Qi Changyi rushed forward and hugged Pei Zheng, but the huge pulling force pulled him down.
The two men fell from the sand dune, rolled several times, and finally stopped on the sand pile.
Qi Changyi felt dizzy and the wound on his arm was burning with pain, as if he had been scratched again.
But he had no mind to care about it now. He breathed slightly and crawled towards where Pei Zheng was lying not far away.
His fingers were deeply embedded in the sand, and he moved his body very slowly. His skin rubbed against the rough sand, and he felt pain all over his body.
Finally he crawled to Pei Zheng's side. Qi Changyi didn't have the strength to stand up anymore. He could only slowly reach out his hand and hold Pei Zheng's fingers.
His throat was dry and hoarse and he couldn't speak. The little guy leaned close to Pei Zheng's ear and called out in a very soft voice, "Brother Pei."
But Pei Zheng's eyes were closed and he had lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss.
Qi Changyi took his hand and felt the scars on his fingertips, then lowered his head to take a look. Each of those fingers had a cut that was neither too deep nor too shallow, just enough to bleed but not enough to stop the bleeding.
Thinking of the bloody taste he tasted in his sleep, the little guy seemed to understand something and his eyes became blurred, but he was so dehydrated that he could no longer shed tears.
Qi Changyi slowly hugged Pei Zheng's body, just like Pei Zheng hugged him a few nights ago.
He leaned his head on Pei Zheng's chest, listened to the gradually weakening heartbeat, and closed his eyes.
Are they going to die here
However, he and Brother Pei still had a lot to discuss.
It seemed like he hadn't remembered a lot of things.
But now, there is no chance anymore.
The little guy lost consciousness to the sound of his heartbeat.
When I regained consciousness, I felt dizzy and had no idea where I was. Then there was the blinding sunlight in front of me.
When I turned my head to avoid the sunlight, a dark shadow blocked my view in time.
Someone above my head whispered, "Awake?"
Qi Changyi recognized that it was Pei Zheng's voice. His eyelashes trembled and he slowly opened his eyes.
It was Pei Zheng, with gentle eyes and a slight smile on his lips.
Qi Changyi thought he was hallucinating and raised his hand to touch his face.
The hand was held directly by someone and then placed on the cheek.
Pei Zheng slowly clasped the little hand's ten fingers together and lovingly stroked the little chin twice.
"Are you thirsty? Do you want to get up and drink some water?"
Qi Changyi licked his dry lips and nodded.
Pei Zheng gently helped him up, still leaning on his arms, then picked up the water bottle next to him and fed him a little water.
Qi Changyi opened his mouth early and waited, eager to take a big sip, but Pei Zheng didn't let him drink so quickly.
"Drink slowly."
Qi Changyi licked his lips again, and his originally pale lips finally regained some rosy color.
He looked around, no wonder he felt dizzy, the two of them were half lying on a camel cart, and there was a lot of cargo on the cart, piled on one side to make some space for them to lie down.
There were dozens of camels in front, all pulling carts, with three or four people walking beside each cart. This caravan happened to be coming from the imperial capital, on their way to deliver some goods to the barbarians. They rescued Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi while passing through the desert.
The owner of the caravan knew Pei Zheng because he had done business with Pei Zheng in a shop in the imperial capital and had the honor of meeting Pei Zheng at that time.
Seeing that the people behind had woken up, the caravan leader asked others to stop and rest, and then he walked to the end of the team.
"Master Pei, you are awake."
Pei Zheng put down the water bottle and nodded to the caravan owner, "Thank you very much. I don't know how to address you."
The owner of the caravan was a kind-looking middle-aged man. He bowed to Pei Zheng and said, "Sir Pei, please tell me your surname is Liu. When I first saw the two people lying under the sand dune, I didn't dare to recognize them. I didn't expect it was really you."
Pei Zheng said, "Boss Liu, thank you again."
Boss Liu turned his eyes and looked at the person that Pei Zhenghuai was protecting. When he rescued the two of them, the little guy was hiding in Pei Zhenghuai, just like now.
"Master Pei, you still don't know who this person is?"
Pei Zheng lowered his eyes and glanced at the little guy, then looked at Boss Liu.
Boss Liu seemed to have suddenly realized something and was very surprised. "Could it be, could it be..."
"Could it be, who?" Pei Zheng asked indifferently.
"Could it be that His Royal Highness has been missing for three years and everyone in the world thought he was dead?"
Qi Changyi heard that they seemed to be talking about him, and he also raised his eyes to look at Boss Liu.
Boss Liu caught a glimpse of his pale and sickly but still handsome face. He had heard about Prince Qi Changyi a long time ago. Now he was being stared at by two people opposite him at the same time. Boss Liu felt like he could hardly speak.
"Your Highness, Master Pei, you two are both injured. I have had someone bandage you both, but you still need to rest well.
Yes, you two take a rest first, I won’t disturb you anymore.”
After saying that, Boss Liu put down the dry food and water, and left quickly.
Pei Zheng stopped him.
"Boss Liu, may I ask if you know if there is an oasis in this desert?"
Boss Liu thought about it carefully and said, "Yes, but I don't know if it's the same one that Mr. Pei is asking about."
“Is there another oasis?”
"This desert is huge. I don't think anyone has walked through it all. I only know the one I know, so I don't know if there are other places.
Clearly."
Pei Zheng understood.
"Lord Pei, are you going to the oasis? Our caravan will be passing by and we can take you there."
"Thank you very much."
Boss Liu nodded without saying anything more, then quickly returned to the head of the team.
Although he didn't know what happened between the two people, his intuition told him that the right thing to do was to leave quickly.
Pei Zheng broke off a piece of the dry food and put it in his mouth. It tasted average and ok, but they had no choice in the current situation. Could they still expect to get the same taste as the Yipinxiang in the Imperial Capital
He broke off a little more and put it close to the little guy's lips.
"Open your mouth."
I haven't eaten anything for a few days, so I have to eat something to fill my stomach.
But the little man sniffed the dry food and frowned.
"I don't want to eat this, I want to drink water"
Pei Zheng picked up the water bottle, gave him another sip of water, and then took the opportunity to stuff the dry food into his mouth.
Sure enough, the little guy turned his tongue and wanted to spit it out, but Pei Zheng pressed his soft and smooth tongue tip with his fingers.
"Don't spit."
The little guy looked up at Pei Zheng with grievance, but Pei Zheng still did not let go, as if he would not withdraw his hand until he swallowed it.
The little guy had no choice but to chew it twice and then swallow the dry food.
He didn't refuse to eat because he thought the food wasn't tasty, but because his stomach felt very uncomfortable and he didn't want to eat anything or swallow it.
But Pei Zheng still fed him a large piece of dry food and then gave him some water.
After eating something, the little guy did feel some strength restored, but he was still very weak.
Pei Zheng also ate some dry food and drank some water.
The scratches on my back have been carefully bandaged. I don’t know what medicine was used, but the cool feeling relieved most of the pain.
The caravan continued on its way, and no one knew where it was going. They wondered if it would get further away from Shen Huan and the others.
As evening approached, the caravan stopped, set up tents, lit a charcoal fire, and made some hot soup and brought it to Pei Zheng and the other man.
"Master Pei, please have something hot. The conditions here are too simple. I have to inconvenience you and His Highness."
Pei Zheng took it with a smile. Apart from thank you, he didn't know what else to say.
Qi Changyi also smiled at Boss Liu, "Thank you, Boss Liu."
This sweet thank you is much warmer than Pei Zheng’s cold thanks.
Boss Liu laughed and retreated.
After he left, Pei Zheng poured hot soup for Qi Changyi, but rarely said a word.
After Qi Changyi drank a few sips, he felt much more relaxed. His eyebrows curved and he sighed softly, "It's a good drink."
Pei Zheng put down the bowl of soup and pinched Huairen'er's waist, "Don't smile at others in the future."
He also tasted the hot soup and said, "It's not very hot at all. I swallowed it with difficulty."
After saying that, he put the bowl far away.
Qi Changyi was a little dissatisfied, "Can't I laugh?"
Pei Zheng said, "Of course, to me."
"But Boss Liu saved us and gave us food and drink. Can't I thank him?"
"You can't smile either," Pei Zheng added, "You can't smile so sweetly."
"Then I won't laugh."
Qi Changyi pouted, turned his head away from Pei Zheng, sulked at him, and muttered to himself.
"I have always smiled like this. Why do I have to have certain requirements for smiling? What should I do? I don't know how to do it. Humph. I hate it so much."
When Pei Zheng heard his accusation, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
The little figure in front of me is very stubborn, yet very cute, making me want to hold it in my arms and give it a good rub.
Pei Zheng actually did so.
He had been unconscious in the military camp, but when he was awake he was very hostile to me. Now, after the two of them had spent a few days alone together, I could feel that the little guy's attitude towards me had improved significantly.
Sometimes, it is really not easy to tell whether it is a blessing or a curse.
He hugged the little guy from behind, wrapped his arms around his waist, and breathed on the back of his neck.
The person in his arms tensed up and tried to escape, but was held tighter by those strong arms.
"Don't move, there's something on you."
Qi Changyi stopped moving immediately. He became a little nervous, afraid that some insect or something might run onto him.
"What is it? What is that?"
Pei Zheng suddenly kissed his neck and stretched out his tongue to gently touch the skin underneath.
"There was a kiss."