"Since I'm just idling around anyway, I might as well find something to do."
Xiao Qingyin said lazily.
"I've already eaten."
Yi Shuihan raised an eyebrow.
"You can even eat prison food?"
Isn't this woman always very picky about food, refusing to touch anything that doesn't suit her taste?
"I've also experienced hardship."
Xiao Qingyin revealed a hint of nostalgia.
In her past life, during her years of providing medical assistance, she endured all kinds of harsh conditions.
During the toughest times, we ate wild vegetables for all three meals a day, and we had to pick them ourselves.
Yi Shuihan suddenly realized.
That's true. Good spies are selected from among thousands and honed through countless battles.
As a spy, she must have undergone various trials and tribulations.
How could I not have suffered?
It's just that her portrayal of the aristocratic young lady was so convincing that he overlooked this point.
"Since you've already brought it, you should eat something."
Yi Shuihan sat down cross-legged and opened the food box.
The rich aroma of food wafted out.
Xiao Qingyin's expression changed drastically.
"Close it quickly."
"What's wrong?"
Yi Shuihan followed the instructions while asking questions.
"The air here is so stuffy, the smell of food makes me feel nauseous."
"..."
Yi Shuihan wanted to retract his previous statement.
This woman is a pampered young lady at heart; she doesn't need to pretend.
"Wait here for a moment, I'll go get you some incense."
After saying this, Yi Shuihan got up and left the prison cell.
The door wasn't even closed.
Xiao Qingyin shook her head.
Fortunately, this person wasn't a jailer, otherwise all the prisoners on duty on the first day would have escaped.
Driven by her obsessive-compulsive disorder, she went over and closed the door.
I had just turned around when I heard the door open.
"Why are you back so soon?"
Xiao Qingyin turned her head.
Did this person get the incense directly from the Jingzhao Prefecture?
But what came into view was not Yi Jiu, but Bai Musheng.
Bai Musheng wanted to greet her, but upon hearing this, his expression froze. After glancing at the cell, his gaze fell on the food box on the ground.
"Looks like I'm late."
Someone else beat them to it.
"Does the prison in the capital city not have doors?"
Xiao Qingyin leaned against the wall, her face full of mockery.
"How can anything just come in and out like that?"
Bai Musheng acted as if she hadn't heard, put down the food box, and smiled, "Do you need any help? I do have some manpower."
"How could I possibly trouble you, Scholar Bai?"
Xiao Qingyin spoke in a sarcastic and unsettling tone.
"If something happens to me out of nowhere, I'll have nowhere to cry."
Bai Musheng said with a doting expression, "I knew you wouldn't suffer any losses at the hands of these people."
“That’s right,” Xiao Qingyin replied, “Only an ingrate like you could make me stumble.”
Bai Musheng's expression changed slightly.
He looked away and said calmly, "Xiao Xiao, I know you won't forgive me right away, but that's okay, I can wait."
“When you’re willing to turn back, we’ll find a place at the foot of the mountain, buy a piece of land, and build a house we like.”
Plant flowers in the front yard and vegetables in the back yard.
Raise a horse, a few sheep, and a flock of chickens, ducks, and geese.
Spring water is used to brew tea, and pine pollen is used to brew wine.
Let's be a couple of idle people.
Xiao Qingyin scoffed.
He remembered clearly the scenarios she had dreamed of.
Unfortunately, he had already destroyed that naivety with his own hands.
"Bai Hanlin, you should go to the Yihong Courtyard. There are plenty of girls there who will listen to your sweet talk."
Stop disgusting me.
Upon hearing the word "disgusting," Xiao Qingyin couldn't help but gag.
Bai Musheng rushed in: "Xiao Xiao, what's wrong?"
Xiao Qingyin clutched her chest, raised her pale face, and said sarcastically, "What, never seen a woman vomit during pregnancy?"
Bai Musheng's face immediately turned deathly pale.
"...Whose is it?"
"Anyway, it's not yours."
Xiao Qingyin chuckled softly.
Bai Musheng knew, of course, that it wasn't his. They had never done anything together before, let alone been separated for the past six months.
Even if she didn't say anything, he could guess a thing or two.
The image of a man wearing a bronze mask flashed through Bai Musheng's mind.
He clenched his fist.
His eyes were filled with a gloomy look.
"I'm leaving now."
He said to Xiao Qingyin.
If he stayed here any longer, he feared he would lose his temper and take her away, imprison her, and make her see only him from then on.
"No need to see me out."
Xiao Qingyin's voice became a little lighter.
There's nothing more unbearable than being stuck in a stuffy cell with a heartless ingrate.
She quickly ate a hidden calming pill and felt better.
Footsteps sounded outside the cell.
Not over yet?
Xiao Qingyin looked displeased, picked up the food box left by Bai Musheng, and threw it out the door.
"Get out of here with your things."
Yi Shuihan dodged her attack, his face ashen: "How many months? Is it that pretty boy's?"
Xiao Qingyin: "..."
This person overheard her conversation with Bai Musheng.
"It's been a month and a half, yours."
Yi Shuihan glared angrily.
He didn't even touch a single hair on her head, so where did the child come from?
"Stop glaring," Xiao Qingyin laughed. "Don't you know you have a face that looks like it could make anyone pregnant just by glaring at them?"
Yi Shuihan: Nonsense. How could he possibly have that ability?
"What about incense?"
Xiao Qingyin asked.
Yi Shuihan handed her the incense without expression, and then brought in bedding, pillows, and other items.
Xiao Qingyin suddenly felt as if she were in a luxury hotel with a slum-style design.
Or the waiters are super handsome.
"Tsk tsk, that's quite thoughtful."
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