The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 762: Goodbye (3)_1

Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Goodbye (3)_1

Not to mention, he only came for the sake of earning a bit of good reputation.

But, by this time, Lady Mu had obediently climbed onto a carriage and left without so much as a second glance to her children who were still suffering, teetering between life and death.

In a cave within the North Country, with Bayan’s awakening, Lin Ziyin and Tana could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank you." Bayan, still somewhat out of sorts after his fever subsided, had parched, cracked lips due to dehydration. His voice was hoarse.

"It was Miss Lin who saved you." Tana did not claim any credit.

"Thank you," Bayan said, looking at Lin Ziyin with a complex expression.

Lin Ziyin was drained of energy, the sky outside was already kind of bright; they had to extinguish the fire inside the cave, or else the smoke would be easily noticeable to others.

It would be fine if the people of the second prince found them first, but if the enemy did, they’d be in trouble.

Given the unknown circumstances, Lin Ziyin felt it safer to take the most cautious course of action, "We need to extinguish the fire."

Neither Bayan nor Tana objected to this, so Lin Ziyin withdrew a few pieces of firewood then moved pineneedles and grass over it in several loads, "This can retain some residual heat. Later, I’ll go out and see if I can find some food."

"It’s too dangerous outside, you can’t go alone." Bayan objected immediately.

"What if you encounter wild beasts or enemies?" Tana also objected.

However, in the eyes of Ziyin, the words of two injured men held no sway. "It’s too cold and you both are injured. We haven’t eaten for a long time, so our bodies cannot hold on much longer. Otherwise, let’s leave now. But considering your condition, do you think that’s feasible?"

Bayan and Tana fell silent upon hearing this. Indeed, they were a burden to Ziyin.

Seeing their expressions, Lin Ziyin shrugged. Don’t think she didn’t understand Bayan and Tana’s thoughts. But what could they do?

She wasn’t a fool. Nowadays, Bayan and Tana’s injuries couldn’t stop her. But in such unfamiliar icy terrains, it was impossible for her, a weak girl, to escape on her own. Besides, she only had a small dagger. Running away on foot signified stupidity to her.

"Since you two can’t leave here, I’ll venture out and try my luck in finding some pine nuts," Ziyin said with a sigh.

"Be careful," Bayan said, a little ashamed. He was lying on the pine needles, his head almost buried under his arm.

Tana could not help but remind Ziyin to be careful.

Ziyin waved her hand, not looking back as she crawled out of the cave.

Strictly speaking, the place where they had fallen was the lower part of a slope, which was full of green pines. However, due to the heavy snow, the green colour had been covered with white.

Ziyin looked at the world around her covered in a silver-white veil and shook her head with a wry smile. It was really not easy to find food in such horrible weather.

Yet, without trying, she couldn’t rest. The only thing she could find now were some wild fruits that were still hanging from the trees in the fall, or to be more accurate, frozen fruits. Even so, finding them would be difficult.

The snow at the foot of the mountain was very deep, as tall as half a person, and moving through it was very slow for Ziyin. It was so slow that it could be better described as shifting.

However, because she was in the woods, low and various kinds of miscellaneous trees surrounded her.

Based on her past experience of wilderness survival, she went intentionally to search and actually found a few frozen fruits hanging from the trees.