His hand was large, warm, and sturdy.
Though somewhat rough, it inexplicably gave people a reassuring feeling.
Yun Chunnuan blushed, being led by him all the way.
Petite and small, she was not even as tall as Yelyu Lie's shoulder.
She looked at him from behind.
He was really tall, so tall that from her angle, she almost couldn't see the top of his head.
Hmm?
Why are his ears so red?
Even on wheat-colored skin, it was clearly visible.
Curious, Yun Chunnuan quickened her pace, and when she walked alongside him, she secretly looked up at his face.
At that moment, the Barbarian General's face was almost dripping with blood.
Those shallow amber eyes were covered by long eyelashes, slightly drooping, and with a serious face, he said, "What are you looking at? Walk properly!"
Tsk, quite innocent.
Yun Chunnuan sneaked a smile.
It's just holding hands, she hadn't even said anything, yet he was so shy?
What's the word for this?
Mouth Cannon King.
He's mighty during arguments, but when it comes to the real deal, he shrinks back.
Didn't someone say, if you drink one drop less of medicine, you'd have to be severely... cough...
Yun Chunnuan didn't continue thinking.
Her porcelain-white face was already red to the roots of her ears.
But thinking carefully, it shouldn't be, hasn't he had many women, how can he be this innocent?
He's faking it! He must be faking it!
Yun Chunnuan pouted, trying to pull her small hand back from his large palm.
She began to feel disgusted again.
Whenever she thought of the countless women he had, she felt an uncontrollable aversion.
Why did God make her time-travel? And to the body of a Peace Princess.
People in ancient times had three wives and four concubines, especially someone like the Barbarian General with such high status, for her with severe obsession with cleanliness, there was no way she could be his virtuous good wife...
Yun Chunnuan thought sourly.
Even she didn't realize that this thought was different from her previous pure disgust and aversion.
There was a trace of... regret.
Home was destined to be unreachable.
Because she saved someone, she fell from the twenty-second floor, her body probably smashing to pieces.
The girl she saved should live well, right? Shouldn't risk her life again, right? She should...visit her parents, right?
If asked whether Yun Chunnuan regretted it?
She didn't regret it; even if given another chance, she would still save that girl.
It's just a pity she couldn't repay the nurturing of her parents, nor could she take care of her grandparents; how sad must they be to outlive her?
Yun Chunnuan thought of the scenes in her dreams, her heart aching sourly, and her eyes unknowingly reddened.
Yelyu Lie held her tender, soft little hand tightly, and when she wanted to pull back, he held tighter, as if afraid she would run away.
The household servants gave strange glances, yet he raised his head proudly.
As if wanting to show off to the whole world.
It was a while before Yelyu Lie noticed the Little Princess kept her head down.
He thought she was disdaining him, not wanting others to see them holding hands so intimately.
He was a bit unhappy.
He slightly leaned over and whispered into the Little Princess's ear, "Stop thinking about that Ban Na, or anyone like him since you're in Bianliao, you're my woman, Yelyu Lie's."
The things from before, he could disregard.
But in the future, not allowed!
Yun Chunnuan was thinking of home when she heard the Barbarian General's words, and she looked puzzled.
With her reddened eyes, she suspiciously asked, "Who is Ban Na?"
She knew the word "Gang" because she just mentioned Guo Degang.
But Ban Na, she had absolutely no idea who that was!
The little girl, wrapped tightly all over, let only a cheeky, porcelain-white little face show.
Raising her head slightly, Yelyu Lie saw those red, tear-stained eyes, setting off the vermilion mole in her eye corner even more vividly.
She was beautiful.
So beautiful it was breathtaking, so beautiful one couldn't breathe.
Whether smiling, or with tear-streaked cheeks.
Or like now, teetering on the edge of tears.
The pity was, she didn't belong to him.
Yelyu Lie's throat tightened, a sour feeling in his heart.
He domineeringly wiped away her tearful eyes and said grumpily, "Stop pretending, when in a coma you were thinking about that wild man!"
The rough pad of his thumb rubbed Yun Chunnuan's eye corners, making them a bit sore.
She slapped away his hand and said irritably, "You're the one pretending! Even if I think about someone, it would only be my parents! What wild man?!"
"You—" Yelyu Lie was furious, "You admitted it! Saying there wasn't?!
How could she so boldly mention that wild man's name right in front of him?!
Was it that he was too indulgent, or did she not care about his feelings at all?
Yun Chunnuan felt baffled by his grievance-laden accusations.
Ban Na, Dad and Mom...
She mulled over these two terms.
Then she burst into laughter, "Don't tell me you mistook Mom and Dad for Ban Na?"
"You're still laughing? You have the nerve to laugh!"
Yelyu Lie became more annoyed!
What does her attitude mean?
"Already a married woman, yet so unruly! In front of your husband..."
"Dummy, Dad and Mom mean parents."
Yun Chunnuan didn't like misunderstandings, nor did she need him to misunderstand.
Even if leaving, she didn't want to carry the stigma of 'eloping with an old flame'.
"Parents?" Yelyu Lie was taken aback, "Is that what you call them in the Central Plains? Why is it so strange?"
"Just so."
Yun Chunnuan didn't explain much.
The Barbarian General mentioned that even when she was unconscious, she was calling for her parents, reminding her of that dream...
She lay in a cold morgue, her mother fainting from crying, no matter how she called out, they couldn't see her.
Her emotion visibly fell again.
Realizing he had misunderstood completely, Yelyu Lie felt guilty.
He pinched the small hand in his palm and softly inquired, "Miss home?"
The small head under the big hat nodded.
Yelyu Lie felt a strange prick in his heart and softly comforted, "The journey to Great Xia isn't far, my Jifeng is as fast as Lightning, it won't take seven days to reach. If you want..."
"Can't go back."
She softly interrupted him.
"Yelyu Lie, thank you for your kindness."
Yelyu Lie: "..."
He was confused, if she missed home, she should go see it, he wasn't really a savage, how couldn't she go back?
But he didn't understand, it really couldn't go back.
The 'home' the little girl spoke of wasn't the home he thought.
Having hard-won this outing, Yun Chunnuan didn't want to spoil the mood too much, taking a deep breath, she forced a smile, "Jifeng is your steed? A wolf?"
Mentioning his beloved pet, Yelyu Lie was full of pride, "Yes, Wolf King! Winning against Great Xia this time was all thanks to..."
Before he continued, he paused timely, glancing at the Little Princess...