Somehow, these words just blurted out of her mouth.
Right after she said that, Jiang Sihe began to regret it.
"Did she say that?"
Pei Yanchao didn't turn around. His voice was also a bit low.
"Yeah!"
"Never!"
"What if she uses the peace negotiation between the two countries as a condition?"
"Still never!"
Pei Yanchao said firmly, as if there was absolutely no possibility of such a thing happening.
"Princess Yuemi is quite a beauty. Aren't you tempted, my lord?"
Pei Yanchao looked back at Jiang Sihe. "Never..."
"Then does my lord have someone in his heart?"
The hand that was holding Jiang Sihe tightened slightly.
Had she seen through his feelings?
Seeing that he lowered his eyes and didn't reply, Jiang Sihe guessed in her heart. Could it really be the queen of the Dongyue Kingdom?
"It's just ahead..."
Jiang Sihe was afraid that he would really say he had someone in his heart. After all these years of yearning, there must have been a deep affection between them!
She must check out that princess when she got the chance. What kind of person was she that had made Pei Yanchao yearn for her for so many years!
Pei Yanchao saw a pile of unremarkable weeds ahead...
Jiang Sihe stepped forward and moved the weeds away. Sure enough, she saw a cave entrance.
"If I hadn't followed Princess Yuemi, this cave entrance would really have been hard to find!"
After Jiang Sihe finished dealing with this, she was just about to wipe the dirt on her hands on her clothes when Pei Yanchao stopped her.
"You're a young girl. Let me do these things next time..."
Seeing many tiny cuts on her slender and fair palm made by the dry grass and a lot of dirt on it, he couldn't help but gently wipe it with his sleeve.
Jiang Sihe gave an embarrassed smile. "I'm used to doing rough work. I forgot that my hands have been raised delicate by my mother..."
Pei Yanchao looked up. There was indescribable heartache in his eyes. Unfortunately, Jiang Sihe was too embarrassed to look up and didn't see it at all.
He wiped the dirt on her palm clean with his sleeve and then whispered, "Remember to apply medicine when you get back..."
"It's just a minor injury. Really no need..."
Jiang Sihe thought it was overreacting. She pulled back her hand and shook her head, but saw Pei Yanchao looking cold and solemn.
"You said yourself that it's not the past anymore. Then you should cherish yourself more..."
Jiang Sihe nodded. "Got it. Let's go in quickly. What if that person runs away? Then we won't be able to find the evidence..."
Pei Yanchao grabbed her again. "You walk behind..."
Jiang Sihe thought he was really used to being a senior. This kind of behavior of protecting the junior was actually quite misleading.
She couldn't help but pout. He was so good. She didn't want to be just his junior anymore...
After entering the cave, Pei Yanchao took out a fire starter from his waist. He found a torch beside and lit it. With the light, Jiang Sihe then found that the steps in the cave were all covered with moss. She guessed that Princess Yuemi must have found her because her feet slipped on the moss.
"There's moss on the ground. Be careful not to slip... Hold on to my arm!"
Pei Yanchao offered her his arm, softly reminding her and asking her to hold on to it.
Jiang Sihe couldn't help but have a little thought in her mind. She moved her body forward. "My lord Pei, it's so dark in here. I'm a bit scared..."
Pei Yanchao couldn't help but pause. A chivalrous girl with a knife on her waist was afraid of the dark?
He grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer. "Then stay closer!"
"Okay!"
In Pei Xiaoqi's picture book and the skills of attracting men that she had learned in her previous life, there was one thing in common, which was physical contact...
If she had more physical contact with Pei Yanchao, would he develop some special feelings for her?
She didn't expect that coming to find evidence together could also bring her some benefits!
Thinking like this, she leaned even closer to Pei Yanchao.
Pei Yanchao noticed Jiang Sihe's action. Looking down, he found that the little girl was half-leaning on him. The faint fragrance of her body lingered in his nose again...
When his mind was wandering, he quickly collected his thoughts and pretended to be calm. He held the torch and pulled Jiang Sihe down the steps.
Jiang Sihe looked up at his cold and calm face. She couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged. Was he really unmoved?
He was really determined!
Forget it. The important thing came first. She couldn't delay the important thing just to seduce Pei Yanchao!
"That's the iron gate ahead... There's a passage after you go in. This is the key. I took it from the princess's hairpin..."
Jiang Sihe handed the hairpin she had taken from Princess Yuemi's head to Pei Yanchao, but he didn't take it...
"Could you..."
Jiang Sihe tilted her head and looked at him curiously. "Could I what?"
"Don't hold me so tightly. I don't have a free hand to take it..."
Only then did Jiang Sihe realize that her two arms were tightly holding on to his one arm. Pei Yanchao was holding the torch with his other hand. Of course, he didn't have a free hand to take the hairpin with his arm being held by her.
She quickly let go of him and lowered her head guiltily. "You just need to insert the hairpin. It should be able to open..."
Pei Yanchao took the hairpin, walked a few steps forward, and stood in front of the iron gate. He carefully examined it.
Jiang Sihe calmed down her nerves and walked over. By the light of the torch, she looked at the keyhole...
As soon as Pei Yanchao inserted the hairpin, he immediately noticed something was wrong...
"Sihe, something seems wrong..."
After saying that, he hugged Jiang Sihe and dodged to the side. Soon, they heard a loud boom.
Their feet staggered, and they were directly lifted into the air...
"Be careful..."
Before the words were even finished, the two had fallen into a pit. Pei Yanchao was holding Jiang Sihe in his arms. He stepped on the wall of the pit with his feet and flipped over. When they reached the bottom, he was underneath.
Fortunately, there was a layer of dry grass below. Otherwise, they would have been seriously injured or even died if they had fallen...
Jiang Sihe quickly got up and checked on Pei Yanchao's condition.
"How are you? Are you injured?"
One of Pei Yanchao's arms had borne the brunt of the impact. He felt that the arm hurt so much that he couldn't move it.
The torch had also fallen down with them. Jiang Sihe crawled over and picked it up, shining it on Pei Yanchao to check his condition.
"I'm fine. Don't worry..."
He supported his injured arm with his other hand and sat up. Jiang Sihe went over to check him from head to toe.
"What's wrong with your arm?"
Pei Yanchao endured the pain. His forehead was sweating, but he still shook his head. "It's fine..."
"Don't say it's fine... I can see that you can't even move your arm... Let me take a look quickly..."
Saying that, she reached out to pull at his robe. The collar was pulled open, revealing his well-defined collarbone. Jiang Sihe couldn't help but swallow.
If there were a few red marks on this fair collarbone, would it make him look less abstinent...
"Sihe, I can't move my arm. I don't seem to need to take off my clothes, right...?"
Pei Yanchao was a bit helpless. Hearing this, Jiang Sihe quickly let go of his collar.
Noticing that his collar was open, she quickly tidied it up for him.
"The arm might be broken. Fix it with the belt first. Help me untie the belt..."
Untie the belt? Jiang Sihe was afraid that she would have improper thoughts again!