But... even someone as suspicious and wary as Yuwen Sheng could trust her under those circumstances, so it would be too ungrateful of her to say she didn't believe him.
"...I believe you." She was going all in.
She'll trust him this once. If she's right, great; if she's wrong, she won't have a second chance.
Yuwen Sheng smiled and reached out to pat her head as a form of praise: "Alright then."
He removed the red veil covering her eyes and tied it over them. Instantly, everything in front of her eyes turned red.
"If you are afraid in a moment, close your eyes and trust me, I will definitely take you back to Ye."
——
After getting off the carriage, there was a reed marshland in front of us. In spring, the tide at the ferry would rise and the water would overflow the reeds. There were also large puddles and marshes ahead, making it difficult for the carriage to continue traveling through the wetlands.
Yuwen Sheng and Zheng Quchi got off the carriage and walked slowly forward. They saw the water flowing eastward, and a gentle breeze rippled the water. It was quiet all around, and even the white birds that were often seen on the riverbank were nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps out of suspicion, Zheng Quchi had a feeling that somewhere unseen, in the faintly visible reeds and marshes, a group of people were lurking and slowly approaching.
She gripped the crossbow tightly in her hand. This was not the heavy-fire Kucha crossbow, which was good for long-range shooting. Considering that there might be close combat in a while, she chose a lighter, short-range crossbow instead.
"Your right hand is broken, and you're covered in injuries. If there's an emergency, hide behind me and don't act rashly," Zheng Quchi whispered to Yuwen Sheng.
Yuwen Sheng saw her cautiously looking around, and she even slightly shielded him from the front, just as she had thought of him as a weak scholar, and genuinely wanted to protect him.
Yuwen Sheng was pleased to see her protecting him, and he still held one of her hands: "Don't worry, even though my right hand is broken, I still have my left hand, right?"
Left hand?
Isn't my left hand still not fully developed?
She glanced at him and saw that Yuwen Sheng had put on his Nuo mask again, with everything except his smiling eyes and lips hidden under the mask.
"Don't push yourself. I know I might not be able to protect you, and you might have to step in at a crucial moment, but every bit of effort saved is an advantage. Save your strength for now," she earnestly advised.
Yuwen Sheng accepted it well and said gently, "Okay."
The four people behind them, including Fatty Huai and Bei Bei, looked dumbfounded and surprised at the "harmonious" interaction between the general and his wife.
So it turns out there really is such a thing as one thing being able to subdue another in this world.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
