novelraw Chapter 405: The Villain Who Forcibly Married a Woman
Chapter 405: The Villain Who Forcibly Married a Woman
Finding one small person in the bustling, lively Gaojia Village was truly enough to split your head.
Li Daoxuan searched and searched, looked and looked, for quite a while, and finally found her.
This little minx, Gao Yiye, was actually fooling around at the village entrance.
Beside the cement road connecting to Zhengjia Village at the Gaojia Village entrance sat a tall, imposing figure—that was Gao Chuwu.
Like some gaze-fixed stone, he stared eastward…
Gao Yiye tiptoed behind Gao Chuwu and let out a loud “Boo!” right next to his ear.
Gao Chuwu cried out “Ah!” in alarm and tumbled sideways. Right beside the cement road lay a drainage ditch about tens of centimeters deep—when the Deity brought rain, water would overflow the cement road and drain away through these ditches.
Gao Chuwu rolled repeatedly down into the ditch, coating himself in mud.
He sat up in the ditch, face smudged with dirt, and shouted, “Who? Who scared me?”
Gao Yiye giggled, “Senior Brother Chuwu, it’s me!”Gao Chuwu: “Ah, it’s Yiye! You’re eighteen years old and still so mischievous.”
Gao Yiye laughed, “Senior Brother Chuwu, are you waiting for Sister Xing here?”
Gao Chuwu nodded: “Yes! Honglang said she’d take the chance during the celestial ship’s trial voyage to return to her hometown and transport some grain. Once this trip is done and she’s back, she’ll marry me. Hehehe.”
“Honglang? Such an affectionate name. Didn’t you always call her Miss Xing before?” Gao Yiye teased, “Upgraded to Honglang now, huh?”
Gao Chuwu grinned broadly: “Calling your own wife has to be affectionate, of course.”
Gao Yiye laughed, “Are you that eager to marry Sister Xing? Guarding this road, staring and staring, you’re about to turn into stone.”
Gao Chuwu: “Who wouldn’t be impatient by that?”
Gao Yiye smiled, “Senior Brother Daniu definitely wouldn’t be impatient.”
Gao Chuwu scoffed, “That oaf Daniu only cares about eating.”
“Who said I’m an oaf?” Zheng Daniu’s figure suddenly popped up from a hillside not far away. He darted over in one stride to stand before Gao Chuwu: “Ha! I knew it was you, you woman-obsessed fellow. What do you know about the wonder of food?”
No sooner had he spoken than Zao Ying’s voice sounded from the distance: “Daniu, Daniu, come on! I’ll treat you to braised rabbit.”
“Whoa!” Zheng Daniu was overjoyed. “Really? You’re treating?”
Zao Ying laughed, “Of course I’m treating! I know you have no money.”
Zheng Daniu: “I’m coming!”
He scampered over. Zao Ying, like a man, hooked her arm around Zheng Daniu’s shoulder and pulled him along carelessly. Side by side, jostling and squeezing each other, the two of them vanished into the distance in mere moments.
Gao Yiye spread her hands, “See, Senior Brother Chuwu? Learn from Senior Brother Daniu. He doesn’t chase girls actively, yet girls coax him with delicious food. He’s way smarter than you.”
Gao Chuwu: “This… can they compare? Zao Ying looks like a bloke. No man likes her, so she has to chase men herself. But my Honglang is a top-notch beauty under heaven.”
“Pfft!”
Gao Yiye almost spat blood.
“Pfft!”
Li Daoxuan almost spat blood too.
Just then, a public sun chariot drove over. It was fully loaded. A woman who looked very masculine poked her head out from the window and waved at Gao Chuwu, saying, “Chuwu, I’m back!”
Gao Chuwu was overjoyed: “Honglang is back!”
The public sun chariot stopped at “Gaojia Village Station”. Xing Honglang jumped out of the vehicle swiftly. Behind her, forty-two subordinates got off one by one. But as soon as they got off, they hid far away, not getting close to their boss at all.
Xing Honglang walked toward Gao Chuwu with a grin.
Gao Chuwu welcomed her with a grin.
When they were one meter apart, Gao Chuwu suddenly stretched out his hands forward: “Honglang!”
Xing Honglang also stretched out her hands forward: “Chuwu!”
They maintained this strange position for about a second. Then they simultaneously took a step forward and embraced with a “thud”.
Gao Yiye: “…”
Salt smugglers: “…”
Bus driver: “…”
Li Daoxuan: “Ahhh, when did these two invent this move? Isn’t it painful to watch?”
Upon hearing him speak, Gao Yiye raised her head: “Huh? Deity is here? When did you arrive?”
Li Daoxuan: “I shouldn’t have come. I saw a painful to watch scene. I need to wash my eyes.”
Gao Yiye was sweating nervously: “I didn’t expect they were like this already either.”
Gao Chuwu and Xing Honglang embraced for about a minute. Then they slowly separated. Holding each other’s hands, they smiled with happy faces.
Gao Chuwu: “Honglang, how was the situation back in your hometown?”
The smile on Xing Honglang’s face faded. With a dark expression, she said: “It’s bad. I must seek counsel from Thirty-Two and the Saint Lady…”
Gao Yiye interrupted: “What do you want to talk to me about?”
Xing Honglang was startled: “Huh? Saint Lady is present?”
Gao Yiye smiled awkwardly: “Yes, I’m here! Apologies, I’m here! Continue your conversation, ignore me.”
“Ahhh!” Xing Honglang suddenly broke free from Gao Chuwu’s hand and explained in a panic: “That’s not what happened. That wasn’t it just now. Earlier, Gao Chuwu rushed to hug me. I tried desperately to dodge. But his actions were too quick. I didn’t dodge in time. He held me tight with brute force. It took me a minute of struggling to break free. Then he grabbed my hand and refused to let go. I resisted desperately and barely managed to free myself.”
“Yes, it was just like that,” Gao Yiye said: “I can vouch that what you said is true. Deity witnessed it above.”
Xing Honglang: “Deity is present too?”
Li Daoxuan swayed his body. The low cloud in the sky also swayed from side to side with him.
Xing Honglang: “Ah, disaster! I’m done for! Deity saw such a shameful thing. I’d rather die.”
Li Daoxuan felt both torn between laughter and tears: With skin so thin, why embrace each other in a public place?
Xing Honglang: “I must see Thirty-Two. I must speak to him about the Shanxi situation. Then I seek a shipment of food…”
“Hmm!” Li Daoxuan began: “This matter is important. Resolve it swiftly. However…”
He paused: “Though this is critical, your marriage is no less crucial. If you don’t clean your own house first, how can you clean the state? If you don’t live well yourself, how can you help all Shanxi’s people prosper? Anyway, Iron Bird Flies remains in dock selling your ten cartloads of grain. That leaves several days. Use this time to marry each other first.”
Gao Chuwu was delighted: “Even Deity has spoken! Honglang, let’s marry quickly. Once wed, you needn’t be shy any longer.”
Xing Honglang’s face instantly flushed crimson: “Who’s shy? I’m not shy! I refuse to marry you, you villain who forcibly marries a woman!”
Gao Chuwu chuckled: “Since you say so, I’ll indeed abduct you.”
He hoisted Xing Honglang onto his shoulder. Then he sprinted toward Gaojia Fortress. Shouting while he ran: “Everyone, take note! I’ve taken a wife home! Hahaha, we formally wed tomorrow! Brethren with time off, come witness the ceremony!”
Gaojia Village erupted in a roar of cheers instantly.