As he spoke, he looked down at Xiaoyue, who was utterly astonished. Her eyes widened, trying to keep the light from falling, as if she had heard a fantastical tale. After calming her thoughts, she...

He lowered his head, squeezed out the worthless things in his eyes, then looked up again and asked casually, "Uncle Liang does care about your mother, doesn't he? He's been taking care of the two old people since he came home, and he's never married."

Liang Qi smiled faintly, "Who knows? My mother has always stayed by my side and never remarried. In fact, in the Shiwei royal family, my mother could have found anyone she wanted, but she just never married."

"After my mother died, I burned her ashes and put them in a waterproof bag, intending to bring them to my father."

My uncle noticed my actions and knew about them as soon as I acted. So he instructed my two older brothers to assassinate me. I only escaped their pursuit when I encountered a swift-flowing river and jumped in.

Xiaoyue glanced sideways at Liang Qi, her heart pounding with fear. She was filled with mixed emotions. Telling her something so important meant either he was going to kill her, or… Xiaoyue didn't dare think about it. She was in a daze, her hands and feet no longer obeying her mind's commands. After seeing Liang Qi off…

Xiaoyue leaned against the door and collapsed.

After a full fifteen minutes of silence, Xiaoyue composed herself, wiped her face, and hurried toward the main room.

...

In summer, the sky brightens before the sun even rises. When light shines through the window, Xiaoyue gets up and finds the new clothes that Lu Xiaomei made yesterday on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Xiaoyue picked up the new clothes, held them up, and hesitated whether to wear them. But she loved the white background with small red flowers so much that she finally couldn't resist the temptation and happily put them on.

She jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), slipped on her shoes, and ran to the kitchen. Seeing Lu Xiaomei cooking, she rushed over and hugged her tightly, excitedly saying, "I love this outfit so much!"

Xiaoyue put her dirty clothes into the basket, and then asked Lu Xiaomei to take off her dirty clothes as well. She also changed Xiaodouding's clothes and put them all into the basket. She also put the piece of cloth that hadn't been washed last time into the basket. Then she went to the front yard and put the rope, axe and sickle hanging in the kitchen shed into the basket.

They went into the bedroom of the shed and put Yun Xingfei and Yun Ba's dirty outer clothes into the basket. Seeing that Yun San was also awake and still very weak, they asked Yun Xingfei to help Yun San take off his outer clothes and put them into the basket as well.

Just as we were about to leave, Lu Xiaomei ran out, took a small wicker basket, filled it with four steamed buns, and also filled a gourd with water.

Xiaoyue said goodbye to Lu Xiaomei and headed up the mountain.

Liang Qi had already arrived and was waiting at the foot of the mountain where they usually practiced their skills. He watched from afar as Xiaoyue, carrying a basket on her back, walked easily down the mountain. She was dressed in clean white clothes, with a matching cloth wrapped around her head, and her face was flushed.

With her hands gripping the straps tightly, she saw Liang Qi waiting at the foot of the mountain and smiled sweetly. Her bangs partially covered her bright, expressive eyes, and her cherry-red lips were moist and glistening. She really wanted to go up and pinch them.

Upon seeing such a lively and charming woman, Liang Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he stumbled slightly. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Seeing that Xiaoyue hadn't noticed his odd behavior, his old face burned with embarrassment.

After calming herself down, she quickly went to meet Xiaoyue.

When they arrived at Xiaoyue's place, Xiaoyue took out a wicker basket, picked out the buns inside, and gave each of them two. After eating, they drank some water and went to check on the wasteland, where they found that ramie had already grown.

After digesting the food, today's training began. As usual, Xiaoyue jogged from the bottom of Xiaoma Hutou Mountain to the top and back. She didn't put down her basket. Since it was uphill, she couldn't run fast, so she tried her best not to walk and ran at a steady pace.

When they reached the halfway point, Liang Qi had already reached the summit.

Near the summit, there was a sheer cliff. Without the help of trees propped up from the cliff, it was impossible to climb up. Xiaoyue, carrying a heavy basket on her back, was already panting heavily, sweat pouring down her forehead. She took a sip of water and continued climbing, but she could no longer take another step.

Xiaoyue reached the top of the mountain and then came down to the bottom, and Liang Qi ran back and forth twice.

Next came the jumping. Liang Qi demonstrated first. He randomly chose a tree from the woods halfway up the mountain, easily jumped onto a branch, and without using anything, "whoosh," he leaped onto another tree and landed steadily.

After Liang Qi came down, he told Xiao Yue to do as he was told. Xiao Yue used both her hands and feet to climb up a tree that was easy to climb. Then she found a relatively sturdy and flat branch and stood on the trunk, trembling with fear.

Clinging to the tree trunk with one hand and mustering all her strength in the other, Xiaoyue prepared to fight back, but before she could gain her footing, she fell straight to the ground. In the past, Liang Qi would always come to comfort her.

It wasn't just comforting her anymore, because Liang Qi had never trained Xiaoyue like this before. He always gave Xiaoyue a sense of security. Even if it was inconvenient for him to grab Xiaoyue with his hands when she fell from the tree, he would use the stick in his hand to block her so that she wouldn't get hurt.

Xiaoyue knelt on the ground, looking at Liang Qi with a wronged expression, then at her scraped arm, pouting and silently condemning the person in front of her.

When Liang Qi saw Xiao Yue about to fall, his instinct was to catch her, but his strong willpower held back his heart, which ached for Xiao Yue. He thought of her, such a chivalrous woman...

If he doesn't know even a single move, and he can't always be by her side, and he doesn't have the ability to protect himself, Xiaoyue will be badly injured in just a few rounds.

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