The two of them entered the forest.
For some reason, Ye Lingling chose a particularly secluded direction.
Qin Feng silently followed behind her.
He neither asked where she was taking him nor what she intended to do.
He believed that once Ye Lingling reached their destination, she would naturally explain.
"My mother told me that you're the only one in this world who can help me."
After walking for around ten minutes, Ye Lingling finally spoke.
There was an unusual undertone in her voice.
She seemed somewhat resentful.
"What is it?"
Qin Feng looked puzzled.
Suddenly, a gauzy outer garment slipped to the ground.
Ye Lingling, who had already been dressed rather lightly, became even more scantily clad.
Qin Feng's gaze sharpened.
Could Ye Lingling be injured?
He did not believe this girl would bring him somewhere like this to do something unspeakable.
She was not that kind of person.
And Qin Feng certainly was not that kind of person either.
"Th-that... don't get the wrong idea. I didn't bring you here for anything indecent."
When Ye Lingling saw that Qin Feng had remained silent for so long, she hurriedly added.
In such a secluded place in the middle of the night—
Especially when she was taking off her clothes piece by piece—it was indeed easy for someone to get the wrong idea.
"Are you injured?"
Qin Feng asked.
He had never once thought of anything indecent.
If he had truly harbored designs on this girl, then back at the ancestral land, she would probably have already become a woman.
By now, their child would likely be old enough for school.
After all, her mother had always been helping things along.
"Mhm."
Ye Lingling nodded slightly upon hearing Qin Feng's voice.
For some reason, she could not sense the slightest