44. Chapter 44 The smile of the young man

Author: Writer Yue Ye

Chapter 44 The young man’s smile

Zhao Zhiyin and Shen Ange stopped their horses not far away, then changed their speed and slowly walked towards the gathered people. Shen Ange looked at this gorgeous young man and looked familiar.

I must have met him at a banquet in my previous life.

Shen Ange kept an eye on it, gently held the horse's belly and asked Zhao Zhiyin: "Ayin, who is that young man holding a carved golden bow?"

Zhao Zhiyin put his hands on his eyes, blocked the sun and squinted his eyes and said, "Oh, he is the nephew of the current emperor and the only son of King Nanyang."

When Shen Ange and Zhao Zhiyin walked in, they saw Gu Yanbei throwing an arrow at Shen Wuhua's feet, raising his head and declaring war: "Come again!"

Shen Wuhua raised his eyebrows and smiled, got on his horse and said, "Young prince, if you lose face again later, don't cry, or I will let you run away first?"

The disciples of the aristocratic family who were standing around were also making noises. Gu Yanbei blushed with shame and anger, and said angrily: "Whoever cries is a dog!"

"You don't have to give in!"

After that, the two men raised their whips and started competing again, leaving the following guards behind.

Shen Ange saw him amused. This Prince of Nanyang was a child at heart, but she was sure in her heart that this man could not be an enemy of the Shen family.

Zhao Zhiyin ordered people to carry the wild boar back to the camp, and the onlookers dispersed in all directions.

"Do you still want to compete?"

Shen Ange raised his eyebrows and replied: "Of course, my sister is so powerful, I can't lose."

The two of them were about to raise their whips and go away. Zhou Jing came out of the forest. Zhao Zhiyin looked at Shen Ange beside him. Zhou Jing saw that he was heading towards her.

Zhao Zhiyin said to her with an "I understand" expression: "I'll go over and wait for you first."

Zhou Jing rode his horse forward slowly, holding a snow-white fluffy rabbit in his hand. The horse circled around Shen Ange before stopping.

"Ge'er, here you go."

He raised the rabbit in his hand and said, "Seeing that it is all white and clean, with a touch of silvery gray on its forehead, I thought you would like it, so I caught it for you."

Shen Ange took a closer look at the rabbit in his hand. It was really cute. The silver-gray fur was different from other rabbits. She liked it...but...

"Thank you so much, brother Jing, I..." Before she could finish her words, Zhou Jing was afraid that she would say no, so he said at once: "Then I will put the rabbit in your tent for you and bring it back home to raise."

Looking at him walking towards his tent, he couldn't say no.

"Thank you so much, Brother Jing."

Then he raised his whip and left. When he was next to Zhao Zhiyin, he heard her say, "It's so heartless."

"Isn't the brother-sister relationship between Brother Jing and me considered love?"

Everyone had already run away, and Shen Ange and Zhao Zhiyin also ran into the forest. Unfortunately, Shen Ange was not good at riding, and their physical strength was not as good as Shen Wuhua's.

After walking around in the forest for a few times, he and a group of noble ladies returned to the camp.

The setting sun was setting, and the stream was glowing with warmth.

The two rode horses forward slowly. Shen Ange had two newly hunted gray rabbits hanging on his horse, while Zhao Zhiyin had a wild goat on his horse in addition to the rabbits.

Zhao Zhiyin's face was full of pride. He didn't know what he said to Shen Ange, which made her cover her mouth and laugh. When they arrived at the camp, they separated and headed towards their stables.

When she got to the stable, she fell over. It was easy to get up, but when she came down, there were usually attendants waiting with stirrups. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the horse's back was very high. When she was wondering whether she would be hurt if she jumped off, she saw a familiar figure. The figure walked over.

She folded her arms and knelt on one knee to form a human-arm ladder for her to step down on her knees.

Gu Qing?

Does he love to kneel down so much?

Shen Ange couldn't help but wonder if it was because of the influence of his life outside that in his previous life he was always scaring people to their knees.

"I don't have the habit of stepping on people's stools, please get out of the way." Her tone was soft but it was not hard to hear a little anger.

Now that she had kept him, she had to change his humiliating habits.

Seeing her displeasure, Gu Qing pursed her lips and took a step back as instructed.

Shen Ange found a point of strength on the horse, stepped on the stirrups and turned over, but the landing was unstable and almost fell.

"careful."

Gu Qing quickly stepped forward to support her, his slender fingers holding her wrist firmly with a cool feeling.

Such force made Shen Ange's heart tremble and his eyebrows tighten.

When their eyes met, Gu Qing's eyes were calm and stable, without a trace of control or desire.

Only then did Shen Ange come to his senses. The young man in front of him was not Gu Qing in his previous life.

The strength of his hold just now took her to the royal palace in her previous life.

"Thank you." She breathed a sigh of relief and pulled back her wrist without leaving a trace.

Gu Qing loosened his wrist obediently. After thinking about it, he suddenly raised his eyes and smiled at Shen Ange.

Unlike that night when he was a little stiff, his smile today is much more easy-going and full of youthful vigor.

The setting sun turned into a colorful glow, and there were no animals drinking water by the gurgling spring. The smile of the young man in front of me was as clean as a mountain spring, washing away all the haze.

It is said that Zhou Jing, the son of the Zhou family, is the best person in Changyuan City with his pink face and tall and straight posture, but Shen Ange feels that he is not as good as the smiling Gu Qing in front of him.

She was thinking that after making him "smile" that night, he would always smile when he saw her.

It seems like this makes her happy and he can continue to stay.

She guessed that Gu Qing must have developed extraordinary sensitivity and vigilance in order to survive and cater to others during these years of wandering around the palace.

Otherwise, he would not be aware of the wavering thoughts in his heart and seize the opportunity to please him and let him stay.

But his smile was really too deliberate.

"Don't force yourself to laugh in the future," she said.

Gu Qing showed confusion and asked: "Miss, you don't like it?"

Shen Ange thought about it seriously and said, "Not really."

Then a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said seriously: "It's silly to laugh for no reason, and... the laughter is spontaneous, not forced by external forces, just like this."

She smiled at Gu Qing, handed the reins to his hand, and said in a brisk tone, "I'll leave it to you."

As he spoke, he swung the riding crop in his hand and walked toward the camp against the light.

Sunset, drumming and hunting.

A bonfire was set up by the stream, and there were many birds and animals piled on the grass, all of which were the prey harvested by each family.

Zhao Zhiyin is arranging a manpower count to count the number of hunts by each family based on the arrow emblems on the prey, so as to select the leader.

In order to avoid making mistakes, I counted several times and found that the Shen family had the most prey, both in quantity and rare prey.

Gu Yanbei, the prince of Nanyang, followed, followed by Zhou Jing and others.

The least one is the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she can't find it, and others give her a lot of gifts, and they rush to flatter her.

She didn't care about this and glanced at Shen Ange. It seemed that even though my skills were poor, they were still better than yours.

Beside the bonfire, the legitimate son of the Shaoqing family of Dali Temple joked to Zhou Jing: "Brother Zhou, why don't you show off your talents today? Could it be that you are too distracted and have too little energy?"

Qiao Yulan knew that all the prey captured by Zhou Jing had been given to the Shen family, so she couldn't help but grit her teeth and chew a few bites of the barbecue.

In front of the bonfire, the meat was grilled and shared, and everyone was eating today's spoils.

Shen Ange ordered someone to cut off a leg of venison and distributed it to the attendants. Then he personally selected some fruits and tender roasted meat, and told Yun Zhi: "Give these to..." After a pause, he changed his words. Said: "Send it to Na Manu alone."

Yun Zhi took the order and stood up, heading towards the stable.

What should I say, I originally thought that no one would read it, so I would like to add one more chapter.
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