After more than half an hour, until it was completely dark, Zisai came back with a snow wolf on his shoulders: "We have meat to eat!"
Zi Tong bit her lips tightly, showing no joy at all because she had something to eat.
"Why don't you say anything?" Seeing that she didn't say anything, Zisai threw down the snow wolf and walked to the bed. When he got closer, he was surprised to find that at some point, she had already burst into tears: "Why are you crying? Is it your legs?"
pain?"
Zi Tong shook his head.
"What's going on?" Zisai's voice slowed down and he sat down on the edge of the cave.
Zi Tong bit her lips tightly, letting her crystal tears fall down drop by drop, but remained silent.
"What's going on?" Zi Sai's eyebrows slowly furrowed, and there was a hint of anxiety in his voice.
Zi Tong suddenly spoke without warning, shouting hysterically: "Do you know you are annoying? Do you know I will be worried? Do you know I will be scared?" Zi Tong complained one after another, and Rou Ni kept beating her child.
Sai Che: "Why do you have to go so long? Why do you make me feel uneasy? Why..."
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry..." Zisai hugged Zitong into his arms. He didn't know that the time he had left had made her so sad and worried.
Vaguely, Zisai noticed that something in himself had become soft without even realizing it.
"Why? Why..." Zi Tong's tears fell down his cheeks, and finally slapped on Zi Sai's neck.
The hot touch made Zi Sai feel even more heartbroken: "... I'm sorry... I promise that from now on, I will never leave you alone again... let alone make you feel uneasy..."
Zi Tong cried for a long time as Zi Sai murmured apologies.
"This is what you said. You can't leave me alone in the future, and you can't make me feel uneasy again!" Zi Tong kept sobbing, but his eyes were fixed on Zi Sai stubbornly.
"No! Absolutely not!" Zi Sai promised, his big hands comforting and caressing Zi Tong's back.
Zi Tong finally chose to believe what he said; pitifully touching his stomach that had been protesting for a long time: "I'm hungry!"
Zi Sai burst out laughing and tapped Zi Tong's forehead: "I know! Bear with it for now, it'll be fine in a while!" At the same time as he spoke, he stood up and walked in the direction of Snow Wolf.
Under the moonlight, Zi Tong could vaguely see a bright red stain on the back of Zi Sai's hand: "What is that on your hand?"
Zi Sai subconsciously hid his hand: "Nothing! If you are tired from sitting, just lie down for a while!"
His dodge made Zi Tong confirm what he was thinking: "Are you injured?"
"No!"
"Liar!" Zi Tong raised his eyebrows and raised his cheeks in anger.
Seeing this, Zi Sai sighed slightly: "I was injured a little, but it's not serious!"
Hearing his admission, Zi Tong felt worried for no reason: "How could he be injured? Did he just collapse?"
"No!" Zi Sai gave a comforting smile: "I was accidentally caught by the snow wolf, and I have already taken care of it; don't worry!"
"Is everything really okay?" There was a hint of doubt in Zitong's voice.
"It's really okay!" Zisai smiled: "Didn't I promise you that I would bring you back to the imperial capital safely? If something happens to me, how can I fulfill my promise?"
Zisai's other words convinced Zitong slightly: "A man must keep his word, and you must not break your promise!"
"I promise you, I will never break my promise!" He bent down and picked up the snow wolf at his feet, then picked up the iron pot from the corner: "I'll go to the entrance of the cave to clean the snow wolf!"
"good!"
Zisai carried the snow wolf and the iron pot, walked to the entrance of the cave, and squatted down where Zitong could see him.
After melting the snow water, clean the snow wolf's internal organs and throw them into the pot. Pick up a few handfuls of snow and put them on the snow wolf. After all preparations are completed, get up and walk back to the cave.
Use matches to set up a fire rack and fix the iron pot on the matches; take out the fire folder from your pocket and light the matches.
"So warm!" The dancing flames added a touch of warmth to the cold cave.
Zisai added some firewood and walked to the edge of the collapse: "Is it very cold?"
"It was cold just now, but it's much better now!" Zi Tong raised a pale smile, not wanting him to worry about him.
Zisai stretched out his hand and hugged her thin body into his arms: "If you feel cold or uncomfortable, just tell me!"
"Yes!" Zi Tong responded obediently; his head rested on Yu Zisai's chest, listening to his strong heartbeat: "Tell me, do we count as dependent on each other now?"
"Forget it!"
Zi Tong smiled sweetly: "I used to hear people say that a friend in need is a friend indeed; then why don't you ask me if I am so grateful for your life-saving grace that I want to pledge my life to you?"
"Naughty!" Zi Sai scolded, lowering his eyes to look at the man in his arms who was having fun.
Zi Tong playfully stuck out the tip of his tongue and said, seemingly true or false: "Maybe, I really have the urge to commit myself to you now!"
"..." Zisai decisively chose to remain silent.
Zi Tong suddenly remembered something and raised a slightly worried face: "Generally speaking, we are both safe and sound; but I wonder how Master Yuan and the others are doing now?"
"It should be okay!" After all, there were no accidents when they came down the mountain.
"Hopefully!"
The soup was getting better faster than the meat. Zi Sai let go of Zi Tong and found two pairs of bowls and chopsticks from the vat. He filled a bowl of hot soup for Zi Tong and himself.
"Drink some to warm yourself up first, the meat will be ready in a while!"
Zi Tong reached out to take it, gently put it to his lips and drank: "The taste is so bland!"
"There's no seasoning here, so just drink it first!"
"Yeah!" Zi Tong had eaten such original wild game for the first time since he was a child. Although it had no taste, he drank two big bowls of it.
My cold and hungry body felt much more comfortable as two bowls of soup entered my stomach.
"Want to drink again?"
Zi Tong shook his head: "Save some food in your stomach for meat, otherwise you will definitely be hungry in the middle of the night!"
Zi Sai smiled knowingly: "The meat is almost ready! I'll get it for you!"
He casually pulled off one of the snow wolf's hind legs from the pot and handed it to Zi Tong.
"Uh~~" If I could eat them all, wouldn't I become a pig?
As if he could see what Zi Tong was thinking, Zi Sai's lips curled up slightly: "You can eat as much as you can. If you can't eat, we'll talk about it later!"
"oh!"
After eating and drinking enough, Zi Tong began to feel sleepy and yawned one after another.
"You go to bed first, I'll keep watch!" Zi Sai considerately covered Zi Tong with a blanket.
Zi Tong grabbed Zi Sai as he was about to leave, and whispered coquettishly: "You sleep with me!"
"No! Men and women have..."
"In such a cold weather, I will freeze to death if I sleep alone!" Zi Tong interrupted Zi Sai before he finished speaking, and blinked pitifully: "Please!"
After staring at Zitong's pale face for a long time, Zisai finally nodded silently.
He added fuel to the burning fire; he folded his clothes and held Zi Tong tightly in his arms.
Zi Tong, who was nestled in Zi Sai's arms, had a hearty smile on his lips; smelling the reassuring breath on his body, he slowly fell asleep.