In the slightly dim carriage, even though Baili Yuâs beautiful eyes now looked small due to the disguise, Tang Doudou still felt flustered from his gaze. Her eyes darted around everywhere but towards Baili Yuâs emotion-filled eyes.
Mysteriously, although her abdomen had hurt like crazy earlier, as he hugged and spoke to her, the pain faded as if it had been numbed by his words.
âDoudou.â
His soft call carried intense emotions. Tang Doudouâs heart pounded like a drum and she felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
âDoudou.â
When he called again, so gently that her heart trembled, she quietly replied, âEn.â
A teasing chuckle spilled out from Baili Yuâs lips. âWhat are you afraid of?â
Tang Doudou hastily shook her head and stammared, âW-wh-what c-could I be afraid of? D-donât make things up!â
âIs that so?â His tone lifted at the end. Then he closed his eyes and slowly approached Tang Doudouâs dewy lips.
Tang Doudou gulped. She couldnât help but feel some resistance towards the unfamiliar face in front of her, but when she recalled that it was Baili Yu, she closed her eyes.
Just as the two were about to make contact, an angry shout came from outside. âDo the people ahead plan to go or not!? If you want to flirt, go into the forest! What are you blocking the damned road for!?â
Upon hearing this, Tang Doudou immediately opened her eyes. When she saw a trace of unhappiness flash through Baili Yuâs eyes, she quickly leaned forward and pecked his lips before pushing him away while blushing. âStop messing around and go drive the carriage.â
âUnderstood, Wife da ren!â Baili Yu only left happily to drive the carriage after he got that kiss.
The person outside was still shouting at them. He was basically complaining that if the delay they caused ended up ruining a certain important matter, then heâd make them pay.
It was enough that he had a bad attitude, but he was also constantly cursing. Tang Doudou was annoyed. They were already moving out of the way, so what was with this person!?
She poked her head out to take a look.
When Baili Yu saw that she had come out, he said softly, âBe careful, donât fall off the carriage again.â
âItâs fine. I just want to see which familyâs dog is it thatâs barking so much.â
âFrom the sounds of it, itâs probably the dog of a person called Xiao gongzi,â replied Baili Yu in a serious manner.
Tang Doudou burst out laughing. âBig evil spirit, if the person behind you heard this, heâll definitely beat you to death.â
Baili Yu smiled gently. âWeâre now a married couple from the countryside thatâs heading into the city to visit relatives. Are you trying to get us caught by calling me big evil spirit? Silly girl, you should call me husband now.â
Tang Doudou rolled her eyes at him. If he wanted to take advantage of her, he should just straightforwardly say it instead of looking for such an excuse. He was clearly showing disdain for her intelligence.
Of course, she could only criticize for fun. She understood that Baili Yu was right. In addition, they had already gotten officially married and consummated their marriage, so it was perfectly proper for her to call him husband.
When her thoughts got to this point, she quietly prepared herself by thinking the term husband several times before embarrassedly calling, âHusband.â
This call overjoyed Baili Yu. His eyes practically curved into seams and his grin stretched past his ears as he responded, âWife.â
For a moment, Tang Doudou thought he had recovered his memories and was stunned for a moment.
âWife, make sure to sit well. Those dogs behind us keep barking, so we should hurry and move out of the way, lest we get bit,â said Baili Yu coldly in a normal volume when the people behind them continued to curse.
Tang Doudou glanced at him in surprise. It was important for them to be as low-key as possible right now, but Baili Yu seemed to be deliberately provoking trouble.
As she expected, after he said this, the people behind them exploded.
âYou should be grateful that we didnât hold it against you for blocking our road, but you actually dared to curse at us? You must have eaten leopardâs guts! Second, help me hold this for now. Iâd like to see who exactly is in that carriage, that actually dared to call us brothers dogs!â The person shouting earlier immediately threw something to the person next to him before riding on horseback through the narrow road up to the carriage.
He was riding a large horse, the size of it wasnât something horses meant for pulling carriages could compare to. If it werenât for the fact that the carriage was pretty wide, their horse probably wouldâve been forced off the road into the river.
It was also precisely because this road was narrow and by a river that the people behind them hadnât dared to force their way through.
It could also be seen by their behavior that they werenât truly bad people. Perhaps they really did have an urgent place to get to.
However, no matter what, there was nothing they could do since the conflict has already been provoked.
Tang Doudou looked worriedly towards Baili Yu. Soon, she saw the young man that had been cursing earlier. He was wearing a dark purple garment that facilitated movement and his high ponytail was held in place by a headband that was the same color as his garments and studded with scarlet gemstones. It was hard to imagine that such a handsome looking young man was actually the one that was spewing the dirtiest curses.
At this moment, he was smiling disdainfully as he guided his horse to stop right in the middle of the road. It was clear he was provoking a fight.
Since the road had been blocked, Baili Yu could only pull on the reins and stop the carriage as well. He turned and said to Tang Doudou, âHead back in first. A little wife shouldnât always be showing her face, got it?â
Tang Doudou naturally didnât take this to be gender discrimination. She knew that Baili Yu was saying this because he wanted to protect her.
So she agreeably went back into the carriage, but remained behind the curtains to peek on the situation outside.
After the carriage stopped, that person slowly rode over on horseback and only stopped when he was right in front of the carriage. His large horse stopped in front of their little one and seemed to emphasize its masterâs haughtiness.
âSo it was a fearless pair of old farts.â After that person saw Baili Yu, who was disguised as a middle-aged man, he felt like he had ended up getting himself into trouble when he had come to cause trouble. He curled his lips in angry annoyance as he said, âOld man, for the sake of prevent others from saying that Iâm bullying the elderly, just apologize and Iâll let this go!â
Baili Yu looked at the man in front of him, or more precisely, at the gemstone on the manâs headband. Then he exclaimed in surprise, âYouâre from Indigo Mountainâs Xiao family?â
Who around here didnât know of his famous Xiao family? That person didnât show any surprise when his identity was pointed out and just said, âSince you know Iâm from the Xiao family, hurry and apologize! If it werenât for the fact that youâre so old, I definitely wouldâve made you suffer by now.â
His words started out quite loud and imposing, but his voice started faltering near the end.
Tang Doudou didnât understand why, but Baili Yu faintly remember that this was the Indigo Mountainâs Xiao familyâs teachings. They werenât allowed to oppress the elderly, injured, or pregnant.
That was why Baili Yu had provoked them earlier.
Tang Doudou asked through the curtain, âThis person came so angrily, how could his demand possibly be so simple? Bai⦠Husband, is something bad about to happen?â
Baili Yu quietly explained to her the teachings of the Indigo Mountainâs Xiao family. Tang Doudou first took a moment to admire this Xiao familyâs modern style of thinking, then exclaimed, âHow did you know? Could it be that your memoriesâ¦â
Baili Yu shushed her. The people around them had very sharp ears, and since they were nearby, it was easy to be overheard.
Tang Doudou immediately stopped speaking and continued peeking at that person. He seemed furious about the fact that Baili Yu had ignored him. However, due to his family teachings, he couldnât do anything to them, so his eyes were filled with a frightening amount of stifled anger.
âThis young man from the Xiao family, although we were wrong to block the road, it was only because my wifeâs condition caused her to feel ill, so she needed a little break. We were also unaware that others had arrived on this road. However, when we heard your urges for us to hurry, my wife and I decided to set aside her condition for now and hurry to move the carriage to a wider place so that you guys can pass, butâ¦â Baili Yu hesitated with the rest of his words, but everyone present knew what he meant.
His words were clearly saying that these people were being unreasonable for starting the entire conflict, then insisting that they apologize.