Chapter 61: I would rather get drunk than wake up
The fear of Duan Feibai seemed to come from instinct. The moment the two people's eyes met, Tao Jingyi seemed to have fallen into an ice abyss, his whole body was chilled, and he was stiff and unable to move.
The air suddenly became quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if a violent heartbeat could be heard. The remnant candle bloomed with a dim yellow light, and the candlelight reflected in her eyes, covering up her fear somewhat.
Fortunately, she was wearing an ugly mask today, and also covered her veil. I don't know if Duan Feibai recognized her.
During the short silence, Tao Jingyi decided to go through the window and jump into the river.
Duan Feibai moved.
He was unstable and took two steps forward crookedly. The jug in his hand, because of this large movement, the wine spilled out.
Immediately, the clear aroma of wine slowly permeated the air.
Duan Feibai rubbed the center of his brows with his hands, his gaze was misty, as if he was speaking to himself, he murmured in a low voice: "Am I dreaming again?"
The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and it just reached Tao Jingyi's ear, and Tao Jingyi stopped when he was about to move.
Duan Feibai eagerly took two steps towards her, with humble and pitiful eyes: "It's been half a year, and you are finally willing to enter my dream."
Tao Jingyi opened his mouth: "I..."
"Promise me, this time, don't leave easily, okay?" Duan Feibai walked up to her quickly, not even wanting the flagon in his hand, and threw it on the ground with a "slap", stretched out his long arms, and threw her Trapped between myself and the ledge.
His hands clasped her waist tightly, preventing her from jumping through the window and jumping into the river.
This situation is exactly the same as when she was found through the window. He did the same, trapping her between the window sill and his chest, almost bewitched by her bright red lips.
A strong alcohol smell hit his face, making Tao Jingyi uncomfortable. How much did this alcoholic drink? His face was flushed and his eyes were dazed. He was probably so drunk that he didn't even know who he was.
Tao Jingyi's restless heart suddenly relaxed, and said in a low voice, "Duan Feibai, look, who am I?"
Duan Feibai looked at her in a daze, and his voice was as soft as a gust of wind: "You are the wife that Mingmei is marrying. We have worshiped heaven and earth, and we have agreed that we will grow old together forever."
Tao Jingyi was taken aback, he didn't expect this drunkard to be able to recognize her at a glance.
What Dongfang Yue said was right, her disguise was indeed not clever, even he could recognize her, let alone Duan Feibai who was familiar with Su Xiyan.
"You drank too much," Tao Jingyi said.
"Not much, just get drunk."
Tao Jingyi carefully moved her body, trying to break free from his embrace.
Duan Feibai stretched out a pair of long arms and held her in his arms.
"Duan Feibai, calm down, this is just a dream." Tao Jingyi was hugged tightly by him all of a sudden, unable to move, he simply followed his words and started talking nonsense.
"Then let this dream last a little longer..." His voice was deep and hoarse, seemingly filled with endless bitterness, which made people feel a little sad, "If I can be with you, Fei Bai would rather be drunk and never wake up again."
Tao Jingyi opened his lips, wanting to refuse, but didn't know how to say it.
Duan Feibai's eyes tightly locked onto her face, he kept his eyes wide open, not daring to blink, for fear that if he blinked, the dream would dissipate.
He clasped her waist with one hand, stretched out the other hand to lift her veil, then lowered his head, and kissed her lips.
Tao Jingyi's pupils constricted slightly, his eyes sparkled, and he struggled vigorously, but the drunk was so strong, like a lock, that he locked her tightly in his arms, making her unable to struggle at all.
His soft lips pressed hers with astonishing force, almost crushing her lips, and the strong smell of alcohol rushed straight into his throat, Tao Jingyi felt dizzy in his mind, and also a little bit drunk.
In desperation, Tao Jingyi had no choice but to stretch out his hand, put his fingers together, condense his internal energy on the fingertips, groped, and lightly poked the acupuncture points on the side of his neck.
Fortunately, after knowing how to use internal force, she deliberately memorized the positions of some acupoints.
After this finger poked down, Duan Feibai's strength instantly loosened, and his body slowly fell from in front of her and fell towards the floor.
Tao Jingyi quickly reached out, hugged him, and dragged him towards the big bed.
The night was cold, and he was so drunk that he was unconscious. If he slept on the floor all night, he might hurt himself.
For some reason, she couldn't be cruel to him like Su Xiyan.
Duan Feibai poisoned her because he regarded her as Su Xiyan; Duan Feibai forced her to swear never to betray her because he mistakenly believed that she was greedy for longevity and collaborated with Su He to harm him.
He is a hedgehog, he erected his thorns all over his body and stabbed everyone, because he knew that he was riddled with holes under the cover of his thorns, and others could kill him with just one stab.
Tao Jingyi pulled up the quilt at the head of the bed, covered Duan Feibai, sighed softly, then picked up the veil that fell on the floor, and put it on his face again.
She looked back at Duan Feibai on the bed.
Duan Feibai closed his eyes tightly, and frowned, even in his sleep, it seemed that he couldn't find a moment of peace.
Tao Jingyi withdrew his gaze, and walked to the cabinet, where Duan Feibai's clothes were hung, the clothes smelled faintly of plum fragrance.
She rummaged through a pile of clothes for a long time, but couldn't find the qin and sword she wanted.
Worried that Duan Feibai would wake up at any time, Tao Jingyi closed the cabinet door and left Duan Feibai's room quietly.
After she left, Duan Feibai on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.
He is not drunk.
When he heard the movement inside the house, he thought it was a thief who came from somewhere, and he had hidden an arrow in his sleeve, waiting for the moment the door was opened, and shot the thief through the throat.
When the familiar figure appeared behind the door, his hand trembled violently. Fortunately, the arrow in his sleeve was quickly withdrawn, otherwise, that arrow would have killed her as well as his own.
The shock was only an instant thing, even Tao Jingyi didn't notice it, he reacted very quickly, when he noticed that she was about to jump out of the window and escape, he pretended to be drunk and took the opportunity to hold her in his arms.
Everything that happened next happened as a matter of course.
One pretended to be crazy by drinking, and got what he wanted; the other pretended to be a dream, and got away with it.
It seemed that her sweet breath still remained between the lips and teeth, Duan Feibai raised his hand, and touched his lips lightly, there was an undercurrent in his eyes.
In the middle of the night, she came to her room, what was she looking for?
Taking the risk of being recognized by the "enemies" to come to the martial arts conference, it is obvious that he came here for something.
There is something in her body that she is looking for, and why is she looking for it?
She is a mystery, there are too many secrets in her body, but he dare not solve it easily, he is afraid, just like last time, if he is not careful, he will lose her again.
Tao Jingyi ran all the way back to his room, finally heaving a sigh of relief. This time, not only did he fail to steal the piano sword, but he was almost caught by Duan Feibai, it was really thrilling.
After being provoked like this, Tao Jingyi didn't dare to appear in front of Duan Feibai blatantly again. Thinking of the two flaws that my little martial uncle said, early the next morning, she put on super thick and big eye makeup in front of the mirror before she dared to go to the martial arts arena.
A martial arts viewing platform was set up outside the martial arts arena. Tao Jingyi found the area of Xijian Pavilion and found an empty seat to sit down.
She came early, Dongfang Yue and the little uncle hadn't come yet, only she and Ruan Shan were sitting on the martial arts viewing platform. When Ruan Shan saw her, his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, with a look of horror.
Tao Jingyi smiled, "Does my new makeup look good?"
Ruan Shan had "Ugly people make trouble" written all over his face, he was embarrassed and didn't know how to reply.
After Tao Jingyi finished teasing him, he took out some snacks contentedly. Judging by Ruan Shan's reaction, the effect of her eye makeup is quite good.
After a while, the little uncle and Dongfang Yue came side by side. Tao Jingyi greeted them, Dongfang Yue nodded her head reservedly, glanced at her eye makeup, and said nothing.
The little uncle was a little nervous, and responded indiscriminately, his voice was also hoarse, as if it had been ground by a stone.
Tao Jingyi asked strangely, "Little Martial Uncle, your expression is not right, are you sick?"
"Junior Martial Uncle occasionally feels cold, and has already asked himself to withdraw from the martial arts conference. There is one more spot in Xijian Pavilion. Junior Martial Uncle suggests that you be the substitute." Dongfang Yue opened her lips.
Most of the disciples who came this time were direct disciples, such as Dongfang Yue, Junior Martial Uncle, and Ruan Shan. The rest were outer disciples, and only Tao Jingyi was an inner disciple. It can be made up by her.
Tao Jingyi was taken aback: "Me?" He subconsciously shook his head, "I can't..."
"Don't worry, it's just a formality. The contest draws lots. You only need to be eliminated in the first round, so you don't have to face Duan Feibai." Dongfang Yue said in a rare comforting tone.
"Then I'll try to lose faceably and not embarrass Xi Jiange." Tao Jingyi said helplessly.
Dongfang Yue sat down in front of her, there was only one vacant seat left, and the junior uncle reluctantly sat down beside Tao Jingyi.
Tao Jingyi looked at the young master's uncle's complexion, which was slightly pale, and looked really weak, and couldn't help but concerned: "Little master, are you okay, why did you suddenly get sick?"
"I forgot to cover the quilt when I went to bed last night..." the little uncle replied vaguely, turning his head away, not daring to meet her eyes.
He was very nervous, and his hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling slightly. Even if it was to take the head of someone, he had never been so nervous before.
This little uncle is naturally not Duan Feibai, but Heron in disguise. Duan Feibai wanted to participate in the martial arts conference as the head of the Tianshan School, but he was unable to separate himself, so he ordered Heron to temporarily replace Duan Wushuang.
Helu was his only confidant, and when he found out Tao Jingyi's secret, he didn't hide it from him.
When Helu thought of the girl in front of him, who was the new wife who fell off the cliff, he became very nervous, fearing that a mistake would cause her to see the clues and ruin Duan Feibai's love.
After this lady "died", Duan Feibai was heartbroken. Now that she finally found it, he only dared to use Duan Wushuang's identity to follow her secretly. If he messed it up, wouldn't he deserve to die? !
Heron was sweating nervously, not daring to look at Tao Jingyi, and couldn't help thinking of Duan Feibai's order in his mind. Originally, Madam didn't have to compete in martial arts, but for some reason Duan Feibai asked him to give her the spot.