Chapter 285 Solution
Lin Changning was catching fish with Yue'er by a stream not far away. Li Mingshu woke up and found that her daughter was missing. Her heart skipped a beat. When she saw that Lin Changning was also missing, she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly left the cave.
Just as they were about to call out, they saw Lin Changning leading Yue'er, who was holding a large leaf in her hand, walking step by step into the cave.
Li Mingshu was getting angry: "Yue'er! Why are you running around like that? There are still pursuers behind us. What if something happens?"
Yue'er paused for a moment, looked up at Lin Changning, then looked back at her anxious mother and lowered her head to apologize: "I'm sorry, Mother, Yue'er won't run around like that anymore."
Lin Changning coughed lightly, a little embarrassed, "It's not Yue'er's fault. There wasn't much food here, so I took Yue'er to catch some fish. Please don't blame the young lady, Princess."
Li Mingshu glanced at Lin Changning, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "You're still injured, so don't run around. I'm sorry, Yue'er has caused you trouble."
Lin Changning smiled, revealing a set of bright white teeth, and patted Yue'er's little head, praising, "It wouldn't be right to let the princess go find food, and besides, Yue'er is very capable and has helped me a lot."
Or Lin Changning pointed to his arm and then to the large leaf in Yue'er's hand, saying, "Yue'er is very capable. She can help me catch fish and carry things for me. Please don't be offended, Princess."
Seeing Lin Changning say this, Li Mingshu didn't know what to say. She took the leaf from her daughter's hand and looked at the pile of small fish the size of a finger and five or six fish the size of a palm on it: "Good harvest, Yue'er is really amazing."
Yue'er looked up at her mother with a shy smile, then turned to look at Lin Changning: "It's not that powerful, Uncle Lin caught most of them."
Li Mingshu looked at her daughter with tender eyes, took the little fish, and led her slowly toward the cave.
Upon reaching the cave, Lin Changning saw the fire gradually diminishing. He gathered a few dry firewood pieces and piled them into the fire. Then, he turned and took the leaves, spreading them out on the ground before continuing to cook the stone slab fish.
Seeing Lin Changning struggling with one hand, Li Mingshu sent Yue'er out to fetch water.
He tore off a strip of cloth from his body, wrapped it around some of yesterday's herbs, and looked at Lin Changning with an unquestionable air, saying, "It's time to change the dressing. Let me see how the wound is."
Lin Changning raised his eyebrows at Li Mingshu: "Princess, men and women should not touch each other."
Li Mingshu suddenly widened her eyes, then ignored Lin Changning, and upon hearing Lin Changning's muffled laughter, she pulled him over and directly shoved half of Lin Changning's shoulder open.
"Apply the medicine!"
Lin Changning laughed so hard her chest was shaking. She looked at the princess with her eyes crinkled, and seeing the princess carefully applying the medicine to her, she became even more certain that the princess would not reveal her identity.
Watching Li Mingshu carefully apply the medicine to her, Lin Changning suddenly leaned closer and whispered to the princess, "Princess, now that you know my secret, how about we exchange a secret? Otherwise, I won't feel at ease."
Li Mingshu naturally realized that Lin Changning was actually teasing her. She looked at the wound and found that it was not inflamed or swollen, and a layer of blood had already scabbed over. She figured it would heal in a few days.
After letting out a sigh of relief, he carefully applied the medicine and bandaged up the wound. Then he looked at Lin Changning with some seriousness and said, "Commander Lin, you can rest assured that I will not say anything when I get back. However, if we're talking about secrets, I really don't have any secrets that are not meant to be revealed."
Li Mingshu paused for a moment: "If you're still not reassured..."
Li Mingshu squatted on the ground, tilting her head to look out of the cave, revealing her slender and fragile neck, and said softly, "If you are worried, you can make me have an accident along the way, whether I fall off a cliff or get lost, Yue'er will not know. Please, Commander, be sure to take Yue'er back to Taiyuan and hand her over to my father and mother."
After saying that, Li Mingshu lowered her long eyelashes, stopped talking, and didn't look at Lin Changning.
Lin Changning sighed, straightened his clothes, and after putting them on, he reached out to help Li Mingshu up: "I trust the princess, and I will definitely bring you back to Taiyuan. Don't worry, princess."
Li Mingshu raised her head, looked at Lin Changning who had a sincere expression in front of her, and paused for a moment before saying, "Aren't you afraid that I'll tell my father when we get back?"
Lin Changning propped his head up and smiled at Li Mingshu: "I'm afraid, but I trust the princess's character even more."
Li Mingshu looked at Lin Changning and hesitated for a moment: "Don't call me Princess anymore. I should be a few years older than you. Just call me Elder Sister. I don't know how to explain it to you so you'll believe me, but I will absolutely not reveal a single word about your identity to anyone. If I break this vow, may I, Li Mingshu, die a horrible death, and may Yue'er, like me, have a difficult marriage!!!"
Lin Changning's phoenix eyes widened instantly, and she covered Li Mingshu's mouth with her hand: "Pah, pah! You can't just say things like that, it doesn't count, it doesn't count."
Li Mingshu also burst into laughter, pulled away Lin Changning's hand, and said with a smile, "Can I call you Changning?"
When Lin Changning saw that Li Mingshu had actually sworn an oath on her and her daughter, he knew that the princess would not reveal her identity. So he simply nodded nonchalantly: "Everyone in the family calls me Liulang, and my elder sister can also call me Liulang. Hmm, I'll tell them to call me Xiao Liu, or Xiao Liu is fine too."
Li Mingshu sat down next to Lin Changning and nodded: "Then don't treat me like a princess anymore. I'll call you Xiao Liu, and you can call me elder sister. I'll treat you like my own younger brother."
Lin Changning nodded, then casually picked up the grilled small fish he had left for Li Mingshu that morning and spread the leaves out in front of her.
"Sister, would you like to try my cooking?"
Li Mingshu pinched two fish about the size of her fingers, put them in her mouth, and her eyes lit up. She then pinched two more fish and fed them to Lin Changning: "Delicious! Xiao Liu's cooking is really good."
As the two were eating and chatting with laughter, Yue'er came running in from outside, carrying half a gourd.
Seeing Lin Changning and her mother sitting there eating small fish, a hint of disbelief appeared in her round eyes. Her mother usually saved the best food for her, but this time she was eating alone behind her back.
"Mom? Uncle Lin? You've been eating small fish behind my back???"
The two people who had been caught looked at each other simultaneously and then burst out laughing.
Li Mingshu beckoned to her daughter: "It's my fault, Yue'er, come and eat with us."
Yue'er ran over with the gourd in her hands, handed the water to her mother, and then turned her little head and snorted coldly: "Yue'er won't eat it. The little fish was saved for mother by Uncle Lin, and Yue'er has already eaten it."
Lin Changning scooped up the pouting Yue'er with one hand, sat her in front of the red-hot stone, and said with a smile, "Uncle Lin will grill some more small fish for Yue'er. We have plenty, we have plenty, no rush."
While coaxing Yue'er, Lin Changning looked at Li Mingshu and said, "After this meal, we'll continue on our way. I went out to take a look this morning, and we're not far from Songhe County. It should only take a day at most. After we eat, we'll take some water and then we'll leave. We don't know what the situation is with the people behind us, so it's better to get out of here as soon as possible."
Li Mingshu nodded. She didn't understand these things very well, but she knew that listening to Xiao Liu was definitely the right thing to do.
"It's your decision, but are you really alright with your injuries?"
Lin Changning shook his head: "It's nothing, just a shoulder injury. I can walk normally. We'll set off this afternoon. I'm afraid if we delay any longer, that group will catch up, and then things will get complicated."
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