"Haicheng, want a drink?"
Long Yunting turned around and looked at Sheng Qian.
He never expected that Sheng Qian would do such a thing behind his back.
Sheng Qian said awkwardly, "I went to Haicheng to do some small business, and it just so happened to be around the Chinese New Year, so..."
Thinking of Sheng Qian back then, Long Yunting couldn't help but feel heartache. "Was it back then?"
“Hmm,” Sheng Qian glanced at him and explained, “I wasn’t sad, I was just happy and had a couple more drinks. You don’t need to look at me like that.”
Sheng Qian was a little speechless; it had all happened a long time ago.
Long Yunting said in a deep voice, "Don't drink these things anymore when I'm not around."
Sheng Qian said, "It was just that one time. I promise there won't be a next time."
"Did you get injured on your journey? Are you tired? Have you been eating well?" Long Yunting, who was usually not very talkative, kept asking Sheng Qian.
Fu Huoqing and the others were astonished.
I thought this person was really sparing with words.
It turns out the person wasn't right.
Fu Huoqing couldn't help but glance at Sheng Qian a couple more times.
Sheng Qianqing coughed and said, "I didn't come alone. So many people are protecting me as I walk."
Long Yunting then looked at He Weiguo and the others and solemnly thanked them: "Thank you for protecting her all the way here."
He Weiguo and the others felt embarrassed, as they were really too ashamed to say that Sheng Qian had been taking care of them the whole way.
Even Song Wei and the others blushed.
I simply couldn't accept Long Yunting's words of thanks.
“We were just doing this on someone’s behalf, Young Master Long, you’re too kind,” Song Wei nodded to Long Yunting.
Long Yunting couldn't help but glance at Song Wei again.
His gaze was so deep that it felt as if he had seen through everything.
Sheng Qian tugged at him and said, "You didn't run into anything, did you? We saw quite a few pursuers along the way."
Long Yunting's heart tightened at the thought that Sheng Qian and the others had come from behind. He realized that those people might run into Sheng Qian and the others.
If Sheng Qian and her group had happened to run into those people at that time, their chances of survival would have been slim.
Long Yunting squeezed her hand. "I'm fine. I planned to contact you after I got out, but I'm too late."
Sheng Qian's ability to act was too fast.
I don't know how she found this place.
Thankfully, nothing happened.
Long Yunting was once again relieved.
He held her hand tightly and half-embraced her.
“It’s cold in the forest at night,” he said, taking off his coat and draping it over her shoulders. “Let’s find a place to rest first.”
The place reeks of blood and is not a place for conversation.
After realizing what had happened, everyone continued walking for a while and found a suitable spot to stop and rest by leaning against a shallow cave entrance at the foot of the mountain.
Everyone was practically crammed together, while Sheng Qian was held in Long Yunting's arms, her body heat constantly warming her.
Sheng Qian felt quite uncomfortable, after all, she was not used to being so intimate with a man in front of her parents in her previous life.
"Don't move."
Long Yunting was too hot-tempered, and Sheng Qian possessed a special kind of magic.
Her constant movement could easily ignite a fire.
Sheng Qian glanced at him speechlessly, "I'm not cold."
"It's more comfortable leaning on me," Long Yunting thought, feeling a pang of sadness as he recalled how Sheng Qian had endured this hardship alone before.
He was here; how could he let her rest against the hard stone?
He's fine; he's thick-skinned and has a strong temper, so he won't feel cold or hot.
She is different.
He could just pinch her lightly and her skin would show those horrifying marks.
In Long Yunting's view, Sheng Qian should be carefully protected.
Everyone was quiet, except for the sound of their conversation, which sounded rather strange.
Ji You glanced at it, then turned to look at Fu Huoqing.
He thought Fu Huoqing would be jealous because she and Long Yunting got along very well, and he even thought that Fu Huoqing had fallen for Long Yunting.
If someone had truly fallen in love, seeing this scene would probably be extremely painful for them.
Sheng Mu was also secretly glancing at Fu Huoqing, then at the two people standing close together, her expression complex.
Ji You couldn't see anything wrong, but she was still a little worried.
Fu Huoqing is very good at putting on a show, and sometimes even he can't tell what she's thinking.
Faced with such a situation, they certainly wouldn't appear too embarrassed.
Seeing the two of them being so intimate, Fu Huoqing felt both relieved and annoyed.
She didn't know why she had this feeling.
She admires Long Yunting, but not in the way they think.
He was initially appreciative, but after Sheng Qian appeared and he saw the two of them standing close together, he felt a little depressed.
It seems like I missed something.
It's not the feeling of missing out on love.
That's why Fu Huoqing was depressed.
I must be sick.
I have this feeling for no reason, it's really not normal.
That night, Sheng Qian leaned against Long Yunting and fell asleep.
That sense of security, given by Long Yunting, actually made her fall asleep in that environment.
A few days ago, she would have been on guard the whole time.
Sheng Qian woke up at dawn and found everyone outside quietly eating breakfast cooked in the mountains.
She was suddenly startled.
If the other party were an enemy, I would have died a thousand times over.
"You're awake! Drink some water first, then wash up. I've filled a lot of water for you, so don't worry about running out," Long Yunting said, taking the water bag that Sheng Qian was carrying to fill with water as well.
Sheng Qian snapped out of her daze, "I have my own, you don't need to go to all this trouble..."
Long Yunting knew that she had a space containing many good things, but there were too many outsiders here, so it was not good to reveal it.
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