On the street, people’s curious yet cautious gazes fell on me and Ye Suo, causing traffic to repeatedly jam.
I tugged Ye Suo’s sleeve, muttering glumly, “They’re looking at us like we’re extinct zoo animals.”
“Feeling uncomfortable?” Ye Suo’s misty eyes glanced at me sideways, his face completely nonchalant.
“Of course.”
“Then hide in my arms.” Ye Suo smiled wickedly, quickly reaching out to pull me close. I unexpectedly pressed against him, the people’s gaze becoming even more intense. I buried my face deeper into Ye Suo’s chest.
“You’re still laughing…” I whispered, certain he was doing this to get back at me for calling him a “beast.”
“Move! Move! Are you blind? Move!” An arrogant voice accompanied by horse hooves approached. I looked up to see a carriage recklessly charging toward the dense crowd.
People panicked and quickly retreated to both sides. An old woman, carrying a vegetable basket, limped to the side…
“Damn old woman! Are you seeking death!” The carriage’s occupant shouted, making no attempt to stop.
The grandmother seemed to hear nothing, slowly walking as if the carriage didn’t exist. Ye Suo rushed out with lightning speed, swiftly scooping up the grandmother and kicking the horse’s leg. The horse knelt in pain, and the carriage violently shook.
“Ye Suo is so cool!” I excitedly jumped up. The surrounding crowd began to cheer loudly. A nearby aunty looked at me enviously, “Miss, your husband is amazing. If not for him, Grandma Zhang would have been crushed under the carriage.”
“Of course, he is Ye Suo, he is my…” My proud smile froze. My husband?
us to my frozen expression, continued admiring Ye Suo’s heroic pose, “Miss, having such a husband must be so wonderful, right?”
I raised a happy, satisfied smile. “Yes!”
The carriage driver, embarrassed, climbed up from the ground, glaring at Ye Suo. Seeing Ye Suo’s sharp gaze and blue hair, he didn’t dare look again and fled with his carriage.
The crowd’s cheers grew louder, gathering around Ye Suo, no longer treating us like outsiders.
There’s no way around it, this town has only one carpentry shop.” Listening to the mother-in-law’s words, a lightning-like brilliant idea flashed into my mind, and I snapped my fingers triumphantly, “I know how we’ll survive here!”
