Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

"I lay there for a long time, not daring to breathe." Jiang Yunshu's voice seemed ethereal in the rainy night. "But it was this time that I went from being scared to being desperate."

"Later, the Alliance secretly rescued me, which prevented me from dying on the wall."

"It's a pity that there aren't many people in the alliance, and resources are always scarce."

Jiang Yunsheng turned around and was about to say, "Now that a native like you, Miss Li, has joined, the good days of the alliance are just around the corner."

Unexpectedly, he then realized that the curtain at the back of the car had been lowered at some point, and the words on his lips also stopped.

He gently lifted a corner and looked inside.

Silently, he lowered the curtain again and murmured, "...The quality of sleep is really good."

The carriage swayed slowly and finally arrived near Li's mansion at dawn.

As if some mechanism was triggered, Li Huoyue woke up early, and the first thing he did was to draw aside the curtain to look at the sky.

"How did you drive?" Li Huoyue couldn't believe it. "Did you drive around the inner city of Kyoto five times before heading back to the Li Mansion?!"

Jiang Yunshu coughed twice and turned his head away, feeling a little guilty. "Well, there are no road signs here, so it's normal for me to go the wrong way..."

"You don't know the way, why don't you ask me?! There are so many people going in and out of the gates of the inner and outer cities every day, and you are reluctant to ask a few questions?!!!"

"You were sleeping soundly..." Jiang Yunshu said defensively, "and I was afraid of being exposed, so I didn't dare to ask."

Li Huoyue felt uncomfortable when he thought of himself lying in the carriage with sticky clothes on. "What are you afraid of? Were you the one who was clamoring to go to the inner city to watch the fun yesterday? Huh? You are saying you are afraid now?!!!"

“Got it!!!”

The eldest sister-in-law stood up from the stone steps at the entrance of Li's mansion and waved and shouted at the carriage from a distance.

As soon as Li Huoyue saw his sister-in-law's face, he knew that she must not have slept last night and had been waiting at the door.

"Sister-in-law!"

Li Huoyue jumped directly from the moving carriage and ran forward to greet his sister-in-law.

The eldest sister-in-law's eyes turned red, and she hugged Li Huoyue and said in a crying voice: "I was scared to death, I thought you couldn't get out..."

Li Huoyue was held by his sister-in-law and could clearly feel the coldness from her body. How long had he been waiting outside?

It was raining last night!

She patted her eldest sister-in-law on the back to comfort her and said, "My dear sister-in-law, you really should learn from my brothers. Look, who among them is as stupid as you? Isn't it the same to wait in the house? What if you catch a cold in the night wind? Lao Wu can see a doctor, but he has no money to buy medicine."

"I was so scared. I was afraid that you would become like my parents and brothers. Once you went in, you would..." The eldest sister-in-law recalled some past events, and she, who had always been carefree, began to cry.

"Oh! My sister-in-law, look, I'm back safe and sound." Li Huoyue struggled out of his sister-in-law's arms.

Fearing that his sister-in-law was still immersed in the sadness, Li Huoyue changed the subject distressedly, "Sister-in-law, I think we should go wash up and rest first, otherwise if my brother sees us like this, he might think that I took you out to fool around all night before I was willing to go back home!"

"Then you come with me!"

Li Huoyue smiled helplessly, "Okay, okay! Thank you sister-in-law for giving me this honor."

As they talked, they washed and changed their clothes, then contentedly lay down in the soft and fragrant bed and fell into a good sleep in the early spring morning.

Several other masters in the mansion also just started to sleep. The fourth master's people had not yet heard any news, so they had been staying up all night.

After the servant came to report that the Sixth Miss had returned home safely, everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to catch up on some sleep.

The Li Mansion was exceptionally quiet today. In the quiet morning, only the occasional clear and long bird calls could be heard, making the place seem like a peach garden in a deep valley.

It was almost noon when Li Huoyue was awakened by the shouting sounds in the mansion.

"Li Huoyue!"

"Li Huoyue!!"

"Li Huoyue, come out here!!!"

If Li Huoyue was called like this, even an ordinary person with poor hearing would be woken up.

After getting up, Li Huoyue simply washed up. She recognized that voice.

After looking at his sister-in-law who was still sleeping soundly, Li Huoyue put on his clothes and went to the Yun Hall.

Seeing that she had woken up, the servant hurried forward with a bitter face to report, "Sixth Miss, this person is the top scholar. I don't know what she wants to see you about. We dare not do anything to the top scholar, so we can only send someone to guard the door of the Cloud Hall. We wanted to talk to you, but you are resting and we dare not disturb you."

Li Huoyue nodded, "Got it."

"Li Huoyue! I was kind enough to share intelligence with you, hoping that you would share something with me, but you didn't say anything and just posted my secrets! You are so shameless!!"

In the Yun Hall, Xu Jiao'er smashed several teacups and was much more arrogant than when Sang's mother came.

As soon as Li Huoyue stood at the door, Xu Jiaoer's eyes widened and she immediately rushed up, looking like she wanted to grab Li Huoyue's collar and question him.

"Be more polite. You are the top scholar." Li Huoyue stopped Xu Jiao'er with one hand. "Come to my study if you have anything to say."

"You also know that this is shameful?!" Xu Jiao'er was restrained. She struggled for a few times but failed to break free. She could only verbally vent, "You shameless bitch! You are a sinister woman with deep thoughts! Anyone who gets to know you is really unlucky. You scheme against others every day. Your conscience is full of holes! Even if you die, no one will burn paper for you! Bah! You eat people in this life, and you will be reincarnated as a pig in the next life! You will be eaten by people every day!"

Li Huoyue said indifferently: "If you want to reveal your identity, I don't mind. By then everyone will know about you. I can't say whether His Majesty will still pretend not to know."

Xu Jiaoer stopped cursing, gritted her teeth, and squeezed out the words: "...let me go first."

Li Huoyue chuckled and let go of Xu Jiaoer, "Let's go, Xu Zhuangyuan."

"What are you laughing at!" Xu Jiaoer felt that she was being ridiculed. She came here in anger, but was defeated instead.

Li Huoyue didn't answer, turned around and led the way.

Xu Jiao'er snorted in annoyance and followed him.

She followed behind Li Huoyue, always keeping one step away from him.

We walked for a long time without meeting anyone on the road. The scenery seemed to be getting better and better, but it also felt more and more remote.

Xu Jiao'er was a little unsure and bluffed:

"I'm warning you. I left a letter for Brother Qing before I came here. If you want to do anything to me, he will definitely..."

Before Xu Jiao'er finished speaking, Li Huoyue suddenly stopped, which scared Xu Jiao'er. She quickly put out her hand to defend herself, fearing that Li Huoyue would suddenly turn around and do something to her.

Fortunately, Li Huoyue did not do anything, but just said: "We are here."