After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Yuan Xu was puzzled. "Is it necessary to be so urgent?"

Seeing Helan Xuenuo nod vigorously, it seemed that they had to go back. Yuan Xu said, "Okay, let's go."

After leaving the inn, Helan Xuenuo and Yuan Xu stared at a horse. Helan Xuenuo became worried, remembering that he had tied the horse deep in the jungle yesterday, and now Yuan Xu was the only horse left.

While she was hesitating, Yuan Xu had already climbed onto the horse and stretched out a hand in front of her, motioning her to get on.

Helan Xuenuo was about to take his hand and ride on the horse, but hesitated and took it back. She didn't know Yuan Xu's feelings for her before, so she wouldn't think too much about it. But now that they were riding so close to each other on the same horse, she felt very nervous and embarrassed.

Yuan Xu noticed her hesitation and smiled, "When did you become so shy? Are you afraid of me?"

Helan Xue said stubbornly, "What's there to be afraid of?" She took Yuan Xu's hand. Yuan Xu was very strong and pulled her onto the horse with a light pull. She sat behind Yuan Xu.

Yuan Xu shouted "Gee!" and the horse galloped away. Helan Xuenuo bumped into his back without noticing.

Yuan Xu said, "If you don't want to fall out, hold on tight."

The speed was so fast that Helan Xuenuo was really afraid of being thrown out. She held on tightly to the corner of Yuan Xu's clothes on his back. The faster she ran, the faster she hugged him.

She could feel Yuan Xu's body twitch.

When they reached the jungle, they dismounted. Yuan Xu said, "Why don't we stop looking for it? Maybe it's lost."

Helan Xuenuo shook his head and said, "It can't be lost. I tied a few knots yesterday because I was worried it would run away."

They walked deeper into the jungle, and sure enough, Helan Xuenuo's horse was tied to a thick tree trunk. There were indeed many knots in it, and she struggled for a long time to untie it.

Yuan Xu was watching the fun from the side. Seeing that Helan Xuenuo's hands were red from struggling, he smiled and shook his head, took out a short dagger from his body and cut the rope.

Helan Xuenuo looked at him resentfully. It seemed that Yuan Xu had just looked at him like a fool. "You...did you do that on purpose?"

Yuan Xu shrugged immediately and said, "This... this is none of my business. I thought you learned some rope-tying technique somewhere that could turn a tight knot into a slipknot."

Helan Xuenuo gave him a deep look.

Yuan Xu looked her up and down and said, "You plan to go back wearing this black outfit, aren't you afraid that others will know you are an assassin?"

Helan Xuenuo, "............"

She took a bundle from the horse, which contained spare clothes. She was not that stupid, as she changed her clothes after leaving the city.

But where is the best place to change clothes right now?

Looking around, it was quiet with only deep and tall trees. This place is backed by the Shiluo River and basically no one comes here. Not only people, but even birds are hard to see.

Yuan Xu immediately understood the meaning in her eyes.

Yuan Xu walked obediently to a farther place and stood with his back turned.

Helan Xuenuo tugged at her clothes, and when she was halfway through, she looked towards Yuan Xu worriedly and shouted, "Don't peek."

Yuan Xu's throat tightened, and he replied, "Don't worry, there's nothing to see."

Ah?

Helan Xuenuo was not convinced. She looked at her chest, which was full of mountains. She thought she had a good figure anyway.

She changed her clothes quickly, walked back, and patted Yuan Xu's right shoulder lightly.

Yuan Xu turned around and saw Helan Xuenuo staring at him with bright eyes. He suddenly felt his ears burning.

Helan Xuenuo's collar was not pulled up properly on one side, revealing a large area of snow-white skin underneath. He subconsciously avoided her eyes and pulled her clothes back up for her. When he looked back, his face felt hot.

Helan Xuenuo didn't care, "Thank you!" She walked towards her horse.

Yuan Xu just felt that his breathing was not smooth.

It was dusk when the two of them rode back to the capital.

Arriving at the city gate, Helan Xuenuo stopped his horse and looked towards the city. "Yuanxu, you go back first. It's inconvenient for me to go back with you. I sneaked out this time and didn't expect to be delayed for a whole day. I still have to sneak back."

"How did you sneak out in the first place? And how did you ride out on horseback so brazenly?"

Helan Xuenuo was deeply skeptical at this moment. Did Yuan Xu really think she was a fool? She curled her lips and said, "I climbed over the wall behind the South Courtyard, and I bought this horse after I climbed out."

Yuan Xu nodded and smiled, "Oh, so it's a bought horse. Seeing you cherish it so much, I almost thought you raised it since it was a child."

Seeing Helan Xuenuo roll his eyes at him again, he immediately shut up and turned serious, "You go back first. The wall of the South Courtyard is very high. It's easy to get out, but it's impossible to get in. Sell the horse later and follow me into the mansion."

Helan Xuenuo said, "That's fine."

Helan Xuenuo went into the city first, sold her horse to the stable, and bought a set of coarse cloth clothes at a nearby clothing shop. When she returned to Helan Mansion, Yuan Xu was waiting for her at the door of Helan Mansion.

He was wearing a light blue robe and standing at the gate of Helan Mansion with his hands behind his back. When he turned around and saw Helan Xuenuo, a smile appeared on his lips and he waved.

At this moment, she was distracted.

When I came to my senses, I felt a little awkward. I felt like something had changed about Yuan Xu, but at the same time, nothing had changed.

She secretly followed Yuan Xu into the Helan Mansion.

The messenger at the door recognized Yuan Xu. Yuan Xu was also Helan Xuunuo's master. He came every few days, so there was naturally no need to inform him.

Helan Xuenuo kept his head down very low, and felt like a thief when he returned home for the first time.

Her eyes were focused on the ground beneath her feet. She walked from the bluestone road to the muddy ground and then across the Nine-Curved Corridor Bridge. When she reached the gate of the South Courtyard, she raised her head with joy.

Yuan Xu was just about to turn around and say "we're here" to her, and their eyes met, and the atmosphere became a little subtle.

So close, Helan Xuenuo discovered that Yuan Xu's eyebrows and eyes were also well-shaped, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, which always gave people a very upright feeling.

Yuan Xu's cheeks flushed, and he stammered, "Here...here we are."

Helan Xuenuo felt a little embarrassed for a moment, stepped back and put some distance between them, and said with a smile, "Come in."

She walked into the South Courtyard first.

When she entered, there were two people sitting opposite her, one big and one small. They had droopy faces and were staring at the direction she was coming.

Xiao Zhu stood up first and ran over, with Xiao Yuanzhao following behind him happily.

Xiao Zhu complained, "Miss, you're finally back. I was planning to inform the old general if there was no news tonight. But you didn't know...you didn't go to dinner yesterday, and the old general and his men kept questioning me. Fortunately, I was smart and said you were studying in seclusion and didn't want to be disturbed, so I got away with it."

Helan Xuenuo patted her on the shoulder and praised her, "Well done."

Little Yuanzhao had already stood beside Yuanxu. He looked up and asked with bared teeth, "Brother, you're back so soon? And you came back with my sister."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the two of them with a small expression on his face, as if he had discovered some shameful affair.

As Xiao Yuanzhao continued to ask questions, Xiaozhu also realized something was wrong. She suppressed a smile and asked, "Miss, you were delayed for a day and ended up being with Master Yuan?"

Helan Xuenuo coughed and said, "We met on the way back to the city, so we came together. It just so happened that... Yuanxu was planning to take little Yuanzhao back with him."

She turned and looked at Yuan Xu.

Yuan Xu understood and reached out to pick up little Yuan Zhao. "Then we'll take our leave first."

Little Yuanzhao yelled at the top of his voice, "Brother, I haven't packed my things yet."

Yuan Xu put him down again and waited for Xiao Zhu to put away the few pieces of clothes that Yuanzhao had sloppily put away. Yuanzhao followed Yuan Xu with his bag in his arms.

Yuan Xu hesitated to speak, "Helan Honeysuckle..."

"Ok?"

Yuan Xu glanced at little Yuanzhao under him and said, "Thank you for taking care of little Yuanzhao these days."

Helan Xuenuo smiled lightly and said, "It's okay, we are all family."

She said this subconsciously, but consciously said the wrong thing.

Yuan Xu smiled knowingly after hearing this, "Then... I'm leaving."

Helan Xuenuo said, "Let's go."

Yuan Xu took little Yuan Zhao away, both of them walking slowly.

Xiao Yuanzhao looked back every few steps, like a bullied daughter-in-law, waving his hands reluctantly.

Helan Xuenuo and Xiaozhu stood outside the yard and watched them leave.

After he left, Helan Xuenuo felt empty for some reason. She thought it might be because the noisy little Yuanzhao was gone.