"By the way, auntie, is that person really a monster?" Yong Shanling interrupted the auntie curiously. She was afraid that if she let the auntie continue, she wouldn't have time to ask.
"Monster? I don't know if it's really a monster or not, but it's true that it looks different from ordinary people." The auntie curled her lips and said disdainfully.
Really?
Yong Shanling lowered her eyes and looked at the ground. What on earth was a monster's scheme for staying by a human's side? She remembered the words about killing someone she heard in a daze, and her heart skipped a beat.
"You old man abducted my daughter. If you don't hand her over, I'll knock down your whole house today." An old man with a hunched back but a fierce face stood at the courtyard gate of that house, holding a hoe in his hand and glaring at the door fiercely, as if there was a wild beast inside.
"Damn it! This wild man abducted my daughter again. She's our only daughter. We were counting on her to have a good life, but you abducted her. How could we bear to let her suffer with you, an unknown person?"
Just as the two old people were crying and wailing at the door and the on - lookers were gathering to watch the show, the wooden door that had been tightly closed creaked open.
A strong and dark - faced man walked out. He looked like a model overall, but strangely, his hair color was a bit green, looking as if it had been dyed with poor - quality dye, showing a faint tinge of green.
With his tower - like body, he stood there and said in a gruff voice to the two old people, "Mom and Dad, I'm already with Xiaoyu. I hope you two old people can bless us. Don't worry. I'll never let Xiaoyu suffer in the future, and I'll be filial to you."
The man looked at the two old people seriously, with determination on his dark face. It was obvious that he was a very filial boy.
"Be filial to us? We don't need your filial piety. As long as you return our daughter, that'll be the greatest kindness to us. We've worked hard to raise our daughter for 18 years. Do you think we'll just give her to you as your wife for free? I tell you, you're dreaming! We've already arranged to marry her to the second son of the Wang family in the town. With your poverty, what kind of good life can you give our Xiaoyu?" The old man spat at the man fiercely, with malice and viciousness in his eyes.
"That's right. What kind of good life can you, a wild man, give our Xiaoyu? Hurry up and return our Xiaoyu. Otherwise, I'll curse your whole family. May your sons be born without an anus, and all your descendants be whores. All the men will be savages." The old woman in a white jacket and black trousers suddenly rushed forward and hit the man hard with the carrying pole in her hand. With a thud,
The on - lookers were shocked. Just hearing the sound, one could tell how much strength the old woman had used. One could only imagine how much pain the man must be in. But the man seemed not to feel it at all and still stood there stupidly.
All the man could say was, "Mom and Dad, I'll give Xiaoyu happiness. I hope you'll let her marry me."
The words of the two old people became even more unbearable. Even the on - lookers couldn't stand it anymore. Some of them shook their heads and left.
"Xiaoyu, you little slut. Did I raise you just to let you elope with this wild man? I might as well have drowned you when you were a child." The old woman shouted angrily at the house.
Hearing the old woman's words, the man, who had been like a wooden stake, suddenly seemed to come to life. He stared straight at her with the veins on his hands throbbing. He looked as terrifying as a waking beast.
Yong Shanling thought something was wrong. Just as the man was about to raise his hand, she rushed over and pressed it down.
"If you still want to stay with your Xiaoyu, don't do anything." Yong Shanling whispered a warning and then smiled at the two old people.
"Hey, uncle and auntie, I've heard about your matter just now. But you see, the way you're doing it now won't solve the problem. How about I mediate between you?"
The two fierce - looking old people saw a cute little girl smiling at them. Their expressions paused. After thinking about the fact that they hadn't made any progress for so long, they finally decided to let the little girl help.
After all, they weren't stupid. They had long seen from the clothes of the three people who had recently moved into the village that they were rich.
The old woman and the old man glanced at each other, and a glint of cunning flashed in their eyes.
"Little girl, you said so. If you can't help us get our daughter back, I'll hold you accountable." The old woman said the ugly things first, with a flash of greed in her eyes.
"Of course!" Yong Shanling replied calmly without changing her expression.
And Mu Yijie had been following Yong Shanling all the time.
He silently told her that he was her strongest backing, which was also the reason why the two old people didn't just act recklessly.
After that, Yong Shanling arranged for the two old people to go home first, saying that she would talk to the man first.
"What do you two Taoists want to do?" After everyone left, the man showed his fierce fangs and glared at the two of them.
Yong Shanling looked at him with a beaming smile and said, "Do you still want to be with your Xiaoyu? Maybe we have a way to help you."
"Humph, you humans are the most insidious, cunning, and ungrateful. How do I know if you're not after my inner core?"
Mu Qing, that is the man, squinted his eyes as he looked at Yong Shanling's cute and innocent appearance and Mu Yijie's expressionless face.
"You should be a tree spirit that has transformed into a human, right?" Mu Yijie revealed his true form at once.
Mu Qing was startled and looked at them warily, saying, "What do you want to do? I've never harmed anyone. You stinky Taoists can't arrest me either."
Although he said so, his hands were already in a position to run away.
After all, those transformed from grass and trees have extremely high medicinal value and healing effects. That's why there are fewer and fewer spirit beasts transformed from grass and trees in the world. In order to protect himself, he hadn't left the deep mountains for many years. If he hadn't accidentally met Xiaoyu, he might never have interacted with humans.
"We don't want to do anything. We're just curious about your story since you've fallen in love with a human. So we want to get in touch with you and help you if we can." Yong Shanling looked at him with a big smile, looking completely innocent and honest.
But this cute little girl was the one he was most on guard against among the two of them. After all, he could feel her powerful aura.