Next day , in the early morning, Sian dragged her sleepy body out with her belongings. Qiang Hao was already there waiting for her with his bag , looking all fresh and handsome. He didn't hide his face this time as only a few people were awake which were mostly the elders and workers.
"Hey , you are late." Qiang Hao said as he folded his hands and leaned on the wall .
"But I'm not that late..."
"You are, I waited here for so long..... Whatever, go and get the cart here."
"Sign... Ok ...." Sian slumbed down a little bit as she walked cart , she had booked in advance. 'He could have at least got the cart and driver here.'
After the car was ready to take off, they placed their stuff on the back and Qiang Hao got inside first , before Sian could get in Li Cheng suddenly walked up to her.
"Miss Sian !" Noticing him, Qiang Hao quickly hid his face with his hat.
"Oh .... Li Cheng..." Sian turned back to him .
"Are you taking off now ? This early?" He asked.
"Uh..Yes, it's less crowded and early morning fresh air is perfect for such a journey."
"Hm yeah , it's great timing... But are you going with him..?" Li Cheng leaned sideways as he noticed Qiang Hao whose face was still covered.
"Ah.... Him ... Well he is my new business partner so of course we are leaving together."
"Hmm ok.." Li Cheng simply nodded with a smile, this expression of his even Sian didn't know what he was thinking.
"Ahem!" From behind Qiang Hao signalled.
"Oh, it's getting late , we will leave now. Farewell, tell Xi Mie that I'll hang out the next time we meet again." Sian quickly got on the cart and soon the cart started moving.
"I'll definitely tell her that, farewell." He waved her bye and went back to the inn courtyard to continue his morning practice.
The cart moved forward, Sian and Qiang Hao sat there quietly as he moved here and there due to the bumpy road and the cart shaked more.
Suddenly the cart bumped into a stone which shaked the back, Qiang Hao who was minding his own business fell directly into Sian's arm.
His face surprised by the movement suddenly became flushed like a cherry tomato.
"Why you.!?!!" He tried to push her and himself away but the cart shaked and bumped more .
Sian quickly grabbed Qiang Hao who was about to fall off.
"Ah.. sorry but the road is really bad here." The driver said in a carefree voice as he was used to this for a very long time.
They stayed in that position as Qiang Hao looked up at her while clenching her clothes, his eyebrows were frowning, while his lips formed a pout. Making him look cute instead of scary.
"Couldn't you find a stable horse carriage instead of this shaky bull cart . Until we reach the next town I am sure we will ache all over." He said.
"Shh... Not so loud..!" Sian whispered as she leaned over to him. " I didn't want this either ok . This was the only vehicle available for us in the movement , so I had no choice."
Both were quite close to each other, Sian was afraid that one wrong move and Qiang Hao might kill her so she tried her best to stay still and not provoke him .
After a while, they passed the bumpy road and now we're out of the town. They quickly distance themselves, Qiang Hao removes his hat and enjoys the beautiful scenery of the Forest they pass through.
Sian quietly stared at him , he looked really handsome and graceful , sitting quietly. She wondered if he really is the side villain or not then again his personality shows something different.
Qiang Hao turned back to her. "Why are you staring at me?."
Sian quickly turned her gaze away . "What?! No I am not staring at you ... I ... I was just looked at what you are looking...''
"What the- *growl*" Before Qiang Hao could finish his sentence, his stomach growled loudly, making him blush, he quickly turn his head away from her .
' He.. blushes pretty easily huh...'
Sian quickly took out the buns she packed this morning from her bag.
"Here , aunty Lu made these buns freshly in the morning. You should have told me that you are hungry... Anyway, if you want more, take it from here." She handed him the buns filled with different and tasty fillings . The buns were still a little warm and very soft .
Qiang Hao quietly took the bun from her as he couldn't argue with her on this matter , so he took a bite and lit up. The tasty food filled his mouth, as he ate more of them.
Sian noticed his look and chuckled softly.
"Haha"
"What?" Qiang Hao looked at her.
"Hmm?"
"Why were you laughing just now?''
"Oh it's nothing, I just remembered something, you continue., Continue please." She gave him more buns, to avoid him asking what she was thinking.
Well she can't tell him that he kinda looks like a squirrel, otherwise he will definitely end her.
Sian also gave the cart driver some food.
Until they reached the next town , their journey was quite peaceful.
Qiang Hao was not that chatty , all he did was enjoy his food while gazing out. Sian also didn't say much, saying she did the same as him while listening to the driver singing to some of his folk songs , it was the perfect scenario.
'Hmm this is not that bad...'
It was the first time in a long while that Sian enjoyed going out like this. The last time she enjoyed going on a long drive was with her whole family when they went to their family village.
She didn't like going on long drives that much especially when it's very hot and she also gets car sick pretty easily. Car ac was a no for her, she loved to open her car window and get fresh air but in summer it was a big no.
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*Cloud rumbling noises*
Before they could reach the next town , it started to rain . Sian and Qiang Hao quickly covered their heads , and the driver had to stop the cart.
"Miss , I don't think we can go any further from here, otherwise we will get the cart struck in this heavy rain. On the right side of here there is a small village, I think we should stay there till the rain stops." The driver said as he turned the cart around.
"Ok ok let's go quickly." Sian said as she covered her belongings with her scarf.
As it thundered more , Sian noticed Qiang Hao flinching at its sound , his face was a shocked look at it but he was trying hard to suppress it.
The cart moved quickly inside the village before it rained heavily, the village was quite quiet but there were people there in the shade hiding from the rain as they stared at them.
They stopped in front of the small inn, quickly getting down and entering the inn. Both Sian and Qiang Hao were soaked in rain water . Sian walked up to the counter to book the room.
"Excuse me, can we get three separate rooms?"
The guy at the counter who was busy eating sunflower seeds looked at her while chewing on the seeds .
"There's only one room available, take it or leave."
"Oh.." Sian looked at Qiang Hao .
"What?!! No way we three are using one room."
"Oh I'll sleep in the stable so both of you can take the room , I am pretty used to sleeping in the stables." The driver said as he took his cart to the stable.
It was getting pretty dark now and raining heavily outside, so there was no way that they could go out to other inn's and they were not sure if they could find another one here.
"So are we going...?" Sian asked him slowly, to which Qiang Hao glared at her, she quickly added.
"Or you can also go to the stable , the driver will accompany you."
Qiang Hao looked at her surprised and in disbelief. "Why would I sleep in the stable, why don't you go and sleep there while I take the room?!"
"Well I am a girl, how can a cute and fragile girl like me stay in a stable with a driver who I don't really know." Sian made a pitiful face.
"Hah! Cute and fragile, you?! You were not like that though, when you did that to me that night ." Qiang Hao pointed his finger at her.
Before they could argue more, the guy at the counter grabbed them.
"I suggest you couple get the room before someone else grabs it, otherwise move out of the way and let my business open for others."
They looked at him then at each other, Qiang Hao flinched when he heard another loud thunder. He clenched his clothes as he looked down and said slowly .
"Ok ... We will take the room."
"HM.? What did you say? " Sian asked as she leaned down to hear more clearly.
Qiang Hao frowned "I said OK WE WILL GET THE ROOM!" he said loudly in her ear making Sian back away quickly before her ear got real damage.
"Aishh... Ok , no need to scream." Sian rubbed her ear as she went to pay for the room.
"Hmmp !" He pouted as he looked away from her, quickly grabbing his things , and another person showed up to take them to their room upstairs.
" A hot bath is prepared for both of you and as for the food , after the order we will prepare it quickly." He opened the room .
" Here , have a nice stay." He left them alone.
Qiang Hao quietly put his bag on the corner table and stared at the bath. Desperately wanting to take a bath as he was soaked because of the rain and tired from sitting in that shaky cart for so long.
Sian, noticing his wants, puts her bag down and looks awkwardly.
"Umm you can take a bath if you want I'll... Turn away or get out of the room, if that's why you want.... And I have already seen you all so I don't think a second time would matter that much..." She muttered slowly while saying that last sentence.
"What?" Qiang Hao looked at her.
"Oh nothing."
"Sigh.. well there is no need for you to go out... Besides I am a man, why would I get shy....just don't look here." He started undressing himself, faint blush lingered on his cheeks.
"Ok!" Sian quickly turned around as she slowly took a seat on the chair . Her clothes were also soaked making her shiver slightly.
"Achoo!!-" she sneezed.
Qiang Hao looked at her back as he noticed her wet clothes. He frowned and thought for a while. His inner angel and demon both tell him to ask her.
After so much thinking, he finally decided to do some good deed . He let his inner robe on him as he said slowly. "You.... You can also come inside."
"What ?" Sian turned around to see him, noticing him frowning and blushing, while looking else where avoiding eye contact with her.
"I said you can also come here and take a bath... It's... It's getting cold and I don't want to take care of you when you get sick...and ... besides we have already seen each other naked." He said that last part out .
"Already what?" Sian asked even though she already heard him clearly.
"N-Nothing..! Get in quickly before I change my mind!" He gets inside the bathtub and sits quietly in the corner.
The bath tub is not that big but it is small, wide enough for two people. They must have prepared this thinking that they are couples.
"Ok..! I am coming...!" Sian didn't refuse his order as she was also cold and she didn't want to make him more angry then she had made him before.
Undressing herself she let her inner robe on just like Qiang Hao as she got inside the bathtub.
Quietly soaking in the warm water , both of them felt comfortable, Qiang Hao still tried his best to avoid seeing Sian and Sian tried to avoid looking at him and his body but still they made eye contact in between and quickly looked away.
"Sigh..." Sian leaned a little, feeling relaxed.
'Today was a very peaceful yet tiring day, plus today I got to see the side villain make many types of faces. The top 4 were blush, glare, frown and pout.... haha Cute... Wait cute ?! Did I just think he is cute?!' Sian remembered 'he is from the villain side and he even killed the original Yi Sian ! But ....I guess, I am pretty weird too. Well I just thought he is cute , it's not more weird than one day when I thought some bunch of cockroaches were cute poking their heads out from a water dump.'
*BANG!!*
Suddenly a loud strike of thunder was heard, its bright light lit up the room. In a second Qiang Hao jumped into Sian's arm, clenching her thin robe, his face making a pained expression.
"Hey... Are you okay..?"
"Hmm I am f- *bang!!*..mhm!!" Before he could finish more then the thunder made another loud sound, making him move more close to Sian, he closed his eyes and his body trembled. Sian was quite stiff by this but eventually hugged him cause the expression he made was bugging Sian to hug him, comfort him .
"Um... Don't worry I... The thunder won't...hit us ." Sian tried to comfort him with words which eventually failed.
"I know that..." Qiang Hao said
"Oh...then ... the thunder will go away soon...?" Sian tried one more time.
"I know that too.... Stupid." Qiang Hao hugged her and rested his head on her chest .
"Hey enough talking, I finished my bath, take me out and do what you did ... Just like yesterday....''
"Ohh.... O-ok then..." Sian held his body , ready to lift him but her movements were clumsy and hesitant, it was a rare sight to see Qiang Hao like this , so he was a weakness too and Sian had discovered it.
"Hey! Quickly...." Qiang Hao said , so fed up by waiting and showing her his weak side.
"Ah! Yes ! I'll carry you out quickly !"
To be continued.....