"Thank you, young lady."
After the young man lay down, he looked at her as she was tidying up her blood-stained clothes, and his heart suddenly softened. He was worried that this might implicate him, so he gently pursed his lips and said, "Miss, you saved me, and I am very grateful. This kindness cannot be repaid with money. I'm afraid I might implicate you."
"Don't worry, there's no one in this world who can drag me down." Yao'er smiled, her eyes like the starry sky, gently comforting him.
The young man was stunned for a moment, his gaze becoming very sincere. He pursed his lips gently and said, "Girl, thank you. In the future, if I achieve great success, I will return to this thatched hut and marry you."
Yao'er chuckled: "Since I can't get married, just focus on recovering and don't overthink things."
"I'm serious."
Yao'er felt that meeting him was fate, but she didn't feel that she wanted to marry him.
So, he casually said, "How about this, if you really want to thank me, when you become successful, we can become sworn siblings. Not all acts of saving lives need to be repaid with marriage. If we are siblings, it's good for the brother to treat the sister well for a lifetime."
This statement sounds a bit materialistic; the idea that he'll only become sworn brothers with him after he's achieved great success is just a deliberate act. This way, the man will abandon any thought of repaying his debt of gratitude.
The boy said earnestly, "What you say is true, I was being presumptuous. Let's make it a deal then."
She nodded again: "Mmm." It was a very perfunctory answer.
He then asked, "Would you mind telling me your name, young lady?"
“Yao’er, that’s my name. People in our village call me Doctor Yao.”
"Dr. Xiao Yao..."
Yao'er smiled and nodded, "Mm."
She didn't ask his name, because she had already found out during the investigation.
“My name is Helian Xiu,” he said again.
"Young Master Helian, you need to close your eyes and rest now."
Helian Xiu looked at her; in this world, only members of the royal family bear the surname Helian.
Miss Yao'er possesses a stunningly beautiful appearance and a carefree and unrestrained personality. She is not only highly skilled in martial arts but also has superb medical skills. Despite her young age, she is so accomplished, yet she remains humble and lives in seclusion in a mountain village. She must be the daughter of a reclusive master.
Since she was unwilling to say more, he wouldn't ask any further and simply nodded, saying, "Okay."
Afterwards, Helian Xiu recuperated in this thatched hut for half a year. Not only did his injuries heal, but his physical condition also improved significantly.
Yao'er has a special hobby: she practices martial arts every morning.
As it happened, he was a martial artist, so he became her sparring partner. Over time, his martial arts skills also became very high, and even the most powerful eunuch in the palace could no longer be his match.
Through this interaction, the two became very close.
Helian Xiu remembered what Yao'er said when she saved him. Even though he didn't achieve great success, he still doted on her like a younger sister.
Although Yao'er is very capable in many ways, she doesn't know as much about the interesting things in mortal life as Helian Xiu. She uses magic to do whatever she wants. Although she is supposed to be experiencing the life of a mortal, she doesn't know how to do anything that a mortal would do.
For the past six months, Helian Xiu has taken her hunting in the mountains, fishing in the river, cooking, and even growing vegetables and starting a business. They have been living a very carefree life.
Yao'er experienced the hardships of life and initially regarded Helian Xiu as just an ordinary person, but later, she inexplicably came to regard him as her elder brother.
However, she refused Helian Xiu's offer to carry her on his back several times.
The little fox fairy has her pride~
Even though she regarded him as an older brother in her heart, she was still a fox spirit among all things in this world. How could she let a mortal carry her?
Happiness is fleeting; it always comes to an end.
Yao'er secretly put the jade pendant she had received into his bundle, because she knew that it was left to him by his mother and was very important to him.
Yao'er originally thought that this wonderful fate had come to an end.
She hadn't expected that Helian Xiu would remember every single word she had said.
Seven years later, Helian Xiu ascended the throne, and he returned to the small mountain village alone, taking her to do the things they had done happily together seven years ago.
For example, stealing loquats from the neighbor's house.
For example, they dug up the sweet potatoes from the field of the widow who often argued with Yao'er.
For example, someone snatched a child's candied hawthorn.
For example, they stole mulberries, and not finding that enough, they simply moved the tree home and planted it.
They were all petty thieves and other bad deeds.
Of course, Yao'er knew that she had indeed been stealing chickens and dogs seven years ago, but seven years later, after accompanying her to do everything, Helian Xiu would personally explain to the villagers when she wasn't looking, and give them some wealth.
Since the emperor did not return to the palace, the empress dowager sent someone to invite him.
The emperor's maids, eunuchs, and imperial guards all arrived.
The Empress Dowager initially thought the Emperor had taken a liking to a wild girl from the countryside, but then she advised against it, saying it was improper for her to keep her woman outside the palace. Unexpectedly, the Emperor replied that the girl was his sworn sister and his savior.
The crowd watched as the girl, munching on melon seeds, held the rabbit the Emperor had given her, lovingly stroking it, her little mouth drooling...
It seems she really likes this pet and will probably take good care of it.
this……
The girl, who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, didn't seem like the savior who had saved the emperor and raised him for half a year...
It's truly unbelievable.
According to what the Emperor said back then, that girl looked only two or three years younger than him. Now, seven years have passed, she should be a woman in her twenties by now. She doesn't look like she's in her twenties at all.
So, after some thought, everyone concluded that the Emperor had met his true love and was too embarrassed to tell the girl directly, fearing it would frighten her. Therefore, everyone cooperated with the Emperor and didn't say another word.
Miss Yao'er was a very hospitable person. When she saw that people from the palace had come, she prepared a large table of sumptuous food.
Then, everyone discovered on the dining table that the rabbit the Emperor had given to Miss Yao'er had been roasted into a delicious dish...
The girl urged everyone to eat quickly.
One of the wet nurses was the emperor's wet nurse, holding a high position in the palace and receiving much favor from the emperor. Upon seeing this scene, she was startled: "How dare you!"
Yao'er smiled: "Granny, I've prepared a whole table of dishes to make you, our distinguished guests who have come from afar, eat to your heart's content. How could I have offended you?"
The old woman said angrily, "We are all servants, how can we dine with the Emperor? Miss, this is extremely disrespectful. Besides, this rabbit was a gift from the Emperor to you, named Sheng'er. It has a name and is the Emperor's pet. How could you, how could you turn it into a dish?"
Yao'er didn't quite understand what she was saying. In her memory, back when she was still walking on four legs, rabbits were meant to be eaten.
"Does calling it Sheng'er mean it can't be eaten? But it was originally meant to be eaten."
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