Chapter 382 Postponed Again and Again

Chapter 382 Postponed Again and Again

Unbeknownst to him, Tuoba Xiao's murderous intent had already vanished.

When Su Youyue finished dealing with the cactus and heaved a huge sigh of relief, she suddenly turned and smiled at him, causing his heart to feel as if it had been stung by a bee, and he instantly withdrew his gaze.

The human heart is hidden within the body, so tender and sensitive, beating constantly. Unlike external injuries, any discomfort in the heart made Tuoba Xiao frown in alertness.

But Su Youyue hadn't poisoned him; how could there be anything wrong?

Still, this was the first time in many days that he had seen this woman smile.

It was an inexplicable smile. She had said earlier that she never wanted to touch those cacti again, yet here she was, picking them once more, risking another painful encounter with their spines?

In fact, whether crying or smiling, this woman looked much better than when she was angry.

Thinking about this, Tuoba Xiao raised his eyes to look at her again, only to see that she was no longer smiling, which filled him with inexplicable annoyance.

However, as Su Youyue approached him with the crushed green juice, his mood improved once more.

"Fortunately, cactus can also stop bleeding; you're saved now," Su Youyue said, her mood also lifted.

Previously, although she knew some medical principles, she didn't know as much as she did after learning from her mother. If it were before, she would have been helpless with Tuoba Xiao's wound.

The feeling of helplessness was terrible, and she enjoyed the sense of being able to do something.

Tuoba Xiao's thick lashes flickered uneasily in the air.

Was she smiling because she could save him?

She probably didn't know that he had just wanted to kill him.

If she knew, she surely wouldn't want to save him and would cry out of fear.

Without hesitation, Su Youyue applied the medicine to Tuoba Xiao. After finishing, she stared at his back for a long time, then suddenly reached out and removed the scarf around his neck.

Tuoba Xiao could see her soft, delicate hands with a single glance.

They were as milky white as camel milk.

He should have found some camel milk for her; otherwise, she wouldn't have become so thin.

Before Su Youyue stood up, she took the curved knife from Tuoba Xiao's hand. He hadn't held it tightly, making it effortless for her to take it away.

"I'll borrow this; I'll make dinner," she said as she walked toward the corpses of the horse and camel.

Tuoba Xiao's mind was still on her hands, momentarily blank due to the disconnect. He had no reaction to losing his weapon: "You're cooking?"

Su Youyue replied calmly, "I'm making dinner for you."

The ground was littered with dismembered bodies. Who knows what Tuoba Xiao might pick up to roast if left to his own devices?

Su Youyue had no doubt he would do exactly that.

She, Su Youyue, would rather starve than eat human flesh.

Tuoba Xiao watched her carefully navigate through the dismembered bodies, searching diligently, and fell silent.

Was she really that kind-hearted to cook dinner for him? Or was she planning to poison him?

Clearly, this was unlikely. She hadn't had the chance to obtain poison in recent days, and she wasn't that foolish. Poisoning him now would mean she couldn't survive in the desert.

After a while, Su Youyue found some horse and camel meat and searched through several corpses to find a fire starter, feeling quite pleased.

Great, no need to eat human flesh.

Watching her busy figure, Tuoba Xiao's mood gradually calmed as the sky darkened.

Fine, since she was cooking dinner for him, he would taste it first. If it was good, he would reluctantly forgive her today's rudeness; if not, he could always kill her later.

Postponing his plan to kill her again and again, Tuoba Xiao remained unaware. After enduring a sandstorm and a battle, his body was tired. Though powerful, he was not invincible and needed rest.

He soon sat down, closed his eyes, and waited for his dinner.

Dry grass was easy to find, and Su Youyue quickly started a fire. Despite the strong smell of blood, she no longer found it unbearable.

She thought that if Tuoba Xiao continued to slaughter in front of her, she would get used to it.

The aroma of roasting meat soon filled the air, and the hungry Su Youyue deeply inhaled its fragrance—

There was no salt or seasoning, but since it was roasted meat, it shouldn't be too bad, right?

She examined the roasted horse meat, seeing its golden color and glistening oil, and couldn't help swallowing.

This color seemed a bit off; she remembered the roasted meat in Yanjing being orange-red, indicating the fire wasn't hot enough.

Su Youyue resisted her hunger and continued roasting the meat. After a while, she finally achieved the desired color, though her arms were sore.

Feeling elated, she was about to eat when she muttered that people tend to be in a bad mood when hungry. Perhaps she should feed Tuoba Xiao first to prevent him from getting cranky.

Though she didn't genuinely care about Tuoba Xiao's mood, she did care about his temper, as it affected her treatment.

With that thought, she cleared her throat and offered the roasted meat: "General Tuoba, please eat first."

Tuoba Xiao opened his eyes, glanced at her without any expression, and finally took it when Su Youyue's arm was about to cramp.

Having delivered her hard-earned roasted meat, Su Youyue planned to roast another piece. However, after taking a bite, Tuoba Xiao spat it out and threw the rest on the ground like trash.

"You... why are you wasting food? If you don't want it, give it to me!" she exclaimed, furious. This meat was the result of her hard work!

Tuoba Xiao furrowed his brow, his anger flaring even more at her audacity to question him: "What is this thing you're roasting? You didn't even drain the blood."

Hearing his words, Su Youyue, who had been fuming, suddenly lost much of her fire: "Drain the blood?"

He hadn't told her to drain the blood...

Seeing the woman suddenly go silent, Tuoba Xiao's anger did not subside. He knew this woman had ill intentions; if she couldn't poison him, she would at least disgust him!

He shouldn't have given her another chance!

Perhaps he should just kill her...

Just as he was about to lose his temper, Su Youyue picked up the meat from the ground, carefully wiped off the sand, and took a bite.

After taking a bite, she realized that although the roasted meat looked similar to what she had eaten before, the taste and texture were worlds apart.

It was so pungent and unpalatable, worse than any flatbread she had ever tasted. At least the flatbread had a hint of aroma when chewed slowly, but this roasted meat was utterly repulsive, neither fully cooked nor raw, even more bizarre and repugnant than raw meat.

The pungent odor permeated her mouth, causing her to feel nauseated. Had her stomach not been empty, she would have likely vomited on the spot.

"Sorry..." Though still somewhat unwilling, she apologized. Making food this terrible was indeed a sin.

Tuoba Xiao's expression changed unpredictably: "I didn't expect Miss Su to apologize."

Su Youyue replied: "What's so strange about that? When you make a mistake, you should apologize. Besides, General Tuoba came to apologize to me back then too."

Thinking about it, she hadn't expected Tuoba Xiao to come apologize to her when he returned to Yanjing.

She remembered... it was about his wolf tooth.

She heard that the wolf tooth was left to him by his mother, so he valued it greatly.

Su Youyue was actually quite curious about what kind of mother could raise someone like Tuoba Xiao.

Tuoba Xiao seemed to recall the past events, but his expression worsened: "If it weren't for the wolf tooth, how could I, a general, possibly apologize to a woman?"

She was indeed the first person he had ever felt guilty towards, but discovering it was all a misunderstanding made him extremely displeased.

So naturally, he wouldn't be in a good mood meeting her now.

Su Youyue rolled her eyes inwardly. If Tuoba Xiao despised women so much, he should have the ability not to be born from a woman.

But of course, she dared not say that out loud. If she did, she feared Tuoba Xiao would want to kill her right away.