She looked at the injury on her palm; the wound was almost scabbed over thanks to the herbs she had taken the night before.
The herbs were indeed useful, and now she no longer disliked them. Following Su Renzhong's example from last night, she picked two herbs and put them in her mouth.
"Hmm?" The bitter, numbing taste made her face contort in pain, and she almost vomited.
Good heavens, what kind of herb is this? It's so bitter!
She stared at the herbs on the ground. If she hadn't seen that the herbs were the same as yesterday's, she would have suspected that he was deliberately messing with her.
Seeing how miserable she was, Su Renzhong finally felt a little better.
Let her suffer a bit, and see if she'll still try to bite the hand that feeds her.
The herbs were too bitter, so she chewed them briefly, not even sure if they were properly crushed, and then spat them out.
She disliked the herbs, which were covered in her own saliva, and dared not apply them to her wound.
Su Renzhong seemed to see through her thoughts and reminded her, "If you want to leave here, you must heal these injuries. With these injuries, none of us can leave here."
As he spoke, Su Renzhong took out his half of the herbs from his pocket and put it in his mouth to chew.
Seeing him chew those herbs without changing his expression, she couldn't help but wonder if they were chewing the same kind of herbs.
Su Renzhong gave her a reminder, then stopped talking to her. After chewing the herbs, he began to apply medicine to his wound.
After treating the wounds on his feet and legs, he started taking off his clothes again.
She was still in a daze when suddenly a beautiful scene appeared before her eyes.
His bronze skin, muscular chest, and sexy V-line suddenly reappeared in her field of vision, making her involuntarily swallow.
"Cough cough cough..." She had completely forgotten that she had just chewed herbs, and the bitter herbal juice, which made her question the meaning of life, made her cough violently.
The commotion she made made Su Renzhong look up at her.
She dared not look up at him; the bitter herbal juice made her feel nauseous, but in her panic, she grabbed another handful of herbs and stuffed them into her mouth.
Since it's all going to be tough anyway, might as well fight toughness with toughness!
She really didn't dare to look at the other side again, mainly because she was afraid that she might accidentally bleed from her nose, and then she would really want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
She didn't know how many times she chewed the herbs in her mouth, but she chewed them until her mouth was numb with bitterness before spitting them out and smearing them on her toes, palms, and even her face.
She had no choice but to admit that he was right.
With their injuries in such a state, they definitely can't climb the cliff. If they want to leave this place, they need to find a way to heal their injuries first.
Given the limited resources here, these herbs may be the only option.
Su Renzhong quickly applied the herbal medicine, put on his clothes, and began to process the two birds he had hunted.
Because there was no water flowing at the bottom of the cliff, Su Renzhong simply dug up some mud, found a large leaf, wrapped the two birds in it, and buried them in the ground in the same way as making beggar's chicken. Then he moved the fire over the beggar birds.
As an empress, she had never seen such a way of roasting birds before, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Why would he bury two birds he shot in the ground if they weren't meant to be eaten?
"You'll find out soon enough." Su Renzhong didn't explain further, and just continued adding firewood.
The firelight illuminated Su Renzhong's face, making him appear extremely serious.
They say that the most attractive men are those who are serious, and this time she truly felt that.
She stared blankly at Su Renzhong's handsome face illuminated by the firelight. Before, she had only noticed his muscular physique and hadn't really paid much attention to his face.
And you know what? This man not only has a great physique, but also a face that makes women flock to him.
Although his physique might not be what women in Xiliang like, his face is definitely popular with them.
His long hair was tied up with a crown, his eyebrows were like the bright moon, his eyes were like stars, his nose was like a hanging gall, and his lips were very red. His whole face was as if it had been carved by a knife and axe, and he was very handsome!
Aside from not having the fair skin of the men from Xiliang, she found his bronze skin more attractive, especially his physique…
As if she had just thought of something terrible, she felt something surging in her nose and quickly looked up at the sky.
Su Renzhong seemed to notice her strange behavior and looked up at the sky, but saw nothing.
Sensing his strange gaze, she quickly forced a laugh and pointed to the sky: "The weather is nice today."
Upon hearing this, Su Renzhong looked up again, but apart from the layers of mist, he couldn't see anything. Even the light was dim at the bottom of the cliff, so who could know what the weather was like outside today?
Just as the two of them were looking up at the sky, two raindrops landed on their faces.
...As she watched the rain begin to fall, she really wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
Why would she say something so stupid?
Su Renzhong didn't say anything more. Seeing that it was starting to rain, he quickly got up and limped to move the firewood he had collected to the side. As for the two birds buried in the ground, they had been roasting for quite some time and should be cooked.
Su Renzhong looked up again and said, "It's raining. I'll go see if there's anywhere nearby where I can take shelter from the rain."
As he spoke, Su Renzhong stepped onto the cliff face and flew up.
She wanted to go up too, but when she tried to mobilize her internal energy, she found that she seemed to have suffered a considerable internal injury. It was probably because she had been hit by Su Renzhong's palm when she fought him on the cliff, and then she fell off the cliff from such a height, so her external injuries were also very serious.
Right now, let alone getting her to the top of the cliff, I'm afraid she wouldn't even be able to climb one step.
She was somewhat desperate. After trying several times but failing to reach the cliff face, she reluctantly got up and went to look for a way out elsewhere.
She refused to believe that climbing the cliff was the only way to leave; perhaps there was another way out at the bottom of the cliff.
She refused to believe it, so she forced herself to go and find a way.
Although her leg injury wasn't as severe as Su Renzhong's, her toes really hurt when she walked—it hurt terribly, excruciatingly!
People say that the ten fingers are connected to the heart, but how come the toes are also connected to the heart!
To be honest, she had never suffered such a serious injury, much less endured such pain!
She peered along the cliff face. No one had ever come down to the bottom of the cliff, so the weeds and bushes were growing very lushly. Walking through the waist-high weeds and bushes, she felt like she could hardly move an inch.
However, in order to find a way out, she continued to explore.
She didn't know how long she had walked. The rain was so heavy that she couldn't open her eyes. She was soaked to the bone, and the thorns in the bushes tore her clothes and left bloody scratches all over her body.
Just when she was struggling to move forward or backward in the bushes, Su Renzhong suddenly descended from the sky, appearing right in front of her like a god!
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