CH 271

After leaving the town, according to the shortest route to the ghost forest, the convoy will have to pass through several cities. In order not to disturb the local residents, and also not to be too stand out, they decided to take a detour and try to walk along the sparsely populated suburban areas.

Xi Ning felt that the speed of the convoy had increased during the day, and it was more bumpy compared to before, but he still is able to endure it.

The dwarf rested for a long time before finally regained his vigor and vitality. When he was drinking at the hotel, he got to know a lot of people from the mercenary group. Now he often hangs around others’ tables and chats with others to brag about his stories throughout his meal time.

Lin An finished eating in the corner and packed up the tableware. He then returned to Xi Ning, and served him a bowl of soup.

Today’s soup is mushroom and tofu soup. It’s very light and just in line with Xi Ning’s taste. Xi Ning took a sip and looked up at Lin An, “Why don’t you eat with me in the future? You don’t need to go anywhere else.”

Lin An lowered his head and stood beside Xi Ning, “Your Highness, it is inconvenient for me to show my face.”

The dining shed was full of people, and it was not proper for one of his servants to eat together with Xi Ning. If he showed his face, he was scared that someone would cause them trouble, saying that his appearance had affected his appetite. After all, this kind of thing has happened before.

“What are you afraid of?” Xi Ning grabbed Lin An’s wrist and forced him to sit down. Lin An refused to sit down, so Xi Ning said, “My neck hurts when I have to talk with you when you are standing.”

Lin An had no choice but to sit down, someone nearby turned around and glanced at them, but there was no other reaction.

“How about changing to a different mask? Just cover the top half of your face.”

But this way, the half of the face that was not covered also had bruises. Lin An imagined the scene, shook his head and said, “Your Highness, you don’t need to be concerned about me.”

He kept refusing, so Xi Ning had no choice but to stop talking and finish drinking the soup in the bowl.

The dwarf came back to get more food. Not sure what he had talked about with others before, he was muttering, “I will never drink wine again……”

He casually asked Xi Ning, “Your Highness, you were the only one who didn’t drink the wine at the bar in the hotel that day? Oh wait, little mask didn’t drink either……”

What did this strange name of “little mask” come from? Xi Ning glanced at Lin An and put down the bowl, “I drank too, but only a little.”

The dwarf gasped and widened his eyes, “What did I hear? A forest elf actually drank wine? Are you really a forest elf?”

His voice volume was not low. Someone at the table next to them looked at him curiously. Xi Ning touched the tip of his nose awkwardly, “I didn’t know at first, I thought it was something like juice.”

The fruit wine did taste like fruit juice. The dwarf seemed like he had just discovered a rare thing and sat next to Xi Ning while asking him questions.

“How do you feel after drinking? Do you talk nonsense?”

“Of course not,” Xi Ning emphasized, “I only drank one cup, a very small cup.”

The dwarf said “Oh, then you should be quite awake. When I woke up that day, I even forgot how I got back to the room.”

Xi Ning smiled lightly, nodded and said, “Yes, I’m just a little dizzy, and I haven’t forgotten anything.”

Lin An silently listened to the conversation between the two, lowering his head not knowing what he was thinking.

After the dwarf finished speaking, he took his bowl and went to another table. After finishing the soup, Xi Ning got up and walked to the carriage. The sun at noon had the brightest sunlight, and it felt very comfortable and warm on his body.

Xi Ning didn’t want to get into the carriage now, so he found an open space to bask in the sun, and Lin An brought him a chair.

This time and weather are the most suitable for taking a nap, but unfortunately the chair is too hard, Xi Ning was drowsy while supporting his head with his hand, and he thought it would be good if Lin An could hug him.

When he was about to fall asleep, he felt that the sunlight in front of him was being blocked, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Lin An was standing in front of him.

Seeing that Xi Ning was not asleep, Lin An explained in a low voice, “Your Highness, there is a stranger approaching us.”

Xi Ning quietly turned his head and glanced at the person he mentioned, it was a teenage child.

Their carriage stopped at a suburb outside the city, and the child that were walking towards them were dressed in plain clothes, carrying a small woven basket with a lot of flowers in his hands, talking to passers-by as they walked by.

Xi Ning was not wearing a cape at this time, so it was inconvenient for him to show himself when there were strangers around. He simply got up and hid behind a tree. When the child approached him, he heard that he was selling the flowers in the basket, and by looking at the quantity of flowers in the basket, he didn’t sell much.

He guessed that the child had been out all morning. Although the flowers in the basket were all sprayed with water, but the sun today was very bright, most of the flowers were already withered, the petals were soft and fell into the basket, their stems were also tilted.

Wouldn’t that make it even harder to sell? Sure enough, the child asked several people in a row, and some of the mercenary group was interested in buying and wear in on their clothes. But when they looked at the condition of the flowers, they quickly waved their hands, “Forget it.”

Xi Ning saw what happened, and took a few gold coins from his storage ring. He tugged Lin An’s sleeve and said, “Go and buy all his flowers.”

Lin An didn’t take the gold coins from Xi Ning’s hand, but took some ordinary coins from his own pocket, “It’s not expensive, these should be sufficient.”

Before the child could go far, Lin An stepped forward to stop him and demanded to buy all the flowers in his basket.