After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

Xia Nian walked quickly to Xia Houyu's yard, and he just came out of the study.

When he saw Xia Nian, a smile welled up in his eyes and he walked towards her.

"Miss Xia." Xiahou Yu called.

Xia Nian nodded and got straight to the point: "Master Xiahou, when are we going to Xiaoyao City?"

Xiahou Yu felt a little sad when he saw that she came to see him just for this: "I'll leave in two days."

"Well, that's good." Xia Nian said.

Xia Houyu stood in front of her angrily, "Miss Xia, is this what you are looking for me for?"

Xia Nian looked up at him and suddenly thought he looked quite cute. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes."

She smiled with curved eyebrows and Xiahou Yu was in a good mood, but he still pretended to be wronged and asked: "Is that all you ask?"

Xia Nian looked up at him and said softly, "Yes." Seeing Xia Houyu like this, she reached out and pinched his face like a wounded puppy.

Xiahou Yu's eyes flashed slightly, and he grabbed her hand.

Feeling the delicate and smooth skin, Xiahou Yu's Adam's apple moved slightly, and his fingers couldn't help but rub it a few times.

Xia Nian's smile froze on her face. She tried to pull her hand back, but Xia Hou Yu used his strength to pull her forward, causing her to stagger forward.

"Miss Xia." He lowered his head, and was so close to Xia Nian that he could almost hear the other's breathing.

His clear and deep eyes were largely obscured by his thick eyelashes, but Xia Nian still saw the tenderness in his eyes.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she pinched herself with the hand that wasn't caught, and then her expression eased a little: "Let me go, I have something to do and I have to leave first."

She stopped smiling and looked angry.

Xia Houyu curled the corners of his lips and said, "What is it? Maybe I can help Miss Xia."

Xia Nian met his gaze and said, "You can't."

"I can."

"You..." Xia Nian was about to pretend to be angry, but when she saw his somewhat lonely face, she was speechless for a moment.

Xia Houyu pursed his lips and asked softly, "Miss Xia, do you hate me?"

Xia Nian shook his head and denied: "No, you are a very good person."

"Then don't distance yourself from me." Xia Houyu said, slowly putting down her hand.

Xia Nian was a little at a loss for a moment. She knew that Xia Hou Yu's random thoughts were all her own fault, and there was nothing she could do.

"I..." Xia Nian lowered her head, not wanting to meet his eyes.

The atmosphere between them became somewhat subtle. Apart from the chirping of cicadas and the rustling of bamboo leaves, the only sounds in their ears were the heartbeats and breathing of the two.

Xia Nian was about to leave when a figure suddenly appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

With the help of moonlight, Xiahou Yu and Xia Nian could see the man clearly.

He is a miracle doctor, but he has some stubble on his face and bruises under his eyes, but his eyes are determined.

Xia Nian thought for a while. Since she last saw him a few days before the Flower Goddess Festival, she had no idea where he had gone since then.

Xiahou Yu looked at him jokingly and asked, "What's this, the miracle doctor?"

Su Xun glanced at him calmly and walked towards Xia Nian. His voice was a little hoarse: "Miss Xia, where is Miss Xu?"

Xia Nian was about to speak when Xu Zheng had already gone to Xiaoyao City, but she changed her mind and thought, Su Xun was met by Tao Tao when she went to Yi An, what if he knew something and told Yi An?

So she immediately changed her words: "Zheng has been having fun outside these past few days, I don't know much about it."

She looked calm and composed, with no sign of lying at all.

Su Xun didn't notice anything wrong. He nodded, "Thank you," and turned and left.

Xia Nian looked at Su Xun's back and murmured to himself, "What happened to him?"

Xia Houyu didn't like her caring about others like this. He took her arm and said, "I heard before that he has a weird personality."

"Is that so?" Xia Nian nodded.

"Miss Xia, we haven't finished talking about our business yet." Xiahou Yu put away the attitude he had just used when talking to Su Xun, and a smile appeared on his face again.

Xia Nian was ashamed: Is it too late for her to escape now?

-

When Meng Yin walked onto the street, she always felt like someone was following her.

She was delighted. Could it be Gu Ling? But then she thought, didn't Gu Ling go to Wushan?

Meng Yin's eyes rolled and her steps became faster and faster. She could clearly feel the people behind her catching up with her. Meng Yin suddenly fell forward and the things in her arms fell to the ground.

The person behind her didn't care about anything else and quickly ran forward to help her.

Meng Yin grabbed his wrist. The man was stunned and looked into Meng Yin's eyes.

"Qiao Yi?" Meng Yin asked in surprise, "It's you. I thought someone was following me."

Qiao Yi was wearing a blue suit with her hair tied up high, looking very neat and tidy.

She smiled faintly and helped Meng Yin pick up the things.

"Did Miss Meng fall anywhere?" Qiao Yi asked, bending down to check her knee.

Meng Yin shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I just wanted to see who was following me."

Qiao Yi straightened up and said, "It was Master Gu who asked me to protect the girl."

Meng Yin blushed, she coughed lightly and asked, "Is Gu Ling in Wushan now?"

Qiao Yi nodded: "Master Gu specifically told me that if Miss Meng needs anything, she can call me at any time."

Meng Yin felt warm inside, as wonderful as drinking hot cocoa around a fireplace in winter.

She asked somewhat embarrassedly: "Qiao Yi, when will Gu Ling come back?"

Qiao Yi looked at the shy expression on her face and couldn't help but smile, saying, "Probably in a few days."

Meng Yin was overjoyed: "Then can I write him a letter?"

Qiao Yi thought for a while and said, "Okay."

When Meng Yin heard this, she immediately took Qiao Yi back to Xiahou Mansion.

She couldn't control her longing for Gu Ling and had to write him a letter.

Would Gu Ling be happy when he received the letter? Meng Yin wondered.

It was the first time that she had such little girl thoughts, and it felt like many little people were dancing in her heart.

Qiao Yi followed behind her, his brows gradually furrowed.

Is the girl that Lord Gu likes a little too innocent? If she becomes Lord Gu's weak spot, is it good or bad for Lord Gu and the Soul Devouring Palace?

After returning to the yard, Meng Yin wrote two pages of paper with full content, and finally felt relieved when she saw the carrier pigeon in Qiao Yi's hand fly away.

-

In the foggy mountain, Gu Ling successfully captured the people who ambushed them.

They are now sitting in a farmyard, which is the habitat of these people here.

Ban Meng passed the false news to Yi An, Yi An passed the news to Lin Yue, who told the people of Xiaoyao Sect, who ambushed here based on the false date.

Gu Ling and his men disguised themselves as merchants and arrived at the Fog Mountain one day in advance. Because they had taken the antidote, the fog inside had no effect on them at all.

As expected, the group of people were lying in ambush on both sides of the trail in the early morning. The trees in the foggy mountain were extremely tall, and Gu Ling and his men were on the trees.

They released the incense that could make people fall asleep, and soon many people below fainted.

Gu Ling flew down, captured their leader, and poisoned him.

"If you don't do as I say, no trace of your body will be left in half a day." Under the moonlight, Gu Ling smiled sinisterly, his face was frighteningly pale. The leader nodded repeatedly for mercy, and was so scared that he almost wet his pants.

Lu Yun stepped forward and held him down, asking him to lead the group to their hiding place here.

This is the courtyard where we are now.

"Master Gu, according to their confessions, we did find a lot of opium and..."

Gu Ling sat on the chair and glanced at him: "With what?"

"And the bodies of those who were missing."

Hearing this, Gu Ling's eyes revealed murderous intent. He sneered, stood up and walked towards those people.

The leader begged for mercy quickly because his head was broken.

"Don't be impatient. It's not your turn yet." Gu Ling ignored him.

The leader turned his head with a trembling body, and saw Gu Ling's men grabbing a man by the back of the collar. Gu Ling used the same trick again, stabbing his shoulder with a dagger and fiddling with it twice. The man let out a heart-wrenching scream, and the people around him felt their scalps numb and sobbed.

Gu Ling stretched out his finger, and a red bug crawled out from his sleeve. He threw the bug directly onto the wound on the man's shoulder. Smelling the blood, the bug squeaked and began to bite the man's flesh.