Chapter 125
“I nearly died there.”
Mu Qingxuan's face changed when she heard this.
"What's going on?"
Her voice trembled, and she grabbed his wrist in panic and asked anxiously.
Huo Changfeng looked down at her white knuckles and his Adam's apple rolled twice.
The setting sun's glow gilded his profile, but it couldn't hide the darkness surging in his eyes.
"Something went wrong and we encountered a landslide."
He paused, his voice suddenly becoming hoarse: "The troops on the training march were also dispersed, and the rescue facilities also failed to provide signals."
Mu Qingxuan's breathing suddenly stopped and her eyes were fixed on Huo Changfeng.
"I tried my best to escape," Huo Changfeng continued, "but I still suffered a lot of fatal injuries. When I was out of danger, I somehow found myself on a completely unfamiliar hilltop."
"But I didn't even have time to look around before I passed out."
The mountain breeze blew up Mu Qingxuan's hair, and she felt cold all over.
Huo Changfeng suddenly chuckled, with a bit of self-mockery: "When I was confused, I felt someone coming to my side. That person stopped my bleeding, gave me some first aid measures, and pulled me back from the underworld."
His eyes gradually became gentle, and he looked straight into Mu Qingxuan's eyes: "I opened my eyes in a trance and saw the appearance of that girl. She was extremely beautiful, the most beautiful I have ever seen in my life."
Mu Qingxuan's face froze, and a surge of anger welled up in her heart.
She rolled her eyes, shook off Huo Changfeng's hand, and stared at the almost obsessive nostalgia on Huo Changfeng's face.
She snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Oh, you are such a kind-hearted comrade. You did me a favor without expecting anything in return. I made you worry about me for so many years."
The mountain breeze blew the petals of wild flowers across the hair of the two people. When Mu Qingxuan heard her sour question exploding in the air, her fingertips trembled slightly.
She stared at the tenderness in Huo Changfeng's eyes, and suddenly felt that the sea of flowers around her became dazzling.
"why are you laughing?"
Mu Qingxuan's voice was choked with sobs that she herself was not aware of. However, her raised fist lost its strength when it touched his chest and she only hit him lightly.
"If you miss her so much, why don't you marry her? And why don't you prepare these flowers and love letters for her?"
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt. Tears welled up in her eyes, and all her emotions completely burst out at this moment.
Huo Changfeng did not dodge or evade, allowing her to vent.
Looking at her red eyes and puffy cheeks, a chuckle escaped from his throat.
This laughter added fuel to the fire in Mu Qingxuan's ears.
She kicked him hard in the shin.
Huo Changfeng did not dodge or evade, and let her kick him.
"Huo Changfeng you bastard!"
She turned around with red eyes, ready to leave.
"Xuan Xuan!"
Seeing this, Huo Changfeng didn't dare to make trouble anymore.
He stood up hurriedly, took two steps at a time and grabbed her wrist, his warm palm against her cold skin.
"Don't you want to know what happened next?"
"I don't want to know!"
Mu Qingxuan shook her wrists hard, but couldn't get rid of Huo Changfeng's shackles.
So she turned her head away from him, but he pulled her shoulder.
Huo Changfeng's palms were covered with calluses. He gently wiped away the tears that were about to fall from the corners of her eyes. The warmth from his fingertips made her nose sore.
The twilight created gentle ripples in Huo Changfeng's eyes.
His thumb unconsciously stroked the skin on the back of Mu Qingxuan's hand.
"Later, the girl carried me, who was unconscious, on her back for more than ten miles along the mountain road."
His voice was like the mist wrapped in the mountains, carrying the nostalgia accumulated over the years: "Her back was very thin, but when I lay on it, I felt more stable than any stretcher."
Mu Qingxuan's eyelashes trembled violently and her face turned red with anger.
I was so angry that I wanted to cover my ears.
But Huo Changfeng's voice was still reaching her ears word by word.
Huo Changfeng gently placed his palm on her cold fingertips and continued, "She took me back to her home."
"Her grandfather was a miracle doctor. He used the ancestral prescription to keep me alive."
Mu Qingxuan was stunned when she heard the name "Grandpa".
She stared at Huo Changfeng blankly, her eyes widened in disbelief, and murmured, "You mean..."
Huo Changfeng's eyes were fixed on her suddenly pale face, his Adam's apple rolling.
"When I woke up, my dad had found me and sent a plane to pick me up."
"It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to say thank you to that grandfather and grandson."
His fingers gently hooked her falling hair, forming a soft arc around his fingertips.
Mu Qingxuan felt her heart beating so fast that it was about to burst out of her chest, and Huo Changfeng's warm breath brushed her hot earlobe.
He pulled out a yellowed envelope from his pocket and unfolded it to reveal a sketch - the silhouette of a girl with pigtails, which was exactly the same as her appearance when she was young.
"This is the picture I drew back then, of that girl."
Mu Qingxuan was completely stunned.
Huo Changfeng continued, "I kept that girl in my heart for eight years."
Huo Changfeng's fingertips gently stroked the red tip of Mu Qingxuan's ear, his movements so gentle as if he was touching a fragile piece of porcelain.
The sunset in the distance dyed the sky an intoxicating crimson, making the tenderness in his eyes even more intense.
"Xuan Xuan, aren't you curious why I didn't go find her? With the Huo family's financial and material resources, they can find anyone they want."
Mu Qingxuan bit her lip, her heart beating like a drum.
The mountain wind blew up the strands of hair on her temples, which made her face itchy. She looked into the deep eyes of the man in front of her.
My own shadow was reflected there, and the sky was filled with brilliant rays of light.
Her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she could only shake her head blankly, but ripples were already forming in her heart.
An answer is about to emerge.
Huo Changfeng suddenly chuckled, his laughter was filled with a sense of relief and also full of attachment.
He held Mu Qingxuan's hand and placed her palm against his chest.
"Because after I recovered from my injuries, my dad told me that the girl who risked her life to save me was actually my fiancée whom I had been engaged to since childhood!"
Mu Qingxuan's eyelashes trembled violently.
“From that day on,”
Huo Changfeng's voice became low and hoarse.
He slowly moved closer, resting his forehead against Mu Qingxuan's, their breaths intertwined: "I am counting the days, looking forward to growing up quickly, looking forward to seeing you sooner, standing in front of you and saying thank you, saying I love you."
His thumb gently stroked the back of her hand: "Over the years, I have kept all my thoughts and expectations deep in my heart. Fortunately, I finally got what I wanted."
Mu Qingxuan felt her eyes getting hot and a crystal teardrop slid down her cheek.
Huo Changfeng raised his hand and wiped it away gently, the warmth of his fingertips seemed to burn into her heart.
His eyes were burning and full of affection: "It turns out that the person I have been looking for for eight years has long been arranged by fate in my future."
"Xuanxuan, thank you for making me wait for this day."
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