I don't know how I fell asleep after that; I suppose Xiao Xuan carried me back.
Just thinking about that scene made her cheeks flush red.
In her eighteen years of life, this was the first time a man had carried her back to her room.
The lingering images in her mind made her feel uneasy.
She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep any longer, so she got up early, thinking of going for a walk in the yard.
On a winter morning, the sun comes in rather late.
The white mist on the lake surface drifted gently.
A few red plum blossoms swayed in the wind, emitting a faint fragrance.
As Ning Yin passed by Yue Ling Terrace, Xiao Xuan happened to push open the door.
The man was dressed in a long, dark robe. When their eyes met, both of them were taken aback.
Just as Xiao Xuan was about to speak, he heard Li Chengyan inside muttering complaints: "Jingyuan, you insisted on making such a fuss yesterday, and now I can't even get up. I don't care, you have to give me a bigger raise!"
Li Chengyan bowed as he fastened his waist sash, and upon emerging, he saw Ning Yin's astonished and bewildered eyes.
"Heavenly Fairy, so early? Hehe."
He chuckled as he spoke, and Ning Yin blushed and quickly turned her head away.
Sensing that the relationship between the two was unusual, Ning Yin quickly lied and said that she had to go back to give Zhang Mama acupuncture.
Li Chengyan had originally intended to have breakfast together, but Ning Yin had already run off.
"What's wrong? Why is the celestial being running so fast? Are you afraid of me?"
Li Chengyan raised an eyebrow, a mischievous smile on his face.
"Shut up, get to the princess's residence right now!"
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