In the morning, Guo Jinxuan was awakened by the cold. He opened his eyes in a daze and found that the sky outside the window was still gray.
He had already moved the quilt to the end of the bed.
He shuddered and felt sad.
When my mother was still alive, she would quietly go into the room and cover him with a blanket.
Even though there were countless servants in the house, his mother never asked anyone else to do the work and took care of him meticulously.
Now that his mother is gone, he can't even cover himself with a blanket properly.
He was sad for a while before he came to his senses. He slowly crawled to the end of the bed, grabbed the quilt, and was about to crawl back to the head of the bed to continue taking a nap.
Suddenly he heard voices outside. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully. It turned out to be the voices of Xie Yunjiao and Doudou talking.
Xie Yunjiao seemed to be saying that she would be away for a while and asked Doudou to help take care of the house.
When Guo Jinxuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
Is Xie Yunjiao kidding me? How old is Doudou? He is only seven years old. Can he take care of the family?
His parents never said that to him.
He thought Doudou would object to her, but unexpectedly Doudou agreed easily and told Xie Yunjiao not to worry, he would definitely take good care of the family.
Guo Jinxuan was very surprised. How could Doudou dare to agree?
He was no longer sleepy and hurriedly got out of bed, put on his clothes and prepared to go out, but when he thought of Xie Yunjiao outside, he did not go out immediately.
He waited until there was no more sound outside before quietly leaving the house.
When he came to the yard, he saw that Doudou's study was open, but there was no one inside.
He walked all the way, passing through one courtyard after another, but it seemed as if everyone in the house had disappeared, and everywhere he went was silent.
He finally arrived at the main entrance and saw Xie Yunjiao and her group saying goodbye at the door.
He took a step forward, but then pulled it back.
He hid in the doorway, watching them as they would want to say goodbye and leave.
He knew that those people were coming back, so he ran back to his room. When he heard the voices of Doudou and Lian Jin talking, he pretended to have just woken up and walked out of the room.
Doudou had just seen him, but he pretended to see him now and said to Guo Jinxuan, "Why are you getting up now? My mother just left."
Guo Jinxuan pretended to be nonchalant and said, "This seems to have nothing to do with me."
"Why are you so annoying?" Lian Jin yelled at Guo Jinxuan unhappily, wishing he could go up and punch him.
They were so reluctant to see Xie Yunjiao leave, but he was pretending here and making them unhappy.
Doudou held Lian Jin and shook his head. He looked at Guo Jinxuan and said, "My mother told me before she left that she had already communicated with the embroiderer at the cloth shop. If you want, you can go and learn anytime."
Guo Jinxuan was stunned for a moment, and a warm feeling flowed through his heart. He didn't expect that Xie Yunjiao would still think about him, an outsider, before leaving.
He was moved, but didn't want to show it too obviously.
He said to Doudou, "I understand."
***
Xie Yunjiao, Gu Huai and their group set off on their journey. They rode horses all the way and received a reply from Jing Kai on the way. He said that everything was ready and was waiting for her to return.
When they arrived in Nanyue and were about to take a boat back to Baiyue, there was a sudden flash of lightning and thunder, and heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky. The wind on the river also began to grow stronger, causing the entire boat to sway.
Xie Yunjiao was standing on the deck when she suddenly noticed a large ship appear on the river, seemingly heading towards them.
Xie Yunjiao became alert immediately. She asked Bei Ming and the others to pay attention to the big ship, while she quietly prepared to open the space gate. If there was any danger, they would go through the space gate to the other side of the river.
The space gate that Jun Yan gave to Ye Fuming is very useful. It can create a quick space-travel gate by distorting the space.
However, this space-time gate also has its inconveniences. Like Xie Yunjiao's bracelet, it can only be used at close range.
Just like now, they can only reach the other side of the river through space, but cannot go back directly to a farther place.
Moreover, after opening the Gate of Time, it must be used after a period of time, otherwise the user will run out of energy.
Just as Xie Yunjiao was about to open the door of space, the ship they were on was hit hard by someone.
They couldn't stand steadily in the cabin and all of them fell to the ground.
Xie Yunjiao cursed inwardly. She only noticed a large ship on the left, but she didn't expect that there was another ship hidden on the other side, using a feint to the east and attack in the west to make her let down her guard.
The ship collided with Xie Yunjiao's boat again.
Xie Yunjiao had just gotten up when she was knocked down again. Her head hit the deck hard and she almost lost consciousness.
Gu Huai crawled towards Xie Yunjiao in panic, and just as he hugged her, their boat began to shake violently again.
Gu Huai rolled around holding Xie Yunjiao, and his head hit the deck hard, and he lost consciousness.
Xie Yunjiao felt that the ground beneath them was getting wet; the cabin was leaking!
Xie Yunjiao crawled to Gu Huai and was about to wake him up.
But she saw someone jump onto the boat and walk towards her.
In the darkness, she couldn't see who that person was.
But before she could react, the man picked her up with one hand and held her around the waist.
She struggled hard, but the man's hands seemed to be stuck with glue, and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't get free.
At this moment, her right foot suddenly felt heavy. She looked back and found that it was Gu Huai who grabbed her leg.
She immediately called out, "Husband!"
Gu Huai grabbed her feet and slowly stood up. He said to the man, "Let her go!"
The man looked at Gu Huai, his eyes darkened, and without saying a word, he raised his foot and kicked Gu Huai: "Let go!"
Gu Huai was kicked hard in the chest, his whole body shook and he almost fainted.
But his hands were tightly holding Xie Yunjiao's feet and refused to let go.
The man drew the sword from his waist with his left hand.
Xie Yunjiao's pupils shrank, and she shouted at the man, "Zhou Ming, don't!"
Zhou Ming curled his lips and said to Xie Yunjiao, "Very good, this time you finally recognized me right away."
"My wife."
Gu Huai drew the soft sword from his waist and attacked Zhou Ming.
But his head was injured and the blood blurred his eyes.
He couldn't see clearly what was in front of him, and his sword shook, failing to pierce Zhou Ming, but Zhou Ming stabbed him in the shoulder.
Zhou Ming thought that he would let go because he was injured, but even so, he still held Xie Yunjiao's feet tightly and was unwilling to let go.
Zhou Ming's eyes darkened and he had lost his patience.
His eyes flashed coldly as he slashed at Gu Huai's hand with a sword.
Xie Yunjiao yelled at Gu Huai to let go.
She opened the door of space, and suddenly a powerful suction force appeared in the door of space, pulling her and Zhou Ming.
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