I traveled through the ice and snow for days, and even if I wore boots made of thick yak leather on my feet, it could not stop the invasion of wet, cold and cold air.

Her feet had already started to develop frostbite many days ago. After arriving here, they were even more swollen, so the simple thing of putting their feet in their shoes in the morning became a torture.

He held her feet again.

Such intimacy made her feel a little uncomfortable.

She tried to retract her feet again, but failed.

"Don't move." He said, without looking at her, his eyes still fell on her feet, and the movement of applying medicine on his hands never stopped.

The flames of the yak lamp were orange-red and were faintly reflected on his face. The man lowered his eyebrows, and his face seemed to be covered with a warm look that she had never known before.

The embarrassment and surprise caused by his sudden appearance slowly dissipated.

She slowly lay back, watching him apply medicine for himself, wipe one foot, and change the other. After rubbing both feet, he did not stop, and continued to wrap her feet with his palms and rub her slowly.

No one spoke, and there was peace in the small tent.

Suddenly a strong wind blew across the outside, accompanied by a strange and low whimpering sound, the door of the tent was blown up, and the flame on the yak wick flashed.

The man's face became bright and dark.

"How did you come here?"

Mu Fulan suddenly came to her senses and spoke in a hurry, breaking the tranquility in the tent.

"Is Xier alone there? Will something happen?"

She continued to ask questions.

Xie Changgeng stopped his hand and looked up at her.

"He is still so young! I hope that before you leave, you have made proper arrangements for him!"

"I brought him too."

He finally said slowly.

Mu Fulan was shocked and pulled his feet back from his hand, and the man followed and sat up.

"You actually brought him this kind of weather and this kind of place?"

She did not hide the blame in her tone at all.

"yes."

He nodded.

"This kid is far more brave than you think, you don't have to worry too much. There was a little accident on the way, and he even helped me a great deal. He is in Jincheng now, and when he goes back, you can see him."

His tone of speech was neither fast nor slow, as if he had a calm and strong force.

"He is worried about you and misses you very much and wants to pick you up by himself."

Mu Fulan slowly exhaled, calmed down and said, "Thank you. My feet are fine."

Xie Changgeng put the ointment he brought aside.

"Wait tomorrow morning, apply the frostbite area again. Remember to rub it after applying it, which will help the medicine to exert effect."

"I know. You must be tired, so go to rest."

He didn't move, and was silent for a moment, suddenly said, "Mu, don't ask, why did I come out here?"

Mu Fulan's heart hopped slightly and she looked up at him.

"Can the old leader not do it?"

Xie Changgeng stared at her nervous face.

"The old leader is indeed unconscious again. I certainly hope that he will be safe, but to be honest, even if he can't wait for you to come back, it will not have much impact on the overall situation."

The old leader was unconscious again, and this situation was expected by Mu Fulan. Before leaving, he had always explained the treatment methods to save lives on behalf of his military doctor, and tried his best to wait until he returned.

She said, "Then why did you come out?"

"I have sent my mother back. In the future, she will not ask me to accept Qi again."

He said a little abruptly.

Mu Fulan was stunned, looked at him for a moment, and said vaguely: "I hope your mother will not be too disappointed..."

"She was disappointed, but accepted." He interrupted her.

Mu Fulan stopped speaking, turned her head and said, "You go and rest. I'm very tired, I'll get up early tomorrow..."

Her voice suddenly stopped.

Xie Changgeng reached out, gently held her chin, turned her face back, and looked towards him.

"Mu, the reason why I am here is the same as Xier."

"I miss you. I don't feel at ease with you. So I'm here and want to pick you up earlier."

He stared at her and said softly.

Mu Fulan froze.

The narrow tent suddenly became more and more cramped, with only the sound of breathing clearly.

He said again: "You should still remember how Xier came to Hexi. At that time, I forced him to come. I was not a gentleman. At that time, I was trying to vent my anger and force you to surrender to me. But you don't know that I had already left. My original intention was not to make things difficult for you again. I couldn't let you go. I know that you were determined to save people and were worried that you would be in danger in the earthquake."

He paused, hesitated for a moment, as if he had finally made up his mind, and said, "Since I have come here to pick you up, I might as well tell you something."

"Mu, every time you meet me, you think you are perfunctory and even in pain. But do you know, how do I think?"

Mu Fulan doesn't say anything.

He said to himself: "Every time I see you with such an attitude, I can't help but think, if I had been with others, what would you do today would be like if that person and you were like this? Why did I have to do this? I wouldn't be happy. I'm also bound myself! The more you are like this, the less I want you to do it..."

"Why do I have to compete with that dead man? I want to be as happy as he can make you, so do I want you to be happier."

He smiled like a self-deprecatingly and stared at her.

"Mu, you said, am I stupid?"

Mu Fulan's heart beat fast and her face was hot.

She looked at the man in front of her and felt breathing as if it had become more difficult.

He also had a little unstable breath. He exhaled slowly, as if calming his emotions.

"In the future, don't take medicine that hurts your body..."

He finally said.

"Don't worry, I will treat Xier as a parent-child and cultivate her well. When he grows up, I won't treat him badly."

He leaned towards her slowly.

The two almost faced each other's foreheads.

"You should treat me better!"

He said softly, his voice hoarse, like a whisper, circling in her ears in the small tent.

Mu Fulan lost any reaction until the man's straight and slightly cool nose gently rubbed against her cheeks, dry and rough lips, and intimately, he shivered.

In the flash of lightning, it seemed that the first night of her newlywed marriage appeared in front of her.

The man treated her so well, without any concealing his love for her in his arms.

Warmth is always touching. However, men and women love each other, like mirrors, water and moon.

Her face suddenly turned away and she avoided his lips.

"Shelang," she said, "I am grateful for everything you did for me, including what you promised me that night."

She calmed down and slowly turned her face to look at him.

"I will go back to Jincheng tomorrow, after making the medicine, I will set off as soon as possible to rush back. There should be hope for the old leader to be saved."

Xie Changgeng's figure frozen.

The orange-red dim light was still pouring on his face, but the warmth was no longer there, and his face was half bright and half dark.

After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "That man, how good is he? What do you love him?"

Mu Fulan looked at the dull, tired red bloodshot eyes in front of her and said, "It has nothing to do with others. I can't bear to be kind to you."

He was silent like a stone. Finally, he stood up slowly, turned around, walked to the tent door, stretched out his hand, and when he was about to open it, the hand stopped again, slowly turned around, staring at the woman behind him with a colder heart than a stone.

Even if it is a stone, it will last for a day. I don’t know what to do with this heart.

"Mu, I just pretended that I didn't say those words."

After he finished speaking, he turned over the tent and left.

A strong wind left with his lifting the door, pounced into the tent, and blew out the dim light on the low table.

The tent suddenly fell into complete darkness.

Mu Fulan sat in the dark tent, her eyes slowly getting hot.
To be continued...