Yan Liang, relying on his cheat device, took a detour to pick up Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü. Jiang Qin, unfamiliar with the roads, followed Yan Liang's directions and took turns driving with him. He was anxious about reaching Anyi Town soon, until one day when they rested in a roadside teahouse, Jiang Qin asked the tea vendor and learned that the road Yan Liang pointed out was not the one leading to Anyi Town at all.

"Anyi Town is a hundred miles from here..." the tea vendor asked curiously. "If you want to go to Anyi Town, you should take the other road at that fork in the road."

In the sweltering heat of summer, Jiang Qin was drinking iced tea while listening to the tea server speak when he almost choked. He swallowed the tea with difficulty, turned to look at Yan Liang, who was leisurely drinking tea beside him, and his questioning tone softened considerably as soon as it came out: "Young Master Yan, do you know... we've taken the wrong path?"

Yan Liang, enjoying a cup of tea in the shade, felt refreshed and showed a friendly smile upon hearing this: "If we're going to pick up your young master, we certainly haven't taken the wrong road; if you're saying we're going to Anyi Town, this is definitely not the way to Anyi Town."

Jiang Qin: "Why...why?"

Yan Liang: "I've done some calculations, and your young master has already left the place where he was recuperating."

Jiang Qin hesitated for a moment, then uttered a simple word that was rich in emotion.

"……oh."

During their brief rest at the tea stall, the tea server ladled some cool tea into their water bags. After cooling down, Yan Liang paid the bill, picked up his water bag, and called for Jiang Qin to get up and leave.

Jiang Qin reluctantly got up, climbed onto the carriage, and immediately squeezed into the compartment—ever since he learned that Yan Liang had a good temper and wouldn't get angry easily, he had been trying to find ways to slack off. Yan Liang stood below the carriage, watching the curtain being pulled, too lazy to argue with him. He fed the horse some more water and then drove away from the teahouse.

*

The disciples of Yihua Palace have always lived in seclusion. Enraged by the affair between Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü, Yaoyue sent her disciples to track them down. Naturally, news of the Yihua Palace disciples leaving the valley wouldn't escape the notice of the martial world, and it spread like wildfire. Everyone was speculating about what had prompted them to venture out.

Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü escaped in the dead of night. As soon as they left the palace, they disguised themselves and watched as the disciples of the Yihua Palace who were tracking them brushed past them.

The disciples of Yihua Palace also passed by Yan Liang's carriage. The girl in white had an indifferent expression, and Yan Liang could tell at a glance that the two girls were disciples of Yihua Palace.

He stopped the carriage in front of the inn where Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü were resting. Jiang Qin peeked out curiously, and Yan Liang smiled at him, telling him to stay in the carriage while he got out and went into the inn.

Jiang Qin waited for nearly half an hour before seeing Yan Liang and a man and a woman leave the inn through the window.

Both the man and the woman looked rather disheveled, especially the man, whose face was sallow and whose clothes were filthy.

The man and woman boarded the carriage. The man looked up at Jiang Qin, smiled, and called out to her.

Jiang Qin was shocked: "Young Master!? Why are you...!"

Jiang Feng had already heard Yan Liang's explanation, but he trusted Jiang Qin, so he told her about how he was rescued by Yue Xiang after being seriously injured, and how he was trapped in Yihua Palace. Finally, he took the hand of Hua Yuenü, who was smiling silently to the side, and said with a smile, "This is Miss Hua Yuenü. She will be the mistress of the Jiang family in the future."

Jiang Qin was speechless, stunned by the events at Yihua Palace. He was also reminded of the "peach blossom" that Yan Liang had mentioned because of Hua Yuenü, the future mistress of the Jiang family. After a moment of hesitation, he could only offer his congratulations: "Congratulations, young master. Hello, Miss Hua."

Hua Yuenü smiled slightly at him. She had seen Jiang Qin's reaction, and she especially noticed the fleeting smugness in his eyes when he heard that Yao Yue wanted to send people to hunt them down.

Yan Liang worked diligently as a coachman, choosing the opposite direction from the disciples of Yihua Palace who had left, and arrived at the next town before sunset.

Late at night, Yan Liang went to discuss things with Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü, and Jiang Qin went to buy food without being asked.

They hadn't talked much before. Yan Liang simply revealed his identity and told them some things that only they knew about the Yihua Palace, then let the surprised Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü follow him out of the inn.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Feng apologized to Yan Liang. "Palace Mistress Yaoyue once used you to threaten me. I agreed to her request then, but now I've still left Yihua Palace. She sent people to hunt down me and Yue Nu, and she certainly won't forget you."

Yan Liang laughed and said, "I was able to leave Yihua Palace thanks to you, so you don't need to apologize to me."

Jiang Feng paused for a moment, then said, "It's dangerous for you to be with us."

He took Hua Yuen-nu's hand, and the two of them looked at the young man in front of them.

The young man looked completely unconcerned and laughed, "What danger is there? No matter how powerful the Yihua Palace is, it's useless if they can't defeat me."

Jiang Feng was taken aback, then exclaimed with delight, "You've regained your memories?"

Hearing Yan Liang's wild words, he subconsciously assumed that the other party had regained his memory and was happy for Yan Liang.

Yan Liang touched his nose and smiled: "No, but I found a clue related to my identity—that's not important, what's important is what you plan to do in the future?"

Jiang Feng originally wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Yan Liang's firm expression, he followed up on his topic and said, "I can't go back to Jiangnan right now. If I go back, it will definitely implicate my family." He paused, looked at Hua Yuenü, and said, "I want to wait until things settle down before I go back to Jiangnan. Before that, Yuenü and I will find a remote village to live in."

Yan Liang propped his head up and thought for a moment, then realized that this was indeed the best option at the moment, so he said, "I'll see you off. Come with me."

Jiang Feng hesitated: "Isn't your own business alright?"

Yan Liang waved his hand: "It's alright, I can continue investigating at any time. Besides, we're friends, so doing these things for you is no big deal."

The young man's words were sincere, and Jiang Feng felt a warmth in his heart. He exchanged a glance with Hua Yuenü, and both of them smiled.

Before Jiang Qin returned, Yan Liang did not forget to reveal Jiang Qin's true colors. Hua Yuenü understood, while Jiang Feng was more incredulous.

Yan Liang believed that it was best to say things directly, as it was not a good thing to say them indirectly.

“If you want evidence, I don’t have it, but I do have people who went to Anyi Town after receiving the information he leaked,” Yan Liang said. “You’d better be careful; even I can’t trust them completely.”

Jiang Feng thought about what had happened before and after he was besieged by his enemies, and he had a vague guess in his heart. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said, "You can come back to find me after leaving Yihua Palace. If I don't trust you, who can I trust?"

When Jiang Qin returned with the food, she immediately sensed the strange atmosphere in the room. But Yan Liang stepped forward and took the food from her, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. Eat and sleep tonight, and we'll set off again tomorrow."

Jiang Qin looked at Jiang Feng, who smiled at her and said, "I'll listen to Yan Liang."

He then looked at Hua Yuenü, who smiled back at him.

Jiang Qin felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

*

Yan Liang went out of his way to find out about a village that wasn't too hostile to outsiders, but wasn't too remote either. He discussed it with Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü for a while and decided to go there.

Before that, Yan Liang tricked Jiang Qin into leaving, telling her to go back and inform Steward Jiang: "I thought I could bring your young master back safe and sound, but the situation is critical now. He and Miss Hua cannot go back. Why don't you go back and tell Steward first? As for the reason, you can say whatever you want, just don't make Steward worry."

Jiang Qin was annoyed that Yan Liang was directing her, so she looked at Jiang Feng, who simply nodded in agreement with Yan Liang's suggestion.

Having no other choice, he bought another horse and set off back to Jiangnan. Yan Liang watched as Jiang Qin leaped onto her horse and suddenly said, "I remember Steward Jiang gave you some silver and banknotes. Your young master and Miss Hua are penniless. Why don't you leave that silver with him?"

Jiang Qin saw Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü in the carriage. She gritted her teeth, jumped off her horse, took out three-quarters of the silver and banknotes from her bundle, and stuffed them all into Yan Liang's hands.

"I wonder where Young Master Yan plans to take my young master to hide?"

Jiang Qin didn't forget to test him with her words. Yan Liang thought for a moment and said without hesitation, "Take them to Xiaoyi Village at the foot of Qingyun Mountain. Don't tell anyone. We can't afford to offend the people from Yihua Palace."

Jiang Qin solemnly agreed, but in her heart she was thinking—if he doesn't tell others, who will? It would be strange if he didn't.

Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment in the carriage, but Hua Yuenü's eyes had already begun to smile.

—The place they were discussing going to was not Qingyun Mountain Xiaoyi Village at all.

After watching Jiang Qin mount her horse and leave, Yan Liang turned around and got back into the carriage. He explained to the two of them, "Please don't blame me for saying this. I don't trust him."

Hua Yuenü said, "It's always good to be cautious, but I don't know if there is such a village as Qingyun Mountain Xiaoyi Village? So as not to implicate the villagers."

Yan Liang blinked: "I was just making that up, there's no such village."

Hua Yuenü covered her mouth and laughed. Jiang Feng realized what was happening and felt a mix of helplessness, amusement, and a touch of melancholy.

As the carriage began to move, Hua Yuenü noticed Jiang Feng's sadness and held his hand to comfort him. Jiang Feng looked at their clasped hands and smiled.

The group that went to kill Jiang Feng after receiving the information leaked by Jiang Qin circled around Anyi Town but couldn't find "a family surnamed Zhao at the foot of the westernmost mountain in Anyi Town". Most people in this town are surnamed Zhang or Li, and there isn't even a single family surnamed Zhao.

"Who told us this?!" the leader roared. "Does he think we're fools?!"

The other person replied, "It's a man surnamed Jiang. He's said to be Jiang Feng's pageboy, and he's the one who leaked Jiang Feng's whereabouts before."

Their group was very conspicuous in the area. Disciples sent by Yihua Palace noticed their movements, took advantage of their unpreparedness, subdued them, and asked them their purpose.

The group had only intended to kill Jiang Feng because of their numbers, but no matter how many people they had, they were no match for the disciples of Yihua Palace. After being severely beaten, they obediently admitted defeat and explained why they had come to Anyi Town.

They had come to Anyi Town after much hardship, only to be inexplicably beaten. In their narration, they couldn't help but speak ill of Jiang Qin. After questioning them, the disciples of Yihua Palace, fearing there might be some things they hadn't gotten the answers to, consulted Yaoyue and then took the group back to Xiuyu Valley.

The group of people who had suffered an undeserved disaster couldn't help but resent Jiang Qin, insisting that Jiang Qin had ordered them to kill Jiang Feng.

In fact, Jiang Qin only revealed the information without explicitly stating it, but judging from the fact that she leaked Jiang Feng's whereabouts twice in a row, Jiang Qin's actions were clearly intended to kill Jiang Feng.

After listening with annoyance to their gnashing teeth and pleas for mercy, Yaoyue immediately killed them after confirming that no one had been spared.

The people in the hall fell silent, not daring to speak. Ever since Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenü escaped, Yaoyue's temper had become increasingly cold and ruthless. She would vent her anger at the slightest provocation, so they were not surprised that this group of people had ended up like this.

Lianxing lowered her eyes. The air was thick with the smell of blood, but she was thinking about Jiang Feng's current whereabouts.

Author's Note: I'm here!!!

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I weighed myself again recently and I've gained two pounds.

I ate rice again tonight, and potatoes were included as a side dish.

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