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After the Empress left, the Yan family also boarded the carriage behind and returned to their residence. Before leaving, Nangong Ming glanced at Xiao Ran through the carriage curtain.

He really didn't expect that Xiao Ran would refuse ten... no, it should be said that she would refuse twenty luminous pearls.

He remembered that when they used to play together, Xiao Ran loved these little trinkets the most, right? That's why he suggested to his father this time that he send the luminous pearl from the West Sea. But it was not easy to get his father's approval, and he even had to use Xiao Ran's resurrection as an excuse.

Nangong Ming secretly glanced at his father.

The atmosphere in the carriage was actually quite oppressive, mainly because Nangong Jin remained silent and Nangong Ming kept looking at the scenery outside the carriage. As a result, no one broke the suffocating silence along the way.

Madam Tong looked left and right, and finally, feeling quite troubled, she opened the box and picked up some pastries. Just as she was about to ask Nangong Ming to eat some,

Suddenly... the carriage came to a sudden stop.

Fortunately, Nangong Ming reacted in time and helped Madam Tong to steady her. However, she was still a little shaken when she heard Nangong Ming angrily say, "What happened! Can you take responsibility for injuring Madam!"

The coachman replied shakily, "It seems the carriage hit someone..."

Nangong Ming was somewhat surprised after hearing this. He remembered that this driver had always been the one he used to travel with since he was a child, and nothing had ever happened before. So why this time...?

He lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.

The driver was still in shock, and beside him was a girl in a light pink dress sitting on the ground, rubbing her legs.

Nangong Ming jumped out of the car, then squatted down and asked, "Miss, are you alright?"

The girl slowly raised her head, her red eyes still glistening with tears. For some reason, her appearance reminded Nangong Ming of the little white rabbit he had once hunted in the forest.

The girl suddenly closed her eyes and apologized, "I...I'm fine...I was just too careless and didn't notice the carriage coming. I'm sorry for bumping into you, sir!"

Nangong Ming was startled, and said gently, "How can this be the young lady's fault? It was just the coachman's carelessness."

The girl suddenly looked up at him cautiously.

Nangong Ming almost laughed at the commotion; he wasn't some man-eating monster...

Nangong Jin's authoritative voice suddenly came from the carriage: "Alright, Ming'er, just let the servants handle it. Don't waste too much time here."

Nangong Ming felt a little depressed. His father was always like this... Even when it was clearly their own fault, he would not apologize properly to others, but would only try to appease them with money.

He took out the jade pendant from his waist, stuffed it into the girl's hand, and made a face at her, saying, "If you keep crying, your face will get all messed up and you won't look pretty anymore." With that, he quickly boarded the carriage.

The girl remained sitting blankly by the roadside, ignoring what the servants were saying, her hand tightly clutching the jade pendant.

Without realizing it, a smile appeared on the girl's lips.

"Send all this compensation to the General's Mansion."

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After Xiao Ran finished her coming-of-age ceremony and family reunion banquet, she was exhausted and just wanted to go back to her room to rest when Xiao Mu called her to the ancestral hall.

As soon as Xiao Mu stepped inside, he carefully knelt down, and Xiao Ran followed suit.

Xiao Mu: "Father, Mother, today is Ran'er's coming-of-age ceremony. Thanks to your blessings, Ran'er was able to return to the General's Mansion safely..."

Xiao Mu kowtowed once, and Xiao Ran kowtowed once as well.

Xiao Mu looked to the other side, and for some reason he stared for a long time... When he finally spoke, his voice trembled slightly.

"Chinian..."