The birds were chirping in the forest, the first rays of morning light shone on the mountains, and the mist spread all over the valley.

In the crystal clear stream, a few fishes swim leisurely. Jiang Rui picked up the cool stream of water and threw it on his face. The little fish ran around in fright. He got into the rock a few times and disappeared.

"Owner, there are fish in the water!"

On a rock not far away, Ling Yuan’s wheelchair stood firmly. He looked at the small fishes that were running around in the water, not the length of their fingers, and he couldn’t help but ponder, “I want to eat fish for breakfast? Catch it all, enough to make you and me eat your stomach."

"No," Jiang Rui shook his head and smiled, "Such a small fish is not enough to stuff the teeth, and there is no seasoning to get rid of the fishy smell, it will definitely not taste good."

She took out the dry food that she had brought from the carriage yesterday. After one night, it had become very hard, broke a small piece, crushed it, and sprinkled it into the water. The scent of the food attracted the greedy fish, and they gathered soon, some even jumped out of the water boldly.

"You and me have empty stomachs, so these fishes were full." Ling Yuan looked at this side and smiled.

"Anyway, the owner and I don't eat either." Seeing more fish gathered, Jiang Rui broke another piece of dry food.

This is true. With those two delicious meals before, and then facing the hard and dry rations, who wants to eat?

There was the sound of wings stirring in the forest, Ling Yuan tilted his head slightly, and at the same time, a grass seed popped out of his hand. After a few breaths, a wild pigeon fell straight into the stream from mid-air.

Jiang Rui patted the crumbs on his hands, carried the skirt, stood on tiptoe, and picked up the pigeon on the rocks in the stream. He weighed the weight, raised his head and smiled at Ling Yuan: "One more is enough to eat. La."

Ling Yuan nodded and continued to pay attention to the surrounding movement.

Jiang Rui moved the crock pot to the side of the stream and cooked a pot of pigeon stewed mushrooms in the same way as chicken stewed mushrooms.

After eating, she cleaned the cave, and then looked at the pile of dry pyre used up by them with embarrassment, and suddenly took off her earrings, wrapped them in cloth, and prepared to stuff them into the pile.

"What?" Ling Yuan said warmly.

Jiang Rui said embarrassedly: "We used up other people’s firewood, and it was still wet everywhere outside. I couldn’t pick it up and return it to him. I didn’t have any money on my body. I was afraid that Liu Shaoxia would be too rush to find it and forget , So put the earrings here first as a reward."

Ling Yuan had his own servants to follow when he went out, and he didn't carry a silver pair on his body. Hearing the words, he passed the jade pendant on his waist and said, "Use this."

"Where is it?" Jiang Rui smiled, "A load of firewood is only a few cents. My pair of small silver earrings are enough to buy 20 or 30 load, but we also borrowed his cave, as more of them. The rent is for him. If the owner puts the jade pendant here, people might be scared and afraid to accept it."

"Your earrings are not proper." Ling Yuan said.

Jiang Rui understood what he meant. In recent years, women’s belongings are not easy to fall into the hands of men, but now she leaves the earrings to the hunter, and the other party doesn’t know who it is. What does it matter?

Thinking so, she wouldn't really say that to Ling Yuan. After thinking about it, she handed the earrings to his eyes, "Otherwise the owner will take a bit of effort to make it into a silver mound?"

The earrings in front of them are small, shaped like lilacs, about the size of a little fingernail. Although they are small, they are also shabby.

Ling Yuan didn’t have any women who walked close. The only common ones were the maids in the main courtyard. He hadn’t noticed their dresses, but in his impression, their jewelry was mostly pure gold, pearls, and precious stones. If there is silver, it must be a silver bracelet and silver hairpin. I have never seen such a small silver jewelry.

He couldn't help looking up at the little chef in front of him, as if he had seen him on the first day. He looked at it from beginning to end and found that apart from the pair of earrings and a small bead flower, there was only one thing on her hand. Only silk-wrapped silver bracelets are simple and plain enough to make people feel dazzling.

"Keep it away." He gently pushed away Jiang Rui's hand, then used a sword to cut the jade pendant in his hand in half, handed half of it to her, and motioned to wrap it up and put it in the pyre.

Jiang Rui looked at Yu Pei with a distressed look, but was quite speechless in his heart.

She said that jade pendant is too expensive, so he cut the jade in half? It is important to know that a good jade has the same quality as the carving. Only half of the jade pendant is far less valuable than the original jade pendant. It can be said that this jade was destroyed by him.

A few dollars of silver earrings can solve the problem, and you have to replace it with a few hundred taels of jade pendant. Jiang Rui thinks that he is a typical improper and does not know the quality.

She didn't feel sorry for the silver, nor was it her silver anyway, but she didn't know what to say about his behavior.

Ling Yuan was quite contented, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist, and went to the entrance of the cave to enjoy the mountain scenery.

It didn't take long for Jiang Rui to move a rock and sit at the entrance of the cave. The two talked aimlessly, without a word.

Since last night, she could feel the change in Ling Yuan's attitude towards her, it was not very obvious, on the surface it looked no different from usual, still gentle and polite. But in fact, when Ling Yuan was talking to her yesterday, although he looked at random topics, there was a sense of temptation hidden in the words. Today, they didn't. They were really leisurely chatting at this time.

He has given up temptation to her, but he doesn't seem to believe that her background is innocent and purposeless, more like he doesn't care, doesn't care what her mission is, doesn't care who is behind her.

Jiang Rui narrowed his eyebrows slightly, thinking about what the traitor Luo Er said before his death last night.

In fact, she was right. Ling Yuan really didn't plan to test the little cook again. No matter what her origins or the purpose of approaching him, as long as she has been so behaved, he will not pursue it.

If one day she is unbehaved and gave birth to two hearts like Luo Er did, he will kill or destroy the people and things that gave her the two hearts. Then, should she be able to become behaved again?

As for why he didn't kill the little cook, Ling Yuan didn't think about it for the time being.

In the evening, the two were thinking about what to eat for dinner when they suddenly heard an excited voice.

"Brother Ling! Sanniang!"

Jiang Rui raised his head and saw Liu Xingfeng hanging from the cliff like a spider. Before Ling Yuan said that he would be able to come to them the next day, it was not wrong.

As soon as Liu Xingfeng touched the ground, he couldn't wait to untie the rope around his waist and ran towards the two of them, "Brother Ling, are you all right?"

"It's okay, but Brother Liu Xian has worked hard." Ling Yuan said softly.

Liu Xingfeng was ashamed, "I should have come down yesterday to find Brother Ling, but many people were injured, and my cousin was frightened again—"

Ling Yuan waved his hand and interrupted him, "You did the right thing. It would be irrational to come down and find me rashly."

Liu Xingfeng felt relieved and asked Jiang Rui: "How about Sanniang?"

Jiang Rui shook his head, "I'm fine, but the owner is injured."

"It's just a little injury." Ling Yuan said.

Liu Xingfeng hurriedly said: "The little injury will also be shown to the doctor. I found a few local villagers at the foot of the mountain and asked them to lead the way. Brother Ling, let's go down the mountain."

Someone led the way. They walked around the mountain for more than an hour, and finally arrived at the bottom of the mountain when it was dark. They didn't stop much and set off immediately.

Ling Yuan was injured and rode in a carriage with Jiang Rui.

Jiang Rui opened a little carriage curtain and looked back. It was already dark, and the valley that trapped them for nearly two days and one night, there was only a black shadow.

"Can't bear it?" Ling Yuan asked.

Jiang Rui shook his head and smiled cautiously, "No."

Ling Yuan squinted slightly in the dim carriage. He realized that since the other people appeared, the little cook was no longer as comfortable as when she was in the mountains. Even with only two people, she was still restrained.

Although speaking, this is the attitude she should have in front of the owner.

There was silence in the carriage for a while, and Ling Yuan asked an unrelated question: "What are your plans afterwards? Do you want to return to Ming Villa?"

"Didn't Young Master Gu told me to go and cook for him?" Jiang Rui asked softly.

"The kid is fooling around, let Brother Liu Xian find another one for him." Although Ling Yuan was gentle, his tone was a little careless.

"This way..." Jiang Rui whispered, sounding a little confused.

Ling Yuan said again: "If you don't want to go back, you don't have to wait with him anymore. After that, you will be by my side. When things are over, we will return to Ming Villa together."

Jiang Rui nodded hesitantly, "Okay."

Ling Yuan smiled: "I was not very lively in the mountains before, and ordered me to catch chickens and birds, how come I have become gentle and delicate now?"

Jiang Rui pressed her lower lip in embarrassment, "That, that is..."

"Don't worry, it's not about training you. Since you are allowed to follow me, you don't have to suppress your nature, just do whatever you want."

"If it is seen, it should be said that Mingshan Villa has no rules."

Ling Yuan chuckled, "Just do it and see who dares to say."

They drove non-stop all night and arrived at the house where Liu Xingfeng and the others temporarily settled at dawn.

"I have sent a letter to my father, and I will rest here for a few days before setting off. What do you think of Brother Ling?" Liu Xingfeng took Ling Yuan to a small courtyard.

Ling Yuan nodded, "Brother Liu Xian has bothered."

""What's the matter? Just now I have ordered the steward to invite the doctor. Brother Ling will have breakfast first, Sanniang, your residence has been arranged, so let people bring—"

"She lives with me." Ling Yuan said.

"Huh?" Liu Xingfeng didn't react for a while.

"There are still a lot of rooms in the yard. Just arrange one to come. You don't need to go elsewhere. See which one you like?" The last sentence was addressed to Jiang Rui.

Jiang Rui frowned and said, "It's all good."

Ling Yuan said again: "Since I live here, I have to give an order from the steward to send me meals together."

The steward went immediately, but before leaving, the sight that fell on the two of them was so ambiguous.

Liu Xingfeng blinked, only then recovered.

Although it's normal for the host's family and the maid to live in the same yard, and sleep in the same room, it seemed abnormal when this happened to his brother Ling.

His eyes rolled between the two of them, and he couldn't help but touch his chin, feeling a strange breath.

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Liu Yingfeng: Adultery!

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