Yi Xin as a concubine

Chapter 147: Return

After seeing off Steward Lin and the others, Xin Baoer helped Chu Xingchen back to the room through the secret passage.

"How are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Xin Baoer helped the person sit on the kang and asked in a gentle voice.

"I'm fine. But you, Baoer, are really impressive. When did you prepare so many things? You have bold ideas, are cautious in your actions, and are well organized in every aspect. I can't compare to you!"

Chu Xingchen held Xin Baoer's hands with both of his own, his tone full of appreciation.

"Second Master, please stop making fun of me. These are just immature ideas, just for the sake of making a promise. I don't know if they will mislead the students and end up hurting them." Xin Baoer felt a little embarrassed by the praise and said worriedly.

"Didn't you say that everything depends on human efforts? But two years is still too short. It may not meet your expectations." Chu Xingchen said carefully.

After saying this, he stared at the little girl's watery eyes, afraid that she would think that he did not trust her. However, his words did mean to give her a warning. After all, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

"I know that my plan is for five years, and the two years are just to make those who have passed by more targeted and motivated."

"With this goal and the reward system, it should be able to motivate them even more. In two years, as long as they lay a solid foundation in the neighboring country, we can use this force to implement the plan to restrict the four countries in a short period of time after we leave, so that they will not easily send troops to interfere in our civil strife."

"This mission is quite difficult. There may not be many people who have the courage to break out. Let your people find it first. If there are not enough people, I will supplement them." Chu Xingchen pulled Xin Baoer to sit beside him and said in a gentle voice.

Xin Baoer pulled back the man's hand and pretended to be calm as she continued, "There is never a shortage of ambitious people in this world. What is lacking is people who have both ambition and the ability to support their ambition. They have survived in the cracks for so many years, so they should have no shortage of hidden abilities. It just depends on whether they have the courage to challenge."

"After the Ling Niang incident, it seemed like it was handled very cleanly, but I believe that as long as something is done, it will definitely leave traces. Instead of being cautious and worried, it is better to give it a try. This is why I want them to leave as soon as possible. I hope they can understand what I mean."

"You have so many things in your little head every day. Aren't you afraid that you won't grow taller?" Chu Xingchen tapped Xin Baoer's little head, his tone becoming gentler.

"Then I don't care. I'll leave it all to you. Just work yourself to death." Xin Baoer muttered softly.

"Are you worried about me, Baoer?"

Under the dim light, Chu Xingchen's eyes were bright, the corners of his mouth were wildly raised, and he couldn't suppress his good mood.

"You are my master now, how can I not be worried? If you get tired, we, the minions, will suffer as well." Xin Baoer blushed and her heart beat fast when she was seen. She felt that something was wrong and quickly retorted, but her tone was so guilty that it was obvious that she was saying one thing and thinking another.

Just caring too much will lead to confusion. The higher the expectations, the less confident people will be.

"Oh, it's just the master!" Chu Xingchen felt a little disappointed when he heard that, and his voice became low.

"What else?" Xin Baoer's cheeks were flushed. She lowered her head and did not dare to look at Chu Xingchen, and answered casually.

Chu Xingchen: “Oh!”

"By the way, what do you say, after the spring of next year, we should reclaim land outside the cities we have already occupied in the north and take in refugees to help us farm? Maybe we can solve some of the food and people's livelihood problems." Xin Baoer changed the subject, fearing that the atmosphere would suddenly become awkward.

"I've thought about it, but the food and drink before the crops are harvested, as well as the management of refugees, are all problems. Refugees are different from ordinary people. They have experienced too much darkness, selfishness, and violence. As long as they can survive, they dare to do anything."

Speaking of this issue, Chu Xingchen put away his extra thoughts and expressed his concerns with a frown.

"Well, I have a bad idea, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not?" Xin Baoer smiled a little evilly.

"Tell me about it." Chu Xingchen raised his eyebrows, and was also aroused by the little girl's interest in playing.

"Don't you have some troops? This evil guy needs to be dealt with by evil guys." Xin Baoer said mysteriously close to Chu Xingchen's ear.

"You mean..." Chu Xingchen guessed, suppressing his blushing and heartbeat.

"Soldiers, bandits, soldiers, bandits. If you can be a soldier, you can naturally be a bandit as well." Xin Baoer concluded slowly.

"You! What should I say to you?" Chu Xingchen hugged her in his arms and accidentally touched her wound, causing her to groan in pain. Xin Baoer, who was still struggling, immediately became obedient.

"Let me go, let me take a look at your wound first." Xin Baoer didn't dare to move, so she could only coax him softly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I've only been gone for a while, but you guys have made such rapid progress. You're already living together?"

Mo Xuan Yifan stood at the door in a dusty state, looking like he was enjoying a good show, and joked, "This beauty in my arms is so charming. Cousin, I've been standing here for a while, and I wonder if you are on your guard."

"Wangchuan" Chu Xingchen became angry and shouted outside the house.

"Master Yifan, please don't harm my subordinates." Wangchuan begged for mercy quickly, feeling cowardly and aggrieved.

"Okay, stop joking. Yifan, come in quickly. It's not cold at the door." Xin Baoer said with a blushing face, carefully breaking away from Chu Xingchen's arms.

"My sister-in-law still cares about me." Mo Xuan Yifan walked in without any formality.

"Then you two brothers go ahead and chat. I'll go prepare some midnight snacks for you." Xin Baoer said as she stood up and walked towards the door.

"No need for dinner, just boil some hot water. I'm so stiff from rushing all the way back." Mo Xuan Yifan lazily lay down on a chair beside the kang and said pitifully.

Xin Baoer looked at her with amusement, "Ayu, go back and ask Lancao to prepare some midnight snacks. Bring two bowls of soup over first. I remember that girl had the habit of simmering hot soup on the fire. I'll change the medicine for the Second Master and then go back."

"Wangchuan, prepare hot water for your Master Yifan, he's going to get moldy." Seeing Wei Yu go out, Xin Baoer shouted again, and deliberately raised her hand and fanned it near her nose a few times, with an expression of extreme disgust.

"Sister-in-law, you are too protective of your brother. I just said something bad to Tao Kan, but you are too quick to find fault with him." Mo Yuan Yifan was shocked, as if he had suffered ten thousand points of damage.

Xin Baoer and Chu Xingchen looked at each other tacitly, and no one paid any attention to him, leaving him to play around alone.

"Humph, I just interrupted your intimate moments. Do you have to unite and despise me together? I'm leaving. You guys continue. Humph!"

Hearing the sound of the door closing, the two smiled at each other tacitly, and the air was inexplicably filled with a pink scent.

"Hmm, I'm so sleepy. Take off your clothes quickly and I'll change your medicine so you can... go back to sleep." Xin Baoer started to feel uncomfortable again and said awkwardly.

"Oh...oh, okay." Chu Xingchen swallowed and began to undress in a panic. His eyes wandered around, but he didn't dare to look at Xin Baoer.

She changed the man's medicine and bandaged him as quickly as she could. "I'll leave now. Drink some hot soup and go to bed early."

"Hey... slow down." Watching the little girl running away, Chu Xingchen felt torn between feelings, joy and bitterness coexisting, and in the end he could only let out a helpless sigh.

When Wei Yu came back with the soup, she saw Xin Baoer stumbling out the door and almost bumped into her.

"Baoer, be careful." Wei Yu spun flexibly to avoid the soup from ruining people.

"Is something wrong? Why are you running so fast?" Wei Yu steadied himself and asked with concern.

"No...no, nothing, just send it in quickly. I...I'm sleepy and want to go back to sleep." Xin Baoer was nervous and frightened, and she spoke stutteringly.

Wei Yu looked at Xin Baoer like this, with an expression that was hard to describe. He said hesitantly, "Oh, okay, wait a moment, I'll be right out."

As soon as Xin Baoer left, Mo Xuan Yifan walked in in a sleek and graceful outfit.

"People have walked two miles, why are you still looking?"

"Drink your soup, and then go back and rest." Chu Xingchen drank the soup in the bowl in one breath, half leaned on the quilt tiredly, closed his eyes and rested.

"Okay, considering you're injured, I won't disturb you tonight. There's nothing urgent anyway." Mo Xuan Yifan saw that his cousin was worried, so he tactfully left with the soup.