CHAPTER 731: CHAPTER 317: REUNION (SECOND PART)

All the assassins quickly left from around Ye Qichi.

No lingering footsteps.

There was no one outside.

Xiao Jinxing used himself to lead all the assassins away.

She seemed to have been saved.

Ye Qichi took a deep breath.

She lay on the ground, still lying there, motionless.

Nervousness and fear made her feel stunned for a second.

When she came to her senses, she didn’t know how much time had passed.

She just felt that it was extremely quiet around her.

Eventually, she also completely calmed down.

In her memory.

She seemed to remember, Xiao Jinxing told her to wait for him here when he left.

Will he come back?!

Shouldn’t he take advantage of the opportunity to leave this place completely alone after abandoning her, the burden?!

Moreover.

As he moved forward, how could he possibly return under the pursuit of the assassins.

She felt that it would be better for her to leave now.

They moved forward, so she would go in the opposite direction.

Then figure out a way to climb out of this cliff.

Ye Qichi got up and left.

After resting for a moment, she clearly regained some strength.

As long as she doesn’t exhaust herself completely, slowly, her body will recover quickly.

She believed that she could leave this valley alone.

While Ye Qichi thought this, she left.

The valley was quiet.

Only occasionally, the sound of birds chirping.

It was also not lacking in elegance.

Ye Qichi walked a long distance.

The sky gradually darkened.

The weather got colder and colder.

After looking around, she still couldn’t find an exit.

Ye Qichi decided that she needed to find a place to shelter from the wind.

In such cold weather, she would freeze herself to death.

She circled around again.

In such a deep valley, surprisingly, there was no place to stay.

The darker the sky got.

The harder it was to walk.

Ye Qichi walked very carefully.

Eventually, she stopped.

Thinking, just rest like this.

After all, if she didn’t find an exit when it was light, it would be even harder to find when it’s dark.

Just as she was about to sit down.

Suddenly, she felt like there was someone around.

Ye Qichi was startled.

Could it be, the assassins.

The assassins came back.

At that moment.

Her body was suddenly embraced by someone.

Ye Qichi was about to scream in fright.

"Try to scream!" A voice by her ear said, grinding teeth in anger.

Yet, the voice was so familiar.

Ye Qichi’s heart skipped a beat.

Xiao Jinxing, this guy, didn’t run away?!

What did he come back for?!

At this moment the body embracing her almost made it difficult for her to breathe.

"I told you to wait for me here, where did you go?!" Xiao Jinxing asked her angrily.

Ye Qichi pursed her lips.

She indeed planned to leave.

But she couldn’t find an exit or a place to stay.

Then when it got dark, she ended up back where Xiao Jinxing had left her.

She never actually thought that Xiao Jinxing would come back.

Alright.

When she completely ran out of options, she also held a sliver of hope.

Then she came back.

Thinking what if the "Prince" unexpectedly kept his word?

And as it turned out...

He was indeed still there.

She actually hadn’t hoped.

"When did you come back?" Ye Qichi asked instead of replying.

After all, she was the one who didn’t listen.

She didn’t want to provoke him either.

"After shaking off the assassins," Xiao Jinxing answered, still with clenched teeth.

Thinking about how he had managed to lead the assassins away just to come and find Ye Qichi.

This woman had actually disappeared.

Telling her to wait for him, was it really just air to her?!

God knows how much effort it took him to avoid the assassins and come back.

This heartless woman.

Only thinking of saving herself.

"Should have just returned not long ago, right?!" Ye Qichi trembled with a smile.

Figuring that Xiao Jinxing shouldn’t have been waiting for her for too long either.

"Feeling guilty?" Xiao Jinxing asked.

"No, I didn’t say anything wrong. I just went to find an exit, thinking that after finding the exit, I would come here to wait for you, and then we could leave together. While you were distracting the assassin, I couldn’t keep dragging you down," Ye Qichi defended.

"Did you find the exit then?"

"Didn’t find it." Ye Qichi herself lacked confidence.

"So, you were planning to leave by yourself once you found the exit, right?" Xiao Jinxing continued to press.

Ye Qichi pursed her lips.

This question...

Since she hadn’t found it, she didn’t know if she would have left Xiao Jinxing behind and walked away on her own.

"Forget it." Xiao Jinxing got no response from Ye Qichi.

Clearly running out of patience.

The words Ye Qichi had on her lips were also left unspoken.

A gust of cold wind blew by.

Ye Qichi couldn’t help but sneeze.

"Cold?" Xiao Jinxing asked.

"Cold."

"Still cold even when I hold you this tight?" Xiao Jinxing seemed to hold her even tighter.

"Are you holding me because you’re cold too?" Ye Qichi shifted her body.

Definitely not...

Lost and then regained, must be thrilling, right?!

"Ye Qichi, did you feed your conscience to the dogs?!" Xiao Jinxing was quite furious.

Yes.

Fed it to you, this dog of a Prince.

The next moment.

Xiao Jinxing suddenly let go of her.

Once let go.

Ye Qichi felt even colder.

Suddenly missing the embrace of Xiao Jinxing a bit.

She rubbed her hands.

And didn’t dare let Xiao Jinxing hold her again.

Always felt that he might mock her.

Just as she shivered all over from the cold.

Xiao Jinxing took her hand.

Ye Qichi was stunned.

The next moment, Xiao Jinxing abruptly dragged her away.

Ye Qichi didn’t ask.

Silently following Xiao Jinxing’s footsteps.

The two were navigating through the dark mountains.

It was so cold that Ye Qichi really didn’t want to say a word.

With difficulty.

They finally reached a place that seemed to be a mountain cave.

Ye Qichi blinked her eyes.

She searched all afternoon, how did she not find that there was a cave here.

Xiao Jinxing, this guy, wasn’t he being hunted at this moment?

How did he find it?!

Feeling somewhat indignant inside.

Indeed, the male protagonist is favored by heaven, no, treated well by the author!

The two hid inside the cave.

Walking in.

Xiao Jinxing couldn’t hold back and sneezed.

Clearly, he was also cold from being outside just now.

The temperature at night in the mountain valley during autumn is definitely not lower than that of Xun City’s cold winter.

"When did you discover this cave?" Ye Qichi sat inside the cave, hugging her body.

Without the cold wind, it naturally felt much better.

But given the low temperature, it was still cold.

"Earlier this morning."

"Why didn’t you stay here to avoid the wind?" Ye Qichi muttered.

Xiao Jinxing glanced at her.

In the darkness, Ye Qichi felt as if she perceived a sharp gaze.

Pretty scary.

"What do you think?" Xiao Jinxing retorted.

At that reply.

He sneezed again.

Clearly still cold.

Suddenly, in Ye Qichi’s mind, the image of Xiao Jinxing sitting in the bushes waiting for her emerged.

Clearly very cold.

Yet just sitting still as the cold wind cut to the bone.

Then simply waiting for her return...

Ye Qichi pursed her lips.

Her heart inexplicably felt a bit of discomfort.

In that moment, she even felt lucky that she had come back.

Otherwise...

Otherwise, would Xiao Jinxing have kept waiting for her?!

"I’m injured." In the darkness, Xiao Jinxing suddenly spoke.