Snow cave (III)

Every morning she goes off to collect fruits and raw vegetables. Sometimes she return with a wolf beside her. Sheng Qin is surprise and shock for the first time. Later he knows that he survived because of this wolf. Even it looks fierce, it never harm anyone or the animals in the cave. Sometimes the wolf comes up and sit beside him. When he is brave enough he pat the wolf's head. 

In the afternoon, she finish her work, she will patiently apply the medicine paste. When he is strong enough to sit up, she apply on his back as well. Because of his long hair, she sits behind him and spend time combing and tie it up so it doesn't touch the paste. If not she have to wash his hair again. 

"Your back is not as bad as your front." 

Hu Li touch his back with her hands and later she lean on his back with her cheeks on it. She remember Di Jun have a warm body. While his body is not that warm. She gets of the couch and walk to the garment trunk to look for a top for him. 

"Miss Bai... i ..."

"Wait let me find some clothes for you. I have a lot of male clothes somewhere. I think you are cold. Need some clothes." 

"I... it's ok. i can wear back my own clothes."

"I have actually check your clothes the other day, there is a lot of tear. I need to patch them. I am reading some books on it. You have to wait."

He is surprise to hear that she need to read some thing about needle works. Isn't it something that all girls learn regardless if they are poor or rich.

"I can do it. Just give me a needle and thread. I will patch my own." 

Hu Li turn around and look at him. She look surprise and wonder if he is a genius. She walk over and pick up his garment. She hand over to him. Sheng Qin look at her when he hold his garment, He ask quietly "Do you have needle and threads?"

"What are those? How do they look like? I have been looking for things around my cave house to find something to sew it up." 

Sheng Qin begin to wonder where he is at point of time. His saviour seems like not knowing any other things that normal family chore work. She seems carefree. 

"It's fine then. You might not have those in here."

"Well, wear my garments. Im sure you will fit in it." 

"Fine." 

Hu Li pick up a man's garment for him. Sheng Qin is surprise to see that she have a man's garment. However he seems to have difficulties on wearing the pants. So they skip the pants. Hu Li finds a big rug to wrap him up nicely. 

It takes another few more months for Sheng Qin to walk. Seems like previously he have injured his pelvis. He is having a hard time to get up from the bed. Hu Li help him up and become his walking stick. He lean on her as he try to walk. However this is uncomfortable for both of them. She dislike trying to help him recover wasting her time when she can go out to play. However she try to be patience with him when he keep apologising. For him, it's difficult for him to lean on Hu Li and ignore her strange scent. It makes him want to look at her and forget what he wants to do. 

Many moons pass, tonite at the waxing moon. The person that Hu Li was waiting for walk in the snow silently. The animals hiding around stare at him. They fear and wonder if they should run away or run to the girl. Most of them hide in the snow and watch him while only the wolf actually follow him out in the open. He growl as he follows. Hu Li is practising her writing while Sheng Qin is fast asleep after working hard on taking walks. As she clumsy trying to control her strokes, she sharply look up. Her nose pick up a scent. She put down her brush and rush outside of the cave house. She see in a distance and run towards there. She pounce on him and they laugh. He carry her and twirl in circles and finally stop. 

"I miss you Di Jun!"

He rearrange her messy hair and smile. 

"What take you so long for you to come here?" 

She circle her arms arounds his waist and hear that heart beat that she miss. 

"Let's talk inside the cave."

He attempts to walk with her but she is not moving. He can't see why she is not moving. Hu Li is not moving bacuse there is another person in the cave house. She can't let him see. 

"Why don't we take a walk around?"

"Should we? The snow is getting heavy..."

"That is the fun of it."

"No i think, the fun part is ... there is another person in your cave."

He pointed towards the cave. She push herself back bit and stare at his face. 

"He is a wounded person i found. Once he recover, i will let him go his way."

"Will he go his way?"

"He will."

"Does he knows ... about you?"

"Nothing. He calls me Miss Bai. I don't know what it means but he is nice." 

"Mankind are never nice. Come let me see him."

"He is asleep. He sleeps most of the time! He does nothing but sleep and eat"

"Still i want to go inside and see him! Come on!" 

He attempts to drag Hu Li while the hidden animals are watching them. They watch them slowly make way into the cave.