Shen Jiayu jumped up the tree very quickly. Seeing the familiar movements, Nukhadir almost immediately confirmed her identity.

He took a step back and said to Chao Yan, "She is Shen Jiayu."

Chaoyan was speechless and looked at Nukhadir with a pout.

When she heard the sound she was almost certain, she just wanted to take another look, and then he did this.

"Jiayu, come down quickly, what's wrong with you?"

This kind of situation shouldn't happen to Shen Jiayu. She should be living a good life in the courtyard, so how could she become like this?

Shen Jiayu was a person who listened to advice. She had come to seek refuge with Chao Yan. She got down from the tree but did not approach Chao Yan. She stretched out her hand to block her and said, "I stink now. Don't come over. Do you have new clothes?"

Chao Yan stopped and nodded, went into the house, and got a set of clean clothes for Shen Jiayu.

"Just throw it on the ground. I'm afraid you'll stink." Shen Jiayu was thinking about taking a bath in the creek. Her body smelled so bad that she couldn't eat or sleep.

Chao Yan obviously realized what she was going to do, and turned to Nukhadir and said, "She is going to the river to wash up, you don't follow her, and you can't follow her secretly, understand?"

Nukhadir's face turned red, which was rare. Fortunately, the night covered up the blush on his face.

"I'm not going. I'll wait at home."

Chao Yan raised the corners of her lips and said with relief: "That's good. Make something to eat. She might be hungry."

Nukhadir always listened to her and immediately fiddled with the kitchen utensils and started cooking for Shen Jiayu.

Shen Jiayu walked to the river first and jumped directly into the water.

The river water in the mountains was extremely cool. It was autumn now and the night was chilly. Shen Jiayu shivered, took off all his clothes in the water and threw them on the shore, enjoying the rare bathing time.

Chao Yan followed behind and sat on a rock on the shore, looking at the stars in the sky.

"Now you can tell me, you didn't quarrel with your husband, did you? Why didn't you take any valuables with you when you left home?"

Shen Jiayu's entire body was submerged in the water, with only his head exposed. He was playing with the water, spitting it out for fun.

"We didn't quarrel. He was far away in Qinghe City. We couldn't even see each other, so how could we have a chance to quarrel? I got into big trouble this time and was hiding from it. I thought there was no other place to go, so I had to come to you."

Shen Jiayu looked at Chaoyan with an innocent face. She believed that Chaoyan would be soft-hearted and take her in.

"Aren't you worried that I won't take you in? How about I give you some money and you go find your husband. He looks quite smart and you two are husband and wife. He will definitely help you solve the problem."

Chao Yan smiled, held her face and looked at Shen Jiayu jokingly.

Shen Jiayu suddenly dived into the water and then jumped out. "I just can't go. Going there will bring him trouble. I can only solve it myself. As long as I don't leave Kyoto, this trouble will disappear."

She had almost finished washing, and the water was too cold for her to stay in for too long, so she slowly stood up and walked to the shore, putting on Chaoyan's clothes.

Asagao is small in stature, these clothes are a little tight for her.

"Just take me in. I can't go anywhere else." Shen Jiayu acted a little coquettishly and rubbed Chaoyan's arm.

Chao Yan had no choice but to push her away. "I promise you, you can stay as long as you want. It's cool at night, so go back after you're done washing and dry your hair by the fire."

Shen Jiayu had no objection and tied up the less smelly clothes with grass and took them back.

Although Chao Yan was puzzled, she did not ask.

In the small hut, Nukhadir made a fire and cooked the food, then waited for them to come back for dinner.

"There's food here, have a bite." Nukhadir has never been good at dealing with people other than Chaoyan, so his speech was a little stiff.

Shen Jiayu nodded and smiled, "Thanks, I'll eat it later, you guys eat first, I'll burn this thing."

She took a pile of firewood and built a fire far away from the hut. After fiddling with it for a while, she hung the clothes on top and burned a fire underneath. Slowly, the clothes dried.

Shen Jiayu immediately threw the clothes into the fire and watched them burn to ashes. He put out the fire before returning to the hut.

They had already started eating for a while and were waiting for Shen Jiayu.

"It can be worn again after washing, why burn it?" Nukhadir asked softly, not understanding her intention.

Shen Jiayu ate the noodles in big mouthfuls. It had been a long time since he had eaten something so delicious. His mouth was full of food and he spoke incoherently, "It stinks! Hmm, this noodle... this noodle is good! It tastes good."

Chao Yan glanced at Nukhadir and signaled him not to ask any more questions.

These clothes are all clumped together. They can't be used even if they are washed. We still have money at home, so the proper thing to do is to burn these clothes.

After dinner, Shen Jiayu and Chaoyan went to bed in their clothes.

Shen Jiayu returned to Kyoto exhausted both physically and mentally. It was a rare night that he was able to sleep well. He didn't think about anything before going to bed and fell asleep peacefully.

Early in the morning, Shen Jiayu was awakened by birds.

The birds were chirping happily in the trees, without any regard for the people in the house.

Shen Jiayu stood up and opened the door.

The mountain was shrouded in fog in the early morning; the sun had just risen and had not had time to disperse the fog.

As she looked at the scenery, she felt happy, as if she was back in her little house. Every day when she woke up, she saw the mountain scenery and the villagers working at sunrise. In fact, she was living a pretty good life.

"Ugh--"

Shen Jiayu sighed.

Chao Yan rubbed her eyes, looked at Shen Jiayu standing at the door with sleepy eyes and asked, "Why are you sighing so early in the morning? What unhappy things are you thinking about?"

Shen Jiayu turned around and smiled at her, suppressing his worries, "It's okay, I just took a deep breath and sighed a little louder."

"Look, huh - hey - huh - hey -" Shen Jiayu said while demonstrating.

Chaoyan was amused by her appearance and lost all sleepiness, so she simply got up and went with Shen Jiayu.

After settling down, Shen Jiayu couldn't sit idle, so she asked Chaoyan for a coarse cloth headscarf, dressed up as a country woman and went into the city. She wanted to go back to the courtyard.

From a distance, before he even got close to the courtyard, Shen Jiayu could see that there were several people around the courtyard who were stalking him. They pretended to be having a drink or tea, but their eyes kept glancing at various places in the courtyard where people could enter and exit.

Wen Xiangzhu is no pushover either. Since there is a dungeon, there must be a secret passage as well. However, this secret passage has not been completed yet. It is really difficult to start construction in Kyoto.

Shen Jiayu knew where the exit was, so he walked straight to a dilapidated courtyard in the distance, pushed open the door and entered the kitchen, moved the iron pot away, and climbed in from the stove.

There is still a place inside that has not been dug through, so she has to dig it today.

There was already a shovel in the secret passage, so Shen Jiayu carried it and started digging, determined to dig it through.

I must meet Shen Yi and the others today.

After digging for several times, the pile of soil began to loosen and she seemed to be able to vaguely see the other side. She was delighted and dug harder and faster.

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