The carriage drove from morning to night and finally arrived in Wuxian County before dark. The bumpy road and the lack of sleep all night made Xia Tan'er completely exhausted. She slept sweetly in Dong Lingjiu's arms.
"Uncle Nine Emperors, we have arrived at the inn."
"Um."
Outside, Feng Muchi led a group of people to stop outside an inn. Dong Lingjiu couldn't bear to wake up Xia Tan'er. He wrapped his cloak around her, then picked her up and got out of the carriage with her hunched body.
Feng Muchi saw the scene in front of him as soon as he turned over and dismounted. He raised the corners of his lips and stepped forward leisurely to help Dong Lingjiu.
"You do love Tan'er, but you didn't wake her up."
"It's rare to sleep so soundly. I really can't bear to wake her up and let her rest a little longer."
"That's fine."
Dong Lingjiu's embrace was so stable that when she got off the carriage and arrived at the inn's wing, Xia Tan'er showed no sign of waking up. She would have slept more soundly on the bed wrapped in a cloak.
Dong Lingjiu sat on the edge of the bed and glanced at Xia Tan'er before walking to Feng Muchi's room.
"Boom, boom."
"Who?"
"It's me, the king."
"Uncle Nine Emperors?"
Feng Muchi was confused as to why Dong Lingjiu came to him, but he still walked to the door and opened it.
"I said Uncle Nine Emperors, don't you need to warm Tan'er's bed? What are you doing here, young master?"
Wu Na, the brother who was secretly protecting Xia Taner's safety, vividly described the scene when the two people quarreled, word for word.
Especially the scene where Dong Lingjiu took off his coat and got under the covers to warm Xia Tan'er's bed without waiting for Xia Tan'er to come back. At that time, the brothers actually performed it, not to mention how funny it was.
So much so that Feng Muchi still remembers this scene and couldn't help teasing Dong Lingjiu.
"Go in and talk."
"It's such a bother, come in."
Feng Muchi leaned on the chair and crossed his legs on the table very arrogantly. Not to mention how dandy he looked.
"So what do you want from me?"
"Regarding Tan'er's matter, I would like to ask you what Tan'er's plans are."
"Don't you already know what she's planning? Besides, if you don't ask Tan'er what I'm doing, how can I know what Tan'er is thinking if I'm not the roundworm in Tan'er's belly?"
Although this is a fact, Dong Lingjiu really doesn't want to admit that he trusts Feng Muchi more than Xia Tan'er.
He sighed softly, his eyes lowered with a very sad look.
"Tan'er never told me this. Even if I asked her, she would only deal with me. You must be much more important to her than me."
When Feng Muchi heard this, he immediately became proud.
"That's right, my young master and Tan'er are brother and sister. I am Tan'er's natal family. Tan'er naturally believes in me and trusts me more."
"But I am worried that Tan'er will make his own decisions. This time we are facing horse bandits, not the Lu family army. It was a drill before, but this time it is real weapons. I am worried that something will happen to Tan'er."
"It's not because you are guarding her. Uncle Nine Emperors, do you not believe in yourself or Tan'er's intelligence?"
"I and Tan'er always have different ideas. Our two different ways of thinking will naturally lead to deviations in our actions."
Upon hearing this, Feng Muchi glanced at Dong Lingjiu warily. The note Xia Taner wrote to him before going out this morning also mentioned that he should pretend to be deaf and dumb and not tell Dong Lingjiu anything. Now it seems that Xia Tan'er is really a bit uncertain.
