Chapter 229 - Guris Affection for Tarico (1/2)
After saying what he wanted to say, Tarico rode away without looking back at Dati and Guri. The two women went back in a huff. Both of them looked unhappy.
“Why is Tarico always against us? If your father dislikes anything, Tarico will do it on purpose! Does he think all the people in our tribe owe him something?”
Guri remained silent. Her mind was all over the place. Tarico hadn’t looked at her once just now!
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After going back, Guri hastened to find a local girl who lived near Tarico. This girl hadn’t followed the migration group and instead stayed in the tribe for a whole winter.
“Hey, I have something to ask you. Did you go skiing this winter?” Guri asked.
It was publicly known that Guri liked Tarico, so this girl understood her meaning at once.
“Yes,” she said. “You want to ask if Tarico went skiing, right?”
Guri replied indirectly, “Now that you know this, just tell me!”
The girl just giggled.
Guri could only take out a package of cheese prepared in advance and handed it to the girl. “Now you can tell me. What did he do this winter? Who did he mix with?”
The girl took the cheese and said with a grin, “I don’t know much. Except for fis.h.i.+ng or riding, he also usually stayed at home. But one day, I saw him skiing with a refugee woman very happily.”
“Which woman?” Guri resisted the impulse to crack her whip.
“The one who asks Auntie Dilly questions all the time of course. Tarico likes Auntie Dilly. So does that woman. Maybe they often date in Auntie Dilly’s house secretly.”
Hearing that, Guri became even angrier. Needless to say, it must be Ye Xiaoxian.
Noticing Guri’s fury, the girl continued, “You like Tarico, right? But your parents don’t like him. Is there any future between you and him?”
“It’s none of your business!” Guri mounted the horse and rode away.
The girl held the cheese and cursed at Guri’s back. “Who do you think you are? A princess? How could Tarico like you?”
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After Ye Xiaoxian returned from collecting potherbs, she heard about the Festival of Sacrifice and also how Tarico had embarra.s.sed Dati by selling them a goat for only one silver tael. She couldn’t help laughing. This was indeed what a man like him would do.
She didn’t feel it strange for Tarico to do so, but Squire Liu asked her secretly, “In your opinion, why Tarico is so kind to us?”
She said, “He’s a nice guy. There’s always such a person wherever we go.”
“I don’t feel the same. He may have an intention, and that may be you.”
She shook her head immediately. “Squire Liu, please don’t think that way. Even if he’s helping me, that’s because we’re friends and have common topics to talk about, like the cooperation over the camel team. There’s nothing more.”