ADWMCES Chapter62

Chu Fengqing: “……”

He pressed his lips together. Ji Yujin’s gaze was terrifying, he stared so intently that it felt as if a single wrong word would make him pounce and devour him whole.

Xiao Mei also lifted her eyes this time, her face slightly flushed and her gaze flickering. She accidentally met Chu Fengqing’s eyes and quickly lowered her head.

Aunt Liu also looked at him attentively. Everyone’s eyes were focused on him. Chu Fengqing put his hand on his lower lip and sighed softly, “Thank you, Lady Mei, for your kindness, but I’m already married. Sorry.”

Watching the backs of Aunt Liu and Lady Mei, Ji Yujin’s lips stretched into an almost ear-to-ear grin. He was smiling without any shame. He touched his face and said, “Although Lady Mei is very beautiful, but I am not bad either. Don’t you think I am prettier? Look at my fox-like eyes and my teardrop mole. They are all very beautiful.”

“So, if you want me to be fair, I won’t lose, if I were a girl, I would be stunningly beautiful.”

Chu Fengqing looked at him speechlessly, then turned and walked into the house. Ji Yujin called out from behind him, “Wife, my good wife, you don’t like when I call you wife? Then how about I call you husband?”

“Husband, my good husband.”

“Uh…” Chu Fengqing was frightened by his call of “good husband” and staggered and almost fell. He frowned, turned his head, and glared at Ji Yujin, but Ji Yujin’s smile became even wider.

Chu Fengqing shook his head helplessly, then turned around with a hint of a smile on his face.

Ji Yujin spent two days dealing with the affairs of the town and also wrote a memorial to report the situation here to the emperor. It is said that the emperor was furious and immediately dismissed County Magistrate Ju and put him in jail for dereliction of duty. Ji Yujin also used some tricks to play a role in this.

As for attacking the bandit stronghold, that was no longer their business and was taken over by others.

Those who were wounded in the town were mostly cured. Chu Fengqing left a few prescriptions, and the few of them set out on their journey to the south of the Yangtze River.

On the day of departure, many villagers came to see them off, and the carriage was packed full. Qing Niao wanted to help block the crowd but was stopped by Chu Fengqing.

He looked at the people outside the carriage and said softly, “These are all tokens of the villagers’ kindness. They’re local specialties, and there’s nothing wrong with them.”

Qing Niao glanced at Ji Yujin, who raised his eyebrows and nodded. “Take it. If we don’t take it, they will feel like they owe us a favor. If we take it, we’ll be even, and no one owes anyone anything.”

Chu Fengqing glanced at Ji Yujin, who was leaning against the door frame.

Ji Yujin smiled at him and said, “Do you feel that we are in tune with each other?”

“Husband.” This voice was so gentle and crisp.

Chu Fengqing turned his head silently, a thin layer of blush appeared on his face again. No matter how many times he heard it, he always had this reaction. From that day on, Ji Yujin didn’t know if he had taken some wrong medicine or something, he became particularly keen on this title.

Qing Niao: “……” Well, he is deaf and can’t hear anything.

Only Qing Niao followed the two people, while the rest of the subordinates went back to report first.

At sunset, the carriage was wrapped in a layer of warm orange light. From inside the carriage came constant cries of “husband” from all sides, until at last a cold voice snapped, “Ji Yujin, shut up.”

“You don’t like it? Then… how about you call me instead?”

“Uh…” The wheels of the carriage left behind a series of ruts, extending infinitely along the road, and it was unclear where the end was.

At night, unable to find lodging, the group settled on a spot with flat ground.

After Qing Niao settled the carriage, he went out to look for food.

Ji Yujin took out the kettle, lit the charcoal fire to heat the water, and poured a cup for Chu Fengqing, saying distressedly, “Drink a sip of hot water, your lips are white.”

Chu Fengqing took the hot water and sipped it. Although he was just sitting in the carriage, he felt extremely tired and didn’t even want to talk.

After sitting together for a while, Ji Yujin gathered some firewood. He didn’t dare wander too far, worried about leaving Chu Fengqing alone, yet he also couldn’t bring himself to make him take those extra steps with him. He had to compromise and picked up some thin firewood nearby, but thin firewood was not durable, and he was afraid it wouldn’t last a whole night. He would have to find some coarse firewood after Qing Niao came back.

After Chu Fengqing drank a cup of hot water, his lips finally looked better. He asked, “Is it really alright for you not to go back to the capital?”

Ji Yujin used a wooden stick to stir the fire and said with a smile, “It’s alright. I submitted a memorial saying that I was seriously injured while chasing the fugitives. His Majesty asked me to take good care of my injuries. Other things will be taken over by others.”

Chu Fengqing nodded as if he understood, while Li Yu, who was far away in the capital, looked at the piles of memorials on the table, and his legs became weak. From morning to night, the number of memorials did not decrease at all. Li Yu went crazy and threw the memorials to the ground fiercely, “Ji Yujin, you bastard, if I don’t kill you when you come back. My surname is not Li!!”

When Qing Niao came back, he was holding a small pheasant, which had been processed in his hand.

It was winter, and the animals were all in hiding, making prey scarce. He had to cross several hills just to catch this one.

There weren’t enough utensils here, so they could only roast it. There was dry food in the carriage as well, but it wasn’t very tasty. Ji Yujin wanted Chu Fengqing to have something better to eat.

After the chicken was roasted, Ji Yujin didn’t dare let Chu Fengqing eat too much because it was roasted over charcoal fire. Chu Fengqing was in poor health, and he was afraid that eating too much would get him irritated. So Ji Yujin only tore off a small half and gave the rest to Qing Niao.

Qing Niao has to drive the carriage and pay attention to the movements around at all times, which consumes a lot of energy.

He handed the chicken leg to Chu Fengqing, who shook his head and said, “I don’t want to eat it, you guys eat it.”

Ji Yujin held it up to Chu Fengqing like he was offering a treasure, “Eat some, it’s been hard to roast it.”

“Hmm?”

Chu Fengqing looked at Ji Yujin’s expression and finally compromised. He reached out to take it, but Ji Yujin dodged it and said, “My hands are already dirty, don’t dirty your hands, just eat it like this.”

Chu Fengqing thought about it and agreed, he took a bite from his hand.

Ji Yujin stared at him, “How does it taste?”

Chu Fengqing’s eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded. The skin was crispy to the right degree, and the meat was sprinkled with some spices and fine salt. It was tender and juicy, and the taste was surprisingly good.

“You actually have this skill.”

Ji Yujin smiled, “When I was stationed at the border, food and ingredients were scarce, and meat was something we barely saw once in six months. Even half-grown children would eat tiger meat. Whenever I couldn’t endure the hunger in the middle of the night, I would go out hunting to fill my stomach. Over time, I mastered this skill.”

Chu Fengqing pushed his hand away and said, “You eat too.”

Ji Yujin didn’t mind and tore off a small piece of the chicken leg.

The two of them divided the chicken leg like this. Chu Fengqing ate a few bites and stopped. Ji Yujin didn’t force him and finished the rest in two bites.

If Chu Fengqing ate too little, he was afraid that he would be hungry. If Chu Fengqing ate too much, he was afraid that he could not bear it. Ji Yujin felt that he had never been so conflicted even when he went into battle to kill the enemy.

At night, Chu Fengqing originally wanted to sleep in the carriage. At least the carriage could shelter him from the wind and rain, so he could sleep more comfortably. But as the carriage was not big enough, it would be crowded for several people to sleep in it, so Ji Yujin and Qing Niao slept by the fire.

But Chu Fengqing couldn’t fall asleep. His hands and feet were icy cold, leaving him restless. After a while, he got up and sat in the carriage for a while, as though trying to steel himself mentally.

After a while, he carefully jumped off the carriage and walked to Ji Yujin.

Because they were outside, Ji Yujin slept very soundly. He woke up almost as soon as Chu Fengqing got off the carriage. He raised his body slightly and looked at Chu Fengqing and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

Chu Fengqing pursed his lips. The moonlight seemed to tear off his cold mask. He hesitated for a while before asking softly, “Can I sleep with you?”