Zhao Shuning and Yan Ruyu sat on the big tree outside for a whole night.
Throughout this night, they said nothing to each other.
For the first time, Zhao Shuning felt that even without much conversation, time could pass so quickly when staying by Yan Ruyu's side.
At dawn, Zhao Shuning slowly got up and reluctantly bid farewell to Yan Ruyu.
"You, after you go back, if there's anything, just send Honglian to find me."
"What could happen to me?"
The man smiled faintly, his beauty peerless.
Zhao Shuning was taken aback.
Then she said, "N-no, it's nothing."
"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing?"
"Of course, of course not."
Yan Ruyu ruffled Zhao Shuning's hair. Then Zhao Shuning leaped off the tree with him. Then Zhao Shuning said to Yan Ruyu, "Master, don't worry. I will definitely be a chaste woman."
"Okay."
"Then, goodbye, Master?"
"Goodbye, Ning'er. I will also be a faithful husband."
Zhao Shuning blushed again, then turned around and leaped into the nunnery.
Watching the little girl scurrying away, Yan Ruyu smiled, then his figure vanished in front of the nunnery.
Zhao Shuning returned to her room.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Huan'er standing there with a broom in her hand, with dark circles under her eyes.
Seeing Zhao Shuning come back, Huan'er quickly stepped forward and said,
"Miss, how are you? Didn't you say you'd be back soon? Why did you come back so late? Who was that man just now? You were out all night. Don't tell me he took advantage of you?"
Zhao Shuning slapped Huan'er's hand away.
Then she said, "What are you talking about? Do you think I'd let others take advantage of me?"
"Miss, did you take advantage of that young master?"
Zhao Shuning blushed and chased Huan'er away.
Then she lay down on the bed. Thinking of what had happened last night, a smile involuntarily spread across her face.
She wondered what kind of good luck she had. How could a perfect man like Master fall for her?
She had done a really good job last night. Sometimes, it was good to be a bit bolder. Look, last night, thanks to her boldness, she had won Master's heart.
Zhao Shuning gently touched her lips. She always felt that there still lingered Master's warmth there.
It was just that Master had been really busy recently. He could only spare time to see her at night. Sometimes, he wouldn't show up for a long time.
Today, Zhao Shuning had a good sleep.
Because there would be more important things waiting for her to do tomorrow.
When it was dawn, Zhao Shuning and Huan'er were having breakfast in the nunnery when the people from the Lin family rushed over in a hurry.
"Miss, something has happened to the master. Please go back and have a look."
"Did the master go to the Chunhua Tower again last night?"
"Miss, how did you know?"
Zhao Shuning naturally knew what that old lecher Lin Feng wanted to do.
"Miss, please come with me quickly. If it's any later, our master will be in danger."
"Where? I'm not going."
Zhao Shuning said this casually.
The servant who came to invite her was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhao Shuning in disbelief. How had the gentle Miss Zhao changed so much?
"Go back and tell Lin Feng that I won't go back today."
"Miss, you..."
"By the way, tell him that even if he asks Lady Xiang to invite me down the mountain, I won't go."
The people in the nunnery had already been picked up by the Chu siblings. In this huge temple, there were only her and Huan'er.
After the servant tried to persuade her in vain, he had no choice but to take out his weapon and threaten, "If Miss Zhao doesn't go back with us, we'll have to use force."
If they failed to fulfill the master's order, they would surely be beaten when they got back.
Zhao Shuning curled her lips and said calmly, "Do you think you can?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a gust of cold wind blew. In an instant, those people were sent outside the temple by the cold wind.
"Tell that old scoundrel Lin Feng that I'm waiting for him in the nunnery."
"You!"
"If you want to stay here, I'd be happy to accompany you."
Zhao Shuning waved her hand gently. Most of the servants only heard a bang, and they were trapped inside a light cage and couldn't take a single step out.
When they touched the light cage with their hands, they would feel a burning sensation in their palms.
Now, only one servant was not trapped inside.
Zhao Shuning said lazily, "Go. I don't want to repeat myself."
The servant quickly picked up the dropped weapon and ran down the mountain in a hurry.
How could the once gentle Miss Zhao become like this?
After the man left, Zhao Shuning looked at the panicked servants in the cage and said, "Don't be so scared. I won't kill you. As long as you behave yourselves and keep quiet."
Zhao Shuning waved her hand again, and the door of the nunnery closed.
"Miss, that old scoundrel Lin Feng has extraordinary skills. If he comes here, what will you do?"
Huan'er knew that her miss had good spiritual power and mental strength, but Lin Feng was a well - known figure in the Dongze Wilderness. His abilities were obvious to all. Half of the great spiritual pharmacists in the Dongze Wilderness were his disciples.
So, although her miss looked confident, Huan'er was still worried.
"Huan'er, pack up. Someone will come to pick you up later."
"Ah?"
"Judging from the time, he should arrive in another quarter of an hour."
Huan'er quickly said, "Miss, I'll stay with you."
"Silly girl, I'm not going into a fire pit. What are you staying with me for? You'll only distract me if you're by my side."
Huan'er's face flushed instantly.
There always seemed to be something different about what the miss said.
After a while, Situ Yun came. Zhao Shuning handed Huan'er to him and casually instructed, "Little Yunyun, protect Huan'er well. Otherwise, Chu Wen and Chu Nuan will beat you up."
"Your subordinate understands."
Situ Yun looked serious, as if he was taking on a crucial mission.
Zhao Shuning couldn't help but reach out and pinch Situ Yun's serious face and said, "Little Yunyun, it's just sending someone. Why do you look like this?"
"Your subordinate—Your subordinate—"
"Look, you're stuttering again. Now I'm not Ye Ling, nor the Empress of the Dongze Wilderness. Why are you still so afraid of me?"
"I, I, I don't know—"
In the past, whenever Situ Yun saw Ye Ling, he would bury his head very low. If Ye Ling talked to him, he would surely stutter.
Previously, Situ Yun didn't know that Zhao Shuning was Ye Ling, so when talking to her, he was just like normal. Now that he knew, it was basically impossible for him to go back to that previous state.
"Okay, okay. You go back first. Did Chu Wen and Chu Nuan go to find Xing Chen?"
"Yes. Young Master Ye seems to have gone to Nanguan. He doesn't know what he encountered and sent a message to the family head. It should be that he found the ancestral certificate related to the Chu family."
"The Chu family has been in decline for so long. The siblings must be very happy to get this news. Just let them be. Little Yunyun, since they're not here, the Chu family will be handed over to you. By the way, after you get back to the Chu family, make good preparations."
"Your Majesty, your subordinate doesn't know what to prepare."
"Take over the Lin family in three days."