Although Chu Chen was an eunuch, he was more handsome and taller than most men.
Looking at Chu Chen's broad back, Princess Xin Yue hesitated, and under Chu Chen's urging, she climbed onto his back.
Chu Chen grabbed Princess Xin Yue's legs and bounced her up, causing her to exclaim.
"Xiao Chenzi, what are you doing?"
"Lift up a bit, how else can I carry you?"
Chu Chen replied grumpily, but inwardly savored the feeling of fullness and elasticity he had just experienced.
"I didn't expect Princess Xin Yue to have such a good figure under her dress, and her chest is surprisingly well-endowed."
Chu Chen recalled for a moment and immediately said, "Your Highness, hold on tight."
With that, he started running with her on his back, and reminded Shao Li Li behind him, "Miss Shao Li Li, keep up, don't get lost."
"Oh, oh."
Shao Li Li finally came to her senses. Looking at Chu Chen carrying Princess Xin Yue, she felt a hint of shyness and a complex emotion.
On the road to escape, the rapid movement and constant jolts inevitably caused slight collisions, front and back.
Even though Princess Xin Yue tried her best to hold onto Chu Chen's shoulders, maintaining a slight distance to avoid it.
Yet, it was impossible to avoid it completely.
Feeling her proud parts brush against Chu Chen's broad back, Princess Xin Yue's face turned redder with each contact.
Her thoughts were no longer on the danger of the assassins, but on other matters.
"Xiao Chenzi's back is so warm."
"No, no, how can I have such thoughts? Xiao Chenzi is just an eunuch."
"How can this princess have feelings for Xiao Chenzi, this eunuch?"
"Could it be that I haven't rested well recently?"
"But Xiao Chenzi looked so handsome just now!"
Princess Xin Yue desperately suppressed her thoughts, but the sensations from the constant contact and the pleasant scent from his breath were unavoidable.
Her mind uncontrollably replayed the scenes of Chu Chen's handsome display of combat, his serious and focused demeanor when commanding in Dongjiang, his comforting words.
And the scene from a thousand meters in the sky, seeing the tiny world below from the hot air balloon, with only the two of them in the sky and on the ground.
The large numbers of hot air balloons transformed into Kongming lanterns, adorning the night sky above Dongjiang.
The more she tried to suppress her thoughts and not think of Chu Chen, the more she thought of the happy times she had with Xiao Chenzi.
Chu Chen, unaware of Princess Xin Yue's wandering thoughts, felt a bit troubled and annoyed.
He thought that by carrying Princess Xin Yue, he could quickly reach Shuangyue City, but he didn't expect Shao Li Li to have problems again.
It wasn't that she couldn't run; with years of business experience, a few miles were not a problem, but her speed was not fast.
And she gritted her teeth and didn't say anything about not being able to keep up. If he hadn't felt something was wrong and looked back, Shao Li Li would have been so far behind that he wouldn't have been able to see her.
He had no choice but to stop and wait for Shao Li Li.
The sudden halt startled Princess Xin Yue, who had been lost in thought.
Her voice, a little flustered and evasive, asked, "Why, why did you suddenly stop?"
Chu Chen, thinking Princess Xin Yue was scared, replied without much thought, "Your Highness, Miss Shao Li Li is running too slowly, so I have to stop and wait for a while."
"Oh, oh."
Princess Xin Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "Fortunately, he didn't discover me having strange thoughts on his back, or I would be so embarrassed."
"Your Highness~ Eunuch Chu~ You, you don't need to wait for me, I, I can run back by myself."
After waiting for a while, Shao Li Li caught up to Chu Chen, panting as she replied.
Her face was flushed with shame and embarrassment, as she knew she was holding them back.
Chu Chen looked at her flushed face and, after a moment of hesitation, asked, "How about, I carry you?"
"Ah?" "Ah?"
Both women exclaimed in unison.
They exchanged glances, their eyes filled with a hint of panic.
Shao Li Li hurriedly said, "No, no need, I can still run by myself."
In her heart, she wondered why Princess Xin Yue had also exclaimed just now? Did she not want Eunuch Chu to carry her?
"Really, this princess is overthinking again. Xiao Chenzi wants to carry Shao Li Li just to escape faster. How could I have thought..."
Princess Xin Yue covered her face with her hands, looking as if she wanted to die.
"Alright then, I'll try to slow down a bit."
Chu Chen said helplessly.
After running for a short while, Chu Chen suddenly sensed something was wrong and stopped abruptly, turning around.
Just then, a cold glint passed by Chu Chen. If he hadn't turned around, he would have been hit.
The sudden turn of events made Chu Chen break out in a cold sweat. If he wasn't mistaken, that looked like a crossbow bolt.
"Your Highness, Miss Shao Li Li, be careful! There are still enemies lurking!"
Chu Chen shouted as he quickly put Princess Xin Yue down from his back. Carrying someone would affect his combat effectiveness.
As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight figures suddenly leaped out from the edge of the bushes.
"Princess Xin Yue! Your life is forfeit!"
"???"
Chu Chen and Princess Xin Yue were full of questions. Weren't those people trying to kill the eunuch Chu Chen before? Why were these people trying to kill the princess?
Without time to think, Chu Chen drew the sword at his waist and shielded the two women.
"If you want to harm Princess Xin Yue, you'll have to get past me first!"
The assassins opposite did not finish speaking and attacked Chu Chen with fierce movements.
As they moved, a faint heat flowed.
"What is this? Qi and blood circulation? Ancient Martial Realm?"
Chu Chen frowned, parrying their attacks while activating his identification skill to scan these assassins.
The scan results surprised Chu Chen.
"Good heavens, I don't recognize the others, but these two names, aren't they Xue Yun's two lackeys, Luo Jiang and Zhu Hong?"
"These two guys didn't die in Chen Yuanliang's rebellion? And they found some experts to assassinate Princess Xin Yue?"
"They are truly persistent."
Chu Chen was enraged. Just as he was about to unleash his full power to kill these guys, he suddenly felt the ground vibrate.
"This feeling, could it be cavalry?"
Chu Chen, Luo Jiang, Princess Xin Yue, and the others' faces changed.
"Eunuch Chu! Today is the day you die!"
The leading general, his face covered, shouted with a sinister laugh from a hundred meters away.
"His voice is disguised? He's really cautious. But now is not the time to think about that. Wolves in front and tigers behind, this is really troublesome!"
"The Life Simulator is also something else. The assassination process is too simple. It wouldn't be that I am safe, Princess Xin Yue is injured, and Shao Li Li dies, would it?"
Chu Chen's expression changed rapidly, from green to pale.
He was confident in his own safety, but he had little confidence in protecting the two women from the combined forces of cavalry and experts.