Chapter 30030 Acting Recklessly
Chapter 30
Qi Jingyan said this in a normal tone, but Meng Yuning inexplicably heard a hint of boasting, so she tactfully looked at the word twice more.
Although it is difficult to tell what the word is, it is majestic, vigorous and bold, and still very beautiful.
Meng Yuning raised a thumbs-up and praised sincerely, "Your Highness truly has excellent handwriting!"
Yi'er naturally followed suit and praised: "Brother, your handwriting is great."
Qi Jingyan smiled slightly.
Although Meng Yuning didn't recognize the character, she instinctively knew it wasn't Qi. It was awkward to ask others, so she thought for a moment and, with a sudden inspiration, pointed at the scribbled "Yu" character and asked Yi'er, "Little Yi'er, let me ask you, how do you pronounce this character?"
Yi'er tilted her head and looked carefully for a moment, then said unsurely, "Nian Yu, it's Brother Yu's Yu, right, An Ning?"
Meng Yuning didn't know whether it was right or not, so she looked at Qi Jingyan and found that Qi Jingyan was also looking at her. Her heart tightened, and she thought that he wouldn't realize that she didn't know him.
But fortunately, he only glanced at her for a moment, then looked at Yi'er, smiled slightly and praised: "Yi'er is right."
Yier shook his little head proudly: "Brother taught Yier last time."
Meng Yuning immediately praised: "Wow, you remember it after just one lesson. Our Yi'er is really amazing."
Yi'er smiled shyly, got down from the chair, hugged Meng Yuning's waist, and buried his little face in her arms and rubbed it: "A Ning, Yi'er is sleepy."
This morning, everyone got up before daybreak and has been on the road ever since. It has been a busy day and Yier didn't even take a nap. It's normal for a three-year-old child to feel sleepy at this time.
Meng Yuning picked up the little boy and looked at Qi Jingyan: "Your Highness, then I will take Yi'er back first?"
"Okay, you guys go back to your rooms first. I'll talk to the brothers." Qi Jingyan said, and glanced at Mu Yun again. Mu Yun nodded and called a guard to follow him. "Miss Meng, you take the little prince back to the room first. We'll go get some hot water."
Meng Yuning agreed, carried Yi'er back to the cabin, put Yi'er on the couch, and went to the cabinet to find some clean clothes for Yi'er. As soon as she found them, Mu Yun and another guard came in with two buckets of water each.
Meng Yuning thought that this cabin was just like the wooden house, with only one room, but she didn't expect there was a secret door in the corner. After opening it, she found a fairly spacious clean room inside.
Mu Yun and the others walked in carrying water, poured the water into a large bucket and a small bucket respectively, then went to fetch two more buckets of hot water as backup, and then quickly left.
Meng Yuning closed the door, carried Yi'er to the bathroom, closed the door behind her, then took off Yi'er's clothes and carried her into the small wooden barrel.
The little boy was so sleepy that his head was nodding off. Meng Yuning didn't waste any time. She quickly gave him a bath, dried him, carried him out, changed him into clean pajamas, and carried him back to his room.
The bed had already been covered with clean and fluffy bedding. Meng Yuning placed Yi'er directly in the middle of the bed and pulled his little tiger-head quilt over him.
Yi'er could hardly open her eyes, her two little hands still tightly tugging at her sleeves, and she said in a soft voice: "Aning, don't leave. Yi'er wants to sleep with Aning."
Meng Yuning then lay down next to him and gently patted Yi'er's little butt: "Okay, Aning, you won't leave. Stay with our Yi'er."
Seeing her lying down, Yier felt relieved. He stuck out his little butt, snuggled into Meng Yuning's arms, closed his eyes, and fell asleep soon.
Meng Yuning was worried that Yi'er would not be able to sleep well after changing his bed, so she hummed a little tune and patted him, thinking that she would wait until he fell asleep before getting up and taking a shower.
Who knew that these pats would actually make me fall asleep.
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After Qi Jingyan finished talking to everyone, he was pushed back to the room by Mu Yun. When he reached the door, he asked Mu Yun to go back, opened the door himself, and walked in pushing his wheelchair.
When he entered the room, he saw Meng Yuning lying on the bed with her back to him without even taking off her shoes. He gently turned his wheelchair to the bedside and saw her hugging Yi'er, both of them fast asleep.
Qi Jingyan raised the corner of his mouth, reached out, pulled the quilt, and gently placed it on Meng Yuning.
This time Meng Yuning woke up, opened her eyes, and found the environment unfamiliar. She turned around and saw Qi Jingyan's face, then she realized where she was.
She let go of Yi'er, sat up, and asked softly, "Your Highness, are you back?"
Qi Jingyan nodded and asked, "Are you tired?"
Meng Yuning covered her mouth and yawned: "I didn't sleep at noon, I'm sleepy."
Qi Jingyan: "If you're tired, take off your shoes and go to bed."
Meng Yuning tugged at her clothes, which she hadn't had time to change, shook her head, and said in disgust, "My whole head and body reek of cooking fumes. I need to go take a shower first."
Qi Jingyan agreed, turned his wheelchair and made room: "Go ahead."
Meng Yuning took her spare clothes and went to the bathroom. The water in the big bucket was already a little cold, but fortunately the two spare buckets of hot water were still hot enough. She scooped a few scoops of water and added it in, then took off her clothes and stepped into the wooden barrel.
She bolted the door of the bathroom from the inside. It was another enclosed space. This time, she did not leave only her bellyband and underwear on like she did in the mountains. Instead, she took them all off and soaked the entire area below her shoulders in the warm water. She sighed with comfort.
Feeling safe in the environment, Meng Yuning soaked in the water for a while longer.
Seeing that she was still not coming out, Qi Jingyan was afraid that she had fallen asleep in the water, so he pushed the wheelchair outside the bathroom and whispered through the door, "A Ning, what took you so long?"
Meng Yuning thought he was in a hurry to take a shower so he could go to bed early, so she replied, "I'll be ready soon."
Seeing that she was fine, Qi Jingyan wheeled his wheelchair back to the bedside. Meng Yuning emerged from the water, dried herself, and changed into pajamas.
Then she washed her long hair, rubbed it from head to toe with a bath soap, and rinsed it twice with a ladle of water. Then she wrapped her hair with a towel, opened the door, and walked out.
Qi Jingyan was sitting facing the window. When he heard the door opening, he turned around and saw Meng Yuning walking out, neatly dressed and with her head wrapped.
Meng Yuning walked to the bed and sat down, took down the towel, and wiped her hair: "Your Highness, you want to take a bath too?"
Qi Jingyan stretched out his hand: "I'm not in a hurry, give me the handkerchief."
Meng Yuning was stunned, not knowing why he wanted the handkerchief, but she still handed it to him as he asked.
Qi Jingyan took it with one hand, and with his other hand, he opened his five claws and clasped Meng Yuning's head, turning it gently: "Turn around, I'll help you dry your hair."
"Huh?" Meng Yuning's mouth dropped open in shock. How could the cold-hearted man in the original book be so considerate, even offering to wipe her hair?
If she wasn't unfamiliar with him, she would have wanted to reach out and touch his forehead to see if he had a fever.
Seeing Meng Yuning staring at him blankly without turning around, he didn't force her and started wiping her with a handkerchief.
Meng Yuning wanted to say that she would do it herself, but for some unknown reason she didn't say it. She just silently let him wipe her hair half dry.
When he took away the wet towel, Meng Yuning's hair had been messed up into a mess, making her watery, jade-white face look a little cute and adorable.
Qi Jingyan smiled.
Meng Yuning looked at his smile and suddenly realized that the man's expression at this moment was exactly the same as when she used to bathe the little corgi. She instantly understood why he was wiping her hair. He actually thought of her as a furry creature.
She glanced at her sideways, snatched the handkerchief back, stood up and took it to the bathroom.
Qi Jingyan was glared at, but the smile on his lips became even more intense. He turned his wheelchair and followed the look.
Meng Yuning put the handkerchief away, looked at the two buckets of water, and turned to look at Qi Jingyan: "Your Highness, I'll go call Mu Yun and the others to change the water."
Qi Jingyan: "Thank you, An Ning."
Meng Yuning went out and saw Mu Yun talking to someone at the exit of the corridor, so she walked over and said, "Mu Yun, His Highness wants to take a bath."
Mu Yun agreed, took the guard in to change the water, and then helped Qi Jingyan take a bath.
During this time, Meng Yuning did not stay in the house. Instead, she stood at the window at the end of the corridor, looking out at the roaring river. The river breeze blew her half-dried hair, drying it quickly.
Meng Yuning felt relaxed and suddenly felt that at this moment, her heart was free.
After taking a shower, Qi Jingyan changed into black pajamas and came out. Seeing that Meng Yuning had not returned to the room yet, he asked Mu Yun and the others to help him sit in the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair himself and went out to find her.
As soon as he reached the corridor, he saw Meng Yuning standing at the window with her back to him, her long hair fluttering in the night breeze.
At that moment, Qi Jingyan inexplicably felt that this thin girl might drift away with the wind at any time.
He subconsciously called out, "A Ning."
Meng Yuning turned around: "Your Highness, are you done washing?"
Qi Jingyan: "A Ning, come here."
Meng Yuning walked back, went around behind him, pushed his wheelchair into the house, and kept muttering.
"Your Highness, it would be nice to just lie down after washing. You've been running around all day without a break."
"Dr. Tang has already told me that even though I don't need acupuncture or medication anymore, I still need to pay attention to my legs and not overwork them, otherwise the bones won't grow properly."
Qi Jingyan smiled: "I forgot for a moment, thanks to An Ning for remembering it."
"That's right. Divine Doctor Tang said Your Highness was careless, so he repeatedly told me to keep an eye on you." Meng Yuning pushed his wheelchair to the bedside, turned around and walked out: "I'll go call Mu Yun and the others to carry you to the bed."
Just now she saw Mu Yun and the other two carrying water out, and she didn't know why they hadn't come back for so long.
Qi Jingyan pinched her wrist: "No need to call for help."
Meng Yuning turned to look at him, puzzled: "Then how did you get on the bed?"
Qi Jingyan: "I'll do it myself."
Meng Yuning looked at his legs with suspicion: "Your Highness, can you do it?"
Qi Jingyan tightened his grip on the wheelchair armrest: "...I can do it."
Meng Yuning looked at his determined face and didn't have the heart to hit him, lest he develop some psychological problems and never get back on his feet like in the original plot.
So he pulled his hand out of Qi Jingyan's, rolled up his sleeves, and said in a casual tone: "Okay, let's try it. I'm still here anyway. I'll support you."
After saying that, he imitated what Mu Yun and the others usually did, grabbing Qi Jingyan's arm with one hand and supporting his waist with the other.
Normally, Mu Yun could easily lift Qi Jingyan up even if he was alone, but when it came to her, he was like a mountain, unable to move at all.
She didn't believe it, and continued to have sex harder, shouting: "One, two, three, come on, get up~."
But after exerting force twice and shouting twice, the man didn't even lift his butt. Instead, she was exhausted and panting. She had no choice but to let him go: "Your Highness, I am weak. This won't work. How about letting Mu Yun..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Qi Jingyan shrugging his shoulders, supporting his chin with his hands, and laughing to himself.
She was angry, put her hands on her hips, tilted her head, leaned forward, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, are you laughing at me?"
Qi Jingyan wanted to stop and explain, but when he thought about how the girl had just used all her strength to support him, he found it extremely funny. Looking at the angry face so close to him, he laughed even harder and was speechless. He waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he would talk later.
Seeing that his laughter was getting more and more excessive, Meng Yuning turned around, sat on the bed, crossed her arms, and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Qi Jingyan laughed to himself for a long time before stopping. Then he reached out and pulled Meng Yuning's sleeve: "A Ning, I'm sorry, I just remembered something funny."
This was obviously a lie. Meng Yuning twisted her body, trying to shake his hand off, but failed. However, she didn't turn around and just sat with her back to him.
Qi Jingyan tugged at her sleeve again, but seeing that it was useless, he sighed softly: "A Ning, my legs hurt."
Meng Yuning became nervous upon hearing this. She no longer cared about being angry with him. She quickly stood up and squatted in front of him to check his legs. "You walked on a mountain road today and changed boats again. You must have been rocked."
As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. His legs have been broken for just over a month and the bones haven't healed yet. It would be strange if it didn't hurt.
It's just that this person is usually too tolerant, or too good at pretending, and never shows it.
But the person who didn't frown at all when receiving the acupuncture actually cried out in pain at this moment, so it must be really painful.
The more Meng Yuning thought about it, the more serious her expression became. She stood up and walked out: "I'll go call Doctor Tang over."
Qi Jingyan grabbed her wrist and said, "It doesn't hurt that much. No need to call Doctor Tang. Help me to the bed first."
Meng Yuning thought that he would feel better if he lay down, so she went to help him again, but this time she was smarter. She crawled under his arm and carried him on her shoulder. Qi Jingyan supported her with one hand and supported the wheelchair armrest with the other. They worked together and this time he stood up smoothly.
But his legs were still powerless, and after standing for just a moment, Qi Jingyan's face turned pale. He supported himself on the edge of the bed with one hand and quickly sat down.
Meng Yuning let go of his arm, and when she looked up, she saw that his face looked bad, with a dense layer of sweat beads oozing from his forehead. She was shocked and no longer cared about his obstruction, and quickly ran out to call Doctor Tang.
Doctor Tang was sitting on the deck, drinking wine and enjoying the breeze. After hearing what Meng Yuning said, he quickly threw away the wine jug, stood up and ran into the cabin.
Mu Yun, who had just put the wooden barrel away, was shocked when he heard this and immediately ran over. Others wanted to follow, but Mu Yun didn't let them.
Several people returned to the cabin. Doctor Tang pulled up Qi Jingyan's trouser legs with a dark face and carefully examined both of his legs. In the end, he determined that it was a false alarm and nothing serious.
Meng Yuning's heart finally settled down. She clasped her hands together and bowed towards the sky, thanking God for his blessing.
Although nothing happened, Doctor Tang still scolded Qi Jingyan. Although the scolding was not loud because Yi'er was sleeping, it was still very unpleasant.
"If you continue to act recklessly like this, you'll be crippled for the rest of your life."
"You've been fooling around all day. If you do it again, I'll just prepare some poison for you. From now on, you'll just be a cripple and everyone will have less to worry about."
Qi Jingyan remained silent, accepting the scolding obediently. Mu Yun, fearing he would be implicated, quietly retreated a long way. Meng Yuning even held her breath, not daring to utter a single word.
Doctor Tang cursed enough, threw his sleeves, and turned away: "A bunch of careless people, delaying my drinking."
He walked out a few steps, then turned back, looked at Meng Yuning and said, "Meng girl."
Meng Yuning was startled, thinking he was going to scold her, so she quickly greeted him with a smile: "Divine Doctor Tang, I was wrong. I didn't take good care of His Highness."
Doctor Tang was a little surprised that she had admitted her mistake so quickly, and then waved his hand: "It's none of your business. Who can stop that stubborn guy from doing anything?"
"But from now on, you have to keep a close eye on him. If he dares to do anything wrong again, you don't have to say anything to stop him. Just call me."
Meng Yuning repeatedly assured: "Don't worry, Doctor Tang, I'll remember this."
Doctor Tang turned and walked away. When he passed by Mu Yun who was hiding at the door, he glared at him fiercely: "Useless thing, get out of the way."
Mu Yun quickly stuck to the wall like a brick, clearing the door.
Hearing the footsteps of Doctor Tang walking away, Mu Yun relaxed. He took two steps forward and knelt on one knee: "Your Highness!"
Qi Jingyan guessed what he was going to say and waved his hand to interrupt him: "I know, no need to say more."
Mu Yun stopped talking, stood up and walked out.
Meng Yuning closed the door, climbed from the foot of the bed to the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, everything is fine."
Qi Jingyan: "A Ning, I'm sorry, I scared you."
Meng Yuning turned around, faced him, and said earnestly, "Your Highness, it's okay if I get scared."
"It's your leg. You must be careful from now on. A person's legs are so important. If they don't get better, you'll be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of your life, unable to run or jump. How painful it is."
Qi Jingyan's expression unconsciously became serious: "A Ning, I understand. I will be careful from now on."
Seeing that his attitude was still good, Meng Yuning decided to stop while she was ahead: "Your Highness, I will remind you in the future."
Qi Jingyan curled his lips: "Okay, then I'll have to trouble An Ning."
Meng Yuning also smiled: "It's getting late, let's go to bed, Your Highness."
Qi Jingyan agreed, and the two of them lay down.
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But Meng Yuning had slept for a while before, and after that incident just now, she couldn't fall asleep while lying in bed.
After tossing and turning for a while, she lay on her back, crossed her legs, twirled a strand of hair in her hand, and thought about something.
After thinking for a while, he turned his head to look at Qi Jingyan, and saw that he also had his eyes open, so he chatted with him in a low voice: "By the way, Your Highness, why do we fly the flag with the word 'Yu' on it?"
Qi Jingyan explained in a gentle voice, "I'm afraid this journey won't be peaceful. I'm borrowing Young Marquis Yu's name to help us avoid constant fighting and no peace."
Meng Yuning rolled over and lay on her stomach. "Young Marquis Yu? Is that Yu Xiao, the son of Marquis Cheng'an?"
Qi Jingyan was lying on his back, but when he saw her voice was quiet but her tone was excited, he turned his head and asked, "Why, do An Ning and Prince Yu know each other?"
Meng Yuning shook her head: "I don't know him, I've never seen him before."
She just remembered what was said in the book.
When he was a child, Cheng'an Hou Yu Yunheng was Emperor Kangwen's study partner. The two grew up together and were as close as brothers.
When Emperor Kangwen was on his way to becoming the emperor, Marquis Cheng'an had always been loyal and followed Emperor Kangwen, and was highly trusted and respected by Emperor Kangwen.
Most importantly, Marquis Cheng'an was a loyal minister who only had Emperor Kangwen in his eyes and heart, and he even risked his own life to save Emperor Kangwen's life several times.
Emperor Kangwen was a suspicious and envious person, but he was completely confident in Marquis Cheng'an.
Let's put it this way, if Emperor Kangwen died of poisoning accidentally, he would suspect his biological mother, the empress dowager, the women in his harem, and his princes and princesses, but the only person he would not suspect is Cheng'an Marquis Yu Yunheng.
The crown prince Yu Xiao was the only son of Marquis Cheng'an. Yu Xiao was the same age as Qi Jingyan. When Yu Xiao was one year old, Emperor Kangwen asked Marquis Cheng'an to send his son to the palace every day to play with the eldest prince Qi Jingyan.
Later, it was natural for the two to study together, and later they went to the army together for training.
After returning from the army, Qi Jingyan entered the court as the crown prince, and Yu Xiao entered the Fifth Army Camp.
But after that, the two had a falling out for some reason, and their relationship became increasingly distant, until they became just acquaintances.
Emperor Kangwen even asked the two of them separately about this matter. Qi Jingyan replied, "People with different ideals cannot work together," but he was unwilling to say more.
Yu Xiao, however, kept pretending to be stupid, saying that he was young and didn't know the rules before, which was why he repeatedly overstepped his bounds in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now that he has grown up, he must strictly abide by his duties as a subject.
Although Emperor Kangwen did not ask why the two had parted ways, he was happy to see it happen. He even said to Marquis Cheng'an with a smile, "Well, the children are grown up now. If they really can't get along, there's no point in forcing them to do so."
Later, Qi Jingyan was suddenly imprisoned, his position as crown prince was taken away, and he was exiled to Lingnan.
From beginning to end, Yu Xiao never said a word for Qi Jingyan.
Not only did he not say anything, even when Emperor Kangwen asked Cheng'an Hou Yu Yunheng what he thought about the prince's matter, Cheng'an Hou only said that he knew nothing about what the prince had done, but it was up to Your Majesty to decide.
The Empress Dowager took the opportunity of delivering supplies to Qi Jingyan to send Yier to Qi Jingyan, and asked Emperor Kangwen for Marquis Yu. Her reason was that although the two children had a falling out, Marquis Yu would never deliberately murder Qi Jingyan because of their childhood friendship.
As the two of them had been at odds with each other for two or three years, Emperor Kangwen finally felt comfortable letting Yu Xiao work for the Empress Dowager.
In the book, during the years that Qi Jingyan was hiding in Lingnan, the two were still at odds on the surface, but they did not lose contact in private.
Later, Qi Jingyan returned to the capital, killed the third prince, forced Concubine Zhang to death, seized the throne from Emperor Kangwen, and supported Yier to ascend the throne. Along the way, Yu Xiao always stood firmly by Qi Jingyan's side.
The relationship between Yu Xiao and Qi Jingyan is even more intense than that between Marquis Cheng'an and Emperor Kangwen.
That's why she was a little excited when she heard Yu Xiao, because he was her teammate.
Seeing Meng Yuning's eyes sparkling, Qi Jingyan asked again: "A Ning, don't you recognize him?"
Meng Yuning heard a hint of disbelief in his calm tone. No, should she know Yu Xiao?
She thought carefully and finally remembered that she had seen Yu Xiao at a palace banquet, but at that time Yu Xiao only glanced at her and then looked away.
Then he said, "I remember now. I saw Young Marquis Yu once from a distance at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet that year. Apart from that, we haven't met since."
Seeing that her eyes were filled with openness, apart from confusion, Qi Jingyan smiled and said, "When you meet him someday, I'll introduce you to him."
Meng Yuning glanced towards the door, then crawled over to Qi Jingyan twice, and asked in a rather mysterious and tentative manner, "Your Highness, but rumors say that you and Young Marquis Yu are not on good terms."
Qi Jingyan: "The rumors are not credible."
Meng Yuning pretended to understand the truth for the first time and said in a low voice, "I see. I was wondering, Your Highness, you and Young Marquis Yu used to have such a good relationship, how could it be so broken up so suddenly?"
Qi Jingyan moved his shoulders and leaned closer to her, imitating her whisper: "Have you been paying attention to me?"
Uh, how should I answer this? Meng Yuning's mind quickly turned: "Your Highness, you used to be the Crown Prince who attracted everyone's attention. Isn't it natural for people to pay attention to you?"
After saying that, he covered his mouth and said, "Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned the past."
Qi Jingyan took her hand away from her mouth: "It's okay, that's how it is, there's nothing wrong with mentioning it."
Meng Yuning couldn't help but sigh. He didn't mind when others mentioned in front of him that he was the prince in the past, and he didn't get angry when Su Shang called him a useless cripple with a broken leg. This man was really strong inside.
However, speaking of Su Shang, Meng Yuning felt strange. Why did Su Yang and Su Shang never appear in the original book?
Meng Yuning rolled on the spot, rolled out to a distance of one person, lay on her back, put her hands under her head, crossed one leg, and slowly swung her feet, thinking.
Oh, by the way, in the original book, Qi Jingyan followed the order of Emperor Kangwen and went straight to Lingnan along the official road. He did not suddenly decide to split his troops into two groups and hide in the mountains.
So, it’s normal that I didn’t meet Su Yang.
I just don’t know whether Su Yang’s appearance will have any impact on Qi Jingyan’s cause. If there is any impact, I don’t know whether it will be good or bad.
If everything went according to the original plot, she might be able to go back and give Qi Jingyan a reminder, so that he could avoid taking detours and achieve his great cause as soon as possible. Then she could live her own life.
But now, things seem to be getting complicated. Oh, what a hassle.
Qi Jingyan had been staring at Meng Yuning. When he saw her suddenly sigh, he asked, "A Ning?"
Meng Yuning turned her head: "Hmm?"
Qi Jingyan: "What are you thinking about?"
Meng Yuning felt that there was nothing to hide, so she rolled back and said, "Your Highness, I was wondering if the matter between Su Yang and his brother would cause you any trouble."
Qi Jingyan didn't answer but asked, "Are you worried about me?"
Meng Yuning: "Of course." They are now in the same boat, sharing weal and woe, so of course she is worried about him.
Meng Yuning lay on the bed, holding her chin with her hands, looking up at him.
From Qi Jingyan's perspective, her already small face became pouty because of her action, which looked a bit cute. His hand seemed to have self-awareness, and he stretched out and gently pinched her soft face.
Meng Yuning covered her face with her hands and dodged backwards: "Your Highness, what are you doing?" They were talking peacefully, why did he suddenly attack?
Qi Jingyan's hand froze in the air for a moment, then he retracted it: "Why are there still mosquitoes on this river?"
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