The capital city.

Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Cheng Shanshan finally arrived at her destination.

Only she and Madam Bai came this time. As for Aunt Dong and Cheng Shisi, they did not come. They were responsible for guarding Ping'an City so that they could notify her if Huo Mingchen returned.

Bai Jingquan took special care of the two of them along the way, and to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, she parted ways with them when they arrived in the capital.

The two did not meet again until they had an audience with the emperor.

Looking at Cheng Shanshan's composed and respectful demeanor as she met the emperor, Bai Jingquan couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration for her: "Miss Cheng, you are truly remarkable."

"Magistrate Bai, please don't flatter me."

Just now, the Emperor praised her in front of all the officials and even bestowed many gifts upon her. After that, there was a flurry of pleasantries from the officials, and now Bai Jingquan has arrived...

Bai Jingquan saw her helplessness and smiled faintly: "This is truly what I mean."

As the two were talking, a little girl ran up to her and said, "Sister, someone asked me to give you this." She then handed Cheng Shanshan a letter.

Cheng Shanshan wanted to ask more questions, but she ran away at top speed.

Upon opening it, I was surprised to find that it displayed a familiar font.

When Cheng Shanshan saw it, her hands trembled slightly: "I have something to do, I have to go first." After saying that, she ran away.

Bai Jingquan remained motionless in the same spot for a long time...

That night.

The wind was slightly cool.

Outside the city.

When Cheng Shanshan arrived in the woods, she finally saw that familiar figure, so she stopped and looked at him...

He stood in the moonlight, a faint smile on his face: "It's been so long, why don't you come over and let me hug you?"

"……don't want."

Cheng Shanshan's eyes were filled with tears, as if she were full of grievance: "I've forgotten who you are."

"sorry."

Huo Mingchen stepped forward and pulled Cheng Shanshan into his arms.

When that familiar smell entered his nostrils, his whole body trembled slightly: "After I was captured, I kept trying to find a way to escape, and during that time I was always worried that something would happen to you."

It turned out that the person who arrested him was none other than someone sent by the Emperor.

The initial intention was to have him work for the court, but he disliked being bound, so the emperor had no choice but to force him.

It all happened so long by some twist of fate...

Cheng Shanshan's trip to the capital was also due to the honors he requested from the Emperor.

Cheng Shanshan looked up at Huo Mingchen, whose face had become even thinner after not seeing him for a long time: "Then won't you be going to the capital to become an official in the future?"

What she disliked most was officialdom.

But knowing that such a great deal of trouble was likely to prevent the emperor from letting him go.

"Of course not, I know you're easygoing and love freedom." Huo Mingchen took her hand, his eyes bright as sunshine: "From now on, I'll go wherever you go."

"……real?"

"real."

Many years later.

The natural disaster is finally over.

The lush green crops in the fields represent vitality.

A little boy ran with a corn tortilla in his hand, shouting, "Daddy, help me! Mommy's going to hit me!"

"come over."

Huo Mingchen picked him up.

Just then, Cheng Shanshan arrived. Ten years had passed in the blink of an eye, but her face showed few signs of aging. Her eyes held a hint of anger: "You want to protect her?"

"How dare I?"

Huo Mingchen quickly handed the little boy's bottom over: "I'm just holding him down for you, so it'll be easier to spank him this way."

Cheng Shanshan immediately rolled up her sleeves: "Then lower it a bit, move it a little closer to me!"

"..."

The little boy stared wide-eyed.

He thought he must have been adopted.

Otherwise, how could his father never protect him, but instead spoil his mother rotten, giving her whatever she wanted and doing everything he could to make her happy every day?

Everyone in the village said that his father was a doting husband.

As for him... he's just superfluous!

Not far away, Bai Shi watched this scene with a pang of heartache: "Little Huo is a good child in every way, except that he listens to Shan Shan too much."

Cheng Sijin: "Isn't being obedient good? I'm obeying you now, aren't I?"

"..."

Bai glared at him: "You can get lost now."

She doesn't care about Cheng Sijin anymore; she only cares about whether Cheng Shanshan is happy.

Huo Mingchen now dotes on Cheng Shanshan, which makes her, as her mother, very gratified.

...

The night breeze was slightly cool.

Huo Mingchen held Cheng Shanshan in his arms as they sat in the fields looking at the stars: "Shanshan, do you still remember what I looked like the first time we met?"

"Of course I remember. You were sharpening your knife in that pitch-black room. It was terrifying." Cheng Shanshan chuckled softly as she recalled the scene.

At the time, she only wanted to escape and never imagined that so many things would happen between them, and that they would even spend a lifetime together.

"I didn't light candles to avoid scaring anyone." Huo Mingchen glanced at Cheng Shanshan beside him, his eyes full of affection: "Who knew that you would barge in so recklessly, and not be afraid of me at all, and even want me to help expand the cave."

"I... never expected it to turn out like this." As Cheng Shanshan finished speaking, she suddenly became curious: "Why did you agree to help me in the first place?"

Huo Mingchen: "Because of money."

"Just because of money?"

"Also because..."

Huo Mingchen looked down at her, his glassy eyes brimming with light: "The way you looked at me with a smile back then was like the bright moon in the sky, and I fell in love with you at first sight."

Cheng Shanshan suppressed a laugh: "Back then, I really disliked you. After all, you had a full beard and looked sloppy. That rough, unkempt appearance wasn't good-looking at all."

Huo Mingchen raised an eyebrow: "If you look down on me, how could you possibly pay?"

When this was mentioned, Cheng Shanshan suddenly remembered and reached out her hand to him: "By the way, hurry up and return the money I gave you back then."

Three hundred taels?

Huo Mingchen immediately refused: "I've given you all the other money, but not that one. After all, that's the price for my entire life."

Forever and ever.

Perhaps it was destined from that moment that he belonged to her.

The thing he regretted least in his life was marrying Cheng Shanshan, and the happiest thing was also marrying Cheng Shanshan.

"..."

Cheng Shanshan wanted to say something more.

But Huo Mingchen pulled her into his arms and sealed her lips with his.

Under the moonlight, the little boy watched this scene and couldn't help but ask the little girl next to him, "Hey, what do you think my parents are doing?"

The little girl had big, watery eyes, and her face was flushed. "You pervert, you said you'd take me out for something delicious late at night, and this is what you're supposed to do?" As she spoke, she cautiously glanced over there, and the sight made her heart race.

The little boy didn't understand why she reacted this way: "Of course there's something delicious. You have no idea how much good food my mother has hidden away. I'll get it for you right away."

The two little ones immediately slipped away to the storeroom to steal things, and this marked the beginning of another chapter in their lives...

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