In the sky, the crystal snowflakes danced like light jade butterflies, sometimes whirling, sometimes swaying, and like blown pear petals, falling scatteredly on Chu Qiao's hair, clothes, cuffs, and Luo Shan. Dots of butterfly flowers look extraordinarily beautiful and fresh.
His slender fingers held the reins of the maroon horse, letting the horse roam leisurely in the forest. Occasionally, a gust of wind and flying snow would hit, and his arms would naturally lift up, pulling on the black cloak to block the wind and snow outside.
Chu Qiao lowered her eyes, feeling confused in her heart. She knew that after she went back, she had to forget everything that happened in the forest, as well as Chong Ximo, no matter how he had influenced her or what his relationship was with her. He will be a passing guest in her life.
A broken branch broke into pieces, making a scratching sound, which interrupted Chu Qiao's thoughts. When she came back to her senses, she found that the bay-red horse had stopped, snorted a few times, and suddenly raised its head and neighed. She didn't know what had disturbed her. , the front hooves kept slapping the snow.
Chong Xi Mo frowned and gently put the reins into Chu Qiao's hands.
"Get it!" he whispered.
Chu Qiao quickly grabbed the reins, feeling nervous all of a sudden. She looked into the distance. It was not yet dawn, and only the white light of the snow dazzled her eyes. What on earth could make the maroon horse so nervous?
"What's wrong?" Chu Qiao asked in a low voice.
"Don't make a sound and don't move!"
Chong Ximo slowly took out the bow and arrow behind him and held it in his hand. Then he jumped off the horse. He took a few steps forward, looked down at the footprints on the snow, and then pulled the bow. Round.
Chu Qiao lay on the horse and watched carefully. She had never hunted before, so she didn't know what Chong Ximo had discovered. Suddenly, with a "swish" sound, a sharp arrow flew out and passed through the tree. From the bush, I heard a bark of "Ouch", something was hit by an arrow, and suddenly a puff of snow and smoke rose in the distance.
Chong Ximo put on the bow and arrow again, and Chu Qiao discovered that there were several shadows moving not far away. They turned out to be white snow wolves. From visual inspection, each wolf was more than two meters long and huge. They were foraging collectively and discovered two men on horseback.
No doubt they were very hungry on such a snowy night.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Qiao held on to the reins tightly, using only Chong Ximo's bow and arrow. She was able to deal with one or two arrows, but seven or eight seemed to be a bit difficult.
Chu Qiao regretted a little. She shouldn't have asked to leave the house so late. It might be safer at dawn.
"Master Chong, get on your horse, let's go back and wait until dawn before leaving." Chu Qiao whispered.
"It's too late. The snow is heavy and deep, and the horse is carrying two people. It's impossible to outrun them. Hurry up and ride back to the wooden house! Maybe there's still time."
Chong Ximo rounded his bow and waited for the snow wolf to appear, but this time the snow wolf was smart. They used the big tree to block him and got closer little by little.
"Master Chong, how can I leave alone? The horse belongs to you. You can ride back!"
Chu Qiao let go of the reins and got off the horse. Although she was a woman, she was not a coward who was afraid of death. If Chong Ximo hadn't saved her, there would have been no need to stay in the forest for the night, and he would not have met her. Here comes the wolf.
But just when Chu Qiao jumped off the horse, a huge white snow wolf suddenly flew out from behind a big tree on the right and rushed towards the bay red horse.
The bay-red horse was frightened, neighed, and galloped away, throwing up a flurry of snow and disappearing deep into the forest in an instant.
Snow Wolf jumped into the air, jumped up again, and pounced on Chu Qiao.
"Ah!" Chu Qiao staggered and fell into the snow. She hugged her head in despair and closed her eyes.
"Ouch!"
With a scream, Chu Qiao only felt something pressing heavily on her body. After struggling for a while, she stopped moving. Blood, she saw bright red blood flowing down her cheek. She immediately hugged her head and screamed
She screamed out, and when a hand grabbed her wrist, she was so frightened that she stopped screaming.
"When you've shouted enough, crawl out." Chong Ximo's voice came down from the head.
Well?
Chu Qiao slowly opened her eyes, and when she turned her head, she screamed again. A snow wolf was pressing on her body, its mouth was hanging low on her cheek, and drops of blood flowed from the wolf's mouth.
With a disgusting stench.
"Go away, go away!"
Chu Qiao pushed in a panic, but the wolf was too heavy and couldn't be pushed. It pinned her firmly in the snow and made her unable to breathe.
"It's dead and won't go away." His big hand reached to Chu Qiao's face. She stretched out her hand nervously. He pulled hard, and the huge thing on her body fell out. She fell out of the deep
He was pulled out of the snow pit.
Standing on the snow, Chu Qiao was still in shock, looking uneasily at the dead snow wolf on the ground. There was a black arrow stuck in its neck, and it was completely dead.
He saved her life again.
"What a stupid woman, who told you to get off your horse?" Chong Ximo scolded Chu Qiao angrily.
"I want to return the horse to you!" Chu Qiao wiped the blood on her face, lowered her head and muttered.
"I can escape by myself, but with you, it won't be possible." Chong Ximo glanced at Chu Qiao, then pulled out a feather arrow and looked around with vigilant eyes.
Undoubtedly, he regarded her as a burden.
"Lord Chong, you can leave me alone..." Chu Qiao replied in embarrassment. This guy didn't appreciate his kindness?
It seemed that these words angered Chong Ximo. He turned his eyes and suddenly grabbed her by the skirt of her clothes. Without saying a word, he pushed her out vigorously.
Such strength made Chu Qiao run for several steps. When she stopped, she realized that she was at least three or four meters away from Chong Ximo. She was standing in a snowy clearing.
Isolated, his eyes timidly scanned the surroundings, and he clearly felt something strange. Snow Wolf noticed her being alone.
What a bastard, a heartless guy, just because she rejected him? He actually pushed her out? She gave up riding because of him.
"Why did you push me out?" Chu Qiao took a step back and swallowed. When she looked back again, she found that Chong Ximo's voice had disappeared, and he actually left her behind...
"Chong, Chong Xi Mo?"
Chu Qiao's eyes widened and she blinked hard. There was indeed no one behind her. He was really gone.
This time Chu Qiao was scared. He left her like this, and within a short while, the snow wolf would pounce on her and tear her to pieces. The ferocious snow wolf would never let her go just because she was a woman.
"Chong Xi Mo!"
Chu Qiao suddenly used up all her strength and shouted deep into the forest. The echo was loud on the snowy night, and her voice was full of despair and fear.