Doomed to be Cannon Fodder

But the next morning, Yu Kuang wasn’t happy at all waking up hugging the woman again. Originally, he thought that he could let this woman and her husband be if they were living so happily together. But this morning, he discovered that not only were they lying together, their clothes were even a bit disheveled. Don’t tell him that nothing had happened this time.

As expected, the startled awake Bai Xiangxiu recognized him at first glance and said, “Nothing happened between us last night, either.” If there was anyone to blame, it was that Yu Shū for being too mischievous and insisting that they sleep together.

She rubbed her head. Last night she’d lasted until half the night before somehow falling asleep herself. Fortunately, no enemies had arrived, or else they would’ve been assassinated in their sleep. Yu Kuang noticed her body full of injuries and said, “Clean up a bit. We’ll set off for the capital as quickly as possible.”

“All right.” Bai Xiangxiu didn’t know what she needed to clean up. They didn’t have any food after all, only something to drink. She used the water to brush through her hair before feeling she should give it all to return to the capital. Wasn’t it just traveling quickly, in the end?

But as soon as she left the house, she gave a start. As far as she could see were snow-covered mountains. It really was very beautiful. Nowadays, it was impossible to see such white snow in the modern world, nor snowy landscapes like this one.

She reached out a hand to catch the falling snowflakes and saw that they were indeed as gorgeous as the ones drawn in books. Mother Nature was so magical and mysterious, creating things like this as pretty as a picture. “So beautiful.”

But she didn’t know that she was the beauty in tha instant, and a rarely-seen beauty at that. Even if she looked a little wretched, the snowfall only made her that much more dazzling.

“Mm.”

“What?” Bai Xiangxiu heard someone answering her and turned back to reply. But the other didn’t answer, instead choosing to look at the drifting snowflakes. Oh, so he thinks the snow is beautiful too.

“Can we go?”

“We can.”

“Pardon for the offense.”

She was about to ask how he was offending her when he took her into his arms. In her moment of shock, the other had already bounded out into the snow-covered landscape at a dizzyingly fast pace. Finally, Bai Xiangxiu realized what she should have prepared for. Those chilly winds cut painfully across her face and sent her ordered hair all into a mess.

This really was a rather crude way of rushing on their journey. But she had to admit that they were indeed traveling very fast. Moreover, she noticed that there really existed people who could walk on snow without leaving any footprints behind! Each patch of ground they glided over showed no hints of their passage. Sometimes there was some snow blown aside, but they were like the smoke trails of an airplane, at most.

It really was very pretty. If there was time, she’d like to have Long Heng run around like this with her in his arms for fun. But after further thought, she realized he’d never do something like this because he’d be too worried of scaring her instead! They were almost at the capital, and he was getting closer to marrying the female lead. Actually, she felt that this period of time had passed by rather well. At least she didn’t have the time to think about his matters. But she’d have to face it once she returned. When Bai Xiangxiu reached that point in her thoughts, she suddenly felt an urge to flee instead.