“I might have made a mistake and harmed someone… Xiao Wei helped me during my most confused time, and I’ve always been grateful. I won’t return to Sanxin Sect. If I’m fortunate enough to see her again, I’ll sincerely ask for her forgiveness. If not, then our fate ends here. So, Miss Zhan, I also thank you for your help. Please return at the next town. If I can’t successfully reach my destination, perhaps it’s destiny, and I won’t force it.”
Zhan Suya was puzzled by his melancholic expression, frowning: “You want me to leave first?”
Xu Wanzhi nodded, smiling at her: “Yes. Thank you.”
Zhan Suya finally couldn’t hold back her curiosity: “Who are you going to meet?”
“…My wife.”
Rushing here and there, he finally entered the city gate on the evening of the third day. After paying the fare, he asked the carriage woman to deliver a farewell letter to Ding Xiangwei. By the time he reached the Qu family’s gate, night had completely fallen. The doorkeeper saw a dark figure approaching directly and asked in a tight voice, “Who goes there?”
Xu Wanzhi stepped onto the stairs and stood under the lantern. The doorkeeper recognized him at a glance and cried out in surprise, “Master? The master has returned!”
After the initial reaction, he knelt down and kowtowed three loud times, then hurriedly led him inside. Just as they entered the first inner gate, Qu Shan silently appeared before them, waving her hand to dismiss the doorkeeper. “Master, what identity are you returning with this time?”
Her tone was full of anger and interrogation. Xu Wanzhi spoke in a cold, calm voice: “How are you addressing me? Since the personal guard of the Qu family master has the leisure to care about such things, it seems her body is not in serious condition.”
He then nodded and turned to leave.
Qu Shan was shocked, feeling both angry and powerless. She suddenly knelt before Xu Wanzhi, bitterly smiling, “Master, Qu Shan was disrespectful. Please forgive me. The master has been waiting for you.”
