They had been gone for a while, and Bai Yan didn't want him to be burdened, so she didn't allow him to carry her on his back anymore.

The two of them walked some distance, and she had completely lost her way, following him step by step.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, I stretched out my hand and could no longer see my fingers clearly.

She didn't tell Pei Lin, but he also knew that she couldn't walk anymore. There was a cave in front of her, and the two of them rested there.

Counting the time, I should be able to leave in one day.

He never underestimated his endurance, but this time he didn't dare to gamble.

Bai Yan sat in the cave and waited for him obediently, with the fire he lit next to her.

She stretched out her hand and approached cautiously. The blazing fire brought warmth, illuminated the dark night, and guarded her for him.

"What is this?"

Seeing him coming back, Bai Yan burst out into a smile and looked at the fruit in his hand. It was red and small. She had never seen such a wild fruit before.

"Taste it."

Pei Lin knelt down and handed it to her.

Bai Yan picked up one and put it into his mouth, "Is it sweet? I'll eat it if it's sweet."

She smiled mischievously and winked. Pei Lin smiled and nodded.

Bai Yan then twisted one and put it into her mouth. As soon as she bit it open, she grinned at the sourness, "Well, it's so sour. Don't you have a sense of taste?"

Pei Lin laughed out loud and scratched the tip of her nose.

Bai Yan trembled with soreness and snorted to act coquettishly with him. Only then did she realize that he had landed on one knee at some point and was half-kneeling in front of her.

The smile on her face dimmed a little. Could it be that he couldn't even squat anymore?

She grabbed his hand and used his strength to help him sit down next to her.

"Sir, can we go out tomorrow?"

She leaned on his shoulder and was pulled into his arms.

"Well. After we go back,..."

Before he finished speaking, the howling of wolves could be heard in the distance. There were several wolves howling into the moonlight.

Bai Yan shrank into his arms in fear. How could there be a wolf here?

"Don't be afraid, go to sleep first."

Pei Lin removed a piece of firewood, and the flames dimmed, making it less obvious.

"You go to sleep first, I'll stay up until midnight. I slept too much yesterday and couldn't fall asleep."

Bai Yan stretched out her hand to let him close his eyes, kissed the corner of his lips, "Good night."

Pei Lin no longer shied away, he really needed to rest.

When he fell asleep, Bai Yan gently approached his face and kissed him a few times.

His brows were still furrowed in his sleep, so she carefully rubbed them away.

He looked so tired, he hadn't had a good rest since he came here.

She sighed distressedly and asked the imperial doctor to take a good look at her and nurse her back to health after she returned home.

Something happened, and everyone in the harem still doesn't know what's going on now. They should be able to be stable for a while after returning to the palace.

This way he can take a break from his busy schedule and have a good rest.

In the morning, Bai Yan was still woken up by him from her sleep.

Pei Lin pinched her little face and kissed her when she saw she was more awake, "Let's go, it's getting late."

Bai Yan snorted twice, rubbed her eyes obediently and got up, without any delay this time.

Pei Lin looked at her deeply. She was acting coquettishly in his arms, hugging his waist and rubbing her face back and forth.

She looked like this when she was in his palace, and would often stay in bed until midnight. When he called her, she would pout and stay awake in his arms.

Destiny is such a cunning thing, the more you follow it, the more trouble you find.

You can't die when you want to die, and you can't survive when you want to live.

She didn't know how long she had been walking, but Bai Yan could already see a road not far away.

"Pei Lin, look ahead! There is a road, are we going out?"

She happily ran forward, and before she could run a few steps, she saw several people in black clothes wandering outside the woods.

One of them seemed to be Wang Lai, who looked around anxiously and seemed to have seen her, waving his hands and shouting at her excitedly.

"Empress!"

She could already hear their shouts. Bai Yan responded happily and raised her skirt and ran towards them, "How did you know we were waiting here? That's great, then..."

The expression on Wang Lai's face suddenly changed from afar, and he ran towards them fiercely, as if he shouted something again.

It looks like his mouth shape sounds like the word "adult"?

Bai Yan turned around blankly.
Chapter completed!