They slept in the cave for one night. When they woke up the next day, Zhongyuan Yidianhong wanted to stretch as usual, but suddenly a hand covered him.

"Shh, brother, don't talk. Senior brother hasn't woken up yet." Qingqing spoke in a low voice and turned back to glance at Xingmu who was still sleeping.

I was relieved when I made sure he wasn't woken up.

A Little Red in the Central Plains: …

Seeing this, Ye Qingwan silently retracted her arms that had been stretched out.

"Are you hungry?" Zhongyuan Yidianhong asked her with his head down.

She nodded.

"I'm going to find something to eat. You guys wait here." Zhongyuan Yidianhong said, then got up and left the cave.

Qingqing sat back contentedly, resting her chin on her hand and staring at Xingmu.

When the eldest brother fell asleep, his face was not so cold anymore, his eyebrows and eyes were heroic, and he looked quite good.

Seeing that she was like a fangirl, Ye Qingwan quietly moved over and stared at Xingmu: "Qingqing, what are you looking at?"

"Look at the eldest brother. How handsome is he?" Qingqing said as a matter of course.

Ye Qingwan leaned over to take a closer look. She was not that pretty. She was not as cute as Honghong, not as gentle and elegant as the old tutor, and not even as beautiful as Prince Xiang.

I see. Qingqing likes tough guys.

Qingqing didn't notice Ye Qingwan's expression and continued to talk to herself: "In the past, it was Senior Brother who took care of me. Now it's finally my turn to take care of him."

Ye Qingwan: ...

So do you like him or do you like taking care of him?

I don't understand.

Honghong had been out for a while and hadn't come back yet. Qingqing suddenly asked her to take care of the senior brother: "I'll go find some clean clothes for the senior brother."

Ye Qingwan glanced at Xingmu. Isn't he fine? How can I take care of him? He's not three years old.

But she still nodded reluctantly, and Qingqing left with some worry.

As soon as she left, Xingmu opened his eyes.

Oh, what a crap thing, pretending to be asleep!

Probably noticing Ye Qingwan's puzzled look, he coughed awkwardly: "I don't dare to wake up."

Qingqing was too enthusiastic, and he was afraid that as soon as he opened his eyes, Qingqing would start to yell.

Ye Qingwan nodded: "I understand and I deeply sympathize with you."

"Young Master Xingmu, can I ask you a question?" Ye Qingwan stared at him with bright eyes.

He nodded.

"Do you like Qingqing?"

Xingmu: ...

Is it that direct?

"What did you say?"

"I say, do you like Qingqing?" Ye Qingwan said it again without getting tired of it.

"Not this one, the previous one."

Previous sentence? The previous sentence was...

"Can I ask you a question?"

Xingmu nodded, indicating that it was this sentence, and then gave him a negative answer: "No."

Ye Qingwan: ...

You second uncle!

Even the people of the underworld are scheming.

Ye Qingwan was a little angry and didn't want to pay attention to him. She turned her back to him and looked at the cave entrance, wondering when Honghong would come back.

The two were silent for a long time, and Xingmu suddenly spoke again: "What does it feel like to like someone?"

Ye Qingwan was confused by his sudden question and looked back at him with some suspicion. What happened to Young Master Xingmu today?

She's like a little girl, shy and timid. She wasn't like this before.

You were pretty fierce when you drew your sword, okay?!

"I have no idea."

Xingmu didn't believe it: "Don't know? Then why are you so nice to the flower thief?"

"Because he is very good, he deserves my kindness."

"Just because of this? Not because you like him?" Xingmu didn't believe it.

Ye Qingwan didn't even think about it: "Of course I like him. Who would hang out with someone they don't like every day? Will you hang out with me?"

Xingmu was choked by her and said, indeed she wouldn't.

"It seems that up to now, you have only been hanging out with Qingqing? You follow her silently with disdain and clean up her mess." Ye Qingwan looked at him and said.

Xingmu suddenly panicked, "That's different. Qingqing was raised by me since she was a child. It's only natural for me to take care of her."

Ye Qingwan had a look on her face that said, "Young Master Xingmu not only has a strong fist, but also a strong mouth. Ask yourself, apart from Qingqing, is there anyone else in your sect that you raised?"

"Do you take such good care of every junior sister and junior brother you have brought up? Guarding them all the time for twelve hours?"

Xingmu was unable to answer a single question she asked and felt very upset.

He did not only raise Qingqing. Many of the younger brothers and sisters in the sect were very young when they entered the sect. As the eldest brother, he naturally had to take care of them, but...

He really didn't have the same feelings towards them as he did towards Qingqing...

"You can't accept her only because you have set up defenses for yourself in your heart. You feel that you raised her by yourself. If you have such thoughts about her, you feel worse than an animal."

Xingmu was speechless after hearing what Ye Qingwan said. He never expected that even a great young hero like Xingmu would sometimes lose his toughness.

Honghong came back with some food and saw Qingqing was not there. She asked casually, "Where's Qingqing?"

"She went to find clean clothes for Young Master Xingmu." Ye Qingwan walked over with a smile, staring at the food in Honghong's hand.

Honghong didn't think much about it and reached out to grab a bun and stuffed it into her mouth.

A little hot, but delicious.

Then she called Xingmu to come and eat together. Just as Xingmu was about to move, Qingqing came back.

As soon as he saw him getting up, he reacted in a special way and yelled, "Big Brother..."

Section 267

The sound was so loud that it startled the other three people present. They looked at her in horror. Ye Qingwan still had half a bun in her mouth.

Xingmu was also frightened: "What, what happened?"

She immediately put down the clothes in her hands, rushed in and supported him: "You are injured, I will help you."

Xingmu: ...

Ye Qingwan: ...

Honghong: ...

"He just injured his arm, not hemiplegia. Do you think it's that serious?" Zhongyuan Yidianhong couldn't help but complain.

Qingqing ignored him completely: "What do you know? It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. You have to take good care of it, otherwise there will be sequelae."

The three said they couldn't understand it, but... they respected her.

Lian Xingmu obediently followed her instructions, helped him sit down, fed him, and helped him change his clothes without him even having to raise his hands.

Ye Qingwan and Honghong huddled to one side, looking at the two of them silently, like two poor children abandoned by their parents.

But Qingqing seemed very happy. She stayed around Xingmu all day long, chattering endlessly. She took care of him without any regrets and did her best.

"Big Brother, this is what it feels like to take care of someone. I didn't understand it before, but now I do. I'm so worried about you. I'm afraid you'll be cold or hungry, or your wounds will break. Anyway, I'm worried about you."

Qingqing was telling about her experience of taking care of Xingmu over the past few days.

"I think I can understand why Senior Brother didn't like me before. Senior Brother is so well behaved that it's tiring for me to take care of him, not to mention that I was so naughty before..."

As they talked, the atmosphere became strange.

Why does it feel like Qingqing has let go of her past self and is starting a new life anew?

Is she going to give up Xingmu? !