As dusk fell.

The sunset glow on the horizon painted the earth in a fiery red.

After dinner, Ye Jun and his family of four boarded the oxcart for their return journey.

The Xie brothers, Xie Rui and Xie Zhi, also rented an oxcart and headed towards the county town.

While Lin Yan was washing up, they took advantage of the moment.

Xie Muqing quietly left the house and stopped in front of a large tree.

Yang Chia-yi had been waiting for a long time.

Hearing the noise, he came out from behind the tree.

"Young master."

"How is it?"

There have been quite a few people at home lately.

They hadn't been alone together in a long time.

"Of the 20,000 Xie family soldiers, apart from the one under Second Master who is still out of contact, we have contacted half of the 10,000 soldiers under the General, plus the more than 300 we had before. It is all thanks to the General's wisdom in his lifetime, who trained a lot of gyrfalcons, otherwise we would have had no chance of contacting them at all."

They seemed to know that Yang Chia-yi was praising them.

The two gyrfalcons that had been perched on the treetops flew to Xie Muqing's shoulders.

It started chirping incessantly.

Xie Muqing was amused by their cutesy antics and couldn't help but pat their little heads a few times.

"You two are amazing."

"Chirp! Chirp!"

The bird, pleased with its owner's praise, nuzzled his head affectionately.

After rubbing against each other for a while, the two big birds obediently flew back to the treetops to stand guard.

Xie Muqing's face returned to normal.

"Has there been any news from the capital?"

"We haven't received any letters from the palace since last month..."

Xie Muqing's two beautiful eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

Yang Jiayi observed his expression before carefully choosing his words to ask:

"Young master, do you think that person might suddenly regret his betrayal? After all..."

Xie Muqing understood what he hadn't said.

After all, before the Xie family's incident, that person and he had only met a few times.

Placing your hopes on that person is far too slim.

But now he is almost helpless.

The only option is to place half of your hopes on that person.

Even if the hope is slim, he will give it his all...

"Wait for now. If there is still no news by the end of the month, send someone over quietly."

"Yes, young master."

When Xie Muqing returned to the main house, Lin Yan had already finished washing up and was hanging her wet clothes to dry in the courtyard.

Because the Gui water suddenly appeared.

Lin Yan gave up on taking a bath and simply washed up.

Therefore, the movements were much faster than usual.

Seeing Xie Muqing walk in from outside the house, she stared intently at him.

"You just went out?"

Xie Muqing hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence.

Normally, she would take a bath for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

He only went out for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea tonight.

"I ate too much for dinner, so I went for a run outside to digest it."

Because of the need to keep it a secret, Xie Muqing dared not look Lin Yan in the eye.

I awkwardly looked away.

Seeing Xie Muqing's guilty reaction, Lin Yan immediately realized that he was hiding the truth.

Lin Yan stared at him for a moment, then raised one eyebrow.

She replied softly, "Really?", and continued hanging the clothes to dry.

I don't know why.

Xie Muqing always felt that Lin Yan's big, round eyes seemed to have a kind of magic.

It allows you to see through all his inner thoughts.

Whenever he was stared at by her round eyes, he wanted to surrender immediately!

I dared not look her in the eye again.

To cover up his guilty conscience, Xie Muqing directly snatched the clothes from Lin Yan's hands.

"Uh, yes, my wife, I'll help you hang up the clothes!"

Looking at the underwear that had vanished from her hands, Lin Yan's expression cracked for the first time...

By the time she came to her senses, it was too late.

Her undergarments were snatched away by a pair of large, fair, slender hands with well-defined knuckles!

And Xie Muqing's neatly trimmed thumb, with its pink nail bed, was resting in that unspeakable place...

Even Lin Yan, who isn't shy, blushed!

It is now completely dark.

It wasn't until Xie Muqing hung the clothes on the line that she realized what she had snatched...

The small garment he had left in his hand was the one he had "used" that day.

Thinking about what she had secretly done with this little garment, Xie Muqing dared not look at it again!

His handsome face instantly turned bright red!

After hurriedly hanging up the clothes, he didn't dare look at Lin Yan, lowered his head and fled in panic.

Lin Yan thought he was shy because he was hanging up her underwear.

I didn't think much of it.

Because of this embarrassing little incident.

Neither of them spoke again that night.

I slept without any dreams.

...

The next day.

Lin Yan was carefree and had long forgotten the embarrassment of last night.

He pulled Xie Muqing aside to spar with him in martial arts.

Xie Muqing's legs have now fully recovered.

Because he has practiced martial arts since childhood and is skilled in light-body techniques, his movements are fluid and graceful, making them highly entertaining to watch.

Lin Yan, on the other hand, was the complete opposite of him.

She began training after she came of age and joined the military.

She practiced ruthless close-quarters, bare-chested techniques.

It emphasizes speed, agility, and versatility, and is highly practical in combat.

So it's not exactly pretty when you play it.

It's more than enough to deal with ordinary martial arts practitioners.

However, if it comes to someone with exceptional martial arts skills like Xie Muqing, they really can't beat him.

However, things are different with the original owner's strength.

Lin Yan could completely neutralize his moves one by one.

However, Xie Muqing's advantage lay in his excellent lightness skill.

That's how he managed to evade Lin Yan's relentless pursuit.

For a time, the two exchanged blows back and forth.

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