A farmer has a shrewish wife; he's busy making money every day.

Lying on the blanket in Ye Qingxue's camp, Yun Lai's eyes were still unfocused.

How did I end up coming back?

What just happened?

She clearly said she wouldn't join!

Oh, they were coerced.

"I was just asking casually, and I didn't really intend to listen to your opinion."

"It's impossible for us to let you leave. Can you guarantee that you can achieve your desired goal in an organized, planned, and well-informed manner by yourself?"

"What good will it do you to run away? Do you want to blindly stumble around like a headless fly and die, or do you want to throw yourself into the fire like a moth and die?"

"Anyway, there are more of us, so you can't leave."

"I'm domineering? Think what you want. Now come back with us."

Yunlai: ...

Ye Qingxue is such a beautiful woman, how come she speaks so...cold and heartless?

And she was smiling while saying these words, which gave me goosebumps.

Yunlai couldn't help but rub her arm.

The next second, a warm blanket was placed over her.

She turned to look at Ye Qingxue lying beside her, only to see her smack her lips, her head seemingly a little uncomfortable, and she rubbed against the blanket and shifted her position.

The person hadn't even opened their eyes, but they heard the sound of themselves rubbing their arms, so they thought of covering her with a blanket.

Yunlai was momentarily at a loss for how to react.

If the blanket is given to her, what about Ye Qingxue?

Yunlai carefully lifted a corner of the blanket, intending to cover the person next to her.

However, halfway through the action, he saw the woman next to him roll over and end up in the man's arms on the other side.

It was too crowded for a man and a woman to share a blanket, but they didn't seem to notice and just kept hugging each other tightly.

Yunlai: ...

Suddenly caught off guard, who could she complain to?

After muttering a few complaints to herself, Yun Lai opened her eyes and blinked slowly. Suddenly, she felt the warmth of someone else on the blanket flowing into her body, seemingly reaching her heart through her sternum.

I just thought Ye Qingxue was very cold, but she approached Ye Qingxue with ill intentions from the beginning, so she had no reason to ask anything of her.

So aside from being a little upset, she didn't really blame Ye Qingxue.

But the act of covering her with a blanket really had a big impact on her...

Yunlai raised her hand and touched the corners of her mouth, which had been turned up at some point, and let out a soft sigh of relief.

Joining them... might be a good decision.

Yunlai reached her hand under the blanket, clutched the corner of her back, turned to the side, curled up, and closed her eyes.

—

The group on their journey, including Lu Ningyuan and Yun Lai, remained largely unchanged.

Lu Ningyuan easily started chatting with Wen Yanyu and the others. Yun Lai was a little embarrassed at first, but Qian Ruoling's enthusiasm gradually made her relax.

However, traveling day and night was too exhausting, and after chatting for a few days, they stopped talking.

They don't utter a word while traveling, and they fall asleep as soon as they rest.

I've almost lost count of the days.

It's worth mentioning that no one complained; everyone was exceptionally obedient, and even those who didn't know the purpose of the trip unconditionally supported the people they depended on.

Ye Qingxue felt much more relaxed now that she didn't have to worry about everyone's feelings.

As they traveled further along, they saw wanted posters for them plastered in every town they passed through.

Unlike ordinary people, the demons are not limited by physical limitations, so they can transmit messages very quickly. You may find your way around with wanted posters for them.

To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, the group discussed it and decided to change their trip into the city from once every seven days to once every two weeks.

Today is the last time they will enter the city.

As we approached Mocheng, the air grew increasingly dry, and the roughness of the sand and dust could be felt even in the wind.

Ye Qingxue sat at a tea table on the first floor of the inn and gulped down several mouthfuls of water before she recovered.

Lu Chuci picked up a handkerchief and wiped her mouth: "So thirsty?"

Ye Qingxue looked at him with a bitter expression.

That's right. The further north we go, the fewer rivers there are, and the spiritual spring water is almost gone. There are still ten days' journey ahead, and the horses have already started drinking a bucket of water every day, so we have to be careful with our water intake.

Lu Chuci smiled gently and filled her teacup again: "Just bear with it for a few more days, it will be here soon. I wrote to my father a while ago and told him to pack everything so that we can rest as soon as we get there."

"Phew." Ye Qingxue exhaled, puffing out her cheeks. "Even being a secret agent isn't this tiring."

In her past life, at least she could lie on a two-meter-long cotton bed after returning from a mission. Lying on a hard board for a whole month is really unbearable.

Lu Chuci reached out to massage her lower back again, saying, "You've worked hard."

Ye Qingxue pouted and squeezed his arm: "You've worked hard too, let me give you a massage in a bit."

"Thank you, madam."

"..."

Every time Lu Chuci was happy, he would call her "wife" in such a gentle and tender tone. No matter how many times it happened, Ye Qingxue still couldn't get used to it, and her whole body would go numb.

I felt something was off with the hand that was massaging her waist.

Ye Qingxue pulled his hand away: "Alright, stop pressing."

Lu Chuci took her hand and kissed it, saying, "Okay, I'll massage you again when we get back to the room."

"..." That's not what she meant.

"Tch, these young couples nowadays, showing off their affection in broad daylight, aren't they ashamed?"

Suddenly, a burly man's rough voice came from the side.

Ye Qingxue felt inexplicably guilty. She turned to look at the big man and realized that he was complaining about the young couple embracing in the street outside the window.

"Tsk, it's none of our business if they're being affectionate," another burly man at his table chimed in.

The burly man spat out the tea dust in his mouth: "Hey, the main problem is that if it's like this in the street, what if the man is impotent? It'll be hard for the woman to find another one."

He would gulp down a mouthful of water after each sentence, his face was very red, and he looked very hot-tempered.

“That’s the case with my daughter. She chose the wrong man, and no one wants her after the divorce.”

Ye Qingxue didn't want to hear these things, and the two burly men were speaking loudly, so she was essentially forced to accept this information.

"Lu Chuci, let's go back..."

"Let's not even talk about ordinary people. Look at those wanted posters, isn't there a young general who also committed a crime?"

Ye Qingxue had just pulled Lu Chuci to leave when she suddenly heard people talking about this, and she stopped what she was doing.

The burly man at the table asked, "Does this young general also have women?"

The burly man took another sip of tea, his face full of "you're too ignorant": "General Lu of the capital, I was fortunate enough to witness his wedding back then. The ten-mile-long red bridal procession was no joke. I picked up more than ten taels of lucky money just from collecting it!"

He got excited and took a sip of tea before changing his tone: "Alas, what's the use of such a grand display? In the end, he still committed treason, leaving his wife to flee to the ends of the earth with such a man."

"Tell me, which woman in the world would be willing to live a life of hardship and displacement with a man like that? What did it matter that he was a young general who was once rich and powerful? In the end, he was still dumped by his wife."

Ye Qingxue pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh, and secretly glanced at Lu Chuci's expression.

Sure enough, the person's face had darkened, and they looked aggrieved and dissatisfied.

She couldn't help but laugh, and Lu Chuci, of course, caught her little expression and squeezed her hand as a threat.

The conversation continued on the other side, and the burly man at the table asked, "Then what General Lu did must be a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of his family, right? What will happen to General Lu? If the border loses him, won't we be finished?"

At this point, the red-faced man's expression changed again, and he spoke like a storyteller: "General Lu will be fine for now."

"Why?"

"Haven't you heard? The Chi tribe has attacked again."