Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Shui Anluo tightened her grip. “Thank you,” Shui Anluo said hoarsely. She was grateful that he had taken his army uniform off and grateful that he had found her.

Chu Ningyi did not say anything else. His footsteps were filled with more determination as he carried her up.

However, after taking a few steps, Chu Ningyi frowned. “Shui Anluo, did you hold Mo Lusu like this too when he carried you on his back?” Her soft little steamed buns were pressed against his back with only her flimsy shirt as a barrier. Had she presented this sort of action toward Mo Lusu?

As Chu Ningyi thought about this, his entire body was surrounded by an unknown fiery rage.

Shui Anluo shivered for a moment and asked curiously, “How did you know that Senior Brother had carried me on his back?”

Her senior brother had carried her down the mountain because the road was too muddy and narrow. There was no other way for her senior brother to help her so he had taken the risk and carried her. However, how had Chu Ningyi found out?

“We’ll clear this debt when we get back,” Chu Ningyi said and looked up at the rugged path as his frown deepened. It was a good thing that the skies were clear now.

Chu Ningyi chose a relatively empty spot and put Shui Anluo down. “Wait for me.”

“Don’t go.” Shui Anluo quickly reached out and grabbed Chu Ningyi’s wrist, staring at him pitifully.

Chu Ningyi looked down and stared at the pitiful look on her face. He squatted down and brushed the dried mud off her face, softened his tone and said, “I’m going to find some herbal medicine for you. I’ll be back soon.”

“I’m not in pain, don’t go,” Shui Anluo anxiously emphasized as if truly afraid that he would leave. She changed her grip and wrapped her arms around his arm instead.

Chu Ningyi looked down and stared at Shui Anluo as she held onto his arm with both arms. He chucked her chin and slowly approached her. Her lips were still a bit red and swollen from his devastation earlier on. The sight of it made him want to hold it again.

Chu Ningyi would do whatever he wants. He pecked her on the lips and murmured softly, “Don’t go?”

‘Uh…’

The air in front of Shui Anluo was no longer ice-cold but was warmed by his breath.

Shui Anluo did not say anything but she did not loosen her grip around his arms.

Chu Ningyi turned around to leave but Shui Anluo continued to hold onto his arm and refused to let go. Her muddy little face stared stubbornly at him.

Chu Ningyi suddenly grew fidgety over the sight of her large eyes. He lowered his head, chucked her chin and angrily questioned, “Shui Anluo, why didn’t you leave in the first place?”

Shui Anluo made him feel very insecure. Sometimes, he felt that she still has feelings for him and that was why she had chosen to stay. However, she sometimes acted as if she was doing all this only for the little darling’s sake.

He was growing sick of this uncertainty.

‘Why didn’t I leave?’

‘Because I was afraid that some other woman would appear by his side.’

Shui Anluo pursed her lips and did not reply because she was afraid that she would be ridiculed if she admitted it and that she would be laughed at. So she had chosen to keep it inside like a coward, refusing to say it yet refusing to let any other woman be by his side.

However, Chu Ningyi refused to let Shui Anluo escape. He tightened his grip around her chin and forced her to look at him.

Shui Anluo had nowhere to run and had no choice but to face him. However, she linked her arms around his arm firmly. Her large eyes were glaring at him stubbornly, full of resentment.

“Why?” Chu Ningyi asked in a softer voice as if he was bound to get an answer soon.