Xiao Chi Zhan did not speak, but held her, his firm jaw resting on her shoulder, sniffing the faint fragrance on her.
Ye Luan roughly pushed him, but his strength was too great, and she couldn't move him at all.
"Xiao Chi Zhan!"
"Hmm, what is it?"
Ye Luan said, "Let go of me."
"No, it hurts." Xiao Chi Zhan said, directly lifting her onto his lap, and lowering his head to seek her lips for a kiss.
His movements were so swift that Ye Luan had no time to react, and she was pressed down and kissed.
She angrily pinched him, but he remained completely unmoved, kissing her lips, her ears. She dodged, and he bit her collarbone, licking it.
"Luan Luan, see, you do have feelings for me."
His voice was somewhat hoarse, and his clean, handsome fingers were slightly pale.
Ye Luan did not want to look, tidied her clothes, and rested her forehead against his chest, panting slightly. Her lips were flushed and delicate from the fierce kiss. Just as she was about to speak, he kissed her lips again, passionately.
"Damn it, Xue Ren, I'm not riding my horse anymore. Get up, I want to get in the carriage, I'm freezing to death."
As the two were entangled, Li Qiongyu's voice suddenly sounded from outside.
Ye Luan's delicate body trembled, and she instinctively pushed him, "Get up, someone's coming in."
But his arm strength was terrifying, and she couldn't move him at all.
So, when Li Qiongyu kicked the carriage door open and entered, he saw the scene of Xiao Chi Zhan entwining and kissing the young lady.
He instantly became colder than the sky in Saibei.
Crude.
This scoundrel was holding a beauty and kissing her in the carriage, leaving him to freeze outside. He had no humanity.
Xiao Chi Zhan's gaze, with its deep red hue, raked over him like a knife. He shivered and immediately closed the carriage door, sitting outside.
Inside the carriage, Ye Luan angrily pushed Xiao Chi Zhan away, kicked him fiercely, and moved to the side.
It was so embarrassing.
Xiao Chi Zhan coughed lightly, sheepishly touched his nose, and said, "Luan Luan, I was wrong."
Ye Luan wanted to retort a few words, to pretend.
But on second thought, he wouldn't listen anyway.
She rolled her eyes and picked up a storybook to read.
"Luan Luan."
This fellow was truly annoying.
Ye Luan pulled back her sleeve and said, "Let him in, it's cold outside."
With others present, he wouldn't bother her.
After Li Qiongyu entered, he was glared at by Xiao Chi Zhan. He glared back, saying that he hadn't seen anything, and Xiao Chi Zhan had blocked it all. Why was he so fierce?
"Heh heh, Ye Luan, what are you reading?"
Ye Luan sat up straight and replied, "A storybook, to pass the time. Do you want to read it?"
"Sure, let me see."
Xiao Chi Zhan was displeased with their interaction and quietly kicked Li Qiongyu.
"Why did you kick me?"
"You're blocking the way."
Li Qiongyu said "oh" and moved aside for him, "Then you go out."
Xiao Chi Zhan, "---"
Ye Luan knew he was petty and said nothing more, picking up another book to pass the time.
Li Qiongyu enjoyed lively company and was flamboyant, disliking the闷 of the atmosphere. He chattered endlessly, and soon, he and Ye Luan were engrossed in conversation over the storybook.
Xiao Chi Zhan sat aside with a dark expression, looking like a malevolent deity.
After traveling for several days, as they neared Northern Qi, it suddenly began to snow. The ground, which had just frozen, was covered with another layer of frost.
At night, they passed a temple and stopped to rest.
The cool moonlight shone on the ground, making everything seem to be covered with a thin layer of silver gauze.
The group followed a young monk to the meditation rooms in the back courtyard.
"Benefactors, this is it."
Li Qiongyu smiled and paid the incense money, "Thank you, master."
After the young monk left, the group went into their respective rooms to sleep.
Ye Luan, having been in the carriage all day, was also extremely tired. After a simple wash, she got into bed to sleep.
As soon as she got into bed, she shivered from the cold, curling herself up.
"Hiss, it's really cold."
She was too cold to sleep and her mind involuntarily turned to Xiao Chi Zhan, recalling his changes during this period. She pursed her lips slightly.
'Ye Luan, how do you want to die? This king will grant it to you.'
"Go ahead, this king will watch with pleasure."
"If you dare to run, the Bai family will be buried with you."
The humiliation she had suffered was deeply buried in her heart, and she had never forgotten it. However, Xiao Chi Zhan was obsessive and ruthless, with immense power. He would not let her go.
He was changing now. Should she talk to him properly and resolve their grievances?
Ye Luan stared blankly at the canopy above her bed. After an unknown amount of time, she drifted off to sleep.
Not long after she fell asleep, Xiao Chi Zhan, who had been on top of the roof beams, immediately climbed through the window. After shedding the cold, he directly burrowed into the covers.
He couldn't sleep without holding her.
The next day.
Ye Luan woke up to find it was almost the hour of Shen. She quickly got out of bed.
As soon as she opened the door, she discovered that snow was falling heavily outside, covering the entire ground in pristine white.
She walked along the corridor and saw many young children sweeping the courtyard. She went to Xiao Chi Zhan's courtyard to look for him but couldn't find him.
Where had that person gone?
She muttered a few words and walked back. After rounding a bluestone path, she bumped into someone.
"Little girl, watch where you're going."
Her arm was grabbed by a cold hand. Ye Luan looked up in surprise and was slightly stunned to see the person.
Xie Bei Han!
He was dressed in purple robes and a sable coat, his well-defined hands supporting an umbrella. A sinister smile played on his face as he looked down at her.
Ye Luan immediately pulled her hand away and retreated cautiously. Why was this scoundrel here?
"What are you hiding from?"
He smiled and glanced at her, his expression unreadable.
Ye Luan did not want to deal with him, nodded slightly, and walked around him to leave.
Xie Bei Han turned back, looking at her retreating figure, the smile on his lips deepening.
"There's a good show to watch."
He stroked his chin and mischievously followed her.
Ye Luan walked around the corridor, looking for Xiao Chi Zhan. She had been thinking for a long time. She wanted to talk to him openly and resolve their misunderstandings.
Clusters of snowflakes fell from the sky like goose feathers.
Ye Luan reached a small garden and looked up to see Xiao Chi Zhan and Li Qiongyu standing with their backs to her in a pavilion, chatting.
Just as she was about to call out, she heard.
"You can't really save Lu Fei Bo, so you tricked Ye Luan into coming back with the Ghost Hand Sacred Doctor. You're truly insidious."
"That's heaven's will to take his life. What does it have to do with this king? By the way, the Buddha Heart Powder is almost used up. Have you asked Tan Tai Ye to send a few more bottles?"
Li Qiongyu smiled, "Using too much of this stuff makes you drowsy. You should be careful."
"It has no side effects and doesn't harm the body. It just makes people sleep more soundly."
"Ye Luan will fall out with you if she knows you've been giving her Buddha Heart Powder for so long."
The man's cold voice drifted from afar.
"In this life, she will never know."