But she had no time to care about the injury. She turned around quickly, looked at Xiao Yi's pale face, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Xiao Yi avoided the woman's concern and did not answer. He just lowered his eyes silently and stared at his injured leg.

Shen Bingning noticed his slightly abnormal left leg and immediately understood.

"Your leg...isn't fully healed yet?"

She asked cautiously, her voice gentle, afraid to touch his sensitive nerves.

"Thanks to you."

The cold words were like a chill in the ears, making people shudder.

Shen Bingning knew she had done something wrong, so she quickly helped him off the horse. Looking at the man's wound, she felt guilty and said softly, "Sit down and rest first."

Xiao Yi sat expressionlessly against the tree trunk, examining Shen Bingning's strange outfit with sharp eyes, and asked coldly: "What's the matter with the queen's outfit?"

"Uh……"

Shen Bingning smiled awkwardly and said, "You know, I'm not interested in those social occasions. Instead, I'm quite curious about this kind of hunting activity."

Xiao Yi's eyes were deep, as if he could see through people's hearts, and he whispered, "Why, you don't want to play that false and innocent role anymore?"

Shen Bingning was speechless and could only laugh dryly, trying to change the subject: "You won't participate in the hunt, so why are you here today?"

As soon as she said this, she felt Xiao Yi's gaze pause. She looked up to meet his eyes, only to see that those eyes that were once as bright as stars were now shrouded in haze and difficult to read.

"I just wonder if this leg will ever be the same again."

Although his words were light, each one was like a hammer, striking heavily on Shen Bingning's heart.

The last bit of her conscience seemed to be mercilessly whipped.

Looking back, when she was carrying out the mission, Tongzi only told her to be ruthless to Xiao Yi, but did not give any specific instructions.

She was just being clever and thought that she had to destroy him in order to become completely evil.

So he teamed up with Xiao Qian without authorization and crippled his left leg. At the prime of his youth, he became a useless man who had difficulty even walking.

All the pain he endured was her work.

The current situation seems like an ironic lesson that life has given me.

Things have come to this, and saying sorry is just meaningless empty words.

Shen Bingning pursed her lips and suddenly reached out to pull up his trouser legs.

"What are you doing?"

This behavior was so unexpected that Xiao Yi had no time to resist, revealing a section of his white calf, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across his handsome face.

"do not move!"

Shen Bingning shouted softly, and explained: "I learned some massage techniques from my master before, which can relieve pain."

As she spoke, she began to knead it seriously, her technique was gentle and delicate.

Xiao Yi lowered his eyelids and felt the even and powerful massage on his legs. Although it was slightly painful, it did relieve him a lot after the massage.

But the unintentional red on her palm lingers in her memory like a ghost.

I don't know how long I massaged until my hands became so sore that I couldn't bear it anymore. Shen Bingning stopped massaging and hid her hands in her sleeves. She smiled and asked, "How do you feel?"

Xiao Yi's eyes lightly swept over the woman's hand: "Not bad."

Shen Bingning breathed a sigh of relief, then she remembered why she came here, and asked softly, "Aren't you not good at hunting? Why did you suddenly join in?"

Xiao Yi closed his eyes slightly tiredly: "It's just a whim."

Shen Bingning raised her lips and said, "If you don't hunt anything and return empty-handed, wouldn't you feel ashamed?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi met her eyes and said calmly, "Why, did the Queen come here to laugh at me?"

"How can it be!"

Shen Bingning waved her hands quickly and said flatteringly: "I am here specifically to help you hunt."

"you?"

Xiao Yi seemed to be questioning whether she was sincere.

After examining it, he asked more firmly: "What is your purpose? Just tell me."

Shen Bingning smiled even more happily and moved closer: "I do have a small request."

"Go ahead."

Xiao Yi had an expression that he had expected.

"My request is..."

Shen Bingning deliberately prolonged her tone until Xiao Yi showed a hint of impatience on his face, then she lowered her voice and said softly, "I hope you can spend more time with me."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Yi's thin lips slightly opened, as if he wanted to say something, but then slowly closed.

Her eyes, as deep as a cold night, flickered, and were finally covered by long eyelashes, making it impossible to discern her emotions.

"this one?"

He asked with an uncertain tone.

"Of course!"

Shen Bingning nodded vigorously, appearing extremely sincere: "Now that we are one, we should... improve our relationship, right?"

Even so, Xiao Yi couldn't find any reason to refute, and half-believing and half-doubting, he could only quietly agree: "Okay, I promise you."

"Thank you!"

Shen Bingning immediately smiled brightly, and diligently arranged Xiao Yi, then jumped onto the horse's back, looking like a heroic female general.

"Please rest here for a while. I'll be back soon."

After she finished speaking, she whipped her horse and galloped away.

Xiao Yi remained silent, his pair of dark eyes quietly watching her receding figure.

The way she left was firm and resolute, just like the time she turned around three years ago.

She left cleanly and neatly, like a breeze that slipped away inadvertently.

Coming back to his senses, he lowered his head, gently rolled up his trouser legs, and discovered that his white trousers were stained with a glaring red stain at some point.

That color does not belong to him.

The light in the black eyes seemed to dim a little.

If an outsider saw this scene, he would definitely think that Shen Bingning cared about him so much that she would not hesitate to get hurt.

His lips were pressed into a line, sharp as a knife.

But he knew clearly in his heart that these gentle things were like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water. While tempting people to indulge in them, they could also take people's lives silently.

In order to save face for Xiao Yi, Shen Bingning tried her best to draw the bow and hunt. It was not known whether it was good luck or strength.

The result was fruitful - three hares and a shiny deer.

She struggled to pull the deer onto the horse's back. After a busy period of work, her inner clothes were completely wet, and the old wounds on her palms were torn open due to the work, with blood and sweat intertwined together.

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Shen Bingning galloped back to Xiao Yi.

When I got closer, I found that the man who was always serious was now leaning lazily against the tree trunk, with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

Shen Bingning got off the horse quietly and looked at him who was sleeping soundly.

In the dream, the man’s indifference finally melted away, and the setting sun shone through the treetops.

The scene was so beautiful that it looked like a work of art carefully crafted by God, which made Shen Bingning mesmerized.

One has to admit that Xiao Yi's appearance is impeccable, and every inch of her fits her aesthetic perfectly.

Alas, I was so focused on system tasks before that I ignored such visual enjoyment.

Shen Bingning sighed in her heart and involuntarily moved closer. Just as she was about to take a closer look, the pair of tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

She saw the lingering sleepiness in those eyes.

"sister?"

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