Chapter 283: Little Li Misses You So Much
The young man’s skin was a bit dark from long hours of labor outdoors, but his features were still rather square.
His gaze fell upon the girl’s lost-in-thought face. He scratched his head, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, “Are you unhappy here with us?”
After asking, he felt his heart rate quicken slightly, anticipating her answer while fearing she might indeed nod.
The young man’s name was Fang Feng, and he was Yuanyuan’s older brother.
Hearing his question, the girl paused slightly. She then shook her head, but her eyes continued to gaze out at the increasingly turbulent sea ahead.
“Thank you for taking care of me, it’s just my own problem…” Long Li added at the end.
Fang Feng then gave a simple, honest smile.
As a young man who had grown up his entire life in a fishing village, his personality wasn’t exactly shy, but he clearly wasn’t very good at talking to girls.
Especially not a girl who was so beautiful and whose demeanor so clearly didn’t fit in with the fishing village.
He stammered for a long time, only managing to blurt out, “I’m glad you’re happy, glad you’re happy.”
After a pause, he seemed to realize something and quickly waved his hands, “It’s no trouble, no need to thank us, it’s all a small matter. Yuanyuan has also brought people back before, we’re experienced now.”
This managed to pique the girl’s interest. She turned her head slightly, revealing an exquisite and alluring profile, and adopted a listening posture.
Fang Feng secretly swallowed, then wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead before recounting the past events.
“It was about a year or two ago, when Yuanyuan and I went into the mountains to gather firewood, we also found someone who had fainted…”
He paused here, as if struck by a thought, “But unlike you, that person looked quite unharmed, no wounds were visible. I thought she had fainted from hunger.”
“Later, we brought her home, and Grandma took care of her by herself, even boiling congee for her. But the very next morning, we found she was gone…”
Fang Feng finished speaking, his bushy eyebrows moved, and he tentatively asked, “You won’t leave without saying goodbye too, will you?”
After speaking, he seemed afraid Long Li would misunderstand, a look of urgency flashing across his face. “I’m not expecting anything in return, after all, it was just a bowl of congee and a bed. It’s just, it’s just…”
The young man seemed to be at a loss for words here, sweating profusely from anxiety. But the more he wanted to explain, the more stuck he became.
Long Li saw his embarrassment and replied, “We won’t.”
She thought that, judging by Prime Minister Father’s personality, he might actually prefer such a peaceful life…
After all, the promise of three thousand demon princesses back then couldn’t even move that man.
She subconsciously imagined the man surrounded by three thousand beauties, indulging in pleasure, and inexplicably felt a sense of revulsion.
Pah! How could these seductive vixen possibly be worthy of Prime Minister Father?
Thinking this, her heart felt considerably more at ease.
With this thought, the girl turned back to look at the sea.
Beside her, Fang Feng fidgeted, a look of annoyance flashing across his face, presumably chiding himself for his awkwardness just now.
For a moment, the scene seemed to freeze, becoming exceptionally quiet.
The sea breeze blew gently against them.
Her light blue skirt swayed slightly, revealing the delicate, smooth skin of her calves beneath.
She maintained the posture of propping her head with one hand, lost in thought. She wasn’t doing anything in particular, but the naturally emanating cold nobility in her eyes gave people an illusion of being unreachable.
The young man was infatuated. For Fang Feng, who had grown up in a fishing village, when had he ever seen such a beautiful girl with such an extraordinary aura?
So his nervousness during conversations was understandable.
Although they had known each other for a short time, the girl’s every smile and frown had quietly entered his heart.
Until a childish voice broke the spell of the picturesque girl before him.
“Sister Li, big brother is awake!”
In an instant, Fang Feng saw those amber pupils, usually filled with a faint melancholy, now radiating an incomparable brilliance.
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Chen An’s unconsciousness had happened half a month ago.
For the past half month, the elder had brought them back to his small cabin, diligently caring for him daily, waiting for his awakening.
Initially, they thought he would wake up in a day or two at most. To think that this wait would stretch for a full half month.
If it weren’t for the faint breath still present at the man’s nostrils, the elder would have been contemplating how to quickly find a place to bury him.
On the uneven paths of the small fishing village, the girl’s light blue skirt fluttered.
She started by walking, then gradually quickened her pace, until finally, it could be described as running.
Occasionally, other villagers cast curious glances at the passerby.
They had seen the girl’s figure before during this half month, but it was rare to see her so anxious.
Usually, she just stood there quietly, exuding a noble and aloof air that made others feel inferior.
Like the princesses in legends, revered by thousands wherever they went.
Most people in the fishing village understood in their hearts that the girl would never belong here.
“So, kid, why are you being so dense?”
Fang Feng, following the fluttering skirt, was grabbed by Uncle Wang from next door, who happened to be passing by.
Hearing this, his dark face flushed red. He then struggled free with all his might and said without looking back, “I wasn’t thinking about that, Uncle Wang, don’t talk nonsense!”
The young man turned and left, leaving the grizzled uncle standing there, shaking his head and sighing.
He looked up at the beautiful sunset clouds in the sky, his tone filled with emotion.
“That’s why, in one’s youth, one shouldn’t encounter someone too dazzling…”
…
Did Long Li know Fang Feng’s feelings?
Perhaps she knew, perhaps she simply couldn’t be bothered to respond.
After all, she had encountered countless such situations back in Dragon City.
Her entire focus now was on the man who had yet to open his eyes.
However, as she got closer, realizing she only needed to push open a door to see him, the girl became somewhat hesitant.
Gathering her courage, she reached out and pushed open the simple room door.
This was a side room the elder had specially made for them, quiet and undisturbed.
Long Li looked up and saw the man reclining on the head of the bed.
He was looking sideways out the window, perhaps watching the waves surge, just as Long Li had been doing earlier.
Only, one was by the sea, and the other was by the bedside, gazing afar.
He heard the movement and turned his head.
Seeing it was the girl, he smiled and pointed out the window, asking softly.
“Do you want to come and watch with me?”
The girl rubbed her reddened eyes, as if she had finally found her way home, and strode into his arms.
“Sob sob…”
“Prime Minister Father, Little Li misses you so much…”
