Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

When Xie Yunsong woke up, it was already getting dark. He hadn't slept so soundly for a long time.

Bai Zhiyuan was no longer in the tent. Xie Yunsong stood up, put on his coat, and walked out.

As soon as he walked to Bai Tingxuan's tent, he ran into Bai Zhiyuan coming out.

Bai Zhiyuan saw him, his eyes filled with smiles, and asked, "Are you awake?"

Xie Yunsong nodded and said, "Is your father back?"

Bai Zhiyuan replied: "Yes. All matters after the war have been handed over to Jiang Jinnan. My father is resting now, are you looking for him?"

Xie Yunsong shook his head: "Then let him have a good rest."

The two walked side by side, cicadas chirping and frogs croaking, the night was dark, and the moonlight hung high in the treetops.

They have been in the South Territory for some time, but this is the first time they have stopped to take in the scenery of the South Territory.

Bai Zhiyuan suddenly spoke up: "I stayed here when I was a child, but it's been so long that I can't remember much. I only remember that the summers in the southern border seemed very long, and the winters were not as cold as in the capital."

Xie Yunsong listened to her quietly, and waited until she finished speaking before saying, "Ayuan, I have to go back to the North."

Bai Zhiyuan was stunned at first, then he reacted and asked, "But something happened in the North?"

Xie Yunsong shook his head, brushed her messy hair, and said, "Everything is fine in the North. But when we left, we said we would stay for half a year. Now half a year has passed, and the South is stable. If I don't go back, I'm afraid the emperor's decree will arrive soon."

"Has it been half a year?" Bai Zhiyuan said, "I always feel like we just got here."

Xie Yunsong looked at her with his eyes dim and asked, "Ayuan, do you want to stay or go back to the North with me?"

Bai Zhiyuan said nothing.

Xie Yunsong sighed and said, "If Ayuan wants to stay, I understand. Your family is here. Ayuan wanted to come here with his family in the beginning, didn't he?"

"It doesn't matter. When I recover the northern border, we'll meet in Beijing."

There was a barely perceptible hint of disappointment in Xie Yunsong's tone.

Bai Zhiyuan suddenly laughed. Her beautiful eyes were dark and her smile caused ripples in the human body, making people sink into it.

Xie Yunsong didn't understand, so he asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Bai Zhiyuan's eyes and eyebrows were all smiling, and she was very charming. She asked, "Xie Yunsong, do you want me to accompany you back?"

Xie Yunsong looked uncomfortable for a moment, then he returned to his usual self and said, "Your family is here, you should stay."

Bai Zhiyuan put away his smile and asked, "What about you?"

"Me?" Xie Yunsong was startled, and then said, "I have been alone for so many years, I am used to it. The north is cold, and the south is mild. You stay here and wait to return to Beijing with your parents in the future."

Bai Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he said, "Xie Yunsong, you don't have to think about me everywhere. I have my own ideas about where to go."

Xie Yunsong was speechless for a moment.

Bai Zhiyuan continued, "You clearly wanted me to go back to the North with you, but you didn't say it. What you just said, were you trying to convince me or you to accept the fact that I stayed in Nanjing?"

Xie Yunsong looked at her steadily, still saying nothing.

Bai Zhiyuan sighed and said, "Xie Yunsong, I never said I wanted to stay."

"Yes, I wanted to come to the South Territory at first, but I went to the North Territory secretly because I was afraid of being discovered by my father. But..."

Bai Zhiyuan paused for a moment and then said, "But have you forgotten that I once said that I would accompany you to recover the northern border?"

Xie Yunsong's eyes were filled with joy, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyebrows and eyes were more tender and affectionate. After a while, a low laugh came out from the depths of his throat.

He reached out and pulled Bai Zhiyuan into his arms, saying, "Ayuan, do you mean you are willing to go with me? Then what about your family? They must want you to stay."

Bai Zhiyuan also stretched out his arms and hugged him back, saying: "I told my father earlier that after my brother's poison is cured and the southern border is stable, I will go back to the northern border with you. My father has known it for a long time. They naturally hope that I will stay, and I can't bear to leave them. But..."

Bai Zhiyuan raised his eyes, looked into Xie Yunsong's bottomless eyes and said, "But you need me more than them. I don't want to leave you alone. I want to accompany you, no matter where you go, and I want to accompany you to fulfill your wish. When we recover the northern border, we will return to Beijing together. By then, the southern border should be stable, and my parents will probably return to Beijing as well. The sky is high and the road is long, we will meet again."

"Besides, my parents and my brother are by my side, but you have no one but me."

Bai Zhiyuan buried his head in his chest again and said in a muffled voice: "So don't ask me if I am willing to go back with you. Of course I am willing."

After hearing this, Xie Yunsong looked down at her head and chuckled.

Bai Zhiyuan got up from his arms, looked at his happy smile, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips and smiled faintly.

Xie Yunsong's heart moved, his throat became dry, and he slowly leaned over, unable to resist the urge to kiss her.

"Cough cough cough-"

A cough interrupted the two of them. Bai Zhiyuan hurriedly pushed Xie Yunsong away. Xie Yunsong's body stiffened at first, with an unnatural expression on his face. Upon closer inspection, his ears were also stained red.

Bai Qiuze was also a little embarrassed because he had interrupted the two people's tenderness. He said awkwardly: "Mother asked you two to go eat."

Bai Zhiyuan then remembered that her mother had told her that she would cook some food tonight to celebrate the victory. She was only busy talking to Xie Yunsong and had forgotten about this matter.

Bai Zhiyuan then hurriedly pulled Xie Yunsong to his father's tent to have dinner.

When the three of them arrived at the tent, Princess Duanhui had already prepared a large table full of dishes, all of which were Bai Zhiyuan's favorite dishes.

Bai Tingxuan saw them coming in and said, "Hurry up and sit down to eat."

Bai Zhiyuan pulled Xie Yunsong to sit down and said, "These are all my favorites. My mother loves me the most."

Bai Qiuze said dissatisfiedly: "That's right. I usually want to eat the food my mother cooks, but my father always says that my mother works hard to cook and he doesn't want her to cook for me. But when my sister comes, there are so many delicious foods."

Princess Duanhui said, "You are by your mother's side every day, and you can eat whatever you want whenever you want, but your sister is never here..."

At the end, Princess Duanhui's voice was filled with a hint of guilt and sadness.

Bai Zhiyuan quickly changed the subject and said, "Why didn't Cheng Beixiao come to eat? I don't think I saw him today."

Bai Tingxuan replied: "There are many wounded after this battle, and Doctor Cheng went to help."

Bai Zhiyuan nodded, staring at the food on the table and said, "Can we eat now? I'm starving."

Bai Tingxuan laughed: "Okay, let's eat. You're still a greedy little cat like when you were little."

Princess Duanhui quickly put a lot of her daughter's favorite food into her bowl. Bai Zhiyuan was also hungry, so he quickly started to wolf it down, mumbling as he ate, "It's delicious. Mother's cooking is still the best."

Princess Duanhui said happily: "If you like it, eat more. Eat slowly..."

He turned around and picked up some food for Xie Yunsong and said, "I don't know what General Xie likes to eat. The camp has limited supplies, so these are just simple meals. General Xie, please don't mind."

Xie Yunsong was stunned and said, "No, it's delicious."

Princess Duanhui became even happier after hearing this. She picked up food for Xie Yunsong, then for Bai Zhiyuan. Seeing the two of them eating happily, the smile on her face never stopped.

Bai Qiuze curled his lips and said, "Mother is too partial. Why didn't she pick up any food for me and father?"

Princess Duanhui was amused by him and said, "You are so old, but you are still jealous of your sister."

Bai Zhiyuan also joked: "That's right, my brother is already so old, but he's still vying for favor."

Hearing this, the whole family burst into laughter and the atmosphere was very happy.

Xie Yunsong silently looked at the family in front of him, and a warm feeling rose in his heart, which was the warmth from home that he had never felt before. He had always been alone, and even when his parents were together when he was a child, they rarely ate at the same table, and he seemed to have never eaten the food cooked by his mother.

When he was thinking with his head down, Bai Zhiyuan added some rice into his bowl. He looked up and met her smiling face, feeling very warm in his heart.