After crossing over, the demon king rolled in my arms and acted like a spoiled child

The convoy traveled all day without incident. In the evening, the prefect found an open place sheltered from the wind and gathered the ceremonial cars together. Everyone sat around the ceremonial cars and rested on the spot.

Bai Jiyue took out a dry steamed bun from his bag and ate it with the water bag, but it was so dry that he couldn't swallow it.

Suddenly a white hand reached out, holding a vegetable cake.

Bai Jiyue turned his head and looked in the direction of the hand and saw that it was Ma Qiao.

"Well, this vegetable pancake was made for me by my mother before I left. Try it, it's not as dry and hard as steamed buns." Ma Qiao said hesitantly and handed the vegetable pancake to Bai Jiyue.

Bai Jiyue raised her eyebrows. It was not that she didn't know what Ma Qiao meant by being courteous, but the original owner had a crush on Ma Qiao, and she didn't like him! Especially after the broken engagement incident.

Just as he was about to refuse Ma Qiao's vegetable cake, the vegetable cake suddenly flew up and stuck to the stone next to him.

Bai Jiyue was startled and looked carefully. He found that the vegetable cake was not "stuck" on the stone, but was nailed into the stone by a thin branch!

The stone is hard and the branch is brittle. The person who shot the branch must have some skills to nail the vegetable cake into the stone!

Bai Jiyue subconsciously looked in the direction where the branch came from and saw Mingyuan leaning against a big rock not far away, playing with the branch in his hand.

Ma Qiao also realized that it was him and said angrily: "What are you doing!"

Ming Yuan didn't even look at him. His eyes dropped to the branch he was playing with. He said in a neither light nor heavy voice, "How dare you take out such a shabby thing to treat us?"

Ma Qiao blushed immediately: "What nonsense are you talking about! This is the best vegetable pancake made by my mother!"

He was not lying. In a barren place like the Dark Stone Wasteland, fresh edible vegetables were a rarity and were generally very expensive. Those who could afford them were all wealthy families.

However, Bai Jiyue was not very surprised, because her family now had the financial strength to buy vegetables. She just didn't want her mother to work hard to prepare dry food for them, so she just brought some steamed buns.

Ming Yuan responded to Ma Qiao's words with a cold sneer.

Ma Qiao was annoyed and shouted to Ming Yuan: "You said vegetable cakes are shabby, then why don't you bring out something that's not shabby!"

Ming Yuan reached into his arms, took out something, walked to Bai Jiyue, held her wrist, and put the thing in Bai Jiyue's palm.

Bai Jiyue spread out his palms and suddenly opened his eyes wide in surprise.

I saw a few blueberry-like fruits in my palm!

"Is this the purple jam fruit!" Bai Yiri exclaimed.

Ming Yuan did not answer, he just looked at Bai Jiyue and said, "It's for you, eat it."

Bai Jiyue stared blankly at the fruit in her hand. She recognized it. She had seen it several times at gatherings of nobles in the capital when her father was still a general.

This kind of fruit does not rot for a long time and eating it helps with cultivation, but she has never seen this kind of fruit in the Dark Stone Wasteland.

Bai Jiyue raised her eyelashes and looked at Mingyuan. How could this young man have such a fruit? This fruit is definitely not something that can be obtained casually! Not only that, he didn't eat it himself, but gave it to her!

I have no relationship with him, and we can't even be considered friends. How can I accept such a great favor from him?

She stretched her hand in front of Ming Yuan and shook her head, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Ming, but this fruit is too precious, you should keep it for yourself."

Mingyuan frowned.

This girl actually refused to accept his gift. He had obtained this fruit with great difficulty, and he was reluctant to eat it himself. He had been keeping it, intending to give it to her when he saw her!

He saved the delicious food for her, but she didn't even appreciate it. Humph!

He turned around and said to her with his back: "If you don't want to eat it, throw it away." Then he walked away.

Bai Jiyue stared at his back in a daze, not knowing what to do for a moment.

A big hand reached out and took the purple jam fruits. Bai Jiyue turned around and saw his elder brother Bai Jiri with a serious face: "I'll help you return it to him. No merit, no reward. We are not familiar with him, so we can't take his things."

"Yes, yes, we can't accept things that are unclear." Upon hearing this, Ma Qiao quickly agreed.

Bai Yiri turned to look at him and smiled coldly: "Yes, so you should put away your vegetable cake as well."

In Bai Jiri's eyes, his sister is a priceless treasure. How could the cowardly Ma Qiao, who broke off the engagement, be worthy of her?

After being scolded by Bai Jiri, Ma Qiao suddenly felt embarrassed and turned around to pull out the vegetable cake that was nailed to the stone.

Bai Ji Ri kept staring at him until Ma Qiao sat back in his seat, then he took the purple jam fruits and went to find Ming Yuan.

Bai Jiyue continued to gnaw on her dry steamed bun, watching her elder brother negotiate with Ming Yuan in the distance.

The two of them didn't say a few words before Ming Yuan reached out and took the purple jam fruits.

While waiting for Bai Jiri to come back, Bai Jiyue asked curiously, "Brother, what did you say to him?"

"I didn't say much. I just said, I'm your elder brother, we're not close to him, so we can't take the fruit. He was tactful and took it back."

Bai Jiyue nodded. This young man had an unknown background and seemed to be flirting with her. Maybe he was a scumbag, so it was better not to get involved with him.

The two continued to eat the dry buns, and Bai Jiri looked ashamed: "Tomorrow when we pass by the market, I will buy you something delicious."

Bai Jiyue waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, big brother, I don't care about food."

Bai Jiri looked into the distance and said in a faint voice: "These hardships are only temporary. Don't worry, my brother will work hard to bring the whole family back to the capital as soon as possible!"

Bai Jiyue was moved and held his hand and said, "Let's work hard together!"

The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled.

After laughing, Bai Jiyue continued to eat her dry steamed bun with water. After taking two bites, she suddenly stopped and looked into the distance.

"What's wrong?" Bai Jiri felt that something was wrong with his elder sister, and his voice suddenly became tense.

Bai Jiyue looked at the darkness in the distance and said, "I feel like someone is coming, and there are a lot of people."

Bai Jiyue believed in his elder sister's feeling very much, and immediately stood up and said, "I'm afraid it's bandits. Let's go and tell the governor first!"

The two men walked towards the car where the prefect was resting. When they got closer, they found that Mingyuan was talking to the prefect about something. Both of them had serious expressions.

Seeing Bai Jiyue and his sister coming over, the governor clapped his hands and called out loudly: "Everyone come here, hurry up!"

Not knowing what was going on, everyone gathered around. The governor then announced, "The bandits are coming soon. We are outnumbered. Let's surround the ceremonial carriage and prepare to fight the enemy!"

In addition to the five of them and his eldest sons Cen Yanhuai and Ming Yuan, the prefect also brought a small team of guards, about thirty people.

When everyone heard that the bandits were coming, they suddenly became nervous.

"There are at least a hundred bandits, so this time we need to work together to protect the ceremonial carriage!" The governor said in a serious voice, and began to deploy the troops, "Everyone, form a group of two, stand in two rows, the ones with good archery skills stand in the back row, and the front row provides cover. When the bandits get close, shoot a round of arrows first."