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"I'm done mooching."

Du Mingxian said, "Should I send a message home?"

"No, wait. My family knows I'm not in good health. If I send a message back, they'll worry even more if they find out I'm taking the exam. Let's wait a bit longer and go back right after the exam."

“Okay, but your illness… you might need to continue pretending. If a frail person suddenly becomes completely healthy, it’s easy to arouse suspicion.”

"Yes, I know."

Soon the day of the exam arrived. Du Mingxian put two drops of spiritual water into the water bag she had given him and personally escorted him to the examination hall.

"Take the exam with peace of mind. Come back to the inn and find me after you're done."

"Okay, I'll be away for the next couple of days. Be careful."

"I will."

Du Mingxian watched Ling Silang enter the examination hall. Unlike last time, she was no longer worried about his health and was quite relieved this time. After watching him go in, she turned and left.

I've been busy with Ling Silang's affairs lately, so her rouge shop is probably out of stock. I'll take this opportunity to make more so I can sell them directly when I get back.

Ling Silang took the exam for a few days, and Du Mingxian stayed in her space for a few days as well. Fearing that not leaving the room would arouse suspicion, she checked out of the inn and went to a deserted alley to stay in her space.

She didn't come out for several days in a row, engrossed in making rouge. Later, she even made face wash, and then... she forgot about time.

After finishing his exam, Ling Silang went straight to the inn to find someone, only to be told that Du Mingxian had checked out immediately after he went in to take the exam. For a moment, he didn't know where to look for her.

Guessing that she might have gone into her spatial dimension in some alley, he simply sat and waited at the entrance of the inn. He waited all day but no one came, so he had to book a room and continue waiting that night.

This wait lasted for three days.

After finishing the Double Batch of goods, Du Mingxian discovered that the small porcelain bottle she had ordered earlier was gone, so she left her space and checked the time.

Stunned.

Three days have passed since the exam.

She rushed to the inn to look for him and saw... Ling Silang sitting at the entrance of the inn like a statue waiting for his wife. He was dressed in his best clothes and his hair was neatly combed. He looked out of place sitting next to the little beggar.

But his thin body, fair skin, and scholarly air made him seem pitiful at first glance.

There was a bowl in front of him, but... several coins had already been thrown in front of him, and there was even a small piece of silver.

Nearby, at the foot of the wall, three beggars huddled together, whispering and pointing in Ling Silang's direction.

She stepped forward and teased, "What's wrong? Didn't find me? Are you planning to become a beggar here? If you want to be a beggar, at least be professional. You don't even have a broken bowl."

Ling Silang looked up and saw Du Mingxian. She was backlit, but her whole body seemed to be glowing. She spoke slowly and deliberately, but to him it sounded like heavenly music.

He felt quite aggrieved, and it unconsciously came out when he spoke: "After I came out, I couldn't find you, and I was no different from a beggar."

Du Mingxian chuckled, finding it rare for a grown man to act so coquettish. "Alright, get up quickly. You have some money on you, why don't you go to an inn and get a room?"

“I have a room, but I’m afraid you won’t be able to find me when you come back. The innkeeper couldn’t explain it clearly, and I was afraid we’d miss each other, so I’m waiting at the door. I’ve been waiting here for three days now.”

Du Mingxian couldn't help but laugh more as she looked at it. "Let's go, I'm hungry."

Ling Silang hurriedly got up. Du Mingxian looked at the silver that had been thrown in front of him and said, "Give it to the beggar next to you. If I hadn't shown up, you might have been beaten up by the beggars."

Ling Silang isn't stupid, so how could he not sense it? He just wasn't afraid.

“Alright.” Ling Silang picked up the silver coins, gave them to the little beggar next to him, and immediately followed Du Mingxian into the inn.

A group of beggars gathered together.

"Is this person really a beggar? He doesn't look like a beggar at all. He looks so pitiful."

“That’s right. You say he’s not a beggar, but people give him money when he squats on the ground, while we real beggars don’t get any money.”

Du Mingxian and Ling Silang had already ordered a table full of food.

"We'll go buy a bed in a bit."

To avoid awkwardness, they would alternate between sleeping and waking up in the room, or one would wake up while the other slept.

Ling Silang guessed her intention, "No need, I... I don't think I'll put it in the room."

"It's alright, we'll build you a thatched hut in the open space outside, and put your bed there."

Ling Silang: "..." How much does he dislike sharing a bed with him?

"And you'll have to build your own thatched hut."

"Oh."

After the two finished their meal, Ling Silang checked out of the room, and the two of them went to buy a bed. Ling Silang picked out the bed himself; it was a very simple small bed, single size, which could also sleep two people, just barely.

Du Mingxian bought some bedding items to match the size of the bed before the two left, still searching for a place to enter the space in the alley.

After entering the space, Ling Silang slowly started building a thatched hut for himself. He didn't know how to build a thatched hut, but fortunately, it was windless and rainless here. If he wasn't worried about it being too bright when he slept, he wouldn't have bothered to build one at all.

Du Mingxian stood to the side without offering any help, asking, "How did the exam go?"

"Didn't you already consider having me take the exam in the capital? Why are you asking me how the exam went?"

"What if you don't perform well on the spot after you go in? I've also heard that some people were assigned to bad locations and some even fainted before the exam was over."

"I was lucky, I was assigned to a good place, so I didn't have that problem. But as you said, some people do faint. Some people take the exam until their hair turns gray and they keep going. But after a while, they can't withstand the pressure and faint when they enter the exam room. That's what happened to me this time."

Du Mingxian sighed. With gray hair, there was really no need to take the exam again. Sometimes, choice is more important than effort. Working hard in a field you are not good at does not necessarily bring rewards.

“We’re going back to the village tomorrow, but your face… your complexion will get better and better after you recover, this won’t do. I’ll prepare some ointment for you. Apply it every morning and wash it off before you go to bed at night.”

"Alright, thank you for your trouble, my wife."

"You have a divorce agreement. Go back with me first, then I'll go back to my parents' home. I won't keep you company for the rest of the time."

Ling Silang stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at her, "Are you serious?"

"Of course, how could this be fake?"

"But……"

"The divorce agreement is genuine."

Ling Silang knew that Du Mingxian was still angry and didn't know what to say. In the end, he simply kept quiet and got back to work, thinking about how to get someone to tear up the divorce papers.

It took him about two hours to set up the shed. It was very simple and he wasn't worried about it collapsing. The main reason was that there was no wind in the space, so it was easy to fix. He wasn't very good at it, so he would have to go back and ask his older brothers for the rest of the techniques.