So it turns out this fierce lady is his ex-fiancée.
Li Wenli looked at the mud-covered figure with a face swollen on one side, and a hint of interest appeared in his eyes as he spoke with a double entendre, "So, you recognized me a long time ago."
"..." Bai Junjun was so focused on exploring whether Li Wenli was a fellow townsman that she had forgotten about the unresolved knot between their two identities.
Now that she had called him by name, things had become awkward for everyone.
What should she do now?
However, considering everything the original owner had done to her former fiancé, it was indeed unkind. Since they were now allies, Bai Junjun felt that it wouldn’t hurt for the original owner to apologize.
So Bai Junjun boldly took Li Wenli to the riverside.
"?" Li Wenli looked at her, puzzled.
Bai Junjun simply turned back and asked Bai Sasa to prepare some food first; they would return soon after their talk.
At that time, Bai Sasa also had a bunch of questions she wanted to ask. With her eldest sister and Brother Wenli away, it was a good opportunity to find out from Xiao Yu exactly what had happened.
Consequently, Bai Lingyu once again began to talk incessantly about his and Brother Fox’s life since they had arrived here.
By the riverside, Li Wenli also stood with Bai Junjun.
Bai Junjun looked at him solemnly, "I know what I did in the past was unkind. Now I earnestly apologize to you. Our country and the Bai Yang Clan are gone, so let’s turn over a new leaf and put the past behind us."
Li Wenli gave her a strange glance. In his memory, she was a capricious, romance-obsessed young lady. Had she now gained enlightenment after the destruction of her nation and clan?
Or was it that... the person before him was not at all the young lady from his memories?
Considering this possibility, Li Wenli curved his lips in amusement and nodded, "Alright, let the past be the past. But this time, it was you who approached me to form a team, not me. Once we get out of here, you can’t tell the Ninth Prince that I was the one clinging to you."
Bai Junjun twitched her forehead when Li Wenli mentioned the Ninth Prince. The Prince hadn’t shown up yet, but he was quite active in everyone’s conversations, with everyone needing to mention him. It was as if he were an inescapable ghost.
"Don’t worry, it’s me who’s the inescapable ghost clinging to you," Bai Junjun said with a deflated expression.
Li Wenli was satisfied with the answer and followed her back to the camp.
At that time, Bai Lingyu hadn’t finished his story, and Xiao Shan was listening attentively, giving face to him.
Xiao Shan used to love opposing Bai Lingyu, and as a troublemaking child, he enjoyed bullying the quiet Bai Lingyu. However, Xiao Shan’s temperament had now changed dramatically. He looked at this friend from legend seriously, and having heard about his battle of wits and bravery with a group of wild boars, Xiao Shan admired him tremendously.
Meanwhile, Bai Sasa was cooking porridge while listening to the story, equally dumbfounded.
Arriving at the kitchen, Li Wenli never imagined that not only was the place fantastic, but there was also rice!
He gaped at the pot of porridge, full of surprise.
He couldn’t help but look at Bai Junjun again with deep meaning, "This place of yours is quite impressive indeed."
"..." Bai Junjun glanced at her paddy rice, not quite willing to share with this man for some reason.
However, Bai Sasa thought differently.
Although she didn’t have much to do with Li Wenli, she was privately grateful to him. After all, without Li Wenli and the protections from the Li Family, they wouldn’t have been able to arrive in the Northern Lands in one piece.
Now that they had reunited with an old acquaintance, Bai Sasa felt it natural to offer the best they had as a gesture of hospitality.
Li Wenli had no particular recollection of Bai Junjun’s younger siblings; after all, he had cocooned himself inside the horse carriage for most of the tough journey.