Yuan Hexiao immediately cast his eyes on Chen Maohua. The intuition between rivals in love is quite sharp, not only referring to women but also men.
Yuan Hexiao could detect the gritted - teeth tone in Chen Maohua's words. However, since Chen Maohua didn't elaborate, Yuan Hexiao also didn't expose it. With A Yan's innocent mind, if others didn't explain clearly, it would be impossible for her to figure things out first. He had only understood this point when he was pursuing A Yan.
It turned out that A Yan also had feelings for him. But all the things he had done were too subtle. He only invited her to dinner and didn't do anything else. Mainly, he didn't know what else to do, and no one had ever taught him. This was the first time he had fallen in love with someone.
In his previous years, no one around him ever pursued anyone. All the people around him were his subordinates. So even if emotions arose, they didn't dare to show the slightest trace in front of Yuan Hexiao.
Therefore, when he heard Chen Maohua say those words, his first reaction was to tightly hug Su Yanke in his arms.
Su Yanke felt a bit confused when she felt Yuan Hexiao's suddenly tightened arms.
Before Su Yanke could ask, her vision went dark. Yuan Hexiao buried his head in the crook of Su Yanke's neck. Su Yanke clearly felt a soft and warm breath spraying on her skin. She couldn't help but tremble slightly all over. Her reaction obviously pleased Yuan Hexiao. A low - pitched laugh came from Yuan Hexiao's mouth.
Lu Xingmi stood outside the room, listening to the laughter and playfulness coming from inside. The hands he had clenched into fists trembled slightly.
Lu Xingmi stood there silently for a while and then left quietly.
What Lu Xingmi didn't know was that for as long as he had stood at the door, He Huanhuan had also secretly accompanied him for that long.
He Huanhuan saw that when Lu Xingmi turned around to leave, his eye sockets were a bit shiny. Were they tears?
Was he crying?
At this moment, He Huanhuan's mood was extremely complicated. There was the pain of her unrequited love, the hidden pain of Lu Xingmi's unfulfilled love, and even an indescribable resentment towards Su Yanke.
What He Huanhuan didn't know was that while she was immersed in those complex emotions, a malicious look in the dark had already set its sights on her.
Everything in the dark was quietly unfolding.
"Since Sister Yanke is back, shouldn't we celebrate it somehow?" a beaming young man said.
"Yeah, we should really celebrate!"
As soon as this was proposed, everyone echoed in agreement.
Some went to buy ingredients, while others arranged programs. Everything was bustling. Su Yanke and Yuan Hexiao exchanged a smile when they heard about this.
However, this morning was especially noisy.
"Hand over the person quickly, or don't blame us for being ruthless!"
A large group of local people, each with angry expressions, surrounded the program crew, chattering and shouting something.
The program crew looked at the local people in disbelief, but they were all in awe of the farm tools in the locals' hands.
The program crew had previously learned that there were no dangerous factors in this shooting, so they hadn't prepared many defensive weapons for safety. Therefore, their situation was obviously at a disadvantage now.
They were all extremely angry but couldn't fight back.
So when Su Yanke came out, what she saw was a large group of people with red faces, as if they had eaten extremely spicy peppers.
After seeing Su Yanke come out, the originally noisy situation became eerily quiet for a moment. Mainly, Su Yanke's beauty was so stunning that anyone who saw her would be momentarily stunned, and naturally, they would fall silent.
But someone suddenly shouted, "She is Su Yanke, the bride of the river god!"
As soon as this voice sounded, the crowd exploded.
One voice said, "Beautiful bride of the river god, please save us!"
Another voice said, "A bunch of ignorant people. Such a bad custom should have been abolished long ago. How dare they still try to use this to tie us down?"
Su Yanke's ears were numb from these two voices. Just as she was about to frown, Yuan Hexiao beside her said, "Quiet."
Yuan Hexiao's aura had been cultivated through years of managing his subordinates. Many people were in awe of him. So as soon as he spoke, the situation that was about to turn into a fight immediately quieted down.
Su Yanke was very satisfied with this "pause button".
"What on earth is going on? Xingmi, you tell us."
"The water in their Source Lake didn't return after the tide ebbed yesterday. They think it's the river god's doing and insist that you be sacrificed to the river god. It's simply ridiculous,哼."
Lu Xingmi hadn't slept well last night and got up early today only to encounter such a thing. He was also full of anger. When he heard Su Yanke's inquiry, his tone was no longer his usual calm one. It was obviously tinged with a mocking tone.
When Su Yanke heard Lu Xingmi's obviously different tone from usual, her attention shifted to Lu Xingmi's body. She saw that there were obvious dark circles under Lu Xingmi's eyes. Was it because he had been woken up early in the morning and didn't sleep well that he was in a bad mood?
After Lu Xingmi felt Su Yanke's gaze on him, he also realized that his tone was a bit inappropriate. He coughed lightly and quickly adjusted his state. He didn't want Su Yanke to discover his feelings. He was afraid that Su Yanke would stay away from him from then on.
Last night, he had already made up his mind that if Su Yanke was going to be with Yuan Hexiao in the future, he would completely hide his love so that Su Yanke wouldn't discover it. In this way, he could always stay by her side and protect her.
Yuan Hexiao frowned slightly and thought to himself: Why is there another one?
"You outsiders don't understand. Our Source Lake has never changed since ancient times. It's a spiritual lake. But now something has gone wrong. It must be because of your arrival that the river god is dissatisfied. I heard that someone suddenly disappeared and then suddenly reappeared. This must be the river god's instruction. This person is the reason for the river god's dissatisfaction. So we have to sacrifice the bride of the river god to the river god to make him happy. Only then can the Source Lake return to its original state!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers behind him all nodded in agreement. Their eager looks at Su Yanke were so intense that they couldn't wait to rush up and throw Su Yanke into the river.
Su Yanke was extremely speechless about this explanation. It was true that the Source Lake was spiritual, but the spiritual deer didn't need to get married either!
"You've said so much. Don't you just want the Source Lake to return to its original state?" Su Yanke said impatiently.
"Yeah. So what? Can you do it?"
"Come with me and take a look, and you'll know if I can or not." Su Yanke said leisurely.
The man felt a bit embarrassed by Su Yanke's nonchalant retort. He could only sneer, "You're just a woman, and you still dare to think you can communicate with the gods? Our clan chief can only do it once a year. Do you think you can?"
Su Yanke didn't care about his words at all. Instead, she was a bit curious about the clan chief he mentioned. The place where she disappeared before was the clan chief's house, and the place where she reappeared was also the clan chief's house. There must be something wrong here.
Moreover, the clan chief couldn't be found in the crowd now. The clan chief still hadn't shown up at such a time, which was a bit suspicious.
A large group of people followed Su Yanke to the Source Lake. The scene was extremely spectacular. As the director of this program, he had already lost a week of filming time before, and a lot of the budget had been spent. He seized this opportunity and started a live - broadcast.
The topic was: Could Su Yanke resolve the title of the bride of the river god?
As soon as the name Su Yanke appeared, the live - broadcast room was instantly filled with people.
"Oh my god, I finally got news about my cutie again. These days without her divine beauty updates, I've become haggard. Sob..."
"The bride of the river god? Is this a new TV series?"
"Yeah, is it a promotion for Su Yanke's new drama? Why is it in the form of a live - broadcast?"
"Damn it, there are so many people. And some of them are holding farm tools. It seems like they're going to fight!"
"Ahhh, I see my cutie!! My cutie is still as beautiful as ever～"
The director couldn't stop smiling when he saw the full - screen comments in just a short while. He also started to explain the meaning of the title to the audience.
This explanation immediately made the audience explode. Angry expressions and "colorful" Chinese words flooded the screen.
People started to give rewards like there was no tomorrow, all saying that the director should teach those ignorant villagers a good lesson.
"Oh my god, what are these people thinking? They actually want to drown our little baby?"
"What era is this? How can there still be such an ignorant place?"
"Director, you must protect our cutie well. If she gets the slightest bit of injury, we won't let them go. Even if we have to raze this clan to the ground, we'll avenge Su Yanke!"
In just a few minutes, Su Yanke once again occupied the top three spots on the hot - search list.
"Damn it, is Su Yanke going to make a big splash again?"
"She doesn't make a move unless it's a big one!"
"Alas, other celebrities will have to be overshadowed by her again during this period!"
On this side, Su Yanke had already reached the edge of the Source Lake. Looking at the appearance of the lake, Su Yanke suddenly frowned. Her formation had been broken?
What was going on? This was a one - way formation. It could only be broken by the people inside the formation themselves!
But wasn't the spiritual deer sleeping? How could this happen?
Su Yanke suddenly thought of something and quickly mobilized her spiritual energy to check the bottom of the lake. When she did, she panicked. The spiritual deer was gone!
Su Yanke had been wondering before why the spiritual energy in her dantian was so abundant after she woke up. She remembered that in the black hole, there was not a single bit of spiritual energy left in her dantian!
Su Yanke was stunned all over. A conjecture emerged in her mind. Was there a connection between her suddenly full dantian and the disappearing spiritual deer? Could it be that the spiritual deer had saved her!