Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 176 Jealousy
Pei Nai nodded, "Let's go. It's been a long time since I had a good sleep. We have an important battle tomorrow."

The room that Grandma Xun prepared for her was very empty.

After the attack on District 4, District 3 accommodated too many people and supplies were a bit tight, so Pei Nai insisted on leaving the rooms with beds for the injured.

So her stone house had only one new long mat for one person, placed in the very center of the room.

Fortunately, there was a layer of purple embroidered cotton cloth on the long cushion. Pei Nai pinched it and felt very comfortable to the touch. This should be the sheet that Grandma Xun specially prepared for her.

The walls here are extremely clean and smooth. Even though the long mat is placed on the ground, it does not make people feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, with a few candles lit next to the mat, it has a unique beauty.

Pei Nai looked around the environment, said hello to Gu Jinheng, and went out to wash up.

When she came back, she saw that Gu Jinheng had finished washing and was lying on his side on her mat, supporting his head with one hand and looking at the military register that Da Xian had just sent over with the other hand.

Pei Nai was puzzled, "Aren't you going back to sleep? Didn't Zhang Sheng and the others prepare a room for you?"

"I'm not going back." Gu Jinheng didn't even want to explain too much.

Pei Nai thought: What a ruthless person.

She tried to struggle again, "This is a single mattress, it shouldn't be able to accommodate both of us, right?"

Gu Jinheng moved the military book down a little, revealing a pair of deep pupils, and glanced at her lightly: "You can sleep well."

Pei Nai saw that his face looked a little strange, and thought that he was probably still angry about Da Xi An, but she would not lie. If she told him the truth, Gu Jinheng would only become more jealous.

She stopped talking, walked to the mat, lifted the thin quilt and crawled in.

Gu Jinheng pinched her face and handed her the military book in his hand.

Pei Nai took it, turned over and was about to lie on the long mat to watch, but Gu Jinheng grabbed him by the waist and pulled him into his arms.

"Lie down and watch?" Gu Jinheng pinched her uninjured belly angrily, "Don't you want your arms anymore?"

Pei Nai leaned against Gu Jinheng's chest and smiled awkwardly: "I forgot."

She coughed twice and began to focus on the book in her hand.

Gu Jinheng was quiet behind her for a while.

After a while, he suddenly lowered his body, buried his head in Pei Nai's neck, and rubbed his cold lips on the skin behind her ear.

Pei Nai groaned, "Don't"

But Gu Jinheng did not stop, so she could only let him go and continue reading the military register.

Then, the divine energy of Dandao spread to many parts of her body, bringing a shudder and making Pei Nai even more unbearable.

Her left hand was still holding the book, and her right hand had already passed halfway around her body, pinching Gu Jinheng's left arm from above.

Her fingers pressed harder, digging into his muscles almost through the fabric.

At this moment, Pei Nai couldn't read the military register at all. He understood something and asked, "Are you punishing me?"

"Yeah." Gu Jinheng did not deny it.

Pei Nai asked, "Why?"

"After you came out of the Twenty-One Realm, you became gentle towards Da Xian." Gu Jinheng leaned over to whisper in her ear, his voice vague, causing Pei Nai to tremble.

An idea suddenly entered Pei Nai's mind, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Are you insecure and worried that I will leave you?"

Gu Jinheng buried his head in her neck and began to suck the skin behind her ear, "Hmm."

"Don't." Pei Nai's voice was still unstable, "Just listen to me."

She recounted to him her experiences starting from the slide level after she parted with Gu Jinheng and the others.

It's just that at this moment, surrounded by his aura, it's a little difficult to express.

When she talked about how they encountered the one-eyed python in the vine net layer and she used her arms to catch Da Xian who leaped into the darkness, the Dan Dao divine energy began to reach places where she could not control.

Pei Nai stopped telling the story with a trembling body.

"Go on." Gu Jinheng did not let her go. Pei Nai's lips slightly opened twice, and tears flowed from her eyes.

She thought that her memories of the second half of her time in the Twenty-One Realm would be split into two halves, one half being the life and death experiences with Da Xian, and the other half being the desire and thrill that Gu Jinheng brought her.

From then on, whenever she recalled the time below the slide, the flickering yellow candlelight and the two of them cuddling together would faintly appear in her mind, and her body would subconsciously recall the feelings that Gu Jinheng gave her.

Pei Nai trembled as he spoke, recounting everything that had happened before he left the Twenty-One Domain.

Only then did Gu Jinheng hold her cheek and kiss her moving lips.

He seemed to want to melt her into his bones, and only separated from her when Pei Nai could hardly breathe.

Pei Nai rested her head on his arm, looking up at him, seeing the love and sadness in his eyes, she felt a little distressed and asked, "Why? Why are you worried that I will leave you?"

"Because I wasn't good enough to you in the past, sometimes I even doubt whether you have really forgiven me?" Gu Jinheng's eyes were a little red.

Pei Nai stroked his face, "But I believe you will treat me well in the future, and you also have to believe that I will not leave you."

"As long as I treat you well, you won't leave me?" Gu Jinheng tried to get confirmation.

Pei Nai nodded, "Yeah."

Gu Jinheng buried his head in her arms again, then waved his hand and extinguished the candle in the stone house.

He then changed his position, hugged Pei Nai back into his arms, rubbed the back of her head, and said, "Go to sleep."

Pei Nai was amused. It seemed that hiding in the darkness, Pei Nai could not detect his emotions.

"But I haven't finished reading the military register given by Daxian." Pei Nai added.

Gu Jinheng's Yuan Qi had already penetrated her meridians and was healing her pain. He said behind her, "I've seen it all. Luo Yuanying and the others haven't investigated it in as much detail. I'll tell you on the way tomorrow."

His arms were around her, but he didn't touch her wounds at all.

"What is the jade ring that Da Xian gave me today used for? I think Princess Shang Le and the others have very strange reactions." Pei Nai asked.

Gu Jinheng replied, "This item is called the Gu Huan. Only the emperors of Qilu or the crown princes can keep this ring. The first emperor of Qilu once gave this ring to his wife, Empress Muyao, to share his power in times of crisis. Empress Muyao lived up to expectations and successfully brought in reinforcements to save half of the country from danger. From then on, the Gu Huan was given the meaning of equal rights between husband and wife. The woman who got the Gu Huan could enjoy the same power as the owner of the Gu Huan, because it carried the will of the founding emperor, and everyone in the country dared not disobey."

Queen Muyao?

Da Xi Shangle seemed to have said that the last ladies' saddle made from the sap of the thousand-year-old Mara tree was made by the founding emperor of Qilu for his wife, Queen Mu Yao.

Gu Jinheng gave Pei Nai's ladies' saddle to someone else ten years ago. After Pei Nai's death, he blamed himself and felt painful for a long time. Now, whenever he sees Pei Nai riding a horse, he can't suppress the sadness in his eyes.

However, Da Xian gave the pigeon ring that Emperor Qilu had given to Empress Mu Yao to Pei Nai.

Isn't this just bringing up things that are not related to the topic and deliberately trying to disgust Gu Jinheng?

Pei Nai didn't dare to respond and just listened motionlessly.

Gu Jinheng continued, "It's just that the power of the Queen Huan is too great. Since the death of Queen Mu Yao, the power has only been passed down to successive emperors and has never been given away. All Da Xi'an has to do is announce the imperial edict to the whole world, saying that he must have you as his wife."

Considering Pei Nai and Da Xian’s experiences in the Twenty-One Domain, it’s no wonder that Gu Jinheng felt so aggrieved.

Pei Nai's heart softened. "After the battle, I will return the ring to him, okay?"

"Okay." Gu Jinheng replied softly.

Pei Nai patted his hand gently, "By the way, I'm sorry for what happened to Ju Yan."

"Yeah." Gu Jinheng held her hand in the dark, held it in his palm, and squeezed it from time to time, cherishing it very much.

Pei Nai couldn't see Gu Jinheng's expression, and chatted with him for a few more words.

With Gu Jinheng's Yuan Qi to help her sleep, she always fell asleep quickly and soon lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.

In the middle of her sleep, she could occasionally feel Gu Jinheng leaning over and kissing her forehead, lips, or cheek.

A lecher and a jealous person.

This thought crossed Pei Nai's mind and he fell into a deep sleep again.

(End of this chapter)