The carriage was difficult to move on the muddy road, and finally they stopped temporarily under a hay shed on the side of the road for passers-by to rest.
"Look, I have foresight, otherwise we would be hungry." Mu Run handed a sesame seed cake with pickles to Fu Yunchen.
Fu Yunchen took it and said with a smile: "My lady has foresight."
Mu Run fed four more spiced sesame cakes to the horse pulling the cart, and chose one with sweet bean paste filling.
"It's so delicious." Mu Run ate the sweet sesame seed cakes with a look of satisfaction on his face, "Only hungry rice is the most delicious thing in the world."
"Have you ever been hungry?" Fu Yunchen dug out a bag of beef jerky and a small jar of wine from the suitcase at the back of the carriage.
Mu Run replied: "Of course, no one has ever been hungry."
"What about that kind of hunger that is on the verge of death?" Fu Yunchen asked.
Mu Run thought for a while, she didn't have it herself, but as for Xin Lian... "It seems not."
"I have." Fu Yunchen replied.
Mu Run was surprised, "You?"
"When I was a child, my family was destroyed, and I was hunted down by my enemies. I could only survive in the most chaotic and low-level black streets. I often couldn't eat anything for two or three days." Fu Yunchen handed Mu Run a piece of beef jerky.
Mu Run suddenly didn't know what to say. He took the beef jerky silently and looked up at the man who was more than a head taller than him. "It's not easy. It's so difficult to grow so tall. It must be because of good genes."
"Gene?"
"Uh!" He accidentally said a modern word, "It's just hereditary. One of your parents must be tall."
Fu Yunchen said thoughtfully: "My father is very tall. When I was a child, looking at him was like looking at a mountain."
"The same goes for you. I look at you like a mountain."
"..."
"What should I do?" Mu Run looked at the rain that was getting heavier and heavier, and it was getting dark soon. "If I had known, I would not have left the capital. It is very difficult to do it now in the wilderness."
"Wait until the rain subsides and continue walking to the villa. It's not far away."
"Oh." Mu Run felt a little cold, "Let's go into the carriage to hide for a while, it's too wet and cold outside."
"We? Haha~ are you not afraid of me anymore?"
"I'm still afraid. It's the body's instinct to perceive danger. But rationally, I'm not stupid. I know you won't take the initiative to harm me."
Fu Yunchen's expression became gentler, "...You go in and have a rest."
Mu Run entered the carriage, spread out the soft mattress, and couldn't wait to get in.
The day went by in a state of shock and fright, and she was exhausted both physically and mentally. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep.
After she fell asleep, Fu Yunchen drove the carriage himself and continued on his way...
In the capital, in Yongping Lane, there is a small inn called Shangyang.
On the door of the inn, which was ajar, there was a sign saying it was closed for repairs.
Inside the door, Mr. Liu held a pipe and a pot in his hands, standing under the eaves of the corridor, watching the rain pouring down, and taking a puff of thick smoke from time to time.
Qiao Dongzi wiped his rain-drenched hair with a dry cloth, came out of the house, and said to Liu Laoer: "Old Liu, the capital was suddenly closed and people were searched everywhere. Could it be related to my sister-in-law?"
Liu Laoer took a puff of cigarette and said, "The reason why the boss is so anxious to send my sister-in-law off is probably because of her."
"Is it because my sister-in-law looks similar to Princess Xiaoyu?"
"Boss means not just like, but exactly the same."
"Exactly the same?"
"It's not that there are no strangers who look alike in the world, but they are exactly the same... Think about it, under what circumstances would two people look exactly the same?"