Chu Qing, Chu Zhan and others had been waiting in a forest outside the city for a while when Wei Ying finally showed up.
However, upon seeing Chu Qing, the man immediately came to her side. After taking her hands in his, Wei Ying pouted and whispered in her ear, "Qingqing, I've been defiled."
"Eh???" Seeing Wei Ying looking extremely aggrieved, Chu Qing's heart instantly melted. With a tender smile, she tiptoed and touched... Wei Ying's ears. Then, frowning like she was consoling a child, she said, "Who bullied you? I'll go beat them up for you."
Why did this feel... so familiar?
It was just like... when her descendants came to her to act coquettishly after being bullied?
Wasn't Wei Ying going too far!!!
Seeing Chu Qing suddenly stiffen, Wei Ying didn't care about anything else and slowly said, "The people from the Hu Yan family are so disgusting. They tried to get all touchy - feely right in front of me."
"Yeah... they are really disgusting." Chu Qing could instantly picture the scene, and it made her feel queasy.
"Time is of the essence. Prince Ning, little sister, it's time for us to go to Qingzhou." Unable to stand the two of them any longer, Chu Zhan interrupted their meaningless conversation with a scowl.
Chu Qing glanced at Chu Zhan and then said with a smile, "Sure. Big brother must be eager to go back to a certain place to see someone."
"I'm not!" Although his tone was very firm, the blush on his face made him seem less... resolute.
Chu Qing smiled, then took Wei Ying's hand and got into the carriage.
"Are you just going to leave Wei Er in the enemy's den?" Chu Qing leaned back and rubbed her slightly aching waist.
She didn't know what was going on, but since she had reunited with Wei Ying, her body had started to feel unwell on and off. Although it wasn't too uncomfortable, she could endure it.
Wei Ying naturally saw Chu Qing rubbing her waist and voluntarily reached out his hand to gently massage it for her.
Chu Qing turned around and saw Wei Ying looking so serious. Her heart was filled with warmth.
Then Wei Ying slowly said, "What, aren't you going to punish Wei Er?"
"It's different. I can punish him however I want, but I can't let him fall into the hands of the enemy." Chu Qing said seriously.
Wei Ying gave a helpless smile and said, "You don't have to worry about his safety. After all, his current identity is Xiao He. He's still useful before I truly appear in front of Hu Yan Long Hao. And when I do show up, Hu Yan Long Hao won't have the time to care about others." As he said this, there was a hint of mockery in Wei Ying's eyes.
Hearing Wei Ying's answer, Chu Qing nodded in understanding.
As the carriage bumped along the mountain road, Chu Qing gradually looked sleepy. Wei Ying, who had been paying attention to her, immediately pulled her into his arms and used a bit of strength to cushion the bumps of the carriage.
Chu Qing blushed and closed her eyes.
After this reunion, she felt that the distance between her and Wei Ying was getting closer.
"Boss!"
"!!!"
Chu Qing suddenly opened her eyes and sat up straight. Wei Ying looked at her in confusion. Why did she suddenly sit up?
Realizing that her reaction had been a bit over - the - top, Chu Qing grinned and said, "Just now... my leg fell asleep." As she said this, she stomped her foot.
Wei Ying raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything else.
Chu Qing forced a stiff smile and leaned back into Wei Ying's arms.
"If you ever scare me like that again, I'll definitely squash you into a meat patty." The first thing Chu Qing did after closing her eyes was to scold the little meatball that always appeared out of nowhere and gave her a fright.
She found that this little meatball was never around when she really needed it, but it showed up cheerfully when she didn't.
It was really useless at everything except scaring her.
The little meatball shrank its body and then carefully said, "I'm here to congratulate you. Your mission to court Prince Ning is almost completed."
"Completed???"
She had almost forgotten about this. She had come here with a mission. The mission would be completed when she won Prince Ning's heart and made him fall in love with her.
So...
If the mission was completed?
Chu Qing frowned.
Would she... have to leave?
A indescribable feeling welled up in her heart. As her mood got worse, the little meatball finally noticed something was wrong with Chu Qing and asked, "Boss, you should be happy that Prince Ning has fallen in love with you! You know, when you first learned about this mission, you looked like it was... well... killing you."
"Yeah..." Chu Qing's sadness deepened like an abyss. Then she said coldly with a straight face, "I think Prince Ning... is quite nice."
"Tsk tsk tsk! The law of 'I said I wouldn't but I did'!" The little meatball pouted its non - existent mouth again.
"So, do I have to leave?" At this moment, Chu Qing became extremely depressed.
Before she could wallow in her sadness, the little meatball's surprised voice rang out again, "Boss! You can't have forgotten that you still have to investigate the real cause of your previous life's death!"
Chu Qing: "..."
She was really... so embarrassing!
She had forgotten what she thought was the most important mission and instead focused all her attention on Wei Ying! It was so embarrassing!
Seeing that Chu Qing fell silent, the little meatball said with a smile, "I didn't expect the once - unsmiling Empress Dowager to become a love - struck fool!"
"Just shut up!" Chu Qing said angrily.
The little meatball, intimidated by Chu Qing's anger, rolled back a few times. It decided that it would never be so stupid as to make fun of this ancestor again. So it quickly said, "Since you're pregnant now, it's like you've got a buff. So I can give you a little hint about the key person related to the truth of your death, which is to give you some relevant clues."
No, I don't want to know.
Chu Qing complained silently with a straight face.
Would she really have to leave after completing this mission?
She couldn't think about it. Chu Qing quickly put aside her random thoughts and asked, "Buff? What? How does having a son give me a buff? What kind of strange connection is this?"
The little meatball: "..."
Chu Qing: "?"
Seeing that Chu Qing was asking seriously, the little meatball had to explain seriously, "It's not 'buff' as in some strange word! My boss! A buff is just... well... you just need to know that it's helpful to you!"
"Alright, then tell me." Chu Qing said lazily.
Seeing Chu Qing looking so nonchalant, the little meatball wanted to complain but didn't dare. It could only speak honestly:
"The person who really took your life is... related to Prince Ning."
Chu Qing's lazy expression immediately disappeared, replaced by coldness: "You mean Prince Ning? Wei Ying? Could it be... him?"
Seeing the sudden murderous intent on Chu Qing, the little meatball immediately shrank its body and whispered, "I just said it's related to him. Whether he's the one or not, you have to find out by yourself."
After saying that, the little meatball disappeared again.
Chu Qing was left there, in a complicated mood, staring blankly.
Was this supposed to be... helpful to her?