Chapter 217 Yao Qingling, what don't you remember?

Lin Shiyuan: "..."

Before he could speak, Nie Yun patted Lin Qiao's head and said, "Come on, let's go inside."

Lin Qiao hugged the rabbit and said, "Brother, it's too cold outside. Don't play in the snow outside."

Those girls from the south were experiencing the bitter cold of a snowy day for the first time, and they couldn't stand it. On the other hand, Lou Yue and the others, who were used to the northern weather, were having a great time playing in the woods.

"You're supposed to be with the young lady, but you're playing in the snow here. You're really disrespectful to your elders..."

Lin Qiao muttered to herself as she passed by the man.

As Nie Yun passed by Lin Shiyuan, she glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, her lips twitching slightly as she tried to laugh but dared not.

It's rare to see General Lin looking so defeated.

Lin Shiyuan glanced at her sideways: "Want to do a horse stance?"

Nie Yun quickly walked a few steps away from this sexually frustrated man.

As soon as Lin Qiao entered the house, she shouted, "Miss, I caught a rabbit! Come and see!"

Yao Qingling was startled awake by the noise. She opened her eyes and looked around in a daze. Lin Shiyuan was gone at some point. Lin Qiao, holding the rabbit's ears, lifted the curtain and saw Qingling just woke up. She was stunned for a moment, then looked at her with a guilty expression: "Did I wake you up?"

Qingling shook her head: "No... I'll stay with Zhao'er for a while."

Lin Qiao came in reassured and showed the rabbit to Qing Ling: "Miss, may Zhao'er play with this rabbit?"

Qingling glanced at the gray rabbit casually, wondering if it had done something while it was asleep.

She nodded haphazardly and casually asked, "How were you caught?"

Lin Qiao casually sat down on the edge of the couch, placed the rabbit on her lap, and stroked its soft fur with her small hand: "I dug a trap, it fell in, and I caught it right away. Miss, aren't I clever?"

Qingling nodded, vaguely recalling whether she had kissed Lin Shiyuan.

She subconsciously touched her lips, but she couldn't remember feeling anything at all.

Or perhaps, it was just a dream?

At this moment, Lin Shiyuan came in. He looked up from under the curtain and immediately saw Yao Qingling, who was lost in thought. His gaze shifted uncomfortably downwards and landed on Lin Qiao.

He walked over and pulled Lin Qiao up from the ground: "The ground is cold and dirty. How can you, a girl, be so casual?"

Lin Qiao glared at him: "Brother, you're always talking about others. Who washed their face with snow? Your hands are colder than my bottom."

She shook off his hand and put her little hands under the rabbit's belly to keep warm.

Lin Shiyuan was once again speechless and embarrassed.

When we get back, I'll make that girl do the horse stance.

Yao Qingling: "Why did you wash your face with snow?"

Lin Shiyuan glanced at her quickly. Didn't she know what she had done?

Suddenly, he felt that both the big and the little ones were bullying him.

The man coughed and said in a gruff voice, "Never seen snow before, just curious."

Yao Qingling said seriously, "Even if you're curious, you shouldn't put it on your face, or you'll get frostbite."

It's so strange that someone with a face more beautiful than a woman would have frostbite.

Lin Shiyuan frowned slightly, glanced at her again, and hummed in response, his voice seemingly tinged with disappointment.

He turned and left.

Yao Qingling glanced at his figure and said to Lin Qiao, "You can't talk to your brother like that. He'll lose face. And you can't tell anyone, understand?"

After all, he was General Lin, whom everyone respected, yet people said he was playing with snow on his face. His dignity was gone, and he could no longer command respect.

Lin Qiao nodded: "Yes, I'll talk to Nie Yun about it later."

"Nie Yun saw it too?"

"Um."

Lin Qiao's mind was completely on the rabbit, while Yao Qingling watched her play.

Not long after, Lou Yue and Xia Chan returned as well.

Lou Yue didn't shoot down the eagle in the sky, and Xia Chan didn't catch a pheasant, but they didn't return empty-handed either. Whether they were lucky or unlucky, they actually brought back a wolf cub.

It was a pure white wolf cub, looking weak, with a scar on its nose and a severely injured leg. It was probably abandoned by the wolf pack because of its unusual fur color and its small size. It encountered a wild beast larger than itself, got injured, and was rescued by Lou Yue and the others.

However, if they encounter the ferocious beast that attacked the wolf, Lou Yue and her group will be in trouble.

The little white wolf was locked in the straw shed in the backyard, and Yao Qingling went to see it.

The white wolf stared coldly at the people, very wary.

Only after realizing that no one had harmed it did it lower its head and lick the wound on its leg.

"Miss, please keep it; it's so pitiful," Lou Yue said.

Qing Ling frowned slightly: "This is a wild animal; it can bite."

Lin Shiyuan then spoke up: "Wolves can be tamed. A tamed wolf is as loyal as a dog, and it is extremely vigilant and has great fighting power."

As he spoke, he glanced thoughtfully at Qingling.

As her business grows, she will offend more and more people.

Keeping a wolf is a good thing for her.

Qingling had the same idea as him, but she didn't know how to tame wolves.

Lin Shiyuan said, "I will tame it."

He once had a very brave hunting dog that fought alongside him, adept at night raids on enemy camps.

It can be said that the large hunting dog also contributed to Lin Shiyuan's military achievements.

That hunting dog was originally a wild dog that scavenged for food among piles of dead bodies. Lin Shiyuan took it in and tamed it.

Unfortunately, he died in a battle.

Lin Shiyuan buried it himself and was saddened for a long time.

Lin Qiao nodded vigorously: "Yes, brother can tame it!"

At this moment, the little girl greatly admired her brother and trusted him completely.

However, as she held the little rabbit, the white wolf raised its head, its green eyes staring at the rabbit as if it were staring at her, which startled Lin Qiao and made her take a step back.

He Yin came over with a pot of cooked braised chicken pieces in one hand and medicine in the other.

Lou Yue yelled, "Feed it my chicken!"

He Yin gave her an innocent look, otherwise what?

Lou Yue: "..."

After watching the excitement, the group dispersed.

It was already past noon, so Lou Yue quickly went to prepare lunch.

Since it was already prepared at the Marquis's residence, it only needed to be heated up again, which was quite convenient.

During lunch, everyone was discussing how to raise wolves, and teased Lin Qiao, telling her to keep a close eye on her rabbits.

Lin Qiaoqi didn't even eat her meal properly.

After lunch, the group went to play in the woods again. Yao Qingling was very energetic in the afternoon and couldn't sleep.

She watched enviously as those people frolicked in the snow.

Lin Shiyuan looked at her and said, "Want to catch sparrows?"

Qingling winked at him: "How do we catch it?"

Lin Shiyuan smiled faintly, went to the storeroom and found a broken sieve. He then propped the sieve up with a tree branch, tied a rope to the branch, and scattered some wheat under the sieve.

The two of them hid under the window inside the house.

The two stood close together, their eyes fixed intently on the sieve in front of them.

Qingling asked, "Is this all? Is that okay?"

Her breath tickled the man's ear as she spoke, and his ear felt as if it were being steamed by a hot current, instantly becoming hot.

He swallowed hard, but didn't turn around. He just kept his eyes fixed ahead and nodded.

"Wait."

Qingling stared at the sieve again and started talking.

"You used to do these things often? Who taught you? Nie Yun and Lin Qiao both set traps, did you teach them that too?"

She kept asking questions, but Lin Shiyuan could only think of her soft, warm lips, which tasted sweet when kissed.

He didn't answer any of her questions, but instead asked her, "Yao Qingling, don't you remember anything?"