Yi Yange's hand suddenly felt empty.
If it weren't for the fact that it showed no intention of harming anyone, Yi Yange would have sent it to its demise with a single palm strike.
The monkey snatched the candied hawthorn from Yi Yange's hand and climbed the tree.
However, the monkey didn't eat the candied hawthorn itself. Instead, it handed it to the mother monkey in the tree, who had a small baby monkey clinging to her neck.
They looked like a family of three.
Xie Jiang couldn't help but laugh, "It actually has a family."
The mother monkey took a bite of the candied hawthorn and then fed a bite to the baby monkey. The mother and child ate with relish.
The monkey father watched from the side.
One could inexplicably see a look of satisfaction on its face.
Finally, with one bite left, neither the mother nor the child ate it, giving it to the monkey father.
Wen Feng: "..."
He inexplicably felt a bit full.
Everyone's ancestors were relatives; why throw knives at his heart?
Xie Jiang seized the opportunity to express her sincerity to Yi Yange, "Whatever you want, I'll go and snatch it for you?"
Yi Yange: "..."
Snatch?
Did she really think she was a mountain bandit?
Looking at the harmonious family of three in the tree, for some reason, he felt a sense of longing.
King Xie: "Have you decided?"
Yi Yange didn't want to look at her; the monkeys were cuter than her.
King Xie: "Is your vision too high? You don't fancy ordinary things. Do you want the throne?"
Wen Feng vaguely heard her words and couldn't help but tremble.
As soon as she spoke, she was talking about snatching the throne!
Yi Yange withdrew his gaze and looked at the person in front of him with a deep gaze, "I thank you..."
King Xie said domineeringly, "As long as Gen Gen wants it, as long as Gen Gen is happy..."
Wen Feng rubbed the goosebumps on his arms, begging Miss Xie to change her nickname. She didn't plan to be a master of people, but she still wanted to be people.
Distracted by the family of three monkeys, all the accumulated gloom had dispersed.
Yi Yange beckoned to her, "Come here."
Xie Jiang walked over obediently. With nowhere to sit, she squatted in front of him.
Yi Yange couldn't help but glance at the tree. As soon as she squatted down, she became a small lump, inexplicably resembling the three monkeys in the tree.
Xie Jiang followed his gaze, looked at the monkeys in the tree, and then looked back at him.
"What?"
Was the mother monkey picking lice for the baby monkey, and Yi Yange wanted to pick lice for her too?
"I don't have lice."
"What are you thinking?"
Yi Yange gave her a helpless look, his calloused palm stroking her cheek, gently rubbing the area by her ear.
Every scar on her body was so glaring.
Especially the one on her face.
The room was dimly lit, and it was only then that Yi Yange saw clearly that besides the scrape by her ear, there were many small red bumps on her face and neck.
The bumps disappeared when his finger pressed on them, and reappeared when his hand was removed.
Yi Yange frowned, "What's going on?"
"You mean the little red dots on my face? They were from insect bites. I picked some herbs and applied them, and they've already gotten much better."
The mosquitoes and insects in the deep mountains were quite ferocious. Both she and Xu Hengyan were bitten until they were covered in wounds, and even through their clothes, they were red and swollen.
However, these bites were nothing. After applying herbs, they healed in a couple of days. Now there were just a few small red dots, not itchy, not painful, and not causing any trouble.
"Did Doctor Lou prescribe medication?"
"For this, I still need to apply medicine? It will disappear on its own after a while." Yi Yange was being too alarmist; she wasn't made of tofu.
She had plenty of other injuries, and Lou Yi'an didn't have time to pay attention to such minor injuries, which weren't even considered injuries.
"Does it itch?"
"It itches a bit when you touch it."
"..."
Xie Jiang's legs went numb from squatting. She stood up and pounced into Yi Yange's arms.
Yi Yange skillfully embraced her.
Xie Jiang loved the clean, cedar-like scent on him the most. She buried her face in his neck and nuzzled for a long time, reluctant to leave.
"Gen Gen, I miss you so much!"
I miss you too... Believe you, my foot!
Living a carefree life away from the hustle and bustle with Xu Hengyan, like immortals, she probably hadn't thought of him for a single moment!
But now that she could stand before him safe and sound, he had nothing he couldn't forgive.
Yi Yange's throat tickled from her nuzzling.
Wen Feng had already turned his back and walked far away.
As the two were locked in a passionate embrace, a chirping sound suddenly came from the tree, so excited that it was impossible to ignore.
Only then did the two remember that there were three onlookers in the tree!
Yi Yange and Xie Jiang looked up and saw the monkey father gesticulating, chirping, and nudging the mother monkey's face with a pouting mouth. The most outrageous thing was that the baby monkey, at such a young age, was imitating them!
Yi Yange's expression remained calm, but the roots of his ears quietly turned red.
Xie Jiang, with her thicker skin, didn't feel anything. She just thought these three monkeys were too inconsiderate. She was savoring the moment when she was interrupted!
Xie Jiang picked up a stone and threw it at the tree.
The monkey dodged it nimbly and then bared its teeth at Xie Jiang.
"This impudent monkey is too annoying..."
Xie Jiang cupped Yi Yange's face and pecked him on the lips.
Perhaps due to the recurrence of his injuries, his lips were very pale, with a faint pink hue, making one unable to resist kissing them.
His breath was also very clean, like bamboo after snow, sharp and leisurely, making one unable to stop.
Xie Jiang wanted to continue.
Suddenly, with a whistling sound, a stone flew towards her head.
Yi Yange flicked his sleeve, and the stone hit the ground.
How dare it hurt her!
Yi Yange looked coldly at the monkey.
As if sensing an unprecedented danger, the mother monkey cried out in fear and nervously jumped to another tree. The monkey father no longer dared to bare his teeth at Yi Yange, and protectively guarded his wife and child as they fled with vigilance.
Xie Jiang looked at the empty tree trunk, "Why did you scare them away? I was thinking of having people capture them and keep them as pets for fun."
"Why are a few unruly beasts worth keeping as pets?"
"They can perform 'chest-crushing stone breaking' for me."
"Who performed 'chest-crushing stone breaking' for you that you still remember it so vividly?"
"..." Xie Jiang was stunned by his impeccable logic.
Looking at her dazed expression, Yi Yange's heart suddenly softened immensely.
He raised his hand and rubbed the back of her neck, pulling her into his arms again, resting his chin on her head.
"Jiang Jiang."
His voice was a little hoarse.
"Hmm?"
Xie Jiang lay contentedly on his chest, closing her eyes and thinking, why did he still smell so good even though he hadn't bathed in days?
"Can you promise me something?"
"What?"
"From now on, don't risk your own safety again. Whatever you want to do, I can help you."
"..." Even if I wanted to kill your father, you would help?
Xie Jiang leaned lazily in his arms. She didn't take his promise to heart at all.
Whatever she wanted to do, she would do it herself.
If he wanted to add icing to the cake, that was his business.
"I know some things you've heard too many times. The past is the past, and I won't dwell on it. I just want to tell you how worried I've been these past few days."