I just want to live a good life

Chapter 335 2 Roads

“Is there a doctor in our village?”

"No, we don't have a doctor in this small place. You have to go to the town to invite one. There is a Ji'an Hall in the town. Doctor Shen there can treat all kinds of diseases and his consultation fee is cheap. But it's too late for you to invite him today. You'd better go early tomorrow."

"Who's sick?"

Su Nuan asked, standing at the door with messy hair.

"Hey, girl, you're finally awake. If you don't wake up, your brother will call a doctor for you!"

"Why do you need to see a doctor just to take a nap?" Su Nuan looked at Lao Liu, her eyes full of "Are you stupid?"

Lao Liu smiled bitterly. Fortunately, the person woke up and seemed to be fine. Nothing else mattered.

In fact, Su Nuan herself was also amazed at how she could sleep so soundly. She thought she was really carefree.

If I wasn't hungry, I might be able to sleep until tomorrow morning.

"Sister Li, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."

"Yes, yes, I'm here to invite you to dinner."

"Great, I'll wash my face and go over to eat."

After Su Nuan finished speaking, she didn't act pretentiously. She filled a basin with cold water and started washing.

After washing my face and feeling completely refreshed, I went to the dining table to prepare for dinner.

The Li family consists of four people, a couple and two children, the older one is eight years old and the younger one is four years old.

Sister Li's husband works in the town and can only go home once every two weeks. Usually, Sister Li is at home with the two children.

At the dining table, two children were already sitting in a row waiting for their meal to start.

There were two steamed buns and three corn breads on the table. Judging from their placement, the two steamed buns were for Su Nuan and Lao Liu.

But the two children stared at the steamed buns intently. Su Nuan couldn't eat them even though she wanted to. She shared the buns with the two children and ate a corn bread instead.

"No, no, this steamed bun is for you. How can a child eat it?"

"Why can't children eat this? They are growing children, they should eat good food."

The Li family is not wealthy, and they can only eat white flour during the Chinese New Year, so it is very precious.

The host was warm and hospitable, but Su Nuan was sensible. This white flour bun was nothing to her. It was no big deal to eat one less bite, but it could make the children have a happy meal.

The steamed buns were given to the child, and Su Nuan only drank a bowl of porridge. The porridge was a little watery, and drinking a bowl of it was a little better than drinking water, but not much.

After dinner, Su Nuan pulled Lao Liu back to the room. She was ready to persuade Lao Liu to take her back to the imperial city.

"What are your plans next?"

Su Nuan asked Lao Liu.

Lao Liu pondered for a long time but still couldn't answer this question.

Su Nuan had already figured it out when she saw this. "We got separated from Zhao Zong and his men last night. It's been a day and they still haven't found us yet. I think we are in danger. We can't wait any longer. If the killer shows up, you won't be able to deal with him alone. I don't know martial arts. Will you fight them for me or hand me over?"

Handing it over is impossible, but fighting with all one's might is also debatable.

Lao Liu couldn't answer this question and continued to remain silent.

Su Nuan continued, "I definitely can't let you fight them for me, so you can't hand me over either. If you do, I will definitely die. Neither of us wants to die, and neither of us wants the other to die, right?"

This question was simple, and Lao Liu nodded quickly and gave an affirmative answer.

Su Nuan was very satisfied with his reaction and continued to persuade him, "The killer has already targeted me. It's only a matter of time before he finds me. Now there are two options before us: one is that you take me to see your master. Since he has the ability to get me out of the palace, he must also be able to save my life. But you brothers are dressed like this for this mission. He should be very dissatisfied. Will he punish you for this? You know him better, so think about it yourself."

As expected, Lao Liu tilted his head as if thinking. Judging from the way his brows were furrowed, he was undoubtedly worried about being punished.

Su Nuan deliberately paused for a while to let Lao Liu imagine what it felt like to be punished.

After a while, Lao Liu looked up and asked her, "You said there are two ways to go, what is the second way?"

Su Nuan was happy in her heart, and tried to suppress the upturned corners of her mouth, and replied: "The second way is for you to follow me, and follow me from now on, and don't look for your so-called master again. You see, what he asks you to do is head-breaking, and the only outcome for you to follow such a master is death. It will be different if you follow me, you only need to protect my safety, and the rest is eating and drinking.

I have a cook who cooks better meals than the imperial chefs in the palace. You have tasted my cooking skills, they are not bad, but compared to my cook, I dare not say that I can cook.

When I have nothing to do on weekdays, I ask the cook to make delicious food, such as cakes, barbecue, lotus chicken, roast duck... If you follow me, you can have a share of these delicious foods."

It sounded so tempting that Lao Liu couldn't help swallowing.

But he couldn't bear the moral hurdle of betraying his master. Moreover, he knew many of his master's secrets. If he betrayed his master with these secrets, his master would not let him live.

Lao Liu shook his head at Su Nuan, indicating that he didn't want to go down this path.

Su Nuan was not surprised at his reaction. In fact, she had thought carefully about "kidnapping" Lao Liu. After spending a few days together, she found that Lao Liu was a kind-hearted and simple-minded person.

He obeyed Zhao Zong's orders but refused to kill anyone; when he saw the third brother harassing Su Nuan, he would find a way to rescue Su Nuan.

Just now during the meal, Su Nuan took it upon himself to share the steamed buns that Sister Li had originally given him with the two children, and he didn't say anything.

Therefore, Su Nuan felt that Lao Liu was different from Zhao Zong and the others in nature. He was a good person and it was worth spending time to win him over.

Su Nuan was not discouraged by Lao Liu's rejection at this moment. After all, the character of a person who betrays his master too easily would be questionable.

This matter can only be done slowly.

"I know you have concerns in your heart. It's okay. You can think about it slowly. But for the sake of our lives, we must rush to the direction of the imperial city tomorrow."

Lao Liu thought about it and nodded in agreement.

As night fell, Li's husband Li Xing returned from town.

She was a little unhappy when she heard that Sister Li had taken in two strangers, but when she saw Su Nuan, she still greeted her warmly and gave Su Nuan two candies she had bought for the children.

That night, Su Nuan couldn't fall asleep listening to the laughter from next door.

After being abducted for so many days, she had no idea what had happened in the imperial city, whether Mu Yunting had been looking for her, whether those women in the prince's mansion had done anything naughty, and she didn't know whether her poor third brother was used to living in the Dali Temple.