At the same time.
Before the gates of Wu Xuan City.
Ruan Family Head Ruan Zhenlong had already brought his wife and children, young and old, along with the family elders and countless servants and maids, to wait outside the city gates early on.
The sun blazed fiercely, scorching the earth until it was dry and cracked.
Yet Ruan Zhenlong stood solemnly, without the slightest impatience on his face. When he saw some servants and maids looking listless, he immediately barked in a stern voice:
"Perk yourselves up for this old man! The Third Young Master of Ziwei's Chen Clan will arrive shortly. If anyone dares show the slightest neglect, don't blame me for twisting his head off and using it as the family chamber pot!"
Once these words fell, the servants and maids hurriedly straightened their backs, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
Seeing this, Ruan Zhenlong nodded with slight satisfaction.
From time to time, his gaze moved from the city gates toward the city interior, as if waiting for someone, faint traces of irritation and anxiety showing.
Not long after.
A young nobleman of about twenty, whose brows and eyes bore some resemblance to Ruan Zhenlong's and who was rather handsome, came running over.
"Nantian, you didn't find her?"
Ruan Zhenlong hurried forward and spoke.
The Ruan family's eldest legitimate son, Ruan Nantian, could not help shaking his head. "According to the people in the family, younger sister went out with that Lin Feng early this morning and still hasn't returned."
"Lin Feng!"
A flash of anger surged onto Ruan Zhenlong's face. "That boy is nothing but a mere servant of no rank. Does he really think that just because he has some decent talent, he can run wild in the household?"
A trace of gloom likewise