The prince disliked her, and the legitimate daughter was reborn and married to the regent

"Hiss... It's still chilly in places where the sun doesn't shine. It's a bit scary..."

Yun Nian rubbed his arms, then felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have snatched Wei Qingjue's underwear to cover it up. He couldn't wear it anyway.

But the most important thing now is to find food. She probably can't catch rabbits or birds, but picking some wild vegetables and fruits shouldn't be a difficult task.

When she went for an outing outside Luochuan City, she had curiously picked some mushrooms from the trees and secretly put them into the soup her brother cooked.

Of course, I seemed to see something strange while eating... There is no need to mention this kind of thing.

She hummed a song to give herself courage. The light from the sparse leaves cast a shadow on the view, so her vision was not obstructed.

The trees here seem to be very tall, at least much denser than the forest near Jingshui Temple.

There seemed to be some mist in the air that had not yet completely dissipated. When I walked through the thorn bushes, my clothes were stained with dew.

"Eh? What is this?"

Red mushroom, pick one

No, Dai Yu seemed to have said that brightly colored mushrooms are poisonous and cannot be eaten.

Yun Nian looked at the cute little mushroom with some regret, then pulled out the ugly one next to it.

The wet needles covered the ground, and if you looked carefully, you could see that it was full of coats. Yun Nian suddenly remembered that the time was almost up, so she shouted outside, and the birds in the forest were scared and flew away.

A distant and vague echo came from the other side of the stream. It seemed that Wei Qingjue heard it. I hope he didn't hurt his wound when he answered.

With a relaxed mood, Yun Nian walked a little further in, looking at the red fruits on the tree with shining eyes.

"Hey!"

She placed the mushroom on the ground, then jumped up with all her strength and grabbed a red fruit that was lying low. The perfectly round surface had traces of pits and dents after it turned around.

"It looks like it was eaten by a bird, which means it should not be poisonous."

If birds can eat it, people should be able to eat it too. This is what Dai Yu told her. As expected, people should make more good friends. Although she is not good at it, there are people who are good at living in the wild.

If the tree wasn't so thick, Yun Nian would even want to hug it and shake off all the fruits on it.

"That should be enough..."

She said to herself that if she didn't go back, she would have wasted too much time. Not only was Wei Qingjue worried about her, she was also worried about him.

Wei Qingjue, who had been waiting for more than half an hour, could no longer hold back his anxiety. The voice of the responding person was getting farther and farther away. If he had not been unable to move, he would have already followed.

After moving a distance with great effort, he heard the rustling of leaves in front of him.

Yun Nian tied her coat tightly in front of her, but the hem was still tied together. She was carrying a heavy load and walked out of the dimness into the sunlight. When she saw him, she smiled cheerfully.

"I am back!"

Her tone was full of joy. Even if she only found some mushrooms or wild fruits, she was as happy as a child who had found a treasure.

"Well, you're back."

Wei Qingjue stopped moving, and a gentle smile appeared on his face involuntarily in response to Yun Nian.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why his subordinates always looked at their colleagues with envy when they had wives. Just like now, even if he was injured or unable to protect himself, someone was thinking about him seriously.

Different from the concern of his subordinates, they valued the identity of the regent more, or the strength he showed.

Only Yun Nian, only Yun Nian would not care about his identity and background, and would always treat him with the same gentle attitude.

"I'm lucky. I found a lot of things."

She held up the things in her arms as if offering a treasure, and brought them to Wei Qingjue, explaining to him where she had picked them and how much effort it took to finally bring them back.

'How about it?'

Although he didn't say anything, his bright eyes were full of the meaning of "please praise me quickly", as if it would be a great sin if he didn't praise me.

So Wei Qingjue also obeyed his own wishes, raised his hand gently, and patted her head encouragingly.

"Great, you've done a great job. It takes a lot of talent to find so many things!"

The broad palm was slightly hot. Before Yun Nian could react, he grabbed the hand that had just been pulled away. When the cold fingertips touched his hand, the touch was even more obvious.

"You don't touch the head of every girl who comes close to you like this, do you? It's always like this..."

It was the same yesterday, and even longer ago, as if Wei Qingjue always treated himself like a child.

She pushed the curled fingers away with her fingers, revealing a thickly calloused palm with faint white marks on it, which looked deeper and older than the ones on her hands.

Why didn't I notice this before? This doesn't look like the hand of a noble person.

While bandaging him, Yun Nian saw more scars of varying depths. It was so numerous that he couldn't even count them. Several of them were even fatal. He really didn't know how he managed to survive.

When being held by that slender hand, Wei Qingjue felt as if his heart was also tightly grasped by her. His long eyelashes covered his dark green eyes.

"No one else, ever."

He looked at Yun Nian with some trepidation, afraid that she would not believe what he said. This was a feeling he had never experienced before.

However, the girl in front of him seemed to be unaware that her short words had caused such a stir in people's hearts. She just gently pushed the hands away again, and then pointed at the thing in front of her.

"Okay, now I'm going to go cook these things together."

"Ah...wait a minute."

Wei Qingjue came back to his senses from his chaotic thoughts and hurriedly stopped him. The ordinary-looking mushroom rolled out of Yun Nian's arms.

"This thing,"

He said with a bit of a smile,

"If we eat it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to see the sun tomorrow."

"Huh? I thought it wasn't poisonous."

The girl hurriedly threw the mushroom far away, then scratched her head embarrassedly.

"It's a good thing you found it, otherwise you'd be doomed. Then look at the others."

After Wei Qingjue checked them, Yun Nian placed them all on a flat stone slab and then lit a fire.

The aroma of roasting wafted out, and the two sat quietly watching. The flames and mushrooms made similar sounds.

"Can I ask a question?"

The silent regent suddenly spoke,

"Why did you jump down then?"

His eyes fell on the girl beside him.