Northern Frontier.
Fang Zhiran has been in Northern Xinjiang for several months. Although the environment in Northern Xinjiang is harsh, Fang Zhiran feels that the wind blowing in Northern Xinjiang is freer than that in Wangjing City.
Only when he arrived in the northern border did he realize how comfortable and stable life was in Wangjing City, and that such a life was earned by the frontier soldiers at the cost of bloody battles.
Fang Zhiran felt that he had never experienced such growth before, a growth that he could not achieve even if he stayed in Wangjing City for his entire life.
So even when his mother sent him a letter asking him to go back home for the New Year, he refused.
Wang Wentian’s wedding date is approaching, and Wang Wentian has to stay in Wangjing City until the wedding is over before he can come back, so I have to stay here.
Fang Zhiran couldn't let the old general stay at the front line while he went back to celebrate the New Year.
So he has to stay here and never let his guard down even during the New Year.
"Zhiran." He Yinxue came over from behind and gently put a cloak on Fang Zhiran.
Fang Zhiran frowned, "Didn't I tell you not to come to the barracks? What would others think if they saw me?"
He Yinxue was not angry at being scolded, and said softly: "I saw you were not wearing a coat when I went out this morning. Now the north wind is blowing again. It may snow later. I am afraid you will be cold, so I came to bring you some clothes."
Fang Zhiran said with a cold face: "Am I the only one who is cold? Aren't all the soldiers freezing too?"
Fang Zhiran hated He Yinxue's behavior. At that time, he had just arrived in Northern Frontier, and the soldiers under him were very dissatisfied with him, the marquis who was parachuted in from Wangjing City. Although Wang Wentian didn't say anything, the disdain was clearly written in the eyes of his subordinates.
After all, can a young master of a marquisate who lives a life of luxury and comfort really go to the battlefield when he comes to the northern border?
Perhaps Wangjing City sent a marquis to gild his reputation? Life at the border is already so hard, do they still have to serve this young master?
It took Fang Zhiran a long time, eating and living with the soldiers, not putting on any airs of a young master, and training with the soldiers, before the soldiers' impression of him changed slightly.
Just when Fang Zhiran thought everything would slowly get better, He Yinxue suddenly appeared.
He Yinxue rode a horse and arrived in the northern border, exhausted.
Frontier soldiers rarely saw women. Even if they did, they were either border civilians who had become homeless due to the war, or the aunties in the army who were responsible for washing military uniforms. How could they have seen such delicate skin and tender flesh?
He Yinxue had been on the road for many days. Although she looked a little dirty, her face under the veil was still pretty and white. The wide clothes covered her small face, revealing extremely delicate facial features.
The soldiers who saw her thought she was a young lady who had been separated from her family due to the war and came to join the army. But when He Yinxue took off her hat, the soldiers saw that her hair was tied up, and she was dressed like a woman.
"Whose young lady is this?" Everyone laughed, and a group of people gathered around when they heard the voice.
He Yinxue asked, "Excuse me, is Fang Zhiran here?"
"Are you looking for him? Who are you to him?" someone asked. As soon as this question came out, everyone around started laughing.
No one really took Fang Zhiran seriously. Although he was a marquis, he had not yet won the support of the people.
Not everything that happens in Wangjing City can be reported to the Northern Frontier. When Fang Zhiran arrived here, he said that he had not yet married. Then who is this woman in front of him?
He Yinxue was a little annoyed by the soldiers' laughter, so she said in a hard voice, "I'm looking for Fang Zhiran. Please pass on the message."
When everyone saw her expression change, they also felt a little bored, so someone went to find Fang Zhiran.
"Fang Zhiran, your little wife is here!" Zhang Dazhuang ran over from a distance and shouted all the way.
Fang Zhiran thought he was joking and frowned, "Where did this little lady come from? Don't talk nonsense."
Zhang Dazhuang said: "You will know if I am talking nonsense if you go and take a look. We are all men, there is nothing wrong with admitting it!" Zhang Dazhuang was also a little angry. People had come to his door, but Fang Zhiran was still pretending.
Fang Zhiran had no choice but to drop the half-eaten bun in his hand and run out to see.
It was a rare sight to see such a beautiful girl, and many soldiers were reluctant to disperse and still surrounded He Yinxue.
Fang Zhiran pushed through the crowd and walked inside to see He Yinxue. When he saw it was her, his face instantly became unhappy.
"Zhiran!" He Yinxue smiled, got off her horse, ran to where Fang Zhiran was standing, and hugged Fang Zhiran with her hands.
The soldiers were surprised to see this scene and burst into laughter.
"Lord Fang is truly blessed!"
"That's right! They've chased us all the way from Wangjing City to Northern Xinjiang!"
"That's not right. Didn't he say he didn't have a wife?"
"Then she's not my wife..."
"You're so lucky!"
The soldiers always spoke loudly, and when they gathered together to discuss, they had no intention of avoiding others.
Fang Zhiran felt extremely ashamed.
Fang Zhiran said angrily, "Don't you even need to practice? What are you still doing here?"
Everyone was unhappy about being scolded, "Why are you so fierce? You really think you are a marquis."
"That's right, they brought the ones they raised outside into the barracks and are putting on airs here."
Everyone dispersed cursing, leaving only Fang Zhiran and He Yinxue.
"What are you doing here?" Fang Zhiran asked with a frown and a cold face.
"Zhiran, I heard that the environment in the northern border is harsh. I'm worried that you won't have a good life here, so I'm here to take care of you." He Yinxue said with red eyes.
Fang Zhiran was anxious and angry. "The army has everything. Why would I need your care? Why don't you stay home to take care of your mother? What on earth do you want to do by running to the Northern Frontier?"
He Yinxue said aggrievedly, "Mother has her own maids to take care of you at home, but I couldn't bear to see you suffer alone outside, so I came here. It's not easy for me to travel such a long way..."
"You asked for it!" Fang Zhiran said.
He Yinxue cried out of grievance. She came all the way here, but Fang Zhiran was not happy at all.
How could Fang Zhiran be happy?
Originally, he had put aside his airs and lived and ate with the soldiers just to show them that he really wanted to join the army and was not just here to experience life. This had finally made them change their minds a little, but who knew He Yinxue would come.
Fang Zhiran had not yet become the commander and did not have his own tent. He slept in a dormitory with the soldiers at night. Where would He Yinxue stay when she came?
He Yinxue cried, and Fang Zhiran felt even more upset. "Go back quickly. This is not the place for you."
"I'm not leaving." He Yinxue raised her face and looked up at Fang Zhiran, "I want to stay here with you."
Of course He Yinxue couldn't leave. Fang Zhiran came to Northern Frontier this time to make a contribution. If he made a contribution and then returned to Wangjing, then by then, there would be countless families in Wangjing who would want to propose marriage to him. This was He Yinxue's only chance. If she went back to wait for Fang Zhiran's triumphant return, there would be no place for her by Fang Zhiran's side.
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