Chapter 136: Chapter 121 Li River Chapter 136: Chapter 121 Li River The next morning.
The sky began to lighten.
Among the mountains and forests, birdsong was cleansing.
A thin mist lingered.
Inside the broken viewing pavilion.
Except for a few beams of morning sun that barged in unannounced.
Compared to last night, everything was as before.
Perfectly silent.
Suddenly.
A woman let out a soft moan.
Sultry and lazy.
“You… you’re on my hair.”
Su Xiaoxiao said weakly.
“Ah? Oh, sorry.”
Zhao Rong hurriedly moved his hand away.
Su Xiaoxiao stopped talking.
Zhao Rong got up, feeling refreshed, stretched lazily, and glanced at a certain fox demon burying her head and cowering, the corner of his mouth slightly upturned.
“Ti to get up, lazybones.”
Su Xiaoxiao still didn’t speak, but although she buried her head under the large robe used as a blanket, she seed to feel his unabashed gaze.
Su Xiaoxiao quickly shrank entirely under the robe, not wanting to expose a single hair to the naughty man from last night.
Inside the robe, his scent filled the air.
Early in the morning, Su Xiaoxiao’s bare face was once again painted with rouge.
Her voice was as faint as a mosquito’s.
“Dirty… so dirty.”
Zhao Rong coughed and quickly got out of bed, cleaned up, and went outside to find a water source and fetched a bucket of clean water back.
Zhao Rong dipped his hand into the water, felt a bit of coolness, then gathered so branches and kindling to bring back to the pavilion.
He started a fire and ward the water slightly, occasionally dipping his hand in, patiently testing the temperature.
After a busy while, Zhao Rong left the just-right temperature hot water, a set of clean clothes, and so dry food before leaving for morning practice.
Inside the pavilion, a corner of the covering robe was slightly lifted.
A cute little head and a delicate patch of fair collarbone were exposed.
Su Xiaoxiao’s face flushed, her black hair ssy, yet her eyes were sharp and clear, shining.
She was staring intently at the figure of Zhao Rong as he walked away.
Noticing he casually took off the headband he had worn all last night, which had puzzled her.
Su Xiaoxiao sniffed.
“Hmm, you big liar… you do have so conscience.”
After Zhao Rong had practiced his fist stance three hundred tis and returned covered in sweat,
He found the little girl had already packed her things.
But since he returned,
Su Xiaoxiao kept her little head bowed, not looking at him nor uttering a sound, her adorable ears flushed red as if they had been rubbed.
Her slender neck also had a large area flushed with crimson.
Zhao Rong couldn’t help feeling resigned, hadn’t he already coaxed her before going to sleep last night? How co she acted like this again this morning.
Such a high-maintenance mistress…
But, it couldn’t be helped, previously a wild scapegoat could be bullied with impunity, no need for responsibility.
Now that she belonged only to him, after bullying her, he had to coax her, needing to pamper her for a lifeti.
“Let’s go, we’re not far from the Great River now. Let’s get there early to catch the nearest dragon ship to leave.”
Su Xiaoxiao got up, picked up her little bookcase ready to carry it, but Zhao Rong was instantly by her side, unceremoniously taking her bookcase and storing it inside the Suru Object.
The next second, his big hand authoritatively grabbed her small hand, guiding her outside.
Su Xiaoxiao bit her lip, struggling a little.
“Let go, big liar.”
Zhao Rong looked ahead, chuckled softly, “Su Xiaoxiao, I, Zhao Ziyu, have never lied to anyone else.”
“Liar, liar, you still say you don’t lie to others, but you lied to last night, that was no… no embroidery needle! Liar, big liar!”
Zhao Rong suddenly turned around, his gaze fixed on her, his expression earnest: “Fool, you’re not soone else, I only wish to bully and deceive you alone.”
Su Xiaoxiao’s eyelashes trembled, she slightly turned her head aside.
She actually felt sweet and warm inside at the mont, feeling even sweeter than the honey she had eaten the night before.
She wasn’t really mad at Zhao Rong, but upon waking up early in the morning, she felt like the events of the previous night had been a dream.
Although he was right beside her, she still felt a sense of insecurity.
Seeing his gentle deanor in the morning, she suddenly wanted more of his tenderness and care, so she carefully played a little coy.
In fact, she had prepared herself and was always paying attention to Zhao Rong’s expressions. If she noticed even a hint of impatience or unhappiness from him, she would imdiately soften and speak gently to coax him…
Now, hearing Zhao Rong’s sweet nothings, it was as if her heart was coated with honey.
Oh, what a fool… but I like it so much…
However.
Thinking of what she did for him last night, and what happened between them, Su Xiaoxiao still felt both shy and joyous.
Under the supervision of that “bad person,” holding an embroidery needle and doing needlework most of the night, her small hands were a bit sore when she woke up in the morning.
And his hands were not well behaved; although he did not deflower her as her great-grandmother had secretly told her, he still did plenty of naughty things, making her “embarrassed” all night, although deep down she also enjoyed the intimate monts with her lover. Yet, the shyness of a young girl was inevitable…
Su Xiaoxiao puffed her cheeks, still keeping a stern face.
Her voice was slightly cold, “Hmph, what did you call ?”
Zhao Rong was startled.
Then he blinked, sowhat helplessly.
How did this silly girl’s mory beco so good? Last night, he had only agreed offhandedly to encourage her to diligently and persistently do her needlework; he hadn’t expected her to still rember it.
And this silly girl, she was so obedient last night, how did she beco a completely different person this morning after waking up…
Zhao Rong pondered deeply and after ntally complaining about the complex thoughts of young girls, he quickly said softly,
“Baby.”
Zhao Rong shivered inwardly.
However, upon hearing this nickna, Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes involuntarily squinted, and she tilted her head slightly, her voice softened a bit, coquettishly saying,
“Rember, you can only call Su Xiaoxiao ‘baby’ from now on. If you get it wrong once, hmph!”
She shook her little pink fist.
Zhao Rong quickly nodded.
Before long.
Su Xiaoxiao was coaxed into a good mood by Zhao Rong, and her mood brightened like a clear sky.
She smiled and voluntarily clung tightly to Zhao Rong’s left hand.
The two continued heading north.
The young fox demon and the scholar, newly in love.
Along the way, they were sticky sweet with each other.
On the seventh day.
The couple finally reached the end of this vast wilderness.
The sound of water roared, mighty enough to be heard miles away.
They quickly walked out of the forest.
All at once, the world opened up and beca brighter.
Before their eyes.
Were white clouds, green mountains, and river waters.
From afar to near, lined up in a series of layers.
Zhao Rong closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Li River, they had arrived.
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According to the Mountain and River Map of Wangque Continent.
Li River stretches from the south to the north, piercing through Wangque Continent.
But Zhao Rong discovered a peculiarity.
The Li River was straight.
The Mountain and River Map appeared as if soone had randomly drawn a straight line without any twists and turns.
Zhao Rong had asked Liu Sanbian whether this was the result of man-made excavation.
That day, Liu Sanbian also shook his head, not knowing.
Such a straight route also made the Li River one of the preferred travel paths over the mountains of Wangque Continent.
But it wasn’t as common as the mountain boats.
Because it passed through fewer mountain markets and traversed too many territories and countries overland, it was not as safe as above the sea of clouds.
However, with Punishnt Mansion currently blocking the mountain boats, it had beco the fastest traveling route available.
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