Married to the Grim Reaper Against My Will

Trees have no aesthetic sense

The school stipulated that everyone should gather at the inn lobby for breakfast at 9:00 AM. Ji Mian and Jiang Wang chartered a car and arrived at the brothel at 8:00 AM.

Last night, everyone stayed up very late, so not many people were up at 8:00 AM, and the brothel was quiet.

Ji Mian got out of the car and followed Jiang Wang inside, passing the brothel's main square. There were very few people; the square was empty, with only a few early-rising students occasionally passing by.

"Jiang Wang!"

Suddenly, someone called Jiang Wang's name. The two looked in the direction of the voice, and Ji Mian immediately recognized the girl standing under the wooden eaves.

It was Chu Yan, the undisputed beauty of their grade. Although Ji Mian didn't follow gossip, Chu Yan was always quite high-profile and often the subject of discussion, and she was also very beautiful, so Ji Mian still remembered her.

Ji Mian vaguely remembered that there seemed to be something between Chu Yan and Jiang Wang? She forgot where she had heard it, but she had this impression. Watching Chu Yan walk towards Jiang Wang with a beaming smile, Ji Mian consciously moved slightly away.

Jiang Wang glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, said nothing, and greeted Chu Yan, "What do you want?"

"Do I have to have something to say to call you?" Chu Yan's tone carried a hint of playful complaint. "I was just about to go to your room to give you some strawberries. I picked them myself this morning at the orchard outside the village..."

Ji Mian had already walked away and couldn't hear their conversation anymore. She originally wanted to leave, but felt it wouldn't be appropriate not to say goodbye. Besides, she had spent a lot of money on chartered transportation last night and today; she couldn't pretend to be clueless. She had to discuss splitting the bill with Jiang Wang.

Thinking to herself, she had already reached the vending machine near the square. She stared at the glass display case for a while, and for some reason, bought a bottle of strawberry juice.

She drank her juice by the vending machine and waited for a while, then thought about going back. She'd talk about splitting the bill later. Jiang Wang turned around at that moment and called out, "Why are you hiding so far away? Come here."

Chu Yan noticed her too, her gaze passing over Jiang Wang. It was unclear what they had just discussed, but Chu Yan was clearly not as happy as before.

Ji Mian felt it was strange for her to walk over now. She hesitated for a moment, then didn't move.

Jiang Wang walked straight towards her. "Ji Mian, you're pretty mean. Using someone and then throwing them away?"

Ji Mian: "...Can you stop talking nonsense?"

Jiang Wang always spoke carelessly, and his words were highly ambiguous, especially since the two of them had been together so early in the morning. It was easy to overthink things.

Sure enough, Chu Yan's expression darkened. She gave a stiff smile. "Jiang Wang, is this your friend?"

She followed him as she spoke.

Jiang Wang laughed. "What? I have a few friends, is that something you need to worry about?"

Chu Yan was speechless, her face darkening further, but she still managed a smile. "No, I was just asking. Strawberries," she said, handing Jiang Wang a small bowl of strawberries. "Here, take these, so I don't have to go to your room again."

"No!" Jiang Wang suddenly frowned, taking a step back. "I'm allergic to strawberries, take them away. I'm starting to sneeze, so get out of here."

"Jiang Wang!" Chu Yan was clearly embarrassed, her face hardening, but ultimately she didn't dare say anything. "Then I'll go first. If you don't eat the strawberries, many others will."

"Go quickly, these things spoil easily, and if they spoil, no one will eat them."

Chu Yan's face flushed red with anger, but she couldn't say anything, and left with the bowl of strawberries. Jiang Wang then looked at Ji Mian, who was standing not far away. "Come here, why are you hiding so far away? Wasn't it you who cried and hugged me?"

This whole morning, Jiang Wang had been teasing her about this.

Ji Mian couldn't help but glare at him, then explained seriously, "I'm drinking strawberry juice."

Jiang Wang chuckled. "You're so damn obedient, you believe everything I say?" As he spoke, he had already taken a few steps to Ji Mian, staring straight at her. "You splashed strawberry juice all over me last time, have you forgotten? If I said I'm allergic to little girls, would you run away from me?"

"Boring!" Ji Mian ignored his nonsense, biting her straw, and took two steps back to create some distance.

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"What did you do with Jiang Wang yesterday?!"

"Something happened. I fell into the river, and Jiang Wang saved me."

"How could you fall into the river for no reason?"

Ji Mian gave a brief explanation. She hadn't slept much last night and was too tired to go back to sleep. She had already eaten breakfast, so she wouldn't go to the 9:00 breakfast gathering. She asked Keke to ask the teacher for leave, and she would go to the primeval forest visit at 10:30.

Ji Mian set an alarm and put her phone under her pillow, where she found the cat figurine hidden. She took the kitten out, petted it, and then carefully clipped it to her backpack. Luckily, it wasn't lost.

The next day was spent visiting the forest and then going to the river mouth to see the waterfall. They were expected to return to Jiang City around 3 or 4 pm.

During the visit, Ji Mian didn't see Jiang Wang. She deliberately lagged behind, waiting for Class 14 to arrive.

As soon as Xu Ting saw her, he abandoned his group of friends and rushed over. "Mianmian, what did you and Wang-ge do last night?"

Nothing really happened, but seeing Xu Ting's meaningful smile, Ji Mian felt a little embarrassed. "Nothing, don't talk nonsense."

"No way!" Xu Ting's eyes widened in disbelief, then he put his arm around Ji Mian's shoulder and led her to a quieter spot, lowering his voice to ask, "Was Wang-ge not good enough?"

Ji Mian: ...

"Don't talk nonsense," Ji Mian was exasperated with these two guys. "Where's Jiang Wang?" "?"

Xu Ting still smiled ambiguously, his face saying, "I understand, I understand," and said cheekily, "Nothing, looking for Brother Wang again?" Seeing that Ji Mian was about to get angry, he quickly became serious, "Don't be angry, I'll explain properly. Brother Wang left this morning."

"Left?"

"Yeah, you guys came back not long ago, then said he wasn't feeling well and had his family pick him up. He took leave around nine o'clock."

Ji Mian pursed her lips, remaining silent for a long time. It seemed she really had caught a cold because of what happened last night. Soaking in water, being exposed to the wind at the dock, and then she showered first while he waited for her for over an hour in wet clothes…

He was sick, but he didn't say anything, still forcing a smile and joking around with her, probably to avoid making her feel guilty.

The more Ji Mian thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, as if someone had crumpled her up, and she couldn't smooth it out.

She took out her phone and sent Jiang Wang a message—

Ji Mian: [Are you okay?] "Should I come see you?"

She waited all afternoon, until she returned to Jiang City from Qiuxi, but still hadn't received a reply from Jiang Wang. She felt increasingly embarrassed.

Jiang Wang was still carrying the Water Ghost King and dared not stay too long in the brothel village. Students were everywhere, and if something happened, it would be difficult to handle.

He made an excuse to ask his teacher for leave and then notified Xiang Shu to pick him up. Xiang Shu arrived quickly, and the teacher, seeing him, let Jiang Wang go.

Jiang Wang returned to the Heavenly Palace and first took the Water Ghost King to the Shouyang Hall to claim credit with the three patriarchs. "You have no idea, I almost got killed by this thing!" Jiang Wang complained pitifully, kicking the half-dead Water Ghost King a couple of times. "This thing is ferocious; I only look cowardly because I'm suppressing it. I was really almost beaten to death!"

The three ancestors looked at the Water Ghost King's evasive eyes, clearly terrified: ...Why don't we believe it?

Jiang Wang clicked his tongue, taking bites of the apples on the table. "Look at you, you believe in water ghosts but not your own great-grandson, right? Let me check your injuries..." "Mouth..."

Jiang Wang lifted his wide sleeves, searched for a long time, but found not a single bruise. He chuckled dryly, "That's because I'm stronger; it healed. Grandmother, I beg you, please release the seal..."

Shou Yajun snatched the apple he was about to bite into, "Are your teeth itchy?!"

Jiang Wang grinned, revealing a sharp canine tooth, "It is a little itchy." He said, picking up the incense burner on the table and throwing it to the Water Ghost King, "Come here, let me bite."

The Water Ghost King trembled on the spot for a long time, causing water to flood the main hall of Shouyang Palace.

Water droplets splashed all over Jiang Shouxiang's face, wetting his white beard. Enraged, he grabbed his fan and smacked Jiang Wang on the head. "You brat, stop causing trouble! If you agree to the marriage, we'll unseal you. Otherwise, forget it!"

"No!" Jiang Wang covered his head with his hands. "You hit my horn! It hurts!"

"If you don't agree, we won't unseal you."

"If we don't unseal you, what if I encounter a demon and it kills me?"

Jiang Shouan sneered. "Isn't that perfect? ​​Saves us the trouble."

Jiang Wang clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Why do you insist I marry a witch?"

"For your own good. Don't you want to live past three hundred?"

"Spending hundreds of years with someone I don't love, I'd rather die right now." He was completely defiant, dressed in a noble and dignified black robe, his legs crossed and propped up on the low table in front of him, utterly unrefined. "Unless you turn me into a stud, forget it." "You little brat!" The three patriarchs had already rolled up their sleeves and lifted their skirts, ready to beat him up.

Jiang Wang, with lightning speed, released the seal on the Water Ghost King and shouted at it, "Help me demolish the Shouyang Palace, or I'll demolish you in a minute!"

After shouting, he jumped up and ran out of the palace.

The Water Ghost King glanced at the three old immortals, then immediately became aggrieved and cried out loudly, "My lords, please send me to hell! I beg you!"

Jiang Wang ran without looking back: "Dream on!"

Jiang Wang ran all the way to the outside of the temple, and behind him came a clatter of fighting, followed by Jiang Shouxiang's furious shouts—

"Jiang Xuanyang, if I don't break your legs today, I'll believe you!" "

Jiang Wangren flew into the air and began a passionate battle from afar, 'Ancestor, what kind of harsh words are those? You are surnamed Jiang!'

Jiang Shouxiang was probably furious. Seeing the Shouyang Palace in the void tremble a few times, Jiang Wangren shuddered and quickly retreated to his Zhengyang Palace.

A towering tree stood in the courtyard, its branches and leaves providing shade from the scorching sun.

Jiang Wangren walked over and kicked the tree trunk. 'I'm back, and you're still sunbathing here? How can you be so quick to act? I'll count to three, and I'll chop you down for firewood. Three…'

'No, Divine Lord!'

The tree shook, its branches trembling and rustling softly. Then, the tree vanished, and Xiao Luo's human form materialized in its place.

'Divine Lord, you're back!' Xiao Luo smiled happily.

'I'll leave in a little while.'" "

Jiang Wang spoke as he walked towards the side hall. Upon reaching the corridor, he noticed a teru teru bozu (a type of Japanese doll) hanging under the eaves. He poked it and casually asked, "Who made this?"

"It was Madam!" Xiao Luo stepped forward, excitedly introducing it to him, "Last time, Madam's skirt was torn, and Xiao Zhi said she was going to throw it away. She thought it was wasteful, so she made some little dolls to hang up. Madam is really capable!"

Jiang Wang scoffed, "Looks like you guys quite like that witch?"

"My lord, please don't call Madam that. Madam is not only skillful but also gentle and beautiful."

Jiang Wang found it amusing, "How beautiful?"

Xiao Luo was speechless, unsure how to describe it. After a long pause, she could only emphasize, "She's really beautiful, and also incredibly cute." "Cute? Jiang Wang was speechless. How cute could she be? As cute as Ji Mian?

Are you kidding? How could a witch be prettier and cuter than Ji Mian?

Jiang Wang didn't even bother telling Xiao Luo. All she did was stay in the yard eating dirt. She's got such a small place to live, she's never seen the world, what does she know about beauty?

Of course, he shouldn't expect a tree to judge a girl's looks. Jiang Wang, very scientifically speaking, considered it from a tree's perspective: the witch was probably the same thickness from top to bottom, like a pillar.

His brows furrowed, and when he looked up at the teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll), he couldn't resist poking a hole in its head with his finger.

Xiao Luo: ...

"My Lord, please don't do that. Madam is really kind, and she especially admires you."

Jiang Wang stopped, raising an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"Last time Madam came back, she stood in front of your portrait looking at it, and even touched it." "She even told me that the Divine Lord is very strong."

Jiang Wang paused for a moment, then chuckled, "That's just her wishful thinking, it has nothing to do with me. Tell her to stop dreaming." He then clicked his tongue in annoyance, muttering to himself, "I was originally planning to talk to that witch today and form an alliance against the Ancestor, but now it seems I should forget it."

"Why? Madam should be back tonight."

"Really? Then I'll leave in a bit."

Jiang Wang was too lazy to explain to a tree why he was avoiding the witch. He considered himself a bit of a scoundrel, but still very serious about relationships. Since Xiao Luo said the witch seemed interested in him, and he didn't want to get involved with her, it was best not to go to her and give her empty hopes. Letting her have fantasies would only delay her.

Since he didn't like her, he should nip all possibilities in the bud. Jiang Wang felt he was truly a model of male virtue, the best man in the Three Realms.