After escaping with her bestie, she became the white moonlight of the crazy prince

The disaster-stricken area is not close to the capital, and even if you travel day and night, it will take several days to get there.

In addition to silver and money, they also brought food and some workers from the capital.

Because of these, many officers and soldiers followed in the entire team.

They were all sent by His Majesty himself, and in addition to escorting, they also had supervisory duties.

Xie Ming knew all this, but did nothing.

The journey seemed very smooth, without any setbacks, and it seemed to be too smooth.

Even Shen Chu noticed the depressing atmosphere in the team these past two days.

While eating dry food today, Shen Chu couldn't help but ask Xie Ming about this matter, but Xie Ming gave a perfunctory answer, "Chu'er, don't think too much about it. They are just worried that they can't solve the flood problem well."

Because we were on the road, we couldn't buy freshly cooked food even if we had money, unless we asked someone to go ten miles away and bring it to us.

Shen Chu is not someone who cannot endure any hardship. She can accept eating dry food well.

Because she had already thought of this situation before leaving Beijing.

After all, this is ancient times and people's abilities are limited. She didn't come to the disaster-stricken area with Xie Ming to enjoy herself. If she was too extravagant on the way here, the gains here might not meet Xie Ming's original expectations.

"Your Highness, how many days will it take us to reach Yancheng?"

Yancheng is the destination of their trip.

Yancheng has been hit by continuous rain in recent months. Many people's houses have collapsed and most of the crops in the fields have been drowned.

Before Xie Ming came, he brought dozens of the best craftsmen in the capital. They did not need to be responsible for rebuilding the houses, but only needed to supervise the workers in rebuilding the houses.

After all, they are old masters with decades of construction experience. They only need to take a look to know how to rebuild the collapsed house.

Xie Ming stared at Shen Chu, watching her slowly chew the pancake in her hand, a trace of heartache between his brows, "Chu'er, do you regret leaving Beijing with me?"

Regardless of whether Shen Chu regretted it or not, Xie Ming suddenly felt a little regretful.

If he had left Shen Chu in the Shangshu Mansion, why would she be sitting on the roadside with him now, chewing on hard bread?

Xie Ming clenched his hands tightly, and suddenly he had the idea of sending Shen Chu back to the capital.

As long as he sends enough people to watch over her and checks the food delivered to the mansion every day repeatedly, Chu'er should be fine.

But whenever he thought that if this happened, he would not be able to see Shen Chu for a long time, Xie Ming could not make up his mind.

He didn't want Chu'er to be too far away from him.

This was a little hard for him to accept.

"Why do you regret it?"

Shen Chu tilted his head and looked at Xie Ming beside him, with obvious confusion in his eyes.

Nothing happened, why would she regret it?

Shen Chu looked at Xie Ming's face and suddenly noticed that Xie Ming's eyes were staring at the pancake in her hand.

She couldn't quite understand the emotion in his eyes, but if she was not mistaken, there was disgust.

Do you hate her or... hate this piece of cake?

Why does Xie Ming hate a cookie for no reason?

What did Shaobing do wrong?

Shen Chu organized his words and spoke again after a while, "Your Highness, you won't feel that you are wronging me by asking me to eat sesame cakes, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Ming's eyelashes trembled slightly, but he said nothing.

But judging from the straight lines of his lips, Shen Chu felt that he might have guessed right.

This made her laugh.

"Your Highness, this pancake actually tastes pretty good. Would you like to try it?"

A smile appeared on Shen Chu's face, and he subconsciously handed the pancake in his hand to Xie Ming.

This action was too natural. It took Shen Chu a while to realize what he was doing. He hurriedly wanted to withdraw his hand, but as soon as he moved, his hand was grabbed by Xie Ming.

The man did not use any force in his hands, but just held her wrist loosely, leaned towards him, and took a bite of the mooncake in Shen Chu's hand.

Her long and narrow eyelashes lightly brushed across the back of Shen Chu's hand, causing her hand to tremble slightly.

Xie Ming took a bite of the pancake and chewed it carefully for a while, then frowned deeply.

"What a disgusting thing. Lost it."

His face looked unhappy. As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand, pretending to snatch the pancake from Shen Chu's hand and throw it away.

But it was not successful.

Shen Chu immediately stretched his hand to the other side and looked at Xie Ming with a smile, "Your Highness, you can't get it."

The corners of her eyes were raised, and her smile was an unconscious, genuine smile from the heart.

Seeing this, Xie Ming's fingertips paused slightly, and the thought of throwing away the pancake disappeared instantly. He just wanted to continue to maintain this beautiful moment.

So he stretched out his hand again, trying to grab the pancake that Shen Chu was holding high.

But fantasy is always beautiful, and reality often gives people a heavy blow.

Xie Ming had just stretched out his hand when Shen Chu's whole body leaned back. He originally thought that Shen Chu did this just to avoid him, but when Shen Chu's eyes widened, he finally realized that something was wrong.

It’s not that Chu’er wants to hide from him, it’s that Chu’er is going to fall!

Xie Ming almost subconsciously put his hand behind Shen Chu's head and held Shen Chu's head tightly to prevent Shen Chu's head from hitting the ground.

Her voice was filled with anxiety, "Chu'er, why are you so careless?"

There was a hint of annoyance in his voice, but Shen Chu only saw the close distance between the two of them.

The two people's heartbeats overlapped and intertwined. Shen Chu opened his mouth and looked fixedly at the teardrop mole at the corner of Xie Ming's eye.

Close, too close.

It's a bit too close.

Shen Chu thought so in his heart.

"Your Highness, I'm fine..."

As she spoke, she rolled to the other side, putting some distance between herself and Xie Ming, and raised her hand to cover her heart, which was beating abnormally.

What are you jumping for!

Useless stuff!

Shen Chu sat on the ground, took a few deep breaths, and suddenly turned to look at Xie Ming, "Thank you, Your Highness. If you hadn't held my head, I would definitely be crying right now."

She actually just said it casually. After she finished speaking, she thought of something and hurried to look at Xie Ming's hand.

There were several indentations and a little blood on the back of the slender and bony hand.

This was caused by the blow to her head just now.

"Ah, does it hurt?"

With his hand held by Shen Chu, Xie Ming's expression did not change.

But when he heard Shen Chu ask this question, his brows couldn't help but raise slightly.

what?

What's the pain of just a few small cuts like these?

Although he thought so in his heart, when Xie Ming saw Shen Chu frowning, the words he was about to say turned into

"Yes, a little."

Yun Shu, who was passing by to report to Xie Ming, widened his eyes after hearing this conversation.

What did he hear?

What did your highness say just now?

Yes, a little bit?