Chu Qianli paid no mind to whether things were right or wrong, and ate her meal peacefully.
After she had eaten her fill, she put down her bowl.
Fu Ning had also finished eating and began to pack up.
Feng Qihe looked at Chu Qianli, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Chu Qianli still ignored him. After Fu Ning had finished packing, she walked slowly out of the woods, supported by Fu Ning.
Feng Qihe followed behind her.
Gui Tong was waiting at the exit of the woods. He had been waiting for so long, she wondered if he had eaten.
Sometimes, guarding others was also a thankless task, especially in such cold weather.
Chu Qianli looked up at the sky.
It was dim, and the night was not beautiful at all.
"Actually, you don't want to stay in this place, and you don't want to be entangled in these mundane affairs, do you?"
Before they reached the exit of the woods, Feng Qihe suddenly quickened his pace, blocking her path.
"Li'er, you are also tired of this deceitful life, you want to escape too, don't you?"
"I don't have the leisure of a prince..."
"You don't, but you really want to!"
Feng Qihe interrupted her and said in a deep voice, "You want to escape, you always have! Otherwise, even when Chu Minghao could provide you with everything you needed, you would still come to this place yourself to bathe, change, and make a fire."
"You could have stayed at the post station and waited for service, but why did you come to this place? It's because, there, you felt like you couldn't breathe, you felt like you were suffocating!"
Chu Qianli glared at him, her eyes gradually turning cold.
Seeing her angry expression, Feng Qihe smiled instead.
"Are you angry because I hit the nail on the head?"
"Prince He, do you think you can see through everything?" she snorted.
Feng Qihe just kept smiling, "I don't need to see through everything, I only need to see through you."
"You..."
"Li'er, don't you feel very tired? You don't like this kind of life, but why do you keep getting entangled in it?"
"You want to retreat into the mountains and forests even more than I do, but you never say it."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Chu Qianli turned her head and glanced at Fu Ning, "Let's go back."
Fu Ning's heart was indescribably complicated, but she could only support Chu Qianli, bypass Feng Qihe, and walk slowly out of the woods.
Feng Qihe did not stop her this time. He just watched her retreating figure, the smile on his lips slowly disappearing.
"Actually, you and I are the same, I am also very tired, Li'er."
She did not respond.
Her back grew increasingly lonely.
"I know the person in your heart is not me, but he will not give up everything in front of him for you. He is more cunning than me and has greater attachments."
"You won't wait for him to roam freely with you like the sea. Give up, Li'er, he is not suitable for you."
Chu Qianli walked far away.
She left the woods, slowly returned to the courtyard of the post station, and then step by step, headed back to her sleeping quarters.
Chu Feiyan was waiting for her.
She looked furious.
Fu Ning was a little worried, "Miss, why don't you go back first, and I'll stop this unruly county princess."
"You can't stop her." Chu Qianli's gaze was calm. She had no interest in Chu Feiyan at all.
This woman was starting to make her truly annoyed.
"Did she hurt you tonight?"
Fu Ning lowered her head and glanced at her arm, shaking her head, "It's nothing."
It wasn't really a wound, there wasn't even a scratch. It was just that Chu Feiyan's attack was a bit fierce, and she couldn't hurt the other party. Accidentally, she was brushed by Chu Feiyan's blade energy.
But she dodged quickly, and it only resulted in a bruise, not a bleeding wound.
Chu Qianli looked at Chu Feiyan, who was striding towards them, her eyes filled with icy coldness, "Good, I'll avenge you."