Xie Jin’s expression froze a little: “Are you sure?”

Zhao Shu nodded indifferently: “Yes.”

Zhao Shu didn’t hear Xie Jin speak again. She thought he didn’t want to dwell on this issue anymore. Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly felt warmth beside her ear.

Zhao Shu froze, not daring to move, staring at the weeds under her feet.

Warm breaths hit her right ear again and again. Zhao Shu tightened her right face and said in a stiff tone, “Cousin Jin, can you please not get so close to me?”

Xie Jin smiled at her red ears, then moved closer to her ears, staring at her right cheek and saying word by word: “No, I can’t!”

Hearing this, not only did Zhao Shu’s ear turn red, her entire face turned a faint pink, her pearly teeth involuntarily bit her lower lip, and her face showed a look of helplessness.

Xie Jin’s eyes moved down from her eyes slowly and slowly, and when they reached her neck, he looked away in embarrassment as if his eyes were burned.

Zhao Shu felt the warmth beside her fade away. She turned around in confusion and saw the person who had been teasing her just now leaning against a tree, his chest rising and falling slightly and rapidly.

Zhao Shu asked in confusion: “Cousin Jin, what’s wrong with you?”

After the rise and fall of his chest calmed down, Xie Jin said in a hoarse voice: “It’s okay.”

Zhao Shu looked at his face in disbelief, but after looking for a long time she couldn’t see anything, so she turned her eyes away in disappointment.

Xie Jin leaned against the tree, opened her eyes and looked into the distance: “Shu’er, I want you to be the mother of my child.”

Although the voice was small, Zhao Shu still heard it clearly. Her face was hot and she bit her lips without saying anything.

Xie Jin waited for a while, but there was no answer from her. Thinking that she didn’t hear him, he moved his mouth but finally gave up.

Zhao Shu took a deep breath and muttered, “Are you asking me to marry you?”

Xie Jin was startled, then turned to look at her and asked happily, “You agreed?”

Zhao Shu was a little embarrassed: “I didn’t agree!”

Xie Jin squatted in front of her and looked at her eagerly: “Then what do you want to agree to?”

Zhao Shu was embarrassed: “I need to think about this carefully.”

Although Xie Jin was anxious, he knew that he couldn’t force her at this moment, so he could only suppress his urgency and said slowly: “Okay, think about it slowly, there’s no rush.”

Xie Jin stood up and sat next to Zhao Shu. As soon as he sat down, he turned his head and looked at her and said, “Don’t think too slowly, otherwise there won’t be enough time to prepare the betrothal gifts.”

Zhao Shu blushed and pouted at him: “Who said I want to marry you!”

Xie Jin put his hands behind his head and looked at her calmly: “Whatever you say is what it is.” He looked like he was saying, “I won’t argue with you.”

Zhao Shu’s face turned even redder and she avoided his teasing gaze.

Suddenly, there were noises coming from the place where the Hu people were stationed. Xie Jin’s brows furrowed, he stood up and walked towards the edge of the cliff, and Zhao Shu followed closely.

Zhao Shu knew that group of people had been following her since she left the Hu territory.

Zhao Shu pulled Xie Jin back, and Xie Jin stared at the hand on his wrist.

Zhao Shu put her hand down and explained, “Those people are the ones who followed me.”

Xie Jin put his hands down and put them behind his back: “I know.”

Zhao Shu was a little embarrassed: “Oh.”

Xie Jin raised his foot to move forward, but Zhao Shu grabbed him and asked nervously, “What are you going to do?”

Xie Jin stroked her hand with amusement: “Don’t worry, they won’t find out.”

Although he said this, Zhao Shu still felt a little worried.

Xie Jin’s current face still looks like an ordinary person, and she still looks like a waiter in an inn. That group of people have seen what a waiter looks like, so it doesn’t matter if Xie Jin is seen by that group of people, but it would be fatal if she was seen!

Zhao Shu followed Xie Jin timidly. Looking at the group of people below, he frowned slightly. Zhao Shu leaned his head out to look down. The moment he retracted his head, he saw Xie Jin’s frowning face. He asked curiously, “Is there something wrong with those people below?”

Xie Jin glanced at her sideways, then walked around her and went back.

Zhao Shu hurriedly followed him: “Is there something fishy going on with that group of people?”

Xie Jin’s frown never let go: “Maybe I saw it wrong?”

Zhao Shu was curious about who he had just seen that made him look like this: “Is it the Second Prince?”

Xie Jin suddenly turned to look at her, and Zhao Shu looked back at him: “I was just guessing. He and I fell off the cliff at the same time. You were looking for me while you were looking for the second prince’s body. I didn’t hear you mention this after returning to Shangjing. I guess you didn’t find his body.”

“There are only two possibilities for the body to disappear out of thin air. One is that it was eaten by wild animals, and the other is that it was rescued by someone. However, based on the traces at the scene, the possibility that he was rescued by someone is far greater than the possibility that he was eaten by wild animals.”

Zhao Shu tilted her head and looked at him: “Based on the Second Prince’s violent and erratic temperament, the attack on Shangjing by the Hu people this time may have been caused by him.”

Xie Jin stared at her: “Who was the person who saved you that year?”

“Why on earth did he save you?!”

Zhao Shu’s eyes trembled slightly, avoiding his gaze: “An old man, out of kindness.”

She said so.

Xie Jin kept on asking, “What kind of old man? Why was there no one there when I went to look for him, only an empty house?”

Zhao Shu never looked at Xie Jin: “It’s been so long, I have forgotten what the old man looked like. As for why there was no one there when you left, I don’t know either.”

Xie Jin looked at her with a stern face: “Shu’er, you are not telling the truth!”

Zhao Shu looked at him with sparkling eyes: “How do you know I didn’t tell the truth? What I said just now was true, and I never said anything against my conscience!”

Xie Jin clenched his hands that were hanging at his side. He knew that he shouldn’t be aggressive at this moment, but looking at her smiling face, he couldn’t help but say, “Where did you get all this martial arts from? Don’t tell me you learned it in a dream!”

His tone is very harsh!

Zhao Shu laughed: “Maybe you will find it incredible, but it is really a dream as you guessed.”

Xie Jin interrupted her coldly, “Zhao Shu!”

The smile in Zhao Shu’s eyes faded, and she leaned to one side: “Cousin Jin, I don’t want to talk about this.”

Xie Jin was startled at first, then relaxed, looking at her dimly: “Yes, I am not qualified to ask.”

Zhao Shu turned on her toes and faced him: “That’s not what I meant. No matter what happened in the past, I am still me, and you are still you, right?”

Xie Jin smiled reluctantly: “I won’t force you. When you want to tell me, we can talk about it again.”

Zhao Shu thought about it, then nodded: “Okay.”

A promise that is not really a promise, just agree to it.

Xie Jin looked down the mountain: “If that man is really the second prince, those Hu people might know that I left the city.”

Zhao Shu frowned: “How could it be!”

“The Second Prince is always unpredictable. You entered the Hu people’s territory. I think he must have guessed that I would leave the city to rescue you.”

Zhao Shu felt a little nervous: “What should we do now?”

Xie Jin: “Hide!”

Zhao Shu looked at the Hu people at the foot of the mountain and suggested, “Why don’t we hide in their tents?”

Xie Jin turned his head to look at Zhao Shu’s face. Zhao Shu’s face became hot when she saw him. She put her hand on her cheek and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xie Jin: “I was wondering if you want to change your appearance?”

“After all, they have seen you like this.”

Zhao Shu was a little embarrassed for a moment: “I don’t have any disguise materials anymore.”

Xie Jin: “It’s okay.”

Zhao Shu’s eyes lit up: “You have that?!”

Xie Jin shook his head in her expectant gaze: “Me neither.”

Zhao Shu was deflated: “If you don’t have it, what do you mean by ‘it doesn’t matter’?”

A smile flashed across Xie Jin’s eyes: “What I mean is, since there is no way to sneak into their tent, then forget it. It’s the same to hide in the mountains.”

Zhao Shu felt a little regretful: “If I could sneak into the Hu people’s camp, maybe I could take their leader’s head.”

After Zhao Shu said this, she didn’t hear the voice of the person next to her for a long time. She turned her head and saw that person looking at her with a half-smile on his face.

“Shu’er is becoming more direct now.”

Zhao Shu calmly looked away: “Let’s go!”

“Where?”

Zhao Shu suddenly turned around and glared at him: “Go find a place to hide!”

Xie Jin’s expression immediately became aggrieved: “We haven’t even gotten married yet and you treat me like this. After we get married, won’t I be worthless?” Zhao Shu’s face was slightly hot, and she said in a low voice: “What nonsense are you talking about!”

Xie Jin came over cheerfully: “After we get married, you have to be nice to me and don’t bully me.”

Zhao Shu wanted to scold him, but she didn’t know what was wrong with her, so she blurted out, “I’m going to bully you. If you don’t agree, go back to your parents’ home!”

She regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, frowned in annoyance, and thought of something to say to make amends.

Xie Jin stared at her blankly. Zhao Shu was a little embarrassed: “Well, that, I, I just said nonsense.”

The smile in Xie Jin’s eyes blossomed like a flower. He moved closer to her face, touching her cheek vaguely. His charming voice rang in her ears: “When the time comes, I won’t go back to my parents’ home. Just find a washboard and put it next to the bed for me to kneel on.”

Xie Jin rubbed his cheek against hers gently: “I won’t do such a stupid thing as going back to my parents’ home. I can’t bear to leave you.”

Zhao Shu suddenly pushed him away, turned around and tried to calm her pounding heart.

Xie Jin couldn’t hide the smile on his face any more. He put his hand on his lips and coughed. Then he came to her side and said, “Let’s go.”

Zhao Shu hadn’t recovered from the hot flashes just now. She looked up at him blankly: “Where are you going?”

Xie Jin: “Didn’t you say to find a place to hide?”

Zhao Shu: “.”

Xie Jin walked straight past her, and after walking for a while, he saw that she hadn’t caught up yet, so he turned around calmly and asked, “Are you not leaving yet?”

Zhao Shu gritted her teeth and followed him, looking at his back and thinking to herself that not only would she make him kneel on the washboard, she would also not allow him to get on her bed!

Xie Jin was secretly happy and had no idea of ​​Zhao Shu’s plan.

Xie Jin turned his head unexpectedly and met Zhao Shu’s strange gaze. Looking at her weird look, he shuddered unconsciously.

After thinking for a while, he walked towards her and asked beside her, “What are you thinking about?”

Zhao Shu looked up at him and smiled innocently: “I’m not thinking about anything.”

This time it was Xie Jin who paused. Zhao Shu turned to look at him: “Cousin Jin, aren’t you leaving yet?”

The feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger. Xie Jin responded absentmindedly, followed her footsteps and lowered his head to ponder her little thoughts.

Xie Jin really couldn’t figure out what bad idea Zhao Shu was up to. Following the fine tradition of knowing when to act, he caught up with her in one quick step, approached her and said shamelessly, “Shu’er, I was wrong.”

He admitted his mistake quite straightforwardly!

Zhao Shu squinted at him and said, “Brother Jin, you are joking. How could you be wrong?”

Xie Jin looked at her stubborn face and asked tentatively, “How about I kneel on the washboard with my upper body naked and a thorn on my back?”

Zhao Shu stopped walking, and Xie Jin took two steps forward without noticing, but quickly turned back to her and looked at her ingratiatingly.

Zhao Shu sighed deeply and pointed to a tree nearby and said, “Cousin Jin, do you know what that is?”

Although Xie Jin didn’t know what she meant, he still followed her words and replied: “Tree!”

Zhao Shu nodded and shook her head: “It is a tree and it is not a tree.”

Xie Jin was aroused by her appearance: “What is that?”

Zhao Shu looked at him steadily: “It’s the bark, that’s the bark of the tree!” After that, she ignored him and walked forward.

Zhao Shu hoped that after this incident, he would understand the role of face.

Who is Xie Jin? He was the one who deceived those barbarians on the battlefield. How could a small setback at this moment defeat his thick skin as strong as steel? After calming down, he casually straightened his robe and took another step to follow.

Feeling that someone was catching up with her again, Zhao Shu turned her head to look at him in a friendly manner and asked, “Cousin Jin, do you understand?”

Xie Jin nodded seriously: “I understand.”

Zhao Shu asked gently, “Oh, what do you understand?”

Xie Jin said something very similar: “The bark is very important. It keeps the tree warm in the cold winter! It plays a vital role in the life and death of the tree!”

Zhao Shu coughed because of the choking. Xie Jin asked calmly, “What happened to Shu’er?”

Zhao Shu coughed for a long time before she recovered. She looked at him with admiration: “Brother Jin has a good opinion!”

Xie Jin accepted her compliment as she deserved it: “Is it good? It’s just average.”

It was really rare to see such a thing. Zhao Shu’s understanding of Xie Jin was refreshed again. She said sincerely: “Cousin Jin, you will definitely live a long time.”

Xie Jin raised an eyebrow: “Oh, what do you mean?”

Zhao Shu: “Didn’t you just say that trees with thick bark live longer? I believe it’s the same for humans!”

Xie Jin: “.”

Xie Jin looked at the person in front and followed him: “Shu’er, do you have any misunderstanding about me?”

Zhao Shu smiled and curved her lips: “No way.”

Xie Jin moved sideways to block her way and put his face in front of her: “Look, look carefully!”

Zhao Shu was startled by his action and quickly shrank her head back. After seeing the jade-like handsome face in front of her, her face turned red and she said in a gloomy voice, “Cousin Jin, what are you doing?”

Xie Jin looked at her reaction and deliberately moved his face closer: “Is it beautiful?”

Zhao Shu didn’t dare to look him in the eye, her eyes wandering around: “What’s so good about it?”

Xie Jin: “Me!”

Zhao Shu: “Okay, I don’t know!” After saying that, she wanted to push him away, but after pushing for a long time, the person in front of her still didn’t move, and instead he grabbed her wrist!

Zhao Shu had to avoid the flattering face in front of her, while also struggling against the burning temperature on her wrist, and she was sweating from the busyness.

The faint smell of sweat mixed with a hint of the fragrance of soapberries lingered between the two of them. Zhao Shu’s nose was covered with sweat. Xie Jin looked at her nose and his hand touched her white and delicate nose as if possessed by a demon.

Zhao Shu was stunned and stared at him with wide eyes.

Xie Jin didn’t know what happened to him today. He lost his composure in front of Zhao Shu again and again. He knew that his behavior might scare her, but being restrained and polite is the behavior of a saint, and he is not a saint!
He caressed her face tenderly, his nose touching hers, his voice gentle yet alluring: “I really want to marry you.”

Zhao Shu’s eyelashes kept trembling, and her cheeks were as red as peach blossoms. Xie Jin touched her nose affectionately, and after a while, he sighed and let her go.

Just as the two of them separated by a distance, Xie Jin stepped back regretfully, and was caught off guard by a touch of warmth on his cheek. He was startled, and while the girl was feeling shy because of her previous behavior, he grabbed the back of her head with his hands and leaned his face towards her.

The sudden contact of their lips made both of them tremble. Zhao Shu stared at him in disbelief with eyes as big as copper bells.

Xie Jin’s eyes were full of spring, and he said in a hoarse voice: “Close your eyes.”

Zhao Shu blinked again and again, and finally closed her eyes tremblingly under the other party’s seductive gaze.

The fragrance of bamboo and soapberry blend together, stirring the affection between the two people.
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After a while, Xie Jin let go of Zhao Shu with unstable breathing.

Zhao Shu leaned against his chest, panting, not daring to look up.

Xie Jin looked down at the person in his arms who looked like a frightened little deer, smiled softly, and stroked her hair with his hands: “Very good.”

Zhao Shu’s face suddenly became hot, and she pressed her head further into his arms.

Xie Jin looked at her actions, a smile appeared on his lips, and then he laughed dully, his chest shaking.

Zhao Shu felt so embarrassed that she suddenly raised her head and looked at him fiercely: “Xie, Master, please respect yourself.”

Xie Jin looked at the angry person in front of him, knowing that if he continued to go too far, she would really be angry, so he restrained his wanton joy and just looked at her with a smile on his lips: “Okay, I respect myself.”

After saying that, he couldn’t help teasing her again: “Shu’er, I can’t respect myself if you are like this.”

Zhao Shu was a little confused. What happened to her?
Xie Jin raised his hands: “Like this.”

Zhao Shu looked at his hands and didn’t react at first. Then her face felt hot and she quickly stepped out of his arms.

Looking at the empty chest, Xie Jin regretted reminding her.

Zhao Shu’s heart was beating like a drum, but her face remained calm: “Sorry, I’m so abrupt.”

Xie Jin wished she would offend him more, but he looked upright: “We will do many more offending things like this in the future, this is nothing.”

Zhao Shu admitted that she couldn’t compare to him in terms of shamelessness!
Xie Jin walked over and held her hand. Zhao Shu struggled slightly, but his grip was so tight that she couldn’t get free. After trying a few times without success, she let him do it.

(End of this chapter)