Just a few steps closer, the other party turned his head as if he was aware of it, and blocked his movements calmly.
"It'll be fine soon."
Gardenia blinked her eyes and nodded obediently.
It looks like my little brother doesn't need help. It's definitely not that she doesn't want to go there!
Without any help, the little girl slowly wandered back to that place. She just held her chin up and didn't look at it for a while before feeling bored. She raised her head to look around, and then ran to the tree to pick some fruits.
Huo Lichi had always been hands-on when he was in the army, and he was no longer skilled at handling game. In addition, he was afraid that the little girl would be bored, so he would finish handling the fish and come back in a few seconds.
It only took me a while to get rid of the smell on my body.
However, despite this, when he came back and prepared to light a fire, the little girl was no longer in front of him.
Huo Lichi frowned and silently raised the fire, then skewered the fish on the branches and arranged them one by one.
After doing all this and leaving a few traps around, he picked up the sword and went to find someone.
The traces on the ground were not covered at all, and martial arts practitioners have better hearing than ordinary people, but Huo Lichi found the place after a while.
At this time, Gardenia was sitting on a branch, with her arms full of wild fruits. She lowered her head and picked at each one, wiping the edible ones with her skirt while looking serious.
Hearing the noise, the little girl packed up the fruits in her arms and looked at him after making sure they wouldn't fall down, her eyes bright.
"Is everything okay over there?"
"Um."
After receiving the answer, the little girl clapped her hands and stood up, obviously preparing to come down.
Huo Lichi subconsciously took a few steps closer and raised his hand to pick someone up.
As a result, the other party jumped down from the tree with a swishing sound, causing a piece of skirt to fly.
Shaking her head and struggling to pull away her messy hair, Gardenia raised her eyes and looked at the young man in front of her in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"……fine."
Huo Lichi quietly retracted his hand and straightened the little girl's hair under her confused gaze.
The hair stuck to her face was pulled away. Gardenia bent her eyes at him happily, then picked a fruit and handed it to him.
"Try this. It's the sweetest wild fruit I've ever tasted. I can just bring it back to Linglan and Nanqing to try. There's nothing to eat on the way."
After all, we were going to the Summer Resort, and the road was already remote. Although the palace officials had prepared a lot of dry food, they would not be hungry, but after eating too many snacks from the capital, it would be a bit uncomfortable to eat pancakes at this time.
Of course, with how favored Gardena is, she also has some when the kitchen cooks meat for His Majesty, but what she lacks are snacks!
While muttering, Gardenia added.
"I also left a portion for you. Although it's not easy to steal food when leading a team on horseback, why don't you follow my carriage later? I can cover it for you."
When he finally heard his name, Huo Lichi, who had been quietly chewing on the fruit, instantly relaxed his eyebrows and responded in a good mood.
"good."
The two of them just nibbled on the fruit one by one, reluctantly letting go until the grilled fish was almost cooked, and then ate happily alone.
But while Zhi Nai was chewing on the second item, Huo Lichi quickly finished the rest.
He made good control of it, and only grilled five strips in total, which were half-full but not full.
After receiving the accusing look from the little girl, the young man calmly took out the handkerchief she had given him before and wet it, then wiped her hands carefully and explained.
"The convoy has dinner. If you don't eat it, Your Majesty will be discovered easily. I'll bake it for you next time."
Gardenia thought for a moment, and it seemed like the same thing, so she stopped struggling.
(End of chapter)
