Chapter 973 - 970

Chapter 973: Chapter 970

Gu Xiaoning looked up at him, "Ah Sheng?"

"Ahem." Le Zhengsheng cleared his throat awkwardly, "What’s wrong?"

Gu Xiaoning hesitated, "Are you lost?"

"Nonsense!" Le Zhengsheng glared at her, "How did you figure out I don’t know the way?"

"..." Gu Xiaoning pursed her lips, not daring to speak further.

Le Zhengsheng held her hand, "Let’s go."

"...Oh."

But the further they walked, the more desolate it became, even the air got cooler.

"Achoo!" Gu Xiaoning couldn’t hold back and sneezed, covering her nose.

Le Zhengsheng looked down at her, "Why are you sneezing? Is your health really that bad now?"

"..." Gu Xiaoning lowered her head, "Yeah."

"Sigh." Le Zhengsheng sighed lightly, took off his jacket, and spread it out, "Put it on."

"No, no need..."

"Tsk." Le Zhengsheng frowned, clicking his tongue, "Didn’t I tell you? Listen to me! Besides listening, don’t do things that make me unhappy. In front of me, what right do you have to disobey?"

Indeed, she was his ’apology’ wife...

Seeing Gu Xiaoning lower her head, Le Zhengsheng realized he misspoke, "Ningning, I didn’t mean that, I..."

"I know." Gu Xiaoning smiled faintly, "I’m fine."

Le Zhengsheng ruffled her hair, "I didn’t expect, now it’s reversed. You used to take care of me, and now that I’m better, you’ve become so weak."

Gu Xiaoning’s lips curled up, "Because, Ah Sheng, you are a good person... you’re blessed."

Her eyes, like a fawn’s... made Le Zhengsheng’s heart itch.

"Ahem." Gu Xiaoning noticed his intense gaze, hurriedly dug into her pocket for her phone, "It seems we’re lost, let’s call for help."

"..." Le Zhengsheng was about to stop her; he was enjoying this time alone with her. As for Ling Yu and economic reform, let them go to hell!

"Hmm?" Gu Xiaoning took out her phone, stunned.

"What’s wrong?" Le Zhengsheng noticed her reaction, a bit aware, "No signal?"

"Yeah." Gu Xiaoning nodded, "What should we do? It seems like we’ve walked to the outskirts of the scenic area."

This place was already remote, with signal towers naturally built inside the scenic area, but outside... it was in the primitive condition.

The outskirts, no signal... great. Le Zhengsheng raised his eyebrows, secretly pleased.

"What do we do now?" Gu Xiaoning looked innocently at Le Zhengsheng.

"With me here, what are you afraid of?" Le Zhengsheng held her hand, "Follow me."

Walking forward, Le Zhengsheng actually had a map and compass in his bag, but he didn’t want to take them out. He longed for more time with her.

After climbing a small steep hill, Gu Xiaoning was obviously struggling. Le Zhengsheng turned back to her, "Can you still go on? How about I carry you?"

"No..." Gu Xiaoning shook her head with effort and suddenly, her foot slipped.

"Ah..."

"Ningning!" Le Zhengsheng was startled and reached out to pull her.

But due to gravity, not only did Le Zhengsheng fail to stop Gu Xiaoning, he was also pulled down with her, together sliding... rolling down.

"Ah..." Gu Xiaoning screamed fearfully.

"Don’t be afraid!" Le Zhengsheng spread his arms, holding her tightly in his embrace.

With his tall figure, Gu Xiaoning was almost nestled in his body. Although rolling down, she felt no pain at all.

"Ugh!" Le Zhengsheng did frown, groaning. The rough mountain rocks poked at his body.

With a ’clang,’ they both rolled into the creek, finally stopping.

"Cough cough." Gu Xiaoning choked on water, "Cough cough..."

Le Zhengsheng held her waist, supporting her, "Are you okay? Anywhere uncomfortable? Speak up!"

"No..." Gu Xiaoning shook her head, "I’m fine."

Le Zhengsheng cradled her in his arms, walked out of the shallow water. Gu Xiaoning instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck. As they exchanged glances, what is this strange place?

"Ah Sheng." Gu Xiaoning clutched his shirt.

"It’s okay." Le Zhengsheng reassured her, "Let’s keep going."

Unexpectedly, they walked for two hours.

Gu Xiaoning lay on Le Zhengsheng’s shoulder, "Ah Sheng, it seems to be getting more and more secluded."

"Yeah." Le Zhengsheng nodded, "We’ve arrived in the primitive forest."

"Ah..." Gu Xiaoning jolted with surprise, "What do we do?"

"Haha." Le Zhengsheng couldn’t hold back, laughed, "You’re still so silly!"

Gu Xiaoning was silent, was she being tricked? She pinched Le Zhengsheng’s ears with both hands, pulling them to the side, "Why make fun of me! So what if I’m silly? How else can I make you seem smart?"

"Ah..." Le Zhengsheng laughed and shouted, "It hurts! Such strength for a small person!"

"Hehe." Gu Xiaoning laughed too.

Their gazes met, and something... seemed to change.

’Boom’... In the distant sky, thunder rumbled.

The weather suddenly turned gloomy, dark clouds loomed overhead.

"Ah Sheng." Gu Xiaoning was a bit worried, "It seems like it’s going to storm."

"Yeah." Le Zhengsheng adjusted her slightly, "Still no signal on the phone?"

Gu Xiaoning looked, shook her head, "Still nothing."

"Then I’ll walk faster, see if we can find a local household."

"...Okay." Gu Xiaoning hesitated, "How about I walk on my own?"

"Forget it." Le Zhengsheng immediately rejected, "With your build, it’s faster for me to carry you. What’s with your body? After having a kid, people usually gain weight. Remember your sister Wanwan? After having Rice Ball, she got so fat and took a long time to recover with exercise. Why are you so thin?"

Gu Xiaoning was silent too, she also wanted to gain weight... but, after having Jiujiu, it was her most painful time, gaining weight was impossible.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoning rested her cheek against Le Zhengsheng’s neck, Ah Sheng, I miss you, miss Jiujiu too, would you know?

Feeling her skin against his, Le Zhengsheng trembled slightly, but smiled.

’Crash,’ the heavy rain suddenly poured down.

Le Zhengsheng sped up, jogging, now regretting bringing Gu Xiaoning on such a meandering path. He could handle it, but Gu Xiaoning’s body couldn’t.

"Ah Sheng!" Gu Xiaoning suddenly excitedly pointed ahead, "Look, is that a house?"

Looking up, he saw blue bricks and white walls, indeed a house.

Le Zhengsheng smiled, "It is, let’s take shelter from the rain."

...

Sopping wet, Le Zhengsheng carried Gu Xiaoning, found a household to stay in temporarily.

Conditions were limited, with only one room.

They were soaked, needing a shower and change of clothes.

But the shower was communal, Gu Xiaoning dared not be alone, tugging at Le Zhengsheng, "Ah Sheng, can you watch the door for me?"

Le Zhengsheng looked at her, his throat itching terribly.