Chapter 383 - 382 - The Wilderness
Riding a horse indeed much faster than sitting in a carriage. Without feeling any jolts, they had traveled a great distance. Looking back, Clear Water Village and the two neighboring villages were now but faint silhouettes in the distance.
The horse was not running fast, and Ye Xinyan turned her head to ask, "Where do you plan to go? Is it still far?"
Jiang Yifan’s response came close to her ear, "Not far, roughly two quarters of an hour away. There’s a vast wilderness there, isolated from everything. I’ve passed it several times and have yet to see any traces of people."
Two quarters of an hour, which is half an hour away, might not seem too far but isn’t exactly near either. Although Jiang Yifan’s steed was not galloping, its pace was not slow; running like this for over half an hour, it would likely be close to noon by then.
Ye Xinyan could still feel the water in the waterskin by her leg swaying. Perhaps Jiang Yifan planned to have lunch in the wilderness too. After all, he was capable of hunting rabbits, wasn’t he?
Being in such close contact with someone of the opposite sex, it was an experience she had never had before, even as a modern person. Searching through the memories of the Ye Family’s eldest daughter, aside from marital activities, she and Jiang Yifan did not seem to have been this close either.
Feeling the strength in the arm that was pulling on the reins by her side, she wondered, if in Wang Qiao’s shoes, would he be able to do something like this? But when it comes to Wang Qiao, with his gentle and considerate personality, he probably wouldn’t have proposed a separation when his wife was facing such dire circumstances, right?
If Wang Qiao planned to marry Zhou Biyao, Jinrong’s arrangement last time to work directly in the Ministry of Works didn’t seem like such a good idea. Maybe when Wang Qiao refused, he was already thinking about how to marry Second Miss Zhou smoothly.