The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

"Brother-in-law, are you tired? Look at me, I just sleep by myself. Let me take care of the fire, you can take a rest."

Just when Xu Yi's hand was about to touch Qiao Xi's neck, he saw her eyelids move slightly.

Seeing that she was about to wake up, Xu Yi quickly withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, his eyes drooped, his expression calm, pretending nothing had happened, and stood up: "I'm not sleepy, sister-in-law can sleep a little longer."

Qiao Xi was sleepy and rubbed her eyes with her hands, trying to wake herself up immediately, and did not notice Xu Yi's abnormality.

Suddenly she felt a shadow blocking the firelight, and she tilted her head to look.

Then Xu Yi took off his coat and put it on her.

"Even though we're by the fire, it's still a little cold. Sister-in-law, don't catch a cold again."

Xu Yi added this, without giving her a chance to refuse, and returned to the fire to continue adding firewood.

Qiao Xi touched the coat on her shoulder which still had some warmth, and looked at Xu Yi again. She didn't want to continue sleeping, so she moved towards the fire and picked up a branch to imitate him.

Because of their "blessings", the fire became even more intense than before.

Perhaps it was because of the fire or the fact that it was getting brighter, but the entire bottom of the slope was much brighter than when they came down.

But it is also extremely quiet, and occasionally you can hear the flapping of wings of birds perched in the trees.

Because it was too quiet and she couldn't sleep, Qiao Xi had time to think.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Xu Yi was hot and cold towards her.

Before, because of his mother-in-law, he must have wished she was dead.

But later she helped him again, making him unable to hate her or let her go, so their relationship became awkward.

Did she give him a hard time?

After thinking for a while, Qiao Xi still couldn't figure it out.

For a moment, the two people beside the fire, one stared at the fire with an expressionless face, and the other stared at the fire in a daze with a frown.

……

When you have something on your mind, time flies by quickly.

Before we knew it, the sky was turning pale.

Qiao Xi yawned, finally coming out of her daze.

Because the sun was out, Xu Yi stopped adding firewood to the fire. The flames gradually died down, leaving only some red-hot wood.

The firelight flickered under the cover of black ash, just as Qiao Xi's troubles were unpredictable to her.

Qiao Xi finally gave up, stretched her waist, and looked at Xu Yi across the fire.

Seeing him looking up, he remembered the wolf above.

"Can you still see those wolves?"

If the wolves left, could they find a way to get up?

Xu Yi shook his head: "We are still here, they shouldn't give up easily."

After saying that, he looked down again.

When watching documentaries before, Qiao Xi really liked the unity and cooperation of wolves, but when she became their hunting target, she no longer liked it.

"Should we wait until the wolf leaves?"

As far as she knew, wolves waited a long time for prey, and they could wait in shifts. They had no food, no cover of night, and she couldn't get water. Was she going to starve to death here?

"Maybe I have to wait, maybe not."

Xu Yi answered thoughtfully.

Hearing such an ambiguous answer, Qiao Xi raised her eyebrows, wondering if he had a trick up his sleeve.

"What do you mean?"

Xu Yi glanced at her and then told her about what happened when he met Xu Chong when he came to see her.

After hearing this, Qiao Xi immediately felt that it was more likely that they would wait here.

After all, they just said it casually. Who would think of going home to see if they have returned?

At night, because of the sleepiness, the time seemed to pass quickly, but during the day, Qiao Xi was always thinking about how to get out, and she felt that time was very difficult to bear.

"Cuckoo..."

"Cuckoo..."

Neither of them had eaten anything since last night, and their stomachs were still protesting.

Qiao Xi's stomach had just grown louder, and before she could even blush, she heard Xu Yi's stomach growling too.

She looked over and saw Xu Yi looking at her with a frown.

In the past, Xu Yi always had a serious expression on his face, and coupled with his handsome face, she once thought that he was otherworldly. She never expected that he would be in this moment.

Qiao Xi couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing.

Not surprisingly, Xu Yi frowned even more tightly when he heard her laughter.

Qiao Xi was afraid of angering him, so she forced herself to suppress her laughter and look away.

Just as she was looking around, Xu Yi came to her side with a few thicker short branches in his hand.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down."

Qiao Xi followed the direction of his finger, a little confused, but still obediently sat on the stone behind him.

"This is--"

"Although my sister-in-law said before that there were no broken bones, it's better to be prepared and fix it."

As he spoke, Xu Yi picked up a branch and measured it at her ankle. Since there was no rope, he took his clothes without hesitation, tore a small hole in the edge, and then tore off a few strips of cloth.

He moved so quickly that Qiao Xi had no time to stop him.

Xu Yi was busy for a while.

When Qiao Xi looked at his torn clothes, she regretted her previous greed.

"Yan Zheng wanted to ask sister-in-law, why did you go into the mountains when you were picking some wild vegetables?"

Qiao Xi was pouting and blaming herself, but when she heard him ask this question, she remembered that there was something she hadn't told Xu Yi.

In this situation, maybe he could still be happy if he knew.

"That's the answer."

Qiao Xi carefully took out something wrapped in cloth from her arms. The cloth was still stained with dirt.

"what is this?"

Seeing that she treated the thing in her hand very preciously, Xu Yi couldn't help but ask.

Hearing his question, Qiao Xi smiled and slowly opened the thing in her hand to show him.

"This is a treasure. You don't know how much effort I put into digging it out. But..." She looked very proud, but her voice suddenly weakened as she spoke, "But digging it out delayed my return home. It was dark and I couldn't tell the way, so I got lost. Then I accidentally fell down, and then you came here."

"Oh!"

I thought he would be happy, but he just took a look and replied with a simple word, and then there was no further response.

Qiao Xi didn't give up, thinking he didn't recognize what he was holding, and continued to explain patiently: "Ordinary ginseng is very valuable. The one in my hand is wild ginseng from the mountains, and it's this big. If I sell it to a pharmacy, it should be worth a lot of money."

Qiao Xi said this to tell Xu Yi that with this ginseng, they wouldn't have to worry about running out of money for some time to come.

But she didn't know that the incident at the academy had just caused Xu Yi to have a slightly different opinion of her, but now that change was ruined by her.

Xu Yi wondered if he had misunderstood her before, but now it seems that there was no misunderstanding. Now she is willing to give up her life for money.

Everything is his illusion.

Xu Yi curled the corners of his mouth and lowered his head to hide the sarcasm on his face.

Qiao Xi didn't have the ability to read minds, so how could she know the subtle changes in Xu Yi's mind?

Besides, the things in her hands were related to their future food and clothing, so Qiao Xi had to serve them carefully.

Even a single whisker of this thing can be sold for money.

Suddenly, Qiao Xi paused, frowned slightly, and looked up.

Not only her, but even Xu Yi stopped and looked up.