Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1413: Chapter 1414 Wild Boar

As soon as Ye Zhi left, Gong Juechen, lying on the bed, complained, ”Couldn’t this be discussed another day? Look at you, you’ve driven my Zhizhi away from me again. I’m still injured, you know.”

Xiao Changyi didn’t engage in banter with Gong Juechen. Only after Meng Zhuqing closed the door from outside did he ask, ”How did you know Ye Zhi went to that mountain?”

His wife had led a group to survey the terrain of Jingye City in the mountains. Other than his wife, Ye Zhi, ten female soldiers, and himself, only Meng Zhuqing knew about it.

Even though the gatekeepers had opened the city gate, none of them knew his wife’s destination was that mountain.

His wife had told him that Ye Zhi was very tight-lipped, and she shouldn’t have shared such sensitive information with Gong Juechen.

As for Meng Zhuqing, he wouldn’t have either.

He and his wife hadn’t disclosed it.

That left only the ten female soldiers as suspects.

Hearing Xiao Changyi’s question, Gong Juechen didn’t show the slightest panic, instead flashing a particularly devilish smile. ”Do you want the truth or a lie?”

Xiao Changyi remained silent.

Not caring whether Xiao Changyi responded, Gong Juechen continued, ”At the border with Chilin, the number of patrols by Xiyun soldiers increased dramatically. Meanwhile, you and Zhuzhu kept looking toward the mountain’s direction. I just guessed it.”

Xiao Changyi clearly didn’t believe Gong Juechen’s explanation.

But Gong Juechen said no more, instead smiling as he remarked, ”Believe it or not, that’s how I found out.”

Xiao Changyi paused briefly before saying, ”I believe you.”

After a moment, Xiao Changyi added, ”I hope there won’t come a day when I have to settle accounts with you.”

Gong Juechen burst into laughter. Talking about settling accounts—wasn’t that the same as not believing him?

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Ye Zhi, upon seeing Su Chengyuan and the others and realizing they were genuinely unharmed, finally felt at ease.

However, when Su Chengyuan and the others kept talking about how Gong Juechen looked as though his world had collapsed when he saw her buried, acting like he’d lost everything, she felt the story was being exaggerated.

”Come on, you’re exaggerating too much. How could he possibly behave like that?” Ye Zhi said with a laugh, clearly disbelieving.

Lie Qi immediately chimed in, ”Deputy General, don’t doubt us; it’s true. When Gong Juechen saw you buried, not only did he look as if the sky had fallen, but he also went berserk, digging frantically to try and unearth you. When he finally dug you out, discovering you weren’t breathing, he cried his heart out. He even howled skyward—it was painful for all of us to watch.”

Ye Zhi froze. ”Really?”

Not only Lie Qi but all the other female soldiers nodded vigorously. ”Really! We swear on our honor; not a single word of it is false!”

Only then did Ye Zhi believe them, and her heart instantly felt overwhelmingly torn and bitter. She knew her face wasn’t breathtakingly beautiful; there were many women far prettier. She couldn’t understand why he was so taken with her...

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Meanwhile, at the mountains adjoining Jingye City.

An Jing had just finished drawing the map and was climbing down from the tree. Since yesterday’s heavy rainfall had lasted until midnight, she couldn’t complete the mapping then and had to wait until daylight today.

Finally, the map was complete.

As soon as she climbed down from the tree, An Jing led the five female soldiers down the mountain.

But as they descended, they suddenly heard a rustling sound. Everyone immediately froze in place, alertly scanning their surroundings.

Seeing nothing unusual in the vicinity, they resumed their descent.

But after only a few more steps, a robust black wild boar burst out of the tall grass, charging toward them with terrifying ferocity.