Chapter 296 Which No. 1 Assassin?
A small town far away from the imperial capital.
From afar, it looks like a bustling scene.
"Shaobing! Delicious shaobing!"
"Viburnum! Freshly picked viburnum, does anyone want to see it?"
The streets were bustling with people, with people scattered on both sides, hawking all kinds of common gadgets.
Shi Li's attention was unconsciously attracted to an old man selling fruit.
In front of the old man were several large bamboo baskets containing different fruits. One of the bamboo baskets was filled with yellow honey fruits.
This kind of fruit was no longer seen in her time. This was the first time she saw it. For some reason, she felt that it must be very sweet and delicious.
She saw it quite clearly, and after passing the fruit stall, she looked back reluctantly.
I always feel like I've eaten that honey fruit before.
Xuan Yi behind him suddenly reined in his horse and looked down at her jokingly, "Want to eat?"
"Ok!"
Although she didn't know why Xuan Yi suddenly changed his personality, Shi Li still looked at him with sparkling eyes.
As a result, Xuan Yi raised his hand and plucked a silver hairpin from her head neatly. He held the hairpin head and shook it gently in front of her, and a crystal light flashed across the hairpin head.
“Use this to buy it.”
Shi Li: ...
I really met Gou.
She reached out to snatch the silver hairpin back and put it back on, then turned her head and looked to the side angrily.
"Don't fool me. The silver hairpin is much more valuable than the honey fruit."
"You know a lot."
Xuan Yi chuckled, and it was hard to tell whether it was sarcasm or a joke.
Shi Li ignored him and remained silent.
The next second, the horse carried the two people to the fruit stall, dropped a string of copper coins, grabbed a handful of honey fruits and threw them into Shi Li's arms.
Shi Li took it subconsciously and looked at him blankly.
"I'm afraid some people will get angry to death before they even get to Liaocheng."
Xuan Yi's lips curled up slightly, and he seemed to be in a good mood.
Shi Li looked down at the fruit in her arms, and a little sweetness slowly grew in her heart.
Just a little bit.
Humph, she was too lazy to argue with him. Eating the honeyed fruit was more important!
In ancient times, there were no pesticides, so the fruits would at most be stained with a little dust. Shili didn't care so much, he picked up a honey fruit, wiped it with his sleeve, and put it in his mouth.
A piece of crimson clothing suddenly passed by, and the fruit disappeared without a trace. Shili took a breath of air.
click-
A crisp sound came from above my head.
and someone's delighted voice, "The honey fruits here are indeed sweet and juicy."
Shi Li: ...
She endures!
He held his breath, picked up the second honey fruit, stuffed it into his mouth in a flash, and then looked at Xuan Yi proudly.
Xuan Yi showed a surprised expression for the first time, and his beautiful and bright eyes seemed to lose focus for a moment.
But he reacted quickly, finishing the honey fruit in one gulp, and poked Shi Li's bulging cheeks with his fingers without any hesitation, "I guess you can swallow two in one breath, do you want to try?"
Shi Li: You are crazy!
This was the first time she felt so angry that she wanted to curse.
But Xuan Yi would not give her a chance. He squinted his eyes and calmly reached into her arms.
Of course, he was not being a hooligan, but was targeting the remaining honey fruits.
Realizing that Xuan Yi was not joking and would really eat all the honey fruit, Shi Li didn't dare to hold the fruit in her mouth any longer. She chewed it and swallowed it, then anxiously picked up the next one.
Halfway through eating, he noticed Xuan Yi was staring at him again.
"What are you looking at?" Shi Li's tone was fierce.
"It's the first time I see someone eating honey fruit without spitting out the seeds, so I'm curious." Xuan Yi held the reins with one hand and rested the other hand leisurely on his cheek, his face full of interest.
I can't live like this anymore!
In the following days, Shi Li was almost certain that Xuan Yi must be suffering from some mental illness.
Otherwise, he wouldn't do things all day long that normal people wouldn't even think of.
Just grab the honey fruit.
After that, it developed into a situation where he would grab the first bite of whatever she ate, and would snort in disgust after finishing the meal.
Shi Li was almost angry to death.
But her movements were always slower than his and she couldn't stop him no matter what, so she could only get angry like a puffer fish.
After two days of safe and steady journey, they failed to reach the next town on the evening of the third day and had to settle in the wild.
This time was even worse than the last time. There wasn't even a tree hole to shelter from the wind and rain, so we could only spend the night around a campfire.
But it's not entirely without benefits.
Shi Li ate the roasted rabbit legs that she had not tasted for a long time.
She held the rabbit leg in one hand and blew on it gently, then glanced at the boy next to her.
Although he always said things that made her angry and he always snatched food from her, he was still a good match for her since he always gave her the rabbit leg.
"Is something wrong?"
Her peeking was discovered.
Xuan Yi poked the campfire with a branch, glancing sideways, the firelight dancing gently in his eyes.
Shi Li quickly retracted her gaze and pointed to the clear, sparkling stream not far away, "I'm going to wash my hair."
Living in this ancient time, Shi Li could endure anything except not being able to wash her hair for a long time.
Her hair is so long that it feels like you can remove half a pound of oil by touching it!
Thinking of this, she looked at Xuan Yi with resentment again.
Obviously, neither of them had washed their hair, but for some reason, his hair was not greasy at all and was as smooth as if it had just been washed.
"If I were you, I wouldn't go over there." Xuan Yi threw the branch away and answered with a smile.
Shi Li was about to ask why when she suddenly noticed that there was a sharp coldness in Xuan Yi's eyes.