"How about this, I'll go find him next spring. If he's willing to drop everything and run away with me, that would be the best. If he's not willing, then I'll respect his decision."
The system remained noncommittal: "Didn't you keep saying you'd take him with you?"
Why are you being respectful now?
Qi Qi replied naturally, "That's right, but it's my business to take him away, and it's also my business to respect him. Ah, the speed at which humans change their minds is so fast. Thinking about it carefully, I really want to force it. Wouldn't that go against human nature?"
System: [No, that's just how humans are; they're always caught in a dilemma. Absolutely correct.]
Qi Qi: "Hahaha."
This winter is exceptionally cold. A month later, snow is falling everywhere, covering the mountains in a picturesque scene. But it hides a deadly danger; the snow is not just covering the earth, but also corpses.
The sudden arrival of the cold wave has killed countless people.
After the heavy snow blocked the mountain, Qi Qi stopped going up the mountain to visit Teacher Chen. The family huddled together in the main room to keep warm by the fire, spending their days reading storybooks and dozing off wrapped in blankets.
Meanwhile, in the Xia Kingdom, many people were still busy.
...
Another spring arrived, and the Zhenbei Army completely broke with the imperial court, officially launching its expedition. In just one month, it had already captured several northern cities, advancing with unstoppable momentum and winning every battle. Moreover, it suffered almost no casualties or battles. Wherever it went, except for a few people, the people who had survived the winter all opened the city gates to welcome it.
Shocked, the imperial court quickly summoned the seventh prince back to the capital to stop him.
Gu Siyan indeed reached Luoyang, and the governor of Luoyang had already pledged allegiance to Gu Siyan.
As the young general, dressed in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse, paraded through the streets, his silver armor still stained with specks of blood, tall and imposing, with sharp, piercing eyes, his aura of supreme dominance was unstoppable, like a god descending to earth.
Amidst the neighing of warhorses, he seemed to emerge from a vast army ablaze with flames.
When the army entered the city, Qi Qi had not yet gotten up to go to the capital. He was with Xiao Pingzi and a few other young men to see the Zhenbei Army. Just as Gu Siyan arrived on his tall horse, Qi Qi was looking out from the window of the restaurant. Strangely enough, he met Gu Siyan's gaze at first glance.
During their brief eye contact, Qi Qi saw him smile.
For some reason, Qi Qi suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
In the afternoon, Gu Siyan came to the manor. Without even asking if he knew the place, Qi Qi spoke first: "How have you been lately?"
Gu Siyan: "It's not very good, but it's not very bad either. I'll tell you about it later. What about you?"
Qi Qi: "That's great... I heard that the Zhenbei Army repelled the Xianbei and Xiongnu. That's really amazing. Can you tell me about it?"
Gu Siyan glanced at Qi Qi, a strange glint in his eyes: "There is something strange about this. The Xianbei barbarians have recently acquired a new general, who is extremely skilled in martial arts and even has a good understanding of Xia's military tactics, causing our army to suffer losses several times..."
Qi Qi wanted to ask more questions.
He pulled her into his arms and whispered, "It's been so long since we last met. Why are you so concerned about what's going on around you instead of asking about me first?"
Qi Qi smelled the cold, metallic scent of blood on him.
Gu Siyan's familiar description... could that person be...?
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