CH 287

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He didn’t realize that Xi Ning could heal this small wound by himself with his healing spells.

“Does it still hurt?” Lin An said softly, gently rubbing Xi Ning’s lower lip with his fingertips, he really wanted to kiss again, just a slight smooch, but it’s a pity that the mask was in the way.

“It doesn’t hurt anymore.” Xi Ning looked around and asked, “Can we find a place to rest now?”

Lin An moved his lips and seemed to have something to say. He hesitated for a moment and pulled up Xi Ning’s hood, and hugged him by the waist, “Let’s go.”

Xi Ning leaned on his shoulder, gradually feeling drowsy, he yawned, raised his hood a bit and looked behind while leaning on Lin An’s shoulder.

Lin An was very familiar with this place. He quickly shuttled through the woods, and soon left the woods and came to a cave.

Xi Ning dozed off along the way, but became more sober when he arrived at the place. He looked at the dark cave and asked worriedly, “Won’t there be any beasts inside?”

“No, don’t worry.”

Lin An took out a round sphere, which was shining in front of him. He hugged Xi Ning and walked in the cave. The cave was very big, but not very deep, he reached the end within a few steps.

The ground was very dry. Lin An used cleaning spells, and took out several thick bedrolls from his storage bag and spread them on the ground, as well as pillows and quilts. It looked like he was prepared.

After he tidied everything up, Xi Ning took off his cloak and prepared to rest.

Unexpectedly, Lin An was not finished yet. He also took out a rack for hanging clothes from the storage bag, hung the cloak on it, and took out a small table and two low stools.

He took out some canned food and asked Xi Ning, “Your Highness, are you hungry?”

After arriving in the forest, Xi Ning was able to rely on the plant’s aura nearby to maintain his physical strength. He no longer needed to eat every day like when he was in the convoy. He shook his head, “I’m not hungry.”

Lin An put away the can, and stepped forward to help Xi Ning take off his coat and shoes, just like he did before.

He only made one bed, and Xi Ning didn’t bother to ask any more questions. He turned over and slept on the inner side. He heard the sound of clothes rubbing behind him. Not long after, Lin An got into bed and slept on the other side.

The light from the sphere was adjusted to be very weak, so that the surroundings could be seen clearly without being too dark. Xi Ning turned over and touched Lin An’s arm.

As soon as he moved, Lin An couldn’t help it, and turned sideways to hug Xi Ning. During the movement, Xi Ning touched the mask on his face, he became a little angry, and struggled not to let him touch.

Lin An was almost pushed off the bed and said in frustration, “Your Highness……”

Xi Ning said angrily, “Why are you still wearing a mask while sleeping?”

Lin An didn’t speak, Xi Ning stared at him for a while, stretched out his fingertips to touch the back of Lin An’s hand, and said, “If you take off the mask, I’ll let you hug me to sleep.”

Xi Ning’s sight went dark again, he thought that Lin An had cast a spell on him again, but only when he saw a faint moonlight at the cave entrance, did he know that it was Lin An who had completely extinguished the sphere’s light.

Only then did Lin An agree to take off the mask, and leaned over to hug Xi Ning into his arms. Xi Ning reached out and touched the skin on his right cheek, and said with satisfaction, “So obedient?”

Lin An remained silent, as long as Xi Ning was happy, he would be more “obedient”.

After a long time, Xi Ning almost fell asleep, and heard him ask in a daze, “Does Your Highness know the meaning of doing this?”

Xi Ning tried to raise his eyelids, and said blankly, “What?”

Lin An was very close to him, and the tip of their noses rubbed against each other. He asked in a low voice, “The meaning of kissing, hugging and sleeping……”

“Of course I know.” Xi Ning moved closer and kissed Lin An’s face, “Are you stupid……”

His voice became smaller and smaller, but Lin An could still hear clearly. He frowned tightly, not quite understanding what Xi Ning meant.

Why did Xi Ning call him stupid? Could it be that the kissing and hugging that he understands didn’t have the same meaning as what he understands?

Lin An couldn’t fall asleep, and secretly kissed Xi Ning in the middle of the night, until his light-colored lips became red and covered with a layer of water, and then he slowly stopped.

He still felt like he was in a dream. Xi Ning accepted it so quickly and let him kiss and hug him. He had imagined countless times that Xi Ning would panic and fear when he found out that he was taken away, and even have disgust towards him.

Even if it was a dream, he would rather not wake up in his life.

Instead of getting up early and rushing for their journey, Xi Ning slept until dawn before getting up, washed with the clean water prepared by Lin An, put on his clothes and sat on a low stool while waiting for Lin An to make the bed.

“How long will it take to get to the magic tower you mentioned?” Xi Ning asked. When Lin An showed him the tower, they were still far away from it. At their speed, it wouldn’t take several days, right?

Lin An paused for a moment before replying, “Optimistically, it will take about three days.”

Three days is not too long, Xi Ning said “hmm”, Lin An put away the bedrolls on the floor, came and squatted in front of Xi Ning, took his hand and said softly, “Your Highness, don’t worry, we will reach there soon.”

Xi Ning propped his elbows on his knees and held his chin, “I’m not in a hurry, it’s you who are in a hurry……”

Just as Lin An was about to speak, there was an obvious sound coming from outside the cave.

He frowned and got up to look out, Xi Ning asked curiously, “What’s wrong?”

Soon Xi Ning heard it too, and the dwarf’s familiar voice came from afar, “Look, there’s a cave here!”

The other people’s voices were a little softer, as if they were saying there’s nothing strange about the cave, and rushing them to leave.

But the dwarf said, “You don’t understand, it is very likely that crystal mines will grow in such a cave, do you know crystal mines? One such big crystal mine can buy ten of you!”

“Okay, okay, are you here to hunt for treasure or to find His Royal Highness the Elf?” The head of the mercenary group said, “We will have plenty of time to mine on our way back.”

Xi Ning looked at Lin An, feeling a little surprised, but also as expected, he whispered, “They…… are here to find me?”

Lin An didn’t tell Xi Ning about the situation when he took him away, but the two of them tacitly agreed that it was impossible for Ferro to agree with Lin An, an unknown person, to take Xi Ning away.

Lin An looked at Xi Ning without blinking, and replied, “Yes.”