Until this moment, Shen Wangchen was still glad that he had gone up the mountain early.
When I saw the little baby in my arms hiding in the haystack and shivering from the cold.
Seeing the light in her eyes when she discovered him.
Shen Wangchen just felt that everything was worth it.
It felt like a razor blade was stuffed into my throat, and everything in front of my eyes was white, as if there was no end at all.
He tightened his arms around the person in his arms and stopped to take a breath. Snow had begun to fall again without him noticing, making the already difficult mountain road even more difficult to find.
He blinked his eyes and saw that everything in front of him was blurry. He thought it was because the wind and snow in the mountains were too strong, but suddenly he felt a sense of daze.
His thin lips, which had long lost all color, were pressed tightly into a straight line. Out of sight of the person in his arms, he silently stabbed his sword into the snow beside him.
Only after feeling the tip of the sword hit solid ground did he feel relieved and take two steps forward.
It seemed as if they were the only two people left in the world. Li Shengyi hadn't slept all night, and his consciousness, which had been somewhat clear due to the cold, now became blurred.
She yawned, but didn’t dare to sleep, “Uncle Shen, are you tired?”
There was a whistling mountain wind in his ears, and Shen Wangchen felt a little unreal. After a long while, he opened his lips and gently uttered "not tired".
Li Shengyi's head was covered with a layer of snow, but she was numb from the cold and didn't feel it at all. She even rubbed her snow-covered head against his neck.
"If you're tired, let me go. Really, there are no bandits this time. Let's find a big tree to hide and wait for Daddy and the others to rescue us, okay?"
The soft and tender child's voice became unusually hoarse. Knowing that he would definitely catch a bad cold when he returned this time, Li Shengyi became more and more worried about the man holding him.
Compared to her who only had a bad cold, Shen Wangchen was injured and now he was holding her and walking in the snow.
She was even afraid that he would lose a hand.
Twenty years old is the age when one is full of vigor and vitality.
He had already been burdened with too much responsibilities, and his sharpness had long since faded.
If he loses another arm...
Li Shengyi didn't dare to think further, but tightened his arms around his neck a little more, and even his little head drooped further.
Shen Wangchen was a little amused. He raised his other arm with great effort and patted her back with his purple fingers that were frozen. “Don’t be afraid, Chengyi. I will be fine.”
Li Shengyi realized that his thoughts were being overheard again, "...But, but I'm really scared."
"Uncle Shen, please don't get hurt. Please be well, okay? Shengyi will love you and care for you in the future. Please don't get hurt..."
In the vast world, Li Shengyi's soft sobs were soon buried by the heavy snow.
Tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes as if they were free, soaking the clothes on Shen Wangchen's shoulders and making him feel a faint heat on his shoulders.
Hearing the sobbing sound in his ears, Shen Wangchen's heart was in turmoil, and his legs, which were already weak due to excessive blood loss, almost gave way and he fell to the ground.
Fighting back the sweetness welling up in his throat, he patted her back with his fingers again and again, "I'm fine, and Shengyi will be fine too."
"My hand will be fine."
He lowered his eyes to look at the ground that had long been covered with snow. On the snow, his waxy yellow and purple fingers could be seen. Shen Wangchen blinked, and when his vision became blurry again, he frowned tightly, gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.
"It's over there, hurry!"
"I didn't expect them to be able to run so far despite being injured. Fortunately, their reinforcements haven't arrived yet. Brothers, charge!"
"Go! That's one hundred thousand taels of gold. From now on, we'll follow the boss and enjoy the good life!!!"
......
The sound of hurried footsteps and excited shouts rang out behind him.
After hearing these voices, Li Shengyi couldn't help but raise his tearful eyes.
Seeing the bandits rushing towards her in a hurry, she even forgot to cry, and her facial features suddenly tensed.
Her throat rolled slightly, and the more critical the moment, the calmer her voice became, even though there was a hint of nasality in her tone.
“They are here. Uncle Shen, my dad and the others you mentioned will be here soon. For the sake of both of us, can you put me down first?”
In a tone that could be considered negotiating, Li Shengyi tightened his grip on the back of his collar.
His cold fingers touched the skin inside through the collar of his inner clothes. Shen Wangchen hugged her and turned around, saying in a hoarse voice, "Not good."
"Good intentions will not allow anything to happen at any time."
Someone will have to inherit the happy life he never had.
He wanted to personally deliver this happiness to her, but unfortunately...
"I'm sorry for your kindness."
He didn't say what he was sorry for.
Li Shengyi leaned on his shoulder. After hearing his apology, his heart, which had calmed down when he saw the bandits, instantly fell into panic.
Not caring whether he still had the strength, she suddenly straightened up from his arms.
Her cold little hands cupped his cheeks, and she frowned as she met his eyes. "You haven't wronged me. Let me go now, and only then will we both have a chance to continue living."
"They won't kill me. I'm so valuable. They can't bear to touch me, nor do they dare."
“Now, Shen Wangchen, I order you in the name of the young master to put me down, then turn around and leave here, go find my father and the others, and then come back to rescue me after you meet up with them.”
The resounding child's voice also fell into the ears of the bandits who rushed forward.
Seeing that Chen Wangchen had never let go of Li Shengyi from beginning to end, they laughed at him excessively, "Young Master, she is right."
"To us, she is not just an ordinary baby. She is worth a hundred thousand taels of gold."
"If you put her down now and leave on your own, maybe you can all survive, right, brothers? Huh?!"
The continuous and full-bodied laughter echoed throughout the mountains, and even the white snow could not drown out their laughter.
Li Shengyi did not respond to the bandit in front of her. Her eyes were always fixed on the baby face in front of her that was stained with blood and snow.
Seeing his resolute expression, she raised the corners of her lips and gently pulled his cheek with her frozen fingers, "Put me down, please, Daddy."
When Shen Wangchen heard the word "Daddy", the resolute expression on the baby's face froze.
He thought he had misheard, and when he blinked, he heard the call again.
"Daddy, please."
The next moment, his face became even more stern, and he shook his head even harder.
“No, no, no, no!”
"That's how I was sent to my mother. No one could save me. I can't even remember who it was, even my family."
"So I can't abandon Shengyi. I want to stay with Shengyi. I want to accompany Shengyi. I..."
He caught a glimpse of bandits approaching from the corner of his eye. Shen Wangchen, whose voice was interrupted, looked stern. He raised the long sword in his hand and stabbed it straight into the other party's throat.
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At this moment, Xiao Li, who was crying while writing, got out of bed in a panic and looked for a tissue to blow his nose. . .
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