Chapter 410: Chapter 410 Watermelon Seedlings Chapter 410: Chapter 410 Watermelon Seedlings “Why don’t you stay for a while, and I’ll accompany my lady to take a look?” Big Bull said indulgently with a smile.
“Alright.”
Since she was just idling at home, a visit to the fields to check on the watermelon seedlings and take a walk for some fresh air seemed good, Xuexue nodded.
Xuexue put down the firewood knife she was holding, stood up, and raised her hand to tidy a few strands of hair that had fallen across her forehead, preparing to step into the kitchen to grab a small wooden bucket to water the fields.
“My lady, wait a moment.”
“What’s the matter?” Xuexue responded.
Xuexue stopped in her tracks, turned around, and looked at Big Bull with a puzzled expression.
Big Bull walked over and picked some strands of dry grass that had somehow gotten into her hair.
“All done!” he said, his handsome face bearing an indulgent smile as he looked at her, shimmering.
“Mmm!”
A blush crept across Xuexue’s face, “Big Bull, wait for me a moment, I’ll fetch a small wooden bucket from the kitchen, and let’s go to the fields together.”
“Okay!”
Big Bull gazed down at Xuexue, who exuded a delicate charm, and his heart was filled with tenderness.
Despite his guard Long Yi repeatedly urging him to return to the Capital, saying that The Emperor feared him and might be detrimental, he still couldn’t bear to part with the young woman before him, worried that once he returned to the Capital, he would no longer have the chance to be with Xuexue. If he could delay, he would, just to spend a bit more time with her.
Moreover, he had established the entire Moli Country himself.
He could not believe that the Emperor could turn the skies upside down.
Annoyed by this thought, he was ready to let Moli Country change hands if necessary.
The Emperor was truly an ungrateful wretch, he thought. He had desperately helped him conquer lands only for him to fear that his achievements would overshadow the sovereign himself, so much so that he had sent assassins to kill him?
The news Long Yi brought from the Capital had enraged him for a long time, almost beyond belief.
This score, he would sooner or later have to settle back in the Capital with that old man, The Emperor.
The two of them, shoulder to shoulder, reached the edge of the fields, admiring the watermelon seedlings that flourished into a pleasing lush green.
“My lady, what exactly did you plant?” Big Bull asked, curious since he was a warrior who knew nothing about crops.
Xuexue smiled, “I told you, they are watermelon seedlings. Naturally, they will grow into watermelons.”
While speaking, she gestured with her hands, “This big a melon, cut open to reveal bright red, a bite into it, so sweet.”
“I really hope to taste the watermelons you grow.”
“Soon, in another two months, you’ll be able to taste them.”
Two months?
Big Bull knew clearly in his heart that he probably wouldn’t last until then given the urgency on the side of the Capital.
Looking at the vast stretch of fields before them, Xuexue squatted down, reached out her hand, and touched the tender green watermelon seedlings, feeling somewhat desolate inside.
It had been several months since she was reborn. Perhaps it was the peaceful rural life that had lessened her malice, but the overwhelming hatred still bound her heart tightly at all times.
Every night she dreamt, she would hear her daughter’s piercing cries, and it pained her so much she couldn’t breathe.
At that thought, her expression turned grim.
“My lady, what’s wrong?” Big Bull noticed her change in expression and asked with concern.
“I have a bit of a headache,” Xuexue replied.
Xuexue gathered herself and pretended to rub her head.
“Really?”
“Mmm.”
Xuexue’s gaze flickered.
“Then let’s go back,” Big Bull suggested, stepping forward to support Xuexue.
“It’s okay, I can walk on my own.”
Xuexue gently pulled away from Big Bull and walked off on her own, hanging her head to hide the pain in her eyes from him.
Big Bull was a discerning man and had noticed her unusual behavior early on; he was just not pointing it out.