Chapter 318: A Misunderstanding
Knowing that he was powerless and unable to turn the situation around, the extremely disappointed Ying Yi did not want to delay any longer. He did not even eat, took the returned letter, stuffed it into his arms, bowed and said goodbye.

Putting aside other things, one cannot be so unkind on New Year's Day. After all, he was a hero who went into battle to kill enemies, not a bad guy. Li Yaoguang and Yu Meixue couldn't bear to keep him for long, but before Yingyi left, they forcefully prepared a lot of food for him. Seeing that he looked exhausted and in a mess, Yu Meixue gave Yingyi an old cloak of her husband to keep him warm.

Yingyi felt a little guilty when she touched the things that were forced upon her. She felt embarrassed and asked if there was anything she wanted to bring back to Cheng Su. Yu Meixue and Li Yaoguang were delighted and hurried to pack up. Yu Meixue packed up all the clothes, shoes and socks she had made recently, and Li Yaoguang also asked Ji Mo for a lot of medicines he had made himself, and packed them all up and stuffed them into Yingyi's hand, asking him to pass them on.

Yingyi took it, threw it on the horse's back, and turned and left without stopping.

The family saw Ying Yi off with his shoulders drooping. Looking at his receding back, Li Yaoguang felt a little worried, but he didn't notice that a certain dad and brother behind him was laughing so hard that his tail was lifted up to the sky.

Little did he know that Yingyi rode his horse across the street all the way to the East City Gate, and followed the route his old friend took when he came here, secretly passing through the half-open city gate and leaving the city the same way he came. On his way back north, Yingyi was in a heavy mood, and he touched the letter in his arms and was deeply saddened.

If he returned the letter intact, he couldn't imagine how dejected his master would be. He had already lost his loved one, and his heart was only thinking about this person. Once he knew that his beloved girl had abandoned him, no, no, no, she had never had him at all, what would his master think?

When he thought of the state of the lord when the general left, Ying was afraid from the bottom of his heart. He was afraid that his young but hard-working lord would not be able to resist this time and would completely become a walking corpse. From then on, his life would be filled with only wind and snow and indifference.

Thinking about it this way, Ying Yi, who had just left on impulse out of loyalty, felt regretful. Should he kidnap the person?
No, he can't.

As they rode forward in the snow, Yingyi's eyes fell on the bundles hanging on both sides of the saddle. Slowly, slowly, he put away his old cloak, and a plan gradually formed in his mind...

Half a month later, Yingyi rode back to the north at full speed.

As soon as he came back, he didn't even have time to wash up, and went to the courtyard where Shen Yue worked to ask for a meeting. Shen Yue, who was busy in the room, heard that Ying had returned, and quickly sent the people around him to call Ying in.

Seeing a familiar person coming in wrapped in the cold wind, Shen Yue hurried over to help him up and asked anxiously: "Yingyi, how is it?"

Ying shook her head secretly when she thought of the letter in her arms, she just pulled the bag on her back and held it in Shen Yue's hands with both hands.

"General, I have fulfilled my mission and delivered the letter. These are what Miss Li asked me to bring to you."

Shen Yue was overjoyed. He took her and hugged her tightly, then asked, "What can Yaoguang say? Can you agree to my request?"

Being closely stared at by his master, Yingyi felt bitter in his heart. Thinking of Li Yaoguang's resounding rejection word by word, and looking at his master's ecstasy, Yingyi's decision became even firmer. He bitterly rephrased Li Yaoguang's words that day.

"General, Miss Li said that you can see her feelings after seeing these things."

"Really?" Shen Yue's eyes sparkled.

Yingyi nodded heavily, "Really."

"Okay, haha, very good!" Shen Yue smiled and hurriedly opened the bag in his hand. He saw various medicine bottles, clothes, shoes and socks inside. Shen Yue, who had used these medicines many times, was very happy and excited.

With one hand tightly holding the medicine bottle and the other hand gently stroking the new thick clothes, shoes and socks, he could even imagine the scene of such a straightforward girl sitting in front of the window and making clothes for him carefully... How could she do that if she didn't have him in her heart?

This was what his Yaoguang felt. He knew it, very well!
The mountain that had been weighing on his heart and making him breathless for days suddenly collapsed, and Shen Yue was able to breathe. He became more determined in his heart that when the great thing was accomplished, he would never let his Yaoguang suffer any grievances.

Shen Yue lost his coldness and was filled with happiness. His usually frozen face now showed a genuine smile. This scene made Ying Yi anxious and distressed, but he no longer regretted his hypocrisy.

For the sake of his master, even if one day something happens in the future and he is severely punished by being cut into pieces, he will accept it. He just wants to get through this hurdle first.

Shen Yue was so happy that he just wanted to wash up quickly so that he could change into the clothes that his beloved girl made especially for him. Seeing Ying Yi still kneeling, Shen Yue, who had come to his senses from his ecstasy, spoke quickly.

"Yingyi has worked hard, and I believe you must be tired. I will give you a few days off. Go down and take a good rest. Come back to work in half a month."

Yingyi bowed bitterly in response, but finally he couldn't bear to look at his master's expression any longer, so he left with a guilty and shameful look on his face.

It was also a coincidence that on the way back, he met Cheng Su who just came in to visit Shen Yue. The other party was familiar with him. When he saw him, he came over with a smile and slapped him on the shoulder affectionately.

"Hey, Yingyi, good fellow, I finally see you. I heard from Yinger a while ago that the general sent you out on an errand. Where have you been? You didn't come back during the Chinese New Year. The first month of the lunar year is about to end, and you have to come back. Good brother, I'll treat you to a drink later, so you must come."

Facing such an enthusiastic Cheng Su, and thinking of his wife and family, no matter how angry he was with him, he was sincere to him. Seeing that he hurriedly brought back food, rations, and clothes with great care, he stabbed them in the back behind their backs and gave all the things entrusted to him by his sister-in-law to the master. It was really not kind of him.

But if he were given another chance, he would still make the same choice without hesitation. However, when facing his brothers who had been through life and death with him, Yingyi couldn't help feeling ashamed.

After thinking about it, and knowing how much his master valued this person, Ying Yi decided not to hide everything, so he pulled Cheng Su aside and talked to him half-truthfully.

"Brother Cheng, we are family, I will not hide it from you. The general sent me to the south for something, and I stopped by your house to meet my sister-in-law. Here, these are the clothes my sister-in-law asked me to bring for you."

There was no other way, so Yingyi handed over the old cloak that he had subconsciously put away and not worn.

He was familiar with his wife's needlework. When he saw his old clothes, Cheng Su's eyes were hot and his mind was blank. He took the clothes in his hands and rubbed his face against them, taking a deep breath, as if he wanted to absorb the scent of his family. His mind was completely filled with longing for her, and he had no resistance. How could he care about whether the words in Yingyi were true or not? He just kept saying thank you.

Yingyi felt even more ashamed upon seeing this, and didn't dare to accept the thanks. He waved his hand, saying that he had something else to do, and left quickly. Cheng Su didn't care about him either, and hugged the old clothes tightly, immersed in his own thoughts, without thinking much. But he just felt that Yingyi's pace of leaving was inexplicably flustered and anxious.

He didn't take it seriously at the time, he just thought that this guy might really have something urgent.

But later, Cheng Su carefully hid the old clothes. When the general's concubine gift came and there was a banquet in the general's mansion, everyone looked at the general's clothes that were obviously not suitable for him, but the general himself didn't care at all. When everyone was talking about it in private, Cheng Su felt his scalp tingling.

He might be dazzled. He saw the general's clothes from afar. The stitches looked familiar to him, as if they were made by his wife...

What's going on? Cheng Su was silent.