It was already late autumn, and the autumn was already thick. A large area of golden yellow could be seen between heaven and earth.
A carriage with arrow marks slowly drove towards Linzi City not far away. Beside the carriage, a youth in light blue clothes was leading a donkey.
"We're finally here." Jing Ke looked at the magnificent Linzi City and let out a sigh.
Ning Chen nodded slightly.
In the blink of an eye, it had been a month since they left the small city.
Many things had happened in this month.
It was unknown where the Qin army had found out about their whereabouts. Hundreds of well-equipped Qin soldiers had surrounded them in the forest, and the rain of arrows from the State of Qin that had shocked the six countries had really caused the three of them to suffer a lot. Ning Chen's white clothes had been destroyed in that battle.
Although they managed to escape by luck, they were still being pursued relentlessly. There were even assassins from the Network who were carrying out sneak attacks. It was impossible to guard against them. If Ning Chen did not know their methods, he was afraid that something would really happen.
However, even under such circumstances, he continued to perform acupuncture on Gongsun Liji once a day.
As they spent days and nights together, Jing Ke gradually saw him as a brother whom he could entrust his life to. Gongsun Liji looked at him more and more tenderly.
Once, after Ning Chen had performed acupuncture on Gongsun Liji in the carriage, he had collapsed from exhaustion. When he woke up the next day, he found himself in Gongsun Liji's arms. The distance between their lips was less than three inches.
After that, he would often sleep in the carriage after performing acupuncture.
When Jing Ke saw this, he was envious but he didn't think too much about it. In his heart, Ning Chen was still so young. It was impossible for him to associate love with love. Moreover, he had always felt that his junior sister liked him since he was young. He had never thought that his junior sister would like someone else.
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A carriage and a donkey passed through the city wall and entered Linzi City.
"What do you plan to do when we reach Linzi?”
Ning Chen turned to look at Jing Ke who was in the carriage.
Jing Ke scratched his head and glanced at the carriage behind him.
"Grandfather left me a letter saying that our Gongsun family has a residence in Linzi.”
Gongsun Liji's pleasant voice came from the carriage.
"Alright."
Ning Chen nodded lightly.
The three of them headed in the direction Gongsun Liji had mentioned.
When they arrived at the remote alley, they found the manor with the words Gongsun on it. Gongsun Liji got off the carriage and took out a key from her sleeve to open the iron lock on the door.
With a gentle push of her jade-like hand, the door opened, and a choking smoke and dust rushed out.
Ning Chen stretched out his hand and pulled Gongsun Liji's wrist backward to avoid the dust.
"Thank you."
Gongsun Liji smiled at him.
"It's nothing."
After a while, the dust settled. Jing Ke was the first to enter the mansion, followed by Gongsun Liji and Ning Chen, who was leading the donkey.
"What a big courtyard, but it's too dilapidated.”
Jing Ke said as he looked around.
"It'll be fine with a little repair."
Ning Chen nodded.
"This courtyard has not been inhabited for more than ten years. It is inevitable that it will be abandoned and dilapidated. I have only come here once with my grandfather when I was very young, and my memory is very vague.”
Gongsun Liji recalled.
"How long will it take for the three of us to repair such a large courtyard? Can you rest well today?"
Jing Ke squatted there and complained.
"It will take some time to finish.”
Gongsun Liji said gently.
Ning Chen walked into a room.
"It's getting late. Hurry up and clean up a room so that I can perform acupuncture on you.”
Jing Ke jumped up.
"Yes, yes, yes. I'll go get water now.”
With the three of them working together, a spacious and elegant house was cleaned up in less than an hour.
"Alright, then Brother Ning, you can perform acupuncture on Junior Sister. I'll go clean up the other rooms.”Jing Ke wiped his forehead and said. Then, he took the broom, bucket, and rag and walked out. When he went out, he did not forget to close the door.
Ning Chen looked at Gongsun Liji and said,
"Then let's begin."
Gongsun Liji's eyes were slightly shy. She put her hand on the knot at her waist.
With a gentle pull, the silk dress fell from her body to her feet.
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