The Butterfly Man saw her evasion and started joking with her. "Are you already thinking about staying here for the night?"
After saying that, he pretended to pounce on her. She was so scared that she let out a series of shrill screams and quickly dodged. But she forgot that she was on a hillside. Losing her balance, she started rolling down the slope.
"Yu'er!" The Butterfly Man panicked and lunged forward to grab her. Ji Feiyu felt a warm embrace, and then she and the Butterfly Man were both tumbling down dizzily.
This was definitely more exciting than climbing the mountain. Definitely!
Ji Feiyu was tightly held by the Butterfly Man as they rolled down the mountain. The long and arduous climb up the mountain was now fully felt. Time seemed to slow down. Ji Feiyu was so dizzy that she could hardly think. She hoped desperately that the next moment would be the end of their tumble, but instead, they kept rolling and rolling.
Finally, even the Butterfly Man couldn't take it anymore. He deliberately tripped on a rock with his foot in an attempt to change their rolling direction. As a result, they stopped rolling horizontally but started sliding vertically down the slope. Unfortunately, it wasn't the ideal head - up and feet - down position but the other way around.
"Ahhhhh—"
"Ah—"
Accompanied by their simultaneous screams, the grass - sliding with the Butterfly Man as the "skateboard" began...
"Protect your head! Protect your head!" The Butterfly Man couldn't help shouting at her.
Ji Feiyu quickly tucked in her neck and hugged her head tightly. "Okay, I know!"
"What about my head..." Since he was holding her tightly with both hands, he couldn't protect his own head.
Ji Feiyu glanced at the flat grassland below and deliberately teased him. "Don't worry. There are no stones down there!"
"..." The Butterfly Man was instantly speechless.
But Ji Feiyu smiled, let go of her own head, and put both hands on his head.
After a quarter of an hour of this human grass - sliding, it finally ended when they slid a long way out. The Butterfly Man's gorgeous clothes were all worn out, and so was the skin on his back.
"Does it hurt?" At the place where they stopped, Ji Feiyu helped him sit up and checked the horrible skin on his back, asking worriedly.
"It doesn't hurt!" The Butterfly Man gritted his teeth and instead asked, "Yu'er, are you okay?"
Ji Feiyu looked at him strangely. "What could be wrong with me?"
"Are you dizzy?"
"I was dizzy at first, but then it was so exciting that I got scared out of my dizziness."
"That's good." He visibly let out a sigh of relief.
Ji Feiyu came in front of him, helped him tidy up the hair that had fallen in front of his forehead, and suddenly asked, "Why are you so nice to me? Actually, it would have been okay if we just rolled down together."
The Butterfly Man smiled and said, "That won't do. If you break your head while rolling down and forget about me, what should I do?"
Ji Feiyu knew he was joking, but looking at his current state, she just couldn't laugh. So she said in a huff, "You did it on purpose, right? You just want me to take care of you forever!"
But he grabbed her hand and said playfully, "If you could always stay by my side, I'd be willing to never get better."
"You..." Ji Feiyu really wanted to slap him when she saw his irresponsible look. How could there be such a person who didn't cherish his own body? But he seemed to sense her intention first and hugged her tightly in his arms. He then asked gently, "Can't you really give me a chance?"
She felt his heartbeat, and her own heart started beating fast too. She let him hold her for a while without saying a word. The Butterfly Man's heart ached faintly. Even though they were so close, would there still be no result between them? Just as he was feeling sad, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his leg. He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan and released her.
Ji Feiyu noticed something was wrong with him, sat up straight, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"There's a bug biting me!" The Butterfly Man looked in pain.
"Where?"
"On my leg." The Butterfly Man pointed.
Ji Feiyu looked at his pain - stricken face and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She then followed the direction of his finger and tried to catch the damned bug on his leg.
"Yu'er..."
Ji Feiyu caught the bug and looked up at him. She saw him looking at her with an unusual look of concern. There was a seriousness in his eyes that she had never seen before. Her heart stopped beating for a moment.
He saw that she didn't respond for a long time and finally said, "Forget it. I won't force you. As long as you don't go back to that person, I'll wait for you forever."
She finally couldn't face him anymore and turned her eyes away. "Okay, I'll think about it."
"Really?" The Butterfly Man couldn't believe it, and his voice instantly became full of joy.
Ji Feiyu suddenly stood up, ran to pick a few purple - bell flowers, then ran back. She put them in her mouth, chewed them up, and applied the paste on his back. "This can relieve the pain, but the effect won't be very good." After saying that, she pulled him up. "Let's go. It's getting late. I'll go back and treat your wound. I'll definitely make sure it won't leave a scar."
The Butterfly Man was so happy that he forgot about the pain. His face was full of joy as he said, "I knew Yu'er was the best to me."
She helped him onto the horse, picked a few more purple - bell flowers, and then got on her own horse and rode back with him.
Under the setting sun, they rode very slowly. The afterglow of the setting sun cast a golden light on them. The gentle breeze blew, and everything was so peaceful and beautiful.
So, goodbye, Yong Yaxuan.
...
When they returned to the palace, it was already late.
Yu Chi Yan said that the wedding day was set for next month.
She didn't say a word and just took the Butterfly Man to treat his wound.
The Butterfly Man's body recovered very quickly.
They still played and joked with each other like old friends. But no one ever mentioned that day again. They both knew what was in each other's hearts.
A month passed quickly.
During this month, besides taking care of the Butterfly Man in the early days, Ji Feiyu continued to be Shuang Hua's teaching aunt. She taught her about the wedding etiquette in the Great Yong Dynasty, about the matters between husband and wife in the bedroom, and about all kinds of rules for surviving in the harem. But Shuang Hua seemed a bit absent - minded and didn't ask questions as excitedly as she usually did.
Ji Feiyu didn't know what had happened to Shuang Hua during those months when she traveled back and forth to the Great Yong. But she always felt that Shuang Hua was no longer the care - free girl she used to be.
One day, Ji Feiyu was writing a letter in her room when Ran Wei suddenly came.
Seeing this, Ji Feiyu stood up to greet her and said, "Ran Wei, you came just in time."
When Ran Wei saw the paper and ink on the table, she was a bit curious and asked, "Who are you writing to? My brother?"
Ji Feiyu shook her head with a smile. "No. I'm writing to my tutor. I may be going back to Liuyun."
"Back to Liuyun?" Ran Wei was extremely surprised. "What are you thinking?"
Ji Feiyu suddenly looked into the distance and said, "Actually, four years ago, when I went back to Liuyun to look for the antidote formula and helped the people of Liuyun open a new way out, I promised my tutor that after I found the medicinal materials in the Northern Cold Region and made the antidote, I would go back to Liuyun. I didn't expect to stay here for three years. During these three years, it was my tutor who helped me govern the country. We wrote to each other about every six months, and he would tell me in detail about the current situation in Liuyun. Now that things are stable here in the Northern Cold Region, you and Yan Yan are very happy, and Shuang Hua is going to get married. I think it's time for me to go back."