About a stick of incense passed, and Shui Yunji stopped painting.
"Hey! I've finished painting, come and see how it goes."
Shui Yunji had just finished painting and quickly ran over to show it to Li Yunxiao.
Li Yunxiao nodded: "The painting is good."
"Yeah, it's great to come out, thank you."
"You're welcome. Just treat it as a reward for your time here. We don't owe each other anything."
Shui Yunji wondered: "Why do you always care so much about who owes whom? Do you still need to talk about this with your friends?"
"explain."
"You...you are really...you are hopeless!"
"Let's go, we're changing places, come on."
After Shui Yunji left the city, she was like a bird flying in the sky, and no one could restrain her.
On this day, the two came to a place without sunlight and enjoyed bathing in the sun.
Then they discussed poetry and songs together, injecting soul into the paintings she painted.
At this moment, the sky suddenly changed. In less than a moment of incense, rain mixed with snowflakes fell.
"It's over, how can we go back?"
It was already getting dusk, and I was so excited for a while that I was already dozens of miles away from the city. No matter how fast my legs and feet were, it would still take several hours in this mountain forest.
Click!
Plop!
A tree was suddenly knocked down by Li Yunxiao. After breaking it, he built a simple thatched house with leaves, which could accommodate two or three people.
"It's difficult to travel through the mountains and forests. Please wait for now. It might stop soon. You have too little internal strength. Go and take shelter from the rain first."
"how about you?"
"Your brother Wang has sent people to follow him a long time ago. He will probably find me after a while. I'm fine."
Hearing this, Shui Yunji pouted. His brother Wang still liked to restrict her as always. Of course, she also knew that this was concern.
Li Yunxiao's guess was good. Someone was indeed following him at first, but he didn't know that Li Maozhen had already taken back the person who was monitoring him.
The strong wind made the trees rustle. One of them was inside and the other was outside, looking at the violent storm outside together.
After persisting like this for more than an hour, Shui Yunji looked at Li Yunxiao who was motionless and called out softly.
"Hey, Tiangang Xing, please come in and take shelter from the rain. I heard that there are many wild beasts here. Please save some of your inner strength."
"It's okay, I have a strong inner strength."
"Then you can't keep carrying it with your internal strength like this, right?"
"Hello--!"
Shui Yunji saw that Li Yunxiao didn't reply anymore, so she didn't say anything more and sat inside with her hands on her shoulders.
Winter was about to begin, and with this kind of weather, and the fact that some parts of her clothes were soaked, the temperature dropped rapidly as night fell, which made her shiver.
Li Yunxiao frowned slightly and looked around. Logically speaking, he should be able to find this place by now. Why haven't he come yet?
There were no traces erased wherever the two of them passed, so it would be easy to follow them.
"Huh~~~"
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of blowing air behind him.
Shui Yunji felt very cold and blew into her palm to warm it up.
Li Yunxiao pondered for a moment and walked slowly towards Shui Yunji.
When Shui Yunji saw Li Yunxiao coming, she leaned to the side and made room for someone else.
But the picture she imagined did not appear. She saw Li Yunxiao sitting cross-legged on the edge of the thatched house, and then a hot temperature slowly spread out.
Shui Yunji tapped Li Yunxiao's back with her finger: "I don't know how long it will rain. You'd better come in. There's still room."
Li Yunxiao shook his head silently.
Shui Yunji sighed, hugged her legs and leaned aside, and gradually fell asleep.
For some reason, although the figure in front of her was silent and taciturn, it always made her angry and even displeasing to her, but now, she felt at ease.
The whole night was silent, and it rained heavily for several hours.
When a ray of sunlight shone in the next day, Shui Yunji slowly opened her eyes.
She first looked at the clothes on her body, and then realized that Li Yunxiao was not around.
A trace of panic suddenly appeared in my heart.
"Tiangang Star! You...you won't leave on your own!?"
"Tiangang Star! Tiangang..."
"Behind you."
Li Yunxiao's voice and footsteps came from behind the thatched house.
snap...
Several fruits were thrown on the ground.
"Eat it. Although it's almost broken, you can still eat it. If you go back after eating it, your brother Wang will probably go crazy."
When Shui Yunji saw Li Yunxiao coming over, she breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the clothes.
"thank you."
Li Yunxiao nodded. After getting dressed, Shui Yunji walked back while eating the fruit.
"When you go back this time, you can ask your brother Wang about martial arts training. When he feels relieved, you can go out and see the bigger world."
"You mean, to be a knight?"
"Not only that, you can also be a painter who travels around the world. You can pursue whatever you like. This is the case in troubled times, not to mention the world is peaceful today?"
When Shui Yunji heard this, how could she not know that the other party was encouraging her to stick to what she wanted to do.
The movement of eating the fruit in her hand paused, she raised her head and looked at Li Yunxiao's back and murmured: "Tiangang Star... if..."
"No ifs."
"I haven't said anything yet."
"But I know what you're trying to say."
"You...you say, what do I want to say?"
"You want me to delay for some time before going back to resume my life."
Shui Yunji walked around to Li Yunxiao: "You guessed it right, I can feel that you are depressed, but I can help you. Look, don't we get along very well these days?"
"Believe me, I know how to get over losing a parent!"
Li Yunxiao pulled Shui Yunji away and continued walking forward.
"I don't need mercy."
Shui Yunji was startled: "You! What are you talking about? I have never thought about it that way!"
"Hey! Why are you always like this? You support and encourage me to do what I like. Can't you accept others to help you?!"
Seeing Li Yunxiao not saying a word, Shui Yunji really felt a little helpless.
You were fine just now, but if you become a bad person, can you not do what you like?
Shui Yunji angrily followed Li Yunxiao back to the Prince's Mansion, and the servants inside hurriedly came to greet her, expressing their concern for her.
What's more, he glared at Li Yunxiao directly. How could he take his young lady out all night and not return?
If he hadn't been a bad person, their prince would probably have issued a death warrant!
After Shui Yunji came back, she went to change clothes. After a while, Li Maozhen hurriedly returned from outside.
He was originally going to the military camp, but when he received the news that the two were back, he returned as soon as possible.
"Where is my royal sister?"
"Brother Wang, I'm here." Shui Yunji was afraid of a misunderstanding, so she quickly came over and responded.
Li Maozhen watched for a moment and said calmly: "Come here! Bring my sister into the backyard! No one is allowed to come out until I open my mouth!"
"And!" Li Maozhen looked around with an indifferent expression: "If anyone dares to leak what happened today, I will punish him from the nine tribes!"
"Yes! Prince!"
Several slaves took Shui Yunji by the hand and walked towards the backyard.
Shui Yunji didn't want to go in and waved her hand to resist: "Brother Wang, what are you doing? We were delayed because of heavy rain and difficult walking in the mountains and forests. Didn't I come back well?"
Li Maozhen ignored it, just glanced at Li Yunxiao lightly, and walked out minding his own business.
Just as Li Yunxiao was about to follow, he seemed to have thought of something. He stopped, took out a copper coin from his arms, and threw it to Shui Yunji.
Seeing that Li Yunxiao was about to go out, Shui Yunji shouted: "You won't leave today, right?"
Li Yunxiao only left his back and did not answer.
"Hey! You bastard! Don't forget to say something before you leave, I'll see you off..."
"Hello!!"
"Let go!"
All the servants knelt on the ground: "Miss, how dare we disobey the king's order?"
"Yes, miss, he is a bad person in Tiangangxing. The prince will not do anything to him. The most he can do is teach him a lesson. Don't worry."
The servant tried his best to persuade, but Shui Yunji said angrily: "Do you think I don't know? I'm afraid that my brother Wang will be too harsh and offend these bad people!"
"snort!"
After the words fell, Shui Yunji turned back to the house in annoyance and closed the door with a bang.
"Call me when they get back!"
"Yes, yes, miss."
....
Outside.
The two came to a martial arts arena.
Li Maozhen said lightly: "You really have some tricks. In just a few months, my sister Wang has let down her guard against you."
"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't use any tricks on your sister Wang. You brought me to this martial arts arena. Could it be that you want to learn from each other?"
"No, I want to teach you a lesson!"
"Teach me a lesson?"
"What? No?" Li Maozhen smiled lightly and said: "It's just a great throne. It's not that I have never fought against you before. The first time I was unprepared, that's why you succeeded."
"I won't hold back today! If you can walk out of here standing today, I, Li Maozhen..."
Li Yunxiao interrupted Li Maozhen: "I advise you to make fewer vows, so as not to regret it later."
Having said this, Li Yunxiao slowly walked towards the center of the martial arts arena, changed his previous appearance, and said in an indifferent tone:
"It's okay to come here. I wanted to beat you up when you said I was stupid. It just so happens that I plan to go back today. Before I go back..."
"I'll leave you a warning!"
