Only then did Wan Youyou realize her heart was pounding so hard she felt like she was about to collapse: What... what just happened? What was I doing?
That dark-skinned Di boy... he didn't laugh at me, nor did he overstep any boundaries; on the contrary, he took great care of me.
They also gave me a bottle of medicine, saying that it was because I was not used to the local environment, and that taking this local herbal medicine would be more effective.
Thinking of this, Wan Youyou lifted the carriage curtain and looked out, but the towering figure was nowhere to be seen in the crowd.
On the other side, Abu was riding a horse across the grassland, galloping wildly against the wind, trying to cool down his burning face.
At this moment, he felt his vest was wet, and his inner clothes were soaked with sweat, as if he had just fought with wolves.
Abu never imagined that he would one day accompany a strange girl to take a dump.
I wonder how the young master, young mistress, and Wudan will laugh at me if they find out.
No one slept well that night. The strong winds tore at the tarpaulin all night, forcing people to get up at any time to tie ropes.
Abu didn't sleep all night; he kept hearing a woman's sobbing in the night wind.
A hundred miles away, Song Liyun and the others also hadn't slept all night.
The thunderstorm lasted for half an hour before stopping. The prefabricated houses placed on the ground were almost submerged in water, and the floodwaters had to be drained by digging ditches in the rain to prevent them from floating.
When the rain stopped and the thunder ceased, the night sky was once again filled with twinkling stars, and even the moon came out.
Elder Shan, supporting his old legs, inspected all the houses and found that the wooden boards coated with tung oil had not been wetted and the paper cores inside were completely undamaged. He exclaimed, "This method of building houses is indeed very useful, and it will also make it easier to transfer accounts in the future."
Although yurts are warm, they are more troublesome to assemble and move than detachable wooden walls.
Most importantly, prefabricated houses are easier to build than yurts.
Song Liyun's face was grave, her expression serious: "Elder, do you think A-Shi and the others might be nearby?"
She had a hunch that Zhao Tingduo was somewhere nearby, held up by something, which was why she hadn't met up with her as agreed.
Elder Shan was also anxious, partly because he was worried about the safety of his young master.
Secondly, the fact that they didn't go to the Bahrain tribe to fetch the bride was already impolite, so the bride could understand and forgive them.
But now that it's delayed, he and the other members of his tribe have long since lost their nerve.
When another thunderstorm hit tonight, he had an idea: "Young Madam, this rain came so suddenly. If the young master is nearby, he might get soaked. I think we should wait until dawn and have people search the surrounding area..."
Before he could finish speaking, Song Liyun said, "Let's set off now, before dawn! I'll light a campfire."
Seeing that the young mistress was concerned about the young master, Elder Shan was delighted and had no reason to refuse: "Young mistress, please wait here and I will assign people to help you."
A pile of firewood as tall as a person was lit, and the night wind whipped the flames into the air.
It's strong enough to allow someone to see the direction clearly from a mile away.
Besides Song Liyun and Xiao An Yun Niangzi, the rest of Song Liyun's group consisted of fifteen members of the Wuda tribe.
These men were elite soldiers trained in the Northern Garrison, each capable of fighting five men. They would not be in danger if they encountered a small tribe.
Elder Shan wanted to leave five people with Song Liyun, but she refused: "Elder Shan, don't worry, there will be no danger here. You should all go out and return to report the situation by dawn at the latest."
This time, Song Liyun did not take the initiative to go out to find people. She was worried about leaving Xiao An and Yun Niangzi in the camp and did not want to entrust them to others for protection.
More importantly, she was still a bride-to-be, and at least she needed to maintain some composure on the way to the wedding.
Time passed slowly, the campfire died down, and the sun rose. Elder Shan and the others were like kites with broken strings, failing to send back any message by daybreak.
This isn't right!
Yun Niangzi and Xiao An had already sensed something was wrong, and they couldn't even eat breakfast, so they stayed close to Song Liyun.
"Girl, should we go find them, or stay here?"
In the vast, windy wilderness, with only the three of them, she felt a sense of panic.
Song Liyun took out a bow and slowly strung it, saying calmly, "We'll wait here until noon. If we still haven't seen anyone, I'll take you back immediately... back to Suijin Town!"
"Why...why go back? Aren't we going to wait for Brother Shi?" Xiao An asked anxiously.
Song Liyun didn't speak. She was initially worried that something had happened to Zhao Tingduo, but now that Elder Shan and the others had gone and not returned, she felt relieved.
Elder Shan's cavalry were not ordinary herdsmen. No matter what happened, at least one of them would escape and notify him to leave quickly.
But there was nothing unusual around them. The wolf pack was leisurely wandering around looking for food, and the vultures were gliding steadily in the sky, which meant that nothing bloody had happened within dozens of miles.
Since there is no external danger, the inconvenience must be caused by people themselves.
Song Liyun's first thought was that Zhao Tingduo was running away from her wedding!
Once this thought arose, it was like a fermenting jar, bubbling and churning, releasing a sour and astringent aroma. Song Liyun could no longer control her chaotic thoughts.
Since the apocalypse, she had never seriously considered marriage. Now that she was finally getting married, she had come this far, only to be stood up by her groom.
Anger, resentment, and pre-wedding anxiety made her feel like an ordinary woman, and she even considered breaking off the engagement.
When Yun Niangzi heard that she had to return to Suijin Town, she immediately became nervous.
Abu and the others are still behind. How can we return to Broken Gold Town if the girl doesn't say she'll go and meet up with them?
Does this mean they don't want to get married?
She quickly said, "Miss, don't worry. Perhaps something has happened to the young master. It wasn't intentional. Otherwise, Elder Shan wouldn't have been sent to fetch the bride!"
She was an experienced woman; this girl was going to marry into the Di tribe, and the customs might be different from those of the Wu Dynasty.
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