Chapter 285 - I Dont Like Little Boys (1/2)
Xiao Baoshan stayed in the prison camp for a few days.
In fact, those who worked hard outside the prison camp were also their own people, not actual prisoners.
During this period of time, Xiao Baoshan, Qian Qi and some of Qian Qi’s best men worked together on the method of arranging troops to improve their combat capabilities.
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The Tianshan Tribe
Ye Xiaoxian and the female workers were picking cotton.
One of the female workers asked Ye Xiaoxian, “Hey, it seems that I haven’t seen your Baoshan for many days. Where is he?”
Ye Xiaoxian paused, then said, “He went to the county and will be back in a few days.”
“Yesterday, I saw Little Xun sitting alone in the meadow. He must be waiting for Baoshan to come back.”
“Little Xun is a poor little boy. His sister wasn’t in the tribe, and he lived with Baoshan later on. Now Baoshan has left as well. Has he been living alone recently?”
Ye Xiaoxian said, “Yeah, my mother originally said that she wanted to live with him, but he said that he had grown up and could live alone, so we didn’t force him. Being independent since childhood is not a bad thing though.”
“That’s true. A seven or eight year old child isn’t afraid of wetting the bed. Let him sleep by himself.”
“The weather is getting colder and colder now. I’m afraid that he’ll lift the quilt in the middle of the night…”
At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew through and Ye Xiaoxian s.h.i.+vered.
She felt a sudden pain in her heart as she thought of Xiao Baoshan.
From the day he left, she didn’t specifically count the days, but the number of days just kept flas.h.i.+ng in her mind.
Today seemed to be the eighth day.
It had been eight days but he hadn’t come back yet.
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At night.
They were already planning to go to bed. Li Hongmei was making the bed and she suddenly said, “Why hasn’t Baoshan come back yet? Did something bad happen in Baoning City?”
Ye Xiaoxian’s heart skipped a beat again.
Xiao Baozhu said, “Mom, the Sixth King and the Seventh King are in Baoning City. What can ever happen? Nothing! The Second Brother is summoned by General Qian. Maybe the two of them just clicked right away and are talking their ears off right now.”
“Oh well, I’m exactly afraid of this. Last time, Baoshan helped General Qian Qi pick up his family and almost lost his life. If Baoshan were to save someone again this time, then… Hey, why do my eyelids twitch again?”
Ye Xiaoxian had already laid down. After hearing Li Hongmei’s words, she couldn’t help but holding the quilt tighter.
She felt her eyelids twitch as well.
Subconsciously, she reached for the emerald hairpin next to her bed and held it tightly in her hands.
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Fortunately, Xiao Baoshan came back at noon the next day.
A group of people immediately surrounded him and asked about the reasons they had gone to Baoning City for so many days.
Xiao Baoshan said that he had spent some days reminiscing with Qian Qi, then the Sixth King kept them there for a few more days. They were too enthusiastic that they couldn’t refuse but to stay for a little longer.
The family let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Li Hongmei was too worried. Hopefully Qian Qi didn’t ask Xiao Baoshan to do anything else. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to stand it.
On the other hand, Councilor Liu was not worried about Xiao Baoshan’s safety. He said, “I thought the Sixth King saw that Baoshan was cured, so he wanted to keep Baoshan in Baoning City to help him. Baoshan is so talented that the tribe is too restrictive for him.”
Liu Qianqian joked, “In fact, it doesn’t make too much of a big deal to live in the tribe. The man has been on the battlefield for such a long time that it’s time to live a stable life. If his wife and children can warm the bed for him, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing, but I’m afraid that he has never enjoyed such privilege.”
Everyone understood that Liu Qianqian was implying that Ye Xiaoxian was being indifferent to Xiao Baoshan.
Therefore, everyone looked at Ye Xiaoxian one after another.
Ye Xiaoxian was a little embarra.s.sed so she reb.u.t.ted Liu Qianqian, “For some people, it’s simply not enough for the wife and children to warm the bed. They have to get up in the middle of the night to look at the stars, and the cold weather is never an excuse. You see, you caught a cold today, didn’t you?”
“How… How did you know that?” Liu Qianqian was even more embarra.s.sed than Ye Xiaoxian.
She and Jia Zhenbo indeed went to see the stars last night. They couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night. Liu Qianqian thought of the romantic plot in the drama and wanted to see the stars, so Jia Zhenbo had to go with her.
Eventually she caught a cold and was sneezing all the time. She didn’t go out this morning because she had to stay indoor to take the medicine.
Ye Xiaoxian smiled, “If you don’t want others to know, better not do it .”
Everyone immediately turned to Liu Qianqian.
This was pretty funny. Liu Qianqian was probably going to be laughed at for a long time.
Xiao Baoshan was laughing as well before he glanced at Ye Xiaoxian, when, at the same time, Ye Xiaoxian also looked at him, but only for an instant before they turned away.
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After dinner, Ye Xiaoxian and Li Hongmei were staying in the room. At this time, Xiao Baoshan came over too, asking for permission to enter.
Li Hongmei immediately let Xiao Baoshan in.
“Baoshan, are you full for dinner? You didn’t seem to eat much,” Li Hongmei was worried that Baoshan wasn’t full.
Xiao Baoshan said, “I’m full. Mrs. Qian gave me a lot of things to eat on my way back. Oh right, there’s still some food left. There were a lot of people during the dinner so I didn’t take it out. Here, I’ve brought some to share with you guys. They are just some cakes and desserts.”
Ye Xiaoxian took a look. The pastries are placed in an exquisite box. It looked like they hadn’t been moved, unlike what Xiao Baoshan said, that they were leftovers.
“Baoshan, are you having fun these days?” Li Hongmei asked.
“Of course I’m happy,” Xiao Baoshan paused before adding, “Qian Qi hoped that I can go there again next month. It’s just that winter is almost here and we have nothing to do, so I might stay in Baoning City for a while.”
“Uhh…” Li Hongmei looked at little Ye.
Ye Xiaoxian quickly withdrew her gaze and pretended to be indifferent.