The lovers are walking side by side on the dirt road. They reached a small pavilion on the side of the road. There are benches in the roadside pavilion. This place looks deserted. It looks very old, as if it has not been used for many years. The lovers decided to rest and avoid the hot summer sun.
Zhao Renshu complained, "I should bring an umbrella." He lay on the bench and put his head on Ping'an's lap.
Guo Baiyu sat next to Ping'an. He took out his handkerchief and squeezed some water onto the handkerchief from the leather botta canteen. He stretched out his left hand and touched Ping'an's chin, then he turned her face to face him. He wiped her face with the wet handkerchief. After he wiping Ping'an's face, he wiped his own face. He poured more water on the handkerchief, then squeezed out the excess water, and then gave the wet handkerchief to Ping'an. Ping'an took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Zhao Renshu's face.
Zhao Renshu looked up, "If you kiss me, I will be fine." He closed his eyes and smiled at her.
She smiled at him, then lowered her head and kissed his lips gently. She returned the handkerchief to Guo Baiyu, and she kissed his lips gently.
GuoBaiyu took out an orange and began to peel it. After peeling the orange, he took the first orange and fed it to Ping'an. Then, he took the second piece and fed it to Zhao Renshu. Then he ate the third slice. He kept feeding them and himself until the last slice of orange.
Ping'an left hand was on Zhao Renshu's face and her head rested on Guo Baiyu's left shoulder. Guo Baiyu peeled another orange and fed them again.
Zhao Renshu looked up, "Hey...."
Gouo Baiyu gave him a "mn" answer.
Zhao Renshu, "This is very sweet. I like it."
Ping'an, "If you like it, we can buy more when we get back."
Zhao Renshu, "I am not talking about the orange. I am talking about us." He closed his eyes again. "This moment is very sweet."
The sound of galloping horses in the distance caused Zhao Renshu to open his eyes and sit up.
The Three horses stopped at the roadside pavilion. The three people got off their horses and walked towards the lovers.
Guo Baiyu, "Yingyu? What are you guy doing here?"
Wu Meirong, "My sister is worry about you."
Guo Baiyu, "I already told Xiao Mei to let you know that I will be back in a few days."
Wu Xiangmei, "You left without saying a word again." She looked at Ping'an and Zhao Renshu.
Zhao Renshu was angry at the three monkeys ruining their sweet time, "He is himself". He shrugged his shoulders. "He can go wherever he wants. I don't think he needs your permission." Zhao Renshu smiled and stroked his chin with his left thumb.
Wu Meirong asked indifferently, "He should go where you go?"
Zhao Renshu, "I believe it with all my heart." He gave Wu Meirong a frivolous smiled. "If I walk out of here, he will follow, but if any of you walk out of here, he will not follow." He continued to flirt with her with his eyes.
Guo Yingyu said madly, "You... Shameless."
Zhao Renshu laughed, making Gou Yingyu and Wu Meirong angrier. Wu Meirong tossed her outer long shirt to one side and pulled out her two short butterfly swords and lunged at Zhao Renshu. Zhao Renshu grabbed her wrist.
Zhao Renshu teased Wu Meirong by pulling her wrist closer to her nose, and then started sniffing, "What kind of perfume are you using. It smells very fresh." He sniffed several more times.
Guo Yingyu was so angry, "YOU!" Guo Yingyu took out his sword and lunged at Zhao Renshu too.
Zhao Renshu jumped backward out of the pavilion and he dragged Wu Meirong with him. When Guo Baiyu and Ping'an watched the two attacked Zhao Renshu, Wu Xiangmei took out her butterfly twin swords jumped over the bench joining her sister and her soon to be brother in law.
Guo Yingyu and Wu Xiangmei kicked Zhao Renshu's feet, but Zhao Renshu jumped up pulling Wu Meirong with him.
Guo Baiyu shouted, "STOP! Stop fighting."
Ping'an jumped over the bench. She took out her whip and released her whip directly at Wu Meirong who was still in midair. Ping'an's whip wrapped tightly on We Meirong's waist. Ping'an pulled her down to the ground.
Wu Xiangmei was upset when she saw her sister being pulled down on to the ground. She jumped up and started to attack Ping'an. The more experience Wu Xiangmei violently attacked Ping'an.
Wu Meirong got up and joined her sister to attack Ping'an. The two sisters are using the twin butterfly combination to attack Ping'an. Guo Baiyu jumped up on time, blocking one of Wu Xiangmei's attack. Guo Baiyu counterattack knocked Wu Xiangmei backward several steps.
Wu Meirong, "Sister, are you alright?" She ran to her sister.
Guo Baiyu turned around facing Ping'an with both of his hands on both side of Ping'an's arms and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Ping'an shook her head.
Wu Meirong shouted angrily, "Guo Baiyu! What does this mean?"
Zhao Renshu grasped Guo Yingyu's attack with his left hand and hit Guo Yingyu's right shoulder with his right hand. The attack caused Guo Yingyu to fall to his knee.
Zhao Renshu, "Don't push too far. Unless I will be serious." He warned, let go of Guo Yinyu's right hand, and walked towards Ping'an. Zhao Renshu put his hand on Ping'an's right shoulder, "Are you okay?"
Ping'an nodded.
Zhao Renshu pinched Ping'an right cheek, "Next time when we are fighting, stay far away. I don't want you to get hurt." He heard a moving noises behind one of the tree. Then he shouted, "Come out, otherwise I'm sending arrows this way."
An old man in his sixty slowly came out from hiding. He is a short, fat man, but he is well dressed.
Old man said very frighten, "Please don't kill me."
Zhao Renshu, "Who said we were going to kill you? What are you doing here?"
Old man, "But you said you want to shoot me with an arrow."
Zhao Renshu, "This is just a threat. I am not really going to shoot you."
Old man, "My name is Su Bofen. I risk my life to ask for help." Su Bofen cried. "So, when I saw you fighting. I thought you were bandits."
Zhao Renshu, "Where are you from?"
Su Bofen, "Sunshine Town. Right now in Sunshine Town people are despairing without any traces. Most of them were good looking woman and man. The Mayor hired some hunters to investigate the despairing of the people. Those hunters now work with the bandits. They refused to let we leave town. Anyone who visits or happens to enter our town cannot leave."
Zhao Renshu, "I guess lao Sha is right. Very strange, but very interesting. "
Guo Baiyu, "Why do you think we are bandits?"
Su Bofen, "About two months ago, a group of bandits about fifty people came to live on the mountain. They blocked the gate to the town. They don't allow the residents or visitors to leave. Visitors will be kept in inns. There is no more room left in any inns."
The sound of galloping horses made Su Bofen jumped behind Zhao Renshu. TThe man in red stopped and jumped off his horse. It's Fang Yaoting.
Fang Yaoting smiled and walked towards GuoBaiyu. GuoBaiyu shook his head in disbelief.
Guo Yingyu, "Fang Yaoting..... Why are you here?"
Fang Yaoting, "The road doesn't belong to you."
Then from behind Fang Yaoting was a horse carriage. When the carriage approached, the driver is Lee Dachin. Zhao Renshu, Guo Baiyu, Ping'an looked at each other.They don't need to guess who will come out of the wagon. They already know who it will be. Out of the carriage are Gou Longtong, Chen Changchao and Wu Wangwei.
Zhao Renshu murmured angrily, "Arrrrrrgg.....Stupid, stupid little sister..."
Guo Long smiled and waved towards the gathering crowd, "Baiyu!" He turned to Guo Yingyu. "Oh, Yingyu? We don't know you will be here too?"
Gouo Baiyu, "Explain why you four are here?"
Guo Longtong, "We are going to visit you. We met Childe Fang at the gate of the city. We followed him here because he said he was going to where you are."
Zhao Renshu, "And you just follow him?" Zhao Renshu was fused with annoyingness and frustration.
Guo Longtong, "Well.....Le.... "Lee Dachin pinched him. "We want to visit Baiyu since it has been two and the half years."
Su Bofen said happily, "Heaven must hear our prayers. Please, all young and beautiful skilled heroes, please help us?"
Zhao Renshu was very annoyed by all unnecessary phrases of beautiful people. Zhao Renshu grabbed Guo Baiyu's arm and pulled him away from the group. Fang Yaoting looked at Zhao Renshu with angry eyes.
Zhao Renshu gritted his teeth in deep anger, "This is too much responsibility."
Guo Baiyu said quietly, "What do you want me to do?"
Zhao Renshu, "You go back with them."
Guo Baiyu, "What kind of solution is this?"
Zhao Renshu sighed heavily, "The perfect solution. You take them and leave. All of those people." He turned back and pointed at the group. "Every one of them is following you here. Look at them. You have an angry fiancée, An 'I wish you die' brother, a worried sister in law to be, a crazy crush who lose his temper if anyone is close to you, a cousin, and his three friends who can't even defend themselves form rat's attack." He caught up with his breath. Zhao Renshu felt his blood pouring out of his body, and his heartbeat accelerated.
From afar, the group couldn't hear what the two men were talking about. All they saw was the aggressive Zhao Renshu pointing at them, then pointing at Guo Baiyu. Zhao Renshu raised his arms and waved from side to side. He stomped his foot down as he turned around and shook his head like a crazy madman.
GuoLongtong questioned, "What do you think they talk about?"
Wu Wangwei, "From the look of it, brother Zhao is upset at something."
Guo Longtong, "Why? We are friends."
Wu Wangwei, "It's either jealousy or he was possessed."
Fang Yaoting, "That's it." He grabbed his sword. "I had enough of that jerk who think he own Baiyu."
Guo Longtong held Fang Yaoting's arm, "Calm down, it might not be what we think."
Guo Baiyu, "If I go, then Ping'an go."
Zhao Renshu, "Fine, she will go with you on one condition. You will always be with her, and your fiancée is not allowed to approach her. I originally wanted to do this myself from the beginning."
The two men returned to the group.
Guo Baiyu, "Okay, we go back to the city."
Everyone agreed to go back. Guo Baiyu walked to Ping'an, "You are going too."
Ping'an shook her head, "I am not going. I will stay here with Renshu."
Zhao Renshu, "Best if you go back. If you don't leave, then he won't leave, if he won't leave." He stopped and pointed at the rest of the people, "All these people will not leave."
Ping'an insisted, "If I leave now, later on, when they are back in the city, I will still sneak out. Therefore, I have no reason to leave."
Su Bofen is worried because all the great heroes will leave. One sole hero, will not win the battle against fifty bandits. Su Bofen realized that if Ping'an stay, everyone would stay. He walked over and knelt in front of Ping'an.
Su Bofen, "Miss, please I beg you." He cried. "My two daughters were taken away two days ago. I am a father. I am really useless. I can't even take care of my daughters. I risk my life out of the town to seek help. Please... help this father."
Zhao Renshu knew it is all over. Ping'an is soft to parents who love their children. Guo Baiyu is as firm as a mountain. If Ping'an does not leave, Guo Baiyu will not leave. He has no choice but to endure all these annoying people temporarily. He took a deep breathe and slowly blew it out.
Ping'an helped Su Bofen up, "I will not go. I will go help your daughters."
Su Bofen wiped his tears, "Thank You."
Guo Baiyu, "I am not going too."
Fang Yaoting, "I...."
Zhao Renshu cut off Fang Yaoting's conversation and said sarcastically, "You're not going, right? Someone want to volunteer to return to Capital City?" He looked at the group of people. "Anyone?"
No one answered.
Gou Baiyu advised all women, his cousin and three friends to stay in the carriage. Zhao Renshu, Guo Yingyu, Fang Yaoting, and him will ride on the horse behind and alongside the carriage.
Zhao Renshu, "Fine! Everyone inside the carriage and on the horse." He looked at Su Bofen. "Lead the way."
Su Bofen jumped into the carriage and sat beside Ping'an on the carriage platform. He held the rope, hit the horse behind lightly, and drove towards Sunshine Town.