"I'm getting old and useless," Li Tianyou said somewhat embarrassedly.

These past two days, he has been on high alert, not daring to relax even for a moment.

While worrying about being captured and taken back, she also had to protect Xu Qingshi.

In addition, we didn't find much food to fill our stomachs along the way.

Seeing Xu Heming and the others, he felt relieved but also felt somewhat powerless.

"Lord Li!" Qingsong originally wanted to help Li Tianyou down the mountain, but unexpectedly, Li Tianyou collapsed.

"Grandfather!" Xu Qingshi exclaimed anxiously upon seeing this.

"What happened?" Xu Heming frowned and turned around when he heard this. He was also a little worried when he saw Li Tianyou fall down.

“Grandfather is starving,” Xu Qingshi said softly.

After all, we only caught one fish by the river today, but we still gave it to him to eat.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi felt extremely sad.

"Your Highness, Lord Li looks exhausted. We need to get down the mountain quickly," Qingsong said after checking him over.

"Hmm." Xu Heming frowned upon hearing this.

"I'll carry him down the mountain," Xu Heming said after thinking for a moment.

"Your Highness, let me carry Lord Li on my back," Qingchuan quickly said, squatting down.

"I will do it myself!" Xu Heming looked at Li Tianyou and sighed. He had to do it himself, otherwise Li Tianyou would blame him for his poor performance when he woke up.

"Your Highness—" Qingchuan wanted to say a few more words of advice, but was silenced by a glance from Xu Heming.

Qingchuan had no choice but to pick up Xu Qingshi, who was standing to the side.

He followed behind Xu Heming.

Xu Heming carried Li Tianyou on his back, not daring to delay, only thinking about getting down the mountain as soon as possible.

Although the path down the mountain was winding, Xu Heming was a trained martial artist, and even carrying Li Tianyou on his back, he did not lose his footing.

As it grew dark, no one lingered any longer.

Qingchuan was holding Xu Qingshi in his arms, and behind them a guard was carrying Xu Qingshi's bag of beautiful stones.

Qingsong stayed close behind Xu Heming, ready to take over at any time.

Xu Qingshi soon leaned on Qingchuan's shoulder and fell into a deep sleep.

Xu Heming returned to the capital at 9 PM.

Fortunately, the guards who were guarding the city saw that it was Xu Heming and quickly opened the gate to let them into the city.

After all, they were all aware that Xu Heming had gone out of the city to look for someone today.

At this moment, Xu Qingshi and Li Tianyou were already in the carriage behind.

One fainted, and the other fell asleep.

When Xu Heming returned to the mansion, Li Zhiwei had already returned to the Li family.

However, even after returning to the Li family, Li Zhiwei didn't dare to fall asleep.

She knew that Xu Heming had received news of Xu Qingshi and his father today.

She wouldn't be able to rest easy if she didn't receive news of her father's safety.

After all, today is already the second day.

At this time, Yao was also lying in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

She always felt that Li Zhiwei was hiding something from her.

"Madam, what's wrong?" Seeing that Madam Yao had sat up, Chun Tao quickly stepped forward to ask.

"Has the master returned?" Madam Yao asked, frowning.