Chapter 124: Are you biting me to save me?

The moment Cheng Gongjin retreated, Yu Qinghuan climbed up from the ground, picked up the burning stick on the ground, looked at Cheng Gongjin with vigilance, as if he was going to fight him to the death.

"If you really want to kill me, you won't survive!"

Cheng Gongjin's eyes had returned to their usual calmness, and the pain in his heart had also subsided a lot.

He said in a deep voice: "I don't want to kill you."

He was not a murderous person. If he had not been poisoned, he would not have lost his mind and strangled her neck, not to mention that she was Mu Huaian's woman.

Yu Qinghuan didn't believe it, so he pulled a dry branch and threw it on the ground. "This is the boundary. If you take a step closer, I will bite you to death."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and wiped the blood off her lips with her sleeve. Because of her past life, she hated these sticky things from the bottom of her heart.

Cheng Gongjin glanced at the wooden stick on the ground and sat down, holding onto the mountain wall.

Seeing him like this, Yu Qinghuan's uneasy heart finally calmed down a little. She also sat down, but kept away from Cheng Gongjin.

She has met so many men, like Xie Zhiwen who is honest and sincere, Xie Zhili who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside, Mu Huaian who is gentle and friendly, and even the most difficult to control Xiao Jinghe who is easy to please because he is soft-hearted.

But the person in front of her is the one she cannot see through, and he is also the most dangerous.

For such an unfathomable person, Yu Qinghuan just wanted to stay as far away from him as possible, praying that the person who discovered that she was missing would find her quickly.

Cheng Gongjin lowered his eyes to look at the wound on his shoulder. After glancing at the cloth wrapped around the wound, he frowned, lifted up the hem of his clothes, and found that it was obviously much shorter.

He stared at Yu Qinghuan silently.

Seeing his actions, although she didn't say anything, Yu Qinghuan could see the dissatisfaction in his eyes. She turned her face away and said, "Your wound is bleeding profusely. If I don't tear your clothes, am I going to tear my own clothes?"

Only a fool would tear his own.

Hearing the word "old lady" from her mouth again, Cheng Gongjin's eyes darkened a little. He slowly closed his eyes and no longer paid attention to the woman in front of him.

Seeing this, Yu Qinghuan also closed his eyes, yawned, and prepared to take a nap.

But just when she was about to feel sleepy, she suddenly heard Cheng Gongjin's voice again, faint but calculating:

"Do I look old?"

Yu Qinghuan was forced to open her eyes, only to see the man who had just closed his eyes now staring at her, and his eyes were not kind.

She was silent.

Cheng Gongjin naturally looked young, otherwise she would not have mistaken him for Mu Huaian at the Duke's Mansion.

But he doesn't look old, but the constant calls of "Mr. Cheng" and "highly respected" can also make him sound old, right?

Yu Qinghuan didn't tell the truth, but instead, flattering words came out of his mouth, "Master, you are handsome and have an outstanding temperament. You look like a banished immortal. How can you look old?"

When she praised him, there was a moment of silence in the air.

Cheng Gongjin suddenly said, "Are you using this clever talk to win over the prince?"

Yu Qinghuan's forehead twitched, knowing that this person would definitely not forget what happened last night.

She curled her lips, a forced smile on her face, "I think the Lord has misunderstood. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I are just friends. We just had a few casual conversations in the tent last night, nothing more."

Cheng Gongjin recalled the red mark he had seen on Yu Qinghuan's clothes last night, and asked indifferently, "Do you also interact with other friends in this way?"

Yu Qinghuan's smile froze on her face. "I wonder what the elder means by this?"

Cheng Gongjin said nothing and closed his eyes.

Today, he had intended to use himself as bait to lure the person behind the scenes to take action, but the appearance of Yu Qinghuan and the untimely onset of the poison disrupted his plan, and he nearly lost his life.

Seeing that Cheng Gongjin ignored her, Yu Qinghuan bit her lip. She still didn't understand what he meant. Could it be that he knew something else?

Thinking of this, she felt more and more regretful. She felt that she should not have entered the forest today, and should not have followed Cheng Gongjin. The most wrong thing was that she was soft-hearted and saved this man.

But it's no use regretting it now. She will definitely stay away from this man in the future!

At the same time, under the emperor's order, the imperial guards searched the mountain.

If it was only the wife of Ningyuan Marquis who was missing, there would not be such a big fuss. But the person who was missing was also Cheng Gongjin, the prime minister of the dynasty, and a person whose affairs involved the country.

After learning that Yu Qinghuan and Chen Niao had been separated and had not left the forest, Xie Zhiwen and Mu Huaian went back to look for them immediately.

After learning about this, Xie Zhili drove his horse directly into the deeper woods after failing to find anyone in the hunting ground.

Xiao Jinghe naturally knew Cheng Gongjin's plan. Fearing that Yu Qinghuan would be involved and something unexpected would happen, he took a team of people with him and stayed up all night looking for her.

Everyone searched hard until dawn.

...

The next day, after a night's rest, Cheng Gongjin looked better. He was the first to mount his horse and extended his hand to Yu Qinghuan.

He stared at the hand dangling before him, the knuckles still stained with dried blood from last night.

Yu Qinghuan instinctively took a half step back. Yesterday, the situation was urgent and she had to ride on the same horse, but today... the thought of riding on the same horse with Cheng Gongjin made her feel a chill on her back.

Seeing her hesitation, Cheng Gongjin said in a deep voice, "I don't know when the Imperial Guards will find this place. Are you planning to cross the mountain on foot?"

Yu Qinghuan bit her lower lip and did not grab Cheng Gongjin's hand. Instead, she climbed up by holding on to the saddle. But as soon as the hem of her clothes brushed the saddle, the horse suddenly raised its head and neighed.

She was startled and leaned back, her center of balance unstable, but a hand was across her waist - Cheng Gongjin put his arm around her waist and pulled her onto the horse's back.

"Ah..." Before she could scream out, her back was already pressed tightly against the man's chest.

Cheng Gongjin's arms holding the reins passed under her ribs, the veins in his wrists twitching slightly as he drove the horse forward.

The jolting motion of the galloping horse caused blood to seep out of his wound again, but he had no time to care.

Yu Qinghuan could clearly feel the warm liquid seeping through the layers of fabric, spreading a sticky dampness where the two of them were touching.

What was even worse was that the unique scent of ink belonging to men mixed with the smell of blood lingered at the tip of her nose and was impossible to avoid.

She felt a burning sensation on her back, her knuckles turned white from her clenched fists, and she dared not move.

Yu Qinghuan didn't dare to think about what would be said if someone caught her riding a horse with another man.

She bit her lip and said coldly, "Once we're out of this forest, let me go and I'll walk on my own."

Cheng Gongjin suddenly tightened his arms, his thin lips almost brushing the tip of her ear, and said in a calm voice, "You only have one horse, and yet you ran into this dense forest. Do you think you can save your reputation by distancing yourself from me at this time?"

He didn't come home all night, his clothes were disheveled, and his body was covered with scars. Nothing could be hidden.

Yu Qinghuan: "I am trying to save you, old man."

If it wasn't for saving Cheng Gongjin, why would I still be here?

Cheng Gongjin's thin lips moved slightly, "You bit me to save me?"

Hearing this, Yu Qinghuan turned around and glared at him, "That's because you wanted to kill me."

Cheng Gongjin's eyes suddenly darkened, his voice became terrifyingly hoarse, and the back of his hand holding the reins was tense:

"Don't move."