"Farewell, His Majesty." Before the Lan brothers could finish their words, Zhu Tong raised his hand and grabbed Lan Jinyu by the back of his neck, preparing to lift him up.

But just as she put her hand on it, she heard Lan Jinyu ask faintly, "Can you show me some respect?"

Zhu Tong was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "How did I disrespect you?"

"You lifted me off the ground."

Zhu Tong said, "I want to take you on a quick journey, so we can go faster this way."

Lan Jinyu said bluntly: "I don't want to be picked up by the collar."

"Then... change to hugging?" Zhu Tong felt that she had a really good temper and even patiently asked for her husband's opinion.

Lan Jinyu said, "Carrying, hugging, and carrying you on your back are all inappropriate. I'm a man, and I should be the one protecting you."

"you……"

With my husband's weak cultivation level, he has a hard time protecting himself, and he still wants to protect his wife?

It's just a foolish dream...

Zhu Tong selectively ignored this sentence and said, "Alright, I won't touch you."

After leaving the royal garden, the two brothers of the Lan family hired a carriage. Originally, the brothers were still worried that Zhu Tong's green eyes would cause a commotion, but they were obviously overthinking it. Everyone involuntarily ignored Zhu Tong's existence. Even if they saw Zhu Tong, her figure would be filtered out of their minds, as if she was just an invisible wind, an inconspicuous stone, not worthy of attention at all. Zhu Tong lifted the curtain of the carriage, and her green pupils looked at the passing scenery beside the road without any ripples.

When the carriage arrived near a teahouse in the capital, Zhu Tong suddenly heard someone mention four words: "Miraculous doctor..."

"parking!"

Zhu Tong's voice was clear and bright. She got off the carriage, walked into the teahouse, looked at the table in the corner, and asked, "What did you just say?"

There were several scholars sitting at that table, drinking tea and chatting. When they heard Zhu Tong's question, they were stunned. They couldn't help but ignore the green eyes and replied, "We were chatting about the wonderful doctor. She is holding a free clinic in the south of the city, treating the people for free..."

Zhu Tong asked: "When did it happen?"

The scholar was puzzled and said, "Of course it's today. Many people have rushed over to line up, and some practitioners with missing limbs have also come to see Tian Miao for treatment..."

Zhu Tong didn't listen to the rest of the conversation. She ignored the carriage and asked, "Where is Chengnan?"

One of the scholars pointed in a direction, and two dark green clouds rose up from under Zhu Tong's feet, carrying her body out of the gate and disappearing in a flash.

"Zhu Tong... Sir?" Lan Jinyu looked up, but could no longer see Zhu Tong's shadow, so he said, "Second brother, should we wait for her here, or should we go back first?"

"Let's go back. If Zhutong gets lost, he can just ask any passerby and they will find out the location of the Lan Mansion." Lan Zheyu said.

When the two brothers returned to the Lan Mansion, the first thing they did was to look for their sister, but they found out... their sister was not in the mansion?

"Where did Azhi go?" Lan Jinyu asked the housekeeper.

The housekeeper looked bewildered and said, "Hasn't the young lady been in seclusion in her room practicing all this time?"

"How is this possible? Ah Zhi clearly went to Baishan to look for us... Could it be that she never came back?"

Just when the two brothers decided to go out and look for her, they heard Lan Zhi say, "I'm here."

Following the sound, I saw Lan Zhi standing not far away with a gentle expression. She said, "What do you two brothers want to talk to me about?"

Lan Zheyu said: "It's okay, I just haven't seen you for a long time and I want to see you."

Lan Jinyu said, "Azhi, you weren't scared by Zhu Tong just now, were you?"

"No."

Lan Zhi smiled, her expression very natural.

In fact, the "Lan Zhi" in front of him was an illusory clone projected by Shangguan Jianxing, not Lan Zhi herself. Shangguan Jianxing had no idea what had just happened, nor did he know how Zhu Tong had scared Lan Zhi. Therefore, he didn't dare to say much, as the more he said, the more mistakes he would make, so he tried to get away with it.

Unexpectedly, Lan Jinyu narrowed her eyes and suddenly asked, "Azhi, didn't you say before that you would give me a gift when I come back?"

Shangguan Jianxing had no idea what the gift was, so he said vaguely, "It's not ready yet. I'll give it to you in a couple of days."

"You're talking nonsense! Who are you?" Lan Jinyu said angrily.

Shangguan Jianxing remained calm, manipulating the illusion of Lan Zhi to reveal an innocent, stunned expression. "Third brother, what's wrong with you? Why are you so excited for no reason?"

Lan Jinyu said mercilessly, "Stop pretending! My sister hates red. She thinks it's the color of blood, so she never wears red. But today she's wearing a bright red dress..."

Lan Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied, "I just bought this skirt recently, and I don't think it looks good on me yet. Can you tell I'm fake just by looking at this piece of clothing?"

"Ha, but Azhi never said she would give me a gift, but you said you would give it to me in two days... You still don't admit that you are fake?" Lan Jinyu said.

Shangguan Jianxing: “…”

Awesome! It turns out they were digging a hole here waiting for me.

He simply removed the illusion, and then "Lanzhi"'s body dissipated like foam, and a pitch-black figure without facial features or clothes appeared in its place.

The figure said, "Actually, I'm not the Azhi you're talking about. I'm a shadow beast that Azhi has contracted. When she's not around, I'll help her deal with people like Jiang Qingcheng."

Lan Jinyu didn't believe her easily, but instead asked a series of questions: "What kind of race is the Shadow Beast? When did my sister contract with you? Where did she contract with you?"

Shangguan Jianxing: “…” What a trouble!

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