Butterfly glared at her. Seeing a bit of grievance on her face, he finally couldn't bear to scold her and softened his tone. "Did you scratch your hands? The ground is so dirty..."
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu didn't want to be angry with him anymore and simply replied that she was fine.
At this moment, Butterfly was the only one who cared about her in such a small matter.
Butterfly let out a sigh. Without mentioning this matter anymore, the two of them entered the village together.
Ji Feiyu stayed quietly in the village for three days. She neither heard any news about the officers and soldiers coming for revenge nor saw any of them patrolling in Xinghua Village. She couldn't help but feel a bit strange. So she asked Butterfly if they should run away to another place since she had caused trouble.
Butterfly replied indifferently, "Run away now? Isn't that just making it obvious that we have something to hide? Since there are already people camping nearby, they might very well monitor the nearby main roads. Since you've deceived them into believing that I'm the mysterious Jade - faced Divine Doctor who has gone into seclusion, I'm sure they won't act rashly before they've investigated clearly. So why are you still worried?"
Well, actually Ji Feiyu wasn't worried. Instead, she had a premonition of something bad.
She always felt that danger was approaching, but she had no idea what it was.
However, she figured that if the people sent from above to look for her were all like the ones she had met before, they would probably have no hope of finding her.
A week after this incident, seeing that there was still no movement, Ji Feiyu went out to set up a stall to sell oranges again. She also hoped to get some information from passers - by to find out who had come to this area.
To her surprise, she learned that the nearby main roads were all occupied and blocked by people. It was said that a dangerous criminal had escaped from the imperial prison and was killing people like crazy. Now the whole country was hunting for this criminal.
Ji Feiyu slapped her forehead. She immediately understood that this was just another excuse made by Yong Yaxuan to find her. She couldn't help but admire him. She never thought that in just four months, her identity had changed from a kidnapped young lady to a serious criminal in the imperial prison. He really thought too highly of her.
In the following week, the Orange Beauty didn't show up again. Ji Feiyu's business stall returned to normal. She was very happy about this. At the same time, she was no longer harassed by those officers and soldiers. Life seemed to have returned to the carefree days of the past.
Every night, Ji Feiyu would tell Butterfly the information she had gathered. Then Butterfly would help her analyze the useful parts. Finally, Butterfly couldn't help but sigh, "I told you to keep a normal mind and just do what you should do. You really went back to your old state and set up a stall again. You're really not afraid of anything."
Ji Feiyu said, "Didn't you say that there were people monitoring? I think it would be more suspicious if I didn't go. As the saying goes, the greatest hermits live in the bustling world. Isn't this the same as your reasoning for choosing a beautiful disguise before?"
Butterfly was really convinced by Ji Feiyu. He said that she forgot the pain once the wound was healed, but Ji Feiyu didn't care. What she cared about was who the noble person was who had come to this area and made a general pay so much attention.
Soon, her question was answered.
At noon that day, Ji Feiyu was selling oranges as usual when she suddenly saw two men wearing straw hats walking on the road.
She thought they were just ordinary chivalrous men, so she shouted to them, "Two heroes, do you want to eat an orange to relieve your fatigue? My oranges are very sweet."
The two men looked over when they heard the voice. One of them nodded to the other, and then the other walked towards her stall. "How much are your oranges?"
Ji Feiyu replied, "Two copper coins each. If they're not sweet, you don't have to pay."
The man looked at her, then picked an orange from the stall, peeled it and took a bite. Then he looked up and said, "Why are they so expensive?"
Ji Feiyu showed a flattering smile. "Because this is in the wilderness. I set up the stall at the cross - road to provide convenience for everyone. I have to suffer from the wind and sun every day. You have to let me earn some hard - earned money, right?"
The man looked at her and nodded. Then he took out a small piece of silver. "Then I'll take twenty."
Ji Feiyu looked at the silver, rummaged through her pocket, and continued to smile. "Sir, this is a small business. Do you have any copper coins? I can't make change for this..." Ji Feiyu thought that even if she sold oranges for a whole morning, she couldn't earn nine hundred and sixty copper coins...
The man looked at her strangely. "But this is the smallest amount of money I have."
Wow! A rich man!
Ji Feiyu couldn't help but smile and tentatively asked, "Then... would you buy all the oranges here?"
The man declined. "I still have things to do. How can I carry so many oranges? Forget it. Keep the money. I only want twenty."
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu returned the money to him and said with a smile, "This isn't good, sir. If you're really interested, come and support my business next time. These few oranges are for you. Go and do your business first."
Ji Feiyu stuffed a few oranges into his hands and waved goodbye with a smile. It was not uncommon for passers - by on this road to be given oranges by her because they didn't have small change. Actually, she didn't come out to earn money. She just did it out of boredom to gather information and hear interesting stories from all over the world.
Seeing that she didn't want the silver, the man didn't insist. He took the few oranges and left.
Ji Feiyu watched them go away, not knowing that a big event was about to happen.
In the evening, seeing that there were still some oranges unsold, Ji Feiyu was about to pack up and go home when she saw the two men in straw hats again. But this time, they were walking back.
"Miss! My young master said your oranges are delicious and asked me to buy them all." The man who came over at noon ran towards her briskly as soon as he saw her.
Ji Feiyu couldn't help but stop what she was doing, thinking she had misheard.
The man stepped forward, gave her a small piece of silver, and then took the oranges from her hands and prepared to pack them up and take them away.
She stared blankly at the silver and couldn't help but say to him, "This... is still too much..."
But the man waved his hand and said it was okay. Then he carried a big bag of oranges back alone, while the other man in the straw hat always stood there without coming to help.
"Okay! Thank you then!" Ji Feiyu stared at the man walking back. She saw that after the man walked back to the other man in the straw hat, he put down the bag, took an orange from it and handed it to him. Only then did the other man reach out to take it.
Ji Feiyu had been sizing up his figure. He looked quite tall and straight. She thought he should be good - looking. But when his hand reached out, even from a distance, it was quite startling. His fingers and palms were a mix of pink and dark red, looking very terrifying. There were also some winding and raised scars on the back of his hand, which looked like burn marks. So, what was wrong with this person? Did he get chased by debt collectors and have his hands pressed into a brazier? She couldn't think of any other possibility.
But it was someone else's business, and Ji Feiyu didn't want to meddle. So she gathered up the cloth spread on the ground, picked up her small bench and went back home.