After bypassing a birch forest, a sea of light purple flowers came into Ji Feiyu's view. The flowers trembled gently with the wind, attracting a few colorful butterflies to flutter among them.
She took a few steps forward to take a closer look. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She turned around and asked in disbelief, "Purple faith flowers?"
"Yeah." Hua Hudie smiled and stepped forward, then immediately led her into the sea of flowers. The faint fragrance made her feel enchanted. She never expected that when she was looking for the rare Western Region flowers, there would be such a large expanse of them here, and they were even half - a - person tall.
Purple faith flowers have a slight hypnotic effect. A small amount can soothe the mind, while a large amount can paralyze people. Therefore, they are both medicine and poison. After Ji Feiyu came to the Northern Cold Region, in order to develop new medicines, she had searched for purple faith flowers for a long time. At most, she only got one or two. She had never seen such a large expanse before, so she was extremely delighted.
Most women love flowers because of their beauty. She loved flowers not for their looks but for their medicinal effects. Although it was a bit different from ordinary people, when truly in the sea of flowers, how could she not be touched by the beautiful scenery in front of her?
"Come on, follow me this way!" Hua Hudie looked at her tenderly and naturally took her hand.
Ji Feiyu was led by him into the narrow path inside and then ran with him in the sea of flowers. All the butterflies among the flowers were startled. For a moment, the wind rose and set off a wave of flowers. The faint fragrance filled the air, making her so excited that she couldn't help shouting. Hua Hudie also stopped and shouted with her. It seemed that they were about to pour out all the pent - up emotions in their hearts.
"Stop! Your shouting is so ugly." After shouting herself, Ji Feiyu grabbed a handful of flowers and stuffed them into Hua Hudie's mouth, then turned around and ran away. Hua Hudie was immediately at a loss. He spat out the petals in his mouth and cursed as he chased after her.
"Ji Feiyu! You're dead meat!"
Ji Feiyu ran all the way laughing. She never knew there could be so many twists and turns in the sea of flowers. Hua Hudie chased after her relentlessly, desperately shouting that she was a heartless bad egg. Ji Feiyu looked back at him and laughed from time to time. She was rarely so happy.
Maybe they were tired from running. Ji Feiyu and Hua Hudie just lay directly in the sea of flowers and fell asleep on the ground. The swaying flower shadows made the blue sky seem extremely far away. Ji Feiyu held a stem of purple faith flower in her mouth and smelled the freshness of the soil. Suddenly, she asked, "How did you find this place? I remember there was no such place when I came here before."
Hua Hudie was lying head - to - head with her. Hearing this, he burst into laughter. "Purple faith flowers are so rare. Of course, I planted all these here."
"Really?" Ji Feiyu was a bit surprised. "Where did you get the seeds?"
Hua Hudie laughed vaguely. "I searched for them slowly. I raised them one by one. Eventually, I could plant such a large expanse."
"You're lying to me again!" Hearing this, Ji Feiyu sat up and punched him in the chest. He coughed and also sat up. "Where did I lie to you? I really planted them. You don't know how hard it was. You don't know how much time I wasted... I'm almost getting tanned!"
Ji Feiyu looked at his depressed expression as he rubbed his chest and suddenly laughed. "Tell me, how long have you been preparing for this?"
He looked into her eyes. Seeing her twinkling eyes, he suddenly felt embarrassed and looked away. "One year or two..."
No wonder. In the past two years, he often disappeared in the palace. It turned out that he had been preparing for this. She couldn't help feeling a warm current in her heart.
"Really?" Ji Feiyu looked at him deliberately in a scrutinizing way. But he suddenly turned to look at her and said angrily, "Of course it's true. Come with me!"
Ji Feiyu was startled by his sudden action of pulling her up. Before she could react, she followed him through the sea of flowers to the hillside on the other side.
"Can you climb up? Do you want me to carry you?" He squinted at her slightly with a look of disdain.
Ji Feiyu couldn't help hitting him. "You always make fun of me!" But he tightly held her hand. Then his eyes curved into a smile. "Who said I'm making fun of you? I'm going to share joys and sorrows with you."
"Hey, you're not using your lightness skill." She was very surprised at his behavior.
He said, "Why should I use lightness skill when climbing a mountain with my wife?"
"Disgusting!" Hearing this, Ji Feiyu wanted to shake off his hand, but he held it tightly. "Let's go!"
Urged by him, she forgot his teasing and climbed the mountain with him. The hillside was not very steep. There were some drought - resistant weeds sparsely growing on it. From a distance, the hilltop looked lush and green.
She and Hua Hudie climbed up hand in hand. When they encountered a difficult section, they would bend down and use both hands. During this time, Hua Hudie always laughed at her ugly movements. She was angry and kicked him a few times, almost making him roll down the hillside. But it was all just a joke, so there was no real danger.
Finally, they both climbed to the hilltop. But the sun was starting to set. She and he looked at the scenery below the hill together. Besides the large expanse of light purple flowers, the two rouge horses looked as small as bugs. Indeed, the world was so vast that people's eyes couldn't take it all in.
The air on the hilltop was very good, faintly carrying the dry and warm smell of the setting sun. She and Hua Hudie stood for a while and then couldn't help sitting down to enjoy the scenery. Then she curiously asked him, "Why did you bring me here?"
Hua Hudie pointed to the sea of flowers below and said, "Do you know the narrow path in the flowers we walked through before? What do you think it looks like when you look at it from above?"
Ji Feiyu followed his gaze. The narrow path was hidden in the large expanse of flowers and was not very obvious. But with his hint, she still recognized what it was.
— It was the character "Yu".
The "Yu" in Ji Feiyu's name.
Hua Hudie let out a long breath and slowly said, "I know you're called Xia Ling now, but I also know you can't forget your former name."
Ji Feiyu turned to look at him blankly. He swept away the melancholy on his face, reached out and stroked her head, and said, "Now do you believe I planted them?"
She was a bit touched but covered it with a light smile. "I believe it. But why did you make the character 'Yu'? I've said that since I'm called Xia Ling, I won't think about Ji Feiyu anymore."
"Really?" He looked at her doubtfully.
Ji Feiyu nodded obediently. But he suddenly put his hand on her shoulder and patted it a few times, then laughed and said, "That's even better. My 'Yu' is the 'Yu' of arrow feathers, not the 'Yu' in Ji Feiyu's name. I was actually lying to you just now. I didn't plant these flowers for you on purpose. I just thought I might make some money from them when I was bored."
"Disgusting!" Ji Feiyu of course knew he was saying angry words and gently punched him.
But he caught her fist with his hand and looked at her seriously. "Won't you really consider me?"
"Consider what about you?" Ji Feiyu pretended to be stupid.