After being reborn, I hugged the villainous boss tightly.

Another sleepless night. Fu Jingyuan already liked to torment people, and now that he had taken the medicine, he was practically a beast.

After it was all over, Ye Zhuxi had already fainted.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

The scientific expeditions of the Great Qi Dynasty are held every three years, and this year is the right time.

On the day of the scientific expedition, Ye Zhuxi escorted Fu Jingyuan to the outside of the expedition site. Seeing a large crowd of people, she was worried that Fu Jingyuan was putting too much pressure on himself, so she kept giving him instructions.

"Big brother, it doesn't matter whether you do well or not, don't put too much pressure on yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Jingyuan couldn't help but chuckle: "Others come to offer encouragement, why are you telling me not to put too much pressure on myself?"

Ye Zhuxi glanced around at the people, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she whispered, "It doesn't matter whether you do well on the exam or not, I can support you!"

"Raise me!!"

She nodded smugly.

"I have some savings of my own, enough to support you!"

Looking at her smug and adorable little face, Fu Jingyuan's eyes were full of tenderness. It wasn't that he didn't believe she could do it, but he wanted to be her support and let her be carefree forever.

He gently raised his hand and touched her rosy cheek: "I understand!"

She watched Fu Jingyuan enter the examination hall, her eyes filled with worry.

“Miss, Fu Jingyuan won’t be out for a long time. Should we go home and wait for him?” He Ye said.

Ye Zhuxi refused without even thinking: "No, I'm going to wait for him here!"

Seeing her craning her neck and anxiously looking at the examination hall door, He Ye pouted, but in the end, not knowing what to say, she obediently shut up and waited with her.

……

They waited from morning until the sun was about to set. The golden rays of the setting sun shone on the examination hall building, making the lion on the roof look lifelike, as if it had come to life. The whole scene was quiet and magnificent.

"Dang~dang~dang~"

At that moment, a series of bells rang out in the examination room.

Ye Zhuxi hurriedly got up and tried to rush forward, but she was too anxious and lost her footing, falling down.

"Miss!" He Ye was startled and quickly helped her up.

"fine!"

She stood up with a wince of pain, but the stinging sensation in her palm didn't bother her. Her eyes were fixed on the examination hall door, waiting for Fu Jingyuan to come out.

Because of her fall, she was now surrounded by people, and because she was small, she was quickly buried in the crowd.

As more and more people came out, but Fu Jingyuan was nowhere to be seen, he stamped his foot in frustration.

She thought Fu Jingyuan couldn't find her because there were too many people around, but she underestimated his attention to her.

Fu Jingyuan walked out of the examination room, glanced at the crowd, and saw the petite Ye Zhuxi in the crowd. When he saw her being pushed by the people next to her, his face darkened.

Ye Zhuxi noticed that Fu Jingyuan had noticed her. She happily waved to him, not caring at all about being squeezed and giving him a sweet smile.

"..."

As soon as she came out, Fu Jingyuan smelled blood on her. He frowned deeply, his face darkening. "Are you injured?"

"..."

Ye Zhuxi's smiling face immediately fell when he asked that question; she instinctively hid her hands behind her back, not daring to let him see them.

Her reaction was so obvious, it was clear she was injured again.

Fu Jingyuan forcefully pulled her hand away, and saw several cuts on her fair palm, from which blood seeped...

Seeing Fu Jingyuan pursing his thin lips and furrowing his brows, Ye Zhuxi was a little scared and tried to pull her hand back, but he held it tightly and she couldn't move it at all.

Fu Jingyuan's eyes showed heartache. He suddenly did something that shocked Ye Zhuxi. He bent down and gently licked the wound on her hand, his movements tender and earnest.

"..."

Ye Zhuxi's chest pounded as she stared blankly at him gently licking her hand.

The wet, itchy feeling on my hands spread throughout my body.

It took her a while to find her voice again.

"...Brother, my hands are dirty!"

Fu Jingyuan calmly licked her a few more times before letting go and gently blowing on her.

"Saliva can disinfect and prevent wound infection!"

He only began to explain after the event was over.

Ye Zhuxi frowned, somewhat puzzled as to how Fu Jingyuan knew. She recalled that when they were at the bottom of the valley, he seemed to know about all kinds of herbs and could even use the herbs he found to make poison. As far as she knew, this was something that ordinary people couldn't do.

"Brother, you studied medicine?"

"I've read some medical books before." He said this with his eyes slightly lowered, his deep phoenix eyes revealing no emotion.

Back then, Fu Jingyuan struggled not only with medical books, but even learning to read was incredibly difficult. The fact that he speaks of it so casually now suggests that he must have endured a great deal of hardship behind the scenes.

Ye Zhuxi felt both heartache and self-blame, because he had put so much pressure on himself, which was why he had faced such difficulties.

"I don't blame you!"

Seeing her lower her head sadly, he knew what she was thinking.

Fu Jingyuan reached out and lifted her delicate chin, looking at her earnestly, and said seriously, "I don't blame you, not at all."

"You're lying! When I first got back here, you even tried to strangle me!" Ye Zhuxi couldn't hold back her tears.

Just got back?

Fu Jingyuan didn't know what she meant by "just came back," but he gently wiped away her tears with tender eyes, then leaned down and kissed her rosy lips.

"I was angry at the time, but I never truly hated you!"

Ye Zhuxi wiped away her tears pitifully, looking at him with red eyes, and asked uncertainly, "Really?"

"real!"

Fu Jingyuan was telling the truth. Ever since he was rescued by Ye Zhuxi when he was a child, no matter how much she bullied him afterward, he had never truly hated her. Sometimes he would even secretly observe her little actions.

……

It will take a month to get the results after the scientific expedition ends.

For a whole month, Ye Zhuxi lived in fear and anxiety, even more so than Fu Jingyuan himself.

When the results of the scientific examination came out, Ye Zhuxi immediately went to find Fu Jingyuan to go and see them together.

But when she arrived at the backyard, she saw a man dressed in red standing with his back to her under a big tree in the yard.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" she asked in a cold voice.

Hearing the sound, the man turned around and looked at Ye Zhuxi.

At first glance, Ye Zhuxi was stunned by the man's appearance.

He had fair skin, and his features were delicate yet possessed a touch of gentleness, which in turn carried a hint of heroism. The aura he exuded was complex, like a mixture of various qualities, but within that gentleness and heroism lay his own unique ethereal and otherworldly quality.

When the man saw her, a radiant smile immediately appeared on his face, as dazzling and brilliant as the intense spring sunshine in March.

"Ye Zhuxi!" he called out her name happily.

Ye Zhuxi frowned as she looked at the stranger in front of her: "You know me?"

"I am Miao Xingren!" He squinted, his smile gentle.