This place was very different from the Central Plains. The place was big, and there was not much human traffic here, so they could not be like before, where they could only stay at the tavern or relay stations every day. She and Du Changfeng had begun to sleep in the wilderness.
It was dusk, the sun was shining bright red, the bonfire was set, and the white smoke was billowing upwards. Shi Yingying muttered: "The desert is desolate, the river is full of sunset."
Du Changfeng looked at her, surprised. Shi Yingying was a little pleased with herself, "What, you think I haven't studied?"
Du Changfeng laughed and added firewood to the fire.
Shi Yingying did not understand, "The sky is not cold, why do we have to start a fire?"
"…"
"Is it because you want a fire to cook? We have brought steamed buns and beef sauce, so we can eat them without heating them up. "
"…"
"Du Changfeng, say something!"
"…"
"Actually, when you were in the desert that day, you wanted to abandon me and leave by yourself, right?"
Du Changfeng slowly raised his head, "... "No."
"You don't even dare to look at me, you have a guilty conscience," Shi Yingying snorted, "Don't think that I don't know anything. If I didn't suffer heatstroke, even if I shouted until my throat was hoarse, you wouldn't have come out."
Du Changfeng looked at her for a while, then asked: "Are you pretending to have sunstroke?"
"Who's pretending to be a puppy," Shi Yingying looked at him sideways, "I am a restaurant with countless people, how could I not know about you? To tell the truth, I was really afraid that after I woke up, you would disappear completely. She paused for a moment, and then lowered her voice, "Du Changfeng, we can be considered to have shared hardships together, relying on each other for our lives, don't you have any thoughts towards me?"
Du Changfeng was holding onto a branch that was drawn across the sand, and was about to say something, when Shi Yingying shouted out loudly, "Think carefully, and then talk!"
"I thought about it clearly," Du Changfeng looked up at her and said seriously, "No."
Shi Yingying knew it was going to end like this, but she was not surprised at all. She hugged her legs, put her head on her knees, sorrowfully sighed, and muttered, "I'm so good, why don't you like it? But I think one day you will regret it. " The last sentence gave her an indescribable confidence. She pulled herself together and stared at Du Changfeng with his bright eyes, "Remember my words today, there will be a day when you regret it!"
Du Changfeng said, "I will remember it, but you will be disappointed."
"No, I have confidence." Shi Yingying laughed as she watched the sun set in the horizon, "Du Changfeng, you still haven't told me why we started a fire?"
"Because it's getting dark here. The Wolfhound is about to appear."
"Hu, Wolfhound?" Shi Yingying's heart skipped a beat, "Is it a wolf?"
"Yes, a type of wolf that roams the desert and the prairie."
"I heard that wolves like to pile up together. They came in a group, we won't be so lucky, right?" She pretended to be calm and smiled dryly.
Shi Yingying had always been valiant in front of him, and it was rare for him to have a time where she was weak. He did not think it was funny and purposely teased her, "Then maybe, the Wolfhound is very sly.
No matter how bold Shi Yingying was, she was still a girl. This was the first time she slept in a place without any business in the village. Wolves.
On the far side of the vast land, in the distance, were rolling dunes, and in the near distance a meadow, and the twilight was falling, and the sky was so high, and the land so wide, and the dunes were dark shadows, and she looked about her and felt as if something were swimming in the darkness.
Du Changfeng opened his bag and gave the steamed bun to her, "Go ahead and eat, even if you meet a Wolfhound, you will have to eat your fill before you have the strength to run."
Without saying a word, Shi Yingying took the bread and started to eat. The dry bread made her swallow her stomach in a few gulps, then she reached out and asked for more.
Du Changfeng said, "Take your time to eat, be careful or you might choke."
Right after she finished speaking, Shi Yingying stretched out her neck and burped, then that burp could no longer be stopped. She covered her mouth and looked around in panic, like a little rabbit.
"Be at ease and fight. Wolfhound does not rely on your voice but on your nose to smell. If it was nearby, it would have smelled you a long time ago." He handed the kettle over. "Drink some water."
Shi Yingying covered herself while feeling uncomfortable. Hearing his words, she let go and burped happily. Seeing Du Changfeng's strange expression, she laughed embarrassedly, "It feels a lot better."
She took a few sips of water and said, "Do you know the direction? We must not get lost here. If we get lost in the desert, we won't be able to leave."
"No, we have to leave early tomorrow. We can get to Thousand Leaves City by noon. Once we get there, we'll be there. We'll be there if we change our horses and travel the rest of the way." Du Changfeng swallowed the food in his mouth, sprawled on the ground, and looked at the dark blue sky in a daze.
Shi Yingying slowly stopped hiccuping, and imitated him as she laid down, stretching her body, "How comfortable."
The sky was so high, the stars so bright, the stars so bright, like beads in black velvet.
The sky was wide and the ground was quiet. It was as if time had stopped, and the human body was as small as a speck of dust. Lying in the river of time, they didn't know where they would be taken to the next moment.
The cold moon, the lonely sand, and the boundless desolation made Shi Yingying feel like she was in a bed, as if the sky was covering her. She let out a long sigh, and slowly closed her eyes. Hearing Du Changfeng's clear voice, she replied, "Yingying, when we arrive at Thousand Leaves City tomorrow, you can stay."
Shi Yingying suddenly opened her eyes. "Why?"
"The Thousand Leaves City is a huge city in the northwest, and it's bustling with life. There must be a place of use for you to stay."
Shi Yingying blinked his eyes, "You are the place where I use my martial arts. If you aren't here, why would I go through so much trouble?"
"Are you trying to torment me?"
Shi Yingying laughed happily, "Do you want to play around here? I heard it's pretty wild! "
Du Changfeng's face turned green, and turned away from her.
Shi Yingying laughed out loud. He had been on guard against her the entire way, and thus was unable to wipe some oil off her face.
Lying on the bed, his eyelids felt heavy. His legs felt heavy as he said, "It's cool at night, let's go sleep in the car."
Shi Yingying sat up obediently, "Are you going?"
Du Changfeng's face darkened, "I want to guard the bonfire."
"Then I won't go as well," Shi Yingying said as she laid back down on her bed and rubbed herself against his body, "It's fine if you marry a chicken, but it's fine if you marry a dog. I'll be there wherever you are."
Du Changfeng did not know whether to laugh or cry, "You clearly know that we can't count those who get married …"
Who said I wouldn't do something? I am your legal and proper wife, I bow to the heavens and earth, all the villagers have come here to drink a wedding wine, "she said with a cold face." Du Changfeng, I can disregard everything else, but if you don't admit to our marriage, I will not comply! "
Her usual smile was but it was rare for her face to darken. The flames were imprinted on her pretty face, causing her eyebrows to furrow, and her rosy face to turn fiendish. Du Changfeng's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and he didn't dare say another word.