Chapter 1485: No Ill Intent Towards You
Mu Mian’s eyes flickered with surprise before settling back into calmness, "No. I don’t want to hide anything from you all either. You’re being too serious. Qin Jian, I know you are military personnel, good people. I just want to help you heal your wounds and then watch you return to your original lives. I bear no ill will towards you. And please, stop prying into my affairs."
"We’re just too curious. We mean no harm to you, either. Of course, at first we thought to play dumb, to act as though we knew nothing, but your father, he comes every three or five days. Whenever he comes, you argue with him in the courtyard. It honestly makes us feel like we’ve been troubling and burdening you," said Tian Niu.
"My dad is just that kind of person. Don’t mind him," Mu Mian finished, bowing her head to start eating dumplings, "Come on, eat up. They’ll get cold if you don’t."
Seeing he could get no more information out of Mu Mian, Qin Jian decided not to ask further.
The village was silent, even on Chinese New Year’s Eve there were no sounds of firecrackers.
After dinner, Mu Mian cleared away the pots and dishes. Before leaving, she said to Qin Jian and Tian Niu, "Tonight is New Year’s Eve. Although you are far from your relatives and homes, I still hope you can have a happy New Year’s Eve."
"Thank you," responded Qin Jian courteously and politely.
Mu Mian closed the door and left, and tranquility was restored in the room.
"Commander, this young lady just won’t relay our message. Why do I feel so uneasy about this? We’re not going to be fattened up only to be chopped up with a cleaver and turned into oversized meat-stuffed buns, are we?" Tian Niu recalled the storytellers from his childhood, mentioning the tale of Sun Erniang.
"Your imagination is quite rich," Qin Jian chuckled, "If she had such intentions, why wait until now? When we were half dead from our fall, it would have been much simpler to just chop us up then."