I don’t know how long I’ve been hungry.
Ye Qichi didn’t even think, she just picked up the child and left.
Xiao Jinxing just watched Ye Qichi .
Ye Qichi brought the baby back to Xiao Jinxing’s side.
Xiao Jinxing didn’t even glance at it.
Ye Qichi didn’t care either.
To Xiao Jinxing, this baby was Ye Qichi’s rebellion against him.
His dislike was normal.
Ye Qichi sat on the ground, then pulled out a dagger from her body.
Xiao Jinxing frowned.
He didn’t know what Ye Qichi was trying to do with such a sudden action.
Ye Qichi held the dagger and gently slid it across her finger.
Blood immediately started flowing from her finger.
Ye Qichi quickly put her bloodied hand into the baby’s mouth.
The baby, who had previously been unconscious, instinctively reacted to the warm flow in its mouth, puckering its lips and started sucking.
Xiao Jinxing’s eyes tightened.
This woman... she’s hardly able to protect herself and still she’s feeding others her blood.
Where does she get the confidence to think she can go to such lengths with her current condition?!
Xiao Jinxing just watched indifferently.
If Ye Qichi wanted to seek death on her own, that was her own business.
It doesn’t matter much.
If she can’t make it to the end, he’ll just leave her behind.
Anyway... it’s not important.
Ye Qichi didn’t know what Xiao Jinxing was thinking at this moment.
Since the Prince wouldn’t say it out loud, she’d just act as if she knew nothing.
She removed her finger from the baby’s mouth and quickly pressed down on it to stop the bleeding.
After drinking her blood, the baby’s eyes seemed to focus and she blinked her confused eyes at Ye Qichi.
Ye Qichi smiled gently at her.
Xiao Jinxing pursed his lips.
This woman, even at this time, can still manage to smile.
"Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you from now on," Ye Qichi tenderly said to the baby.
The baby couldn’t understand, but it didn’t resist Ye Qichi at all.
Ye Qichi didn’t interact with the baby for too long.
Of course, it was best to leave now.
She said to Xiao Jinxing who was standing beside her, "Can you crouch down for a moment?"
"What for?" Xiao Jinxing asked coldly.
"Don’t worry, I won’t harm you," Ye Qichi replied, speechless.
With some irritation, Xiao Jinxing still crouched down.
Ye Qichi looked at her now healed finger, then rubbed it on the ground full of dust, and smeared Xiao Jinxing’s face with dirt.
"Ye Qichi!" Xiao Jinxing gritted his teeth.
Ye Qichi looked at Xiao Jinxing’s dirtied face and couldn’t help laughing, "It looks good, quite suitable for you."
"Are you rebelling?!" Xiao Jinxing threatened.
"So what if I am rebelling? What can you do to me now?!" Ye Qichi shot back.
Xiao Jinxing trembled with anger.
"To avoid attracting the attention of the soldiers, we of course need to blend in. Everyone here is dirty and disheveled, your clean and pale face would instantly draw the soldiers’ attention," she explained.
Xiao Jinxing stayed silent.
He had guessed as much.
"Come on, even the score, help me do the same," Ye Qichi said to Xiao Jinxing.
Xiao Jinxing didn’t hesitate, he grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and smeared it onto Ye Qichi’s face.
This man, no need for excessive vilification.
It was purely revenge, as the dust choked her throat.
Ye Qichi couldn’t help coughing violently.
Her cough startled the baby in her arms, who opened its mouth as if it wanted to cry.
Ye Qichi quickly soothed the baby in her arms.
It took a while for her to calm down.
Her face was all red.
Xiao Jinxing watched by the side, feeling somewhat... but he would never admit it, so he still kept a cold face while watching Ye Qichi coldly.
After calming down, Ye Qichi then spoke, "You’re not angry anymore, are you?!"
Xiao Jinxing was surprised.
Based on his understanding of Ye Qichi, this woman would definitely seek revenge.
This moment she just let it go.
Xiao Jinxing didn’t speak.
Unwilling to say more.
Even less willing to apologize!
After staying with Xiao Jinxing for so long, Ye Qichi was all too aware of his character.
She bowed her head, looking at the baby’s already dirty face, and decided not to add any more cover-up.
She got up from the ground and said to Xiao Jinxing, "Let’s go."
Xiao Jinxing strode ahead, not looking back, all coldness.
Ye Qichi quickly followed behind him.
They made their way to the entrance of Hezhou City.