A warm, comfortable breeze brushed everyone’s face. It was springtime. However, in this strange atmosphere, the natural breeze made so many men lost in various conjectures feel creepy. They trembled, and some almost screamed in fright.

A familiar and beautiful female voice rang when Crown Prince Yun’s group was feeling suspicious and frightened. The voice was soft but angry. It dispersed the inexplicable terror like the first ray of sunlight in the spring.

“You are devils. Are you going to drown such a little baby?”

“Miss, this is the internal affair of our village. Don’t be nosy.”

“You are going to jail for your disrespect for human lives.”

“The affair of our village is none of a stranger’s business.”

“Today, I want to be nosy.”

“Miss, what on earth do you want?”

“Let’s talk about how much I need to pay you. I want to buy this baby.”

The people in the village were not satisfied with the girls’ answer. They started to discuss with each other.

“It’s not a matter of money. If we offend the River God, our whole village will be destroyed.”

“Chief, we should ignore that girl.”

“Yes, the sacrifice ceremony is the most critical thing now.”

“If we offend the River God, we will all die.”

“Yes, we can’t withstand more floods this year.”

“River God, don’t blame us. We will soon continue the sacrifice ceremony.”

“Well, go catch her and the baby.”

“We shouldn’t make the River God angry.”

“If that girl still messes up with us, she can also be a sacrifice.”

“Yes, maybe the River God will feel satisfied in this way.”

...

“You...you are lawless.” The girl couldn’t believe what she had heard. She held the baby tightly and ran away by the river desperately. Many strong men in the village were chasing after her.

Meanwhile, Crown Prince Yun’s group was heading here, following her sound. Crown Prince Yun couldn’t believe it when he heard the familiar voice. He asked his men several times. After confirming that there was a girl’s voice, he led everyone to track the voice immediately.

From a distance, Crown Prince Yun saw a girl in pink. She was pure and beautiful, holding a baby in her arms. Who else could she be? It was the person Crown Prince Yun had been missing day and night. It was Meng Xi whom he thought he would never see again.

Crown Prince Yun was so excited that he rushed to the girl and held the girl and the baby in his arms.

“Xier...Xier...”

“Yeah.”

“Are you really here?”

“Yes.”

“I thought I would never see you again.”

“Dummy, I’m here to see you!”

“It’s so nice that you are here. I miss you so much.”

“Me too.”

“By the way, is your face all right?” As Crown Prince Yun spoke, he touched Meng Xi’s soft face. It was not as red and swollen as that day. However, he still felt so sorry for her. He kept touching and checking her face.

“I’m fine now.”

“Does it still hurt?”

“I’ve recovered already. See, it doesn’t hurt at all!”

“But that day, your face was so red and swollen.”

“Fool, it’s been so long. If I still can’t get better, the royal doctor should be fired and go back home to be a farmer.”

“True. It’s so nice that you are cured. Xier, you have no idea how much I am worried about you.”

“Yeah.”

Before these two people in love had time to talk about their feelings more, the strong men of the village had rushed over. The leading one said, “Brat, you’d better not be nosy. Give the girl and the baby to us.”

Looking at the murderous strong men, Crown Prince Yun’s men immediately stepped in front of him and Meng Xi, ready to protect their master.

Hearing the words, Crown Prince Yun glanced at the strong men. He then turned around and asked Meng Xi, “Xier, what is going on?”

“I sneaked out of my home last night.”

“You sneaked out? Will it be okay?”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“You didn’t bring anyone with you?”

“I was afraid that daddy would find out, so I came out alone.”

“You are too reckless. What if you run into bad guys?”

“I didn’t even think about it.”

“Why don’t you use your brain? How can you be so impulsive?”

“Because I miss you too much!”

“Sorry, it’s all my fault. You took risks for me, but I scolded you. I am really happy to see you. I’m just afraid that you can be in danger, Xier.”

Meng Xi shed tears of grievance because Crown Prince Yun blamed her. Crown Prince Yun felt more sorry and hugged the girl in his arms tightly.

What were these two fools doing? They still couldn’t get to the point! In front of them, Crown Prince Yun’s men were fighting with the strong men in the village. This group of men couldn’t say anything bad about their master. However, maybe all of them were complaining about him inwardly.

“Well, I know.”

“Okay, don’t cry. It’s all my fault.”

Meng Xi and Crown Prince Yun were still talking.

“I came here this morning.”

“Yeah.”

“I passed by the river outside the village, and I saw that these men were about to drown a baby. Therefore, I saved the baby,” Meng Xi said, showing the cute baby in her arms to Crown Prince Yun.

After hearing her words, Crown Prince Yun was also very angry. The two finally got to the point, which was not easy for them! They returned to the real world from their foolish, lovesick two-person world. They realized everyone in front of them had already been fighting for a while.

Crown Prince Yun stopped them immediately and offered to talk to the village chief. All the strong men and other villagers had no chance to beat Crown Prince Yun’s men. Therefore, they could only choose to talk. However, these ignorant villagers were very emotional. This was the custom of their village. They sacrificed children every year. Not long after some babies were born, they would be drowned in the river as human sacrifices for the River God.

Crown Prince Yun’s men were martial arts masters, but they couldn’t kill these people. This was just a typical village. Could they massacre all the residents here? The answer was definitely no. What’s more, Crown Prince Yun was still kind at that time. He was blaming himself for not being able to come up with a solution to solve this problem.

After many negotiations with the villagers, he and Meng Xi finally rescued the poor baby using a lot of money and threats. Unfortunately, the baby’s father died of a flood, and his mother died after giving birth to him. The little one was an orphan. Before he was one month old, he was about to be sacrificed.

Crown Prince Yun and the others knew that they could save this baby, but they couldn’t save other children. After all, the villages’ ignorance was deep-rooted. They believed that the floods were the River God’s punishment. Sacrificing living people was an old tradition. No one could change and stop it.

Meng Xi held the cute little baby in her arms tightly and shed tears. She felt bad about this unfair world, but she now had to leave here with Crown Prince Yun.

The rescued baby was named Lan Li. He had been with them since then as their adopted son. He witnessed their love, hatred, and enmity for a lifetime. However, Lan Li opened the gate of the Kingdom of Shui because of his selfishness. No one knew whether Meng Xi had regretted being nosy today.

...

Spring was coming. The spring breeze blew into the hearts of the group of people traveling in major cities and towns. Meng Xi, whose personality was more like a man than a woman, made the trip of observing the public feeling no longer boring but very interesting. However, Crown Prince Yun’s men suffered a lot because of her.

Every time they went to a town, they went to a casino first. What were they doing? They were there to make money and then spend it. Why did they want to make money? Because they had spent all their money buying Lan Li in the small mountain village on their first stop. What about Meng Xi? She escaped from home, so she didn’t even dare to go to the bank to withdraw money. However, Miss Meng didn’t feel worried. What she knew the best was how to make money! Miss Meng always left a casino with a lot of money she earned. Therefore, they could continue to live a luxurious life.

Rich people had the power to take charge. Therefore, everyone followed Meng Xi’s order along the way. What was their second stop in every town? It was either the largest brothel or the most luxurious painted pleasure boat. There was no doubt it was Miss Meng’s idea. She came up with the excuse of investigating the market to help develop the business of the Mengs.

It sounded reasonable. However, why did Miss Meng impersonate a man to go to the brothels and painted pleasure boats? It made sense to say that being a man was easier for her to take action. However, she was enjoying it too much!

Those actual males in the team didn’t dare to play with the girls because of the deterrence of Crown Prince Yun. They were sitting there, stiffer than wooden stakes. These people now were envious of the people taking care of Lan Li at the inn. Now they would rather be a nanny than a man!

Crown Prince Yun felt the worst. Meng Xi was touching and flirting with all kinds of girls. She lusted for women more than real men. Crown Prince Yun stared at her, and he couldn’t be more jealous. No woman had the nerve to get closer to him. It was a pity that Crown Prince Yun looked so handsome, but he was actually like a little rabbit.

In contrast, Young Master Meng looked like a free scumbag. He kept touching these girls. He didn’t look like a gay who would have a romantic relationship with Crown Prince Yun! Even if he was, Crown Prince Yun must be the submissive one. The way Crown Prince Yun looked at Meng Xi was like a little wife staring at her cheating husband. He treated these women as seductive women and couldn’t wait to throw them out of the house!

People came to brothels to play with women but not to eat. Was Crown Prince Yun an exception? The prostitutes couldn’t figure it out at all! But they felt happy as long as they could make money. If Crown Prince Yun knew what these prostitutes were thinking about, especially about regarding him as the submissive one, he would want to kill them no matter how good-tempered he was.

As for the third stop after arriving in the town, they went shopping, eating, and playing. Meng Xi could make money, so money was never a problem. She could buy anything she liked, and others would carry it for her. Everyone would have something to carry in their hands except for the man holding the baby Lan Li! Miss Meng would never let this group of third wheels live an easy life.

Every time she finished shopping, these people had to take all kinds of bags in their hands. However, when they left the town, Meng Xi might not even take the goods with her. Most of them were given to local beggars. Wasn’t she torturing people? Fortunately, Miss Meng did not treat them badly along the way. She treated them with delicious food, drink, and wine. They all had eaten their fill.

Crown Prince Yun was the most pitiful one. During the day, Meng Xi wore female dresses. She had an innocent and beautiful appearance. With a free and easy temperament that was different from ordinary women, she stood out like a shining star. Many noble young masters turned around to stare at her. She was courted constantly along the trip.