Jiang Mingzhe returned to the tent, looked at the sleeping Ye Yunniang, and reached out to smooth his furrowed brows.
Ye Yunniang felt uncomfortable being touched, so she turned over and faced away from Jiang Mingzhe to continue sleeping.
Jiang Mingzhe lay down behind Ye Yunniang, embraced her, and buried his face in her shoulder and neck.
"Ask me anything you want to know. Don't just listen to what others say."
"Will you tell me if I ask?"
Jiang Mingzhe turned Ye Yunniang around.
"You ask me."
Ye Yunniang looked at Jiang Mingzhe, "What are you going to do with me and the children?"
"Marry her."
"You want to marry me?"
"A man would never let the woman he loves become a mistress or concubine. Ye Yunniang, I will do everything I can to give you the best of everything. Will you marry me?"
Ye Yunniang was so shaken that she couldn't speak, but nodded vigorously.
He thought about it for a moment and then shook his head.
"I don't want to."
“No, yes.” Ye Yunniang tried to suppress her emotions. “I’m willing. But what about my mother and the children?”
"They have me." As long as Ye Yunniang agrees, everything else can be handled.
Ye Yunniang suddenly thought of something.
"Second Madam,"
"We have already divorced."
Ye Yunniang sensed the disgust in Jiang Mingzhe's tone and hesitated for a moment.
"Do you still have feelings for her?"
"I despise Jiang Mingrui."
Both Zhuang Meixue and Jiang Mingzhe owed each other something. Zhuang Meixue had an affair, but Jiang Mingzhe wasn't particularly angry.
What truly angered Jiang Mingzhe was what Zhuang Meixue and Jiang Mingrui had done to Jin Huifang and Jiang Tingjun. This was something he could not tolerate.
At this point, Ye Yunniang recalled the time when the Jin family came to ask for the child.
"How did you resolve the Jin family issue?"
"You're not sleepy anymore."
"No, I'm sleepy, sleepy, sleepy. I want to sleep." Ye Yunniang closed her eyes, looking like she was asleep.
"What should I do? I'm not sleepy." Jiang Mingzhe buried his face in Ye Yunniang's ear, and his hot breath made Ye Yunniang shudder.
"No." Ye Yunniang reached out to stop Jiang Mingzhe.
While she was in the human traffickers' den, she could clearly see and hear Ma Ge and Tao Hong inside the tent.
She didn't want to be someone else's object of observation.
"The tent is thick enough that no one can see it." Jiang Mingzhe wouldn't let anyone see or hear it.
"But."
"Believe me."
...
Upon waking up, Ye Yunniang punched the pillow several times, mistaking it for Jiang Mingzhe.
She shouldn't have believed what men say.
One time, she didn't sleep all night.
After getting dressed, I stepped out of the tent.
"Oh, you're awake." Baise walked over, supporting her belly, and looked Ye Yunniang up and down. "Last night was quite intense."
"Did you hear that?" You shouldn't have listened to Jiang Mingzhe.
Baise pointed to his neck.
Ye Yunniang hurriedly covered her neck and turned to enter the tent.
A short while later, Ye Yunniang came out, her neck completely covered.
Seeing that Baise was still laughing, she said, "Stop laughing."
"Okay, I won't laugh anymore." Baise stopped smiling and took Ye Yunniang to eat.
Warmth was helping in the kitchen; after being rescued, she didn't want to eat for free. She offered to repay the kindness by doing chores.
Warmth is a good cook, so I arranged for her to help out in the kitchen.
Seeing Ye Yunniang and Baise approach, he served them rice. He then sat down beside them and talked to them.
Wen Nuan has heard a lot about Baise and admires him very much.
I want to be like Baise, independent of men, and carve out my own path.
Ye Yunniang listened while eating.
After finishing their meal, the three went to see the large flocks of sheep.
It was the first time Ye Yunniang and Wen Nuan had met, and it was very novel and interesting.
Baise yawned, feeling a bit bored; he'd been watching it for months and was already tired of it.
Back in the tent, Jiang Mingzhe told Ye Yunniang that they were leaving the next day, but they would be going separately.
"You're going to abandon me again." Ye Yunniang didn't notice the reluctance and coquettishness in her tone.
Jiang Mingzhe could tell from her voice and reluctantly hugged Ye Yunniang.
"The Yan Kingdom knows what I'm doing and has sent people to hunt me down. It's dangerous for you to come with me."
Jiang Mingzhe did not hide anything.
Knowing the situation was urgent, Ye Yunniang didn't say anything more, only saying, "The children and I are waiting for you to come home."
"Yes, I will definitely go back," Jiang Mingzhe promised.
Ye Yunniang and Wen Nuan followed Tie Yi and Baise, posing as fur merchants.
The two countries ceased hostilities and resumed trade, with many merchants traveling between them. This way, they attracted little attention.
Jiang Mingzhe then sent out several teams to draw attention and prevent them from discovering Ye Yunniang and her group.
Ye Yunniang reluctantly boarded the carriage and parted ways with Jiang Mingzhe.
"You can't see it anymore. There's no need to look anymore." Ye Yunniang ignored Baise's words and just quietly looked behind her.
She hoped in her heart that Jiang Mingzhe would be safe.
Wen Nuan handed the water pouch to Ye Yunniang, saying, "My intuition tells me we'll go back."
Ye Yunniang took the water pouch. "Yes, I trust your intuition."
"Your intuition is so accurate?" Baise asked curiously.
“Of course. I’ve grown up thanks to my intuition. When I first saw Ye Yunniang in the human traffickers’ den, I had a feeling she was my benefactor. Sure enough, we were rescued soon after.” Wen Nuan recounted her first meeting with Ye Yunniang.
"So, what's your intuition? Is it a boy or a girl in my belly?" Baise pointed to her belly, asking Wen Nuan to guess.
Wen Nuan hesitated for a moment, "You really know how to think?"
"Oh, just to pass the time. Do you think it's a girl?" Baise especially hoped it would be a daughter.
“I think it might be a boy,” Ye Yunniang said, offering her opinion.
"You already have three sons, why do you still want another son?" Baise felt that Ye Yunniang favored sons over daughters.
“Look at your round belly, that’s a sign of carrying a boy. You usually like to eat sour foods, sour for a boy and spicy for a girl. And look at your complexion, it’s so different from those who are carrying a girl…” Ye Yunniang listed several methods for predicting the sex of a baby during pregnancy.
Every single one of them in Baise is a boy.
"I don't want to have a boy!" Baise shouted, raising her fist to punch Tie Yi beside her. "It's all your fault for being useless."
We can't give her a daughter.
Tie Yi held Baise's hand. "It's my fault. My wife, you can have whichever child you want."
"What are you talking about? It's already formed in my belly, do you think I can change it?" Baise felt that Tie Yi was just fooling her.
"No matter what is born, you will always be the most important person," Tie Yi continued to coax Baise.
"real?"
"Really. In my heart, you are my greatest treasure. More important than the weapons I forge."
"That's more like it." Baise said with satisfaction, leaning against Tie Yi's chest.
Ye Yunniang and Wen Nuan felt incredibly full at that moment.
The two turned away and ignored them.
For a moment the carriage was quiet as it moved forward.
As darkness fell, the carriages were moored.
Ye Yunniang, Wen Nuan, and Baise cooked dinner.
Tie Yi led his men to patrol the surrounding area and sprinkled insect repellent for mosquitoes, snakes, and rats.
Everyone in the convoy was busy, while Baise sat in front of the fire.
"Add more chili peppers," Wen Nuan, the cook in Baise, instructed.
Warmly grilling meat paused for a moment. "Let it go."
"Add more. It's cold at night, and spicy food will warm you up. We brought plenty of chili peppers, so don't skimp on them. I'll add them."
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