On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 385 Yanyan Obeys

Chapter 385: Chapter 385 Yanyan Obeys

The cave at this time was warmed by the cooked meat.

Ye Yiheng tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Leng Yu Yan, while he himself cut a piece of rabbit meat to eat.

"Thank you!" Leng Yu Yan took it, walked over to the wolf den, and started eating in small bites.

Looking at the adorable wolf cubs in the den, she murmured to herself, "Today is already December 13th. I wonder when I can return to Beilan City?"

Her voice was very soft, almost inaudible unless one listened carefully.

But Ye Yiheng heard her clearly.

He knew she had just recently reunited with her family, and this year should have been a time for her to spend a reunion New Year with them. Yet, because of him...

"Yanyan, let’s set off after we finish eating," he said. "If we hurry along the way, perhaps we can spend the New Year’s festival in Beilan City."

"Ah?" Leng Yu Yan only then realized her words had been overheard, "My eagerness to return is to seek Father King’s help for you. Celebrating the holiday is important, of course, but we have plenty of time ahead of us. Our safety comes first."

Seeing that he didn’t respond, she walked back to his side. "You came down with a cold disease yesterday; you’ve only just started feeling a bit better today. We should take it slow."

"If we are still on the road during New Year’s Eve, and it’s just you and me, would you regret it?"

He gazed intently into her eyes, deeply and earnestly, as if trying to imprint her into his heart.

"How could I?" she laughed.

At her words, his handsome brows furrowed slightly.

She added, "We also have the wolf cubs!"

Ye Yiheng also laughed, a radiant and handsome smile.

Did she know how her demeanor could stir his heart, as well as his desires?

He restrained the impulse to pull her into his arms and kiss her fiercely, and instead sliced off another piece of meat to eat with his dagger.

The rabbit meat, which had tasted quite good before, now felt tasteless as wax.

That night.

Although the snow outside the cave had stopped, the wind had suddenly picked up.

Inside, the fire blazed brightly, and the wolf cubs slept soundly not far away.

Leng Yu Yan turned over the clothes drying on the rack to help them dry faster, but she inadvertently saw Ye Yiheng walk towards the cave entrance, only to return shortly after.

When he returned, he held a snowball in his hand.

Just as he was about to bite into it, she quickly called out to him, "Don’t eat it, you can’t eat snowballs!"

"I picked it from a clean pile of snow, why can’t I eat it?" he asked, puzzled.

"Yes, there are many invisible dust particles and microorganisms in the snow, so you shouldn’t eat it."

Leng Yu Yan took out a metal bowl, usually used for grinding medicine, from the medical box, put the snowball from his hand into the bowl, and set it over the fire to melt.

After waiting for the snow to melt and boil and then cool down, she poured out the water, effectively cleaning the bowl.

"Li Yu, could you fetch some snow for us? Then we’ll have boiled water to drink," she handed the bowl to him.

In this era, the air was almost free of pollution, so under such circumstances, collecting clean snow and boiling it made it drinkable.

"All right," he replied, and swiftly went and returned.

In no time, the water was boiling again.

Once the water cooled to a suitable temperature, Leng Yu Yan handed the bowl to Ye Yiheng. "Drink up."

The medicine bowl wasn’t large, and he could finish the water in one gulp. Remembering that she hadn’t had a drink since yesterday afternoon, just like him, Ye Yiheng pushed the bowl towards her, "You drink first."

"So, I’ll drink?"

Leng Yu Yan considered that they could always boil more, so she took a few sips first.

After she finished, he effortlessly took the bowl from her and drank the remaining water.

"You..." Leng Yu Yan was taken aback.

"What about me?"

Ye Yiheng was baffled, could it be that she had not had enough to drink just now?

Her face reddened instantly, she quickly turned her head away and whispered, "It’s nothing."

Only then did Ye Yiheng shift his gaze to the bowl, which was deep black in color. Where her lips had touched, there were obvious watermarks.

At the moment, there was only one watermark because the place he drank from was exactly where she had sipped.

No wonder she blushed, so that was why.

Ye Yiheng cleared his throat softly, took the bowl outside, scooped up a clean bowl of snow, and set it atop a wooden rack to cook again.

Though it was satisfying to drink warm water inside the cave, a feeling never experienced when having water before, Leng Yu Yan was somewhat uneasy at this moment.

Especially when she heard him say, "Undo your clothes, and I’ll apply the medicine for you."

"No need to apply, I am not in pain now."

She gently pressed on her shoulder and to be honest, it actually hurt a bit.

"Yanyan, be good!"

His voice suddenly deepened, as if he would strip off her clothes at any moment if she was unwilling...

Only then did Leng Yu Yan sit down on the stone bed, pulled her collar to one side, revealing one side of her fair and smooth shoulder.

The ointment he had applied to his chin the night before was by the bedside. Ye Yiheng dabbed some on his fingertips and immediately shifted his gaze to her shoulder. Just as he was about to smear it on, his phoenix eyes narrowed; the place he had seen red in the morning was now faintly showing a bruise.

Leng Yu Yan, with her head turned to the side, felt his delay in moving and looked back at him standing in front of her, "What’s wrong?"

"I’m sorry!" he apologized, "the spot where the snowball hit has turned into a bruise."

"It’s not your fault, it’s an issue with my own skin," she murmured, looking down.

She knew her own skin well; indeed, it was somewhat delicate to the touch, showing red marks easily.

Ye Yiheng’s hands trembled as he applied the ointment to her shoulder. Normally, whenever he touched her soft skin, his heart couldn’t help but flutter, but at this moment, there was not a hint of any romantic sentiment.

All that was there was distress and annoyance at himself!

Leng Yu Yan pulled her collar back up, took off her outer garment and shoes, and got into bed.

Having just indirectly kissed while drinking water, and now with him applying ointment on her shoulder, her naturally thin-skinned self had to cover up with the blanket, trying to calm herself down as much as possible.

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The night had deepened.

Marquis Jiangyang Mansion.

Ji Liancheng had sent out wave after wave of people to inquire, but there was still no news on when his son Ji Qingyu would be returned.

Ye Yuan pinched her bandaged hand, treated by the house doctor, and sighed, "If Qingyu doesn’t come back tonight, I’ll go beg Ye Gaoyun, that little bastard again."

"Don’t you dare go again!" Ji Liancheng shouted, "Last time it was your fingers that got crushed, if you go again, that bastard might take our lives!"

"Am I just to watch my son..."

Ye Yuan couldn’t continue, her eyes rapidly reddened, soon becoming teary.

Just then, the butler hurried over, "Marquis, Eldest Princess, Commandery Prince has come back!"

Hearing this, the couple rushed to the front courtyard hand in hand.

They saw their son being carried back, covered in dust, with blood at the corner of his mouth and one eye blackened and swollen from a beating.

"Father, Mother, I confessed nothing, so Ye Gaoyun could do nothing to me!"

"You still talk!" Ji Liancheng scolded softly, "Your mother pleaded with Ye Gaoyun in the palace, that’s why you were released, do you think..."

Ye Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of her son’s mouth with a handkerchief, "Let’s not discuss this now, stay calmly at home these days!"

Ji Qingyu clenched his fist, thinking of Ye Gaoyun that son of a bitch and immediately asked, "What about Ah Ju?"

"Ah Ju has been placed under house arrest in Xingning Palace by Ye Gaoyun," Ye Yuan wiped away tears, "my child, let’s stay peaceful and wait for Ah Heng’s return!"

Ji Liancheng squeezed his wife’s shoulder, "We’ll talk more back in our room."

Ye Yuan nodded, quickly instructing servants to carry Ji Qingyu back to his room.