Three days later, Yun Chu and Jiang Zhanyuan appeared at the foot of the mountain.
The cold wind blew on his face, and the chill passed through the gaps to his body. Yun Chu subconsciously tightened his clothes.
"There's a peace amulet in the Jade Buddha Temple that requires three days of kneeling and praying to obtain. The first thing I ask of you is to help me obtain it."
She looked up at the top of the mountain and sighed softly.
Jiang Zhanyuan nodded. It was nothing too much to ask for something.
Yunchu said as a matter of course: "You carry me up."
Jiang Zhanyuan's expression froze for a moment, then he reacted and squatted on the ground.
Yunchu's voice was a little muffled, "Carry me higher."
"yes."
Yun Chu put one hand on his neck and tilted her head to look at Jiang Zhanyuan. Her other hand casually fell on his waist, but touched something hard.
Jiang Zhanyuan's body stiffened suddenly. What Yunchu had just touched... was... the dagger he had placed on his waist.
"What's this?"
Yunchu touched it twice again, and Jiang Zhanyuan wanted to stop her from taking the thing out.
But she was moving very fast, and it was difficult for him to stop her with his hands holding her.
"Is this... a dagger? Jiang Zhanyuan, why do you have this thing on you?"
Jiang Zhanyuan: “…”
"Miss... I... I can explain. I was afraid that we might get into danger when we came here alone today, so I took this for self-defense."
Yunchu put the dagger away, not intending to embarrass him. "Don't bring this with you next time, or I'll think you're going to kill me with it! As for this dagger, I'll confiscate it."
Jiang Zhanyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was not angry.
The two of them quickly reached the top of the mountain. Yun Chu didn't say anything else and asked Jiang Zhanyuan to ask for a talisman for him.
Three days later, Jiang Zhanyuan gave the amulet to Yunchu, who hung it around his waist as if it were a treasure.
Jiang Zhanyuan wondered, "Miss, is this thing really that magical?"
Yunchu looked at the thing hanging around her waist, and she pulled Jiang Zhanyuan to the steps beside and sat down.
"I don't know either. It may be useful or it may not, but it's just a thought after all."
Many people in Anzhou have found peace through this thing, but Jiang Zhanyuan also gave her this thing before.
To her, it seemed useless.
Jiang Zhanyuan shrugged, a trace of disappointment flashing across his face, "I was thinking of asking for one for my mother as well..."
Yunchu tilted his head to look at him, "Is your mother important to you?"
Jiang Zhanyuan nodded heavily and said "hmm" softly.
"My father passed away early, and it was my mother who raised me with all the hardship."
He shook his head after he finished speaking. A pampered young lady like her probably wouldn't understand how much effort ordinary people have to put in to survive.
Yunchu didn't know what he was thinking, so he just said calmly, "It's very hard for ordinary people to live a good life."
She really didn't have to work too hard, but she really couldn't survive.
It's happened so many times, I'm already numb.
That's why she wanted to do something she had never done before, like going out for a drink, or not taking the bitter medicine. In fact, there were many things she wanted to do, but she was a coward and she didn't dare.
"Jiang Zhanyuan, I have one more thing I want you to do, and this is the last thing."
She lowered her head, and her white little hands were tugging at her clothes. She seemed very conflicted, as if she had been thinking for a long time before speaking.
"Just one last thing? What is it?"
Jiang Zhanyuan felt that since it was the last thing, it would definitely not be as simple as before.
Yunchu returned to the guest room at the back and took out a piece of clothing and handed it to him, "I want you to put on this dress and marry me."
Jiang Zhanyuan looked at the clothes in his hand, and it turned out to be a wedding dress.
What did she say? To marry her?
"Jiang Zhanyuan!" She suddenly grabbed his hand. "I know this request is very abrupt, but...but this is my biggest regret. Just consider it as a plea from me, okay?"
Jiang Zhanyuan had never seen her like this, begging so humbly.
How much does she like... no, how much does she love the man who lives in her heart... that she would actually think of such a request.
But he was not the real owner, so he could not accept her request.
"Miss, you can punish me however you want, but I really can't do this."
Yunchu's eyes had already turned red. When she heard him say that, she suddenly laughed at herself and waved her hand.
"Forget it, forget it. I was being too demanding. Let's go back."
Jiang Zhanyuan felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He always felt that she shouldn't show such an expression.
She said this was her biggest regret...
Yunchu walked down in a daze, his vision already blurred by tears.
"Miss."
Jiang Zhanyuan suddenly rushed over and grabbed her wrist.
She turned her head and looked at him with misty eyes.
"Miss, I can't marry you in that dress. After all, I'm not the one in your heart."
"But... on the way down the mountain, let me carry you down wearing this outfit. That way, you won't see my face, and it won't be considered out of line."
Yunchu burst into laughter and stroked his cheek. She knew that he would not marry her in a ceremonial ceremony. Even if the ceremony was just facing the sky and the earth and the temple without any relatives or friends, he would not agree. But now he was at least willing to change into this outfit, wasn't he?
"good."
The two went to the guest room together again, and Yunchu changed into the wedding dress she had prepared long ago.
The two came out of the guest room. Yunchu looked at him in his wedding clothes, not knowing whether she was happy or sad. She just looked at him tenderly.
Jiang Zhanyuan's reaction was a little exaggerated. The first time he saw her in her wedding dress, he thought she was very beautiful and that there should be no bride in the world more beautiful than her, but she was not his bride.
Jiang Zhanyuan lowered his head again. He squatted on the ground and patted his back. "Come up, little...Qingqing."
She couldn't see his face anyway, so it wouldn't be a big deal for her to act as a substitute.
On the way back, neither of them spoke. When they returned to Yun Mansion, Xiaotao was shocked by their outfits.
Those who didn't know would have thought that her young lady had eloped with Jiang Zhanyuan, but halfway through the elopement she found herself with nowhere to go and returned dejectedly.
Jiang Zhanyuan handed the person to Xiaotao and fled the scene like a flash. After a while, he came back with the wedding dress.
Yunchu took a look at the wedding dress in Jiang Zhanyuan's hand and said, "This wedding dress is no longer useful to me. The thread on it is made of gold thread. You can exchange it for some money if you take it outside. You can keep it for yourself."
Jiang Zhanyuan had a strange look on his face. Was this a reward for him or something else?
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