Chapter 114 Heartache

  "How dare I?" Mo Yu took out a nearly transparent dagger from his bosom and began to clean up the two fish.

  I looked at his dagger and asked, "Since you have a dagger, why didn't you stab it into the cliff wall when you fell to reduce your sliding speed? Maybe that way our injuries would be lighter." As I spoke, my wound was still throbbing with pain.

  "This dagger is light and easy to carry. I just brought it with me. If we use it to pierce the hard stone wall, and also support our two bodies, it would have broken long ago." Mo Yu said while scraping off fish scales. Soon after finishing scraping off the fish scales, he used a branch to string up the two fish and hung them over the fire to roast.

  I stopped talking and stared straight at the two fish in his hands.

  Soon, a fragrance wafted into my nostrils. I swallowed: "Is that it?"

  "It's almost done." He took a look at the roasted fish in his hand and nodded.

  I pretended to go up and grab it.

  "Hey, wait a minute." He dodged my attack.

  "Why? Are you trying to monopolize it?" I said with my hands on my hips and a pout.

  Ying Mo smiled faintly: "The fish was very hot when it just came out of the pot, don't be too impatient."

  I finally understood and sat down to continue waiting.

  After a while, I only heard Ying Mo Yu say "okay", and then handed me a fish. I took the fish and started eating it hastily.

  "Mmm, so delicious!" I exclaimed as I devoured the fish. Before long, I had finished the one in my hand and even licked my fingers, still feeling unsatisfied. Only then did I notice that You Miao Yu had been watching me eat all along, without even moving the fish in her own hand.

  I smiled awkwardly: "Is it because I ate a bit and lost all shape?"

  Then his gaze fell on the fish in his hand, and he looked at him searchingly: "You, want to eat?"

  The corners of his mouth curled up in a smile as he handed me the fish: "I'm not hungry, you eat."

  "Hmm!" I took the fish and continued eating with my head down. After finishing, I wiped my mouth with my sleeve and patted my belly contentedly. Then, curiously asked: "You are a high-ranking imperial guard, staying in the palace all day. Even after becoming prime minister, you just walk back and forth between the prime minister's mansion and the palace. How do you know so much?"

  Ying Mo Yu looked at me with a glance, then got up and walked towards the outside of the cave: "I'm an abandoned orphan. My adoptive parents found me when they went to the mountain to cut firewood and took me back home. When I was ten years old, a plague broke out in my village. Both my adoptive parents passed away one after another. I wandered around for over a decade before joining the imperial guard. These are just basic survival skills, nothing special."

  I listened quietly and nodded: "So that's how it is." He was also someone who had never been loved by his parents since he was a child. I suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for him.

  At this time, I raised my head and looked around outside the cave.

  There is little greenery around, and in front of the cave is a vast expanse of open land. There are also large and small rocks all around. Having just rained, there is still some moisture in the air.

  I took a deep breath and closed my eyes in enjoyment: The air is really fresh!

  I was savoring the breath of nature when the quietness beside me was suddenly broken by a cough.

  I hastily grabbed him and anxiously asked: "What's wrong with you?"

  Ying Mo shook his head, but I noticed that his face was a bit pale. I grabbed his clothes and found that they were slightly damp. It wasn't until then that I remembered he had gone into the water to catch fish earlier, and must have taken off his clothes before getting in. The river water at the bottom of the cliff must be icy cold. And there were still injuries on his body...

  I pulled up his sleeve, and a faint heartache flowed out of my eyes: "Let's go back to the cave first."