Chapter 96 Rong Chu: Warmth
Rong Si didn't want to appear petty, but he also didn't want to agree to Chu Yu's request. Instead, he pretended not to hear and asked Yu Wanyin, "Where do you want to go?"
"Then... let's go to some quiet place you know."
Rong Si had no idea of any quiet place, but Chu Yu mentioned, "I know one."
As he spoke, he reached out, seemingly wanting to help Yu Wanyin onto the horse.
Rong Si beat him to it, striding forward and swiftly lifting Yu Wanyin onto his horse.
Before Yu Wanyin could even see the hand reaching out in front of her, she was carried away.
After regaining her composure, she was already on Rong Si's horse.
Chu Yu clicked his tongue lightly.
Look, it's urgent again.
Qin Yuan keenly sensed the hint of gunpowder in the air.
Qin Yuan asked Wu Zhou, who was standing next to her, with a blank look, "Do I still need to go?"
After watching for a while, Wu Zhou also wanted to go.
But it seems there's no place for them.
Rong Si spurred his horse and said in a melodious voice, "Since you know, then lead the way."
Chu Yu withdrew his gaze and walked ahead.
The places he led them to were all open and expansive mountain forests.
Chu Yu probably also liked to go to quiet places, where the orange-red light of the sunrise covered the mountains and rivers.
The pine trees stand in neat rows, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of fallen autumn leaves.
The horses' hooves rustled as they walked.
It sounds very pleasant and soothing.
It must be said that the place chosen by Chu Yu was indeed one that Yu Wanyin liked.
The warm morning sun hangs high in the sky, making it a pleasantly cool and comfortable time of day.
The hills are gently undulating, the trees are not dense, and the view is wide open.
The ground was covered with Gesang flowers, and the mountain wind blew the petals and leaves flying everywhere.
A stream flows between the mountains, and the sound of its cascading water can be heard from a distance.
Chu Yu reined in his horse and dismounted, and they followed suit.
Yu Wanyin really likes this place.
Chu Yu tightened the reins. "I passed by here earlier and it looked nice."
"It would be wonderful to lay out a mat and set up a tent here in the autumn, to read a book and drink tea," Chu Yu suggested. "We can try it another day."
Yu Wanyin recalled the tent that could only accommodate two people at most.
She couldn't imagine how cramped it would be if three people were squeezed into a two-person tent.
Their relationship wasn't good, so no matter what, she was having a hard time.
She was trying to avoid Chu Yu's suggestion, but unexpectedly, Chu Yu looked at her quite seriously and asked, "What do you think?"
"Okay." Yu Wanyin brushed the question aside, thinking to herself that it was good she couldn't try it today.
Hunting will be banned after this period.
The matter was dropped and no one will bring it up again.
Unexpectedly, Chu Yu said directly, "Then I'll have them deliver it."
Immediately afterwards, Chu Yu blew his whistle, summoning a carrier pigeon.
When Yu Wanyin saw the carrier pigeon flying over from the horizon, she felt terrible.
The homing pigeon flapped its wings and landed on a nearby treetop.
Chu Yu slowly walked forward.
Yu Wanyin stepped over the thick, soft, golden fallen leaves and quickly stopped him, "Wait, not yet..."
Before Yu Wanyin could finish speaking, she suddenly lost her footing.
He instantly lost his balance!
Chu Yu and Rong Si both changed their expressions.
But Chu Yu was closer to Yu Wanyin after all, and he pulled her into his arms, but the force of the fall still pulled him down hard, and Chu Yu fell down with her.
Rong Si reacted quickly and strode forward.
Yu Wanyin was enveloped by someone, the wind whistling in her ears, and then a loud "bang" resounded, making her bones ache.
Falling autumn leaves drifted down from overhead, raising clouds of dust in the process.
Yu Wanyin lost consciousness in that instant.
Rong Si still couldn't catch up; he tried to stop them, but he was too late.
He hurried down into the pit, where the ground was covered with fallen leaves, and he could barely make out the two people who had fallen in.
Rong Si first brushed aside the fallen leaves around him, trying to help Yu Wanyin out of Chu Yu's arms.
But she found that Chu Yu's hand was firmly gripping Yu Wanyin's slender waist, and she couldn't pull it off no matter what she did.
Rong Si looked up and met Chu Yuyou's dark eyes.
That was the instinctive hostility he felt towards someone trying to snatch the person in his arms.
The bottom of the dark pit is especially eerie.
Upon recognizing Rong Si, a barely perceptible ripple appeared in Chu Yu's dark eyes.
There was less hostility, but more provocation.
Rong Si met Chu Yu's provocative gaze without blinking.
When Chu Yu regained consciousness, he did not get up immediately.
He looked like he had fallen quite hard and couldn't get up so quickly.
Especially weak.
But his hands didn't stop. In front of Rong Si, he slowly slid his hand down Yu Wanyin's waist, looking down to make sure the person in his arms wasn't injured.
Chu Yu pinched Yu Wanyin's wrist to check her pulse.
The next instant, Rong Si grabbed Yu Wanyin's forearm and warned Chu Yu in a gruff voice, "Have you touched enough?"
Rong Si's voice brought Yu Wanyin, who had been briefly unconscious, back to consciousness.
But when she opened her eyes, she saw that there were countless hands on her arms and body, and she was being held by Chu Yu, with Rong Si's tall figure completely surrounding her from behind.
Yu Wanyin wanted to move, but there was no space or room for her to move.
It was probably her struggles that penetrated the bodies of the two men, making them feel her discomfort and causing them to let go.
Yu Wanyin finally had a chance to catch her breath. She was dizzy from the fall, but she didn't feel any pain.
She got up and realized she was lying on top of Chu Yu.
Yu Wanyin quickly got up, and as she sat up and stepped back, she bumped into Rong Si's chest.
She then realized that Rong Si was also very close to her.
Yu Wanyin looked around and saw that Chu Yu's situation was more serious than Rong Si's.
She quickly asked, "How are you?"
"It's alright, he might have suffered some injuries from the fall." Chu Yu struggled to his feet, and Yu Wanyin leaned forward to help him up.
Chu Yu was bruised and shaky from the fall, and moved very slowly.
He lowered his eyes, trying to discern the injuries himself, "But it's nothing serious, just some minor, scattered wounds."
Chu Yu paused for a moment, then said, "My arm has a slight fracture."
A fractured bone is no small injury, Yu Wanyin asked worriedly, "Which hand?"
Chu Yu gave a brief indication.
It was holding her right hand.
Yu Wanyin helped him up and leaned against the stone wall, not daring to move his arm.
She turned to Rong Si and asked, "And you? Are you injured anywhere?"
Rong Si had been watching the back-and-forth between the two for a long time, as well as Yu Wanyin's concerned and guilty expression towards Chu Yu.
So when Yu Wanyin came to ask him, he pressed his arm, looking magnanimous, and said, "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious, you can treat it for him first."
“You’re injured too.” Yu Wanyin stepped forward as expected. “Let me take a look.”
“Mine is just a superficial wound,” Rong Si stood up, “His is more serious.”
"The bone injury needs to be immobilized first. I'll go find something. You watch him."
Rong Si turned his back, grabbed a tree branch, and used it to cut his sleeve and arm!
Then he threw it aside, picked it up again, and went back.
When he returned, his arms and sleeves were soaked with blood.
Upon seeing this, Yu Wanyin stood up and stepped forward, her brows furrowed. "Your injuries are like this, and you still say you're fine."
She took his arm in her hands and saw the shocking wound.
Rong Si still seemed very magnanimous. "I'll handle it for him first, and then you can handle it for me?"
Not far away, Chu Yu's eyelids twitched.
Rong Si walked straight up to Chu Yu.
Yu Wanyin followed up, "Can you manage by yourself?"
Chu Yu spoke up, "Your hand must be in a bit of a predicament."
Rong Si raised an eyebrow. "Convenient."
Yu Wanyin stepped forward, after all, Rong Si's hand was still dripping blood.
She couldn't just watch one wounded patient bandage another; she was still helping.
With Rong Si fixed in place, she supported Chu Yu's hand.
Chu Yu naturally closed his fingers and took Yu Wanyin's hand in his palm.
Yu Wanyin's heart skipped a beat.
Since she was helping Chu Yu secure himself, it wasn't appropriate for her to let go.
Chu Yu slowly pinched her finger bones with his fingertips.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, she was being kneaded and pinched like this by her ex-husband in front of her current husband.
Yu Wanyin's ears flushed with an indescribable blush.
She looked at Chu Yu, seemingly confused. Chu Yu asked, "What's wrong?"
Rong Si saw all of this and deliberately tightened the bandage securing Chu Yu's arm.
Chu Yu hissed softly, then took the opportunity to pinch Yu Wanyin hard.
Yu Wanyin's eyelashes trembled. "Be gentle."
I don't know who they're talking about.
Rong Si glanced at Chu Yu, hastily bandaged him up, and then casually tossed him aside.
After finishing with Chu Yu, Yu Wanyin began to attend to Rong Si.
Both of them were injured, leaving her overwhelmed and wishing she could split into two.
Taking advantage of his injuries, Rong Si diverted half of Yu Wanyin's concern.
As soon as Yu Wanyin got close, he pulled her into his arms and made her sit in his lap, offering her his injured arm as if it were a treasure.
Yu Wanyin didn't care where she was sitting.
Rong Si's injuries hadn't reached the bones and muscles, so he could use wound medicine as a temporary measure. Fortunately, they carried medicine with them when they went hunting.
After cleaning Rong Si up briefly, she applied medicine to his wound.
His brows furrowed in dismay. "How could there be such a large hole in the ground?"
These pits are quite familiar; "they were dug out by hunters in the area who wanted to hunt large, ferocious beasts."
The pit was about two or three zhang high, the surrounding soil was dry, and there were many fallen leaves inside.
It doesn't look like it was recently dug.
No one will be coming anytime soon.
Rong Si said in a drawn-out tone, "It's all thanks to the Marquis of Chu for finding such a good place."
"Don't actually make the three of us sleep here for one night."
Yu Wanyin felt uneasy at the thought of spending the night with the two of them.
She asked Chu Yu, "Can you send a message by carrier pigeon right now?"
Chu Yu paused for a moment, "The bone whistle just fell outside."
Rong Si: "..."
Yu Wanyin pondered for a moment, "We haven't been back for a long time, they should be looking for us."
Chu Yu remained noncommittal, "We can definitely find them, but we'll have to wait."
If the three of them are lost, they'll search every inch of these mountains for them.
But this wilderness is vast and boundless, and it's uncertain when it will open.
They did bring water and food with them before they went out.
Enough for one or two days.
But Yu Wanyin still silently prayed that they would come and find them today.
She was a little afraid to sleep with them, even though they were all injured.
Things don't always go as planned.
No one came into Qingfeng Valley until nightfall.
The night in the mountains gradually grew cooler.
Rong Si gathered some dry leaves and lit them with flint to build a campfire.
If there is a fire, the people in the palace will be able to see it in time when they come looking for it.
If it weren't for their current somewhat passive situation...
The mountains are dotted with stars at night, a cool breeze is blowing, and a campfire burns in front of us.
It's also an excellent night for sightseeing.
Yu Wanyin gradually accepted the fact that she would have to spend the night with them.
Before going to bed late at night, she curled up against the stone wall and suddenly sneezed.
Immediately after that sound, she felt two pairs of eyes fall on her at the same time.
Yu Wanyin subconsciously avoided their gazes.
Rong Si asked her, "Come sleep here?"
"It's okay, I'll sleep like this."
Because Chu Yu was nearby, Yu Wanyin was afraid that if she slept next to Rong Si, it would be troublesome if Rong Si couldn't resist.
Therefore, she rested alone in one place.
The two are positioned in the middle.
Chu Yu took off his woolen cloak and said, "Yaoyao, cover yourself with this."
After refusing one side, Yu Wanyin refused the other, saying, "You have an injury that needs to be treated, so you can't catch a cold. You can cover me up first, I'm fine."
Seeing this, Rong Si took off his outer garment and handed it over, and then rekindled the fire.
He's naturally hot-tempered, so losing a piece of clothing won't bother him.
However, the outer garment she wore was not as warm as the one he held in his arms.
Yu Wanyin simply pulled her Rong Si clothes together, letting go of the anxiety and fatigue of the whole day, and involuntarily felt sleepy.
In the chilly stillness of the night.
The slender figure huddled to one side came into the sight of the jackals and tigers.
Rong Si stared at her peaceful sleeping face for a long time.
Chu Yu was also watching.
They couldn't possibly let Yu Wanyin fall asleep so reluctantly.
I don't know who got up first.
But once one person makes a move, the other can't just watch them get close.
Yu Wanyin heard almost overlapping footsteps in her half-awake state.
The sounds rang out one after another, getting closer and closer.
After stopping at some unknown moment, all the chill around her dissipated.
Strangely, it was replaced by a warm embrace from all sides.
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