Chapter 243 Sincerity

The first thing Shen Yuexi felt after waking up was that her forehead hurt.

Before she even opened her eyes, she couldn't wait to reach out and touch her forehead.

Even through the wet cloth covering her forehead, she could clearly feel that her forehead was different from normal.

It seems swollen.

She covered her forehead and thought about what had happened before.

By the way, he jumped off the cliff. Before falling into the water, he placed the covered iron boat made by Big Bear on the water, and then she landed on the boat. Everything was perfect and smooth.

The only mishap was that she misjudged her speed of descent. After her feet touched the boat, she couldn't stop herself from falling forward, and her head, driven by inertia, slammed against the planking like a kowtow...

The height from the clifftop to the water was only about three meters, not an exorbitant height. She'd expected her feet to be numb at most. She hadn't expected the consequences to be so horrific; it was truly tragic.

She opened her eyes and supported herself with one hand.

I lay in the awning of the boat, which was swaying slowly across the broad river. Outside, it was already bright, and the sun shone obliquely on the front deck, a brightness that was blinding.

The fact that she was on the ship instead of in the Xirong army's tent meant that she had escaped from the Xirong army's encirclement.

Thank God, I finally escaped, she cried in her heart.

Where is Xiao Zhuo? Did he come up?

She didn't see Xiao Zhuo on the front deck, so she quickly turned her head to look back.

Did that person not jump with her? The current of the Benniu River was very fast at that time. If Xiao Zhuo hesitated, the boat might be swept away more than ten meters in the blink of an eye, and he would have been too late to jump.

Xiao Zhuo was standing at the stern of the boat, holding the spear shaft diagonally on his shoulder with one hand, like a javelin, staring at the water intently.

Shen Yuexi's heart finally settled back down in her stomach, and both of them escaped safely.

Once a person is happy, even the forehead doesn’t hurt as much.

"Husband!" She covered her forehead and shouted happily to Xiao Zhuo, "We escaped."

Xiao Zhuo stretched out his left index finger and placed it to his lips to make a gesture of silence. Then he thrust the spear into the water. When he lifted the spear again, a live fish was already stuck on the spear, with a black back and a white belly. It was like a tough shuttle, swinging violently, and spreading a colorful mist in the early morning sun.

Shen Yuexi cried out in delight, standing up and reaching out to catch it. The fish swung its head and tail wildly, splashing water all over her face, and then quickly knocked her away.

"Does your forehead hurt?" Xiao Zhuo stuck the spear shaft into the deck. "It's bruised. It'll take a few days for the swelling to go down."

"Blue?" Shen Yuexi quickly raised her hands to cover her forehead.

I am a beauty after all, but I got a bruise on my forehead. It would be so embarrassing to see people like this.

Xiao Zhuo walked to the boat tent with a smile on his face and sat down. He reached out and gently pinched her cheek: "It's my fault. If I had jumped earlier, I could have held you."

"As long as my husband doesn't mind," Shen Yuexi sat down next to Xiao Zhuo, smiling and opening her arms to hug his arms. "My husband, where are we now?"

Xiao Zhuo said, "We're heading towards Xiaogang Village. The Benniu River has a branch, which is the river north of Langya Pass. We can take a boat down the river and it will probably take two days to get there."

Shen Yuexi was overjoyed. After escaping for so long, she was finally going back to her home.

"Yuexi, if it weren't for you last night, we wouldn't have survived," Xiao Zhuo put his arm around her shoulders. "Do you have the ability to make the enemy's weapons disappear?"

"Well, this is actually a high-tech product I carry with me," Shen Yuexi no longer planned to hide it from Xiao Zhuo, "Actually, I'm not from this era."

After hearing her story of how she got here, Xiao Zhuo was so surprised that he was speechless for a long time. After a while, he asked, "In the world you are in, can ships fly in the sky?"

"That was an era of very advanced technology," Shen Yuexi rested her head on Xiao Zhuo's chest, "but I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how to go back. I can only stay here and be your wife obediently."

"Yuexi, actually..." Xiao Zhuo said with a guilty look on his face, "I was wrong about you before."

"What's wrong?" Shen Yuexi said with a smile, "Why are you so embarrassed?"

Xiao Zhuo whispered, "I always thought you followed me because of my status as the Crown Prince, and that you wanted to gain wealth and glory from me, just like my aunt, Song Zhen, and others..."

"Well, you can't say no," Shen Yuexi showed a mischievous smile, "Who told me to be your wife the moment I came here? My original idea was really to be a free and easy Crown Princess."

"Ever since I can remember, I've known that almost everyone who approaches me does so because of my status as the crown prince," Xiao Zhuo reached out and gently stroked her hair. "I valued this status immensely, believing that everything I have came from it. Until the moment I lost it, I truly believed my life was completely over. Yet, you've always been by my side, following me without a doubt. Only then did I realize that there's someone by my side who truly loves me."

Shen Yuexi sat up and said to Xiao Zhuo seriously, "My husband, I've said before that I want you to treat me wholeheartedly, and I will naturally treat you the same way. If I leave you when a disaster strikes, then I'm not worthy of being your wife."

In her heart, people who truly love each other are those who will not be moved by any difficulties, threats or inducements.

The daily vows of love are meaningless. Maybe some women like to hear sweet words, but she doesn't care about them. She has always wanted to find a man who can treat her sincerely.

She had forced Xiao Zhuo to write a letter of commitment, but she only felt disappointed. She also wrote an IOU for silver, which she burned like firewood.

In fact, she already knew what she really wanted in her subconscious mind.

What she wants is a sincere heart towards each other, and only a storm can wash away the layers of disguise on the surface of this sincerity.

When Xiao Zhuo was in the most difficult time, she did not leave him, letting her know that she was sincere to Xiao Zhuo. And when King Doma proposed an irresistible condition for ordinary people, Xiao Zhuo also did not agree, letting her know that Xiao Zhuo was sincere to her.

That's enough.

Xiao Zhuo held her in his arms: "Xiao Zhuo has such a wife, it is a gift from heaven."

"But my husband, please understand. Although your wife's universal manufacturing machine can make things, it can't help you in the war." Shen Yuexi raised her face. "If you want to make a comeback, you still have to rely on..."

Before she could finish her words, Xiao Zhuo's lips had already sealed the rest of her words.

A fisherman who was fishing on the river stared in amazement at the iron boat floating past in front of his boat. A sound that made him blush came from the covered awning.

At this time, his wife came out of the cabin and saw him holding the fishing net and stretching his neck. She immediately rolled her eyes at him:

"What are you looking at? You can tell they're a newlywed couple. What are you staring at? Do you want them to put on a show right in front of you?"

"That ship is quite unique. It actually looks like a car, haha."

The fisherman smiled embarrassedly and spread his fishing net on the river.