She Holds the World After Being Reborn-Chapter 573 - 572: Tell me whatever you want to eat in the future, and I will cook anything for you!

Chapter 573: Chapter 572: Tell me whatever you want to eat in the future, and I will cook anything for you!

Wu Bie was currently fiddling with the campfire; he moved aside the stone he had been warming and gestured for Yan Wanqing to sit down before taking a seat on another stone beside her.

"You didn’t have to go to such lengths," Yan Wanqing said, feeling somewhat apologetic.

Wu Bie smiled charmingly, "The Commandery Princess is a friend of Huai Yu, and that makes you a friend of mine, Wu Bie. Now that the Commandery Princess is wounded all over, taking extra care as a friend is only natural, unless the Commandery Princess doesn’t consider me, Wu Bie, a friend."

"How could that be..." Yan Wanqing hastily began to explain, "We’ve known each other for so many years, of course, we’re friends."

She realized she had been played only after seeing the mischievous smile on Wu Bie’s face.

She wasn’t one to hold a grudge, and her lips curled into a relieved smile: "Then I must thank you."

"What was the Commandery Princess doing soaking in the river late at night?" Wu Bie’s words were as harsh as ever.

Having heard about his character from Huai Yu, Yan Wanqing was not upset and roughly explained what had happened after they had parted ways, but she omitted Su Bai. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

She only mentioned that she had been brainwashed by Song Huaxu and had stayed in the Chu Kingdom, where she committed many heinous acts.

Wu Bie’s brows furrowed upon hearing this.

"There are such terrifying secret techniques in the world." He had thought the Witch Poisonous Insect Technique of the Northern Border was anti-human; he had no idea that Song Huaxu was even worse, capable of turning a person into a killing god through brainwashing.

"These three years must have been very hard for the Commandery Princess." If Huai Yu were still alive and knew what Yan Wanqing had been through, he would probably be secretly wiping away tears.

The fleeting sadness in Wu Bie’s eyes was well concealed.

Yan Wanqing placed her hands above the campfire to warm them and sneezed from the heat that radiated into her palms.

"You’re not catching a cold, are you?" Wu Bie was on high alert, "This place is quite remote."

The problem was that his horse had been frightened away by Yan Wanqing; if she were to catch a cold, what would he do?

"It’s fine, it’s fine, I haven’t caught a cold in a long time. And Wu Bie, you don’t need to keep calling me Commandery Princess. Since we are friends, let’s just call each other by our names." Yan Wanqing thought for a moment, "Are you older or younger than Huai Yu?"

"Three years older than Huai Yu," Wu Bie replied.

"Huai Yu is also a year older than I am, so if you don’t mind, I’ll call you ’big brother.’ This time, if you hadn’t come to my rescue, I might have gone to see my father by now," Yan Wanqing joked about herself.

Wu Bie, initially somewhat standoffish because of his status, now saw Yan Wanqing bringing it up proactively and did not play coy, nodding in agreement, "Of course you can. From now on, I shall call you ’little sister,’ and I will certainly not let anyone bully you."

Yan Wanqing beamed, "I will not let anyone bully big brother easily either."

True to his name, Wu—just as he had mentioned the possibility of Yan Wanqing catching a cold, she indeed began to feel weak in her limbs, with her body alternating between hot and cold as the night deepened.

It caused great alarm to her newly acknowledged big brother.

He repeatedly boiled water, and in the cover of night, he found some herbs for Yan Wanqing to ingest, finally managing to restore her body temperature by dawn.

Yan Wanqing had a restless sleep that night. In her dreams, no matter who she saw, they were all unfriendly, wanting to harm her. She could only keep running, constantly hiding, running all night long.

The moment she opened her eyes, she felt extremely exhausted.

Then she saw Wu Bie’s dark, bruised eyes in front of her.

"Big brother, did someone hit you?" Those panda eyes.

Wu Bie reached out to touch Yan Wanqing’s forehead, and then touched his own.

He felt relieved, "Finally..." the fever’s gone.

Calm now, his body leaned over and he lay on the pile of leaves beside him, starting to snore.

Yan Wanqing looked around at the mess in the cave and knew he had taken care of her all night.

Seeing Wu Bie’s exhausted expression, she was deeply moved.

Ultimately, her gaze fell on the black cord around his neck.

Dangling from the cord was likely her good friend Huai Yu’s keepsake.

Wu Bie was truly a man of loyalty. After all these years, he had indeed taken Huai Yu’s keepsake across the expanse of lands south of the river, sharing with it the wide world’s splendor.

If only Huai Yu were still alive, how nice that would be.

Perhaps it was illness that had weakened the emotions as well.

Yan Wanqing thought of her old friend, and her nose suddenly tingled, a tear silently fell.

She wiped her cheek with her fingertips and then shakily to her feet.

Wu Bie had looked after her all night, so she wanted to do something within her power too.

For instance, preparing something to eat, to be cooked when Wu Bie awoke.

It wasn’t that she didn’t cook, but her cooking skills were frightening, better not to use them and harm others.

When Wu Bie woke up, he saw Yan Wanqing squatting alone by the riverbank.

He immediately got up to check on her and found that in front of her was a freshly woven green bamboo basket, bustling with many fishes cheerfully leaping inside.

"Awan, did you go into the water?" Wu Bie asked with some concern.

Yan Wanqing shook her head, "No, I learned this technique from my father when I was young. I just stunned these fish with stones."

Listening, Wu Bie was amazed, "There’s such a skill?"

"I’ll impress my brother with it later. Now that you’re awake, hurry and cook, I’m starving," Yan Wanqing stood up, stretched lazily, her limbs aching. She had sweated a lot catching those fish. Now that Wu Bie was awake, she could go back to sleep for a while.

The pattern of their companionship was very comfortable, you sleep, I sleep, nobody in a hurry.

When she woke up again, Yan Wanqing smelled the enticing aroma of fish soup.

Walking over, she saw fish soup next to Wu Bie, along with grilled fish sizzling with fish oil, appetizingly colored, enough to make one’s mouth water just by looking.

"I didn’t expect my brother to have such skill," Yan Wanqing couldn’t help praising.

Seeing her awake, the corners of Wu Bie’s mouth lifted into an indulgent smile, and he picked out the biggest grilled fish, "Try this, but be careful, it’s hot."

Yan Wanqing didn’t stand on ceremony, for her body really needed nourishment.

She pinched off a piece of grilled fish, could still smell its fresh aroma, and popped it directly into her mouth, bursting with flavor.

The fish was cleaned thoroughly, and she couldn’t tell if Wu Bie had treated it, but it had no fishy taste at all.

Soon, Yan Wanqing had eaten an entire grilled fish.

At that moment, Wu Bie ladled out another bowl of soup and handed it to her.

The bowl was simple, clearly just fashioned from a bamboo she had chopped herself.

She laughed as she took it and held it with both hands, sipping.

"Delicious!"

It was truly delicious.

During her three years in Chu Kingdom, the food had always been hard for her to adapt to. Now, she could hardly believe she was tasting the authentic flavor of her hometown’s fish soup, especially satisfying in such circumstances.

In this moment, Wu Bie’s image in Yan Wanqing’s heart was extraordinarily tall!

Comparable to mountains!

Wu Bie looked pleased with himself, "See, having me, Wu Bie, as your brother, you lose nothing. Drink up, I’ll pour you another bowl."

Yan Wanqing’s flattery and the satisfied look on her face completely puffed up the pride of chef Wu Bie.

"In the future, just tell your brother what you want to eat, I’ll cook anything for you!" chef Wu Bie boasted.

After a satisfying meal, Yan Wanqing leaned back on a rock, patting her rounded belly, burping contentedly.

After Wu Bie cleaned up, he looked at her, "What’s your plan next?"