him down!He should have killed him long ago.But his wife kept interfering.He approaches her. Aini took Cooper's hand protectively. "Your red-headed boys, of course!" she said cheerfully. "Is your wife a womanizer?" she asked Cooper again. "Or knitting, embroidery? When you and Lowe are practicing martial arts, she can be with me. Lowe, why didn't you tell your brother—" She emphasized the word. "How hard you will train him, maybe he would rather continue to sell Buweisheng!" "Should I ask him?" Lowe said incredulously. "Should I tell him how comfortable the bed is? Or that he eats sweet meat every day?" Uncle She gradually recovered from the shock. "Forgive my hesitation, my lord," he said aloud. "I appreciate your generous offer, I..." His eyes hardened. "I am willing to use my life to protect the Ou family." Luo Wei looked at him for a long time, and Ai Ni could see that he was fighting inside. "Come see me tomorrow," Lowe said finally. "Let's go now." After Cooper left, tears of relief filled Aini's eyes.She walked up to Lowe, put her arms around his neck, and kissed him. "Thank you," she said. "Thank you very much." "Would you be just as grateful if I came back with that man's knife in my chest?" "As long as it's about your safety, I'll do whatever it takes." "I've had women say that to me before," he said. "It turns out they can't be trusted at all." She put her lips to his. "Who told you that? Huo Taoli?" One moment she was still in his arms, the next moment she was standing on the ground, looking at a face that could make people tremble in summer.