Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 191 Banquet

Time passed slowly and the night grew darker.

Before I knew it, it was midnight and everything was quiet.

Li Zhi slowly opened his eyes, quietly pushed open the door, and then walked lightly to the door of Pei Xiucai's room. He hid in the dark, hiding his figure in the darkness, and quietly observed Pei Xiucai's room.

In Pei Xiucai's room, Wang Yang, who slept in the same room with him, turned over and continued to sleep soundly.

However, at this moment, a cold wind blew quietly.

"call--"

Wang Yang's ears moved slightly while he was sleeping, but he quickly regained his composure and did not attract any attention.

After a while, Pei Xiucai turned over in bed, as if he was awakened by something.

Pei Xiucai rubbed his eyes, with a trace of confusion on his face.

Suddenly, a woman's voice sounded, full of resentment and grievance.

"Mr. Pei, you made Xiaoyu look so hard..."

Pei Xiucai looked carefully and suddenly found that Miss Xiaoyu was standing beside his bed. She looked like she was about to cry, which was very adorable.

Pei Xiucai seemed to have suddenly realized something when he saw this. He slapped his forehead and said hurriedly, "Oh, it's all my fault. I was in a hurry to get on the road and forgot to say goodbye to Miss Xiaoyu."

Xiao Yu heard Pei Xiucai say this, but she still refused. She pouted and said coquettishly: "I don't care. In order to thank you, my father has specially prepared a lot of good wine and food! If you don't eat, won't it be a waste?"

Pei Xiucai smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Then why don't I go back with you now?"

"Really?" Xiaoyu's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Pei Xiucai with joy.

Looking at Xiaoyu in front of him, her brilliant smile was like a flower blooming in spring, and Pei Xiucai's heart could not help but ripple. He nodded heavily and replied, "Of course it's true."

Xiaoyu happily took Pei Xiucai's hand and muttered, "Let's go quickly, before the food gets cold..."

When Pei Xiucai was held by Xiaoyu's hand, he froze for a moment, then he reacted and let her pull him out the door.

After they left, a heavy exhalation sounded in the room. Wang Yang suddenly opened his eyes, frowned, and clenched his fists. He felt the weirdness that Li Zhi experienced last night, and he almost couldn't help but stand up to stop Pei Xiucai.

Wang Yang turned over and got out of bed, picked up the long sword beside him, and rushed out.

He happened to meet Li Zhi at the door. The two looked at each other, and tacitly did not speak, and chased in the direction Pei Xiucai left.

 …

Pulled by Xiaoyu, Pei Xiucai moved forward so fast that he seemed to be flying. But Pei Xiucai didn't seem to notice it at all. He looked at Xiaoyu in front of him, and a trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes.

Not long after, they arrived at Xiaoyu's home, which Pei Xiucai had visited last night.

However, unlike last time, this time, at the gate of this luxurious mansion, there were two people waiting quietly. They were wearing gorgeous clothes and were obviously of extraordinary status.

One of them is male and the other is female.

Pei Xiucai glanced at Xiaoyu, only to see Xiaoyu covering her mouth and smiling at him. Although she didn't say anything, Pei Xiucai already understood everything in his heart.

Pei Xiucai bowed to the two people and said respectfully, "I am Pei Xing, and I am honored to meet you, uncle and aunt."

Xiaoyu's parents looked at Pei Xiucai kindly, then they looked at each other with satisfaction in their eyes. They nodded and said, "Mr. Pei, please come in quickly."

Pei Xiucai was like an ignorant lamb. With the three of them welcoming him very attentively, he slowly walked into the mansion which looked magnificent at first glance and shone like a bright pearl.

However, the moment he stepped through the door of the mansion, it was like the bloody mouth of a giant beast, swallowing him up grimly and cutting off all his connections with the outside world.

Li Zhi, who was left far behind by Xiaoyu and Pei Xiucai, suddenly frowned. He had specially left a mosquito demon on Pei Xiucai, but just now, according to the mosquito demon's perception, after Pei Xiucai entered the dilapidated house, he could no longer feel Pei Xiucai's figure or any breath.

Li Zhi turned to look at Wang Yang beside him and said, "Hurry up, something is wrong!"

Wang Yang understood that Li Zhi must have noticed something unusual. He knew the situation was urgent, so he responded without hesitation: "Then let's get two horses!"

Li Zhi nodded. At their current speed, it would probably be dawn by the time they got there.

So the two of them quickly ran to a nearby inn.

After entering the inn, Wang Yang threw down some silver without hesitation, then he and Li Zhi quickly rode on two of the horses and galloped away.

The sound of horse hooves echoed through the streets, raising a cloud of dust, and their figures gradually disappeared in the distance.

As for Pei Xiucai, he was brought into the dining room by Xiaoyu and her parents' overly enthusiastic and almost crazy solicitation, and then he was forcibly pressed into his seat by Xiaoyu's father.

Pei Xiucai looked up and saw a table full of delicacies from land and sea that he had never seen before. Under the flickering candlelight, the dishes glowed with a layer of tempting luster.

Pei Xiucai looked flattered.

"Come on, Master Pei, please have a taste. These are all carefully prepared for you."

Xiaoyu's parents had twisted smiles on their faces, and that smile was like a cracked window glass in the cold winter, full of cracks and a hint of chillness.

While they were speaking enthusiastically, they couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and pick up food for Pei Xiucai in an exaggerated manner.

But there seemed to be a chilling eagerness and anticipation in his eyes, like a hungry wolf staring at its prey that was about to fall into its mouth.

However, if there were other people here at this moment, they would be frightened to death by the extremely horrifying scene before them.

The table full of delicacies that Pei Xiucai saw as delicacies were actually some stinking, rotten beast organs, crawling with colorful, twisting insects. Some of the insects were even coming out of the cracks in the rotten meat and slowly crawling on the table.

Pei Xiucai picked up a piece of rotten meat without realizing it. The rotten meat gave off a disgusting stench and was densely covered with maggots, a white patch of flesh, which were entangled and wriggling.

As Pei Xiucai moved, many maggots accidentally fell on the table. They continued to twist among the greasy and dusty stains on the table, leaving behind sticky marks.

But Pei Xiucai seemed to be blinded by something and turned a blind eye to the disgusting scene. Just as he was about to put the piece of rotten meat into his mouth.

In an instant, the whole mansion shook violently as if there was an earthquake. The impact was so strong that the cups, plates and bowls on the table jingled. Pei Xiucai lost his grip on the roast suckling pig and it fell to the ground.

Pei Xiucai subconsciously lowered his head and saw that the roasted suckling pig, which was originally emitting an enticing aroma, had turned into a piece of rotten meat full of maggots. The maggots were vibrated and rolled and surged on the rotten meat even more frantically.

Pei Xiucai was shocked. He didn't realize what happened yet. He felt a chill running up from his feet to his heart. He looked up at Xiaoyu's parents in panic. But he found that the two people who were originally kind and enthusiastic now had gloomy faces, with extremely vicious eyes, staring fiercely upwards.

And above it, there was a sword tip that pierced through the roof!