Mu Xingzhi realized that Su Qingluan wanted to pull her hand away for a moment, but gave up for some reason.

There are very few people he has met so far who are difficult to see through, and Su Qingluan is one of them.

Of course, the reason why he "can't see through" this is not because Su Qingluan has any profound wisdom or convincing acting skills - it is better to say that if Su Qingluan really has such things as wisdom and acting skills, according to Mu Xingzhi's evaluation system, her level is worse than the four trusted subordinates outside, not to mention better than those four trusted subordinates outside, even those most incompetent spies he has ever seen are better than her.

Let’s put it this way, we can’t say that there is no such thing, but it can only be considered as “encouragement”.

However, Su Qingluan's thoughts were too strange, and this strangeness was caused by her unusual way of thinking. Mu Xingzhi had a vague feeling that if he could find out Su Qingluan's true origins, her strange way of thinking would eventually come to light.

However, Mu Xingzhi's intuition told him that Su Qingluan did not have any bad intentions, so although he was curious about the "mystery" that appeared from time to time in the other party, he was not very eager to know the answer.

But now, warm sunlight shone through the gauze windows of the carriage, casting a hazy light and warmth. Mu Xingzhi gently shook Su Qingluan's arm, as if joking, but also as if to comfort her: "Qingluan's idea is good, but I can only control a small part of the army. They have followed me through life and death, and I can't send them on a road of no return."

Mu Xingzhi was like that. You wouldn't say he truly had deep feelings for his subordinates, but he wasn't shortsighted. He was able to consider things from a broader perspective. So, knowing he was at a disadvantage, he wouldn't let his loyal men die for no reason.

He is not afraid of death, but it is obviously unwise to risk his own life.

Su Qingluan was so adorable by this "holding hands and shaking them" gesture. If a sweet-natured little girl did this, it would be cute enough, but because it was so "natural," the impact would be much smaller despite being cute.

But for someone like Mu Xingzhi, Su Qingluan's general impression of him is labels like "unfathomable", "smiling fox", and "powerful". When such a person suddenly does something like "cute" - although she herself may not quite know what cute means - it is particularly shocking.

In short, the cuteness of contrast is doubled!

Su Qingluan was so moved by this cute act that her heart was trembling. Her mind went blank and she completely forgot what she was going to say. She didn't know how long it was before she was brought back to her senses by Mu Xingzhi's voice.

"In another day, we will cross the border of Qingzhou." Mu Xingzhi looked at Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan's idea moved: Qingzhou is the place where "Xiao Huan" "should" live.

Seeing Su Qingluan's expression tense, Mu Xingzhi smiled and said, "We will rest in Qingzhou for two days. I will stay indoors during these two days."

Su Qingluan understood: this meant that he was going to do something as "Xiao Huan" in the next two days.

"What do I need to do?"

Mu Xingzhi's eyes curved.

No matter when, he admired Su Qingluan for this point very much - completing her duties, but never asking a single question that she shouldn't.

"Just make whatever you made at home during the winter, but remember to make double portions for each meal."

But it is obvious that Mu Xingzhi himself is not in the house, so the subtext is: Su Qingluan has to find a way to dispose of these extra ingredients - no matter what method.

Su Qingluan nodded: "Leave it to me!"

Because Mu Xingzhi "was not used to the fatigue of traveling and fell ill", the entire convoy naturally stopped.

Qingzhou City is far away from Huaxi Village. If you could drive the off-road vehicle from your previous life, you could get there in a day and a half even on this bumpy dirt road.

But now this is a donkey cart - although it was changed to a horse cart halfway - livestock are not machines. In addition to needing fodder, they also need rest.

What's more, the mountain roads along the way were rugged and it was impossible to walk very fast. By the time they arrived in Qingzhou City, six days had passed since they set out.

While lamenting that the transportation environment in ancient times was truly terrible, Su Qingluan took the lunch box for today's dinner to the inn where her group was staying.

It is called a "small shop", but this is Qingzhou City after all, and it is completely different from those remote village shops.

Even the lowest grade "C" room looks no less good than the previous "Tian" room.

However, Su Qingluan directly asked for a first-class room, with the reason being that "my husband is weak and I want him to be more comfortable."

Of course, this was just the superficial reason. The real reason was that Su Qingluan wanted to subtly spread the impression that "her husband was in poor health and needed to stay in bed temporarily" to the people around her.

This is also one of the reasons why Mu Xingzhi told Su Qingluan about his plan in advance.

Although Su Qingluan's "on-the-spot acting" is terrible, after all, in her previous life, she broke through the siege of all kinds of weird customers, dragged her sick body to open an online store to a certain scale, and even "escaped poverty and became rich" together with several fellow patients. Therefore, Su Qingluan understands the most basic social etiquette.

So Su Qingluan used this day's difference to carefully think of "what a woman needs to do when her husband is sick in bed and she is on the road."

This is a bit like creating a character for the protagonist in a virtual game, so it's quite fun.

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