Spring ends and summer begins

The carriage hit a stone, and the wide wheels trembled and shook as if they were about to fall apart.

The tall man in black seemed to sense something. He looked towards the carriage, supported the shaking carriage with one hand, and flipped over and got in without waiting for it to stop steadily.

The fully equipped chariot and horse team stood solemnly in the clouds, silent and still.

The same is true of Gui Yao in Ren Beixi's arms.

He put two fingers together and placed them under her nose. There was no breath. For a moment, the man's brows were tightly knitted together. He tried several positions repeatedly before he felt the slight beating of her pulse.

The carriage was padded, so he didn't faint.

Ren Beixi took out an embroidered handkerchief from her sleeve and carefully wiped her unusually rosy face. He kept pressing his forehead against it. When he opened his eyes, he saw that her long eyelashes were tightly closed and motionless, and the hands holding her waist and back were tense and helpless.

Outside the carriage, Xiao Hui was waiting for the general's order. The guard who had been waiting outside for a long time spoke first, "General, there is a mountain road we can take."

Ren Beixi opened the carriage curtain with one hand and looked at the extremely weak young woman in his arms. His voice was quiet and hoarse: "What is the place at the bottom of the mountain?"

"Xiaohe Village, the southernmost tip of Xianyu City." The guard set his eyes on Guiyao without hesitation.

The man raised his eyes and gave orders in a cold tone.

"Ren Hui, take my token and lead the convoy to the official post station behind the mountain to wait. Remember, protect the people in the carriages behind."

After that, he blew the horse whistle with one hand, and the proud horse that was walking in the front lowered its head.

"Wait!" The guard briefly returned his gaze to him. "General, the mountain path is narrow and rugged, even walking is dangerous. How can you take Miss Gui with you on horseback?"

On the black warhorse, the tall man narrowed his dark eyes slightly, tied up Guiyao, who was breathing shallowly and feeling weak all over, with one hand, and gripped the reins tightly with the other hand. He broke through the fog, and with the clanging of horse hooves, he rode towards the mountain path.

"That's the thing."

"Master Gui, I'm really sorry to have troubled you these days."

Xiao Hui bowed his head and saluted seriously. After a while, he held the sword in one hand and looked at the closed carved wooden door.

The village is surrounded by mountains on all sides and has pleasant scenery. However, because it is close to the Hehua River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, there will be heavy fog every time it rains, and the mountain roads will be muddy and rocky, making it very difficult to walk.

But when we passed by that day, we had calculated that it would be dry after Grain Rain, and this fog came too suddenly.

It was too sudden.

Gui Yao opened her eyes with force, and her weak back sat up with the strength. Her face was pale, and she only lowered her eyes to see the man who was holding her hand tightly beside the bed.

The man let go of her hand, then leaned over to look at her forehead, his voice deep.

"How does it feel?"

There were tears in her eyes. She bit her lip and was about to speak, but the bitter taste of the herbs suddenly permeated her mouth. She sniffed and choked pitifully.

"What's wrong with me?" Gui Yao held Ren Beixi's arm again, her long eyelashes trembling.

She asked again, "How many days have I slept?"

The last time she woke up from losing consciousness, Gui Yao said goodbye to her entire first half of life which was not yet complete. This time, she looked into the man's eyes which became more silent and dark day by day, and suddenly felt uneasy again. Now, all she had was what she, Gui Yao, had picked up one by one from Gui Xiaoniang. She had nothing left to lose.

"Don't be afraid."

The man's voice fell on the empty bed, but it seemed to fill Guiyao's confusion inch by inch. She seemed to be really not afraid anymore. Her eyes, which were red from crying, widened slightly, and she waited quietly for what he would say.

He said in a deep voice: "Go and have a look."

Gui Yao followed his gaze and raised her chin to look over. There was a slight breeze coming out of the window. Following the light sunlight, she could see a tree not far away. The branches of the tree were very beautiful.

Not like peach or plum.

The chinaberry tree blooms, marking the end of spring and the beginning of summer.

She was suddenly stunned and came back to look at Ren Beixi. When did he stop his gaze on her lips again? They were so hot.

"Summer comes later in Xiaohe Village than in the city, but it's already here." Gui Yao tugged at his sleeve, her eyes watery. "Ren Beixi, how long have I slept?"

Her fragility easily fell into his eyes. Unable to break free from his hand, she could only watch tearfully as Ren Beixiong clasped her slender wrist with one hand, leaned closer, and their eyes met.

Gui Yao didn't understand what he meant. She was so close to him that she could even see the sweat beads sliding down his straight nose. She held her breath and only opened her eyes when she felt he had left.

Ren Beixi's Adam's apple rolled.

They both heard the door creak open and looked over to see Uncle Gui entering, humming a song as he carried a bowl. "Day after day, the cup is full of wine, morning after morning, the flowers in the garden bloom. I sing and dance to my heart's content, unfettered and unencumbered. History has seen countless dreams, and the underworld has seen countless geniuses. No need to worry or make plans, just enjoy the present moment..."

"Hey?" The uncle asked in surprise. He hurriedly stuffed the medicine into Ren Beixi's hand and called out, "Yaoyao, you're awake! I'll go get your aunt to come see you. She's been worried these days."

He ran away in a flash.

He was now frightened when he saw the young general of the Ren family. Although he had known before that he was cold and tough, he trusted his character. In addition, Gui Yao liked him, so he was not worried that he would bully Gui Yao.

During this period, Guiyao did not wake up.

The entire Xiaohe Village knew that the son-in-law of the Gui family was like a block of ice in the severe cold, with cold air emanating from his entire body, and the corners of his mouth were about to be pulled into the ground and frozen into frost.

Gui Yao blinked and wanted to get out of bed, but her waist suddenly felt a sharp pain as if it was broken. Maybe it was a cramp. She hadn't felt such pain for a long time. She covered her waist with her hands, tears in her eyes half-fallen. When she looked at the man, she stopped.

She saw the worry in his eyes that what was done was too late to undo what was done.

For a moment, Gui Yao seemed to calm down. The hand on her waist gently slid onto the bed, and her knuckles twisted the thin sheets into a mess.

When she raised her eyes again, her gaze fell on the medicine bowl he picked up, biting her lip gloomily, "Take the medicine."

The porcelain spoon made a crisp sound when stirring, which seemed to scare away a few branches of mountain flowers.

Ren Beixi wanted to feed her medicine as usual, but he saw her trembling hands steadily snatch the bowl from his hand and drink the brown medicine soup. He had no choice but to wipe the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, twisted the hair on her temples with his knuckles, and touched her hot earlobes.

Guiyao hid back.

Somehow, she felt that Ren Beixi was being too close to her.

"Yaoyao is so amazing."

Ren Beixi's voice was as deep and quiet as a deep pool, and he praised her half a word.

Gui Yao's ears were burning, but she realized belatedly that there was a familiar voice missing in her mind, and then she couldn't hide her uneasiness.

System, where's the system? Her relaxed knuckles suddenly tightened, but she couldn't summon that familiar female voice.

If the animal mind-reading system disappears, will the collection of mind-reading notes also become invalid?

What about the corresponding points? Wouldn't the health benefits of those points be ineffective?

If so, why is she alive now?

The girl on the bed covered her chest, anxiously feeling her breath. Ren Beixi looked at her silently with his eyes blank, his fingertips stroking the dim medicine stains on the edge of the porcelain bowl, and listened to the sound of claws scratching the door outside.

"Squeak--" the wooden door was opened.

There was a big black dog on the left and a big yellow dog on the right. The two big dogs walked in together with a familiar look.

At the same time, Ren Beixi saw Gui Yao suddenly turn her head, and a hint of joy unconsciously appeared in her gentle eyes.

The man paused, but before he could stop and think, someone suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes, and then he was filled with the fragrance of medicine.

He held her thin back with one hand. Under her long eyelashes, he could see the girl's tears sliding from the corners of her eyes to behind her ears. Her watery almond eyes were wide open, and her crying changed from sobbing to breaking down and crying, like a little animal that had lost its beloved thing.

Or is it lost and found?

Ren Beixi couldn't bear to think about it anymore, and just gently covered the back of her neck with his large palm.

The open door was blown closed by the wind. Gui Yao wiped her tears with her sleeves, raised her head and glanced at Ren Beixi secretly.

His eyes were full of heartache. She followed his gaze and her sight fell on her clothes which were messed up due to her movement, and a pastel-colored strap on her fair shoulders. Gui Yao sniffed and covered herself with her clothes secretly.

My ears are so hot.

Maybe it’s because the two dogs are still barking.

"Oh my god, this is so exciting!"

"Brother, let me tell you something. On the night of their wedding, I saw someone outside the kitchen. They picked up a bowl and threw something, then ran away. As they walked away, they said they were afraid to bring it in because the noise was too loud. Is that the kind of noise you're talking about?"

"...You're a bit of a fool."

Gui Yao pointed at the two dogs and said, "Ren Beixi, drive them both out!"

"Why?" Ren Beixi said in a calm voice, "The yellow ones are Momo's new friends. They come to see you every day. They may not understand human nature, but they know how to care for you."

He lay down silently, shaking his big tail vigorously behind him.

"I think they understand quite well, but you are the one who doesn't understand." Gui Yao muttered and waved to the two dogs.

She looked at the equally matched Propeller Little Yellow Tail and introduced him earnestly, "This is Da Huang, the village chief's family dog, a Chinese native dog carefully selected by our ancestors, but he's Tu Song... Look, isn't he very cute standing next to Mo Mo?"

Upon hearing this, Dahuang rolled over obediently, acting cutely for an old man of his age.

Gui Yao touched its belly and looked up at Mo Mo, who was smiling and sticking out his tongue, but was actually screaming in Chongqing dialect in his heart for a long time, which gave her a lot of useful information: she had been unconscious for a full sixteen days. Except for a small number of people who stayed in Xiaohe Village with Ren Beixi, the rest of the convoy heading to Beijing had returned to Xianyu City.

Where is Li Cong who is traveling with us?

"He returned to Beijing first, there's no need to worry about him."

After getting the answer, Gui Yao raised her eyes again and realized that Ren Beixi had stood up at some point and was leaning against the window.

Go against the light.

Gui Yao couldn't see his features clearly, she just felt the wind blowing in, making her feel a little chilly for no reason.

"Yaoyao."

The girl who was called curled her eyes, as if asking what was wrong.

The man saw the two big dogs sitting by the bed, very obediently. He suddenly felt a little jealous, so he sat back on the bed and draped Guiyao's thin quilt over her shoulders with his right hand.

Ren Beixi: "You seem to understand what Momo is saying."

Gui Yao: “…”

She couldn't help but push the man's chest, looked at his nose and thin lips so close to her, and leaned forward to take a bite.

When she woke up, her pale cheeks were slightly red, and her autumn-water eyes looked so innocent.

"No objection?"

"When interacting with small animals, it's important to try to understand what they're trying to say. General Ren, for example, understands that their visits day and night are a sign of their concern, and their wagging tails are a clear sign of their care."

Ren Beixi suddenly sighed silently.

His wife seemed unaware of it so far. Whenever she started to talk at length, she was either acting or feeling guilty.