Chapter 161: Chapter 161

So, this person neither offended her nor took advantage of her; it was purely an excuse to help her out.

Jun Ning thought that calling sooner or later made no difference, and if she called now, he could help her deal with her brother.

So she blurted out, "Dad."

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For more than twenty years, Qi Qin had almost exclusively devoted himself to the battlefield and had not had any children. Although he finally married the woman of his dreams, who was now pregnant with his child, he had not yet heard someone call him "Dad" since his child’s birth.

Jun Ning calling him "Dad" stirred up complex emotions in him – he was excited, apprehensive, and felt the heavy weight of responsibility on his shoulders.

"Ah..." Qi Qin responded excitedly and then turned to pinch the Crown Prince’s face for Jun Ning.

Crown Prince: "You brute, how dare you."

Qi Qin didn’t respond. The resentment stirred by the Crown Prince’s words seemed to turn into strength, squeezing the Crown Prince’s face.

The Crown Prince’s face really got bruised by him.

The Crown Prince had very delicate skin, nearly as smooth as a woman’s. Qi Qin, who had spent years killing enemies on the battlefield, was naturally heavy-handed, and this time he intentionally increased the pressure. If not the Crown Prince’s face, then whose face?

The Crown Prince felt his face hurt more and more. He released the grip he had on Jun Ning’s face and pushed Qi Qin away from Jun Ning, finally freeing his own face from Qi Qin’s claws.

Feeling something sticky on his face, the Crown Prince used his handkerchief to wipe, only to find blood.

The Crown Prince was incredulous.

This brute hit so hard?

"You..." The Crown Prince pointed at Qi Qin, then at Jun Ning, "You two, you two..."

Qi Qin’s son had not even been born yet, and the engagement had not been settled, yet he was already siding with Jun Ning?

The Crown Prince didn’t know whether to call him sensible or overly protective?

"Let’s go, move out."

With that, the Crown Prince flung his sleeve and left.

Qi Qin didn’t ask Jun Ning why she was following along or whether she was coming with them to the Medicine King Valley. Instead, he lifted Jun Ning onto his horse, sat up himself, hugged Jun Ning with one arm, and controlled the reins with the other.

Since the Crown Prince hadn’t explicitly stated not to take Jun Ning, he had already weighed the pros and cons and decided to bring her along.

Qi Qin was smart enough to understand without asking.

But he didn’t know why the Crown Prince would make such an inexplicable decision, putting the princess in potential danger?

After the scene they made, it was hard to ask.

Forget it, no need to ask. Just protect Jun Ning first!

Qi Qin carefully protected Jun Ning as they moved forward, not letting her suffer any harm.

The group rode for about a day before reaching the edge of the Black Forest.

"Whoa..." At the entrance to the Black Forest, the Crown Prince and Qi Qin stopped their horses simultaneously.

Although the Crown Prince had been angry with Jun Ning and Qi Qin throughout the journey, he was not completely ignoring Jun Ning. He constantly paid attention to the child in the brute’s arms.

When the brute stopped the horse, the horse seemed about to rear up.

He was nervous, ready to catch Jun Ning if she were thrown off the horse.

Fortunately, the brute controlled the horse.

"What now? Should we rest at the inn first or scout ahead?" Qi Qin asked the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince said, "Send everyone to the inn to rest first. We’ll scout after dinner."

"Alright." Qi Qin thought the same, and the two were in agreement.

After dinner, while it was still light, they scouted ahead.

But they went out unscathed and returned covered in bruises.