“I… I…..”
Little Ke’s tongue suddenly tangled up. He had indeed fantasized about being a hero rescuing a beauty and walking hand in hand with her.
But when asked, he found his mind was blank.
He never imagined that the beauty he encountered could be so beautiful, nor did he think that the mouth which usually spoke nonsense would become so clumsy at this moment.
“First meeting, you don’t need to be nervous.” Ying Bing’s eyes were filled with laughter, as if she was looking at a silly goose.
“I always feel like we’ve met before…”
Ke Mo didn’t know where this sense of familiarity came from deep within his soul.
It seemed like this smile had appeared countless times in his dreams, shrouded in mist, but upon waking, he felt lost and couldn’t remember clearly until today it finally had a specific form.
“Oh right, why did you secretly tell me the answer to the riddle just now?”
“Not me.”
Ying Bing looked away.
She was afraid that Ke Mo wouldn’t guess it, but she didn’t expect him to have an inner voice agreeing with her.
Is that true? Little Ke didn’t believe it.
But he had no evidence; after all, only he heard her voice.
He hadn’t figured out why others couldn’t hear it.
“Are you planning to go on a long journey?” Ying Bing asked casually.
Tsk tsk, she had actually been waiting for a long time.
It wasn’t because Ke Mo mentioned that if someone else accompanied him to wander the world, what should they do.
Although it was just a joke, even if Ke Mo didn’t forget the past, he probably wouldn’t take it to heart.
But the speaker may not mean it, while the listener might take it seriously.
She cared.
“That’s right! The city gate seems to be closing soon!”
Ke Mo regained his senses, bowed slightly to her: “Sister Fairy, I am Ke Mo, a member of the Ke family in the city. Let’s meet again next time… next time!”
He was more afraid that if he said any more, he wouldn’t be able to part ways.
Unexpectedly, Ying Bing frowned and handed the mask back angrily:
“Take it back.”
“This…”
Seeing her get onto a carriage, pull up the curtain, and look over with a solemn gaze.
Ke Mo was momentarily stunned, not understanding why she suddenly turned gloomy.
But isn’t it said that Little Ke is a genius?
A sentence suddenly popped into his head:
‘True departure often happens silently. She says she wants to leave, but she’s waiting for you to stop her.’
“Are you also leaving the city?”
“…..” Ying Bing didn’t laugh or speak.
The more Ke Mo thought about it, the more convinced he became, and he also got onto the carriage:
“Sister Fairy, take me along. Just now, I was too busy guessing the lantern riddles and didn’t buy a horse. The place I want to go is very far. If no one takes me along, I don’t know how many years it will take.”
“But I don’t know where you’re going.”
Ying Bing pursed her lips, not letting go of the big-headed doll.
“Ink City, is it on the way? If not, take me to Yinzhu Town…”
“It’s on the way.”
Ying Bing gathered her hair behind her ear. She had just agreed, but then she lowered her head in deep thought.
As if recalling something.
“What’s wrong?” Ke Mo asked.
“I don’t know how to get there.”
Ying Bing said coldly.
Ke Mo: “?”
So he has to drive?
No…
If she doesn’t even know the road, how does she know it’s on the way?
……….
Wandering the world with sword in hand wasn’t as interesting as Little Ke had imagined.
Everyone says one should help when seeing injustice, but the chivalrous acts Little Ke encountered left him without a chance to act.
On the first day, he met someone selling themselves to bury their father, and Little Ke paid ten taels of silver. On the second day, passing by a village, the villagers’ biggest problem was having no bridge to cross the river. On the third day, he encountered an old farmer whose produce was unsold and would rot in the fields…
This wasn’t what Little Ke expected.
He thought the biggest injustices people faced were poverty…
There was no room for action, only the need to spend money.
So… he should have brought more silver when he left home.
“Isn’t a great hero who often drinks and eats meat, spending thousands of gold coins, and they don’t work. Where do they get their money?”
Sitting in the swaying carriage, Ke Mo still couldn’t figure out this question.
“The Yin Zhu Town is ahead.”
Ke Mo heard Ying Bing’s voice.
Thinking back, Ke Mo was initially curious.
How could a woman dare to travel alone and so far?
Later, he realized she could transmit sound directly, perhaps her skills exceeded his imagination.
But when Ke Mo asked her, she said it wasn’t direct sound transmission.
Ke Mo thought she didn’t want to reveal her true abilities, so he didn’t ask further.
As the carriage swayed, the wind blew open the curtains.
The scenery outside was lush with water and grass. Ahead was a large river, the sound of rushing water could be heard here, and on the other side was a simple ancient town.
In front of the river, there were several boats waiting, some large and some small.
“Is young hero planning to cross the river with the carriage?”
In front of a large boat, the boatman was inviting a group that looked like a security escort team to board the ship. Seeing Ke Mo driving over, he asked.
“Yes.”
“If you don’t mind, you can come aboard. The price is reasonable.”
The boatman glanced at Ke Mo’s attire, seeing that he came from a distinguished family.
“Boatman, since you’ve already accepted our order, adding another passenger shouldn’t be a problem.”
A middle-aged man came out of the security escort team, dressed in short attire, with a long breath and sharp eyes.
Most likely, he was a captain among the security escorts.
The boatman bowed: “Captain Dong, you paid for a single trip, and it’s getting late. It’s convenient for everyone. Anyway, you won’t lose anything, I’ll earn some extra silver, and this young hero won’t waste time.”
“This…” The captain wanted to say more.
But from the carriage behind him, a woman’s voice came:
“Since that’s the case, let’s follow the boatman’s suggestion.”
“Excuse me.”
Ke Mo felt in his pocket and counted out the ferry fee from his few silver coins.
When entering the cabin, the middle-aged captain suddenly said:
“Your martial arts skills are decent, but the river is turbulent. Please be careful.”
“Huh?”
Ke Mo was confused, but the captain had already left.
He could only shrug, secure the carriage ropes on the deck, and return to the carriage.
“What do you want to eat tonight?”
He didn’t know why he asked so naturally.
Well, definitely not because he had just eaten her food.
“I want to eat fish.”
Ying Bing withdrew her gaze from the river and said.
…..
Not far away, the security escorts gathered on the other side of the deck, where they were cooking dinner.
The captain carried a pot of fish soup into the carriage.
Inside the carriage was a young lady, dressed elegantly, like a lady from a wealthy family.
But her manner of eating fish was quite unrefined; she chewed the fish meat along with the bones.
She drank the hot fish soup with a loud slurp and flipped the bowl over quite boldly.
“Geyu, why did you randomly call those two aboard the ship?”
Captain Dong frowned and said: “I saw those two, they seemed like a young master and his lover trying to elope, without any martial arts skills. In the chaos, we won’t have time to protect them. Wouldn’t it be a waste of two lives?”
