He is so funny.

Shuang Xu did not enter the carriage. He followed Huai Xu outside, driving the horses and talking in a low voice.

There was a half-cup of brewed tea in the carriage. Shen Siwei poured her a cup and said, "Have some tea."

Sui Zhao took it and said, "Thank you."

"Yeah." Shen Siwei poured himself a cup, raised his eyes to meet her smiling gaze, then turned away.

She was the boldest woman he had ever seen, and he couldn't stop looking at her.

After taking two sips of tea, Sui Zhao took out two bags of snacks from the side of the carriage, held a small bag of plums in front of him, and asked, "Would you like some?"

Huai Xu and his companions had learned the true teachings from their master Jin Yao and others, and they would consciously put some snacks and refreshments in the carriage when preparing it.

Jin Yao and the others have this kind of awareness because of her father's request.

"Hmm." Chen Siwei glanced at her, withdrew his gaze from her, picked up one and put it in his mouth.

Sour.

The journey was a bit long, but Sui Zhao would "harass" Chen Siwei from time to time along the way, so the journey did not feel boring.

When Chen Siwei didn't know what to say, he would just say "hmm". When she turned her head away, the look in his eyes became more and more gloomy.

When they arrived, seeing Shen Siwei reaching out to help him from below, Sui Zhao resisted the urge to jump and held out his hand to him.

He reached out to hold her arm, but she put her hand in his palm and smiled at him.

Shen Siwei moved his gaze to her face, held her hand, and led her down. When she stood up, he took his hand back.

Sui Zhao glanced at him, snorted softly, put his hands behind his back, looked at the long stone steps, and walked up slowly.

Shen Siwei followed her, observing her expression.

Shuang Xu followed them not far behind, holding a bag of sour plums in his arms and putting one in his mouth from time to time.

Seeing that she didn't talk to him, Shen Siwei silently pulled her sleeve, "An An."

"do what?"

"Angry?"

"No, the scenery is pretty good, so I'll ignore you for now." Sui Zhao looked down at his hands, snorted softly, and muttered, "Chen Siwei, are you a coward?"

A coward.

It was still early today, as burning incense usually takes place in the afternoon, so there were not many people on the stone steps at the moment.

Chen Siwei looked at her slightly bulging profile, held her wrist through her sleeve, walked up two steps, and pulled her up.

This way you won’t be angry anymore, right?

Sui Zhao tilted his head to look at him, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

The frown on his face relaxed as he pondered.

She walked briskly, sometimes leaning back maliciously, forcing him to hold her wrist tightly.

The stone steps were really long and the sun was high. She was halfway there when she said, "Chen Luyuan, I'm tired."

"Rest for a while." Chen Siwei looked around and pulled her to a stone pier nearby.

He remembered that she followed him over a mountain without complaining of being tired. Perhaps it was because she had just recovered from an illness and didn't have much strength left.

Shen Siwei took the water bag hanging from his waist and handed it to her, "Drink some?"

Sui Zhao nodded, sat on the stone pier, unscrewed the cork and drank two sips, then handed it back to him who was looking at him, "Do you want to drink it?"

After she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong, so she retracted her hand and coughed to cover it up, "Just pretend you didn't hear it."

Chen Siwei reached out to take the water bag from her hand, raised his head and took two sips. The sunlight fell on his face, creating a clear boundary between light and shadow, which made his facial contours look smoother and his appearance more handsome.

When he had finished, he looked at her and put his fingers through the cork in her hand.

Sui Zhao stared at him blankly, and only reacted when his slightly rough and warm fingertips brushed across his palm, blushing and looking away.

Chen Siwei screwed the plug back in, staring at her with his dark eyes without blinking.