grow numb

Gu Huaizhi turned his wrist and easily jumped off the horse with the bow in his hand.

After touching the tamed and bowed horse, he lowered his eyes and looked at the spoils collected by the servants on the ground with satisfaction, and a sense of pleasure arose spontaneously.

He shot a total of forty prey of various sizes, while the second place shot only thirty.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little proud.

He was a little impatient and wanted to show the results to Muran Ning immediately.

He is much stronger than Tan Wenhuai.

"The prince is really amazing. He always ranks first every year."

"I admit defeat."

Gu Huaizhi was smiling on the surface, but his heart was no longer here.

Soon, he pushed through the crowd of flatterers and tried to walk towards the pavilion, but was suddenly stopped by someone.

Mu Jingyue smoothed her messy hair and bowed shyly: "Prince."

Gu Huaizhi stopped walking with some displeasure and looked her up and down: "Who are you?"

Mu Jingyue was stunned, somewhat incredulous, as if he had never expected the young man to ask such a question.

At the blind date that day, they stayed on the boat for half an hour, but he said he didn't remember her.

Seeing the young man's face full of impatience, as if he was about to turn around and leave, Mu Jingyue's heart tightened, and she quickly suppressed her disappointment and said softly: "My daughter's surname is Mu, and I am the third child in the family."

She bowed again, her face flushed as she smiled: "Just now in the forest, thank you, Prince, for giving me the hare."

If Gu Huaizhi had not given up the hare, she would have been embarrassed this time and would not have been able to shoot a single rabbit.

I thought hunting was easy, but it's not as easy as shooting a target.

Gu Huaizhi frowned, and then he remembered the identity of the girl in front of him.

It turned out that she was Mu An Ning's concubine sister.

However, he is not that kind.

He raised his eyebrows and pointed out mercilessly: "You think too much. This prince did not give in to you. I just have better prey waiting for me."

Between a hare and a leopard, anyone with a discerning eye knows how to choose.

Mu Jingyue looked at the boy as if he was laughing at her ignorance. Her nails were about to dig a hole in the palm of her hand, but she still forced a smile.

I heard that Gu Huaizhi was also indifferent to Mu An Ning at first.

But she is different from Mu An Ning. If she gets the chance, she will never give up easily.

Moreover, she had hinted to her grandmother and father.

Although they did not express their views directly, they did not stop her from approaching Gu Huaizhi.

Seeing that she had nothing to say, Gu Huaizhi turned around and walked towards the pavilion.

But just as he turned a corner, he was stopped by a clear voice: "Ah Huai."

This time it’s Gu Yihan.

Gu Huaizhi sighed, and turned around with a wry smile on his face: "Cousin, I have something else to do, I'll come find you later."

He just wants to meet his ideal girl, why are there people trying to stop him everywhere?

Gu Yihan seemed to see his cousin's intention, and a smile appeared in his cold eyes: "What's the hurry?"

Gu Huaizhi just smiled and said nothing. He suddenly felt that Gu Yihan had been meddling too much in other people's business recently.

He put his hands behind his back and looked behind Gu Yihan: "Where is the envoy? Cousin, please talk to him first."

Gu Yihan shook his head, feeling quite helpless: "Just now a servant accidentally spilled tea on him, and he went to change clothes. It's been half an hour and he still hasn't returned."

Gu Huaizhi had a bad feeling in his heart and didn't rush to leave.

He was about to ask something else when he suddenly heard a burst of screams from behind him.

He tightly grasped the bow in his hand, which he had not yet put down, and turned around quickly.

There were about ten masked men in black standing in front of me.

Their eyes did not stay on the crowd, but scanned everywhere, finally locking their eyes on him and Gu Yihan.

Gu Huaizhi uttered a "tsk" and deliberately stepped back a few steps to the right, glancing at Gu Yihan on the left: "Cousin, it looks like he's coming for you again."

Gu Yihan looked calm, glanced at his cousin who looked disgusted, and smiled gently, "That's not necessarily true."

In the past, assassinations were always carried out in secret, but this time it was done so openly in the open.

I don’t know which group of people are so arrogant.

The ladies and gentlemen around fled almost instantly.

The men in black with fierce eyes did not make things difficult for them. They ran towards the two cousins ​​with swords in hand.

Gu Huaizhi only had a bow and arrow in his hand, while Gu Yihan was unarmed.

*

Although she and Gu Huaizhi had nothing to do with each other anymore, Mu Anning's pupils still shrank unconsciously when she saw the arrow shot towards him.

Fortunately, the boy reacted very quickly and dodged the fatal arrow by leaning sideways.

Mu An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, while Tan Wenhuai beside her, in desperation, trembled and grabbed her wrist.

He was a little nervous, but still tried his best to stay calm in front of his sweetheart: "An, An Ning, let's go first."

It was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

The emperor's territory is indeed not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, and there are crises everywhere.

Fortunately, the pavilion where they were located was a short distance away from that place.

But it’s not much in the end. If we don’t leave now, I’m afraid those men in black will attack us.

Mu An Ning glanced at his wrist, then looked at the strong and agile dark blue figure, and nodded slightly.

She couldn't help much anyway, and his martial arts were so good that he shouldn't die.

Seeing her nod, Tan Wenhuai involuntarily increased the strength of his hands, and hurriedly pulled her and walked out quickly.

The situation is critical now, he must protect her and not let her get hurt at any cost.

However, after taking only two steps, Mu An Ning felt a little dizzy.

Tan Wenhuai's figure suddenly split into two, and the ground seemed to be shaking slightly.

Despite this, she still did not stop, but just shook her head lightly, trying to dispel this strange feeling.

At this moment, the long-lost ethereal voice suddenly rang in my ears——

"Zi--The plot is being repaired..."

"Repair successful."

It wasn't confusing her mind this time, but she couldn't understand it at all.

What is plot repair?

As she was thinking, everything in front of her eyes suddenly went dark.

Tan Wenhuai, who was walking quickly, suddenly stopped.

His gaze fell blankly on the empty palm of his hand, and a trace of confusion and bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

Just now, was he alone or two?

*

Mu An Ning looked at the flying swords and sabers around him, and felt panic in his heart, and he could not help but take a few steps back.

Has she been here all along?

But why does she seem to have no impression at all?

Gu Huaizhi was about to draw the bowstring to prepare to deal with the sudden attack of the assassin, but in an instant he noticed the girl in the moon-white cloud-like skirt.

His heart tightened: "Mu An Ning, why are you here?"

But he didn't care about the doubts. He kicked away the assassin who noticed the girl and said two words in a hurry: "Go."

Mu An Ning didn't bother to think about the strange thing.

She quickly took out a small bag of drug powder that could make people dizzy from her sleeve and threw it to the boy who was paying attention to her.

It was all she could do.

Seeing him catch the powder steadily, she quickly picked up her skirt and trotted away.

But she was unaware of it. Behind her, a feather arrow broke through the air, making a slight whooshing sound.

Seeing that the arrow was about to shoot towards the girl, Gu Huaizhi walked quickly, turned around, and grabbed the girl's waist, thus avoiding the arrow.

Before Mu An Ning understood what was happening, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and then he was surrounded by a faint, reassuring musk scent.

The boy's warm breath blew into her ears. Her eyelashes trembled uncomfortably, but she didn't dare to move for the time being.

Her cheek was pressed tightly against the boy's heaving chest. She could vaguely feel the sound of his heartbeats rippling softly against her ears.

After a moment, the boy stopped moving. She couldn't help but raise her eyes slightly and look at his profile.

He had a scratch on his right cheek.

Gu Huaizhi and Gu Yihan looked at each other, understood each other's meaning without saying a word, and immediately ran in two opposite directions.

【Ahhh, why do you want to add more drama to me? 】

[But I have to say that your instant teleportation function is quite useful. ]

Mu Wan'er's voice?

Why is she here?

Although she couldn't remember how she ended up beside Gu Huaizhi, she remembered clearly that she and Mu Jingyue were the only ones who came to the hunting ground this morning.

Mu An Ning tried to move his head to look back, but was pushed back by the young man who performed Qinggong.

His breathing became a little disordered by the tingling feeling, and his Adam's apple kept rolling unconsciously.

His voice was a little hoarse: "Don't, don't move."

Mu An Ning had no choice but to suppress his emotions and stop his actions.

Mu Wan'er has the system to help her, so she should be fine.

But why did she show up so timely?

Also, what did she mean by teleportation?

Thinking of this, her head suddenly started to hurt again. She had no choice but to bury her head in the boy's chest and stop thinking about these strange things for the time being.

After they got out of the forest, Gu Huaizhi finally put her down slowly on the ground.

His feet finally touched the ground. Mu An Ning took a few deep breaths before he became a little more sober.

Looking at the horses in front of her, she asked, "Where are we going?"

Gu Huaizhi rubbed his thumb and index finger unconsciously, and cleared his throat: "I'll take you home first."

Mu An Ning pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and said, "My maid is still in the hunting ground."

Gu Huaizhi raised his eyebrows, "Don't worry, those men in black didn't kill innocent people."

Fearing that the girl might be worried, he added, "Gu Ji will make the arrangements. We will leave first."

It seems that those men in black are targeting not only Gu Yihan, but also him.

Now that Mu An Ning is involved, she must be sent back first.

Mu An Ning knew that what he said made sense, so he nodded, then looked at the tall horse with some hesitation in his eyes.

She was a little scared about riding a horse.

She vaguely remembered that during the last hunt, she bravely mounted the horse but was nearly thrown off by the frightened horse.

Fortunately, Gu Huaizhi happened to be by her side at that time.

Gu Huaizhi folded his arms, stared at her fair face, and waited for her to ask him for help as she did before.

However, after a while, the girl still did not speak.

I guess she is just shy. What else can he do? He should speak first.

He raised the corners of his lips and asked knowingly, "Can't go up?"

When Mu An Ning heard the young man's words, he withdrew his hand from the horse and nodded without changing his expression.

In the past, she would have felt ashamed, but now it doesn't matter.

Gu Huaizhi's smile widened, and he suddenly had a bad idea: "Beg me, and I'll carry you up."

Mu An Ning looked at the young man with a slightly raised eyebrow, and couldn't help but frowned, then turned around and said, "I'll try again."

Gu Huaizhi stared at the girl's back, a little stunned.

She is indeed different from what she used to be.

He was a little uncomfortable.

Seeing the girl trying several times, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and just picked her up, then got on the horse and sat behind her.

He held the girl in his arms and tightened the reins: "Sit still."

Mu An Ning blinked and uttered a soft "hmm", and then there was only the sound of the whistling wind in his ears.

Little did he know that the boy, who was embraced by Lanxiang, could only hear the sound of his heartbeat.

*

About an hour later, the two arrived at the side gate of the Mu Mansion.

Gu Huaizhi hugged the girl down, looked at her pale face which was given a touch of color by the setting sun, and couldn't help but recall the feeling just now.

It's been a long time since I've ridden on the same horse with her.

Mu An Ning reached into his sleeve, took out the bottle of medicine he was carrying and handed it to the young man.

She pointed to his right cheek and reminded him, "You are injured."

Gu Huaizhi's gaze lingered on her fingertips for a while, and ripples appeared in his heart.

After taking the medicine bottle, he touched the right side of his face and indeed felt a slight stinging pain and some blood.

He was indeed injured, but the wound was so minor that he didn't even notice it along the way.

His facial expression immediately changed to match the sun today, with a bright look and obvious joy.

He couldn't control the corners of his mouth for several times.

It turned out that she still cared about him, otherwise how could she notice the scars that even he himself didn't notice.

Mu An Ning glanced at his twitching mouth, but didn't ask any more questions.

Remembering that he had just saved her life, she looked at him carefully again and saw the scar on his cheek that was about half a finger long.

She added: "Three days of medicine should be enough to cure it."

Gu Huaizhi saw her turning around and about to go in, and the smile on his face paused for a moment: "Are you leaving just like that?"

Mu An Ning paused for a moment and looked back with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

The young man coughed lightly and pointed to his cheek: "This prince has been disfigured. You must be responsible for it."

He turned his head to glance at the closed side door of the mansion, and said with a half-smile: "I can't see where I'm hurt. You have to help me apply medicine."