Exile

24

After a day's delay, Su Qingbai couldn't make any money and wondered if Jiang Si would be worried.

There's only one way from their village to the town. Su Qingbai was on the way. There weren't many people on the way. It might be assumed that because he did not drag vegetables this morning, so he walked faster and came early.

On one side of the town was the barren neighboring country. Therefore the gate closed every day. It closed early in the evening and opened early the next day.

He did not expect as he was walking to the gate, it was as lively as anywhere else.

Su Qingbai looked across the crowd and saw nothing.

"Ouch!" An old man who carried a load was almost overwhelmed by the crowd. Su Qingbai gave him a hand and waited for him to stand up. Su Qingbai asked him, "What's happening, uncle?"

The uncle thanked him and said, "A young man with two horses and a seriously injured man were blocked in front of the town gate." After saying that he even comforted him, "But it'll be over soon, they won't be blocked for too long."

Su Qingbai smiled and nodded, and it wasn't long before a man came in with two horses, with one of them carrying a man lying on its back.

Su Qingbai was in a hurry to meet Jiang Mao. He didn't pay much attention, but he didn't expect as soon as the blocked crowd dispersed, someone called him, "Qingbai? Su Qingbai!"

Su Qingbai turned around and was surprised to see the holler. "Zhang Su? How did you come here?"

Zhang Su, the man with two horses, upon seeing Su Qingbai, his frown suddenly eased out. "I'll talk to you later slowly. You come first and give me a hand."

Su Qingbai ran to help him lead one of the horses while Zhang Su took after the one with a man on the horse's back.

"Qingbai, where are you from? Take me there as soon as possible."

Su Qingbai looked at the man on the horse, who was obviously injured and nodded busily to lead them away.

"Qingbai?"

As they passed the vegetable market, Su Qingbai and Zhang Su saw Jiang Mao from afar, who was pleasantly surprised, shouting and running over quickly.

Su Qingbai pursed his lips. He wanted to explain what happened yesterday but he saw Zhang Su took a step forward and exclaimed, "His Highness Yue Wang?"

Su Qingbai paused and looked at Zhang Su. "What did you say?"

At this time Jiang Mao approached near and Zhang Su again said, "Your Highness Yue Wang..." It was interrupted by the cough of the man on the horse's back.

Yue Wang, Jiang Mao.

He knew the name well enough, but he didn't realize that it would someday be associated with Jiang Si.

Jiang Mao ignored Zhang Su, and Su Qingbai knew it.

He looked at Su Qingbai nervously.

After a while, Su Qingbai digested the fact that Jiang Si was Jiang Mao.

Jiang Mao seldom looked like a child who had done something wrong. He looked helpless, his face was panicky, and his lips moved like he wanted to explain but didn't know how to explain it.

Su Qingbai stared at him fiercely, then stopped caring about him and ran to check on the man on the horse's back.

The man on the horseback never spoke so Su Qingbai thought he was still unconscious. When he looked over, the man had opened his eyes and leaned against Zhang Su's while weakly coughing.

Su Qingbai shoved the reins of the horse into Jiang Mao's hand and said to Zhang Su, "You hurry and carry him on your back. Follow me."

Zhang Su nodded, picked up the man, and followed Su Qingbai to the hospital.

It's half a day to find the doctor and settled in a place.

Zhang Su almost couldn't stand, so he held onto Su Qingbai's shoulder. He couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief when he heard the doctor say that the man was alright.

Su Qingbai was thinking about Jiang Mao, and plus, he didn't know what the man had to do with Zhang Su. He did not know how to comfort him, so he patted him on the shoulder and sat on the nearest stool.

After half a day, Su Qingbai had also completely accepted Jiang Mao's identity.

At this time, Jiang Mao had put the horse away and went to the hospital.

When Zhang Su saw Jiang Mao, he immediately remembered that he had not finished the salutation moments ago. Facing toward Jiang Mao, he started his salutation. "Your Highness Yue..."

Before he had finished, Su Qingbai jumped on him and covered his mouth.

He had heard Jiang Mao said that he was hunted down.

At the moment, there were more than a few of them in the hospital. The small hospital was crowded with many people. Zhang Su's fancy clothes were very eye-catching. If he saluted another person, everyone would know that there was a Yue Wang here, and the assassin would know that.

"What do you think you are doing in this sort of place?" Su Qingbai stared at Zhang Su. As for Jiang Mao's identity, he had too many interests involved. Whether there were assassins or not, it was not wise to make unabashed salutes in this chaotic border town.

Only then Zhang Su realized. He slapped his head and apologizing, "Stupid me..."

Jiang Mao could not care about Zhang Su's salutation at the moment. He looked at the two people in front of him with a cold face. Su Qingbai was shorter than Zhang Su, when he had jumped up too quickly, he almost jumped on Zhang Su. From Jiang Mao's point of view, Su Qingbai jumped up and hugged Zhang Su tightly - hugging each other's neck intimately.

With one hand, he pulled Su Qingbai down. With a blackened face, Jiang Mao reprimanded him, "What do you think it looks like to hug and embrace in broad daylight?"

Su Qingbai was speechless. Jiang Mao dared to reprimand him here? He also wanted to find Jiang Mao to settle accounts.

Jiang Mao did not care whether Su Qingbai was angry, he went to Zhang Su and left his address. Then, he took Su Qingbai out.

Su Qingbai refused to obey him. As a result, he was half-embraced and carried home.